206. some purpose
After hearing Hoyoung’s words, Prime Minister Kiichi thought for a long time.
Hoyoung’s words were believable.
In fact, even if he put aside the economic knowledge he had studied so far, the fact that Hoyoung said was enough information to believe.
“But I mean…”
“yes. Please tell me.”
“If the US asks, how can we refuse to negotiate?”
Kiichi said with a bitter face.
As he said, it is an ‘agreement’, because consultations with the United States have always been compulsory and unconditional.
Hoyoung looked at him and smiled.
His face seemed to ask if he could have just come without thinking about it.
Seeing such a relaxed expression, Kiichi asked with a slightly brightened face.
“Is there a way?”
“To be honest, I can’t say for sure yet. However···. It has a chance.”
“How is that?”
“Whoops. I’d like to keep that as my trade secret.”
“ah! okay. ha ha ha. You can’t pry on everything.”
Kiichi’s attitude toward Hoyeong was a little strange.
The age difference between the two is almost 50 years.
And while Kiichi is the prime minister of a powerful country called Japan, Hoyeong is just a businessman.
However, if someone were to show the two of them talking and ask who would be more superior, they would probably point to Baek Ho-yeong.
“There is only one thing I have come to check right now. Prime Minister Kiichi, the Prime Minister of Japan… No, whether Japan will agree with me.”
This time, Kiichi opened his mouth right away, as if there was no need to pause.
“I have no intention of signing a reverse plaza agreement unless there is great damage to our country.”
“good.”
Hoyoung nodded happily.
He thought that Giichi, who knew him, would surely give him this answer.
“Then I’ll just get up. We need to take the next step as soon as possible.”
“yes. Okay. Please contact me.”
Hoyoung got up from the suite and suddenly left the hotel room.
And it was only after I got into Miru’s car and drove out of the hotel that I let out a deep sigh.
“Whoa…”
“Did something go wrong with what you said?”
Hearing Hoyoung’s sigh, Miru asked Hoyoung in a worried voice.
However, Hoyoung smiled and replied.
“haha. no. It went better than I thought. The sigh from earlier was not a sigh of worry, but a sigh of relief.”
“Oh, is that so?”
When Hoyeong said that the work went well, Miru’s face brightened slightly.
“To be honest, I thought there was a possibility that Prime Minister Kiichi would unconditionally conclude a reverse plaza agreement. Whether other Asian countries fall or not, Japan will be an opportunity to overcome the current recession. No, it is a problem that can be thought of as an opportunity to go further than that and join the ranks of the best countries in the world.”
“Couldn’t you have explained that the results would eventually have a huge impact on Japan?”
Miru was also fully aware of the current situation in Korea and the contents of the agreement between the United States and Japan under Hoyeong’s instructions, so she asked a question that had quite an insight into the situation.
Hoyoung felt good about that, but he didn’t show it and said to Miru with a very slight eye smile.
“Unfortunately, the story may not have flowed so easily. The fact that Asia will collapse one after another and eventually Japan will collapse is something that has not happened yet, so it could have been ignored.”
Miru nodded.
He could easily understand what Ho-yeong was saying because he had seen countless crises that occurred when a huge number of local government heads and businessmen did not put the worst in their families while traveling with Ho-young.
“So you said you were lucky.”
“yes. If the current prime minister had been a more right-leaning politician rather than Kiichi, or a politician with a background as an entrepreneur, he would not have listened to me so easily.”
Ho-young thought that taking over Japanese banks and corporations, inducing other Japanese giants to invest in the domestic market, and thus avoiding the Great Depression to some extent, came back unexpectedly.
“Then what is your plan now?”
“Japan somehow solved it, so we should go to America.”
“okay. When are you planning to leave?”
“Are you leaving right now?”
“Now?”
Miru asked with an absurd face, and Hoyoung laughed.
“yes. Let’s go to the airport now and find out when the fastest flight will take us to the US, to Austin to be exact. If you need clothes or daily necessities, you can just buy them. The situation right now is a race against time.”
“yes. All right.”
Miru only had one question.
In fact, it was just a procedure to check if Hoyoung said it correctly.
If Hoyeong’s will was confirmed, Miru would do what Hoyoung told her to do without a doubt.
It meant that his faith in Hoyoung was firm.
“And please put him in touch.”
“If he is.”
“Bush, Governor Bush.”
“Yep! All right.”
The next person Ho-young would meet after American Prime Minister Kiichi was George W. Bush, the US governor of Texas.
So far, Bush has received astronomical donations.
Now was the time for that donation to shine.
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three days later
Hoyoung was stretching out at the arrivals hall at Austin Airport.
“Fortunately, there was a seat in First, so it’s fortunate.”
“Iknow, right. I never thought that the business would be sold out like this.”
Hoyoung let out a sigh of relief, thinking that he would not have been able to arrive in the United States on time.
“boss! Here it is.”
“smith!”
At the airport, a friendly face, Smith, was waiting for Ho-young.
“You worked hard to come. You said you came from Japan, not Korea this time?”
“haha. How did it happen? I had a lot of trouble getting to the airport.”
“Of course I have to come out.”
Smith smiled as if it was good to see Hoyeong after a long time.
“Is Sumin doing well?”
“I am doing well. It’s really unfortunate that I can’t see it very well these days.”
“No, did you even fight? You haven’t even gotten married yet, but if you’re already like this…”
Hoyoung shook his head.
“Oops, it’s not like that. It’s because I’m busy as I am, and Suminie is busy with her current album promotions.”
“Well, Sumin shouldn’t have to work so hard.”
“haha. Because that is what she wants.”
Hoyoung shrugged once and changed the subject.
“As for the promise, is it lunch tomorrow then?”
“yes. Fortunately, he said he had an empty schedule at that time. after. You are nervous.”
“haha. There is nothing to be nervous about.”
“But it’s the first time I’ve met such a big politician.”
Smith decided to accompany me to the meeting with George W. Bush tomorrow.
When Ho-young returns to Korea, someone has to work with Bush, but Ho-young decides to leave that role to Smith.
“Even if you are a politician, in the end you are the same person.”
“I know that, but isn’t George Bush a huge media mogul? There are rumors that he is aiming for the next presidential election.”
Hoyoung smiled and said.
“You would be right to think otherwise.”
“Are you against it?”
“Because I am a big politician enough to aim for the next presidential election, I took the time to come to the United States like this.”
Smith looked at Hoyoung’s confident face, and involuntarily, wahaha! and laughed
As Ho-young said, thinking about Ho-young’s current position and ability, the tension of meeting George Bush seemed to be relieved.
“okay. I guess I forgot who I was with for a moment. ha ha ha.”
“Originally, if you’re too close, it’s hard to see in detail.”
Smith admired Hoyoung’s confidence.
Come to think of it, Hoyoung was like that from the beginning.
In 1988, when he brought a lottery ticket that won Powerball, he said he wanted to talk about the payment guarantee document issued by the lottery division.
‘Then and now… The boss’ situation has changed a lot, but nothing seems to have changed between then and now.’
Smith considered it a great fortune to work with Hoyoung.
“Okay, I’ll take you to the hotel for now. Even for the meeting tomorrow, you have to relax today.”
“thanks. After checking in at the hotel, let’s go eat right away.”
“That’s good too.”
Hoyoung, Smith, and Miru left the airport in a good mood.
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lunch the next day.
Hoyoung, Miru, and Smith headed to a Texas steakhouse they had visited several times before.
‘Is this the only restaurant in Austin?’
There was a minor complaint from Hoyoung, but it was not a sincere one.
Following the guidance of the restaurant manager, I entered the private room on the top floor, where George W. Bush was waiting for Ho-yeong.
“Governor. How have you been?”
“Five! Mr. Yoon. Thanks to you, I’m doing really well. After hearing the news, you seem to be doing well in everything you do, congratulations.”
“The same goes for the governor. I heard that you were elected as the Republican representative this time. I sincerely congratulate you.”
Bush smiled triumphantly.
“ha ha ha. I became the party representative because Mr. Yoon’s role was really great.”
“What have I done?”
“Since you did the beginning and the end, it’s as if you did everything.”
Hoyoung understood what Bush meant.
An American proverb says:
You need a bag of money to start a job, and a bag of money to finish it.
After all, he was quoting this proverb meaning that money is important.
“Thank you for thinking that way. But, I don’t think this will be the end?”
“Isn’t that the end?”
“yes.”
Hoyeong looked at Bush with meaningful eyes.
Bush took that look for a moment, then clapped his hands as if he remembered something important! and hit
“This is true. Let’s start with the order. It was so nice to see you after a long time, so I forgot to order food.”
“Me too.”
After ordering, Hoyoung introduced Smith, who had just arrived, to Bush.
“Governor. This is Smith Stewart. Originally a lawyer, I am now the president of H&H America.”
“Even if it wasn’t so, I was curious about who you were, but nice to meet you. This is George Bush.”
Bush held out his hand to Smith, and Smith took it casually and said,
“There is no one in Texas who does not know the Governor. nice to meet you I am Smith.”
“While I am not in the United States, Smith here will be working with the Governor going forward. I’ve known you for a long time, so you don’t have to doubt my ability and trust.”
Bush chuckled and said:
“Mr. Even Canadians can trust the person Yoon. introduces them to.”
While Hoyoung, Bush, and Smith chatted about various things, the steak was brought in, and the three finished the meal with a light chat.
And after a while, towards the end of the meal.
Bush, who kept looking at Hoyoung’s eyes, asked Hoyoung subtly.
“By the way···. What is the most important story you want to tell me? I don’t think we made an appointment to eat and chat like this.”
Hoyoung put the last piece of steak left on his plate into his mouth and swallowed it, then smiled.
“Yes. The reason I flew all the way here from America is for that purpose.”
“A purpose? Won’t you tell me what your purpose is?”
Hoyoung put down his knife and fork and looked straight into Bush’s eyes as he spoke.
“Governor. Don’t you want to run for president?”
“A presidential election?”
Bush stuttered involuntarily.
“Let me be a little more direct. Governor. Don’t you want to be president?”
