180 episodes. So, power is power.
It started with a disagreement with the new chairman of the Sumimoto Group.
And the turning point was the Madagascar branch of Sumimoto Corporation.
The group headquarters only connected Chairman Inagawakai’s hotline to the branch managers of affiliates.
“Chairman Jiro, no, Kitano Jiro just knew that the other party was the Triad, and after causing trouble, he tried to blame the Sumimoto Group when things went wrong. There was a bit of a dispute with the Triad last year.”
He seems to be talking about his work with Hwa Seung-hwa.
I don’t think you know what I’m wearing there.
“Was it the assassination of former President Ark that caused trouble?”
“Yeah, it’s Jiro Kitano who chose the plane terrorism method.”
“Why the plane terrorism? It’s so conspicuous.”
“If you crash into the sea, it’s hard to find evidence of who did it, and wouldn’t it be sure to get revenge if you stand out? It’s a good way to pay off debt because it’s known that an important person in the Triad was killed in a plane attack even though they were under their protection.”
The intention was to make it impossible to find out who the culprit was and to insult the Triad.
The Sumimoto Group was insurance in case they were found out.
“At that time, I proposed it to Kitano Jiro.”
“What?”
“Let’s sneak out information during the bomb acquisition process.”
“Then, was that the craft that made it look like the Triad had figured it out on their own?”
“That’s right, it wasn’t insurance, it was meant to completely separate from the Sumimoto Group. I thought that it would give Kitano Jiro’s favourites more. The result was just the opposite.”
It is the same content as Hyo-myeong Jang tortured Ryoji Minamoto.
Kitano Jiro deliberately left room for Saori to take over the task.
That way you can cut off the tail when there’s a problem.
“That’s why Tetsu Miura pointed out you as the mastermind. Mixing the truth with a clever lie.”
“Yeah, I thought he was mine, but he was from Jiro Kitano from the start. Where is Tetsu Miura?”
“Do you want to talk?”
“I mean, I just want to kill myself with my own hands.”
The more I look at her, the more terrifying she is.
“It would be more painful than dying by now, because he tried to deceive us.”
Based on the information from Ryoji Minamoto’s mouth, Hyo-myeong Jang said that intense torture was in progress.
It also adds to the guilt.
“Please, as the rumors circulate all the time, I want you to peel it alive and deep-fry it in oil.”
what kind of shrimp Peel off the skin and fry.
“That’s up to us to take care of. Tell me, how are you going to get revenge on Inagawakai?”
“Externally, we will use the Sumimoto Group.”
“I think the cause is good enough. But does it mean that you want to use it in another place?”
“It should be. Inagawakai is one of the three major yakuza factions, and how big is that? No matter how big the Sumimoto group is, it’s impossible to cut out the entire dark world.”
“So you’re trying to borrow my background?”
“Yes, I will carry the Triad on my back and take care of the branches and sub-organizations that the Sumimoto Group has not touched. Although I was betrayed, I have taken over the housekeeping of Inagawa Kai for the past few years.”
Turning a crisis into an opportunity?
I thought she was a scary and dangerous woman, but she has great ambitions.
“What can I gain by helping it?”
“Hmm, you’re not a member of the Triad, since you’re emphasizing your own interests rather than the organization?”
Aww, your eyes are white.
“I’m not a member of the gang, but I can give you as much as you want. So tell me, what can I gain?”
“In order to do that, I need to know exactly who you are, so I can’t just provide you with a vague benefit, but what you need, right?”
He said he was the concubine and executive of the Yakuza boss, so I wonder if he even greased his tongue.
“Edward Jin, the representative of the mining company All Mining. He is in conflict with Sumimoto Corporation over the mining issue in Madagascar.”
“Hmm…”
Saori Sekiya tapped her lips with her index finger, pondering, and then opened her mouth.
“That mine is probably the Ammatovy Nickel Mine, and under the circumstances, you’re supporting President Andrea. That’s why you took former President Ark to Madagascar to transfer power.”
“……”
“There must be a lot of difficulties in various ways. Also, dealing with the military with real power, and above all else, the stake in the mines will be small.”
If the military uses former President Ark, it will be possible to contain it to some extent.
But, as she said, equity was a different matter.
No matter how President Andrea declared that the contract was null and void, it doesn’t happen all at once unless the country is a dictatorship.
“Are you saying you can fill in that?”
“Yes, I will persuade the Sumimoto Group to hand over the stake in Sumimoto Corporation to All Mining. For free.”
“Free? Are you talking about how many shares Sumimoto Corporation owns?”
A 48% stake is equivalent to about 1.2 trillion won in Hanwha.
Like in the case of Sherrit Inter, even if you beat it in half, it’s a huge amount of 600 billion won, but you’re going to get it for free?
“Isn’t it worth getting that much? Hoho.”
Your eyes are full of confidence
Definitely not an ordinary woman.
“Okay, I’ll tell the mountain owners, so try your best.”
This girl seems like a pretty decent knife.
***
Arc Navalomanana.
He is a former president of Madagascar who lost public opinion due to severe corruption and fled to another country by the military.
But before that, his image was ‘a great leader who drove out the socialist dictator and established democracy’.
He must have been speechless because he was greeted with the same words as the dictator he had driven out.
“You haven’t seen yourself fall into power.”
I told him again on the plane heading to Madagascar.
It was the part I was referring to when I persuaded him in Johannesburg.
“Why are you saying that again?”
I say it like a nagging thing.
How many people have shed blood and tears because of you.
“I’ll be arriving in Madagascar in a little while. So, take a look at the lives of the people that have changed since you left, and please give them hope this time.”
It was one of two decisive words that changed his mind.
How to appeal to former President Ark, who was ‘a great leader who drove out the dictator’ as a way of showing how much better people’s lives have been since Andrea took office.
It is a kind of whiplash.
Why did you not give hope to the people like this back then?
“It’s been less than a year since I left, and I don’t know how much has changed that makes me so confident.”
“You’ll know when you see it.”
“By the way, did you really mean talking to Andrea about that promise?”
Second, carrots followed by whips.
A politician who looked back on his past self with the overthrow and had some regrets, but was still fed up with the lust for power.
If he was only whipped on his soft mentality, he would only feel repulsed, so he was lured as a delicious bait.
“If you officially acknowledge Andrea’s regime, you won’t be the president who was toppled in a coup. It’s blindfolded, but that’s what politics is, isn’t it?”
“But that’s…”
“You seem to care only about President Andrea right now, but it is the people, not him, that you need to worry about. What would you do if you could run as a candidate? If you don’t get votes, it’s of no use.”
President Andrea knew this, so he allowed him to return to work in politics.
Because I know better than anyone that the people have definitely left.
And, ironically, it was former President Ark who settled the leash of voting in Madagascar.
However, the parties seem to have a different opinion.
“Don’t worry. My support base is still strong.”
It’s amazing that you can be trusted like that even when you’ve been kicked out.
So, power is power.
***
“You mean there are over 3,000 such wells in the country?”
Former President Ark asked as he looked at the sight through the car window.
“Yes, even now, the number of engineers will continue to increase because they are looking for remote villages.”
“I don’t know how they discovered so many wells in such a short time, but it’s hard to say that people’s lives have improved because of that. It’s only going to be good for a while, but it’ll be back to the way it used to be.”
“Are you talking about aftercare?”
“That’s right. In the past, private companies and religious groups were volunteers and used to dig wells. But few wells remain. Do you know why?”
“I know. They didn’t sell it on their own initiative, but someone else sold it. Aid without the foundation of self-reliance has clear limits.”
Digging a well doesn’t end there.
The water veins change and it may dry out overnight, or if it is not managed, it may become clogged with soil or stones again.
Otherwise, the water quality may be polluted.
Therefore, it needs the affection of the people who use it, but the well dug like others did not take care of it no matter how precious the water was.
Someone will do it, or another group will come to Paju.
“If you know that, you mean that the villagers took the initiative to manage it?”
“We set up a local self-governing well management center with the center as the center.”
“Heh, you know where other places don’t do that?”
“I would, but what we did is a little different.”
“What’s different?”
“It’s a way of sending technicians trained there if you just check if there is a problem and report it to the central government.”
Ex-President Ark snorted at my answer.
“So you just check?”
“Yeah, now they’ll forget about it even if they do management training.”
“Do you think the central can handle them all? As you said, there are over three thousand wells?”
“It is possible. All of those wells are deep water.”
“……!”
“So, it won’t dry out easily and the water veins won’t change. If it becomes unusable, it’s beyond what the villagers can handle, so it’s only natural for a technician to take over.”
“You mean all wells connected to deep water?”
“Yeah, but I didn’t tell the villagers, so that people will look at the well with affection.”
No matter how uneducated and busy you are, you might not be able to pay attention and watch.
With such an easy and simple action, they are known as their well.
“But what about that clinic over there?”
“Ah, I’m doing medical service.”
“You mean that medical service was done in a small town like this, not in a big city?”
“We are also working on a smaller place than here. Although it is temporary, there will be more than 1,000 relief facilities secured so far. All of them were brought in by President Andrea at the request of volunteer groups and international organizations in each country. I plan to stay in Madagascar for the next year. .”
I did it, but it’s not wrong to say that the party is supporting President Andrea.
“Is that possible…”
“As you know, there are too many people dying from disease in this country. Both the well and medical service put the people’s health first and focused on it. Wouldn’t you like to improve?”
“……”
Former President Ark couldn’t take his eyes off the train station with a bewildered face.
There, I saw children running around, laughing brightly.
“President Andrea is going to change a lot in the future, if you can just loosen his shackles.”
He didn’t answer my words and suddenly opened the car door and went out.
Then he raised the child who had fallen while running and wiped his bruised and bloody knee with a handkerchief.
“Mr. Jean.”
I approached him slowly and stood up.
“I will hand over the government. Let me meet Andrea.”