Money Likes Me Too - Chapter 239



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Episode 239.

“Mr. Chairman, what brings you here?”

Completely different from the noisy atmosphere earlier, Chairman Lee Jong-seok’s voice was low and calm.

“What’s going on after all that noise? I came to find out what was going on because it was so noisy.”

“Please sit down first.”

“Please sit down, Mr. Chairman, so I can speak slowly.”

Lee Jong-suk and Lim Kyung-joon still couldn’t stop laughing. I became even more curious about what was going on.

‘This makes me even more anxious.’

As I sat down, looking at the two of them alternately with eyes full of suspicion, Vice Chairman In followed me and placed a cup of tea on the table.

“Thank you, Vice Chairman In.”

– you’re welcome.

After taking a sip, I got back to the main point.

“Now, let’s talk.”

Lee Jong-suk’s story has begun.

There was a project that Elon Musk had been pushing for a long time. It was called ‘Hyperloop’. It is a transportation system where you ride in a capsule-shaped pod and travel through an underground tube at high speed.

It’s a project with a low chance of success and a lot of money involved.

Naturally, many countries have jumped in competitively. In the US, Elon Musk and in Europe, Branson Richards of Bird Group are representative examples. And these two have enjoyed the honey of numerous failures.

I, too, was busy with work and missed it. But sometimes, whenever I thought about it, I felt envious.

But why all of a sudden?

“Just a moment.”

Lee Jong-suk’s explanation was cut off.

“Tell me the conclusion first. Why are you suddenly telling me that story? And why did you cheer?”

“That’s the story I’m going to tell you now.”

His story went like this.

In the end, it was a success.

‘Hyperloop a success?’

Elon Musk, who almost lost astronomical amounts of investment money due to numerous failures, eventually achieved success by shifting the paradigm from carrying people to transporting goods.

I can’t spend any more money.

That must have been the reason for the cheers. Elon Musk’s success is our failure.

Now I understand.

‘I see. That’s why you screamed in joy.’

He nodded.

Unfortunately, capitalist society is unavoidable. We have no choice but to celebrate the success of others.

But what he said next was a bit strange.

“Elon Musk wants to install this hyperloop in Saudi Arabia’s Neon City and our country’s Nexus One project.”

huh?

“That won’t do.”

No matter how successful we are, we can’t blame ourselves for it. Musk is making ridiculous excuses.

“Why, Mr. Chairman?”

“Because······.”

“Elon Musk means well. Why don’t you just accept it?”

“Chairman Lee, what you said is right. Hyperloop installation is expensive. It would be better to accept it when Musk says he will do it. That would also help with publicity.”

These people.

Things were going well, but now they’re going off track like this. I cut him off firmly.

“Do you two know much about the Hyperloop business?”

They nodded.

“I know as much as you know, Mr. Chairman.”

“Then, you know that the Hyperloop project started from the initial idea of ​​our Korea Railroad Research Institute.”

Both were surprised.

“Oh, is that so?”

“I didn’t know that.”

I knew this would happen. I knew this would happen.

“Of course, it is true that there is no major legal problem. However, ethically, Elon Musk took our country’s money… no, he took a business idea and used it without permission. Even if we ignore that, if we are going to install a hyperloop in our country, I think it would be more reasonable for a domestic company, not Musk, to do so.”

“If you say it is a local company······.”

“It’s us.”

“yes?”

They were both shocked.

“Isn’t this a different kind of company, not a local one?”, “Shh, be quiet, Kyung-jun.” The two of them are all seen exchanging glances like this.

Lee Jong-suk finally coughed in vain.

“But we don’t have the technology.”

“So shouldn’t we do it even more?”

My intention has not changed.

“Hasn’t it been a while since our city of Hwapyong surpassed a million people? So how can we not have a KTX station? If we don’t have one, we have to build something else. That would be the Hyperloop.”

Because Hyperloop is faster than KTX.

* * *

A lot of people were excited about Cocoa’s new announcement.

[ Cocoa mid-term plan announced, Hwapyong will become the center of hyperloop instead of KTX. ······ ‘The history of Hwapyong City’s development, always with Cocoa.’ ]

[ Musk, ‘Hyperloop, will provide technology to Cocoa without hesitation.’ ······ ‘It was a Korean idea anyway, so I’m glad it’s going back to where it started.’ Musk tweet. ]

The response was also full of praise.

— Wow, that’s crazy. Hyperloop. Is that real?

— Even if it’s not possible yet, it’s clear that Cocoa can do it. Has there ever been anything that Cocoa couldn’t do?

— Isn’t it Hwapyong>Seoul now?

– Maybe not right now, but who knows what will happen in 10 years.

I got excited too.

‘shit.’

It wasn’t excitement in a good way.

Musk finally made a surprise announcement that he would transfer Hyperloop technology to us.

I missed my chance to fail.

Musk himself has been sucking the honey (and failing) out of Hyperloop for decades, and now he’s trying to diminish our chances of trying.

Of course, words are flashy.

If we were to build a Martian colony, there would be nothing more suitable as a means of transportation between domes than a hyperloop, so we couldn’t give up the opportunity for better development.

I called him in anger and what he said was a masterpiece.

– Mr. Kang, please consider my circumstances.

“What’s the matter?”

– In the US, Hyperloop was seen as a completely failed business. It was even treated as vaporware. It was a matter of pride before money. If Korea were to adopt our Hyperloop technology, the US would evaluate it differently.

That made sense.

“okay.”

I nodded reluctantly.

– I want to show everyone who declared my failures, our hyperloop running in Saudi Arabia and Korea.

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“But it’s a Korean business, so shouldn’t I be doing it?”

“Isn’t this a total rip-off?” the words lingered on the tip of my tongue. But Musk dismissed them and said,

– That’s why I’m saying let’s do it together. There’s a saying in Korea, ‘Even a blank piece of paper is better when you hold it together.’ Let’s do it together, that blank piece of paper.

Is this how it comes out?

“great.”

Elon Musk started to chatter excitedly, saying, “I knew you would allow it.”

“Instead, let’s try something similar.”

– Yes? What do you plan to do?

“Elon started this. You shouldn’t blame me.”

Musk paused, seeming slightly surprised by my sudden change in tone to a serious one.

“I read in Watson’s biography that Elon first came up with the idea of ​​Hyperloop to get the California High Speed ​​Rail project (CHSR) canceled.”

-······.

“It’s okay. I understand everything. Elon and I feel the same way. I would have felt the same way.”

At those words, Elon’s low sigh of relief was heard through the receiver.

Of course I can understand.

It would be impossible to fail so spectacularly by building a high-speed rail. Moreover, it would be a project that was not his own, so he could not spend even a single dollar on it.

It would be natural to cancel that and start a hyperloop project that could spend more money. I understand his position.

Elon’s problem is that he wants more than that.

Even if we can understand Saudi Arabia, we cannot overlook peace. If it has come to this, it will be an all-out war.

– So, what is the story that Mr. Kang wants to tell?

Musk finally took the bait.

“Don’t you know that without me asking?”

I threw the rush.

“California’s High-Speed ​​Rail Plan.”

– yes?

“I will take over that.”

There was no answer.

“We will build high-speed rail and hyperloop. Since Elon is responsible for Korea’s transportation infrastructure, I have no choice but to take responsibility for America’s transportation infrastructure. In Korea, there is a saying that it is better to hold a blank sheet of paper, but there is also a saying that goes, ‘mutual aid.’”

Mutual aid, that sounds good. But there was an ulterior motive behind it.

Korea is small.

America is big.

Of course, even if I suffer a loss, my loss is greater. So this time, I won too.

To my words,

– Mr. Kang, you’re really always like this.

Elon Musk’s mumblings about being hit in the back of the head came across the Pacific Ocean. Sorry, but that’s a story that’s already over.

What good is his betrayal now? It’s none of my business.

* * *

And so time passed again.

The Davos Forum, which was postponed due to the ISS conference, and the Sun Valley Conference, which was always held in the summer, also ended without notice.

It didn’t have the same buzz as before.

There was even public talk that it would be better to attend the Cocoa Forum instead of the conference call of Cocoa, which was an unlisted company.

To do that, you have to go to Hwapyeongsi.

Because of this, Hwapyeong City always had to suffer from traffic congestion and the influx of tourists in the morning and evening.

The general election was a success. As planned, five independent members of the National Assembly were elected.

— If you vote for me, I will lay a tram to peace!

— Dear small business owners of Hwapyeong, let’s all join forces to show foreigners visiting Hwapyeong a more wonderful and beautiful city!

I also liked all the promises.

‘A tram······.’

If you build a hyperloop, it will take less than 30 minutes to go from Seoul to Busan via Hwapyeong. Classic transportation like trams are just for tourism. It was an amazing promise. It was only natural that someone who knows how to spend money on useless things would be elected.

Maybe because he’s new, his ideas are good.

I was the only one who felt bad. I couldn’t let tax money be spent on something like this. I couldn’t stand seeing tax money being wasted.

Why?

Because it’s my money that should be wasted, not taxes. My money always comes first. Even if you call me selfish, I have nothing to say.

— It’s not selfish.

As expected, there is no one but Vice Chairman In. He truly understands my heart.

But what he said next was unexpected.

— Rather, it is something that people should be grateful to Chairman Kang for.

“Why is that so?”

— It’s the same reason why many people see Bill Gates as a better person than Steve Jobs. He spends money on things that don’t need to be done and devotes himself to the development of our country.

I didn’t understand it right away.

“People are grateful that I spend their money?”

— Of course.

“Even though you couldn’t spend money because of me?”

There’s no way Vice Chairman In could have said something wrong. It feels like common sense is being destroyed.

‘wait for a sec?’

Could this be what it means?

Even though I lost the opportunity to spend money because of you, the world became a better place. I killed two birds with one stone. So I like it. Can’t you think about it like this?

Now that I think about it, spending money isn’t always good.

Look at Putin.

He started a war to ruin the country.

That’s just plain wrong. No matter how much you want to mess up, there are things you can do and things you can’t do.

Let’s think about it the other way around.

Even if someone takes away my opportunity to spend money, if the person who took the opportunity ended up doing the right thing, shouldn’t I accept it?

That’s what Elon Musk did too.

Even though it took my job away, I ended up doing the right thing.

He was the same. If what I did was right, he had no complaints about taking his chance away. He already knew what I realized now.

It’s eureka.

This Eureka was a bit different from the previous Eurekas. It was a Eureka of enlightenment.

— That’s right, Mr. Chairman. That’s exactly it.

“I see.”

– yes that’s right.

Even after the speech, Vice Chairman In stayed in the chairman’s office. It seemed like he had something to say. He was just like a person.

I asked first.

“Vice Chairman In.”

— Yes, Mr. Chairman. I’m waiting.

“If you have anything to say to me, please do.”

— There is one.

She said.

— I want to have my own company too.

What? Suddenly?

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