I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 146



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (146)

“Today is the day to submit your book report, right? Have you finished your homework?”

“Yes~.”

This is an elementary school in Seoul.

At the teacher’s request, some children made the sound of their cola going flat.

With the implementation of the middle school standardization policy, the burden of entrance exams disappeared, but instead, the amount of homework that students had to do on a regular basis, such as reading reports and various performance assessments, increased.

In particular, writing book reviews that have to be submitted once a month is a bothersome task. Just when I thought I could take a breather, another task came down to me.

“Oh, and the next assignment is to write a letter to your enemy. Write down what you want to say to your enemy and submit it. It should be at least one page long… .”

“Ah~ah~ah~.”

“I don’t really have anything to say~.”

The teacher smiled awkwardly at the children’s timid rebellion.

This isn’t because they want to assign homework, right? The Ministry of Education has issued an order to develop children’s reading and speaking skills, and they are just following that. The children seemed to rebel for a moment, but eventually followed the trend.

The classroom became somewhat noisy as break time approached.

The children each formed a group and vented their complaints.

“Ah~ I really have nothing to say… .”

“I have something to say.”

“What is it?”

“I really wish you would stop giving me homework!!”

“Oh~ Good idea!!”

“Kikki~ I should write like that too.”

Children are finally united thanks to their homework. But have the government’s education policies been effective?

It wasn’t just simple complaints, there was also some pretty serious talk.

“I’m going to write to ask for an expansion of the soccer team.”

“Soccer team?”

“Yeah, I want to be a soccer player, but if my dad plays soccer, I’ll starve to death.”

In Korea, recreational sports such as soccer and baseball have increased significantly since the Japanese colonial period.

But that’s it,

Currently, there are only seven professional soccer teams under the bank. There are thousands of early morning soccer clubs across the country, but how do they make a living?

Competitiveness will increase if more sports fields are built and professional teams are developed, but the Korean government is not very interested in this.

The ultimate goal of South Korean soccer players is to advance to the World Cup. In order to get through this hellish tournament where only 16 countries can participate, shouldn’t the country take the lead in doing something?

But it is true that some people say, why should we invest in just that little game?

Is there anyone who doesn’t know that the country is currently investing hundreds of billions of won in training air force pilots and investing in science and technology research institutes?

What’s the big deal about being good at playing ball when you need to develop practical skills like that? In this kind of atmosphere, it’s hard for children to even choose to become soccer players as their future aspirations.

Does that mean we should just keep our mouths shut? The children realized that writing a letter to their enemy was not a simple assignment.

The children who returned home had the opportunity to say what they hoped the country would become like in the future, and wrote down on a piece of paper the words they had in their hearts.

***

“Your Majesty, a letter has been delivered here.”

“There are quite a lot of letters?”

“There’s nothing we can do about it. There are 1.3 million children born every year. That means there are more letters to read.”

“Am I digging my own grave?”

“Maybe so? Haha~.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I accepted the bundle of letters the butler brought.

Adults can express their opinions through elections, but children can’t. What do children think of this country?

This project started from such a question.

But there are so many letters to read.

Hundreds of letters are delivered each day, and the same number will be delivered tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that. I have to read the letters.

But this was a grave I had dug myself, so I couldn’t undo it now.

[Uncle, I have too much homework, it’s hard. Please reduce it.]

[We will do our own reading. Why does the country tell us to read books? Don’t we have a choice? Korea is a democratic society, right?]

[If my dad were a soccer player, he would starve to death. Is that really true? My dream is to become a soccer player. Please let me earn money while playing soccer. I will work hard and go to the World Cup.]

But as I read this, I found it quite interesting.

I should say that I was influenced by the children’s pure hearts after seeing only hard-hitting reports every day.

First of all, homework is something that children have to do even if they don’t want to do it. If adults don’t tell children to do it, will they do it on their own? As a parent myself, I couldn’t give in to this request.

But the unemployment team problem is something that can be solved, right now there are only 7 soccer teams under the banks.

There are 68 soccer fields across the country, which may be a lot, but it may also be a little.

The Korea Football Association also seems to be hoping for support, but the problem is the direction in which Korean football should move forward.

Korea always tries to do more than it has, and for example, it believes that even if there is a lack of infrastructure, it can overcome it with the ability and effort of the players.

If the army needs 500,000 men, the budget should be set accordingly, but the budget is set in advance and 500,000 men are added to it.

I’ve seen countless times in the future when governments make budgets in such a haphazard manner.

The bad habit of trying to achieve results by changing people rather than solving problems by investing sufficient budget.

So, there is absolutely no guilt when cutting the budget.

“Can you do it with your own efforts?”

“Admiral Yi Sun-sin also rebuilt his damaged fleet without any support from the government. You can do it!!”

“Koreans are originally a people of tenacity. Don’t you know the hungry spirit? Even if there is a little lack of support, they figure it out on their own.”

I don’t want to see this kind of situation again, so this time I set aside 58.8 billion won for the defense budget. In the future, we will have to mass-produce 5,700 pilots, but is this a project that can be done by changing people?

Now is not the time to force sacrifices on the people and demand that they achieve more than infrastructure.

If you want Korean soccer to advance to the World Cup, you should first provide support.

However, we were wary of suddenly increasing the number of unemployment teams.

‘Will Korean soccer skills improve just by increasing the number of professional teams? We need to learn from soccer in advanced countries… Should I just buy a team?’

If Korea, which is not competitive, wants to improve its soccer skills, it must also develop a professional team, but in the end, it will have to face and be defeated by advanced countries.

If you just increase the size of the unemployment team and then bicker within it, will your skills improve?

The problem is whether prestigious teams from advanced countries will play friendly matches with Korean teams, so I am trying to buy the entire team.

I’m the owner of a club. Can’t I come to Korea and have a friendly match?

However, it is unknown whether this coercive method will work, so for now, the number of professional teams has been increased to 23 and 168 more soccer fields have been built.

The related budget has also been increased to 1.3 billion won. Now that this much has been done, it is the Football Association’s responsibility to develop internal infrastructure.

In the meantime, I recruited European clubs that could beat the Korean national soccer team, and gave them money, saying that they would not tolerate a loss, whether it was 10-0 or 15-0.

***

“You’re giving me 70 thousand dollars?”

“Okay, what are you going to do?”

“I have to go. When should I go?”

This is Germany,

Bayern Munich superstar Gerd Muller has responded to the Korea Football Association’s invitation request.

At that time, Gerd Müller’s annual salary was about 1.5 million marks, which in the mid-1960s was not bad at all, at 3.6 marks to the dollar.

But as the German economy grew, the United States stepped in to contain it and continued to devalue the mark.

As a result, the salaries of German soccer players continue to decrease, so wouldn’t there be players who dream of moving abroad in this situation?

But the German government is forcibly blocking it,

Naturally, the players’ discontent is on the verge of exploding.

In this situation, it was Korea that extended a helping hand, and the Korea Football Association offered $400,000 in exchange for inviting Bayern Munich.

The players were clamoring for when they could go, and that’s how the friendly match was scheduled.

The opponent was a world-class competitive team, but the Korean national team responded that they could not lose.

The government recently provided 1.3 billion won in support and significantly increased the number of unemployment teams, but if we suffer a crushing defeat here, how can we face our enemy?

Because he had no skills but was full of passion, he created a very shocking scene.

There were a lot of body slams and tackles, but even so, Korea had no chance of winning.

Gerd Müller, nicknamed the ‘Bomber’, scored three goals from four shots, while two other players added two more as Bayern Munich held a 5-0 lead with seven minutes remaining.

‘Is that a bit too much?’

‘Let’s just kill time.’

The Munich players passed the ball around.

I was invited and paid a whopping $400,000, but if I beat up Korea too much, won’t they not invite me next time?

I decided to stop here, at least for the sake of securing future customers.

Did the Korean national team not feel anything during this process?

As the nation was literally embarrassed, viewers were also outraged.

“What kind of game are you playing like this?!”

“It’s a waste of money to invest 1.3 billion in those guys!!”

“Let’s just throw everything away and focus on economic development!!”

A day when public sentiment toward the soccer world fell to rock bottom.

How miserable must it be for the players who have to play games like this?

The gap could not be narrowed even with physical contact and effort. When the final whistle blew, everyone fell to the ground and covered their faces.

“It was a good game.”

Even when the opposing team offers a handshake, I’m too embarrassed to raise my head, but how can I get full after my first drink?

There was also quite a bit of public opinion encouraging the Korean soccer team.

***

“I’m sorry, Commander. We played so poorly….”

“Don’t say that. If I wanted immediate results, I would have naturalized all the German players to Korea. I have the money to do that. But what’s the point of putting the German national team players in Korean uniforms? I just want to see the Korean players wear the Taegeuk mark and go to the World Cup. Everyone, don’t forget today’s defeat and engrave it in your hearts.”

This is Sangam-dong Stadium where the Munich-Korea national team friendly match was held.

I consoled the players who were shedding tears.

Asking for immediate results is an unreasonable demand from the beginning. So, shouldn’t we grow by bumping into and learning from advanced countries in the future?

He comforted the Korean players who were struggling with defeat and also invited the Munich players to shake hands.

“As expected, Germany is good at soccer. It was a great game.”

“No. The Korean players also played hard.”

“Are you hurt? I remember there being quite a bit of physical contact during the match.”

“That happens every game. You don’t have to worry about it.”

Gerd Müller, who overpays lip service,

But I was unhappy with this situation.

Anyone can see that they could have scored a few more goals, but I felt like they played a game that was considerate of the customers, and I clearly expressed the discomfort I am feeling right now.

“It must have been hard for you to watch. You could have scored five goals, but you only scored three.”

“Haha~ No… It’s not like that…”

“In 10 years, I will create a team that you can’t score a single goal against even if you struggle. Let’s see if you can still play while being lenient then. Haha~.”

I said it with a smile, but I wonder if the anger I felt was conveyed to this extent.

I am the type of person who cannot stand Korea being made a fool of, even if I die.

As much as he was committed to strengthening military power, he was also committed to developing Korean soccer.