1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 104



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Episode 104

“Min-ah, the process of acquiring this land seems strange.”

Hyun-cheol, an employee from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, looks at the documents containing the land acquisition and formation process with a puzzled look.

Mina, who came out of the National Tax Service nearby, comes over and looks at the documents.

“Yes, the acquisition process seems a bit strange. I need to investigate this land in more detail. For now, I think we should ban the sale of this land.”

After the passage of the bill on anti-national traitors, the special department for asset recovery for anti-national traitors, consisting of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the National Tax Service, the police and local governments, was in charge of the recovery work.

If people from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Tax Service determine that there is any suspicious portion of the assets of a descendant of a former traitor, they first freeze the assets and then begin an investigation.

If it is determined during the investigation that the property was formed through treasonous acts, it will be handed over to the police and local government officials to recover it.

If there is an objection to the recovered property, the formation process will be investigated once more, and if it is determined that the property is not related to treasonous acts, the freeze will be lifted.

However, since most of the investigations were thorough, most of the objections were dismissed.

So the law was made, and the property was quickly recovered.

And the amount of property recovered in this way was enormous, beyond imagination.

Especially after unification, there were people who, knowingly or unknowingly, took back land and other things in the northern region through lawsuits, and the amounts were beyond imagination.

“Is this the total amount recovered in one month?”

I was shocked to see the assets of the traitors recovered over a period of a month and asked myself:

In just one month since the bill was enacted, an amount equivalent to over 300 billion won has been recovered.

The chief secretary looks at the data again and explains it to me.

“Yes. These are the amounts excluding all the disputed properties.”

In short, the assets recovered this time were so obviously treasonous in their formation that they could not even be raised as an objection.

“It’s more incredible than I thought. You have so much wealth and yet you have been so shameless all this time… … .”

The chief secretary continues to explain further while handing over the materials.

“This time in particular, the assets owned by Yoo Ho-geun, editor-in-chief of Chogan Seoul, and Nam Su-hyeon, president, took up a significant portion.”

The Chief Secretary’s mouth corners go up as he talks about the recovery of Yoo Ho-geun and Nam Soo-hyun’s assets.

“I see. I understand. For now, please continue to report on the recovery of assets. By the way, Chief Secretary, is there anything good coming up?”

The chief secretary continues with an urgent change of expression.

“Oh, no. Next is a review of the inheritance tax laws.”

The chief secretary hurriedly moved on to the next topic.

But the smile on his face couldn’t be hidden.

* * *

“Today, Nam Su-hyeon, the president of Chosun Seoul, was arrested on charges of embezzlement and fraudulent accounting. He boasted considerable wealth among media owners, but recently, with the passage of the Act on the Recovery of Property of Anti-National Traitors, a significant portion of his wealth was confiscated by the government. With his arrest on charges of embezzlement and fraudulent accounting, the future of Chosun Seoul is uncertain. This is Oh Geun-tae from YTM News.”

The morning Seoul fell into rapid decline.

No, in a way, the internal structure was such a mess that it was a miracle it had managed to survive until now without collapsing.

The special prosecutors could not help but be surprised as they searched and seized the interior of Seoul.

“Hey, this is embezzlement, creative accounting, circulation manipulation, and even taking money from companies to make fake news… .”

Nothing was in good shape.

The Seoul Morning Newspaper, which became anxious after losing its number one newspaper to the Tongil Ilbo, began committing all sorts of illegal acts.

And with this special investigation, all of those things began to come to light.

Even if we exclude the simple recovery of assets from the upper echelons of Chosun Seoul, including CEO Nam Su-hyeon and editor-in-chief Yoo Ho-geun, this was not a normal form of company.

One of the special prosecutors said, looking over the seized materials one by one.

“Team Leader, this is a mess. I think my father’s laundry in the countryside is better run than this.”

“That’s right. Really. It’s a miracle that it hasn’t failed until now.”

And it has been exactly a week since CEO Nam Soo-hyun was arrested.

In the end, Seoul Joongang went bankrupt, leaving behind its long history.

Although a certain level of social consensus was needed regarding the recovered property, the direction that was most strongly discussed was to use it to treat independence activists well or to provide support funds for their descendants.

Although laws had already been enacted in the past to ensure their treatment was much better than in the original Republic of Korea, I still felt that there was no more meaningful way to use this money.

I thought that we should show our descendants how the descendants of those who sold the country and those who protected the country are living, so that we can tell our descendants what choices to make when the country is in crisis.

* * *

With several important bills being processed and the UN General Assembly ending, things have become relatively quiet.

Thanks to that, I was able to have a vacation after a month.

Of course, even if you take a break, it doesn’t mean you don’t do all the work.

However, no official events or work will be held on this day.

Although it’s not as old as Kim Jung-guk’s actual age, he’s definitely gotten older and his body isn’t holding up as well as it did at the beginning of his term, so he’s been taking a vacation like this once a month.

At first, I said I didn’t really need a holiday, but due to strong requests from secretaries and medical staff, I have been taking one day off every month for the past two years.

So, normally, I would spend my holidays reading a book or going fishing, but today, I was particularly absorbed in my smartphone screen.

‘Do this? Or not?’

The reason I was lost in thought for an hour was because I was thinking about whether or not to buy more technology from the secret shop.

[Confidential Document Store]

[Current rank: Advanced]

[Current points: 207,300pt]

[Oil Drilling Technology / 2,000pt]

[Internet Security System/ 5,000pt]

[Drone / 10,000pt]

[F22 Fighter / 20,000pt]

[Missile Defense Technology / 40,000pt]

[Superconductor Technology / 400,000pt]

As the level went up, customizing some technologies, especially those developed for commercial purposes, brought absurd levels of wealth to the country.

A typical example is the drug called Biaguri, which was developed a year ago by spending a whopping 5,000 points, including 3,000 points from the tech shop and 2,000 points from a custom purchase.

Even though a lot more points were paid for one pill than I could have imagined, including the customization cost, the results were worth it.

This drug was sold by Korea Medical, in which the government owns more than 30% of the shares. Word of mouth spread within a week of its release, and it became so popular that people could no longer buy it.

Released one year earlier than the original schedule.

And reasonable prices.

It is customized to maximize effectiveness while minimizing side effects.

There was no way it wouldn’t sell.

And exactly one month after its launch, it became one of the most sought-after drugs in the world.

When rumors spread that this medicine would be available at a pharmacy, lines of people waiting to buy it would stretch for over a hundred meters from the evening before.

As the shortage situation occurred like this, after the summit, there were frequent cases of some leaders or diplomatic delegations secretly asking for some of this medicine.

“Sir… the Nigerian foreign secretary wants you to bring him some of that medicine.”

“also……?”

“Yes… Should I say there aren’t any?”

The chief secretary sighs and says.

“Is that possible? They’re diplomatic partners too, so what’s so great about that medicine? Talk to Korea Medical and have them send it to you.”

“all right.”

Go to the Korea Medical factory, pick up the freshly produced medicine, and hand it over to the Nigerian diplomatic secretary.

The Nigerian foreign secretary is overjoyed as soon as he receives the medicine.

“Oh, this is the Korean elixir… … !!”

“It was hard to get it. I saved it because you are a diplomat. I would never have saved it if it were anyone else.”

The secretary makes it clear that she had worked hard to get it.

The Nigerian foreign secretary holds his secretary’s hands tightly.

“Thank you! Korea and Nigeria will have a really good relationship in the future!”

“Haha. Of course. It’s not easy to get, but if you tell me in the future, I’ll send it to Nigeria.”

The diplomatic secretary’s face brightens even more.

“Really! Thank you!! As expected, Korea is a great country! It is a great country! It is on a whole other level than some of the neighboring countries that are like little kids. Hahahahahaha!”

“You say all sorts of things. Haha.”

This medicine has always been the first priority for heads of state and diplomatic missions visiting Korea.

There was even talk that if China has panda diplomacy, Korea has biaguri diplomacy.

Since all the technologies that could be commercially profitable were purchased, most of the remaining technologies were too expensive to even think about, such as superconductor technology and military technology.

And among those technologies, the one I am thinking about now is none other than oil drilling technology.

It wasn’t that expensive, but I wondered if it was really worth it.

Even though they had purchased the Russian lands above, it was questionable whether profitable oil would be produced.

‘But if it comes out, it’ll be a jackpot… … .’

Clearly, if we can extract oil, there will be another big change in the South Korean economy.

Although we were extracting underground resources from the lands we owned in Russia and the lands in the northern regions, it was not to a satisfactory level.

Of course, it was not a small amount, but it was insignificant compared to the scale of Korea’s recently developed economy.

Korea still relies heavily on imports for resources.

Therefore, in order for Korea to become a stronger country, it had to become self-reliant in resources.

‘Let’s do it. Thinking about it will only waste time.’

I stopped worrying and bought the oil drilling technology.

[Purchase completed.]

Oil drilling technology is added to the purchased technologies.

When you click on it, a list of customizable options appears.

And there was one thing about that customization that I never imagined.

-Oil drilling technology-

[Oil Detection: Low]

[Profitability: Medium]

‘You can raise the level of detection technology? And the current level is ‘low’?’

The things that were considered ‘low’ in the secret shop were usually the highest level of technology available at the time.

Even if it was only ‘medium’, it was at the level of future technology.

If oil exploration were to be upgraded to the highest level, oil extraction in Korea might not be a dream at all.

‘Is it really possible to be a producing country?’

A dream that was thought to be absolutely impossible in Korea.

I began to think, little by little, that there might come a day when my thoughts that Dangun might have started from the wrong place would change.