I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 84



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (84)

“Mr. President, now that Korea has become a place where people can live comfortably, don’t you think we should expand the number of universities?”

“Not at all. I told you the reason clearly.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

A while ago, after I finished registering as a presidential candidate, I met with reporters.

Korea is now a country with a per capita national income of over $5,000. Now that the problem of making a living has been solved, it is time for the passion for learning to burn brightly.

So, will the president increase the number of universities?

I drew the line clearly, saying that such a thing would not happen.

“From 1870 to 1945, college enrollment in the United States doubled every 15 years. After World War II, more than 50 percent of high school graduates went on to college. How many of those were truly intellectuals?”

American colleges and universities have grown like crazy over the past 80 years, but if you dig deeper, you’ll find that most of them are hollow.

Most of them are two-year colleges, and since these schools were expanded with federal government funds, they have little financial independence.

In fact, since 1970, most of these universities have been absorbed by state universities.

On the other hand, universities that secured independence established an organization called the ‘Association of American Universities’ and established universities as research-oriented educational institutions.

It is true that these 3% of universities lead the United States.

Central State University selects the top 12 percent of students to pursue professional training and doctoral programs, while regional universities select the top 30 percent to pursue the same programs as Central State University.

This means that no matter how many universities there are, only a few actually function as universities.

Since the US is increasing the number of universities, should Korea also increase its number of universities? I dragged the US presidential candidates into this issue.

“Republican candidate Nixon studied hard and achieved top grades despite his family’s financial difficulties. However, he could not enter Harvard because he had no money. On the other hand, what about presidential candidate Kennedy? He entered Princeton University despite not studying well, and later entered Harvard University with the help of his family. What is the meaning of such academic background? Do the people want Korea to become like that?”

If you look closely, Kennedy was a person who was thoroughly created by his family.

What kind of paper would someone who was such a problem child in school that he even created a ‘bad boy club’ write and do political commentary?

It’s no secret that Kennedy employed a full-time stenographer and typist to write his papers.

In addition, whenever he gets the chance, he goes around saying, “Money is not the measure of human success,” but honestly, it only seems hypocritical.

The words that a person who has lived a wealthy life can utter, and his intellectual image, are nothing but an illusion thoroughly created by his family.

Don’t you think you can tell the level of Americans who are enthusiastic about it?

I made it clear that I would not make Korea like that.

“What completes a person? A college degree? Money and background can create that kind of thing. Like President Kennedy. I want to create a country where people like Nixon, who started from the bottom, are recognized, rather than people who are wrapped in academic background and hypocrisy.”

This remark struck not only Korea but also the United States.

Kennedy, who only talks nonsense about reconciliation with the Soviet Union and reducing arms.

By the way, Kennedy’s father was a delusional person who kept saying things like, “We have to talk down to the Nazis” even when the Nazis were rampaging through Europe.

So, that son is like that too,

At a time when we should be beating up the cornered Soviet Union, we are doing something stupid instead.

Is the America that Americans really want led by Kennedy?

So I’m just going the opposite way, and I’m running for office to become a president chosen by the people, not a dictator who runs wild with America on his back.

I was elected, so what basis does that Kennedy have for calling me a dictator?

If I’m that displeased, then the US and Korea should just go their separate ways.

When such remarks came out in South Korea, which has recently emerged as America’s most important ally, the US Republican Party also took close action.

***

“What the hell is that son of a bitch doing?”

“If that guy becomes president, America will be ruined. We must stop him no matter what!!”

This is America, and the Republican Party is waging an all-out war to prevent Kennedy from being elected.

Among them, the faction most hostile to Kennedy was the hardliners in the U.S. military centered around Curtis LeMay.

Curtis LeMay believes that the US should crush the Soviet Union with overwhelming firepower.

The Soviet Union, which had less than a third of the economic power of the United States, and whose communist expansion had been blocked, was now a worthless paper tiger.

At a time like this, what kind of appeasement policy are you pursuing when you should just kill them completely? In addition, Kennedy planned an operation that the U.S. military absolutely could not accept.

“It is impossible to check the Soviet Union with hard-line measures such as nuclear weapons. So we need to increase conventional weapons and diversify our means of pressure….”

“Then shouldn’t we reduce our military budget? If we want to maintain our nuclear power while strengthening our conventional weapons, we need to increase the budget. Why are you talking about cutting it?”

In fact, Kennedy was speechless in the face of the Republican onslaught.

It seems like they made up some plausible excuse because the people were demanding a reduction in arms spending, but even an elementary school student wouldn’t believe in such a policy.

Kennedy’s promise to implement welfare policies without increasing the budget was nothing more than plausible attempts to deceive the ignorant masses who had lost their sense of reality.

Some hardliners are even saying that Kennedy needs to be taken care of.

Curtis Lemade was one of them.

“If that idiot becomes president, America will be ruined. We have to stop him.”

“But Kennedy’s popularity remains intact. If you look at the last poll, he’s slightly ahead of Nixon at 52 percent.”

“Didn’t I tell you? You shouldn’t be picky about the means and methods.”

Republican officials remained silent.

But even so, isn’t that kind of statement a bit extreme?

But Curtis LeMay was an ultra-hardliner who would risk nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and what could someone who would launch nuclear weapons at the Soviet Union not do as a presidential candidate?

Curtis LeMay was a necessary evil that maintained America’s superiority in the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, and even the Republican Party did not deny LeMay’s existence.

Worst case scenario, if Kennedy gets elected, who will be there to check him?

The Republican Party knew that LeMay was talking badly about Kennedy, but they didn’t actively try to stop him.

As the saying goes, a sister-in-law who tries to stop a mother-in-law is more hateful than a mother-in-law who hits her, and the Democratic Party was also dissatisfied with the Republican Party for not actively controlling LeMay.

The election of the free world started like this,

The election that will determine the future of the United States and Korea has begun.

***

[We will now begin the voting broadcast. In this presidential election, there were a total of 6 candidates, and 17.21 million out of 24.2 million eligible voters participated.]

The presidential election has finally come to an end.

I watched the election broadcast on TV at home.

The era of dictatorship is over, and this is an election to choose a leader who will lead the Republic of Korea for the next 7 years. Will the people support me this time too?

First of all, the US Republican Party publicly supported me.

Vice Presidential candidate Curtis LeMay repeatedly emphasized that he could protect liberal democracy if he were elected, and Presidential candidate Nixon also gave his absolute support.

Where there is a going, there is a coming. Compared to Kennedy, presidential candidate Nixon had a poor family background and nothing to boast about.

I am not a great person who can sway public opinion in America, but it is true that I supported candidate Nixon.

This must have been a great help to him, isn’t that how we help each other?

Anyway, now it’s time for the results to come out, the exit poll results have been announced.

[It has been confirmed that Park Sang-geun, the candidate of the Korean People’s Party, has 91% support. The margin of error is within about 6%, so unless there is an unexpected change, he is certain to be elected.]

I cheered in my heart.

He is a three-term member of the National Assembly in the future Korea, but has never won with more than 50% of the votes.

But in this day and age, it’s impossible to secure a support rate of over 90%.

I should have thought that I should do better, but I felt like I should be compensated for all the hard work I’ve done so far by receiving this much support.

‘I’ve been working really hard, so it’s only natural that I’m getting these results.’

How can someone who doesn’t even have this much confidence do politics?

And isn’t politics an act of proving my ambition to create the world I want?

The psychology of reward and the desire for power are only a sheet of paper apart. When it comes to my desire for power, I am a human being who is second to none.

Now that I’m in power, I’ll just spend the next seven years creating the world I want, and that’s what the people have allowed me to do.

Now that he was in a position where he no longer had to feel the burden of being a dictator, the Korean People’s Party officials came to his house at just the right time.

“Mr. Elected!! You must now move to the government building!!”

“Come on, we’ll take you.”

Everyone came out to greet us barefoot.

No matter what anyone says, the Korean People’s Party is the first ruling party in the Republic of Korea, but since I have given up dictatorship, these people must also stand in line from now on.

Politicians who do not have the support of the people have to be good at walking a tightrope. Unfortunately, in Korea, 80-90% of politicians are like that.

A group that moves for their own interests rather than beliefs, but isn’t it the president’s ability to use these people well?

I’ve shown that for the past 10 years and I’m not afraid of the next 7 years either.

“Wow~!!”

“Everyone, Candidate Park Sang-geun has just arrived at the government building!! There are so many supporters here that there is no place to step!! First, we will go to the government building to hear the Candidate’s thoughts!!”

The government building is so crowded that there is no room to even step.

I got out of the car and headed to the government building, waving to my supporters.

Countless reporters followed him, and as soon as he sat down, interview requests began to pour in from all over.

“Your Majesty, you have won the direct election. Please tell us your thoughts.”

“Well, if I go back in time 10 years, I was a young man of 20 years old. When I became president through an indirect election by the Constitutional Assembly, I honestly felt burdened. Because I was elected through an indirect election with the power of the US military government behind me, not through the election of the people. But not anymore. I am now a leader elected by the people. And it was the support of the people that made me president. I will never forget that.”

This interview spread throughout Korea.

The moment I am reborn as a leader supported by the people, not the dictator Park Sang-geun, what will I have to fear in the future as I have the support of the people?

This is what power is,

Not only the Korean public opinion, but also the Japanese, Shanghai and Taiwanese autonomous governments sent wreaths to sincerely congratulate me on my election.

Following this, congratulatory remarks from US Republican Party officials,

Even if Kennedy becomes president now, he can’t treat me carelessly.

Kennedy, who is locked in a close 50-50 race with Nixon in the United States, will have to deal with the problem of opposition from the Republican Party even if he is dramatically elected president.

Can that gentleman handle a hardliner like Curtis Lemay?

It’s an impossible task for anyone to see, so there’s no need to be afraid when the opponent is the President of the United States.

If I confidently push forward with my ideas, even the hardliners in the military within the Republican Party will support my stance.