This Is How I Became a Chaebol

133 : Daesae Joseon’s weapon

a few days later,

Ulsan trend Joseon.

“Boss, I had a good trip to America.”

“thank you for your effort. Did things go well?”

Bill Bain came to report to me as soon as he returned home.

The business trip took a little longer because he was additionally instructed to find out not only the Intel case, but also the mining rights of Nike and Vietnam.

“Starting with the Intel case, we secured an 8.5% stake for $5 million.”

“You got 1% more for the same price.”

“Thanks to the trend, Intel started the MPU business in earnest. There should be a premium for that. Other detailed negotiations will be documented. All corrected in our favor.”

I have already started paying for the meal.

I’m the only employee in the group who receives stock options, so that’s enough.

“It’s good. Then what happened to Nike?”

“As instructed, we have amended our marketing contract in preparation for the Mexico Olympics. In the case of a sponsorship contract like the Olympics, the marketing product is said to have 90% of the stake.”

“… well done.”

Hey, isn’t it really sleazy?

7:3 to 9:1.

It’s limited to Olympic marketing products, but how well they negotiated, so they bring 90% of the stake.

Since success is guaranteed in Olympic marketing, Daese will increase his stake, and Phil Knights will be more enthusiastic about marketing in the US, where he has a relatively high stake.

Bill Bain wielded the hilt well.

“The first two things went well, but the Vietnam offshore oil exploration consortium you mentioned will take some time.”

I asked Bill Bain to discuss the formation of a consortium while he was in the US.

No matter how much Gothel said he was behind, the actual business was with oil majors, so it was a priority to form a consortium with them.

“Why? Didn’t you meet Vice President Marton? Galf should already have concessions on the Vietnamese side.”

Why is it difficult to form a consortium?

Since Malton, who was the head of the Korean branch, moved to the US headquarters and is in charge of the Asia Pacific branch, the negotiations would not have been too difficult.

From the time I entered Quy Nhon, Galpsa naturally took the concession right by installing a heavy oil storage in Quy Nhon and providing oil for the US military.

Honestly, isn’t Vietnam now in a state that is no different from a colony of the United States? I don’t even have a reason to look at Vietnam.

“Not only Galfsa, but all oil companies are hesitant to do business ahead of the US presidential election. It is likely that the government will change, so the tax policy will change.”

“… Because of taxes?”

“Yes, right now the Democrats are blaming the Republicans for mismanaging America and making America poor. The Democrats have pledged to eliminate the excise tax and take 10 percent of federal taxes over the next year to fund $4.7 billion of investment spurts in industry.”

Man, Kissinger really screamed.

Even in the original history, Nixon promoted investment in the early days of the administration.

After that, as inflation got worse, the dollar’s conversion to gold was abandoned, the amount of foreign aid was cut, and the quota system was implemented for various imports.

It became the beginning of the 21st century trade barrier.

‘This is why large oil fields were developed all over the world in 1969. It was then that the oil majors exploded all at once to receive investment promotion funds.’

In such a situation, no one would rush into oil exploration.

“Ha, that’s why Captain Smith called that man Hopless.”

How come things are so twisted?

I felt once again that it is very difficult to do something faster than the original history.

“Yes? Hopres?”

“No, I am talking to myself. Thanks for your work. I’ll look at the rest as a report, so let’s start with travel.”

“Yes, boss.”

Seeing as even a negotiator like Bill Bain struggles, it looks like oil exploration will have to be put off until next year.

***

3 weeks later

“The ship is coming in!”

“Kim Gaya, look at that! That seems to be the pillar that the boss said he went all the way to NASA in the US to buy.”

“Hey, Americans… you’ve made a really great thing.”

The staff stopped what they were doing for a while and looked at the pillars, unable to close their surprised mouths.

The pillar is in the form of connecting large pipes with a diameter of 8m in an A shape, reaching a height of 120m.

In a word, it is enormous.

It was fortunate that we had a boat to carry it.

“So you mean unloading and assembling it?”

“What are you worried about? If you work as the boss tells you, don’t you know you’re done?”

“Well, everything has been like that.”

The staff seemed to be daunted by the huge pillar, but they weren’t afraid of their work.

Half joking and half serious, we had a chattering conversation.

“Are you satisfied with that? Team leader Graf?”

I looked proudly at the technical team leader of PHB in West Germany and asked.

You wouldn’t have thought I’d find a landlord like that.

“That’s enough for me to try. I am amazed that you would think of getting parts from NASA.”

“Everything surprised me too. I thought I’d have to wait a while for the rest of the parts, but they’re coming in this week.”

It was the reason Team Leader Graf was here.

When I got a post from NASA, PHB in West Germany also informed me that they would stock parts.

“The 900-ton crane was being tested in our headquarters research center by installing only the power unit on the crossbeam without columns. I’m going to bring it in and assemble it. To be honest, I never imagined that a Korean shipyard would be the first customer for a 900-ton super-large crane.”

Was it a real experiment, not a model experiment?

My luck pierced the sky.

The Goliath Crane is huge in its pillars, but it’s all the same in that it has huge crosswalks as well.

Since it is over 10m wide, large buses can pass back and forth.

To say that there was something prepared in advance, the production period was earned for free.

“How long do you think it will take to install?”

“This is the first time on this scale, so I think it will take about 8 months.”

“Let’s do it in four months. I can help you.”

“Four… four months? You can’t install a goliath crane that fast. In order to put the crossbeam, you have to build a support bar on top of the support.”

“No problem. I also brought a rocket launcher stand. It’s not too late to build reinforcements.”

“You bought that from NASA, too. You are very resourceful.”

nothing great

Van Flint got it with good intentions, and I just didn’t care for the resources I had.

“What are you all doing? I have to get off the pole from the ship! bring a centipede hurry!”

“Yes. Only the conductor.”

In the distance, employees have already started unloading.

The next 4 months will be extremely busy.

**

4 months later

Spring has passed and we have entered early summer.

“How are you ready, Deputy Dan?”

“Yes, boss. Now only the final exam remains.”

buzz buzz.

All the shipyard workers flocked to the second dock.

The Goliath crane was first installed in the second dock.

Somehow, the second dock became larger than the first dock, and since some tankers were already under construction, it was natural to install the Goliath crane here first.

“It took a lot of effort to work at night.”

“What can I do if the crane bends during the day? I’m not sure if he’s joking or being serious.”

“It must have been because the West German engineers had experience. In any case, it is fortunate that the work was completed without incident.”

Because the goliath crane is so large and long that it contracts and expands under the influence of solar heat during the day, the task of raising the crossbeam was carried out only at night when there was little change in temperature.

“Anyway, I’m really looking forward to seeing it lift a block weighing more than 500 tons with ease once it’s running. Doesn’t that mean that an oil tanker can be completed by simply loading 7 or 80 blocks?”

Deputy Director Dan knew exactly why he had installed the 900-ton Goliath crane.

“Right. Being able to lift mega blocks will be the biggest competitive advantage of Daesed Shipbuilding.”

“Yes, boss.”

By the standards of a 21-year-old, thousands of tons are called mega blocks, but in the 1960s, it was called a mega block even if it was close to 1,000 tons.

In any case, other shipyards usually need to load more than 200 blocks to build VLCCs, but with this goliath crane, we can build VLCCs with only 80 blocks loaded.

It will certainly be a first-class shipyard, at least in terms of productivity.

“Chief Graf, are you ready?”

“Yes, that’s all right. Please begin.”

Graf swallowed his saliva as if he was nervous.

The sun had risen brightly, and Goliath was revealing his majesty.

“Waaa!”

“It’s really cool. I finished it overnight!”

The staff cheered.

It was a completely different feeling to see only the silhouette in the dark and to see the real thing under the bright sunlight.

“Movement test, let’s begin!”

“Everybody get outside the safety line!”

Beep. Beep!

Security guards pushed the workers out of the crane, and I grabbed the radio.

“I’m ready, boss.”

“like. let’s start Uhm.”

I was also nervous and my voice trembled.

The operation experiment of the crane is very simple.

Lift the test block up to its maximum height and slowly move it from side to side.

There was no wind at the time, so it was good weather for testing.

let’s lift it now

“Lift up!”

“Lift up!”

The crane slowly lifted the test block.

“slowly! slowly!”

“Break through 10m!”

The 900-ton block rose slowly and relentlessly through the sky.

“Check the strain gauge! (Measure strain!)”

“Deformation amount 82mm, very good.”

Due to the design, the instantaneous amount of deformation can be shaken up to 1m left and right, but the average amount of deformation is allowed only up to 1/800 of the total height, so it must not exceed 150mm.

It is an incredible amount of deformation in a general structure, but that amount of deformation is very safe for a cylindrical post with a diameter of 8m and a height of 120m.

I felt like I could keep lifting.

It was a much more stable figure than expected.

“Continue lifting. Lift up!”

“Lift up!”

“50m, 60m, 70m, 80m… 9… 90m!!!!”

“hurray!!!!”

When Deputy Director Dan, who was measuring the height, broke through 90m, he raised his arms above his head.

“Look all the way up! What about the data?”

“The highest is 91.5m, boss. Deformation 98mm, left and right swing 200mm, all data are very good.”

The crane operator was also excited and screamed into the walkie-talkie.

“thank you for your effort. Let’s end the test. Get off the block slowly.”

“Test finished! Block descent!”

“Wow! hurray! hurray!”

“Long live the Goliath Crane!”

“Good job Team Leader Graff. PHB technology is amazing.”

I shook hands with Graf first.

Because he was the one who was more anxious than anyone else.

“Thank you very much. Thanks to the boss who brought the pillars from Nasa, we were able to complete this wonderful project.”

“Good luck with the 900-ton Goliath crane business. But, deliver us another crane like this and meet another customer. ha ha ha.”

“of course. ha ha ha.”

Team leader Graf laughed as if he was in a good mood.

“Boss, you have to make a point.”

“Oh, should I take off the banner? Everyone gather.”

“The boss is calling. Gather! I have to take a picture!!”

“Wow!”

About 2,000 employees flocked to it.

Someone handed me a small hatchet.

To cut the rope hanging the banner.

“Stop it, boss. The camera is ready.”

“I see. Let’s count down together.”

“5! 4! 3! 2! One! Hang up!”

widely!

I hit the ropes tying the banners with an ax in time for the staff’s countdown.

The white cloth covering the crossbeams of the crane flew away.

「Korea to the world!」

“Waaa!”

Each letter was over 8 meters long.

Most shipyards have company logos engraved on them, but I chose a phrase appropriate for the 60s.

The letters ‘dae’ and ‘three’ were painted in red and blue to symbolize Taegeukgi.

“Hey, I knew now that the trend meant this.”

“My son should see this too.”

“Waaa!”

All the staff were also happy.

“Let’s take a commemorative photo! You know the slogans for times like this, right?”

“Yeah!”

“Together! We will be rich!”

“We will be rich!”

Everyone stretched their arms high into the sky and clicked camera shutters from all sides.

It will be a great commemorative photo for everyone.

I wish I could have done this with Sambok.

If it was him, he would have been moved with tears in his eyes.

click! click!

I could still hear the sound of the camera shutter.

Crane’s writing will be stamped wherever you take it.

I also had a new feeling.

Daesae Shipbuilding was no longer the 21st century shipyard I knew.

The yard has changed, the staff has changed, and even the words on the crane have changed.

“Everyone has worked hard. It’s a historic day for the crane set-up, so let’s reward us today.”

“Waaa!

“Haha, no big deal. Today is a paid day off. You can go home and rest, have a drink at the restaurant in front of the office, or lie down on the beach and hang around. However, let’s all get out of the company.”

“Waaa!”

The crane installation work, which would normally take eight months, was completed in four months, so it would be okay to take a day off.

“Graph, let’s go out together. Now let’s enjoy a Korean-style party.”

“Hahaha, that’s really good. Let’s go.”

Team leader Graf also joined willingly.

After all, the daytime drink was the best.

****

“Gather with Assembly 1! Pour it!”

“Drink the quality team too!”

Few employees went home.

The restaurant in front of the shipyard was occupied by the general staff, and they repeatedly said, pour it and drink it.

“The boss should also drink whiskey from the mainstream distillery.”

“sure. sure.”

I made a toast, but what I filled my glass with was barley tea disguised as Western liquor.

I travel a lot on business trips and travel, and most of all, I don’t know when the Ministry of Commerce and Industry or the Blue House might call me, so I drank it at some point.

It was strange at first, but now I’m used to it.

“Boss, it’s time to move.”

“Uh, Secretary Ki. Has the time already been that way?”

As we were having a long toast, secretary Ki came over and whispered in my ear.

“Yes. You have to leave now to arrive on time.”

“okay. let’s go.”

I raised the crane today and made an appointment with Hwang Hye-seong, president of Daesae Chemical, thinking that it would be free in the afternoon.

Since the shipyard will be on a full-fledged track as it is, I had to take care of other things.