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Chapter 14. A butterfly flapping its wings could trigger a nuclear storm on the opposite continent. (3)

Chapter 14. A butterfly flapping its wings could trigger a nuclear storm on the opposite continent. (3)

Jeonghwan frowned at Nakao’s gentle but sure threat.

It was frustrating, but he wasn’t a regressor like Jeonghwan, so it was inevitable.

At this point, very few people predicted that the Japanese stock market and real estate would collapse in just a few years.

– Intimidation… How specifically are you trying to harm me? Let’s hear it one more time. I’m not proud of it, but unlike Japan, where I am, there is no prosecutor and there are no elections. Corruption watchdog created one a while ago, and they only listen to my orders. I wonder how you will intimidate me, the head of such a country.

– But there must be money there. is not it? You’re ambitious and you’re going to need a lot of money, a lot of money to fulfill your ambitions, and losing half of that would be quite a blow, wouldn’t it?

– …………………………..

– The assets you earned in Japan, I don’t know, maybe half of them are still in Japan, right? Of course, on the surface, it is money that has nothing to do with you, but it will come out when you confide in it… And remember that your Kitajousen is still branded as a hostile nation in the international community. I can very easily confiscate your assets in Japan.

Jeonghwan listened quietly to the content of the threats he had expected.

In fact, it was also quite predictable at the time when Nakao, who was random with Heo Young-joon’s number, contacted him in the first place.

– In the process of forming a fortune, you are connected with me, the minister, so stop thinking about how to get out of it. I already have a way out. In the Cabinet Information Investigation Office, I have not spoken openly about anything related to you. I don’t want to share the dividend of my bet with others. But if you continue to be stubborn, I have no choice.

You bastard, you’re the one who insists on slicing the goose that lays golden eggs right now?

However, if I had to say, ‘I am actually a person who was reincarnated in the future 30 years from now, and in that world, Japan will fall into a long-term recession due to the collapse of the bubble in 3 years’, at this point, no seeds will be eaten. was only listening to

– In a situation like these days, the investigation room would not hesitate to seize assets related to the hostile country. In the first place, your safe-keeper, Young-Jun Heo, is also a dusty friend… Anyway, I hope you make a wise decision. It’s not that difficult for you in the first place, is it? If you help me become prime minister, I will help the vice-minister in many ways, starting with technical cooperation and improving relations in the future. If this is the case, I think it will be helpful for you as well…

– Minister, I do not know if you will believe it, but I sincerely hope that you will rise to the post of Prime Minister of Japan. It’s just that now is not the time.

From Jeonghwan’s point of view, that’s all he could say now, but Nakao was stubborn.

– I’m sorry, but I only hear it as an excuse. I’ve been aiming for this prime minister for a long time, and now is the best time. Noboru Takeshita’s cabinet won’t last a year, and after that, only scarecrows are left to fill the positions. Now is the time to fight the Battle of Sekigahara, which risked my political career, I can’t delay it any longer!

‘Ah, I really don’t understand this uncle.’

Jeonghwan was frustrated with Nakao’s insistence, which was unlikely to be convincing, but it was also not something he didn’t understand.

Today’s Japan is a country that is in its best heyday by anyone’s eyes, and it was understandable that the current prime minister’s position was higher than at any other time.

But that was it, and the key was how to convince Nakao that if he was greedy for the prime minister now, he would have to come down in humiliation three years later.

‘I’ll have to step down for now. It’s difficult if half of the assets that should be the foundation for reform and opening up are seized at a time when reform and opening are just beginning.’

– Give me some time to think. This is too sudden.

– That’s right. But it’d be better if it didn’t take long. Of course, I’m thinking of buying some time and moving my assets somewhere else. These days, Japan is overflowing with money, so there are more tax evaders, and the investigative room’s ability to track funds is growing day by day. then.

And the phone hung up.

damn it

When Jeonghwan ended the call with a chewed expression on Nakao’s unpleasant threat, Hyerim Yoo, who was preoccupied with driving from the driver’s seat, looked into his rearview mirror and asked carefully.

“Are things going badly on the Japanese side, Comrade General? After all, it seems that the comrade Heo Young-jun caused the problem, but I did not like the impression of that comrade from the beginning. Even now, if you send loyal agents of the republic who are secretly spying abroad and have them swim at the bottom of Tokyo Bay…”

“No, that’s not it, Young-Jun Heo is just a contact point. You probably didn’t even know what Nakao was going to say.”

Jeonghwan said so, trying to find his cool.

Although she was hurt by Nakao’s intimidation, she couldn’t cut off all relationships as Yoo Hye-rim said here because of her temporary feelings.

The amount of money is also an amount, but in the future, the relationship with Nakao, and furthermore, with Japan, which he leads as prime minister, will become an asset that is a hundred times more important than that money in leading the republic as general secretary.

Even Nakao knows that, so he can come out so hard.

As Jung-hwan, he had to somehow find a way to conserve money while extending the expiration date of this hand tile, which is called the bond with Nakao.

‘But that shouldn’t leave any room for further sway in the future…. There are about three years left until the Japanese bubble ends, so we need to bring Japan’s wealth as much as possible for future work. Only then can we change this republic.’

Fortunately, Jeonghwan no longer has to move money around to avoid surveillance.

Rather, with the help of experts specialized in that field, the work can be carried out much more easily.

Thinking that far, a way to solve the two problems he is facing at the same time using the present situation and future knowledge flashed in Jeonghwan’s mind.

“Welcome, current manager, you are still a beautiful woman today, Gi-rae.”

“……Thank you, but I don’t think you were called to tell the story, so why did you call me, Comrade Jang?”

In response to the cold reaction of his guest, Hyun Young-sook, head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department and Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee, Jang had to return his gaze to her voluptuous ass.

Inwardly she complained that she was too expensive, but after the last party convention, she was now in a position where she was not very good at her rank, so she couldn’t be more foolish.

“Hey manager, what do you think of the current situation? Especially after the inauguration of the new general secretary.”

“……?”

Hyeon Young-sook raised her pretty eyes to Jang Seong-taek, who was going to call a busy person and suddenly talk about the world going on.

However, with her clever brain, she sensed that Jang Sung-taek wasn’t just calling her to tell a story of catching the clouds.

It is common in countries where freedom of expression is guaranteed.

However, the words and actions that seem to be trying to score points on the new head of state while swearing in the state of affairs in North Korea, no matter where else, is a matter of risking his life even if Jang Seong-taek is the head of the organizational leadership department.

And Hyun Young-suk, who had been watching the person named Jang Seong-taek for quite a while, knew very well that he was not a person who took such risks without meaning.

“There must be some twists and turns for Manager Jang to talk like that. As far as I know, the general secretary went out on a field map to encourage the workers of the Workers and Peasants Red Guard and the youth assault corps who were mobilized for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pyongyang-Sariwon highway today…. Did something happen there?”

“Hahaha… That’s why I like the current manager, so it’s easy to talk. look at this Documents regarding the payment of wages to the workers of the youth assault corps and the Workers and Peasants Red Guard, who were in charge of the construction of the new highway that started today.”

“…………??”

Hyun Young-sook looked around at the stack of papers that Jang Seong-taek had placed on the table, and his eyes widened as he read the underlined part.

In other countries, this was the part where common sense and good deeds were explained, but Hyun Young-suk was surprised by the words he had never seen in North Korea.

“’Night workers will be composed of volunteers from the youth assault squad and the Red Guards for the Workers and Peasants, and paid 20% more differentially.

“Wait. I was surprised at first that the young assault comrades would be paid wages, but it was a ‘differential payment’… Comrade Hyun Young-suk. Now, do you understand the intention of the general secretary?”

As Jang Seong-taek said, Jung-hwan’s actions were truly revolutionary.

In a normal country, it is natural that workers mobilized for construction are paid wages, but in North Korea, for a long time, they gave names such as ‘Youth Assault Team’ or ‘Labor and Peasant Red Guard’ to requisition civilians and make them work harshly without pay.

The Youth Onslaught is an organization under the Kim Il-sung Socialist Youth League, or ‘Chingmeng’ for short. It is clearly a unit under the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, but it is actually a unit under the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, but the reality is that it requisitions young young people (with poor background) to airports, dams, railways, and ports. It was a de facto nogada unit that was put into the same hard labor.

The Workers and Peasant Red Guard is a local reserve force organization that recruits even middle-aged women who are physically unable to handle military training because of the extra booze.

In North Korea, where long-term military service is mandatory for both men and women, these manpower were literally used as expendable resources, and they were literally slaves who didn’t even care about proper safety equipment or even meals, not to mention that they were unpaid even in harsh long-term labor.

The fact that the party had to pay a small amount of remuneration to those who had to do it quietly, no matter what the construction of the highway or whatever, was revolutionary.

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No, it might be said that the newly inaugurated general secretary is spending some money to capture the people’s hearts if only the remuneration is given, but it was the ‘differential payment’ part that caught the attention of Jang Seong-taek and Hyun Young-sook.

“Differential payment… this means… isn’t that the introduction of a capitalist idea?”

“right. One day that goes against the public rationing system that forms the basis of our republic. In the time of General Kim Jong-il, he would have been educated on revolutionizing the idea that he had immediately come up with a capitalist idea. Apparently, the four goals announced at the last party congress are also the same, and this time, the general secretary really intends to change this republic from its roots. haha….”

In front of Jang Seong-taek, who smiled as if something pleasant, Hyun Young-suk remembered the young man he first met in Japan named Kim Jeong-hwan, a young man who is now general secretary.

Then he clearly emphasized to himself the importance of leadership.

And now that he has risen to the leadership position, he is really about to change something.

But what is still mysterious is why Jang Seong-taek has to show this to himself…

“It’s amazing… But I think you still have something else you want to say to me…”

“right. What I want to say is, if we read the general secretary’s intentions correctly, there will be a seismic shift in power. This North Korea, established by General Kim Il-sung while working as a partisan in a snowy field, has been led by gun-bearers. But in the future, the center of this republic will be divided into two major axes under the general secretary.”

“……Two of you?”

“Girae, bastards with guns and bastards with pens. I’m not the only one who noticed this… Gye-seong Hong The old fox already smelled it. They are already moving for their own survival. So, if it’s me and the current manager, shouldn’t we all work together for future opportunities?”

At last, Hyun Young-sook understood why Jang Seong-taek had called him all the way here.

Jang Seong-taek is proposing an alliance to himself.

Clearly, the offer was attractive to her.

Hyun Young-suk had a good background, was smart, was bright in the affairs of the world outside the republic, and had a good sense of power and was greedy for it.

Besides, she was even beautiful (though she was a little older by North Korean standards) and was tired of the military’s radical behavior similar to Jang Song-thaek.

It is a proposal well worth considering.

“The general secretary now has great skills. But such a general secretary cannot lead this republic alone. You need someone to support you from below.”

“…and whoever supports it will enjoy the second-largest power after the general secretary. Am I right?”

“I see, so the current manager and I would both agree that these people shouldn’t be military ignorant idiots like Hong Gye-seong and Baek Seung-cheol. is not it?”

Hyun Young-sook nodded her head with a smile that is not normally seen at those words.

However, he gently but firmly pushed the hand of Jang Seong-taek, who was slowly approaching him with his slender but bewitching waist.

Then, as if slightly disappointed, he opened his mouth again, looking at Jang Sung-taek again.

“okay. The country should be led by the general secretary and people with ink in their heads like us, not the gunman. So, I will do it with Comrade Jang.”

“Wait? But why…”

“…But for a person who is planning such an important event, Director Jang’s actions are too light. A person who is going to come close to power soon must show behavior that will lead to being caught by a political opponent such as Hong Gye-seong, so that the general secretary trusts Jang and entrusts him with his work?”

“…………”

Jang Sung-taek’s face became dissatisfied for a moment at Hyun Young-sook’s soft face, but then he smiled wildly and nodded.

“That’s right! Girae, hahaha… I made a little mistake. If it’s me, the current manager, only if we’re together, what are you afraid of? ha ha ha….”

“Oh, me too. Isn’t it wise to stay under the strong shade when it’s raining?”

“Hahaha… Anyway, let’s do well in the future. Even though Hong Kye-seong is a rank in the People’s Army, what does he know about a capitalist economy? As soon as the current manager and I work together, we will monopolize the trust of the general secretary and push Hong Gye-seong and Frunze Roske into the back room. ha ha ha….”

When Jang Sung-taek deliberately laughed out loud as if he was trying to cover up his actions, Hyun Young-sook laughed along too.

Soon, his office was filled with the sounds of laughter from the two of them, but Hyun Young-sook of the two was smiling and staring at Jang Seong-taek with his eyes shining strangely.

‘You saw me right, Comrade Zhang. Except I’m not the type to be content with people around me in power.’

Meanwhile, at that time, the general secretary in question, Jeong-hwan, returned from the highway groundbreaking ceremony and was meeting with a person at the company.

To be more precise, I was looking at that person rather than meeting him.

To put it more precisely, the scene where that person swallows the sacramental feast on the table in the secretary’s office and devours it.

“Take it slow. I knew that Chongjin Kyohwaso didn’t provide food, but I didn’t expect it to be this much .”