1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 162



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Episode 162

Russia subsequently dismantled its nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles under the supervision of South Korea and the UN.

And this gave tremendous psychological stability to the surrounding countries.

In effect, Russia has given up its status as a military power.

The so-called former Soviet Union countries no longer have to tremble in fear of Russia.

And after this, Russia officially joined the AEU.

Fortunately, Russia’s economy has been sailing smoothly since then, until recent years.

Two reasons worked together.

After joining the AEU, they started using the won instead of their own currency, the ruble, and inflation began to be relatively controlled to some extent.

Although it is difficult, the economy is starting to stabilize to some extent.

As tariffs were eliminated when trading between Asian countries with the AEU, a certain degree of competition in natural gas sales became possible, and the economic situation improved as the underground resources, including natural gas, were sold to various Asian countries.

And the second is that by eliminating nuclear weapons and missiles, we have actually reduced military spending.

Weapons cost a considerable amount of money not only to manufacture but also to maintain.

However, since a significant portion of these were forcibly scrapped, a significant portion of the costs going to defense spending were reduced.

The face of Russian President Nikolai, whom I met after a long time, seemed quite bright, unlike before when he had an ashen complexion.

He found me at the UN General Assembly, ran to me, grabbed my hands, and greeted me warmly.

“President Kim Jong-guk! How long has it been? How have you been?”

“It’s been a while, President Nikolai. You look much better.”

He answers with a smile.

“Haha. Thanks to that, I think we’re going to be able to live a little bit these days. Since joining the AEU, the unemployment rate has dropped significantly and inflation has been controlled. And the arms reduction that the President mentioned was truly a stroke of genius.”

Russia’s arms reduction was not limited to the elimination of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

Since abandoning its first nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, Russia has drastically reduced the size of its military.

All the old and worn-out tanks and fighter planes were scrapped.

The size of the military was also reduced to less than half of its original size, while military spending was reduced to about one-third of what it was before.

Russia, where defense spending accounted for about 15% of GDP, has since seen its defense spending fall to 5%.

And by investing that weight in various infrastructure projects, we have now definitely surpassed the level of developing countries.

“Thank goodness. Military power is of course an important part of a country, but what does it mean when all the people are dying?”

After hearing my story, he immediately bowed his head to me and thanked me.

“And thank you. I heard that the price of natural gas in Korea could have been lowered further, but it was not. Thanks to you, the Russian economy can breathe a sigh of relief. I thank you on behalf of the Russian people.”

I was a little embarrassed.

Not only did he bow his head in gratitude, but the Korean government did not maintain natural gas prices for Russia in the first place.

‘We just reduced it because we’ve been exporting too many resources recently… … .’

Recently, it was felt that exports of underground resources, including crude oil and natural gas, had become too excessive, so prices were maintained to a certain extent.

It was just a matter of adjusting the quantity, taking into account the remaining buried resources and future prices.

In the first place, Korea was able to do this because it was not a country that would have problems with exports even if resource exports decreased slightly.

I just laughed it off.

“Haha. No. Since you have listened to our requests to Russia, it is only natural that we should cooperate to some extent.”

Even after President Nikolai returned to his seat, several heads of state approached me to ask me for favors or to try to build a relationship with me, even if only a little.

In the past, the spotlight that the United States received was now being shared between Korea and the United States.

The reason why the participation of leaders was so high despite the absence of US President Bush from the UN General Assembly was because the leader of Korea participated.

And a little later, Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa also approaches.

“Mr. President, it’s been a while!”

‘You’ll be busy today too… … .’

“President Nikolai, I’m sorry, but I’ll see you later.”

I approached President Nikolai and asked for his understanding, and greeted Prime Minister Hosokawa.

“Prime Minister Hosokawa, how long has it been since we last had this?”

* * *

“Whew… I finally got it.”

It was not long after I returned from the UN General Assembly.

December 8, 2005.

Finally, I collected all 400,000 points needed to create a superconductor.

This technology was on a whole different level from anything that had come before.

If the technologies we have acquired so far have advanced modern technologies, this is literally the technology of the future.

It was also an unknown technology that may or may not actually be implemented in the future.

‘Is it really possible…?’

After work was over in the evening, I went to the National Technology Agency’s Advanced Research Institute, beat up everyone, and finally purchased the superconductor technology.

[Purchase completed.]

And contrary to my expectations that a huge amount of content would come out, all that came out was a mere twenty books in the form of academic papers and one machine.

‘It’s shorter than I thought?’

After that, I went out the door and told the chief secretary to call Professor Do Min-gu, who had done the most research in superconductivity in the country.

He was someone I had been keeping an eye on for a while.

He was the foremost authority on superconductivity in Korea.

“Chief Secretary, could you please ask Professor Do Min-gu, who is currently working at Seoul National University, to come?”

“Yes? Right now?”

It was already past nine o’clock.

Normally I would have wanted to schedule time for tomorrow or a few days later, but that wasn’t possible right now.

‘I’ve been waiting for over 10 years, I need to see results as soon as possible.’

“Yes. If possible, please call me right away. Please send a car from the Blue House to bring me here.”

“I see it’s urgent. Okay.”

* * *

-Ding dong.

It was almost 10 o’clock when the doorbell suddenly rang.

“Who could it be at this hour?”

Professor Do Min-gu’s wife, who was resting while watching TV next to him, goes out to the front door, looking puzzled.

And after a while, Professor Do Min-gu’s wife calls Professor Do Min-gu in a slightly surprised voice.

“Hey, honey, come out to the front door quickly. I think some important people are here!”

‘Someone important? Who is it?’

Professor Do Min-gu goes out to the front door with a mixture of anticipation that he might win some good prize and anxiety that something might have gone wrong.

And there were several men wearing suits standing in the hallway.

‘What, what is it… … .’

The man who appears to be the largest among them sees Professor Do Min-gu and identifies him.

“Are you Professor Do Min-gu from the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Seoul National University?”

Professor Do Min-gu answers with a slightly trembling voice.

“Yes, yes… that’s right, but who are you and why are you coming to my house at this hour?”

The large man immediately bows his head and apologizes, then takes a business card out of his pocket and hands it to him.

“I’m sorry. By the way, I didn’t introduce myself since I came here so late. My name is Yoon Su-min, the head of the Blue House Security Service.”

“Ah, the Blue House… …?”

I was hesitant, but the business card he handed me clearly had “Blue House” written on it.

Professor Do Min-goo asks again, his voice still trembling.

“But why did you come to the Blue House on this late night… … ?”

Team leader Yoon Su-min comes in a little further and speaks to Professor Do Min-gu while handing him an outer garment.

“Professor Do Min-gu, the President is looking for you urgently. You must go to the National Technology Office with him immediately.”

“Uh, Mr. President, me… … ?”

His pupils shook at the mention of the President seeking him out.

“No, why is the President looking for this guy…? …! Hey, is it because this guy wrote some critiques of the current government on the Internet a while ago?”

Instead of Professor Do Min-gu, who was speechless, his wife, who was standing next to him, passionately appealed that Professor Do Min-gu was not guilty.

And Team Leader Yoon Su-min laughs loudly when he sees that.

“Hahaha. Don’t you know that the President isn’t the type of person to look for someone for something like that?”

“That, that’s true, but… … .”

Come to think of it, Do Min-gu’s wife has never heard of anyone being arrested or anything for posting critical comments about the president on the Internet.

However, because the president’s approval rating was so high, people who wrote critical comments about the president were often met with malicious comments.

Team leader Yoon Su-min speaks to Professor Do.

“I don’t know the details, but Professor Do said he needs to discuss something urgently related to his current research field. Would you like to come with me?”

Professor Do thinks for a moment and then nods.

“Okay, if that’s the case, I guess I should go and see.”

“I asked you to bring it in a hurry, so put this on and leave right away.”

What Team Leader Yoon handed me was a coat that looked quite warm.

Professor Do Min-goo greets his wife and leaves the house with the Blue House security service.

“I’ll be back soon. I’m going to sleep first.”

His wife speaks to him, holding his hand tightly in a worried voice.

“I’ll definitely come back without getting hurt anywhere.”

Team leader Yoon Su-min jokingly calls her sister-in-law, reassuring her.

“Don’t worry, sister-in-law. I’m not being taken away by the National Intelligence Service. I’m going to meet the President.”

Professor Do Min-gu’s wife glares at Team Leader Yoon Su-min and speaks.

“If my husband does something wrong, I really won’t stay still!”

Team Leader Yoon Su-min answered with a big laugh.

“Hahaha. Don’t worry. I will risk my life to take good care of Professor Do Min-gu.”

* * *

Less than two hours after I asked the chief secretary, Professor Do Min-gu arrived at the National Technology Office.

I greeted him barefoot.

“Are you Professor Do Min-gu?”

“Yes. Mr. President… Hello. I am Do Min-gu from the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Seoul National University.”

I apologized, holding his hand tightly.

“I’m really sorry to call you so suddenly at this late hour. It was a really urgent matter, so I couldn’t help it.”

“Oh, no.”

I bought him a copy of the superconductor technology book and gave him the book.

“This is something that the National Technology Agency has been secretly researching recently. I think you’ll know what it’s about if you see it, Professor.”

He takes the book from me with a slightly nervous expression and begins to read it.

And then his pupils dilate.

After a while, the mouth also opens.

After about an hour, he stopped reading the book and asked me with a look of astonishment.

“Mr. President. This, sir… No way… … .”

I nodded and said.

“That’s right. It’s a technology related to superconductors. Professor Do Min-gu, can this technology really be realized?”