035 : Coastal Block Line
“…I think it would be nice to build a US military resort near the base.”
“A resort?”
Gothel deliberately crumpled his brow.
Wouldn’t it be against the spirit of a soldier to build a resting place before the logistics base was even completed?
“Ah, the choice of words is a bit clumsy. Rather than a resort, it is an operation to establish a coastal barrier to prevent the Viet Cong from entering.”
“Build a coastal blockade?”
It is a business that reads as a coastal lowland construction and a resort.
“Although barbed wire fences and guard posts have been erected to prevent the Viet Cong from infiltrating the land, haven’t the coastal jungles been repaired yet? You have to cut down all the trees there and make it an open beach so you can see and hit enemies approaching right away.”
I subtly passed over the words of cutting down trees.
“This is an urgent matter!”
Godel must have heard that the Viet Cong guerrillas use bamboo boats called tongba to infiltrate the coast.
“Yes that’s right. If you issue an emergency local service procurement, we will definitely complete the operation within the schedule.”
“great! Proceed right away!”
“Yes, Colonel.”
I saluted like a soldier and left the seat.
I didn’t even ask about the completion schedule or cost.
The noncommissioned officer will take care of the security, and the schedule is always because I completed it faster than expected.
All Gothel said was to start quickly.
Even if this is easy, it is too easy.
As mutual interests coincided, money rolled in.
“Boss, how is it?”
When I left the command post, my father was waiting for me.
“As expected, what. Have you prepared all the logging equipment?”
“Sure, it’s right through the engineer company commander. He said it was very nice because he took care of the accommodation facilities.”
“Good job.”
After all, my father pretended to pretend.
We were already preparing to cut down the coastal jungle. Among the equipment possessed by the Corps of Engineers, an investigation into logging-related equipment was also completed.
“By the way, does hardwood really make money?”
The real business we were going to do was the lumber business.
Whether it’s building a coastal blockade or building a resort, shouldn’t trees be cut down and the area cleared?
“It must be beyond your imagination?”
The lumber business was not just about making money.
Originally, in history, Japanese companies made a lot of money by stealing logs from ships carrying military supplies during the Vietnam War.
They told the American soldiers that they had signed a contract with the South Vietnamese Army, and the South Vietnamese Army, saying that they had signed a contract with the U.S. Army, and stole it at random.
It wasn’t for nothing that wooden furniture was all the rage around the world from the late 1960s.
The starting point was that even furniture made of tropical wood became sensational as wood became abundant in Japan, which originally preferred wooden houses.
In this history, I will take care of the business.
Quy Nhon is located in the middle of the tropical jungle in central Vietnam, so there is no better place to steal hardwood.
This will be my territory.
“Well, will the U.S. military be willing to watch us occupy the log?”
“Lieutenant Colonel Gothel won’t even care, so please have Jin Dal-rae, the company commander, stab him. I will give you the money.”
Roasting and boiling American soldiers is no problem at all.
We are getting a fair price for the labor that builds a resort for US soldiers.
“Me?”
“Pick three hundred dollars a month for each of them. He said he was giving the boss his entire month’s salary.”
“It’s such a big money business.”
“You have to send it to Korea to become a business. Let’s go. You only have one month. We have to make it completely our business before BR comes along.”
“Yes, boss.”
As soon as I returned to the inn, Sambok hit the telex.
“The time has come. send stuff With the largest ship possible.”
***
A similar time, Seoul, Korea.
Korea Textile Association Hall.
bang!
“What the hell happened to this, President of the Association! Why do you say we can’t procure military uniforms?”
“What are you talking about? Have you ever had a delivery accident? The price of rice cakes was as much as 3 million won, how could this be possible?”
“It’s not just military uniforms! What kind of lightning are you talking about that you will bid even socks or meriyas that you have been able to deliver well in the past. Please speak.”
The presidents of the Korea Textile Association, such as Gyeongsang Textile, Jeseon Textile, Jodong Textile, Dongin Textile, and Shinsu Textile, all gathered and questioned the chairman.
Of course, the members of the association cheered when the dispatch of troops to Vietnam finally passed the National Assembly a few days ago.
It was because the U.S. military was supposed to support Powell’s military expenses thanks to the successful negotiations between the United States and South Korea, commonly referred to as the Brown Memorandum.
It was expected that even if it supplied military uniforms, it would make a huge amount of money.
But what?
Far from receiving an order from the Ministry of National Defense, it was notified that it would accept the delivery of socks and meriyas that were previously supplied through a bidding method rather than a private contract.
Tang Tang Tang.
The president of the association pounded the desk.
“Stop blushing and everyone sit down.”
He was the chairman of the association and the chairman of Samo Textile, the largest among the members, Bong-gu Joo.
At his words, the presidents of member companies shut their mouths.
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Joo Bong-gu was called the chairman because he was running Samo Transportation, Samo Chemical, and Samo CC in addition to Samo Textile.
Rather than the meaning of respect, it is a word that means a large capitalist. Of course, capitalists at this time were typical ‘political capitalists’ parasitized in the political world.
With that string as a weapon, he wielded unbelievable power in and out of politics and business.
“Chairman, the situation is…”
“Hey, I know. I am trying to explain.”
“Oh, sorry.”
I waved my hand again, and only then did the presidents of the member companies start looking for seats and sitting down. A few drank cold water to calm their excitement.
“It was decided by His Excellency himself. I heard you insisted on bidding for the dispatch of troops to Vietnam.”
“Where has His Excellency ordered a bidding competition once or twice? Then the Ministry of National Defense should inform you of the bid price in advance, so why don’t you ask them to participate in the bid in the dark?”
“Hey, this bid is real, not a show. No, I don’t think they have any intention of accepting deliveries from us.”
“I beg your pardon?”
Everyone was surprised by Chairman Joo’s words.
How much did you pay back in the meantime, so you’re going to betray me like this?
“Big unemployment… I think I’m giving it to him. Rumor has it that the president is trying to push the airline industry into the mainstream.”
“I beg your pardon? Isn’t the airline business a business that even a large company like Hanshin Express can’t rush into? Are you saying that His Excellency is going to hand it over to a youngster like a big business man?”
“That’s right. But, you know what’s funnier?”
“Are you kidding me?”
“The president called, and the boss of Daese Unemployment said he was taken to Vietnam as it is. He’s a very simple guy who came out of the boat.”
“… crazy guy…”
Everyone was at a loss for words.
The president tried to entrust the airline with military supplies, but he refused the call and went to Vietnam?
What are you thinking? Are you just crazy?
“We have to weed him out of this board. That comes first.”
“President, it is dangerous. Don’t you remember the last time the prosecutor’s office was overturned? The money that went into covering it is just a few hundred.”
It was very difficult to cut off his tail, and he paid a lot of money for keeping his mouth shut.
No matter how much you hate the trend of unemployment, you’re doing it again?
“I wonder if such a thing will come out after seeing this.”
Chairman Joo threw a piece of cloth onto the table.
“… What is this? It’s not nylon, and it’s not poly…”
“It is a double fabric that the mainstream industry is making. I just stole it from their subcontractor, they call it Polytech. Technicians of Tokyo Spinning and Gabone Spinning were also surprised.”
“Even the Japanese engineers? Are you saying this could be a new fabric?”
“It seems to be a fabric that even Japanese engineers have never seen before. It’s evasive, but it was a surprise. After poking it a few times, it was eventually said that it was an A-class skill.”
“A grade skill?”
“It means global technology. According to Japanese technicians, this honeycomb fabric pattern is not a simple pattern. It’s a special pattern that cools the body by releasing sweat.”
“It cools you down? Are you saying you feel cooler with your clothes on?”
“Where in the world is there such a fabric?”
The piece of cloth thrown by Chairman Joo made the association hall riot again.
“Then it’s going to be patented. Even the president is pushing such a fledgling start-up. It must have been delayed submitting military samples because Daese Industries was filing for a patent.”
“Special…even patents. Domestic companies…”
Everyone couldn’t close their mouths.
Moreover, the more I touched the fabric, the more cool it felt, and I couldn’t believe it.
It’s a cool fabric…
“You have to kill it. We must all work together to kill.”
“……”
No one vomited at Chairman Joo’s harsh words.
We really had to get rid of mainstream unemployment.
“And you have to take it.”
“How are you, President? He said that the money turnover is not easy. Didn’t you spend your money like water in Busan?”
The presidents of the member companies also pretended not to know and listened to all the rumors.
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s money or technology. They said they would help me in Japan. What are you going to do?”
Chairman Joo pretended to put his hand on the table.
It was said that a person to giggle is a ki.
“Is it a Japanese company?”
“… I’m coming with you. As always.”
“Please include me too. All you have to do is sell the nylon business of the general unemployment.”
Everyone scrambled to put their hands on Chairman Joo’s hand.
“Let’s start by copying whether it’s Polytech or Nabal. You should contact an official at the Korean Intellectual Property Office and steal any patents submitted by Daesae Unemployment to Japan. Then they said they would supply yarn at half price.”
“Coheh! After all, they are big people.”
“For the rest, let’s go after each major unemployment subcontractor. There are many ways to steal fabrics or bankrupt money. Even if we don’t talk long, everyone knows, right?”
“I will only trust the president. Please leave anything to me.”
“I didn’t like it when I raised my salary and pretended to be proud. It is rooted out at this point.”
CEOs including Chairman Joo bared their teeth like wildcats facing prey.
****
Coastal jungle near Quy Nhon, Vietnam.
“Everyone get out of the way, let’s go!”
“Going over!!”
Rumble, quack.
The beautiful giant tree fell one after another.
Truly, the sound of a huge tropical giant falling down was thunderous.
Rather than the roar of falling, the sound of something crunching and snapping just before collapsing was more terrifying.
After the staff did it a few times, they were able to fall the tree in the desired direction.
“Everybody back off. Bring pesticide.”
“Yes, boss.”
After the giant tree was felled, the priority was to burn the pests rather than pruning.
There was a rotten puddle near the dizzying roots. Most of the cases were black and rotten because all kinds of garbage, including fallen leaves, hadn’t been piled up for a day or two.
“Woo-wook.”
“Ugh, I can’t even breathe.”
The employee who brought the pesticide vomited in disgust. No matter how many times I tried, I never got used to it.
It was because rainwater and rotting animal carcasses were mixed under the rotting leaves to form a gutter.
In the gutter, gnats, mosquitoes, leeches, and tarantulas were swarming together.
Sprayed with pesticide and set on fire.
It was a very humid place, so the piles of fallen leaves were not removed, but the trees were intact in the Vietnamese jungle.
All sorts of pests fell and burned.
When the flames subsided, water channels were dug through the rotting pools and drained to the beach.
As soon as the black water drained and the ground was visible, he called the staff.
“Come in now. Pruning. not get hurt safety! safety! safety!”
“safety! safety! safety!”
At my gesture, an employee with a saw came running like crazy.
I shouted safety three times before pruning.
It was a necessary order and wish for us.
“If you prune, peel the bark right away.”
“Yes, boss. Mr. Kim, Mr. Cho, what are you doing! Come here, let’s peel it.”
When felling, you can’t just cut down trees.
The tree must be debarked and fumigated before it can pass through customs. If pest control is not carried out, all sorts of pests will be brought into the country.
What if malaria mosquitoes or fire ants spread throughout Korea? Just thinking about it was terrifying.
“Cranes, come on! Oh my! Let’s move the peeled bark right away to the fumigator. slowly. slowly.”
“Yes, boss.”
Even if it was a fumigator, it didn’t matter.
Put a log into a steel box connected by two containers, put a tin can filled with kerosene, and light a fire.
As anyone who has ever experienced a kerosene lamp knows, the smoke and smell are terrible when you light it.
In addition, if you lined up the tin cans and lit a fire, all kinds of bugs that had been burrowing into the trees died because of the heat.
In most cases, they crawled out of the pit and dried up to death.
The logs prepared in this way were piled up like a mountain.
In my previous life, as a subcontractor, I was very envious of the interior decorators who worked hard and built a building, and made tens of millions of won by weaving beds, wardrobes, and floors with high-quality hardwood, but I didn’t think it was necessary.
With the apartment boom of the 1970s and 1980s, all kinds of high-end brands of wood furniture companies would emerge, and I would provide the wood.
If you stock up on hardwood and unwrap it slowly, there will be no problem getting the price right.
In addition, the price of raw wood is exponentially more expensive the bigger and thicker it is, so the raw wood in the primeval forest here was literally a bonanza.
‘How much is all this? It’s hard to calculate.’
It was a job that made my whole body dirty and muddy, but it was nothing to be proud of.
Beautiful hardwoods piled up like a mountain just by clearing one hill.
In the original history, I realized that a Japanese shipping company made more than 50 million dollars in profits from the lumber business during the Vietnam War.
Each log was a lump of money.
“Hey CS! Are you done?”
I heard a voice calling me from somewhere.
I turned my head to see Sergeant Mark waving from the beach. Seeing him with his top uncovered and holding a beer can, he must have gone out to get a tan.
“Mark! Are you off duty today?”
Mark comes often these days.
What do you need this time?
