This Is How I Became a Chaebol

Chapter 33

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「Congratulations, Southeast Asian Construction Inspection Team Departure」

A banner was hung at Port 6 of Busan Port, and countless people flocked to it.

It was an advance party leaving for Vietnam, but it was being packaged under the plausible name of a Southeast Asian construction inspection team.

It would not have been possible to publicize the fact that civilian engineers were being sent to Vietnam first before dispatching soldiers to protect them.

“Honey, take care of yourself. We must come back safely.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll make a lot of money and come Until then, take care of the kids.”

“Wow, Dad.”

“Why are you crying when the boy is crying? Don’t rot inside your mother and take good care of your younger siblings. If you don’t have a father, you are instead of a father. know?”

The familiar ironworker next door was greeting his family.

“Brother, can’t we go?”

“Immature… do we have parents or a house? If you live like this, will you be more than a servant in someone else’s house? Stop crying because my brother is going to earn money for your wedding.”

“I don’t need that.”

“Write. stop crying Everyone sees it.”

A welder with a youthful face was stroking her younger sister’s hair to soothe her.

“Your Excellency is on his way home, are you really going to leave?”

Among the nobles escorting me off was the chief of staff.

If you came out to see me off, you should see me off or not?

“I had to leave today to go to Vietnam. Please tell me you’ll see me in a year.”

Will I have to meet the president to give him more homework?

It was also a presidential order to go to Vietnam, so if you can avoid this as an excuse, avoid it.

“If it is difficult to postpone the schedule, His Excellency said good luck.”

You’ve taken into account that I won’t wait.

Damn, it’s not an easy opponent either.

In any case, wishing good luck to me, who was not a soldier, was an idea worthy of a military regime.

Well, it was a time when I was working with a slogan that I was working while fighting in government offices.

“Please take good care of sending the Fierce Tiger unit to Quy Nhon.”

“……”

“I will visit the President in a year and make sure to tell him that the chief of staff helped me well.”

“Don’t worry. I will take care of it.”

Ugh, since you’re threatening me, you’re reluctant to answer.

It seems that the chief of staff is not used to me being unrestrained towards him.

I don’t want to even threaten the president, but it’s going to be difficult if the fierce tigers don’t come.

It’s a battlefield, but I need a corner to lean on.

Even if they are the same soldiers, aren’t the Korean soldiers more trustworthy than the US soldiers?

Even if Koreans fight loudly over trivial matters, it is their specialty to stick together for a common goal.

“Have a good trip.”

“President Hwang, please take good care of Daesae Chemistry.”

While I was gone, I asked CEO Hwang Hye-seong for Daesae Chemical. In the meantime, Comet Nylon was also merged.

With the concept of in-kind investment, it was accepted as an affiliate of Daesae Chemical. In my heart, I already thought that we would go together until the end, so there was no disagreement even though the merger was a big deal.

“I will do my best.”

“Build four more polymerization furnaces while I’m gone.”

“I am not a genius like President Wu.”

“No, President Hwang Hye-seong can do it.”

It is better to give a person with the ability a clear goal than a word of belief.

By repairing the front yard of the abandoned factory, you can build 4 more polymerization reactors. It would be very tight to complete in one year, but it’s not impossible.

Aren’t there about 200 veteran employees?

“Leave the pecking to me, President Hwang. But will you really be alone? Can I really not go?”

“That’s it again. You don’t have to make things in Korea and send them. I’ll do the selling outside.”

I patted Sambok on the shoulder.

If you go to Vietnam, a lot of small business items will appear. Among them, only the net ones would be picked and thrown to Korea, but there was no one more qualified than Sambok to handle the job.

Woo woo. Woo woo woo.

A boat horn rang out for a long time.

It was a signal to get on the ship because we had to leave.

‘Mr. Wu, stop saying goodbye and go up.’

Lieutenant Colonel Gothel, on orders from General Van Flint, gestured to me from the deck.

With an expensive cigar in his mouth and an American look down.

He was a nobleman with a different texture from the older Van Flint.

‘Rather, I might be lucky to have met such a person.’

That thought came to me.

The OBs said that the level of American commanders dropped dramatically after the Korean War.

It was an honor for the family to graduate from West Point (Military Academy) in the United States during World Wars 1 and 2, as well as until the Korean War.

At that time, most of the students entering West Point were children of politicians, high-ranking generals, doctors, and lawyers.

However, the Korean War completely changed that tradition. Since the Korean War broke out just five years after the end of World War II, there were a lot of people who were taken to the battlefield as soon as they were commissioned as officers.

Of course, many young officers died in battle, and even if they returned alive, it ended in a truce, so unlike the World War, where victory and defeat were certain, proper rewards and honors did not follow.

Naturally, West Point’s popularity cooled, and the officers who served in the Vietnam War were those who enrolled at that time.

Of course, he was not from an aristocrat with a middle name like Van Flint, and he had no connections with political power.

In other words, it meant that if you were at the level of Lieutenant Colonel Gothel, you could do well just by helping him get promoted.

“Have a good trip, take care of yourself!”

“I will be back.”

Woo woo. Woo woo woo.

“Come back safely! honey.”

“Health!”

waaa

The ship left the port leaving sorrow, cheers, sobs, anxiety and hope behind.

A mixture of complex emotions made my heart pound.

Participating in the Vietnam War, which I have only heard about.

Is this how you experience the Vietnam special of bloody money floating everywhere?

“Attention, President Woo is coming.”

My father brought people together in one place.

They left for the country in the name of a Southeast Asian construction inspection team, but there was no suitable ship to board in Korea, so it was like being put on the American tank landing ship LST.

Containers were loaded on the bottom of the boat that used to load tanks, and boards were placed between them to decorate the accommodation.

“I will tell you briefly. Let’s suffer for just one year in Vietnam. If you don’t die, you’ll come back rich.”

“Wow!”

“Let’s all shout together before the training begins. safety! safety! safety!”

“safety! safety! safety!”

“We will be rich!”

All 250 people shouted in unison.

As long as we keep safe, we can become rich.

It was something that had to be constantly instilled in the staff.

“Everyone, stay focused. From now on, I will tell you in advance what each team has to do.”

“Yes, boss.”

I hung a chalkboard on the container wall and explained what to do once we arrived in Quy Nhon.

“There are many ways we make money, the first is as soon as we arrive…”

“Ohhhh…”

Everyone’s eyes started to twinkle when they said that it was a way to make money.

None of the Americans showed any interest even though we were discussing operations right next to us.

Please everyone get hit by a blind bullet but drink.

Then, I will definitely make you rich.

****

Woo woo. Woo woo woo.

Has it been about a week?

The sound of a boat whistle spread as it approached the shore.

“Land! Land!”

“Waaa!”

We, of course, and the Americans liked it too.

The sun was insanely hot, the sea breeze was sticky and humid, and the shade was chilly, and the week spent on the boat was hell.

“Is this a strategic location? It’s ridiculous. who the heck decided Incompetent HQ bastards…”

Lieutenant Colonel Gothel stood on the boat and clicked his tongue.

To express such an impression after seeing the land of Kwinyeon, which will continue special promotion after special promotion, was a person who should be fed with anything.

“Can we prepare for unloading?”

“Do what you want. Let’s start with building temporary lodgings as quickly as possible.”

“Yes, Colonel.”

Lieutenant Colonel Gothel was an ambiguous person to judge.

Obviously, the eyes looked at the Koreans as if they were slaves, but the actual words were not very aggressive.

This kind of person would bounce like a rugby ball once he strayed. If handled well, it will turn into a goose that lays golden eggs.

‘Is Van Flint testing me?’

Why did Van Flint bother to attach these teeth to me?

Apparently, he deliberately appointed Lieutenant Colonel Gothel as the commander of Quy Nhon Camp.

He did not know that Quy Nhon Port was a strategic point, so there was no way he would have volunteered.

If Van Flint hadn’t acted as a behind-the-scenes influence, he would never have been able to pinpoint a camp commander.

coo kung.

Thinking for a while, the LST landed the front of the hull on the sandbank as if it were crashing into the beach like a landing ship.

Then he opened his mouth wide and put us down.

“Let’s all get off.”

“Waaa!”

I hit the ground, and a truck followed me.

How long has it been since you stepped on the land of Quy Nhon?

I remembered staying at Quy Nhon Resort for a while because of a plant project in my previous life.

It was an impressive place with a wide white sandy beach and emerald-colored sea, but now, except for the palm-sized sandy beach, all sides were jungle and red flags indicating that it was a requisition site were planted here and there.

It was dangerous, but the land of opportunity was clear.

“Section A is for US forces, and Zone B is for Korean workers. Each of us unloads the military tents and builds accommodations first.”

“An old story!”

At the direction of the noncommissioned officer, the US soldiers began to move quickly.

The noncommissioned officer’s instructions were to make accommodations with military tents for 20 people.

It may mean making a temporary accommodation with a tent before building a proper building, but staying in a tent is plagued by mosquitoes, so you can’t even work.

“President Jin Dal-rae, take out the container truck first.”

“Yes, boss.”

I had the name Kim Chun-seok, but I couldn’t call my father by his first name.

So, I just called him Jin Dal-rae, the ironworks owner, a few times, and it became my name.

“Close the latch starting with container number one.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Orai, ori, to the left, slowly, slowly.”

I acted as the main signalman and coordinated the position of the crane and truck.

There was nothing wrong with unloading.

Hooks were placed on the four corners of the container, and LST’s truck crane was used to load it onto the truck. That was it.

“Leave to Area A. Drop the container under the farthest visible flag.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Gogo! Gogo!”

Dad drove the truck and slid the container down where he wanted it.

It was possible because the container was mounted well enough because it was a US military dump truck modified to our taste.

“Is this iron box really comfortable?”

“Koreans call it a container.”

“If you unload like this, you’ll be able to unload everything in one day?”

“Perhaps? I finished this in one day when I was loading my luggage at Busan Port.”

“Is it?”

All the Americans had to do was open the container door and take out the goods. It looked like a simple iron box, but it’s not a joke when you see it being unloaded, isn’t it?

“Empty containers are stacked in Area B.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Each one sees the container number and goes to the accommodation.”

“Yes, boss.”

Teams of six were allotted one container.

It will be a hundred times better than a tent.

When the official accommodation is finished, the temporary building can be returned to the container. It’s a useful thing.

“Cut palm trees and put them on like a roof. Cool.”

“All right.”

It was already around noon, so I moved diligently.

Employees made a roof over the container box by cutting palm trees as if raising a thatched roof.

“uh? What are those Koreans doing?”

“what? Was the hole next to it a window?”

The Americans were astonished.

Because we didn’t intend to set up a military tent, and we were decorating the accommodation by putting empty containers.

Although it is the seaside, it is less humid because it is a container with sufficient insulation, and if you install a fan, you will be able to sleep well.

“Hey. Are we ready too?”

Gothel appeared out of nowhere.

What we were doing seemed strange.

“Sure, Lieutenant Colonel Gothel. $1000 per container.”

“What? 1000 dollars? It’s just a big iron box.”

“If you want a flush toilet and private shower option, just add $500 each.”

I didn’t respond, I just said what I had to say.

“what? option?”

“The fan option is $100 each, and the air conditioning option is $2000.”

“…Is it possible to install an air conditioner?”

Colonel Gothel’s eyes widened.

He must have been annoyed to go to ground duty after living in the air-conditioned captain’s room, but hearing my words opened his eyes.

“It’s like air conditioning, so we lie down and eat pizza. If you wish, we can even set up an operations conference room in the command and control room. Discuss strategies with the officers and enjoy the beach scenery if necessary.”

I also offered to make an officer’s club in the command and control room.

“Hey, we’re here to build a supply base.”

“There is no problem with the construction of the supply base. Just attach a few containers, attach a few coolers, and it’s done in a week. Wouldn’t it be possible for the barracks or supply base to be built in time if the lieutenant colonel gives orders from the command and control room?”

“That’s right. Isn’t it the ability of a commander to build a position to carry out an operation as quickly as possible?”

“This is a wise statement. Lieutenant Colonel.”

“great. Build a command and control room and commander’s quarters with full options. Set the air conditioner to the most powerful one.”

“Yes, Colonel. We will deal with the cost in consultation with the noncommissioned officers.”

“Let it be.”

It’s easy to make money.

It cost about 30,000 won to make one container, but it seems to be sold for thousands of dollars.

The saying that Vietnam was full of blind money was true.

“President Jin Dal-rae, please move only 4 containers to the shore in Area A. Pile the contents inside in the yard.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Everybody hurry up. Time is money. Team 1 starts surveying the grading, while Team 2 puts a blue flag where they will be bulldozered. Teams 5 through 9, please pick up the rebar and move it to the back of the yard over there. For teams 10 to 15, please move the H-beam.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Come here from the 25th to the 30th team. The work came as expected.”

“Do you already build container homes?”

“You have to build a command and control room with full options. Let’s try to get a salty allowance.”

“Wow!”

I divided the 250 people into teams before departure.

If you pretend, you pretend.

“The rest help unloading. Time is money.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Cry out. safety! safety! safety!”

“safety! safety! safety!”

The scene was already noisy.