He is Already a Tycoon at a Young Age! - Chapter 25



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“Once you meet with a key Russian military general, the dollar will perfectly serve as a toll fee. And if the Russian government pays back 50% of the $1.5 billion loan with the loan and the South Korean government pays the remaining 50% in dollars, the Russian government has no reason to refuse.”

“Will the current civilian government accept those conditions?”

“If the media reports that we are not receiving $1.5 billion from Russia, which is no different from the people’s tax money, are widely reported, public opinion will heat up. In that case, the VIPs in the Blue House of the civilian government will have to somehow get the $1.5 billion loan.”

“Pressure on the living power?”

“I think that is what we should do in order to promote the business. And I think that my grandfather should use Samjung Heavy Industries to establish a subsidiary of Samjung Heavy Industries.”

“subsidiary company?”

“Yes, I think that only then can Taean Industrial secure the core tank and self-propelled artillery technologies from Russian engineers and become the main force behind South Korea’s next-generation tank project.”

“Ha, hahaha!”

“I think it would be a good idea to name the subsidiary of Samjung Heavy Industries Samjung Defense.”

“Have you already thought of a name for the Samjung Heavy Industries subsidiary?”

“Imagination creates imagination, and then thought creates thought, and it’s gotten to that point. What do you want to do? Will you invest 100 million dollars in me?”

“Jisung, I can’t invest in you.”

“If you just steal my ideas, I won’t respect my grandfather.”

“Hahaha, look at this guy. I should at least earn my grandson’s respect. I should invest in Taean Industrial, which is not an individual like you, but your maternal grandfather’s company. Of course, along with the investment, I should also receive a portion of Taean Industrial’s shares.”

“Then I will transfer 10% of my shares to my grandfather.”

“Only 10%?”

“I don’t even think about who I’ll give rice cakes to, but if you try the kimchi stew first, you’ll give me the Taean Industrial shares that Samjeong Defense owns.”

“Hahaha, you’re just going to rob me. Okay, let’s do that. Jisung, you’re different after all.”

Grandfather, no, I received an investment of 100 million dollars from the Chairman of Samjeong Group to promote the Bear Business.

‘Now it’s really starting.’

Anyway, for the time being, Russia will be a flowerpot for me.

* * *

The next day, in the living room of Jo Mi-seon’s luxury apartment.

“Hello, sister-in-law.”

A man of similar age to my great-aunt came carrying a box of toilet paper and handed it to my great-aunt.

“Are you Eun Ji-ho?”

“Do you know me?”

“My husband said that I was his best friend.”

“You are my one and only friend.”

“Hello, sir.”

I bowed to Eun Ji-ho.

“Oh, you are intelligent.”

“yes.”

“Nice to meet you.”

[Among my friends, there is a friend named Eun Ji-ho who is the director of the KBS news department. He is the person you asked for and he is scheduled to come to your house tomorrow.]

“I prepared a simple meal.”

My aunt said she prepared a simple meal, but the kitchen of the luxury apartment, which is over 200 pyeong, is also 20 pyeong, and inside that kitchen, a chef from Gaya Hotel, an affiliate of Samjeong Group, came out and finished preparing the meal.

“Thank you. Hahaha!”

* * *

Eun Ji-ho’s mouth dropped open when she saw the food on the table.

“Sister-in-law, isn’t this a little too petty? Hahaha!”

My great aunt is a person who has prepared a feast to the extent of a table full of boasts.

“I prepared a variety of dishes because I didn’t know what you would like. Please eat.”

“The chaebols are truly different.”

“Also, a thorn was stuck in his tongue.”

Even though my great-uncle scolded my friend Eun Ji-ho, my great-aunt still smiled brightly.

‘I think these kinds of things are good for my aunt.’

My great aunt laughs a lot after she marries my great uncle.

“This is also an occupational disease. Do you understand, Sister-in-law?”

“Hohoho, of course. Eat lots.”

“Yes, I will enjoy the meal.”

Anyway, the small houses ended up being similar.

My great-uncle guided his friend, Eun Ji-ho, the news director, to my room.

“Hello. Let me introduce myself again. My name is George Sung.”

“why?”

News Director Eun Ji-ho saw his great-uncle.

“why?”

“The person who asked me to report that news was Ji-seong.”

“really?”

Eun Ji-ho was so surprised that her mouth fell open.

* * *

“So, the previous government is planning to receive the $1.5 billion loan it couldn’t get from the collapsed Soviet Union in the form of Russian weapons, and to do that, they’re going to establish a trading company that mainly deals in weapons?”

“I think the Blue House will take action only if the people of the Republic of Korea know about the 1.5 billion dollars in loans that the previous government did not receive from the Soviet Union.”

“You know how to use the media, even though you’re young.”

“You will help me, right?”

“As a journalist, I have a duty to report, but I don’t want to be used like this.”

Even though he said that, Eun Ji-ho, the news director, already had eyes for me. After he came into my room, I talked passionately for about an hour about the future projects I was going to work on.

Every time, Eun Ji-ho, the head of the news department, couldn’t hide his surprised expression.

“In that case, I will approach it from a business perspective.”

“What is the business approach?”

“If you continue to work at KBS, will you be able to become the president of the broadcasting station?”

“Heh heh, look at this guy.”

“There’s no reason why it shouldn’t be done.”

“Ji-sung, KBS is a public broadcasting station. It is a broadcasting station where the position of president should not be decided by anyone’s influence.”

This is Eun Ji-ho, the head of the news department, speaking to me as if scolding me.

“What if it’s not a public broadcasting station?”

“What are you talking about?”

“South Korea’s economy is developing rapidly, and accordingly, there will come a time when there will be a stronger demand for things to see and enjoy.”

“so?”

“I anticipate that a time will come when we will no longer be satisfied with just three terrestrial broadcasting stations. When that happens, a law will be created for the establishment of cable broadcasting companies, like in the US or Japan, and when that happens, I will establish a cable broadcasting company. And it will be a cable broadcasting company that specializes in reporting only news.”

“A cable TV station that only broadcasts news?”

“Yes, a cable news station where no one can interfere or threaten with advertisements. How about that?”

“If I’m going to sit in that seat, KBS will have to broadcast news with the tone you want, right?”

“It’s not the argument I want, but it’s representing the rights that the people of the Republic of Korea need to know.”

“I represent the right to know?”

“Yes, that’s right. The public still doesn’t know about the $1.5 billion loan issue.”

“What if the people’s right to know and the interests of the Samjung Group conflict?”

“Reporters write articles. Reporters also make decisions based on those articles. And even though I am the 4th generation of the Samjung Group, shouldn’t the Samjung Group not be everything to me?”

“Heh heh heh, heh heh heh!”

“The result of this request for reporting is to recover 1.5 billion dollars, which is the property of the Korean people. There is no corruption and it is not something that requires selling one’s conscience as a journalist.”

“But someone, no, you, will benefit.”

“What’s the problem with that? In every case, someone benefits and someone else loses. And this is not a moral age. In fact, it wasn’t a moral age even in Confucius’s time. I beg you. You should get the money you owe.”

Eun Ji-ho, the director of the news department, is finally nodding his head to what I said.

“Okay, then we should cover the $1.5 billion loan issue in detail, and then report on how the Defense Department’s weapons procurement program was a complete rip-off.”

“I would really appreciate it if you could do that.”

“It’s a cable news channel that only broadcasts news, hahaha! I’m really looking forward to it.”

Should I just launch a cable TV station that only broadcasts news?

‘The real moneymakers are the home shopping broadcasters.’

Of course, this is not something that can be done right away.

* * *

Three days later, the presidential office at the Blue House.

“What the hell is this?”

The president immediately asked the chief of public relations at the Blue House, as if he was reprimanding him.

“During the previous government’s large-scale northern project, an agreement was signed to provide a loan of 2 billion dollars to the Soviet Union in order to prevent the Soviet Union from directly supporting North Korea.”

“The Soviet Union is ruined.”

“Yes, $1.5 billion was transferred to the Soviet Union before it collapsed. And because the Soviet Union collapsed, the remaining $500 million was not spent.”

“So, as the news says, we still haven’t received a single penny from Russia?”

“Yes, the Russian government is delaying repayment day after day.”

The Blue House’s chief economic official spoke while keeping an eye on the president’s expression.

“This damn thing, how long do I have to clean up the shit that the previous government made!”

The president shouted.

“Come up with a plan to get $1.5 billion from Russia.”

“Yes, sir, I understand. Mr. President.”

The chief economic official answered reluctantly.

“Russia, these damn things are ripping my belly, ripping my belly, damn it!”

In this way, the atmosphere was created in the direction that Ji-sung wanted.

Episode 26