The Chaebol Who Flies From Space - Chapter 59



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59. World Cup

“What’s so great about that?”

As the World Cup began, waves of red swept through the streets.

Fortunately, the company building is far from Gwanghwamun, so it’s not that bad, but after the game, it’s hard to drive around on the road.

[It’s hard to understand, but I think the World Cup has something that drives people crazy these days.]

I don’t like the sport of soccer.

I really didn’t like the idea of ​​a bunch of guys running around chasing a ball, trying to score a goal.

“I said I don’t understand. I’d rather watch American football.”

[Isn’t that because the Master played American football as a lineman in high school?]

My sensibility as André Codageon is thoroughly American.

Space football, played on a field with weaker gravity than modern American football, is much more aggressive and faster.

If you lose your senses for even a moment and look away, you’ll end up lying on the ground. If there’s no first aid equipment in the stadium, you’ll end up in a goal in an instant.

When I used to enjoy the intense space football games, I didn’t find soccer games that were all about kicking my feet fun, no matter how high the level of the game.

“In space football, you can make movements like in a martial arts novel.”

[Isn’t that because gravity is low and air resistance is low?]

“Sometimes people actually die when playing football with other modified humans. This happens often in the underground stadiums of the Dark World.”

Humans are the ones who want to do more when told not to do something. When human-made football was banned in the sun, human-made football games in the underworld became popular. Of course, gambling with huge amounts of money was popular.

“I heard there is gambling here to predict the outcome of a game?”

[It is illegal in Korea, but legal in the UK. Let’s find out.]

“Okay. How much is it worth walking? I wish the World Cup would end quickly. I’m losing my mind because Korea keeps winning. It’ll be over in the quarterfinals, right?”

[I don’t know because short-term matches are unpredictable.]

“I don’t know! The next opponent is Spain, isn’t that a country that’s good at soccer?”

[It is one of the countries with the strongest domestic league in the world. Real Madrid and Barcelona are two of the strongest teams in the world.]

“Look, there’s no way the Korean team would win against a country like that. It’s a shame. If soccer gambling were legal in Korea, they would bet big.”

[If you want to bet on the match result, you have to go to England in person. Are you going?]

I thought about going, but I was too lazy.

“No, how much would it cost me to go all the way to England? If I take my private plane, the gas price will be higher. Let’s just skip it. It’s a waste! It’s a waste.”

It’s a shame, but I only whetted my appetite.

And then the quarterfinals tournament took place.

My sister tried to persuade me to go to the stadium to watch it in person, but I wouldn’t give in. It wouldn’t be fun to go and watch it in person.

I ended up just buying tickets for my family. The whole family showed up except for me.

I took a short nap.

I was up late the night before working on the stabilizer system to be installed on the FPSO vessel being built by WD Shipbuilding, so I was feeling drowsy.

I was so lost in thought that the phone suddenly rang.

I received a phone call while I was half-asleep and I heard the sound of a pterosaur.

“Ah! What! Who are you!”

I was already irritated from waking up, but then I heard a scream from the phone and my nerves were on edge.

“Ahhhhh, brother~ I won! I won!”

The owner of the voice I heard was my younger sister.

“Jeongyeon? What are you talking about? You won?”

“Soccer, we won! Aaaah! The semifinals! The semifinals!”

I just woke up. I won?

After calming down my sister who was talking nonsense excitedly for a while, I hung up the phone.

I barely came to my senses and looked out the window, and the entire streets of Seoul were in an uproar.

“How did you win?”

[They won on penalties.]

“Wow! This kind of thing happens too. I thought I would lose.”

[This happens a lot in short-term battles.]

“It’s going to be noisy forever. Now that we’ve won, there’s going to be more chaos. The whole country is going crazy.”

[Not only that, it looks like it’s going to be really noisy.]

“Huh? What are you talking about? Is it really that loud?”

[The movement in the north is unusual.]

“Are you going to start a war?”

[An all-out war would be difficult, but local wars can break out at any time. It seems that the North is feeling a sense of crisis about its system.]

As the World Cup fever spread, the North’s existence felt so insignificant that people easily forgot about it.

“When specifically do you think you will start working?”

[It is predicted that next week, there will be a battle right before the World Cup ends. If we tap into North Korea’s communications network, we will be able to find out more details. We will run a system that analyzes the country.]

“Of course you should do that.”

[Unfortunately, even if we know the information, there is nothing we can do.]

Even I think Ariel’s words were right.

“If you get more detailed information, secretly report it to the National Intelligence Service. Let’s assume that the source is the Chinese Ministry of State Security.”

The World Cup fever died down after losing to Germany in the semifinals held in Ulsan.

My younger sister was annoyed at how I practically lived at the company and devoted myself to work, but I really had no interest in the World Cup.

My attention was completely focused on the information from the north that Ariel was giving me.

“What a crazy guy. Planning a provocation to arouse the military’s discontent.”

[Isn’t that how all dictators act? They move in ways that are hard for normal people to predict.]

North Korea, a pseudo-communist dictatorship, is a truly incomprehensible country.

I almost had to invest in the Kaesong Industrial Complex at the government’s request and deal with that crazy guy with a bald head.

“You still want to see me?”

[We are looking for a master because we are tired of developing the West Sea oil field, but the government is refusing.]

“Aren’t there genetic sites in North Korea too?”

[There are only two oil fields where Yujin was discovered. They were covered up because they were said to be uneconomical. According to my exploration results, the Seohanman oil field is as large as the Seohae oil field, but the depth of the oil field is so deep that it is impossible to find it with North Korean technology.]

“Let’s just move on. I don’t want to give them information and cause trouble. I don’t know what they’ll do if they find out there’s oil buried in their territory.”

[Okay, we will continue to explore resources in North Korea.]

“Yeah. It can’t hurt to be prepared.”

There were no plans to develop additional oil fields in North Korea or South Korea, although exploration was conducted in advance because it was not known when or how it would occur.

When the era of high oil prices exceeds $100 comes, then we need to develop it.

As time passed, without telling anyone and just being busy, the things I had expected finally started happening one by one.

[As a result of wiretapping the North’s phone conversation, it appears that a local battle will take place on Yeonpyeong Island. The planned date is four days later.]

“……You can’t stop it, right?”

It’s a fucking mess, but how do you stop a guy who’s going to kill you even if he knows the provocation information?

[The current Korean Navy’s rules of engagement are blocking maneuvers. If you get close to the enemy and attack them at close range, you will inevitably suffer great damage. In order to reduce the damage, you need to change the rules of engagement, but there is no time. You will pretend to change them only after you take damage this time.]

“…….”

I didn’t care how much damage the enemy would suffer, but my heart ached not knowing how much damage the Korean military would suffer.

And on that day, exactly as expected, happened.

[Master North Korea launched a surprise attack on Yeonpyeong Island, sinking a Chamsuri speedboat.]

“······.Who died?”

[Currently, there are 4 people, but including the missing and seriously injured, it is estimated that 6 people have died.]

Even if I had passed on the information in advance, it was of no use.

If I had my way, I would immediately launch a fusion bomb at North Korea and wipe them all out.

[An emergency meeting was held at the Blue House, but the mood is to refrain from escalating the war.]

The government would also like to avoid further fighting. The president had to go to Japan tomorrow to attend the World Cup closing ceremony.

If the government can’t do anything about it, what more can I, as an individual, do?

Still, it was bitter.

“Iriel, let’s take this opportunity to take a look at Korea’s weapons systems.”

[Okay, I’ll show those North Koreans an example.]

If I hadn’t been there, you wouldn’t know.

I no longer wanted to see the sight of a pseudo-state like North Korea being begged for mercy.

The Battle of Yeonpyeong was barely mentioned in the news and passed by briefly.

***

Before the World Cup fever had completely died down, I left the bustling city of Seoul and headed to New York.

The 747 I acquired was modified as I wanted and released. The flight was on a dedicated 747 parked at Incheon Airport.

The private jet he recently acquired had three bedrooms, two living rooms, and a conference room, as well as separate spaces for his 30 attendants.

In short, it was a flying hotel/office.

My younger sister Jeongyeon followed me on this business trip to the US. Jeongyeon was amazed when she saw the airplane at Incheon Airport.

“I heard that your private jet was nice, but I didn’t know it was this big.”

How rustic, to be amazed by something like this.

“Because it’s the largest private jet, it’s also expensive.”

Jeongyeon was already acting up before boarding the plane, and when she passed the attendants’ space and entered my personal space, she couldn’t close her mouth at all.

“This is a total hotel. It’s the best hotel I’ve ever been to.”

“Considering the price of flights, it’s the most expensive hotel in the world.”

I waited for my younger sister, who was looking around the interior in admiration, to calm down.

This time, Jeongyeon’s destination, who followed me to the US, was LA.

It was part of the preparations for a project to support Korean independent films prepared by the cultural foundation I created.

While I was preparing for takeoff, enjoying my sister’s excited reaction, I saw an unexpected person. Team Leader Oh approached me while Jeongyeon was out of the seat looking around the cabin.

“Team Leader Oh, why did you come with me? Aren’t you busy with the North Korean kids?”

“I’m not in the North Korea department, but in the domestic department. For the time being, I’ll stick close to the investigation director, no, the investigation director. If the government changes, the National Intelligence Service will also be in disarray.”

“Oh! So you’re saying you’ll stay by my side and avoid the storm?”

“Yes. Director Cho is the person that the National Intelligence Service must protect with the highest priority.”

It wasn’t bad from my perspective either, because I had a direct line of communication with the National Intelligence Service.

“Let’s help each other out. I might need to ask you for something too.”

“That is right. I will do my best to serve you, Chairman, from now on.”

While I was talking to Team Leader Oh, who seemed to be saying things that sounded like a trick, Jeongyeon, who had finished looking around the cabin, sat down across from me. Team Leader Oh quickly left the seat.

“At this rate, I wouldn’t be tired even if I flew all the way to New York.”

How could that be possible?

“Even if you ride a private jet for a long time, you get tired.”

“Hey! I guess I’ll just roll around in bed like I do at home.”

Jeongyeon knew me too well.

“······. Have you decided what you need to do when you visit a film production company?”

“If I go there, Valentina will show me the entire process of making a movie.”

Valentina?

“How do you know Valentina?”

“I called in advance because I heard that my brother was visiting the Blue Rabbit film production company. He was much kinder than I expected.”

Of course, the investor who invested a large sum of money is taking his younger sister with him.

“Learn a lot when you go. When you go, you will ultimately have to produce the film.”

Unless something special comes up, I won’t invest in American films anymore, but I would be willing to invest in Korean films.