1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 141



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Even taking into account the extra time, there are still about 10 minutes left.

When you look at the content of the game, such as the number of shots or ball possession, it was definitely not a winning game.

But that wasn’t important right now.

The score is tied 2:2.

If we can somehow score just one more goal, we will win and the South Korean national team will go down in history as the World Cup champions.

And no one will say anything about the possession or number of shots in that game.

Many people take issue with the content of the game when we lose, but no one takes issue with the content of the game when we win.

Both teams were exhausted.

The players look at the coach.

The director was firm.

One-sided attack.

Since the score was tied, it was natural to play defensively and try to force overtime, but the manager and coaching staff seemed to think that if they went into overtime, they would end up losing.

And it seemed that the Brazilian coach was also one-sided in his attacking style.

A Brazilian player dubbed the Alien runs the ball faster than ever before.

The caster speaks urgently.

“Ah, Hodaucinho is driving the ball quickly! It’s dangerous!”

“Our players need to focus! There are only 10 minutes left. If we concede another goal here, it will be difficult!”

He was such a natural soccer player that he was called an alien.

In terms of talent alone, he was a player on par with Pele or Maradona.

But, inexplicably, Rodausinho’s World Cup winning goal was blocked.

“Ah!! Ryu Geun-tae!! He kicks the ball away! Ryu Geun-tae saves the Republic of Korea from crisis once again!”

38-year-old veteran Ryu Geun-tae saved South Korea from crisis by blocking Hodaucinho’s attack.

Time has passed and regular class time is over.

Added time is 2 minutes.

It was a time when most people thought they would go for an extension.

But one person didn’t seem to think so.

The politically motivated runs left with a goal.

And the one in the center is none other than Lee Chang-seop.

Even though they had been playing for over 90 minutes, the two young players did not seem to show any sign of fatigue.

“Political player crosses the line!”

Politics sends a cross from the end of the left line.

And the ball landed right at Changseop’s feet.

It was the exact spot where Changseop scored so many goals in this World Cup.

“Lee Chang-seop’s shot······!!!

Changseop kicked the ball without a second thought.

And that ball changed the history of Korean soccer.

“Ah, a goal!!! It’s a goal!!! A goal in the 92nd minute of added time!!! Lee Chang-seop’s goal!!! Korea 3:2!! Lee Chang-seop was the problem solver!!!”

“What is this? Lee Chang-seop!! Ah!! South Korea!! South Korea turned the tables on Brazil in the World Cup finals!!!”

Both the caster and the commentator’s throats are about to get sore.

And it was the same for other peoples.

“Wow!!! Republic of Korea!!!”

“Lee Chang-seop!!! Lee Chang-seop!!! Politics!!! Politics!!!”

“Republic of Korea!!! Republic of Korea!!!”

Someone 10 or 20 years from now might ask why we are so excited about a little game of chance, but the Republic of Korea is now more united than ever.

“The ball is coming to the center. Now all extra time is over. The referee blows the whistle!!! Korea wins!!! Wins!!!”

Finally, the referee’s whistle blows and the game ends.

South Korea wins the World Cup.

“I, really… Is this real? South Korea winning the World Cup….”

The narrator cannot continue speaking and starts sobbing.

The caster continues speaking, barely holding back tears.

“Ah, the South Korean national team really won the World Cup!! The South Korean national soccer team has reached the top on the world’s greatest stage. I’m so proud of all of our national team players!!”

*

The day after the World Cup victory was confirmed, a special cabinet meeting was held to discuss various issues, including temporary public holidays.

But there was one big problem.

The State Council members, including myself, were not in a position to hold a State Council meeting.

“Ugh, ugh··· So starting tomorrow, there will be a temporary holiday for three days··· Ugh, ugh······.”

I tried to somehow get the meeting going, but my throat was so sore from yelling too much during the final goal yesterday that I couldn’t speak properly.

And it was the same for everyone else.

“Prime Minister Park, what happened to the World Cup advertising revenue? Uh, uhm······.”

Prime Minister Park opens his mouth and says something, but his throat is so hoarse that it is barely audible.

“Yes··· Mr. President, advertising revenue······.”

He seemed to be even more hoarse than me.

“Okay… Please send me the data later. Ahem… Ahem….”

Prime Minister Park Dae-chun bows his head and apologizes.

Everyone probably hadn’t slept well and was very hoarse, but their eyes looked brighter than ever.

It seemed like everyone still hadn’t gotten over their excitement from yesterday.

I spoke with difficulty, quenching my thirst with the water that was nearby.

“It seems difficult to hold a proper meeting right now anyway, so let’s hold a temporary holiday for three days starting tomorrow, and let’s take the rest of the time off and come back and do it three days later. Are there any objections?”

Everyone is quiet.

No one seemed to have any complaints.

In the first place, none of the cabinet members raised any complaints because they themselves needed to rest and let the excitement die down a bit.

*

[South Korea Wins World Cup. – Washington Times]

[Underdog Korea beats Brazil and stands on top of world football – The Moon]

[United Republic of Korea. National unity brought about by World Cup victory – KBC]

The greatest effect of the World Cup was national unity.

The effect of winning the World Cup was so great that it even brought about reconciliation and unity among those who had been fighting.

This was a passage that made me understand why the government invests so much in sports.

But the effects of winning the World Cup were not limited to national unity.

The biggest direct effect was, of course, the advertising effect.

In fact, the reason FIFA gave most of the advertising revenue from the 2002 World Cup to Korea was because it was expected that the advertising revenue would not be large, as well as compensation for Korea’s sudden hosting.

This is because it was a World Cup that was held suddenly, so there was no way to properly prepare for it, and it was judged that it would be a box office failure.

But the result is just the opposite.

It was a huge World Cup that made you wonder if there has ever been a World Cup this successful.

Two men who are crazy about soccer worked together and prepared like crazy to successfully host the event, and the victory of the host country’s underdog team, Korea, led to the crazy popularity of the 2002 Korea World Cup.

It was truly unprecedented in World Cup history for a team ranked in the bottom 30 of the FIFA rankings to win the tournament.

Added to that is the perfect storytelling.

Lee Chang-seop, who emerged as the biggest star in this World Cup, was born in the northern part of South Korea.

If there had been no unification, it is uncertain whether he would have been able to be as active as he is now as a soccer player.

Such a player was able to unify and play properly as a soccer player, and in his first international match, the World Cup, he led South Korea to victory by scoring several winning goals.

People all over the world were moved by his story.

Although there are many cases where a player’s story is completed at the World Cup, it is not common for a player’s story to begin at the World Cup like this.

The advertising effect was beyond words.

Among all World Cups, the final match against Brazil recorded the highest viewership ratings of all time, and Korean companies that appeared throughout the match saw an effect worth dozens of times the advertising costs they paid.

Most foreign companies did not apply for advertising during the 2002 World Cup, as they thought it would not be a success.

Inevitably, only Korean companies were forced to advertise, but this had a truly enormous effect.

And these things added up to draw the attention of people all over the world to Korea.

“Shall we go to Korea for our next trip?”

David, a man who has lived in England his entire life, tells his wife that he wants to go on a trip to Korea after the World Cup in Korea ends.

The wife answers with a puzzled look.

“Korea? You’re a weirdo.”

“Watching this World Cup, I really wanted to visit Korea. The enthusiasm of the cheering was amazing. The street scenes were also much better than I expected.”

Along with the recent World Cup matches, the street scenes of Korea that were shown during the matches and in various news reports have made people around the world want to visit Korea.

The wife stops cooking and sits down at the table.

“Okay. There was something I wanted to buy when I went to Korea. The Korean cosmetics commercial that was shown at the stadium during the recent World Cup. I really wanted that. Maybe it would be cheaper if I bought it in Korea?”

David is thrilled by his wife’s positive response.

“Really? Then when should we go?”

The wife hesitates for a moment and then answers.

“Hmm. Well? Now that we’re on the subject, let’s find out right away.”

“Okay. Then I’ll call the travel agency tomorrow.”

The woman speaks as she pours her own tea and David’s tea.

“I’m looking forward to the trip to Korea~”

*

With the World Cup victory, the number of tourists skyrocketed.

It was the result of spreading advertisements all over the world at a level that would be difficult to achieve even if tens or hundreds of trillions of won were poured in.

A Korean cosmetics advertisement that was shown in the background throughout the World Cup finals caught the attention of women around the world and brought them to Korea to shop for cosmetics.

The world’s first smartphone made by QPL, which was one of the few advertisements for foreign companies, was hung behind the stadium throughout the finals, opening the era of smartphones with a huge promotional effect.

And the largest shareholder of that Qupple was the Korean government.

Most of these profits also ended up in Korea’s pockets.

The intangible and tangible revenues that came in along with advertising revenue were truly beyond imagination.

It was several times, if not dozens of times, the amount of money invested.

It was to the point where people were saying that the national prestige had risen by one level.

If the 1992 Seoul Olympics showed the unified and developed image of South Korea, the 2002 Korea World Cup impressed upon the world that South Korea is now one of the leading countries in the world.

However, not all good things continued to happen after the World Cup.

Exactly one month after the World Cup ended, Prime Minister Lee Hwa-sung finally passed away.

He, who had been so happy and smiling after winning the World Cup, eventually died of lung cancer at the age of 73.

His death was unusually given a state funeral for a prime minister.

Along with Prime Minister Lee Dae-sik, he was one of the heroes of the Second Korean War, and while he contributed greatly to the unification of the Republic of Korea, he was also the person who served as Prime Minister for the longest period in the history of the Republic of Korea.

He was a man who was unusually respected by the people for a prime minister.

In fact, he has consistently received high support in opinion polls for the next presidential election, despite saying he is not interested.

Even the opposition party did not raise any objections to holding a state funeral for his death.

I personally served as the funeral director and personally supervised his final journey.

Even while working, whenever he had time, he would go to the incense burner and mourn together with the people who came to comfort him over his death.

Of course, the person most saddened by his death was none other than Seoul Mayor Lee Dae-sik, who could be considered his direct junior.

He took a five-day leave and virtually stayed on his last journey as a resident.

And when I finally finished the funeral, took off my mourning clothes, and returned to my office, many thoughts crossed my mind.

‘I guess I’ll have to prepare someday too.’

I don’t know when my death will be.

But now I could instinctively tell that I definitely didn’t have more than ten years left.

And you might not be able to work during that time.

‘I have to do everything I can in the remaining time······.’