1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 101



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Episode 101

For a moment, I almost swore, even though there were cameras all around me.

I never thought that there would still be crazy people out there who would do such shameless, treasonous things.

Those who committed pro-Japanese acts and their descendants are separate entities.

In fact, among the descendants of pro-Japanese traitors, there were often people who lived their lives sacrificing themselves for the country, unlike their ancestors who had committed pro-Japanese acts.

Such people should not be associated with their ancestors.

Isn’t it their ancestors’ fault, not theirs?

That is why no special research has been done on pro-Japanese descendants until now.

But this was my mistake, my complacency.

I never imagined that there could be shameless and unfilial people who would try to reclaim what their ancestors had gained through treason.

“ha…….”

As I let out a deep sigh, Representative Min speaks with anxiety.

“Mr. President, the citizens are waiting for you. I will look into this a bit more, but why don’t you go and give your acceptance speech first?”

That wasn’t a wrong statement.

At Gwanghwamun, tens of thousands of citizens were waiting for me to arrive.

And it was not possible to bring in the pro-Japanese descendants here and punish them right now.

“Okay, let’s go for now… People will be waiting.”

* * *

When I went to Gwanghwamun Square, despite the extremely cold weather, citizens were gathered endlessly to hear their thoughts on the election.

I went up to my prepared seat and calmly began to give my acceptance speech.

A word of gratitude to the people.

And a word of gratitude to the party members and the party officials and campaign workers who did their best during the election period.

He then talked about how he would carry out the promises he made during this term.

And as my acceptance speech neared its end, I paused for a moment.

People suddenly start to murmur when I become silent.

‘I guess I should talk about it… … .’

I looked at the citizens and confessed my mistakes.

“I don’t think this is the right thing to say at a place where I can share my thoughts on being elected, but I must say this in front of you all today.”

People who sense that something has changed in the atmosphere focus on my story.

“Citizens, today I would like to confess one of my mistakes. Before coming to Gwanghwamun today, I heard a shocking fact… … .”

And barely holding back his anger, he told the citizens the story about the descendants of pro-Japanese collaborators that he had heard before coming to Gwanghwamun Square.

And by the time the story ended, people were angry.

I asked the angry citizens.

“Citizens, do we need pro-Japanese collaborators?”

People answer in unison.

“no!!”

But I shook my head and spoke.

“No, we don’t need pro-Japanese people. That’s what I think.”

Gwanghwamun Square is in an uproar at the mere mention of the need for pro-Japanese collaborators.

“What do you mean, we need pro-Japanese people?”

“Is that President Kim? Isn’t that someone similar?”

I started to calm people down and continue talking before they could get any more excited.

“Everyone, pro-Japanese is necessary. What is pro-Japanese? Isn’t it being friendly with Japan? Now, the Japanese prime minister is sincerely apologizing to Korea for his past actions, and Korea and Japan are having countless economic and cultural exchanges. Korea also needs pro-Japanese people who are friendly with Japan. But… … .”

I continued speaking with anger in my voice.

“Those who clung to the Japanese Empire during the Japanese colonial period and sold what they could not sell and enjoyed what they could not enjoy are not pro-Japanese. They are not pro-Japanese, but anti-national traitors.”

Only then do the people who had been making a fuss nod their heads.

“Everyone, the mistake I have to confess to you is that I have not been able to properly recover the assets that those traitors and anti-nationalists acquired by selling out the country. I am truly sorry that I have not paid attention to such basic things while serving as president for nearly 20 years.”

I walked to the side of the podium, bowed my head 90 degrees to the citizens, and sincerely apologized.

And after a while he went back to the podium and continued speaking.

“Citizens, I apologize for saying this to you in this place where we should be talking about national unity. However, I, Kim Jong-guk, will make this statement here. Starting tomorrow, we will consult with the party to create a bill that will return the assets of anti-national traitors to the state, and the government will track down and recover the assets they acquired by selling out the country!”

“Wow!! Kim Jung Kook!! Kim Jung Kook!!”

The crowd erupts in cheers.

If you look at it one way, there are actually many legal issues and ownership may be complicated because a lot of time has already passed.

The amount of property recovered may be small compared to the time and money invested.

But this work, although late, must be done.

I said my final farewells to the citizens who had gathered at Gwanghwamun and come out to see me in this cold weather.

“My fellow citizens, with this election, I have now been president for nearly 20 years. I am truly sorry for not paying attention to such basic matters during this time.

If you and your descendants live lavishly with the wealth you earned by selling things that should not have been sold, and then your descendants take that wealth and live lavishly, who will sacrifice themselves for the country when the Republic of Korea faces a crisis again in the future?

I also know that these may be legally problematic and that it will not be an easy road, but we must do it.

My fellow citizens, honestly, I want to dig up all the graves of the traitors who have committed crimes against the nation. However, I will not act impulsively according to my mood. However, I will thoroughly recover the things that their descendants should not have, and I will definitely collect the usage fees for the things that they have enjoyed that they should not have enjoyed! I will set the Republic of Korea right on the wrong parts of history.”

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[President Kim apologizes to the nation in his acceptance speech. His first step after being elected was for pro-Japanese descendants to recover the assets their ancestors had accumulated through pro-Japanese activities. – KBC]

[Lawyers expressed their opinion that even if a law is created, it will not be easy to enforce it because it is difficult to distinguish between assets acquired through pro-Japanese activities and those that are not. – Tongil Ilbo]

[The Gongmyeong Party launched an offensive, asking what the intention was of suddenly doing this after 20 years in power. They also criticized it as a story that did not fit with the election speech that should have united the people. However, they were cautious about expressing their opinion on the recovery of assets of pro-Japanese collaborators. Representative Lee Hae-chang has been in hiding since his speech about losing the election. – Hansung Ilbo]

[Editorial / Worst Election Speech. More than ever, at a time when the nation should be united, the election speech that divides the nation was the worst ever. Overseas, President Kim is already called a dictator. It is time to stop the outdated pro-Japanese labeling. If this kind of policy that divides the nation continues, the nation will eventually oust President Kim Jung-guk. – Morning Edition Seoul / Editor-in-Chief Yoo Ho-geun]

The chief of staff brings out some newspapers and shows them to me, reporting on media trends regarding what was discussed in yesterday’s acceptance speech.

“While other media outlets report impartially, the Seoul Morning Newspaper is blatantly biased in its reporting. In particular, the editorials of this author, Yoo Ho-geun, are just too much!”

The chief secretary, unable to control his anger, crumples up the morning edition of Seoul.

Morning Seoul.

It was a newspaper that ranked second in circulation after the Tongil Ilbo.

Originally, before unification, the morning edition of Seoul was the undisputed number one newspaper in the country.

However, Tongil Ilbo, which was founded after unification, grew at an incredible rate with the strong capital power of its parent company, Sejun Financial.

As a result, the morning paper Seoul had no choice but to hand over the title of number one domestic circulation to the Tongil Ilbo after two years.

But the influence they had built up over the decades still remains intact.

No matter how false the information is, once they report it, it becomes fact.

The influence that Seoul Morning Post still has in Korea is beyond imagination.

But I was embarrassed when that media outlet attacked me by using the word “worst.”

The Seoul Chosun was one of the newspapers I read every day.

Even if it wasn’t terribly friendly to the government, at least it wasn’t a newspaper that criticized government policies so openly and even used such harsh words.

The chief secretary speaks to me in a voice full of anger.

“I looked into it a little, and it seems that many of the upper echelons of the Seoul Morning Calm are people who have committed pro-Japanese treasonous acts in the past… … .”

I understood right away what he was talking about.

“Okay. I get what you mean. They were just struggling to keep their property from being taken away.”

“Yes. That’s right… … .”

The chief secretary’s emotions seem somewhat intense.

He speaks in a voice that seems to tremble slightly.

“Mr. President, I will take care of this guy named Yoo Ho-geun.”

His gaze returned to Oh Young-ho from 20 years ago when he was in the central government, not to the time when he was the chief secretary.

His eyes were filled with anger, as if he was going to take out his Walther pistol and kill Editor-in-Chief Yoo Ho-geun at any moment.

“How dare the descendant of the man who sold out the country… after all the things the president has done for this country… .”

“excuse me…….”

“Don’t stop me, Mr. President. I will die with this traitor!”

I stopped the chief secretary who seemed like he was about to commit a crime at any moment.

“Chief Secretary… … !”

“I told you to meet me tonight, and then I killed you with my own hands… …!”

I called his name for the first time in over a decade to bring him back to his senses, as he was so excited.

“Youngho! Oh Youngho!!!”

Only then did he come to his senses and look at me.

“Wake up! Youngho. I appreciate you thinking of me, but if you do that, you’ll end up with neither food nor shelter. It’ll be more painful for them if you follow the proper procedure and bring about their own destruction. And if the Chief of Staff to the President kills the editor-in-chief of a media outlet with a pistol for 20 years, they’ll attack me even more.”

After Youngho finished listening to my story, he became lost in thought and immediately bowed his head to me.

“… I’m sorry, Mr. President. I was short-sighted. I was so excited that I didn’t even think about the harm that would come to you… … .”

I spoke to him again, calling him Chief Secretary as usual.

“It’s okay, Chief Secretary. I understand that you did that out of consideration for me. I’m also sorry for suddenly speaking to you informally. You’re over 50 now, Chief Secretary, so I’m sorry.”

“No. I remember the old days when I was in the middle of nowhere and it was nice.”

“Is that so? Haha.”

I also laugh for a moment and try to relax a little.

But soon my eyes turn to the editorial of the Seoul Morning Newspaper.

‘This is editor-in-chief Yoo Ho-geun… ‘

After the chief secretary leaves, he takes out his smartphone and searches for Yoo Ho-geun.

Although there was a strong suspicion that he was a descendant of a traitor, in reality, at the time, no one knew who his blood relations were.

But that is only a story of this era.

Surely in the future, his actions and his ancestors will all be revealed.

[Yoo Ho-geun / Journalist]

[***’s hidden grandson *** ** *, of whose property *** and *** were inherited from his uncle *** *** ***]

Although the blinds were drawn, it was clear that his ancestors were traitors to the nation.

I clicked on the blind letters without hesitation.