1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 17



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Episode 17

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“Isn’t this really President Kim’s second thought?”

“That’s right! If not, how could they have handled something like the real-name financial transaction system without saying a single word to the ruling party?”

Democratic Republican Party and Yushin Political Friends Association lawmakers gather at the National Assembly building and denounce President Kim.

“Where else can you handle something like this without even a single word of agreement with the ruling party! This real-name financial transaction bill must not be passed!”

Some lawmakers are even saying that the bill should not be passed.

Any bill temporarily implemented as an emergency measure must be passed by the National Assembly before it can be officially implemented.

At a time when there was a lot of criticism of President Kim, first-term lawmaker Min Jeong-gi spoke cautiously.

“But… isn’t it true that policies like the real-name financial transaction system were unavoidable because if information were leaked in advance, the bill would become meaningless?”

“What are you saying! Congressman! Whose side are you on right now!”

One of the senior lawmakers shouts at Rep. Min, pointing his finger at him.

Then another first-term lawmaker, Rep. Jeong Jeong-hwan, stands up and confronts the veteran lawmaker.

“Whose side are you on? Is President Kim from a different party? After all, wasn’t he the person Your Excellency loved the most from our party?”

Several of the senior lawmakers ran to Rep. Jeong and Rep. Min, grabbed them by the collar, and shouted.

“What are you saying? You’re trying to join President Kim just because his approval rating is going up!!”

The House of Representatives becomes a scene of chaos in an instant. At that moment, JP, who had been quietly remaining silent, opens his mouth.

“Everyone, stop it! What are you doing with your fellow members?”

Only then do they let go of the collars they were holding onto.

“I’m sorry…. Mr. President.”

“Me too.. I was too excited. Sorry.”

As the House of Representatives becomes quiet, JP takes the microphone and speaks.

“First of all, let’s pass the real-name financial transaction system.”

“Mr. President!!”

Some hardliners are shouting again.

“I’m not necessarily passing it because I like it. But public opinion is overwhelming. And in the long run, it’s not a law that will harm the Republic of Korea.”

A significant portion of public opinion already wanted the real-name financial system to pass. Since its two goals were to eliminate corruption and to legalize the underground economy, there was no one who would dislike it.

Although it was inconvenient to have to bring an ID card when going to the bank, most ordinary citizens opened accounts under their real names in the first place, so there was not much of a difference, and only a very small number of citizens opposed it.

If the ruling party here opposed this bill and did not pass it in the National Assembly, it was clear as day that they would face a backlash.

“Let’s stop talking about this and end it here. We will pass it during the next regular session of the National Assembly.”

When JP speaks like that, the other members eventually agree.

“Then, we will end the general meeting here for today.”

As the general meeting of lawmakers ended and Chairman Kim Jong-pil was about to leave after organizing his place, several lawmakers approached him. Then, they quietly and secretly asked him a favor.

“Mr. President… Could you please convey this message to President Kim…?”

“What are you talking about?”

“No.. This time, because of the real-name financial transaction system, one of my accounts was severely blocked. Please, at least, release that.. Please.”

Then another senior member of the National Assembly approaches and asks JP in a small voice.

“Mr. President… I also have a favor to ask…”

“Do you also have an account in someone else’s name?”

“.. .. .. Yes.. Please, I beg you. Without that money, I won’t be able to run in the next election.”

“Haa.. Really..”

Yesterday, in fact, several members of the National Assembly came and begged JP to do something about their own secret bank accounts.

‘.. .. .. Haa.. Is this what you were aiming for···.’

JP’s head was starting to hurt more and more.

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“Mr. President, here is the list of ruling party members you requested.”

Director Kim Moon-sik compiled a list of ruling party members and handed it to me.

“Thank you, Director Kim.”

According to Director Kim’s investigation, out of the 146 people, 43 are definitely on President Kim Jung-pil’s side.

Most of them were multi-term veteran lawmakers belonging to the Democratic Republican Party.

Of the 146 current ruling party members, 73 are members of the Democratic Republican Party and the remaining 73 are members of the Yushin Political Friends Association.

More than half of the ruling party’s members are members of the Yushin Political Friends Association, who were not elected but were appointed by President Lee Jung-hwan.

In other words, among the members of the Yushin Political Friends Association, there were almost none of them who were people led by Chairman Kim Jung-pil.

‘These lawmakers belonging to the Yushin Jeongwoohoe will end up being JP’s weak points.’

More than anything else, securing this number of National Assembly members was largely due to the constitutional amendment. In the process of amending the constitution, their support was essential to eliminate the term limit that I wanted.

It is probably obvious what the members of the Yushin Political Friendship Association want.

‘Guaranteed nomination.’

If the constitution is amended, the positions of the indirect members of the National Assembly appointed by the President, that is, the members of the Yushin Political Friends Association, will naturally disappear.

Then, they will eventually have to run in local constituencies, and those who relatively do not have local constituencies will be desperate to get nominated in their local constituencies.

But it was not an easy problem. The original local constituency member was holding on, so it was not right to unconditionally put in members of the Yushin Political Friends Association in that position.

“It’s not easy···.”

My head is starting to hurt because I’ve been doing this and that in such a short period of time.

‘Shall we take a break for a moment…’

I open my smartphone for a moment and look through things to relieve tension.

This smartphone was the only thing that reminded me that I was from the future.

[Corporate Confidential Documents application has been activated.]

While I was taking a break by browsing the Internet, I suddenly got an alarm on my smartphone.

‘Now that I think about it, there was this.’

I was so busy that I forgot about it.

It was clearly stated that if you are elected with 100% of the votes during the election process, you will receive a special reward.

“It’s a confidential document.. Let’s take a look.”

[Confidential Document Store]

[Current Grade: Low]

[Current points: 500pt]

[Pionan Construction Nuclear Power Plant / 500pt]

[TSMG 40nm process semiconductor / 1,000pt]

[Hanho K8 self-propelled howitzer / 3,000pt]

-Points are accumulated based on urgent quests or the President’s achievements or performance.

‘It’s not really a game···.’

The content was ridiculous. But what was even more ridiculous was the content in the confidential documents. Most of them were about products that were incredibly innovative by future great companies.

However, since these were technologies that changed the world so much, most of the points were extremely expensive even though they were of a low grade.

“Is this the only thing I can buy right now···.”

For now, I just touched the only nuclear power plant I could buy and bought it, just as a test.

[Purchase completed.]

Then suddenly, numerous documents and books appeared before my eyes.

At first glance, it looked like it would be dozens of books.

“Chief Secretary!”

“Mr. President. Have you called?”

Young-ho, who was in the secretary’s office, enters the office. Then, he is surprised by the huge amount of documents in front of him.

“Mr. President. Where did all these documents suddenly come from…”

“Let’s talk about that later. Right now, please call the chairman of Hyunjoong Construction.”

“Are you talking about now?”

It’s 1 a.m. now.

Actually, it wasn’t time to call anyone.

But I was curious.

Just how valuable are these documents?

“Yes. Right now. And when you come, make sure to bring a few of the practitioners with you.”

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“You called, Your Majesty.”

In less than 30 minutes, Oh Wang-guk, the chairman of South Korea’s number one construction company, Hyundai Heavy Industries, arrived at the Blue House accompanied by five working-level officials.

Even though he was an interim president, it was evidence that the president’s power was still enormous.

“Oh, Chairman. I’m sorry for calling you so early in the morning. It’s a bit urgent.”

“No, it’s fine, Your Majesty. But what’s the matter?”

“It’s not something else, but this time we’re planning to build a nuclear power plant.”

“A nuclear power plant?”

At this time, one nuclear power plant was already completed and operating, and another was under construction. In fact, it was not something special enough to call out at this early hour.

Chairman Oh’s expression becomes a little worse.

He tries not to show it, but his face shows an expression that suggests he might be wondering if you called him at this hour of the morning just to talk about business.

I quickly started explaining to him why I had called him at dawn.

“So the reason I called Chairman Oh and the staff at this hour of the morning is because of these documents.”

I pointed to the papers organized on the desk I had temporarily brought.

“What are these documents, Your Majesty?”

“It’s not easy for me to explain, so I would like the practitioners to first review the documents.”

“These documents? Excuse me, but what on earth are these documents, Your Majesty?”

“Well… To put it simply, these are documents about the design drawings and internal technology of a nuclear power plant. However, since my knowledge of these is limited, I don’t know how valuable these documents are. So I would like the practitioners to review them.”

Chairman Oh speaks to his staff with a suspicious expression.

“What are you doing? Everyone, hurry up and review it.”

The practitioners begin to carefully review the documents.

Two hours passed by like that, and it was already past 4 in the morning.

“This is ridiculous..”

“I… Your Majesty… am truly sorry, but… where on earth did you get this….”

The practitioners ask me with surprised expressions.

“Why is that? Is there a problem with the documents?”

“It’s not a problem.. It’s too perfect. No, rather than perfect, it’s amazing. Who on earth could have this kind of technology..”

“From the blueprint to the internal technology… nothing is missing. If I had to say, it’s technology that seems like it came from the future.”

Pioneer Construction was the construction company with the best technology for nuclear power plant construction in 2023. Naturally, the technology is incomparable to the technology of 1980.

“Stop saying weird things and just do it like this, what do you think?”

Chairman Oh calms down the excited workers.

“Ah… I’m sorry. This is the first time I’ve seen such a perfect blueprint..”

The design engineer calms down for a moment and says:

“If we build with this technology, we can build much faster and more sturdily than the current nuclear power plants. Of course, we can also reduce time and cost.”

“Really? Then what kind of energy can be created?”

“The energy that can be produced can be more than twice as efficient as the nuclear power plants currently being built.”