Chapter 64

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“Drink, it’s the weekend, so you should enjoy yourself a little more today.”

The place where Jin Hyun-cheol was brought to was an indoor food stall near the company.

Soon he ordered a bottle of beer and a bottle of soju.

As if he understood the meaning of my staring eyes, he trembled and made excuses.

“I have only one kidney now, so I have to be careful. A bottle of beer is enough for me.”

At that, he let out a small smirk and tilted his glass.

Candid conversations come and go for hours.

As if belatedly remembering the purpose of today’s drinking party, he again brought up the issue of Minister Kim Young-gi’s whereabouts.

“How about you, have you thought about Minister Kim Young-gi?”

“It would be beneficial for us to bring it along. If he goes to LS, he will always be a stumbling block.”

“That’s what I mean. This means that the yangban is so trusted in the military that there won’t be many problems that prevent him from stepping forward. If such a yangban was taken away by a competitor, it would be a pain in the ass. Moreover, because of this incident, the trust in him has grown even stronger.”

That was true.

His responsibility for this GP provocation was a situation where he could press as much as he wanted if he wanted to.

But because of his attitude of sacrificing himself, the military will trust him even more.

“I will visit you in a few days.”

“Wait a few days? In the meantime, what do you do if I ask you from another place?”

“It will never happen.”

“On what basis?”

“Would other places catch your eye in the yard where you are holding out even when you are doing samgochoryeo in a place like LS? I don’t know. Maybe they are waiting for us to reach out.”

“Are you waiting for us to reach out?”

“That’s what I think, and we’ll have to open the lid to find out the details. Anyway, I’ll take care of that, so let’s have a drink today. You said that you would get me out of the swamp of hell, but in the end, are you going to fill the party with work again?”

Hyuncheol put on a shy expression at those words.

It’s already the second bottle of soju I emptied.

But, oddly enough, I didn’t get drunk today.

‘I’m bringing Minister Kim Young-gi… Well, it’s true that there aren’t many people like that.’

******

Ding Dong!

A few days later, I found the home of Minister Kim Young-ki in Jamwon-dong.

A shabby apartment that doesn’t quite fit the position of a former minister.

According to what I found out, they said that the loan amounted to about half, which was unexpected for a person who had been in the military for the rest of his life.

“Who?”

It was his son who came to meet him.

He said that he had a son who did not get married until a late age, and it seems he is still nesting in the shadow of his parents.

“How did you get here?”

Contrary to the prejudice that settled in my head, the first impression of the man I met was good.

The style is so thin that it is hard to believe that he is the son of Minister Kim.

The glasses I’m wearing look pretty thick, but that doesn’t mean they look like a blind face either.

“Are you there, Minister Kim Young-gi?”

“Yes, there is, but…”

He had very wary eyes.

It must have been the influence of the LS, which he often visited.

As soon as he took out a business card and handed it to him, his eyes suddenly changed.

“Come in.”

I weighted my guesses in his attitude of letting go of his vigilance at once.

Minister Kim Young-gi.

Maybe he really was waiting for me.

“What is President Jin doing to my house?”

There was a bright smile on the face of Minister Kim who greeted me.

Not only that, but his wife, who brings her a car, is also showing excessive kindness.

My expectations became more and more certain.

“I am sorry that I have only come to see you after hearing the news of your retirement.”

“He says everything. How many people in Korea are busy like Chairman Jin these days? Now, let’s sit down.”

There was another part that made me more confident.

The way he talks about me is very different from before.

Before, I felt compelled to use my honorific name, but now it is extremely natural.

Whoops.

I draped my ass on the sofa and momentarily scanned his house.

And the conclusion he came to was the fact that his integrity was not artificially made up.

In particular, the old furniture proved that, only the tables, sofas, and things so old that there was no complete place.

‘As a matter of fact, the fact that a person is a corporation that somehow makes a difference when there is money, but the fact that there is no trace of money spent anywhere is representative of his character.’

Of course, my judgment could be wrong.

If you are overly cautious, you can even hide yourself by artificially decorating the environment.

But the reason I ruled out that possibility was because of Lim.

According to the information he brought, no matter how much dust he brushed off, Minister Kim’s fortune was this one house and some savings. And he said that the pension being paid by the state was everything.

“I heard that your son is from engineering college, can I ask what your major is if you don’t mind?”

Maybe it was a word that could be a thorn.

To discuss the problem of a child who is playing.

However, the reason I touched it in the first place was with the intention of using his son as a stepping stone to start a conversation.

The fact that the chairman of a large group shows interest in the family members who are hanging out is like giving a kind of signal.

If you come to me, my son might be responsible too.

“I majored in mechanical engineering. At one time, I also studied electrical systems. But he said he was going to destroy the company he worked for and get together with his friends to make a motor.”

“A motor?”

“A high-power motor. According to that guy, the era of electric vehicles will come someday and they are preparing, but I don’t know what the hell everyone is fantasizing about.”

“·················ogue.”

For a moment, he looked at his son in amazement.

For some reason, he was sitting on the side of the kitchen, staring at me, and when our eyes met, he suddenly looked away.

‘Look at this?’

It felt like meeting a pioneer in an unexpected place.

Who would have known that we would meet someone who imagines the electric vehicle market in this era?

No, you can imagine.

But how many people can actually put it into action?

The minister is also a minister, but suddenly his greed for the man springs up.

“If you don’t mind, how about scouting your son from my company?”

Immediately, he turned his head to Minister Kim, and alluded to.

“·················ogue.”

As if bewildered by my sudden suggestion, Minister Kim’s eyes widened and looked at his son and me alternately.

“What else is that…….”

“I need people with imagination. But, looking at it, I want to say that my son is just such a person. Ah! Come to think of it, I should first listen to my son’s opinion……”

“I will go.”

Before he could even finish his words, permission fell from the man’s mouth.

I looked at him in embarrassment, and he spoke again with a determined expression on his face.

“If I can work with a creative person like Chairman Jin Hyun-seung, I am welcome.”

“·················ogue.”

“I am well aware of the fact that everything that Jae-Woo has accomplished over the years has come true through the president, because I heard it through my father.”

He let out a laugh out of embarrassment.

As if he was ashamed of himself, his man also stood scratching his head.

“I’m sorry, but what’s your name?”

I asked Minister Kim for his understanding after looking into his eyes.

When it comes to children’s problems, are the hearts of parents unavoidable?

In the midst of an atmosphere that was moving in an unexpected direction, Minister Kim was rather smiling.

“My name is Jihoon Kim.”

“May I ask when you first became interested in electric vehicles?”

“It was an idea I had throughout my college days. I thought that if the electric propulsion method was commercialized, not only environmental problems but also various problems could be solved. This is especially the direction we need to go as a country that does not produce a single drop of oil.”

“·················ogue.”

I stared at him for a long time.

No matter how much you think about it, it’s like hitting a ditch and catching crayfish.

“Soon, I will set up a seat in my private lab.”

Jihoon revealed his expression.

However, the form that hardens again soon seems to be something to worry about.

“I’m sorry, but can’t my friends join us too?”

“Of course it is possible. I know better than anyone that research is not something I can do alone. It doesn’t matter how many there are.”

He cleared his face again and pulled the phone out of his pocket.

He seemed to want to inform his classmates as soon as possible.

Leaving him behind as he quickly headed for the room, he turned his gaze to Minister Kim this time.

“By the way, the Minister has to decide where to go now.”

“·················ogue.”

His eyes fluttered at the thoughtless words.

A look that seems to have finally come.

The strange thing is that, for a moment, a trace of trouble passed over his face.

“I have heard of the news that LS is going to take the minister, but are there any other positions you have been offered?”

“To be honest, your Excellency offered me the position of president of a public corporation.”

I thought this was the cause of the slight anxiety I had been hearing the whole time.

After all, his resignation as president must have been burdensome.

In a situation where he can handle the arrows that will fly towards the regime with his whole body and retreat without any countermeasures, it may cause dissatisfaction with the military.

Then what did I feel?

It must have looked like he was waiting for me.

“Could you please take a look at this?”

Just in case, I took out the documents I had prepared.

The road that Jaewoo should go in the future.

And a document full of detailed ideas on how to change our military.

Minister Kim, who could not take his eyes off of it for a long time, at some point shook his hand, and at that point, I put in my mouth the best position I could offer him.

“To make them a reality, we need a minister. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to appoint you as the Vice President of Thales.”

Tuk!

He looked at me with his chin dropped.

Suddenly, as if he couldn’t believe the truth, he blinked his eyes several times before spitting out the words in a trembling voice.

“Bang, did you just say Thales’s vice president?”

“Of course, compared to the position of the president of a public corporation, it is true that it is not enough. But I think it is a sufficient place to fulfill the minister’s remaining dreams.”

“But that place is the same as the core and birthplace of the Jaewoo group…”

“It’s right where you were born. However, in the future, Jaewoo will be converted to a holding company system, so there is no need to feel burdened. In addition, we are planning to consolidate the business divisions of Techwin, including Wooyoung, which we recently acquired, and the Minister’s strength is essential for that work.”

“·················ogue.”

He didn’t say anything for a while.

how much time has passed

With a worried expression on his face the whole time, he spit out a hint.


“If you have time, how about a drink with me today?”

“······· That is good.”

***

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The drinking party with Minister Kim Young-gi continued until late at night.

I stopped him from proposing the second car, and it was 12 PM by the time I got home.

It was an exceptionally long day.

‘Ttt, I’m just starting out…’

I couldn’t sleep for some reason, so I filled the glass more by myself.

For what?

Even though I had exceeded my usual amount of alcohol, I was still in good spirits, and because of that, I thought that it was pointless to drink more.

‘It’s odd.’

Even when I was lying in bed, I couldn’t sleep.

While I was looking for something to read thinking that I would rather stay up all night, the story that Jihoon Kim had told me during the day suddenly revolved in my mind.

The era of electric vehicles.

I thought we would face such a time in the future

‘Yeah, that’s how the world went. Damn, come to think of it, why didn’t I think of that before?’

Instantly, my eyes went to the chip on my wrist.

I wondered if there might be a technology for high-power motors in there.

Considering that ADD was once under study for that part, it wasn’t entirely unlikely.

Shh.

I immediately entered the password and tried accessing the data chip.

A series of motions to push the folders away.

“uh?”

But at some point, a folder with no folder name caught my eye.

‘What?’

Clicking on the folder immediately revealed another subfolder this time.

The folder name is ‘Incomplete.’

If you think of the meaning as it is, it seems to mean that it is not completed, but for me, it was a situation that was very early.

‘············.

Out of curiosity, I immediately reached out.

The thought I heard in a short time was the fact that even me as a manager did not know that such an item existed.

In fact, it wasn’t that I was memorizing thousands of folders, so it wouldn’t be particularly strange.

(Classification of technologies that have not reached full commercialization as of 2025.)

After that, the phrase at the top of the opened folder again supported my expectations.

But what does it mean that it has not reached full commercialization?

The development was successful, but does it mean that more time is needed because there is something lacking?

Or was it difficult to commercialize due to excessive consumption of capital?

[Solid state battery.]

After that, the moment I scrolled down, my mind flashed.

To interpret that as it is, it is an all-solid-state battery.

I rubbed my eyes several times to check the facts, but the attached files were about all-solid-state batteries.

“this······.”

Can you make nuclear weapons too?-65

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