068 : Proof of Qualification
“Why are you defending Japan, the perpetrator, ahead of the Korea-Japan agreement? Can you still talk about justice?”
“We are not bound by the past. I forgave Germany and moved on to the future. It’s painful, but Korea has to do the same.”
“gibberish! You guys even got a country at the price of blood. We haven’t even received a proper apology from Japan yet!”
“The situation is different, we lost as many as 6 million people. 6 million people. Can you imagine?”
I’m not talking about who is the bigger victim.
This woman did not try to understand me.
“Can you imagine? I feel like my heart will explode because I can’t relate. We have 7 million direct victims. They were taken as comfort women at a young age, forced to commit suicide without receiving a penny, even subjected to suicide attacks, even mobilized for live experiments and dissected alive, and only the mothers were frozen to death to see the reaction of the fetus. Is that what humans do!”
“stop! stop! Who believes such a lie!”
“It’s not a lie! Here’s the proof!”
“Nancy… It’s true.”
said Van Flint softly, chewing on his cigar.
“Is that… real?”
Nancy put on a blank expression as if she was speechless.
“Nancy, this history of East Asia is just one of many reasons why Japan should never be an American outpost.”
“Is this one of many reasons?”
Nancy pointed to the report and asked me with shaky eyes.
“Just as military power in the Mediterranean is not everything in the competition for supremacy, economic power and technology are not everything in the competition for hegemony in Asia.”
“What else is there?”
“Universal values! The United States has become a hegemon because it respects the universal value of defending freedom and human rights. Japan that ignores that can never become the advance guard of the United States.”
“… the country’s diplomacy must… prioritize reality. No matter how painful the reality is.”
Nancy didn’t give up on her will until the end.
Even though he had already given in to me on the inside.
It meant asking for a more concrete justification.
It was to ask for evidence that Korea should replace Japan in political, military, and economic aspects.
It was very easy for a 21st century man.
“You should know that Japan’s foreign and Asian policy is not to act as a member of the free camp. They are intent on eroding the Southeast Asian economy by leaning on the influence of the United States. It means that foreign capital formation is their main purpose.”Read at noblemtl
Japan’s policy of encroaching on Southeast Asia only provided an excuse for anti-American forces in Southeast Asia.
In the 21st century, it became the root cause of China’s One Belt, One Road initiative.
“Haha, CS’s perspective is always one step ahead. Will Nancy understand that?”Read at noblemtl
Jimin Van Flint, as if it were a boring topic, swallowed a jackcock and spat it out nonchalantly.
I meant to lead the topic at will.
“What do you mean? Japan is successfully holding back the CCP. It is perfectly in the national interest of the United States.”
“Successful containment? Is that what an international diplomacy expert would say? Do you understand the Cold War?”
“What… what? Do you understand the Cold War? There is nothing that a single civilian cannot do.”
It seems that the Cold War strategy was not firm even at this time. Hey Nancy. The Cold War is a power struggle.
“The Cold War is not like playing chess and fighting, it is like Go, a battle for power. You have to divide your enemies and keep growing your allies to win.”
Is Nancy Go? With that look on his face, Van Flint whispered, ‘Black Stone, White Stone’.
“Three… Who doesn’t know that it’s a power struggle? That’s why the US is giving aid to Asia.”
“That’s it! Japan is consuming all of that aid money. Power plants, steel mills, and dams, they shake carrots and eat them all. It divides Asia’s free camp and serves its own interests. Even with American money.”
In the meantime, even Korea, which was less influenced by Japan, was not free from Japanese funds.
If you look inside Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, etc., all Japanese funds have encroached on their economies.
The Asian economic bloc, which lacked self-sufficiency, was quickly eroded by overseas Chinese funds later on.
Entering the 21st century, it can be said to be the first reason why China has become a global factory beyond Asia.
In order to keep China in check, Japan had no intention of playing such a leadership role unless it had sought coexistence by tying the whole of Asia into a huge block chain.
He was busy making Japanese assets in Southeast Asia.
Well, I guess I thought it was a clever thing.
“… Wow, you talk really well. Van, why did you bring someone like this?”
“Whoops, Nancy. It’s the first time I’ve seen you suffer like this. It’s so much fun to watch alone. Go on, CS.”
Nancy questioned Van Flint, but he only laughed as he gulped down his jackcock.
“Is Japan making its own profit with the money it supports to unite the free world? From the safety of the rear?”
Nancy frowned.
At this time, most American politicians did not think that Japan would become a threat to them.
It wasn’t until the 1980s that Japan was pushed back by the Plaza Accord.
“I know because I was at the logistic base. No matter how much food we fill the food storage with, it will all be ruined by rats.”
“How much does a rat have to eat? It’s natural for rats to be attracted to the barn.”
“Damn rats can’t even eat food, they carry germs. I don’t know if I just take enough to eat and eat it, but it gnaws all over the place, making it impossible to eat the whole food.”
“You mean Japan is a rat?”
“Absolutely. It’s also a viciously clever rat bastard. It erodes the US finances with expensive military payments in the Vietnam War, steals the US pie from international trade, weakens US export competitiveness through intentional exchange rate intervention, and encourages US price increases by raising export prices to the US. Eventually, the US will enter a recession.”
“It sounds silly. Japan is an ally.”
Does that sound silly? a historical fact.
It’s a scenario called the Nixon Shock, the worst US recession ever.
“CS is right. Japan’s productivity has already surpassed that of West Germany. It is true that the wealth of the United States is leaking from Japan to Japan, whether intentionally or not.”
“Even in the current situation where we, Korea and the United States, are blocking communism with all our bodies.”
“That is also true.”
“……”
At Van Flint’s words, Nancy couldn’t catch her tail.
South Korea’s dispatch of troops to the Vietnam War is still ongoing.
“South Korea, which runs alongside the United States wherever the battlefield is, is a true ally. In the future, Korea will be better than Japan when it comes to separating China from the Soviet Union.”
Diplomats love this grand strategy.
The bigger the strategy, the bigger the political power, and the longer it can last.
“To pull China out, the US has to step in directly. There will be no such thing as using Korea as a mediator.”
She’s a formidable woman.
Yes, it’s reasonable to judge that way for now.
However, 50 years later, with Korea in between, the US and China will ask, ‘Which side are you on?’
“Our Republic of Korea will grow that way.”
Aunt Nancy hardened her expression at my words.
don’t you believe Believe it or not, it doesn’t matter.
i will make it like that
Now I’m wearing that first button.
We need to change the perception of the status of Korea and Japan that American politicians have.
Even one more person.
The more important the person, the more.
“… show me the proof.”
“Please change the 200 million dollars in short-term foreign debt owed by the Korean government into long-term foreign debt. Then, I will confirm Korea’s potential.”
“Do we have to guarantee 200 million dollars to confirm the potential of an underdeveloped country?”
“It will not be a losing business. Every time we develop a cutting-edge technology like Kavla, we provide a license to the United States. We will develop together. You don’t suck alone like in Japan.”
Signing a cross-licensing agreement with a US company can exponentially grow the Korean manufacturing industry.
Both are absolutely no harm.
“You have great confidence.”
I smiled a little when I said honey sucking.
“The private claims against Japan are also handed over to Wall Street. It will be a steady stream of money for decades to come. Just as post-war Germany completely surrendered to the Jews of Wall Street.”
“!!!!”
“With this kind of relationship, isn’t Korea qualified to be in charge of the front line of the United States?”
“Nancy, try investing. Like the Silverstein family. If it’s at least that level of a claim, shouldn’t we check it?”
Van Flint handed Nancy the piece of kabla he had kept in his pocket.
It meant taking it and seeing for yourself how much it was worth. She carried a piece of kavla in her arms like a handkerchief.
“What is the size of short-term external debt and the repayment schedule?”
“$268 million, payable in March.”
“We are almost on the verge of bankruptcy. If so, even if I believe in you, how can I convince an investor?”
“Audrey Hepburn also likes 40 million dollars worth of new material clothing, 10 million dollars worth of kablas, 20 million dollars worth of processed wood, Vietnam’s military supply and defense of Quy Nhon, national secret cross-licensing, and anything else that makes money.”
“$70 million in cash and some future assets… your absurd confidence, your moral superiority, Korea’s geopolitical values, umm…”
“I bring in $100 million.”
Van Flint hit first.
100 million dollars was more than I could have imagined.
“You mean, after all, Silverstein just needs to bring in the remaining $100 million?”
“Is it calculated?”
“What are you pretending not to know? With the $100 million my family allows for risk investing, it’s just right. Anyway, CS, let’s try to recruit investors on the condition that you bring $70 million in kind to the United States by March.”
Nancy took the documents for civil claims against Japan.
It was only then that the tension was relieved, and the smell of meat made me hungry. A large steak plate was placed on the table without knowing when it was placed.
“It’s that simple. Shall we toast?”
“It is a condition to bring in 70 million dollars in kind. The deal isn’t done yet!”
“Does not matter.”
I raised my glass
“OK. BRAVO, CS!”
“Nancy, you have to help. BRAVA!”
“Toast to all of us! BRAVI!”
To be honest, it wasn’t a losing business for them.
It simply converts short-term foreign debt into long-term government debt.
Since it is a matter of replacing short-term commercial loans with financial loans, there is only a political burden.
Of course, it is possible because it is a condition that the ultra-short-term external debt is paid back in kind with the $70 million I bring in.
I also couldn’t say it was a loss because I would receive the export payment in Hanwha from the Korea Development Bank.
Van Flint and Nancy both contribute $100 million each to give long-term government bonds to the Republic of Korea while taking civil claims against Japan and future patent licenses.
enough to attract investors.
It’s difficult… No, this is how easy it is to come to an agreement.
The fortunes of the country follow.
Heaven is helping.
「Sambok, Goldskin 40 million dollars, Kablar 10 million dollars, export agreement completed. Full operation of the factory is required.”
After eating, I stopped at the hotel, wired the telex, and headed straight for the airport.
There was no time to delay.
***
burrung…
‘He was in a hurry.’
As Van Flint drove Nancy home, he was rethinking the situation from earlier.
Woo Chan-soo pretending to be excited and shouting a toast reminded me of something he had the other day. What it was… Nancy wakes him as he tries to remember.
“Van, is it really okay to do this?”
“yes? what?”
“There’s no way Japan can sit quietly. Even if it’s not right now, he’ll definitely notice and sabotage.”
“Isn’t that our responsibility? You have to overcome that level to be worthy of being on our side, right?”
“Well, you can’t get to this position without an exam.”
Van Flint’s car lazily drove through Manhattan. On the other hand, the taxi carrying Woo Chan-soo was busy heading to JFK Airport.
It was the same situation they were in.
***
late December,
As soon as I returned home, I worked tirelessly.
Except for reporting to the Blue House, he had never left the vicinity of the factory.
I don’t even remember how Christmas passed.
I did nothing but eat, work, and sleep.
Even at the Blue House, we send people every day to check, but since we work so hard, we send people every three days these days.
“Didn’t they say they were loading containers from Factory 5 today?”
“I will arrive soon. As soon as I arrive, I will collect the headquarters and send it down to Busan, boss.”
“OK!”
It was absolutely impossible for more than 40 million dollars to be stocked by March.
It was safe to say that all sewing factories across the country were gathered. I had to supply the military to Vietnam with the existing Polytech products, so it was the same as feeding the textile industry nationwide.
“Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, okay. stop, stop.”
“No, did you clean the container properly? Don’t you know how expensive our stuff is?”
“Mr. Kim, why are you like this today? I cleaned it enough to lick it with my tongue. Don’t you wash it?”
When a large truck arrived in the front yard of the factory, the employees quickly started inspecting the shipment.
Stockings, evening gloves, bodysuits, etc., were not piled up in the warehouse.
When fully loaded into a 40-foot container, it weighed roughly 20 tons and cost 400,000 dollars.
I wonder if there is anything more expensive than this among the export products of the 1960s.
The problem is that we need to fill 80 more of these containers in the future.
“everyone! It’s a shift. rotation.”
“Switch. You are off work.”
“Before sitting down, straighten your back, turn your shoulders, look at the sky… ah…”
“Look at the sky, aaa…”
“Shout out if your shoulders are stiff! 500% Lunar New Year bonus!”
“500%! Waaa!”
It was so hectic that even Sambok came forward to look after the female workers’ shifts.
Everyone promised a bonus of 500% to stand in full operation for 24 hours while running non-stop.
“Miss Kim, bring something to pay. I have to clear customs at Busan Port today.”
“Yes, here. president.”
It was almost a national project, so when we sent the goods down to Busan, they went through customs in one day and were sent to Japan.
If they were shipped to Japan by feeder ship (small boat) from Busan Port, they had to be transferred to Mother Ship (a large ocean-going ship) from Kobe Port, Japan, and sent to the United States.
“No, Chief Kim. Why do things keep getting tied up at Japanese customs?”
As I was making payments, I repeatedly noticed an item called Japanese customs delay.
“Ha, it keeps unpacking to inspect samples and delaying the schedule. We will go crazy too.”
“shit. Are you asking for an express fee, what is it?”
“I am still worried. It’s getting more and more difficult to find large ships, so maybe some of them are going over to April… Ahhh…”
“What? April?”
“Oh, no. In March! I know very well that I have to go until March.”Read at noblemtl
Joo-im Kim jumped up in fear and shouted.
no, that wasn’t the point.
It can’t be difficult to find a big boat now.
Originally, in the United States, after Christmas, the volume of goods drastically decreases. By the way, is it getting harder to find a ship?
“Mothership, bring the Mothership reservation list. hurry!”