I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 222



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (222)

“Mom, I’m home.”

“Yeah, have you eaten?”

“I ate at work.”

This is Daedeok-gun,

Mrs. Kim Ho-nam welcomed her daughter back from work.

My daughter, who is over 40 years old and still works without getting married, now has more experience and is in charge of the company’s financial affairs.

Although my treatment at the company has improved, the workload is also heavy. These days, I go to school and even get off work later.

They say that life is not easy, but it is true that as a parent, you worry about your child who is having a hard time. I used to nag him about when he was going to get married, but today I just let him rest.

“Whew, Mom, why is life so hard?”

“What? What does that mean?”

“No… I was just saying.”

The daughter laid out the mat first, and the mother, who had secretly hoped for this kind of development, sat down next to her.

“Why? Is going to work really hard?”

“Yeah, I used to think it would be nice to climb up the ladder, but it’s so hard because the responsibilities keep increasing.”

“What about your cousin? He is now carrying the world on his shoulders.”

The daughter smiled awkwardly.

I wish you would just listen to my worries, but why are you talking about my cousin here?

But compared to the burden of those who rule the world, the worries of the common people are nothing special, Park Jae-ok continued the conversation.

“Honestly, I don’t understand Sanggeun oppa. Why does he make a fuss when he could just live quietly?”

“Is it just you? Or do people at your company think that way too?”

“Other people are like that too. We just need to live well, so why do we have to interfere with the world?”

Korea has achieved remarkable economic growth over the past 30 years.

The national average income increased 50 times compared to before liberation, and as the economy grew, people’s vanity also increased.

In the past, when a woman got married, she only had to take home a Homaica dining table and a sewing machine as dowry, but now she has to take home a TV and all kinds of home appliances.

What’s different about men?

In the past, putting a silver ring on a woman’s hand was enough, but now, even if you put a diamond ring on her hand, she reacts coldly.

As people’s standards of living increased, their vanity also increased, which led to indifference and arrogance toward the world.

“We’re living so well now. Do we really need to interfere in world affairs?”

“Yeah, $1.3 billion for AOPR, I don’t like that.”

Koreans are no longer interested in the world.

If we just eat well and live well, that’s fine. If we interfere with the world, it’ll just cause a headache.

This mindset also applies to heads of state. Why would we contribute to world peace by giving 1.3 billion dollars to AOPR? The mindset of Koreans is that we should eat well among ourselves with that money. Recently, there have even been comments like this.

“Our enemy is the enemy of Korea, so why is he acting like that?”

“That’s right, I wish you would pay more attention to Korea than to the world.”

If you are the enemy of Korea, you should only care about Korea, so why are you stirring up Russia, the US, Japan, and Poland?

Do you want to be the leader of the world or are you just a nosy person?

Mrs. Kim Ho-nam also had doubts about that.

“I also hope your cousin can live comfortably now. He has suffered so much for the past 30 years, so I don’t understand why he is making a fuss about it.”

“Then your mom should have told you not to do that.”

“How can he say something like that to your enemy?”

“Then should I do it? Let’s just put everything aside and live well for our family. Dad says that a lot, doesn’t he? I also want to retire and live comfortably now.”

“You’re 40, what do you mean by retirement?”

“Mom, I’ve worked really hard for 20 years. You, who’s never worked, wouldn’t know how hard I’ve worked.”

“Then do you understand the hardships of a mother raising a child while running a household?”

The mother and daughter were arguing over who was better and who had it harder, and it seemed like they would only end up arguing more, so the conversation was forcibly ended.

The principle of living such a difficult life was also applied to the head of state.

***

“Your Majesty, please enter.”

This is the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. I stood on the podium and looked at the faces of the members of the National Assembly.

Everyone is very tense, and that’s understandable because public opinion is not very good right now.

Should we be the world’s leader by spending $1.3 billion a year on AOPR?

Public opinion in Korea is that we should focus on our own country rather than paying that much money to get a hat, but I also did this because I had my own thoughts.

However, the explanation to convince the public was a bit lacking.

I explained the necessity for Korea to play a leading role in the world.

“Everyone, there’s a saying going around in Korea these days. They say that Korea’s enemies only need to worry about Korea, but they are too arrogant. Then let me give you an example.

If global energy prices rise and manufacturing production costs rise, who is responsible? Is it the politicians’ fault? Or is it inevitable? Is that the way our politicians should answer the people’s questions?”

I’ve experienced this countless times in the future.

The exchange rate has risen, energy prices have risen, and for these reasons, prices have skyrocketed, and people are in an uproar, saying they can’t live. Every time, politicians respond by saying that the rising prices are due to external factors.

If you’re going to react like that, why are you sitting there?

The economy is not doing well because of external factors, so there’s nothing we can do?

If that’s the logic, then there’s no problem with an elementary school student sitting there.

If the exchange rate has risen, we need to find a way to bring it down, and if energy prices have risen, shouldn’t there be a plan or explanation for ‘we will respond like this’?

But everyone is irresponsible,

If the exchange rate rises, interest rates should be raised, but if we do that, ordinary people will be hit hard and that will come back as resentment toward politicians.

That’s why politicians are consistently avoiding responsibility, and they are protecting themselves because they don’t want to get hurt if they step forward.

If we play the game of wits like that and the problem is solved, we’ll think we did well, and if something goes wrong, we’ll blame others. I’m sick of that kind of politics.

Is Korea having a hard time because the world economy is not doing well?

Is the Korean economy a helpless boat that is swayed by external factors? Even a boat needs to be rowed to move forward. I did not establish the United States and the world government without thinking.

Why was Korea able to continue to grow without falling into the middle-income trap? In the early stages of economic development, Korea was able to achieve rapid economic growth with only a low-wage labor force.

As everyone leaves rural areas and moves to cities, it is natural that there will be an oversupply of workers and that workers’ wages will fall, but what will happen after that?

As time goes by, workers’ wages will inevitably continue to rise, but will companies be able to maintain productivity?

Even if we forcefully suppress workers’ wages, what follows is only serious income disparity and social problems.

People who have lived by doing low-wage work would have any savings for their old age. They gave whatever money they had to their children, and Korea is full of poor elderly people.

“Sir, why are we poor? Is it because we have lived our lives wrong?”

How should politicians answer this question?

In Korea, where wage suppression is taken for granted, it is natural for the elderly to be poor, and the only thing a member of the National Assembly can say in response to that question is a promise to expand welfare for the elderly.

I am a human living in that future,

And I was angry at the reality that I couldn’t do anything.

That is why I feel a sense of responsibility to prevent such things from happening in this era, and why I am leaving Korea and hanging out in the world.

“If Korea wants to avoid falling into the middle-income trap, it cannot stay in the low-wage labor market. Ultimately, it needs to diversify its industries, but Korea does not have the technology to do so. The only answer is the United States.”

The United States has invested $70 billion over the past 20 years to develop various industries.

On the other hand, Korea’s only competitive edge is low wages, so it borrowed advanced technology from the United States and acted as a subcontractor.

If the US told us to make bombs, we would make them, and if they told us to produce something, we would follow their orders. At that time, there was no other way.

The Korean manufacturing market grew so explosively, but I knew that this was an illusion, so I actively recruited American companies.

The plan is to absorb American technology to sustain Korea’s growth momentum, but how long will this last?

The US is sensitive to technology leaks and now even stealing is unacceptable.

So, should Korea just distance itself from the United States and focus on developing its own technology? If it does, it will lose the US market of 230 million people and have to compete with them.

A fight that was honestly hopeless,

So I decided to get on the same boat with America.

If it comes down to it, I’m prepared to become a subcontractor for the US. Wasn’t that the case in the future I lived in? Why did Korean companies leave Korea and move their factories to the US?

Because I realized that it is much better to become a subcontractor to the US than to go it alone. The wages of workers in Korea are increasing day by day, but isn’t that not showing any growth potential?

The world cannot survive on pride alone.

I am the man who proposed a 30-year trusteeship to the United States, and I am willing to sacrifice my pride for the sake of profit.

Rather than competing with the United States, it would be better to become one of them.

But wouldn’t it look a bit strange if we handed over our country to the United States? So we invested 5 billion dollars in the United States and proposed the establishment of a world government, thereby putting Korea in the position of a partner of the United States.

This is the real reason why I promoted the establishment of a world government.

If Korea had become independent from the United States and gone its own way, it would be competing fiercely with the United States by now.

Is that the right answer?

The reason I pushed for the establishment of a world government was for Korea, and now it is time to explain it.

“I think there are many people among our citizens who think that Korea has become independent from the United States and can compete for hegemony. But that is a mistake. While Korea has been producing with low-wage labor for 15 years, the United States has invested 70 billion dollars in technological development and its growth potential has become equally strong. Do you think it is possible to compete with such a country in terms of technological prowess?

So I thought, if there is no way to compete with the US and win, I will be prepared to become their subcontractor. But here I have another dilemma. If I were to hand over my country to the US, I would worry about the pride of Koreans… In that case, shouldn’t I come up with a plausible excuse?

So I continued to invest in the United States and looked for ways to build an economic community with them. And then I arrived at the answer of a world government.

You can call me a coward. I joined hands with them because I was afraid of an economic war with the United States.

But I won’t make any excuses in front of you.

Declaring an economic war with the United States and saying, “We can’t win because America’s technology is so superior,” is an irresponsible attitude for a politician. When a country has a problem, it is cowardly to look for answers from outside.

As the head of state, I simply chose a way for the people to live well.

If you don’t like it, you can kick me out and Korea can withdraw from AOPR. But you, the people, will also have to bear the responsibility for the shockwaves that follow.”

Public opinion in Korea has become quiet.

Who would have imagined that the establishment of a world government was an alternative to avoiding conflict with the United States, and that the head of state was even prepared to turn Korea into a subcontractor for the United States?

But I am a person who values ​​practicality over appearance.

If they don’t like it, the people can bring it down.

In a situation where the US clearly has the upper hand in both technology and labor force, what is the point of Korea fighting for hegemony with the US?

The US would win an economic war with Korea, but it would only be mentally and physically exhausting. So, are you going to oppose the establishment of a world government after explaining it this way?

Now that I’ve done enough, I won’t expend any more energy.