080 : Capitalism Education
next day,
“I’ll go to Busan for a bit, Sambok.”
“Busan? ah! Do you want to go to Daesei Construction? Actually, Manager Kim was in a frenzy asking for someone to be sent to Qunyeon. Go ahead and ring the bell a couple more times.”
uh? Did your father tell you to send more people?
“What are you talking about? Before I went to America, I sent 300 technicians who fixed the ship.”
“They say there’s nothing wrong with that manpower. Forgot the airport and Da Nang? forgot? Well, anyway, since you brought all of your work, I want you to send 500 more people, including craftsmen and engineers.”
Hey, my father’s ability is good.
Looks like you got a lot of work done.
Would you be able to easily make $100 million in 3 years?
“okay? okay. I will select people from Jeonpo-dong and send them, so please ask the government for visa assistance.”
“yea, I got it. 500 people!”
If the trend of unemployment selects and sends people, passports and visas to Quy Nhon come out immediately.
Since each skilled worker sends at least 300 dollars a month, the government wants to send at least one more person.
It is not difficult to find manpower.
In Jeonpo-dong, there are already many subcontractors for container manufacturing and plywood lumber dealers, so the number of skilled workers is enormous.
In addition to the general unemployment, most manufacturers hired craftsmen from Jeonpo-dong, so all the skilled workers flocked there.
It was a natural phenomenon because if you were recognized in that alley, you would get a job anywhere.
Occasionally, when I ring the bell, a great job will come out.
Somehow, it feels like Jeonpo-dong has become a military engineer’s academy.
Come to think of it, I can afford to hire skilled workers for the basic construction of the Ulsan Petrochemical Complex, hire the nobles among them as full-time employees, and send them to Quy Nhon.
It’s a pretty good system to think that Ulsan verifies it, selects it as a full-time employee, and sends it to Qunyeon.
In about three months, my ships will come to Korea, and from then on, there is no need to take care of the Navy LST, just bring Kwinyeon to my ship.Read at noblemtl
Just thinking about it made me proud.
I headed for Busan that way.
***
Mayor of Yeongdo, Busan.
“Where the hell is this man?”
After ringing the golden bell in Jeonpo-dong and sending people to Ulsan, I headed straight to Yeongdo Market.
I came here after hearing a rumor that there is a king of hairy hair that turned our products into Japanese smuggled goods in the Yeongdo market, but it is very difficult to find people.
Well, all the police found out was the name Ki Doo-shik, 175 cm tall, and a small mole on his left cheek.
I can’t do it if I can’t see it, but it seemed like a person worth investing in for about half a day.
“Sleep, come! Sell socks cheap. Go see the gold skin. 2 pairs of socks 30 won! 3 pairs for 40 won!”
huh? Gold skin socks?
When did we make socks out of gold skin?
Rather, the gold skin itself was not released in Korea?
“Choose, choose. Trendy business high quality socks. Go see Goldskin. 3 pairs for 40 won!”
Following the sound, I went to the corner of the market and saw a lot of polytech socks piled up in a cart.
It wasn’t that there was no gold skin at all.
We really put on our gold skin stockings on a mannequin with only the lower half in the center.
Hey, how did you get it?
“Hey, how much are those stockings?”
“Oh, that’s not for sale. It’s my food line, so you have to go see it. haha.”
Hey, don’t lie
Come to think of it, he told me to go see the gold skin.
They didn’t sell gold skin socks.
“How did you get the gold skin stockings? They say everything is exported to the United States.”
“I went to the textile research institute and took it out. I heard a lot of money. now! choose, choose 3 pairs of socks 40 won.”
Are you a great nerd?
The sample sent to the research institute was taken out through the back hole to obtain a national quality inspection certificate for customs clearance.
And he was using it to attract customers.
Even the socks they were selling were genuine Polytec.
It was not a lie to say that it was a trend of unemployment socks.
“Hey, Ki Doo-shik. Talk to me.”
“Hey, who are you?”
When I said my name, I was startled.
He was wearing a hat, but his tall stature and the small mole on his left cheek were clearly visible.
“Well, who would it be?”
I was playful.
“I didn’t do anything wrong. It wasn’t smuggling. I just drove a boat from Japan and laid out the things. I didn’t say anything, but the merchants just took care of it and bought things.”
“Where is the person who buys contraband and asks if it is contraband? If you drop something like that, you’re assuming that it’s likely to be contraband.”
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Just looking at it, they must have thrown it in front of the merchants, and the merchants saw the samples and saw that the quality was as good as it was made in Japan, so they bought the whole box.
He was the perfect talent to do things that could not be done openly.
If this work proves his ability and character, he may continue to use this person for work that needs to be done while avoiding the eyes of others.
“I was wrong, Detective. Still, I paid the fine. Aren’t they chasing you too much, even though no one has been particularly harmed?”
Doo-sik Ki seemed to think that I was a detective who had come to extort money, and he laughed softly and yelled at me.
The market vendors were just watching quietly, not even sparks flying, and the old lady selling herbs across the street said, “Oh, look at that bachelor.” It was all about gesticulating.
‘I’m not a detective, look closely.’
“Ugh! Uh… Daesae Unemployment boss?”
I lifted my bowler hat slightly to show my face.
Doo-shik Ki recognized my face right away, whether he was watching TV news or not.
“Is the boss coming personally for something like this? No, no, I was absolutely wrong. But I didn’t steal that gold skin. I bought it with money. The same goes for Polytechnics.”
Ki Doo-sik was in tears again.
The 1960s was a barbaric era in which even the slightest misbehavior to the powerful was dragged somewhere.
“Did I catch something? I’m here to make an offer. Would you like to work under me? If I work like now, will I be treated as a cheater?”
“Ugh! Are you writing me? do anything I will do anything. I will even write a blood letter.”
With a hook to avoid the eyes of the merchants, they pushed me into the alley and bowed at a 90-degree angle.
His notice and actions were really quick.
“Is there anything other than a blood letter?”
“I was born poor, so I didn’t learn anything or own anything. But I have a mother and younger brother who believe that I will come back with money. I will work hard in the name of my family.”
It’s a family name, so it’s a guarantee I can’t refuse.
I handed over the paper and fountain pen.
Gi Doo-sik wrote that he would do his best in whatever he did in the name of himself and his family, and took a hit.
It was to the point of sticking out my tongue at his improvisation by pouring fountain pen ink onto his thumb instead of a pad.
‘Um… isn’t that bad?’
It felt good.
Even the face was so basic that it would look good with just a suit on, and above all, there was no mean corner.
“take it.”
I put the contract in my pocket and handed over my bankbook and seal.
“Hehehe, boss… what the heck is this…”
Ki Doo-shik was startled and seemed to foam at the mouth.
It was also because the bank account contained a large sum of 20 million won.
“It’s not just giving, it’s business expenses. With that money, I’ll put on a pair of shoes and a suit, get a car, and go to Ulsan.”
“To Ulsan?”
“Do you know how to drive?”
“I know. I also drive a boat.”
He is a talent of this era.
It seems that they rolled from floor to floor, randomly.
“I go to Ulsan and buy the land around Mipo in the name of a major business. There is a map here, so the purchased land is reported to me every day by telex.”
“The land around Mipo?”
“With 20 million won, I think I can sign a contract as much as I can. Do not purchase more than 50 won per pyeong. And the balance will be paid by Daesei Unemployment, so just bring the contract.”
The Mipo side is a place where other conditions are good enough that the Hyeonsan shipyard was built in the original history.
It has good synergy with the petrochemical complex and is close to the Pohang Steelworks, which will be built later, so it is advantageous in terms of supply and demand of raw materials.
Moreover, since I have built the 21st century Ulsan Port, I plan to build a privately funded pier exclusively for large-scale shipping as well as a shipyard on the Mipo side.
I don’t have enough money right now, so I need some time.
It seems like a loss right now to spend my money on the purchase of Mipo land to fool speculators and provide it to the US joint venture, but it will be a huge asset in the long run because I bought all the land around it.
If the main axis of the Ulsan industrial complex is shifted to Mipo, and a shipyard and a privately funded pier are built, it will become a cornerstone to dominate the huge industrial cluster that covers the entire southern coast.
To connect Qunyeon and the United States, I need at least one of my bases on the South Coast. Is it Mipo-myeon East Sea?
“Boss, even if you collect land in the countryside at 50 won per pyeong, what if you have a house there?”
“If you have a house…”
After thinking about it for a while, I asked a question.
“Even if it’s a country house, you can’t kick out the people living in it recklessly. First of all, would people with nowhere else to go try to sell their homes and land?”
It was so normal that it was hard to believe that it was said by someone who had been punished as a cheater.
“In that case, the price of a house outside the city and the cost of moving are included in the sales contract.”
Most of them would prefer a house close to the city, even if it is on the outskirts, rather than in the village of Mipo.
“Ah yes. Okay. Just give me one month.”
“No, it will be finished in two weeks.”
No matter how careful you are, speculators will smell it in no time. You have to eat the entire Meepo side before they smell it.
“All right.”
“Then, see you in Ulsan.”
“Wait. president.”
“why? Any more questions?”
“Yes, there is. How does the boss trust me and give me this much money?”
“There is nothing good for Mr. Ki Doo-shik by running away with that money. Even if you run away, you live while being chased. I don’t know anything else, but I know you’re not stupid.”
“president! thank you.”
Ki Doo-shik knelt down on the ground and bowed to me. When I tried to get him up, he jumped up before I could reach him.
He faced the opportunity of a lifetime.
You may be able to sense it at the level of the current unemployed president, but as time goes by, you will continue to realize how lucky you are.
“Let’s start with something. Reports will be received from Daesae Chem in Ulsan every evening.”
“Yes, boss.”
I hurriedly headed to the Ulsan Petrochemical Complex.
“grandmother. Have this rickshaw and sock grandma. If you sell them at 20 won per 3 pairs, they will be sold out in half a day.”
“Aww, bachelor. Why are you giving it to me?”
“You gave me rice balls the other day, and you took my side too. It is my answer.”
“But what will the bachelor live on if he gives you a rickshaw?”
“Do not worry. I just got a job at a great place.”
“Oh, congratulations on getting a job.”
“Get Healthy. grandmother.”
Ki Doo-sik gave the whole rear car to the old woman of the street vendor and followed me.
He bent down to see me off until I got into the car and left, and disappeared in a flash by the time the view in the rearview mirror faded.
The quick action felt good.
Seeing what you’re doing, I should call you Secretary Ki.
****
「Ulsan Petrochemical Complex Promotion Committee」
I drove to the office of the Promotion Committee.
The office signboard was written in Chinese characters very nicely, but the office was just a temporary building with a shabby tin plate roof.
It seemed to be the place where the president gathered a large crowd and held a groundbreaking ceremony, which he had seen in a black-and-white documentary during the training of the plant division in his previous life.
Being located in such a historic place, I thought again that I should put the first button well.
“Hey, are you coming now? Woo boss. No, Special Counselor.”
Unsurprisingly, Deputy Minister Yum Won-cheol jumped out of the office building and greeted me.
“What? What are you doing in Ulsan who should be in Seoul?”
“ha ha ha. An emergency order has been issued from the Blue House. I am the vice-captain here. Since the Minister of Commerce and Industry is the head of the committee, it seems that I have become the number two. Advisor Wu, please guide me well.”
This man, he uses one of his combat skills amazingly well.
In fact, if you are a civil servant, you have to put on a fighting spirit every time you get a chance to get promoted.
If the deputy secretary had been the deputy chairman of such a large project, would he have already promoted to deputy secretary in his head?
Rather than plotting bad things, he is a nobleman who works hard at what he is ordered to do.
If you crack down in advance so that the same thing as last time doesn’t happen, it’s predictable, so it’s a rather comfortable human type.
There were already many people gathered in the office.
I pretended to look at the chart with the project schedule written on it, but all eyes were fixed on the land of the industrial complex.
“Chief Wu, I asked when you would come.”
“What are you doing here, Mr. Wang? Aren’t you supposed to be in Thailand?”
I also wanted to know when President Wang Joo-young would return to Korea.
Since the Thai highway project was awarded for only $5.22 million, the deficit must have snowballed.
I told you to spend another million dollars.
“Haha, Boss Woo. Nice to see you again. The Thai highway was put on track, and here in Ulsan, the work was bigger, so I returned home. Isn’t that what happened because President Woo brought in a large-scale loan? You are so amazing.”
I’m really glad
I just remembered where to put President Wang.
It wasn’t just Chairman Wang who welcomed me.
“Nice to meet you. I thought I would see it someday, but now I see it in a place like this. I am Do Byeong-cheol from Mercury.”
“Nice to meet you. Chairman Do Byeong-cheol.”
It was a bit surprising.
To think that Chairman Do Byeong-cheol appeared in such a practical place. Aren’t you the type to always tell others?
“Are you the president?”
“Since you have more than one company, I think the chairman would be more suitable than the president.”
“Haha, I thought he was only the best in the technical field, but I am surprised that he is such a fluent young man.”
It was Do Byeong-cheol who tried to scare me a little by calling me a young man.
He must have come because of the Bona Mana Fertilizer Factory.
Because that’s pretty money.
You must have brought in Japanese funds by using Koreans in Japan, right?
It’s obvious if you don’t look.
“This is Eun Jun-yong from Dorim Construction.”
“Nice to meet you. All the prominent construction companies have come.”
“This is Korea Shipbuilding Corporation Jegal Palace.”
“Nice to meet you.”
All the people you need to see someday are gathered here.
Now, shall we give them some education on capitalism in the 21st century?
