I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 205



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (205)

“How will the United States overcome its leadership crisis?”

“Now, external gunfire is a bigger problem than internal gunfire.”

This is the United States, a country that boasts of being the most powerful in the world, but it has not been able to avoid being swayed by public opinion.

The problems of inflation and unemployment have been somewhat resolved, but now the problem is the storm blowing outside the home. To summarize, this is roughly what it is.

■ 1974, Turkish invasion of Cyprus

■ 1975, Israel’s massacre of Palestinians

■ 1976, Argentina’s Dirty War Begins

■ 1977, Korea’s invasion of Urumqi

Major accidents that occur almost every year,

First, the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 was an incident in which the Greek military regime attempted to establish a pro-Greek government in Cyprus, but was counterattacked by Turkey.

The problem is that Turkey is a member of NATO.

NATO is an international coalition created under the leadership of the United States, and of course, moving troops independently is a violation of the agreement.

However, the United States took an ambiguous position of ‘neutrality’ as it turned a blind eye to Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus and because Greece provoked Turkey first.

What happened to Cyprus as a result?

The country was in chaos when a pro-Turkish government took power in the north and a pro-Greek government took power in the south.

Is the United States not responsible for this incident?

First of all, the US’s choice of neutrality is an extremely irresponsible attitude.

NATO forces are a multinational force that has gathered together for the goal of peace in Europe, and peace cannot be achieved through neutrality.

This incident was clearly initiated by the Greek military regime.

The problem was that the Greek military regime at the time was receiving protection from the United States.

In 1967, when Army Colonel Papadopoulos staged a coup and established a military regime, the United States recognized his position, and the Greek people protested, saying that the United States had betrayed democracy, but the United States turned a deaf ear.

As the US was leaving, the military regime also ran wild.

The result was the Cyprus incident, and the US hesitated and failed to stop Turkey, a NATO member, from running wild.

Even now, Turkey is growling that it will destroy Greece, and although the Greek military regime has already been destroyed, Turkey is determined to use this opportunity to reclaim the lost territories.

Is the US really in control of NATO?

They say it’s a multinational force, but the NATO army is a US army with 60% of its budget funded by the US. Since the US’s status is not what it used to be, there’s no way of knowing when Turkey might invade Greece.

The same goes for the Palestinian case,

What did the US do while Israel imprisoned and abused a million Palestinians? In effect, it just stood by and watched.

The Argentine coup d’état that occurred in 1976 was an extension of that.

This was also an incident where the military overthrew a democratic government, but the United States turned a blind eye.

The United States is literally just standing by while 30,000 civilians are being imprisoned and killed while fighting the military regime. What kind of world leader is this?

The same goes for the recent Urumqi incident, where the United States remained silent while the South Korean military crossed Soviet territory and entered Urumqi.

What kind of world leader is this?

In the past three to four years, as a series of scandals have occurred that have smeared America’s face, world public opinion has begun to question its standing.

Actually, isn’t America nothing special?

This is not just a question, it is actually happening.

[US Bridge Construction Down to 6,000 This Year]

[The infrastructure is also poor.]

[The state government is unable to rebuild roads because it has no budget]

At its peak, the United States was building 10,000 bridges a year.

Bridges themselves are symbols of infrastructure. The United States has a land area 44 times that of the Korean Peninsula, so how many rivers and streams do we encounter when traveling between cities?

Economic development is impossible without developing this, and it is much more economical to build a huge bridge than a small bridge like in Korea.

The scale is such that huge cargo ships can pass under the bridge.

When the economy was doing well, 10,000 of these bridges were completed each year, but now less than 6,000 are being built each year.

Since so many bridges were built in the past, is there no need to do construction like before?

By 1956, 140,000 bridges had been completed, of which more than 20,000 were found to have structural defects.

So what has changed since then? Of the 96,000 bridges built between 1956 and 1977, more than 10,000 of them need to be re-inspected.

In the future, more than 300,000 more bridges will need to be built, but the construction volume is not what it used to be, and the defect rate must also be checked.

Not only bridges, but also other transportation network infrastructure is in serious condition, with more than 20% of all roads in need of redevelopment.

Well, even if that’s true for bridges and roads, what about housing?

Detroit hasn’t had a single residential building built in 16 years.

Home prices continue to soar, demand is rising, but there are no residential building listings. This isn’t just a Detroit problem.

How can we build residential buildings when bridges and roads aren’t even being maintained?

If the infrastructure is destroyed, there is no reason for factories or industries to be built in that area, and of course, it is pointless to build residential buildings.

This is a problem that the United States must solve immediately.

Now is not the time to act as the world leader as some say.

The infrastructure project will take at least 15 years and will cost $128 billion, more than six times the U.S. annual budget.

“You guys figure it out.”

“We are neutral, we don’t want to mix with you.”

This is why the United States has chosen neutrality; it is not that it does not intervene, but that it cannot.

The great United States is something to be discussed after reviving the domestic economy. As the United States closes its eyes, NATO loses its meaning.

What’s different about the UN? Its prestige hit rock bottom recently when its Secretary-General was dismissed on suspicion of Nazi activity.

With the United States also giving up, world politics has become a mess. Who will be the country to take advantage of the gap?

The world’s eyes are focused on Korea.

The country closest to world hegemony, aside from the United States, might not use this opportunity to plot a plan to dominate the world.

But their predictions were spectacularly wrong.

***

“Let’s also increase domestic demand. We cannot face the same fate as Britain.”

This is Changgyeonggung Palace,

I discussed the future of the Korean economy with politicians and businessmen.

The United States has chosen to put global hegemony on hold and reorganize its domestic market. So, can Korea use this opportunity to dominate the world?

But now is not the time for Korea to step forward.

The Urumqi incident was merely a means of punishing terrorist organizations, not an expression of an ambition to dominate the world on behalf of the United States.

Korea is also in a position where it can collapse if it lets its guard down for even a moment; a representative example is the UK.

“Prices are rising too much!!”

“Raise my wages!!”

Britain’s problem is its high-cost, low-efficiency industrial structure.

British industry used to be based on coal, but now it’s the age of oil.

Naturally, the oil industry would have to close down or restructure to change its industrial structure, but the British coal union did not want that and demanded the nationalization of the coal industry.

What’s even more outrageous is that the union interfered with oil drilling.

North Sea oil fields were discovered, but coal unions refused to drill for oil, saying it could threaten their livelihoods.

Meanwhile, their own wages have increased by 20%. They have blocked the momentum of industrial growth and raised their own wages, so how can prices not rise?

When prices rose, workers used this as an excuse to demand higher wages, and after 15 years of this, the British economy was destroyed.

“Throw it all away, we’re going into finance now.”

Here Britain made a decision.

The industrial structure was reorganized by abandoning manufacturing, which had no productivity at all, and focusing on the financial industry, and as a result, British manufacturing completely lost its competitiveness.

The price is mass unemployment and widening wealth gap.

So what path should Korea take?

Are we going to stop workers’ wages from rising so we don’t end up like Britain?

The US is currently in chaos due to high demand for manufacturing but low supply, and with the collapse of the British manufacturing industry, Korea has the opportunity to fill the void.

What if Korea raised wages and expanded its manufacturing industry?

Here I made a bold move.

“Let’s raise wages by 10%.”

“But, Your Majesty, isn’t that too drastic a wage increase?”

“I think so too. Prices may rise… .”

“Can you not raise a goose that lays golden eggs because you don’t want to waste money on feed? I think it’s possible.”

Wherever you go these days, manufacturing is in chaos.

I want to dig into that gap, but it’s not working out well. It’s hard enough to maintain the domestic market and infrastructure in Korea, so how can I invest overseas?

Even for Korea Transport, the only thing it is doing now is building infrastructure in California. If it wants to expand its investment here, it needs to raise manufacturing wages and secure workers.

If things go well, it is possible for Korea to lead the global manufacturing industry.

Of course, if it fails, the company could be shaken to its roots as its profit structure is destroyed.

Investors were concerned about that, but I continued to persuade them.

“England is in that state now, and the US is also in a difficult situation. At times like these, we need to invest and go further.”

“That makes sense, but… isn’t this an unusual situation?”

“Yes. If we raise wages by 10%, we won’t see any immediate profits….”

Businessmen who are reluctant to respond,

Are you going to stop producing meat because you feel it’s a waste to waste the feed that cows eat?

People who cannot see far ahead because of immediate gain, I ended up taking the independent route.

Daehan Transportation is my company, but if businesspeople are uncooperative, it is impossible to proceed with the business, so I established a separate corporation in the United States and expanded manufacturing.

“We will pay you 10% more than other companies. Technicians, come here.”

The incident caused a storm in the United States.

In the US right now, there is a perception that if wages are raised, the country will go bankrupt. Didn’t we just go to the UK to show this?

Workers are also acknowledging the reality and working,

But since I took the lead in raising wages, there was bound to be chaos.

The American manufacturing industry was also furious, saying, “What kind of crazy thing is this?”, but I ignored it and went my own way.

“You are starving the cows now because you feel it is a waste of feed to eat them. Don’t you know that the manufacturing market in the US is worth 128 billion dollars, but its development is stagnant because supply is not keeping up? You starve the cows like that and make them work. I will go my own way.”

I got a 10% raise as scheduled.

It was natural that high-level personnel would flock in one by one, and they secured workers and won the bridge construction project.

The size is 2 billion dollars, and the entire bridge project in the United States is about 40 billion dollars, and it monopolized 5% of that.

What happens next when the bridge construction is complete?

As businesses are attracted, land values ​​will rise and residential areas will be built around it. What is now a $2 billion business will likely multiply in value in the future.

Until then, I will continue to feed the cows at a loss, pushing forward with my beliefs as I have done so far.

Even if the world laughs at me, I will continue on my path. No matter what kind of ridicule I receive, I will not give up my belief that I am the ultimate winner.