1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 111



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Episode 111

Since South Korea’s crude oil began to be exported to the United States, the United States began to gain an overwhelming upper hand in diplomacy with the Middle East.

Up until now, the United States has always lost something in diplomacy with the Middle East.

But with the emergence of a solid alternative crude oil exporting country like South Korea, there is no longer any need to be so obsessed with Middle East diplomacy.

However, this has, on the contrary, served as an opportunity to instill antipathy toward Korea in the Middle East.

“Minister, I heard that there have been a lot of calls from Middle Eastern countries recently. What do you think?”

We invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs to lunch to ask him about recent developments in Middle Eastern countries.

This is because it is easier to hear more detailed stories through a one-on-one conversation than through a cabinet meeting.

“That’s why, recently, there have been continuous complaints coming in through unofficial channels asking to stop exporting crude oil to the United States.”

“Which countries are they mainly from?”

“Most Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have made similar demands.”

Minister Yoo Seong-guk looked tired with dark circles under his eyes.

“Isn’t it hard to persuade even with Minister Yoo’s speaking skills?”

“I guess it’s because they are people who used to live in a privileged position, but I can’t convince them at all.”

Minister Yoo shakes his head.

It seemed that even for someone like him whose tongue skills were already at an all-time high, it was not easy to persuade the oil tycoons.

“Is that so? Then don’t insist on being so obsessed. If they keep talking nonsense, you should strongly come forward and say that you can withdraw the embassy.”

Minister Yoo asks back in surprise.

“Is that really okay? But aren’t Middle Eastern countries also important diplomatic partners… … .”

“Well, given that our country has so much oil and natural gas, there is no need for us to maintain friendly relations with countries that do not have a proper industrial base, except for oil. There is no reason to make diplomatic relations bad, but if they cross the line, we will have no choice but to cut that line. Let’s not be too obsessed with a country that is not even close to us.”

Minister Yoo’s expression brightens.

Perhaps he had been going through a lot of mental anguish during that time.

“all right.”

Just like in the United States, it was no longer time for Korea to hear any regrets.

It didn’t matter even if they said they wouldn’t sell crude oil to Korea.

By next month, we could be self-sufficient in domestic crude oil produced only in Korea.

When calculating profit and loss, it was clear who would lose.

* * *

Haesong City (formerly Vladivostok) Mayor’s Office.

“Sir, would you please take a look at this?”

The mayor’s secretary from Haesung City shows the mayor something wrapped in a bundle outside.

“What is this?”

“This is an item found in a Megacity development area. I brought it here because it seemed like something out of the ordinary.”

“Isn’t it extraordinary?”

The mayor unwraps the bundle of items the secretary brought.

“coating?”

The object inside the bundle was none other than an old-looking seal.

“Because it doesn’t look like an ordinary dojo.”

“Hmm… … .”

It looked like something special.

In particular, no matter how I looked at this seal, it looked like it was made of jade.

“Sir, is this perhaps a royal seal?”

“A seal…? No way… … .”

It was absurd to say a jade seal, but it also sounded plausible.

It was definitely a very old time, but even during that time, the paint job didn’t lose its shine.

The secretary asks cautiously.

“What should we do, sir?”

The mayor wraps the seal again in a cloth and answers to his secretary.

“Let’s send it to the central government first. It doesn’t seem like something we can handle. And this doesn’t seem to be something that was used on the Korean Peninsula.”

“What do you mean? That’s not what was used in Korea?”

The current mayor of Haesung City was a person who majored in archaeology during his college years.

But no matter how he looked at it, in his eyes this was not the jade seal used in Korea.

“Hmm, no matter how I look at it, it’s very similar to the way they use it in China… … Anyway, since it seems to be an important item, please pack it well and send it safely to Seoul.”

The market takes its eyes off the seal and focuses on its work again.

Recently, Haesung City has been in a state of chaos every day due to the megacity project starting with Cheongjin City as the center.

It was not the time to be concerned with one seal like this.

But strangely enough, even though I had to focus on other things, I kept remembering the dojo from earlier.

‘Hey… no way… .’

* * *

The Chinese government was on the verge of collapse from hunger.

“Do I have to keep looking at that?”

The diplomatic secretary just keeps repeating that he’s sorry.

“I’m sorry… Since this matter has already been settled contractually, there is little we can do about it… … .”

This time, President Jiang Zemin glares at his economic secretary and shouts at him.

“Economic Secretary, you speak up! Didn’t you speak up? You said that nothing comes out of Block 7!”

The economic secretary was the one who strongly argued that the 7th mine had no economic value.

In a way, he was the root cause of this situation.

That’s why he couldn’t even raise his head.

“I’m sorry… I never thought that something would really come out of Block 7.”

Rumor has it that in addition to crude oil, natural gas, which has recently begun to be mined, is said to be several times more abundant than crude oil.

If this is the case, the value of the 7th district would be so enormous that it would be difficult to even calculate it in monetary terms.

It was an issue of enormous economic value, but it was also of enormous value as a strategic resource.

It was absolutely not something that would be handed over to a few economically advantageous agreements.

President Jiang Zemin’s sigh continues.

“ha…….”

‘It’s not something that can be done even with an armed demonstration… … .’

China knew Korea’s military power better than anyone else.

South Korea has never reduced its defense spending since President Kim Jong-guk took office.

Although Korea’s naval power was somewhat lacking, its air force power was already evaluated as being among the best in the world.

The Chinese military was no match for them, and even if they were lucky enough to occupy the 7th mine area with naval force, it would be meaningless.

Because the occupation of the 7th district will ultimately lead to an expansion of all-out war between Korea and China.

However, if an all-out war were to break out, the power of the Korean and Chinese ground forces, which share territorial borders, would become the most important. However, it was already assessed that Korea’s ground force was ahead of that of the United States.

If an all-out war were to break out, all of China’s territory would be occupied within three months.

In the end, that leaves only one thing.

The only way to achieve mutual destruction is to use nuclear weapons, but even this is not certain as South Korea has recently poured money into missile defense systems.

In the end, approaching the 7th mine area by force would have led China down the path to destruction.

‘From the beginning, since we were greatly outnumbered in air power, there was no way we could occupy it… … .’

If it can’t be done by force or economic means, then there is only one method left.

* * *

As I was about to leave my office after finishing work, I suddenly got a call from China.

The caller was none other than Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

“Chairman Jiang Zemin, what are you doing this late at night?”

“Sorry for being so late.”

I got off work a little late, but since this happened often, it didn’t really matter.

“Okay. So what’s going on?”

“President Kim Jong-guk, did you know about this?”

‘Is it a story about the 7th district…?’

I asked him directly without hesitation.

“Are you talking about the 7th district?”

“exactly.”

I pretended not to know and told him.

‘In the first place, it’s impossible to say that it was actually buried there on the smartphone.’

“No way. I’m not a fortune teller. How could I have guessed that there would be so much crude oil there? Perhaps it was a gift from our ancestors for Korea, which has struggled to grow without any underground resources.”

President Jiang Zemin listened to the story for a moment, then began to make a request of me, as if pleading.

“Wow, President Kim Jung-guk. I really beg you like this. How can you not allow China to participate in the mining business, even if only a little? Please, I beg you like this.”

Jiang Zemin’s attitude seemed more desperate than ever.

It was an attitude that was hard to believe for a Chinese president.

Perhaps he had decided to throw away all his pride and plead with Korea.

Japan has done a decent job, taking 10% of the crude oil and natural gas extracted from Korea, thanks to its contracts with the country.

But if things continued this way, China would have nothing to gain except a very small trade gain.

‘What should I do… … .’

Of course, completely drying up the country of China here would have been a refreshing method, but there was no need to do that in the current situation.

China’s growth momentum has already been largely destroyed.

The high growth that China has seen in this era of history was created when the Communist Party dominated all economic policies.

However, due to its accession to the AEU, China now has to implement economic policies that Korea wants, rather than doing as it wants in many areas, including monetary policy.

That is why the current Chinese economy, unlike China in history, has had an incredibly slow economic growth.

However, that does not mean that China can withdraw from the AEU now.

Most of the currencies have already been replaced, and if they leave the AEU now, the loss of that will lead to China’s ruin.

I thought about it for a moment, then quickly came to a conclusion and answered.

‘There’s no need to kill him.’

If neighboring countries, especially a huge country like China, are poor, it will inevitably become an obstacle to Korea’s economic growth.

It was not necessary to make China a great power like the G2 as it was in history, but it was necessary to make it enough to continue to exploit economically.

“Haha, this is really difficult. Since you asked me to do this, I can’t just pretend not to know… … .”

“I would like to ask you to do this, if only for the sake of the 1 billion Chinese people.”

His attitude seemed more desperate than ever.

“Hmm… Okay, I see. Then what you want is related to the 7th block crude oil and natural gas, right?”

“you’re right.”

“Okay, we will sign a crude oil export contract with China and provide a small amount of crude oil and natural gas free of charge.”

“Really?”

Chairman Jiang Zemin’s tone of voice brightens.

I calmed him down and continued talking.

“Your Majesty, if you just spread all these around, I will have nothing to say to the Korean people.”

President Jiang Zemin asks directly:

“What does Korea want?”

I brought up something I had been thinking about.

“I would like you to transfer the operating rights to Mt. Baekdu, or to be honest, the territory around Mt. Baekdu to Korea.”

When the topic of territory comes up, President Jiang Zemin responds firmly.

“I don’t know about anything else, but territory is not. Do you know what China values ​​most?”

“I know. But isn’t the Baekdu Mountain territory that big? It’s not like Korea is asking for a castle like in the territorial contract with Russia. In the first place, the Chinese population in Manchuria is so large that we don’t need the entire land.”

In the past, when there were not many people living in Manchuria, it might have been different, but now, when the population is large, taking it away will only cause conflict and be socially toxic.

‘If it had been around the 1800s, they would have pushed it with tanks… … .’

“No. In any case, the territory is absolutely not allowed.”

President Jiang Zemin’s attitude was resolute.

‘Hmm, let me try that… … .’