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＜ Chapter 23. In the name of the people (2) ＞

Chapter 23. In the name of the people (2)

The general secretary’s decision that the Korean People’s Army would take part in the Gulf War on the side of the multinational army caused international outrage in many places, both in North Korea and abroad, and among people in various countries.

The ripple had quite a shock not only in the United States, but also in the Republic of Korea, and, of course, in North Korea as well. there was.

About a month before the announcement of the multinational forces joining, in July 1990, the Nikkei index was gradually falling even as the war that would be called the Gulf War in the international community and the ‘Persian Gulf War’ in North Korea was creeping up.

And Choi Seung-il, who led the North Korean sovereign wealth fund Peony Holdings and Peony Holdings, who had expected such a collapse in line with it, was a car that was immersed in the ‘work’ ordered by Jeonghwan.

– Sell all put options in the Japanese market. The profits obtained from the sale are divided into dozens of places, and first moved to offshore companies established in Japan and Delaware, Malaysia, Macau, and Monaco in the United States, and there, using Pachinko and Casino, etc.

After washing, it is brought into the republic.

Choi Seung-il and the former members of Room 39 of the Workers’ Party of Korea were experts in illegal money formation and laundering, but they had a lot of trouble because they had never run such a large amount of money before.

The $100 million was spent in bribes to local criminal gangs and authorities who would lend their names to new legitimate businesses that would be used to launder the proceeds.

However, the general secretary also emphasized the fact that ‘the source must not be reliably traced for at least several decades’, and it was not wasted as it was a new piece of blood compared to the estimated total profit that Choi Seung-il roughly calculated.

– Of course, even with this amount of money, it will take several years for the laundry to be completely finished… If you set it around the time the Korea National Oil Corporation produces oil, you can avoid suspicion.

– right. There is no better excuse than the explanation of ‘money made from selling oil’. They don’t want the Japanese to buy anything they robbed of the stock market. Anyway, for the next five years, our goal is to achieve an average annual return of 8% for Korea Investment Corporation. can you do it Let me know if you need anything.

– ….it seems like a lot of work has happened to me and my financial comrades. I and other people from Room 39 are good at managing assets, but there are too few of them. With this amount of money, there should be enough hundreds of traders and traders, but most of the people of the Republic don’t know what a bank is.

In a situation where you don’t even know where to find such workers…

– Don’t worry about that, the top elites of the republic from Kim Dae who studied financial capitalism in London will return soon. Of course, for the time being, the members of Room 39 under Comrade Choi Seung-il, who have experienced actual battles, should teach them to behave properly…

don’t rock If you achieve an average annual return of 10% before the 21st century arrives, the rewards will be huge.

– When you say reward, are you talking about the Medal of a Heroic Hero or the title of a Republic Hero, Comrade General Secretary?

– no! Of course I’m talking about cash and bonuses! Where the hell would you use a piece of such a medal in a future republic? The biggest driving force behind capitalism is individual selfishness. Now that I see, the comrade has a pretty republican side to it, right?

‘I, Won, if you look at it from time to time, you really doubt that you are of the President’s bloodline…’

Choi Seung-il finished the work of refining the articles of incorporation of Peony Holdings, recalling the conversation with the general secretary (who was not at all communist) a month ago.

Peony Holdings, headed by Choi Seung-il, is under the leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea. All proceeds go to the Republic of Korea and are used for ‘a future foundation for the formation of national capital and a leap into a powerful nation’.

According to the laws of the Republic, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Peony Holdings as well as Kim Jeong-hwan, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea himself, take charge, and the internal decision-making process, including investment direction, is treated as a state secret.

Looking back, there was one more thing that came to mind with the general secretary.

– ….Ah, speaking of oil, keep an eye on the oil futures market as well. As soon as August comes, oil prices will rise significantly. You can make a lot of money with a single hit.

– yes? Why is this so, Comrade General Secretary? – …..just watch the situation and you’ll find out. I don’t want to tell the story any more. Oh, there will be times in the future when I will instruct you on a specific investment direction in this way, but then…

– I already saw the Nikkei index going down like Guryong Falls on Mt. Kumgang, and knew that the general secretary’s insight was not daring to measure. We will uphold the spirit of self-defense, so the general secretary only needs to give instructions.

– It’s good that you talk well. If my prediction is correct, Peony Holdings will soon become the capitalist shield that will defend this republic more than any other gun bomb. Don’t push yourself until that day.

‘Still, I’m curious. How the hell did Comrade General Secretary know that the Nikkei was going down?’

Living in the realities of international finance like silent war, Choi Seung-il has long abandoned his luck and superstitious belief in shamanism (which is strictly enforced by the party but still popular among the general public).

However, even with such realism, seeing the ability of the general secretary to make the impossible possible, there have been increasing cases these days that he is doubtful that he is also a handmaiden of the Buddha’s palm, who is confident that he has seen and learned a lot more than most of the people of the republic.

Could it be that the general secretary came back from the future like ‘Back to the Future’ (I had seen Choi Seung-il secretly because it was so funny) that it was a huge success in the box office across the water these days?

‘…or it could be that the heavens really looked down on our republic and gave them the true Baekdu lineage that really received the spirit of Mt. Baekdu.’

Choi Seung-il kicked his tongue inwardly saying that he had done a lot of thinking as he was getting older and overcoming the hurdles of dying while visiting a correctional school, and a subordinate rushed in from outside the door.

He was a former member of Room 39, as he was, and was a young worker in the party who now became the main pillar of the founding of Peony Holdings.

“Comrade Choi, Seungil Choi! Oh no, comrade Choi Seung-il! Do a big job!”

“What is the fuss? Is it a big deal?”

“Gee, a big thing is happening in Kuwait now! It is said that Iraqi leader Hussein led an army of 300,000 in a surprise attack on neighboring Kuwait! And one more surprise…”

“What, what? surprise attack? in Kuwait? So, what happened to the oil field there?”

Choi Seung-il jumped up from his seat, dropping the pen he was holding with an absurd expression.

Perhaps because it was good in his eyes that the international oil price was already fluctuating, his subordinates’ comments at the end came a little late to his ears.

“I heard that the Kuwaiti oil field has been taken over by Sagri Iraqi forces! He and all of our comrades who were working in the Republic of Korea who were training in the British oil field located there were all detained by the Iraqi army… Some of them have already suffered casualties!”

“Is that for real? Who is the general secretary? Oh no, before that, let me tell you what the surprising news is.”

“That’s… don’t be surprised, comrade. The general secretary just entered a meeting with comrades in the Politburo, and rumor has it that, under the command of the U.S. Army, he may decide to join our People’s Army into a multinational army and attack Hussein…”

“…it’s not that you might do it, you definitely will.”

“yes?”

“The general secretary is about to join the Korean People’s Army into the multinational army to fight alongside the US imperialists. So we have to move with it.”

“But anyway, that’s…”

The employee looked at Choi Seung-il with a face that seemed to ask, ‘No matter how much a new era has come since the general secretary, will you do it already?’, but he was sure. Already, in his mind, the faint doubts that had just been there had disappeared, and calculations were flowing quickly.

“Oil prices are going up. But it won’t be long before it calms down again. If the general secretary decided to stand on the side of the US military, that would be a war the US would win. Soon the Iraqi forces will be repelled. So before then, you have to rake in as much money as possible.”

“….yes? Comrade president, what are you saying now…”

“What are you looking at? Come on move! Did you not understand the general secretary’s instruction that the goal was to achieve an average annual return of 8%? Do you want to cast doubt on your party’s integrity by failing to achieve your goals in the financial battle?”

“Yes, yes!”

On the other hand, such astonishment was happening on the other side of the world, on the American continent as well.

“I would like to thank the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the House of Representatives, the distinguished guests from home and abroad, and my fellow citizens. Tonight we are gathered here as witnesses to Iraq’s invasion of the Persian Gulf, both tragic and important to us… Hum, hum. How is my voice?”

“You are very good, sir. If that is enough, not only lawmakers who are hesitant to participate in the war, but also the people will support the cause of defending international order on your side.”

“Okay then, let’s go on. …In the early morning of August 2nd, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, breaking his negotiated agreement not to use force. A powerful Iraqi army invaded Kuwait, a weak neighboring country that believed in the promise, and in three days it was

Troops and 850 tanks entered Kuwait and then marched south to threaten Saudi Arabia. It was at this point that I made the decision to stop this aggression.”

In one of Washington DC’s most famous buildings, perhaps the most famous building in the world, a man was practicing his speech while watching a teleprompter.

Around them, aides and secretaries surrounded them and watched the middle-aged white man reading the speech, tensely, but silently.

“… these goals are not unique to the United States. This is a goal approved by the UN Security Council five times in five weeks. Most countries share US concerns about the principle. The stability of the Persian Gulf is also a matter directly related to the interests of these countries. this war

It is not a war between the United States and Iraq, as Saddam Hussein claims. This is a war that Iraq has provoked against the whole world. …..Yes, this is how it should be. The whole world… the important part is that you provoked the whole world, not America.”

‘No one wants this to become a second Vietnam, and if his financial deficit grows further here, he may have to move out of this house after only 4 years.’

George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, a man who read a speech and immersed himself in practice, frowned at the thought of the government deficit that began to increase like crazy since the last administration.

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No one knows yet how the war he has decided will be evaluated in the future, but even if the madman who was the posterity for American influence in the Middle East (which is directly related to oil) didn’t insult him so openly, he would want to do it again. you would have thought

‘I have no choice but to do it already. I wish the war would be so long that there would be no waste of money. I want to know what the Democrats will chew on me if the red light on finances is lit up here…’

Unlike the air force, dispatching the ground forces was like a money swamp, but all the soldiers, including Norman Schwarzkopf, who took command of this dispatch, shouted with one voice that it would be the ‘biggest war since the Vietnam War’. There was no way.

Fortunately, as a result of the diplomatic efforts of Bush and his ministers who fully considered these practical difficulties, countries around the world, not only Europe, a traditional ally, but even Syria, an adversary, have recently declared their participation in the multinational military.

As Bush was about to pick up the paper for his speech, sighing that he might have to overturn his initial promise of ‘no symptoms’, the office door hurriedly opened and a black man in a uniform came in.

“General Powell? I thought you were off work, but what’s going on at this hour?” “Sir, I apologize for not contacting you. But now we have an urgent report from the UN ambassador. Don’t be surprised and listen, North Korea… The North Korean foreign minister has just announced his military participation in the Iraqi multinational army.”

“…what?”

Hearing the unbelievable news of Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Bush even dropped the speeches he was holding.

But after a while, out of surprise, he went up to Powell and asked hurriedly.

“North Korea…? North Korea? The one we know… the North Korean arguing with his South Korean friends? Did they really say that they would participate in this dispatch?”

“That’s right. According to local officials, it was a decision made by a young general secretary in his 20s who took over the position from his father.”

“Hell, this is unbelievable. Even though it’s the Soviet Union… The Chinese wouldn’t like it very much, are you confident that you can handle it, that… a friend named Kim? Was your name Kim Jung-hwan?”

“Yes, do you remember when I briefed the Iraqi forces a while ago on the occupation of important facilities in Kuwait? When Iraqi forces took over the oil fields, they killed some of the British workers there. The official reason is that, but…”

Seeing Colin Powell blurring his words with an expression of ‘Of course it’s not the only thing,’ Bush noticed immediately and lit up his eyes.

Having served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the head of the Chinese liaison office, and the director of the CIA, he has a strong reputation in international diplomatic warfare.

It didn’t take long for him to discover the truth behind the decision of the leader of the communist state in Far East Asia across the Pacific.

“As far as I can remember, North Korea was definitely not a country that values the lives of its citizens so much… This is a gesture of reconciliation toward us, a dove of peace.”

“I think so too, sir. Given the recent reform and opening-up policy and diplomatic relations with the British using oil as a bait, it seems that the young general secretary has finally decided to open the door to his hereditary kingdom. And he said that he intends to become a pro-American state in the future.”

“Can I speak to him right now? I’ll try to find out what’s inside as well as an informal thank you for the dispatch.”

Powell stopped Bush from rushing out of the room to call the liaison officer.

“Calm down, sir. The better the used car, the more careful the dealer should be. We don’t have only one Korea to be concerned about.”

“Yeah… Ah. right. I mean, if you don’t control your speed, your South Korean friends will be anxious. Speaking of which, how is that side now? They must be stunned that their nemesis is going to be friends with us.”

“The news came from the United Nations as well. They said that the face of the representative of Korea was blue. I immediately contacted our ambassador and asked him to tell me that he shouldn’t fall for the ‘Reds’ work’.”

“Huh, this could be a pretty big boon for us if we do it right. Of course, we were talking about dispatching troops, right?”

“of course. It has not been passed by Congress yet, but in this situation, there is a possibility that South Korea may send 10,000 or more large-scale troops. It was almost like a nightmare.”

‘Good. Maybe we should really reconsider the size of the ground troops.’

Bush sighed inwardly, thinking to himself.

Of course, that doesn’t change the fact that the main pillar should be the US military, but even if the tax increases later, a large increase and a small increase will sound different to the voters.

“What do the Ministry of State and the Ministry of Defense say? Can North Korea Really Be With Us?” “Secretary of State James Baker came to the same conclusion I just spoke of. The rats are escaping from a sinking ship called the Soviet Union. Since the cause is clear, how about increasing the number of our diplomatic ties by one more taking this opportunity? Especially since China is in such a situation these days,

If you take good care of it… you know? One more leverage against China.”

“Hmm, that’s right. great. But the Ministry of Defense should also listen. What does Dick say?”

Here, Dick refers to the current Secretary of Defense, Richard Bruce Dick Cheney, but most people, including George Bush, called him Dick Cheney or Dick.

“That is a bit negative. I can’t believe these guys who change sides so suddenly, he said on the phone. Secretary Dick Cheney has asked me to tell you, too, to be careful not to be deceived by the Soviet Union’s third-largest satellite.”

“Okay again. The Cold War is coming to an end, but sometimes I see that friend… He’s too tough. There are some problems that cannot be solved by just shooting a gun.”

Bush tried to say ‘radical’, but thought it wasn’t appropriate, so he changed the word and frowned slightly.

He had no way of knowing why his friend, whom he had only thought of as calm and insightful at the beginning of his tenure, had suddenly become so tough these days.

It seems to have been since the Tiananmen Tankman incident about a year ago, and suddenly he poured out hard words against the Soviet Union and China and other communist countries. .

It was Dick Cheney who insisted on tough economic sanctions on China and was slowly pushing the president and White House officials to put an end to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

‘How good is the ability to persuade without taking your soul out of your mouth, and I was fortunate to be born. If a friend with little experience in international diplomacy or a thin ear had been the president, it would have been a disaster for this United States, no, for the whole world .’