Dear Comrade

Dear Comrade Leader, Episode 225

‘The expansion of the middle class is an exemplary phenomenon that is not economically desirable, but politically… … .’

The middle class is like water, and it can float or sink a boat, a government, and even the system itself.

A class that is in charge of the economy, responds sensitively to small gains and losses, and makes up the majority of public opinion even if it cannot lead public opinion.

The middle class is the middle class who are not elite, but have a high level of education on average, and even if they cannot take the lead in seeking freedom and rights, they are reluctant to be deprived of the freedom they already enjoy.

So, even if those middle classes absolutely follow Jeong-hwan, the founder of the system that created, maintain, and protect them, Jung-hwan himself had no choice but to keep an eye on the birth of this new class.

When Jeonghwan thought that he should pay more attention to the Central Party School and the fostering of successors there, after completing the internal security check and securing the safety of the VIPs, the official car went through the main gate to the inside of the facility.

When he got out of the car, Junghwan saw a huge structure that he was familiar with because he had already seen it through the report, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn’t help but admire it.

The real exhaust of these structures will be buried 150 meters below the ground where they stand.

It was the pride of the ‘Kim Jeong-hwan – Yu Min-jung Inter-Korean Joint Research Institute for Particle Physics Sariwon Center’ located in Sariwon, the destination of Jeong-hwan today, and a large particle accelerator that cost more than KRW 5 trillion to construct this one facility alone.

“So this is him.”

“You must have already reported it from the data uploaded to the secretary’s office, but what you see on the ground now is the cooler and power plant equipment. The total length is 13 km and the average diameter of the underground tunnel is 3 m. It’s a little smaller than the guy in CERN in Europe (Europe), but he’s one of the biggest players in Asia.”

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Next to him, the director of the joint research institute from the North Korean National Academy of Sciences said he was thrilled.

After that, the Minister of Science and Technology of Korea also proudly nodded.

“Thanks to the combined efforts of Secretary General and former President Yoo, the completion of this huge facility was possible. Now, Korea and North Korea, which were barren for basic science, have also laid the groundwork for the Nobel Prize in Physics 10 years from now. I’m really thrilled.”

As can be seen from the words of the Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea, the completion of the North-South Joint Particle Physics Laboratory in Sariwon and this large particle accelerator was decided approximately six years ago, during the Yu Min-jung government in 1999, near the turn of the 21st century.

When inter-Korean exchanges were activated in a limited way, and North-South relations made epochal progress externally and internally (Korea) economic humiliation and covert competition, Jeong Hwan reached out first.

-Anyway, it is a small country with a small population and a small land for both us and others. If we want to catch up with Japan or advanced European countries, which started a long way ahead, wouldn’t it be good for each other to work together and score goals in the academic field?

And when President Yu Min-jung, who was then president, accepted this despite the opposition of the still sensitive public opinion, a long-term basic science exchange project between the north and the south began, and now this joint physics research institute located in Sariwon, Hwanghae-do and a particle accelerator are the results of the project. was one of

However, in contrast to the Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea, who tried to please Jeong-hwan with such an awkwardly bright smile, North Korean research institute officials and a significant number of party officials who had accompanied Jeong-hwan showed very uncomfortable expressions.

Soon, the reason was revealed through Junghwan’s mouth.

“President Lee Hyun-chang doesn’t seem to have come in the end, and he didn’t give me a definitive answer until the end… … .”

“haha… … over there that… … Yes, that’s it. Our Blue House expresses our deep regret and asks for the general understanding and consideration of the General Secretary… … .”

“huh! It’s not too far from Seoul. Seeing that he doesn’t even have time to come to Sariwon, it seems that South Korean President Lee’s teacher is quite busy? Our comrade general secretary also took the time to guide us here in the midst of his hectic work schedule, but it seems that President Lee is unwilling to put all his efforts into the development of national science!”

The North Korean side’s cynicism also made the South Korean government officials harden, and there was a tense atmosphere in the air.

In fact, North Korea had its own reasons for feeling this displeasure.

This was because North Korea paid 80% of the cost of building the particle accelerator, which is the symbol of the Sariwon Joint Research Center.

Of course, that’s the reason. Of course, since the economic situation of Korea was not good in 1999 when the project started, the North Korean side paid most of the huge cost of building the particle accelerator on the condition that the research institute was built in Sariwon, Hwanghae-do, and a North Korean person took the position of the director.

However, North Korean head of state Jeong-hwan, who paid the cost, attended the opening ceremony today, but the South Korean president, Lee Hyun-chang, could not even see his nose, which made the North Korean bureaucrats uncomfortable.

However, the South Korean side was not without anything to say, so some officials, including the Minister of Science and Technology, raised their voices as if they were arguing with the North Korean side.

“I know this research lab was built at the expense of the North, but would it have been possible for the North to complete the 13km particle accelerator in one shot without the experience and technology of our engineers at the Accelerator Research Center at Pohang University in Korea? In addition, more than half of the researchers who are in fact the core of the institute are Korean researchers, aren’t they? In a way, we are spreading our research results to the North… … .”

“What? spread it? You’re here, the South Korean comrades still have a larger population than the Republic, so you’re bragging about it, right? In addition, although there are at least a number, this institute has the best physics brains that our Joseon prides itself on, carefully selected from Kim Chaek University of Technology, Kim University, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, etc… … .”

“Hey, let’s face reality. In the world of physics, no, in basic science in general, isn’t it that we or the edge of the world? No. Our Republic of Korea is just a frontier, but that’s a frontier among the frontiers! Moreover, your Excellency President Lee clearly expressed regret for his absence! I also ask the general secretary to express my apology with all my heart… … .”

“Don’t stop there, comrades. What are they doing on this special day? We’re not the only ones here, so it doesn’t look too good.”

“… … Ah, that’s… … General Secretary, that’s… … !!!”

“Comrade General Secretary, not that… … .”

When Jeonghwan was annoyed by the childish pride battles of the grown-ups, even those in a pivotal position in determining national policies, the executives and bureaucrats of both the north and the south quickly shut their mouths.

Only then did they realize that each of them had committed a serious disrespect in front of the head of their own country and the other country.

“Besides, even if President Lee is not here, I am not the only head of state here, and the dignity of those who come to celebrate does not diminish.”

“Cho, Comrade General Secretary. This is all our fault… … .”

“Okay. I’m going to go see that person. I know you arrived first, but where are you now?”

“You are waiting with the attendants in the main building of the institute. I was guided right away.”

‘Ttt, anyway, his Goryeo Ilbo. If it hadn’t been for that stupid Yushin tareyeong, the opposition parties and the public would have noticed, and there would have been no need to keep a distance and do anything.’

Jeonghwan hurriedly kicked his tongue inwardly as he walked along with the staff of the secretariat who accompanied him.

I’m busy.

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Not long ago, an article in the Goryeo Ilbo about the restoration of the general election had been ruined, so it was clear that he was casting a distance from himself.

The opposition party led by Noh Yun-hyeon has also overcome the crisis of his life and is still alive and well, and Lee Hyun-chang himself has made it clear that he cannot support a military coup or dictatorship.

Even if he had been here, Jeonghwan himself had to pay more attention to the person who came to Sariwon, Hwanghae-do with the pretext of congratulations, than to Lee Hyun-chang.

As we passed the Chinese attendants who were still strictly guarding the area around the main building, the man saw Jeonghwan and greeted him warmly.

“ah! You finally got it. I congratulate you on the advancement of science in Joseon, General Secretary Kim.”

“President Hu Jintao. I have no excuses for letting me walk a long way to Sariwon here.”

The person Jung Hwan really came to meet today, Chinese President Hu Jintao, held Jung Hwan’s hand and waved it up and down with a friendly smile.

At the meeting between the leaders of the two countries, triple-camera flashes of reporters from North Korea, South Korea and China exploded like hail.

However, Junghwan, who had a smiling face, was thinking differently.

‘No matter how nominally it is, the fact that the head of state in China personally went to the banquet of others in Sariwon here, not in Pyongyang, where it is easy to prepare formal welcome events and ceremonies, has two meanings.’

First, that this person in front of him in the current power structure within the Chinese Communist Party, Hu Jintao, is an analogue of a general manager or head of state, more than Jung Hwan originally expected.

Even if we don’t talk about the characteristics of the Chinese who risk their lives for their face, in general, it is a mutual diplomatic custom to plan an event based on the official overseas trip of a head of state, and to prepare a proper protocol for that person.

However, the opening of the Sariwon particle physics laboratory today is not an event directly related to China, and there is no reason for the nominal head of state Hu Jintao to personally visit Sariwon, not Pyongyang.

The fact that Hu Jintao came to meet Jeonghwan in person with the reason that it was congratulatory to an event in which only a foreign minister-level person could be sent means more than he and his communist party within the Communist Party, as bridesmaids of the Prince’s Party led by Xi Jinping and Bo Si-lai, and worse, more than a folding screen. implies that it does not have

And the second meaning is… … .

“I wanted to see the accelerator maneuver in person, but I think we should talk for a while and return to our home country soon as the construction is busy in various ways… … Would you like to walk for a while?”

“of course. I also want to hear from Beijing after a while.”

‘You finally get to the point.’

Soon, the North Korean side security personnel and the Chinese side security personnel mixed half and half to secure the safety of the nearby trail.

When it was confirmed that there was no threat of assassination or an attempt to eavesdrop, Junghwan and Hu Jintao slowly began walking down the trail around the lush green lab.

It was a meeting that was too out of the ordinary to call it a summit in the general sense, but Jeonghwan was not the type to care about such things, and Hu Jintao had a much more urgent problem than the protocol.

“The congratulatory message sent by the Workers’ Party of Korea to the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea to commemorate the two meetings was well received. To be honest, it would have been better if General Secretary Kim had personally visited in the near future after sending a congratulatory message, but there must have been circumstances. haha.”

“I am only grateful for your understanding.”

‘Recently, there was a big incident within the party, and the leadership changed, but people who knew enough to know the circumstances before and after were clear and did not come to greet them once, so what happened? Do you have any complaints about the recent overthrow of Jiang Zemin?’

… … To Hu Jintao, who spoke in a good way, Junghwan also responded smoothly with a smile.

Perhaps the meaning of the remarks just before was not the primary purpose of Hu Jintao’s brief visit today, but the secondary purpose.

A year ago, Jeong Hwan and the Workers’ Party of Korea began to distance themselves from China in preparation for a change of government in the United States.

Such a sense of incongruity in China gradually changed from a feeling of coldness to dissatisfaction and anxiety when Jiang Zemin was overthrown and Bo Bo Lai and Xi Jinping rose to power, but the ‘blood alliance’ sent a congratulatory message and the supreme leader did not even show his nose in Beijing. All.

When Republican John McCain, the Republican of the United States, was finally elected president, who had publicly declared a hardline path toward China, it was clear that Hu Jintao had made a direct trip to North Korea today to reaffirm his alliance and prepare for an impending diplomatic crisis. .

In other words, the second meaning of Hu Jintao’s emergency visit now is probably that the CCP wanted to confirm that ‘Kim Jung-hwan is still on our side’, so it was too sweet.

‘But, as the leader of a small country, I did not show my face in Beijing first, but the face of a large country is not so great for the real power, Bo Shirai or Xi Jinping, to come to Pyongyang directly, so he sent Hu Jintao, the chief of staff? In a sense, they are easy to understand.’

“By the way, as the president feared, I have not been to Beijing recently, so I am not sure what the CCP comrades think about handling Afghan affairs these days. Still, I am the commander of the dispatched unit of the Korean People’s Army, shouldn’t I be ignorant of the front line like this?”

“… … I understand that you are receiving a report from the commander of the North Korean military contingent unit who is already on the battlefield. A few months ago, right after the two conferences, didn’t the media from around the world also report it loudly? Our People’s Liberation Army has captured the people’s enemy, Osama bin Laden. Now we are just waiting for that to happen.”

“There is not only a front line in Afghanistan, but there is also a front line in Beidaihe, Beijing, isn’t it? I’m sure you know what I’m talking about now.”

“… … !”

At Jeonghwan’s fastball, Hu Jintao stopped walking lightly and stopped on the spot.

And he stared straight into Jeonghwan’s eyes with the small eyes beyond the silver-rimmed glasses, but Junghwan received those eyes without hesitation.

After about 30 seconds passed, Hu Jintao sighed and closed his eyes.

“Well, just as we are interested in decision-making in Korea, Chosun must be interested in the internal affairs of our party. Isn’t that what diplomacy is all about?”

“As an Allied commander, I just want to know what’s going on with Osama bin Laden’s disposal. I do not want to pay unnecessary attention to the internal affairs of a large country.”

“I understand, trust is reciprocal… … The story I’m going to tell you from now on, I’ll trust and confide in General Secretary Kim, so I want you to keep it a secret between the two of us.”

Hu Jintao, who drew the line like that, seemed hesitant even after breaking his luck.

“Listen carefully, General Secretary Kim. Osama bin Laden will be executed. And inside the Party, we have the intention of dispelling the people’s doubts and suspicions about our Party’s leadership by promoting the fact on a large scale and solidifying the victory in Afghanistan and above all, the position of the new leadership.”