1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 105



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Episode 105

-Oil Detection Technology-

[Changed to Oil Detection / 1,000pt]

[Changed to Oil Detection Award / 3,000pt]

[Changed to best oil detection / 5,000pt]

[Special Note: When changed to Best, the locations of oil and natural gas reserves and the total amount of reserves within those locations will be displayed on the smartphone map.]

‘It’s more expensive than I thought.’

The basic points that had to be paid were two thousand points, and to change to the best, an additional five thousand points had to be paid.

If you want the best customization, you have to pay a whopping total of 7,000 points.

But even so, I couldn’t help but buy it.

In particular, the words in that special note were so attractive.

It was basically like threatening me with a knife to my throat by telling me where and how much oil was stored in my smartphone and the total amount stored.

‘Yes. Even if superconductivity is delayed by a month or two, this is more important.’

Without further ado, I paid five thousand points and changed the oil detection to the best.

[Purchase completed.]

As soon as my purchase was complete, I quickly opened the map app on my smartphone.

The map app now displays oil and natural gas reserves within South Korea that were previously not visible.

Oil and natural gas are found in many places.

As expected, the coastal and Khabarovsk islands purchased from Russia accounted for the largest proportion.

‘I thought there would be a lot buried there.’

Resource development in this area has been somewhat sluggish recently, but this will certainly be of great help to the development of the coastal and Khabarovsk islands.

The northern region was also indicated to have small amounts of oil and natural gas.

But there was something even more surprising than that.

‘Huh… … ? Wait a minute… … .’

As I was looking around the map, I stopped at no other place than a single graph that was soaring high into the sky.

And that place was none other than the sea a little off Jeju Island.

I zoomed in to see where the graph was shooting up into the sky.

And when I checked the name of the place, I couldn’t help but be surprised and convinced at the same time.

‘There really are this many buried here?’

[Location: Jeju Basin 7th Block.]

[Reserves / Oil: 183 billion barrels]

[Reserves / Natural Gas: 347 trillion cubic feet]

7th light district.

It was a place whose name I had heard countless times.

It was located approximately 150km southwest of Jeju Island.

The story that there is a huge amount of resources buried underneath here has been going around since the 70s.

However, in the original history, no country including Korea, China, or Japan properly developed the 7 mining areas.

There was a time when the story about the 7th district was heated right before I came to the past, but even then, it never reached the point of actual development.

The reason for this military discontent was not only due to the special nature of the territorial waters of the three countries of Korea, China, and Japan, but in fact, it was because all three countries viewed the resources buried in the seven mining areas as not being as economically feasible as they had thought, and not being buried in as many places as expected.

However, the reserves shown in the smartphone map app were much larger than the most positive assessments of the reserves of the 7th mine.

If that amount really is buried, this would literally be an energy revolution for Korea.

The amount of oil currently used in a unified Korea is approximately 5 million barrels per day.

If we consider the oil reserves, we could use oil for the next 100 years solely through domestic production without importing it.

There are even more natural gas reserves there, so if this amount is true, it could easily last several hundred years.

Energy independence was literally possible.

No, it was an absurd amount that could have helped South Korea rise as an energy exporting country.

‘I guess I’ll have to try to fool Japan and China.’

In order to monopolize this before Japan and China find out, we had to trick them into allowing Korea to develop these seven mines alone.

Even if Gaepyeong was given some space later, it was not possible to share this good thing with other countries.

This resource was to be monopolized solely by Korea.

* * *

Even though they knew it was a diplomatic discourtesy, they suddenly held a Korea-China-Japan summit.

Of course, it wasn’t easy.

Neither Japan nor China are small countries, and their leaders usually have detailed schedules that stretch out for several months, so it was quite difficult to schedule them.

However, in order to quickly resolve the 7th district issue, I thought that the fastest way to resolve it was to meet and discuss it through a three-party meeting, so I scheduled a three-party meeting a week later, even though I knew it was rude.

Of course, this result was largely influenced by the fact that Korea is currently the hegemon in Northeast Asia.

“Ahem… … .”

“Umm… … .”

Both President Jiang Zemin and Prime Minister Hosokawa, who attended the summit, did not seem to be in a very good mood.

Not only was the summit held suddenly a problem, but their own economy was also becoming increasingly entangled due to the previous AEU, so their worries have been quite serious recently.

So it was clear that feelings toward the Korean government would not be very good recently.

‘Please relax. I called you here to give you some candy.’

“First of all, I would like to apologize to both of you. I am sure that you have experienced some inconvenience due to the sudden summit meeting, so I ask for your generous understanding.”

Jiang Zemin, sitting across the table, asks with a disgruntled expression on his face.

“I heard that this summit was about economic exchanges between Korea, China, and Japan, but what are they trying to get from China by calling us like this this time?”

As expected, the words are sharp.

I spoke to him in a soothing voice, trying to calm him down.

“You’re skipping it? It’s a misunderstanding. This time, I suggested a summit to make a good proposal to China and Japan.”

Prime Minister Hosokawa, who had been crossing his arms and looking uncomfortable at the words, “That’s a good suggestion,” asks.

“Is that a good suggestion? Has Korea ever done anything like that before?”

I laughed at his babbling and answered.

“That’s why we’re trying to do it this time. I think that, like the AEU, Korea has recently been taking advantage of China and Japan. This time, at the summit, Korea will try to make as many concessions as possible. In any case, aren’t Korea, China, and Japan now economically one body? Shouldn’t we grow together?”

Jiang Zemin answers with a suspicious expression.

“Huh, okay. Let’s go in and take a look.”

* * *

President Jiang Zemin comes to the hotel after the first day of the summit and asks his secretaries.

“Why do you think this is happening? A person who wouldn’t bleed a drop even if you pricked him with a needle, a person who would never do anything that wouldn’t benefit Korea, why is he suddenly doing something like that?”

Jiang Zemin simply could not understand the current situation.

Kim Jung-guk was a man who would not do anything even if he came back from the dead if it was not beneficial to Korea.

If it was something that benefited Korea, he would kneel down, even if it meant sacrificing his pride, but if it was something that was detrimental to Korea, he would not do it even if a knife was held to his throat.

But the proposals he presented today were proposals that were unconditionally beneficial to China.

Technology sharing between Korean companies and Chinese companies.

Bold investment in China by the Korean government.

A 20-year loan with virtually no interest.

Jiang Zemin honestly thought that Kim Jong-un might be crazy.

Jiang Zemin takes a cigarette in his mouth and looks at his secretaries, asking again.

“Why are you suddenly acting like that?”

The diplomatic secretary speaks cautiously.

“Perhaps, Korea has been too self-centered up until now, and has become isolated from its neighbors. Now, in order to escape that isolation, it is trying to pay attention to its neighbors… … .”

“Hmm… Isolation and escape… … .”

Although Korea’s relations with its neighbors were not good, that does not mean that its relations with neighbors like Japan and China were particularly good.

It lacked persuasiveness.

Jiang Zemin looks at his secretaries and asks about the 7th Block, which Kim Jong-guk briefly mentioned at the end.

“What do you think about that 7th mine or something? What Korea asked China for this time was the development rights for that 7th mine. Are there any enormous resources buried there?”

The economic secretary shakes his head.

“We have already completed several investigations. The resources buried there are overstated. Of course, there is oil and natural gas, but the profitability is also low.”

“Then why on earth… … .”

The economic secretary checked several times to make sure no one was around, then spoke to Jiang Zemin.

“I think President Kim Jong-guk is getting older and his judgment is starting to cloud. He is giving such huge profits in exchange for a lottery-like development right. Maybe he is suffering from a little dementia.”

Kim Jung-guk is already well over 70 years old.

It wouldn’t be strange if he had dementia.

It was like buying a lottery ticket for second prize, not knowing whether or not you would win.

Jiang Zemin thinks for a moment, then decides on something and says to his secretaries.

“Let’s accept Korea’s offer. What’s there to worry about? Why would we turn down such a good offer? Perhaps he’s just getting older and his judgment has become clouded. He can’t always make the right decisions.”

* * *

At that time, Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa was also talking with his secretaries at a hotel next door.

The foreign secretary speaks strongly.

“Prime Minister! There is nothing to worry about. This must be accepted unconditionally. That 7th district or whatever is of no use.”

Japan also received similar offers from China.

And Japan had no reason not to accept it either.

But Prime Minister Hosokawa felt uneasy about something.

It’s none other than Kim Jung-guk.

They unified Korea, which they thought was still far behind Japan, purchased a huge amount of land, and eventually overtook them in less than 20 years.

But I couldn’t understand why he would do such a losing business.

“Are you sure there’s nothing in Block 7?”

Prime Minister Hosokawa asks his economic secretary.

The economic secretary speaks with a confident expression.

“Japan has already completed several investigations. If we dig there, it will cost more to dig. The amount buried is not as much as we think. It is clear that President Kim Jong-guk has dementia.”

“Is that so… … .”

Clearly, if you think rationally, it would have been reasonable to accept the proposal made by President Kim Jong-guk.

But the feeling of being at a loss continued to linger in my head.

‘Why on earth… … .’

* * *

The next day.

It was time to wrap up the two-day summit.

First, Chinese President Jiang Zemin speaks.

“We, China, will accept what Korea has proposed. We will transfer all of China’s development rights in Block 7 to Korea. However, you must keep all of your promises.”

“You’ve thought well. Our country, Korea, wants to grow like China and Japan. And the 7th mining area I mentioned is not something great. I’m just curious about what’s there. We also know that it’s not productive.”

‘it’s okay.’

One country has come over.

Now, only Japan remained.

“I think Prime Minister Hosokawa agrees too. In fact, there’s no reason to oppose it. Hahaha.”

I asked Prime Minister Hosokawa with a smile.

Naturally, I thought Japan would also accept the proposal.

But what came out of Prime Minister Hosokawa’s mouth was the exact opposite of what I expected.

“Japan will not accept that offer. Instead, I would like to propose this: Give Japan 10% of the resources that Korea has obtained from the seven mining areas. In that case, we will also transfer all of Japan’s development rights.”