## Chapter 199 – 20. The Spring of China
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Saturday is supposed to be a day off.
I mean, it’s the weekend.
One of the most important events for me, the Cunt Assembly, also takes place on Saturdays.
So usually, I have a pretty wild day.
But today, I unintentionally started with work.
Since I started, I began receiving various reports, and it was truly endless.
“Ugh. Incorporating the AV management department as a separate entity… Yeah, that might be better.”
I signed the proposal that Sua had finalized and submitted.
“Hedging in advance against the Shanghai index crash? It’s about time to invest… Move about 10 trillion won to Muyeol Finance and invest as the proposal suggests. Ignore the authorities’ warnings. Report to me separately if anything substantial happens later.”
I also signed the investment proposal that Seunghee compiled from the strategy team’s suggestions.
“The security at the Namdong District Prosecutors’ Office changed six months ago? Then we’ll be fine for a while.”
“There’s a high chance it’ll be caught in their audit if we just change it outright.”
“Then we need to create a reason. A reason why the security needs to be changed.”
“We’ll proceed accordingly.”
I also gave instructions to Baekseol, who became the CEO of Snow White.
Just that took up a good couple of hours.
Of course, it didn’t end there.
“Incheon District Prosecutor-General replacement plan…”
The order I gave before had returned as a somewhat radical plan.
Just like my half-siblings whom I had killed before, it was about blatantly assassinating the Prosecutor-General and pinning it on some other guys.
The timing is also good since we pushed out the Namdong Industrial Complex. With some media spin, it wouldn’t be hard to make it look like a criminal who escaped the Namdong Industrial Complex held a grudge and murdered the Prosecutor-General.
However, I still tilt my head a bit when considering whether the Prosecutor-General did something worthy of being killed.
Even though I ordered it to be prepared, I feel a bit sorry for him now that I’m about to execute it.
“Hmm.”
I spin my pen and contemplate.
Before, it was like, ‘I’ll kill him because he’s annoying,’ but after meeting the Namdong District Prosecutor-General, who shamelessly wanted to join my Cunt Assembly, my evaluation of the Prosecutor-General has relatively improved.
He resisted a bit at first, but he’s eventually taking a slightly submissive stance.
He even created a department, appointed Lee Na-eun as the chief prosecutor, and moved the entire department to the Namdong District Prosecutors’ Office. He bowed his head to me.
‘Should I give him one more chance?’
If he were a clear enemy, I wouldn’t hesitate, but unnecessarily consuming someone who listens well is also a bad habit. There are still plenty of positions to fill in the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office, even if it’s not the Prosecutor-General’s position. The more people who listen to my orders, the better.
Besides, the Prosecutor-General we’re preparing now is ultimately someone we’re going to divert to the Permanent Special Prosecutor’s Office.
That means the Prosecutor-General’s position will be vacant again anyway.
To control both the Permanent Special Prosecutor’s Office and the prosecution, I need to have even more people under my command.
‘It would look better to go through the Prosecutor-General’s Office before going to the Permanent Special Prosecutor’s Office, but…’
It doesn’t matter.
What’s important is how strongly I control the Permanent Special Prosecutor’s Office and other institutions.
I just wanted to pay a little more attention to the details.
Tap,
Tap,
I tap the desk with my finger and order.
“Go to the Prosecutor-General and tell him to dig up dirt on the Namdong District Prosecutor-General or use junior prosecutors to comb through everything and get rid of him.”
“…Then what should we do with the current Prosecutor-General candidate you picked?”
“Who was it?”
“Yang Soyu, the Deputy Prosecutor of the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office. Her position is Head of Planning and Coordination.”
“Give it to me.”
I receive the documents Seunghee hands over.
A photo of a woman who looks like a college student in her twenties, whom I saw before, is printed in a formal pose.
She clearly took it in the most neat and tidy manner possible, but a hidden rebelliousness is subtly felt.
She’s the kind of older sister who probably had a lot of fun in her school days.
A bit like Emilia?
“Of course, she’s been talked to, right?”
“Yes. She said she would listen to anything you ordered.”
“That’s commendable. I haven’t even talked to her once. Did you let her know that I need a Prosecutor-General?”
“I hinted at it, but didn’t say it directly. She’s probably guessing. Oh, and there’s one special note.”
“Special note?”
I looked for the item.
‘Doyoonjung’s high school classmate…?’
Doyoonjung is the Chief of the Namdong District Police Station.
The one who was so good at giving head…
“Are they close?”
“There have been two phone calls in the past week. It doesn’t seem like a bad relationship.”
“There’s a connection. Perfect.”
I close the document and hand it over.
Seunghee approaches, politely receives it, and steps back.
“Keep her for now. Under the guise of… testing her loyalty. Don’t say it directly. Let her figure it out.”
“Yes.”
“As for the Prosecutor-General… deliver the message as we talked about earlier. If he refuses, shows a bad attitude, or fails, just proceed with the plan.”
“Yes.”
There were many other things to handle.
Like finalizing the articles of incorporation for the Muyeol Land management corporation, or planning the design for the integrated headquarters.
Of course, the secretaries do all the practical work.
But since I ultimately have to make the decisions, the work is truly endless.
“Wow… damn.”
I was just going to touch on things briefly, but doing so took me well past dinner.
Is this the life of a businessman…
Headache…
‘I understand Gominji’s feelings.’
Sometimes I have an existential crisis.
Even if I don’t do anything from now on, I can live enjoying everything I want, so why should I work so hard? That kind of crisis.
But every time that happens, I remember the scene I saw from the Pyeongyang Hotel on the day I first possessed this body.
The endless forest of skyscrapers stretching out beyond the window.
That moment when I felt the ambition to put all of that in my grasp.
When I recall the hope and joy of that time, the momentary crisis quickly disappears.
‘You’re whining after only getting 16 trillion won? It feels like even having 16 quadrillion won wouldn’t be enough.’
What I have now is a drop in the bucket compared to the Koryo Group.
It’s too pathetic to be satisfied.
‘I have possession and cheat recipes, so I’d be an idiot to be satisfied with just this.’
“Let’s eat and then continue.”
“Yes.”
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While I was having dinner, the South Korean government issued a statement.
The main points were the same as what Kang Hyeyoung had told me, but the tone was quite intense.
The China Summit, unilaterally held by the Shanghai Economic Alliance without agreement from the international community, can never be recognized, and any remarks or support from it will not have international power.
Furthermore, the statement of ‘One China’ from the summit is highly inappropriate. It is as if the defeated countries of World War I and II, the German Democratic Republic and Communist Berlin, are unilaterally tearing down the wall and aiming to return to the Nazi regime. This nostalgia for imperialism can never be tolerated.
The heinous depiction of war reparations that should be duly paid to this country and countries around the world is reaching its climax. In 2027, China unilaterally invaded the territory of another country and caused immense damage that cannot be expressed. It is highly inappropriate to portray the payment of reparations to fulfill this unlimited responsibility and apology as the tyranny of this country.
After throwing punches with that kind of tone, they presented a carrot by greatly increasing the principal repayment rate of the reparations paid annually.
The reason why this is a carrot is because of the logic, ‘Don’t you want to be free from reparations quickly? Then pay it off quickly. That’s all you have to do.’
In the case of the Shanghai Economic Alliance, they were paying about 10% of their GDP to South Korea and about 5% to Koryo Prestige, the holding company of the Koryo Group, every year, but they greatly increased the principal repayment rate, making them pay 15% to South Korea and 10% to the Koryo Group.
The other Chinese countries were similar.
No, it was even more miserable for them because their economic power was weaker than Shanghai’s, so the burden rate was even higher.
It was practically inducing national bankruptcy, almost to the point of not only cutting open the belly of the goose that lays golden eggs but also dismembering it.
Even I, watching, wondered, ‘Is this okay?’
Naturally, China, including Shanghai, reacted violently.
They summoned the South Korean ambassador, made strong diplomatic protests, and requested mediation from the international organization, the UN.
“What can the toothless UN do?”
The problem is that the UN lost its power a long time ago…
Even the cause of that is China from 50 years ago.
At the time, China, which was a permanent member of the Security Council, caused the Third World War, revealing the uselessness of the UN, and after the war, the whole world became a mess, so there was no time to fix it.
In the end, the world was divided by continent and power, forcibly respecting each other’s territories.
In Asia, South Korea of the Koryo Group is exercising very extensive and powerful control.
But in the midst of this, UN mediation?
Well, South Korea is one of the member states, but I don’t think it will be effective.
