1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 134



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Episode 134

[Korea-Kuwait Military Alliance Signed. – BBD]

[South Korea builds military base in Kuwait with 2,000 troops. – GOX TV]

Internal negotiations also progressed quickly, to the point where an article was published in just two weeks.

As for money, most of the concessions were made by Kuwait, so it proceeded without any major problems.

The United States seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with South Korea’s military bases overseas, but did not speak out about it because of the various problems it had with South Korea.

Kuwait has initiated talks with Iran through several diplomatic channels.

Certainly, since Korea had made a big promise, they also kept their promise well.

After two weeks of coaxing and cajoling, he managed to secure a summit between Iran’s supreme leader and President Kim Jong-un.

It was a sufficient achievement compared to the previous situation where no contact was even received from Korea.

The venue for the Korea-Iran summit is Kuwait.

President Kim Jong-guk repeatedly said that it was okay for him to go to Iran, but due to security concerns and other reasons, the Secret Service strongly opposed the summit, so the summit location was set at Kuwait, which had arranged the summit.

* * *

Shortly afterwards, a summit between South Korea and Iran was held at the largest hotel in Kuwait.

I arrived at the hotel first and waited for Iran’s Supreme Leader Rahbar while running various simulations in my head.

Prime Minister Zayed, who led the summit, looks a little anxious as he looks at his watch.

It was already more than 15 minutes past the appointment time.

The plane had already arrived a while ago.

Time-wise, it was already well past our time to get here.

Prime Minister Zayed speaks to me with an apologetic expression.

“Sorry, I guess you’re a little late.”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s not something the Prime Minister needs to apologize for.”

“I arranged this, so how can you pretend not to know?”

Then the door opens and a man with a beard like a god comes in.

It was Iran’s supreme leader Hamad Rahbar.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Kim Jung-guk.”

I shook his hand lightly, but he silently accepted my handshake with a look of discontent.

And then, a little later, he pours out his heart to me in a voice full of complaints.

“Although Kuwait’s request was very earnest, I came here thinking that the relationship between Korea and Iran will improve significantly.”

And then he continued talking even though I didn’t open my mouth.

“We still haven’t forgotten what Korea did back then!”

Perhaps he was talking about the past Iranian military operation to rescue American hostages.

In the operation to rescue the hostages at the U.S. embassy, ​​our Central Intelligence Agency at the time, under my command, carried out an action that was tantamount to a military operation, and this has become the reason why Korea and Iran have not been able to establish proper diplomatic relations to this day.

Actually, it would have been a simple matter if you had just apologized and ended it sooner.

But I didn’t pay much attention to it.

Because I was relatively less interested in diplomacy in the Middle East, I missed the opportunity to apologize and reestablish diplomatic relations.

Prime Minister Zayed looks at me with a troubled expression and says:

“Of course, you came here because you wanted to apologize. Isn’t that right, President Kim Jong-guk?”

I shook my head and spoke.

“I’m sorry, but I have no intention of apologizing.”

“yes……?”

Prime Minister Zayed’s pupils dilate, and the expression on the face of Minister Yoo Sung-kook, who came with him, also becomes thoughtful.

“Oh, Mr. President!!”

Hamad Rahbar is about to turn away, looking annoyed.

“You came for nothing! Don’t call me again!”

I caught him trying to turn back.

“What, what are you doing now… …! Put this down!”

He looks back with a dumbfounded expression.

I said to him like that.

“What good is an apology in words? In the end, isn’t it the actual compensation that matters?”

His ears perk up at the mention of tangible compensation.

“Practical compensation… … .”

“Hamad Rahbar didn’t come here just to hear a few words of apology from me, did he?”

He calms down and nods.

“… Good. That’s true. We didn’t come here just to hear a few words of apology.”

“Then, would you like to sit down and talk?”

“Okay.”

Hamad sits down and I sit across from him.

Hamad asks me as soon as I sit down.

“Tell me, what do you have in store for us?”

“First of all, Korea would like to have good relations with Iran in the future.”

Hamad’s expression, which had been serious throughout the story about a good relationship, slightly relaxed.

“Honestly, it’s a bit absurd. After 20 years of no word, this is happening all of a sudden. Weren’t we practically enemies until now?”

I answered with a smile.

“Isn’t that what diplomacy is? In diplomacy, there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies.”

When I come out shamelessly, they start laughing instead.

“Hahaha. You’re really shameless. Are you saying you want to be our friends?”

I shook my head and answered.

“Even if we aren’t necessarily friends, I hope we don’t remain enemies like we are now.”

He says, stroking his long beard.

“That depends on what you propose. Well, now tell me what you propose.”

I’ll start by talking about the basics.

“I hope that Korea and Iran will return to normal diplomatic relations. Our government, just like our diplomatic principles with other countries, is not interested in what Iran does within our country. Our government is not a country that cares about what other countries do within their country.”

Unlike the United States, it meant that there would be no interference in internal affairs.

Hamad asks with a slight laugh.

“Is that all?”

“No way.”

I said, getting up from my seat.

“Korea will help Iran with the most difficult problems.”

Hamad’s expression changes to one of puzzlement.

“Problem? What is the problem with us? We live according to God’s will, so there is no problem… … .”

I interrupted him and started speaking myself.

“Hasn’t the water shortage phenomenon become more severe recently?”

“… … .”

Hamad is silent.

It may never have been announced publicly.

But even without searching on a smartphone, it was widely known that Iran was suffering from a serious water shortage at the time.

Even the capital, Tehran, was experiencing protests over water shortages.

The fact that protests are taking place over water shortages, rather than religious or social issues, shows how serious the water shortage problem is in Iran.

‘It’s hard for me to sympathize as someone who lives in Korea, but… ‘

It is hard to imagine in a country with an abundance of fresh water like Korea, but in reality, water shortages are becoming a huge social problem in Iran.

He speaks to me with a resigned tone.

“That’s not wrong. We’ve been having a hard time recently due to the water shortage. But does that mean Korea is going to do anything about it?”

I walked up to the window, opened it wide, and pointed to the sea in the distance.

“What if all that seawater could be used as fresh water?”

“Are you talking about seawater desalination?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

He speaks to me in an annoyed voice.

“We’ve tried it, right? We’ve tried all sorts of things with seawater, but there’s never been a case where seawater desalination was significantly efficient.”

I said to him, slightly raising the corners of my lips.

“The seawater desalination technology I am talking about is not the seawater desalination technology of other countries. It is ‘Korean seawater desalination’ technology.”

The seawater desalination technology was something I bought for 1,000 points at the secret shop years ago.

In fact, at the time of purchase, it was not purchased because of the water shortage in Korea.

Korea is basically a country with abundant river water and groundwater.

No matter how much technology you acquire from a tech shop, seawater desalination is seawater desalination.

Naturally, the efficiency is bound to be lower compared to using river water or groundwater.

However, compared to the generally known seawater desalination technology, it showed an absurd efficiency.

It wasn’t economically feasible in Korea right away, but it was a technology that I needed in case I die in the future and Korea becomes a country with a water shortage.

Of course, even at the time, the National Technology Agency was quite surprised by its incredible efficiency, but since seawater desalination technology was not needed in most parts of South Korea, it was virtually a forgotten technology except for its use in a few island regions.

‘I never thought it would be used like this.’

I spoke to him again as he was troubled.

“Hamad Rahbar, even though we haven’t established diplomatic relations, don’t you know what Korea’s technological prowess means?”

“Ugh… … .”

Hamad is in trouble.

It’s not like he hadn’t heard about Korea’s technological prowess.

No, maybe I knew too well.

Several K9 self-propelled howitzers that had been exported to other countries in the Middle East ended up in Iran, and he personally witnessed their power with his own eyes.

It was a technology so superior that it was clearly several times better than American self-propelled guns.

And the greatness of Korean technology was not limited to military technology.

All Korean products that flowed into Iran seemed to be of a quality that was decades ahead of that of other countries.

“We are proud to say that this is the world’s best technology. Of course, it is less efficient than simply using groundwater or river water, but if it were possible in the first place, Iran would not be suffering from such a water shortage.”

He thinks for a moment and then asks me again.

“…Is Korea’s seawater desalination technology really at that level?”

‘They’ve all come over.’

I said to him with a big smile.

“Of course. If this technology is transferred, Iran’s water shortage problem will be solved. I, Kim Jong-guk, guarantee it.”

* * *

Resumption of diplomatic relations with Iran in exchange for technology transfer for seawater desalination.

Each country’s embassy has also begun to rebuild, and several Korean companies have begun preparing to enter Iran.

But the ones who started to get the busiest were the black agents within the National Intelligence Service.

Director of the National Intelligence Service Jeong Man-geun asks Deputy Director Choi Dae-ho, who is in charge of the Black Agents.

“Starting next month, you will be able to officially enter Iran. Can you do it?”

Vice President Choi answers with a confident voice.

“Of course. Leave it to me.”

“It won’t be easy. They say they know where they are, but they’ll definitely be heavily guarded. They’re practically warlords. They’ll definitely be armed with machine guns and other weapons.”

“Please trust our agents, Director! Our agents’ skills have already surpassed those of CIA agents.”

The director of the National Intelligence Service speaks with a grave expression.

“This mission is to assassinate the leader and top officials of Al Qaeda and return safely without being caught. This is a matter of the lives of our people. Can you do it?”

It was an order given directly by the President.

Jeong Man-geun also did not hear the detailed reason.

But it’s President Kim Jong-guk, so there’s no question about it.

There must be a good reason why he uses even black agents from the National Intelligence Service to give orders in such an unusual way.

“Please leave it to me. I will definitely complete it successfully!”

The director of the National Intelligence Service hands the deputy director a piece of paper with the location that President Kim Jong-guk had provided.

The deputy director silently accepts the paper, salutes the director of the National Intelligence Service, and leaves.

The director of the National Intelligence Service recalls what President Kim Jong-guk said.

-The most important thing in this case is to do it without being caught by the Iranian government. You have to literally assassinate him quietly and come back.

The most important point of this mission, which the President has strongly urged, is to carry out the mission without being detected by the Iranian government.

If Iran catches him in the middle or even after the assassination, relations with Iran could be in shambles again.

It would be understandable to be worried if the President had spoken to this extent, but in fact he is confident that this will not fail.

No one else, but the current black agents of the National Intelligence Service, knew themselves best.

With the exception of the US President, the Chinese President, and other heads of state, they were now able to quietly assassinate heads of state all over the world.

The day when the National Intelligence Service’s black agents would board a plane to kill the leader of Al Qaeda was getting closer by the day.