Dear Comrade Leader, Episode 287
100 chapters. conspirators
The year 2012, when winter passed and came, was the year in which winter began to pass in the Republic not only in a seasonal sense, but also in many ways.
Although spring has not yet arrived, just the fact that the severe cold wave of the 2008 financial crisis has passed, or even, the feeling that it is gone gives comfort to the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and 99% of the common people around the world. it couldn’t be
Of course, if you look at the actual indicators, companies have reduced employment and investment even more, household income has decreased, jobs have gone abroad, the retirement age has been accelerated, and the middle class’ wallets have finally gotten thinner. That was the time when I started talking about it.
However, it was also a time when some conscious rulers were busy taking lessons from past crises or knowing the future in advance and rethinking their competitiveness to prepare for the next crisis.
“Cho, Comrade General Secretary… … !! I’m sorry, but one more lesson… … Hey, am I right that I heard it right?”
“I heard you right.”
“Gee, that’s because it’s a giraffe… … .”
“I told you to find a suitable buyer and sell the shares of ‘Shineon Suntech’, a solar cell affiliate of ‘Shineon Group’. it’s all In other words, stop selling the solar business.”
“Why the hell would you do that?!?!”
At the last words of the middle-aged man who seemed to raise his voice unknowingly, the eyebrows of Yoo Hye-rim, who was standing next to Jeong-hwan, twitched, but Jeong-hwan was very calm, because he had already expected such a reaction.
The men in front of Junghwan now were the executives and employees of the Shineon Group, which is currently one of the 10 largest conglomerates in the Republic.
The main industry is low-cost electronic products, representing electronic control, communication systems, and displays. In the Republic of Korea, it is a bit behind compared to modern electronics, which is a pair with other people’s ginseng, but it has established itself as a mass-produced home appliance with good cost performance.
It took over a part of the preferential electronics business unit, which was in crisis at the time of the North-South compromise in 1998, and took a full-fledged leap forward and entered the semiconductor foundry. … The problem now was not with electronic products or semiconductors, but with the solar panel business in parallel.
In the end, Jung-hwan had no choice but to calmly explain his recommendations (written and read as orders), which he had already expressed several times in writing, by phone, or through a representative of the internal party committee.
“Didn’t I tell you several times already? The global solar cell production market is already oversaturated. It has already been more than 5 years since the Chinese entered this market in earnest, and all the experts are predicting that soon there will be a chicken game with negative profit margins in the entire industry. So, dispose of it as soon as possible and use that cash to invest in other promising industries.”
“You bastards called experts, aren’t you worried all the time? The solar cell sector is a sector that our groupa has continuously grown for the past 10 years, generating substantial profits from China and the Republic to the United States and Europe! But now he suddenly came and told me to dispose of all the business. … .”
“Comrade Chairman Shin. There are more than 500 solar companies in China, and as in all other industries that China has already entered, various subsidies and subsidies that ignore international trade principles, and low-priced attacks based on them are pouring in. The price of polysilicon, a material, and Shineon Suntech’s profit margin are already plummeting at the same time. So, wouldn’t it be wise to get your hands dirty before it’s too late?”
“Ha, but comrade general secretary! There is such a thing as money and time invested in technology development and investment… … Besides, the sunlight is the first industrial worker who has lit the electric lights in the people’s living quarters since the days when this republic was not able to eat and live! Our Shineon group must have saved it! Please reconsider!”
‘Ha, I knew I was like this.’
Jeonghwan sighed inwardly with a look on his face that he knew this would be the case.
Common sense told a businessman to suddenly sell a business that would be more precious than his children, but there was no objection.
Moreover, these people, who started their own business from the bottom up, tend to trust their senses rather than the analysis or statistics of experts, and because they have succeeded in doing so, they maintain such beliefs almost until their death.
However, it is clear that they will not believe it if they must convince them that a large-scale series of bankruptcies will soon befall them due to an oversupply of solar power from China.
As a national leader, Jeonghwan could not sit and watch one of the nation’s top 10 corporations scramble bloody time and money into an industry that would soon turn into a red ocean, or even a crimson blood ocean, and bloody blood.
“The solar power boom that has been blowing since the days of Al Gore played a major role in helping to establish the current Shineon Group, so you know that comrade Shin has a strong attachment to the business, but investment and development overlap in the domestic solar industry. The phenomenon has reached a point where it is difficult to ignore. I hope that you understand that it is not about cleaning up the entire solar industry, but about overcoming the overall inefficiency.”
“… … The saying that I won’t organize the whole thing… … Are you saying that you will allow other companies like Solar One to continue their solar business?”
“It’s just that overproduction continues, and that doesn’t mean we’re going to completely abandon the industry.”
“… … I really don’t know why our new prophecy fell outside the eyes of Comrade General Secretary. Even if we touched the heart of the party… … .”
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No matter how much I said, when the Shin-eon group’s executives showed no signs of convincing and hesitated, Jung-hwan felt the need to go out a little harder and said with a little firmer expression on his face.“Didn’t I say it wasn’t such a personal matter? Even though I said this, if the Shingon group does not follow the party’s recommendations on its own… … .”
“If not… … .”
“At that time, I had no choice but to exercise my right to speak at the general shareholders’ meeting as the major shareholder of Shineon Electronics, the core of the Shineon Group, and the chairman of the board of directors of Peony Holdings. In retrospect, isn’t it possible that the party’s investment and consideration in the early days of the business have allowed it to grow in size so far? So, even if you come now and get it back, there will be no regrets, right?”
“… … !!!! … … If your comrade’s will is so firm… … .”
In the end, the group’s chairman and executives, who gave in, bowed their heads in front of Jeong-hwan with a disappointed expression.
Jeonghwan knew that they were not convinced, but for the first time, he was satisfied with the fact that they had settled the matter like this.
But he didn’t notice the meaningful light flashing in their eyes as they bowed their heads.
* * *
“Finishing the solar business! A business that I have been raising for over 10 years and nurtured like a child in my arms! Does this make sense… … .”
“Come on, calm down, Comrade Chairman Shin. Not only that statement, but also our grouppa, our northern name, has a lot of dissatisfaction with the party’s treatment lately. If the workers’ minimum wage is raised like this, distribution companies like us are wondering where else to make a profit… … .”
“Humm. It’s the same with our twin car. I liked that I beat up the assholes of the Hakchongryon who blows nonsense into the heads of the workers, but they said that they took care of the workers who fell out of there. … Will this be the only way to become a global competition?”
“Right. It’s hard to do business in this republic, so… … The sons and daughters who will succeed me are already this snotty, but they are trying to sell all their stocks to foreign capital and live comfortably in Florida for the rest of their lives since they are just playing business in North Korea.”
A few days later, in a conference room in Pyongyang, a secret meeting was being held by a group of men.
Similar to the Shineon group that was called to the secretary’s office a while ago, it would have been surprising if anyone had seen their faces gathered in a conference room at the headquarters of 10 major corporations. It was because they were the owners or people in similar positions.
Moreover, although about half of them are less famous than businessmen, their influence on the business world is in some ways stronger than corporate heads of state, but high-ranking economic bureaucrats above the party’s director-general.
In fact, as if one of them was arguing to the cries of the heads of the corporations, he slowly began to unravel the reason for their gathering that day.
“Heh, the truth is, aren’t there a lot of talk about such a situation these days even within the editorial office of our Rodong Sinmun? It must not have been that Comrade General Secretary was the only one who completely achieved the prosperity of this republic right now… … Hmm, nothing, of course, although his leadership was absolute… … .”
“By the way, did you hear the news? Koryo Air. I don’t think the privatization was ruined because one of the daughters of that family had a mess by going right before the privatization. Because of that, I’m sure everyone here knows well that Chairman Lim’s comrade fell ill and is still holding his seat. No, how could such a treatment exist?”
“… … Hmmm! President Um, but Ki-gun, Lim Hyun-ah, that old age has crossed the line a bit… … .”
“Anyway! That’s not the point of what we want to say here! The important thing wasn’t that this republic should not go on as it is now! The national economy is run by enterprises, not by the party or the country, right? Is that a capitalist economy? Still the former socialist economy!”
“That’s right, Girae. In times like these, our willing comrades who have gathered here had to get together and take action. If you make a mistake, Kim Jong-il will return to the poorest country he was in the past, where he could not even eat corn, as most of the people, even the Party Central Committee, did not know about it… … .”
“Okay, how did England, where Mangjo was in its infancy, survived even when I was studying in England when I was younger? By removing the welfare that made the workers neglectful and by cutting taxes while leaving the country’s businesses uninterrupted, didn’t Britain regain its international status as the former capitalist power and the No. 1 ally of the US imperialists?”
As you can see from the last man’s words, the people gathered here, regardless of party members, were people who pursued economic liberalism, so-called the Thames River.
Among them were the Party Economic Development Office bureaucrats, the presidents of companies that were asked to release them, the main writers who are regulars in the economy section of the state-run newspapers, and the advisors of Peony Holdings, but they all agreed on one cause.
In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more freedom should be guaranteed to businesses.
Much more than what I have enjoyed so far, and much more than what I am enjoying now.
They did not doubt that this was the way the country lived and the way the people lived.
Although it was a pity that the fact that the party and general secretary were the ones who cared for them to learn the economics of capitalism when they were young, and who actively invested and supported them when they started a business, was slightly etched in their minds.
In addition, everyone struggles to deny that what is hidden deep in their hearts, as if they are discussing national salvation, is not even the economic freedom they cry for when they open their mouths, ultimately patriotism and vision, but mere greed. that you are doing.
In any case, the words that someone should have said at last, but the words that everyone couldn’t dare to put into their mouths, so that they could only cringe, came out of someone’s mouth.
Although birds hear the words of the day and mice hear the words of the night, due to the current situation in the republic, this office is structured so that almost all types of wiretapping are impossible.
“If that’s the case… … Our goal is… … After all, can it be said that everyone agrees that there is no choice but to become the general secretary?”
“… … Well… … !!!”
“… … Whoops… … !!!”
Everyone groaned at those words, which were low but dropped like a bomb.
I knew it, but it was only then that I realized what they were plotting now.
However, in the first place, it is difficult to cross all lines and all taboos, and then it is unexpectedly easy.
“exactly. Although Comrade General Secretary has led the heyday of this republic for the past 24 years, you have been surrounded by the veil of seals, and your judgment has been clouded by only listening to the advice of those who have passed away.”
“That’s right. It would be good for him to retire at this point and enjoy his old age, before his lifetime’s glorious achievements fade away.”
“Besides, this was ultimately not for the people and the republic. In that sense, one day history will recognize the anguish of our comrades.”
As they struggled to calm each other down and rationalize their feelings, one of the dogs raised a hand carefully and asked.
“Gee, Girum… … Comrades here, do you mean to take the general secretary out of the bow? No matter how much his mistakes and mistakes were known, there was resistance from the people.”
“… … .”
There was a cold silence in the conference room.
The people who were seated all at once stared at the questioner with a look as if they were noticing that he was a ‘pathetic guy’.
And one of the party officials, who was the moderator of the crowd, corrected him by giving him a pin-zan.
“friend. Please, face reality. Are you crazy about attacking comrade general publicly and directly? It is the best way for us to get rid of all real power and make it a symbolic entity like the dead Kim Il-sung.”