This Is How I Became a Chaebol

052 : Technology Independent Army

According to history, there was a professor in front of me who should have gone to the United States to study.

“Professor… No, Joo Young-gil! Why do you keep chasing me? Everyone works hard at the repair depot.”

“I like learning from the boss more than Mark… And this is a runway. My dream is to make an airplane.”

“airplane?”

Come to think of it, Professor Joo’s dream was to make an airplane, right? So even after entering NASA, he said that he studied materials for jet engines.

Even at the school festival, I consistently sponsored glider competitions that were not very popular.

“Please don’t just let me go home. I’ll work hard at the repair depot. When I return here, my family will have no face.”

“You weren’t planning on coming here, were you? There was a nobleman who supported me all four years of college. Would you have recommended studying in the US? no?”

“Uh… how do you know?”

“How did you hear?”

how do you know I know because I heard it from you.

Professor Joo said that he went to private tutoring in his freshman year of college, and the president of a chaebol caught the eye of him and even received support to study in the United States.

I used to joke in class that luck is the best way for a person to succeed.

“Well, it’s not that it has nothing to do with the trend. Because Korean oil painting was completely pushed aside by the trending chemistry, it was not possible to enter the Ulsan complex…”

Korean oil painting? Where did you hear that name?

You said you couldn’t enter the Ulsan complex because of Daesae Chemical?

Ah, Korea Petrochemical Industry! Originally, it was a company that had a relationship with Galpsa in history.

In this history, they tried to build a chemical plant in Ulsan, but they gave up on expanding their business because they saw our trend in chemistry and didn’t want to compete.

I came to confirm the butterfly effect in a strange place.

“Did you receive sponsorship from Korea Oil Painting?”

“Yes, until three years ago, the president of Korea Oil Painting promised me to study in the United States, but it seems that things are not going well now that it is time to graduate. Mmm… Of course, that didn’t bother the boss.”

It wasn’t because of that.

“Let’s extract knowledge from me as much as it is unfortunate that I couldn’t go to study in the US… Was that your intention?”

“no. No, to be honest, I had that feeling at first… Watching from the side, I really wanted to learn. Even the way you think.”

Professor Zhu lost his sponsor because of me.

No, did you get better sponsors?

I just need to use the super alloy that Professor Joo will create, not NASA.

As an ultra-efficient gas turbine blade material.

“Okay, I’ll give you some time.”

“Yes, time?”

It was awkward when Professor Joo used honorific words for me.

Let’s teach what to teach quickly and send it to America.

If we deviate too much from the original history, this study of noblemen may be misplaced.

“Come to the B area warehouse at 9:00 starting today. It’s something related to airplanes.”

“A plane?”

“It’s an absolute secret to anyone else. got it?”

“Yes, thank you. I’ll do my best!”

I came to teach Professor Joo Young-gil.

***

That night,

“president. That’s me.”

“come in.”

It was the first class.

It’s funny that I’m teaching geniuses who are in the world’s top 100, but I think I can lay the basics.

I grabbed Professor Joo inside and closed the door. The windows were also covered, so there was no light leaking out.

“Ugh! What is this?”

“What is it, a helicopter engine?”

Professor Zhu was startled when I took off the tarp.

“Are you saying this is the turbocharged engine you’ve only heard about?”

“No, it’s a turbo shaft. It is not an engine that produces thrust with exhaust gas, but an engine that turns the main rotor blades, so it is accurate to call it that.”

When you tell something, you have to tell it accurately, starting with the name. Knowing the exact name is the first step towards making the product.

“The turboshaft, the engine that turns the main rotor blades. Okay. president.”

Professor Joo transferred my words to his notebook.

The bad handwriting is still there. It was the writing of earthworms crawling.

To others, it was completely at the level of a password.

Anyhow, the start was good.

Professor Joo learned the knowledge at university, but he was completely blank in terms of experience, seeing as he could not distinguish between a turbocharger and a turboshaft.

When the knowledge system is soft like this, it would be great if the basic concepts were properly inscribed.

“Young-gil, listen to me carefully. What we need to focus on is not the engine itself, whether it’s a turbocharger or a turboshaft.”

“????”

“We need to focus on the basic technologies that make up this engine. A turboshaft engine is also a type of gas turbine in a big way.”

“Gas Turbine. Air Intake, Compression, Fuel Combustion, Exhaust Four Stroke Action Engine.”

You are a good student When the word gas turbine popped up, he automatically recited an action sequence.

“How does the material department know that?”

“I attended almost all of my airplane-related classes.”

Did the genius even work hard?

Well, in the 1960s, there must have been great expectations from students around them.

“great. If Mr. Young-gil sees this engine and thinks of an airplane, what will I think of when I see this?”

“Are you asking me to guess what the boss thinks?”

“If you keep breaking, I kick you out.”

“Jet engine!”

“It’s your hobby. I am not interested in jets.”

“rocket!”

“Should I stop class?”

“Oh, you hate me. Then a warship!”

“… Phew… Talk about something industrial.”

Was Professor Joo Mildeok?

I know that warships use gas turbine engines in addition to diesel engines.

“Could it be… are you trying to build a next-generation power plant with a gas turbine?”

It was fun to call it the next generation.

In the 21st century, combined heat and power plants that generate electricity and heat using gas turbines are the mainstream. Well, at that time, coal-fired power plants that turned steam turbines by burning coal were common.

“right. I’m going to build a power plant. A cogeneration plant powered by a gas turbine. In this way.”

I drew a concept map in my notebook.

The concept was to generate electricity once with a gas turbine, boil water with the remaining heat, turn the steam turbine to generate electricity again, and use the remaining heat for district heating.

“Wow, it’s really cheap and oily.”

Of course.

I am a plant worker who values efficiency.

If you are going to build it, you should build a combined heat and power plant with high efficiency and less pollution, rather than a clunky thermal power plant.

“Of course it should. Korea is a country without a drop of oil.”

Of course, in the 21st century, it is only a little bit off the coast of Ulsan, but in terms of quantity, it is embarrassing to even call it hereditary.

Come to think of it, it’s fine even if you dig it up… No, I don’t have time to pay attention to that right now.

“Boss, when are you going to build the power plant? Please join me too.”

“When? Do you think it will be possible to make it right away?”

“Your boss is a genius.”

“I am neither a genius nor a magician. There is no core technology to make a gas turbine, and the operating principle of a power plant is only roughly known.”

Even if you have experience building a power plant, you cannot build a power plant from scratch.

At first, we should start with a joint venture with the US or Germany.

The key was to localize the gas turbine engine while carrying out in-house research and subcontract construction.

It was like redoing something I couldn’t do in my previous life.

I will say it without fail in this lifetime.

It will eat up the entire field.

“What is the core skill the president wants?”

Good question.

Professor Zhu, you are mine in this lifetime.

“There are only two skills I want. With that alone, we can localize gas turbine engines.”

Since the gas turbine engine is basically the same as the jet engine of a fighter jet, it is a technology that even advanced countries keep strictly confidential for their own security.

In other words, it is practically impossible to buy core technology with money. Self-development was the answer.

“You only have two things to focus on?”

“If you know two things, the rest is a matter of improving process quality or efficiency. Whether it’s a shit car or a luxury foreign car, you call it a car once it starts rolling.”

“okay.”

It was the first time that Professor Joo didn’t throw up at my words.

“I don’t have time, so take a look here.”

I really didn’t have time.

He had to be sent to the United States before the butterfly effect around Professor Joo worsened.

Only then will the superalloy be developed as it was originally in history. I really need that.

“Don’t the turbine blades here look different from the others?”

I tapped the turbine blades inside the helicopter engine. Turbine blades are called turbine blades because they look like blades.

“Why do you feel a little bit Norse?”

Hey, it’s a really subtle difference, but are the colors distinct?

“Try knocking.”

Tang. Tang.

“Hey, is it strange? It has a clear xylophone sound.”

“It’s a super heat-resistant alloy.”

“A super heat-resistant alloy?”

“It is an alloy that can withstand well at 1100 degrees and withstands to some extent at 1500 degrees.”

“1500 degrees?”

“The exhaust gas in the combustion chamber goes up to 1500 degrees. I can’t stand it all day, but I have to endure it for a little while.”

“That… I see.”

“Young-gil’s task is to find out the composition and heat treatment method of this superalloy.”

Turbine blades used in 21st century fighter engines do not cost hundreds or tens of millions of won for nothing.

It is a material that must continuously rotate and compress air at a temperature that easily melts iron.

A state-of-the-art metallurgical approach was needed.

“…my assignment? Who is the boss?”

“I’m not going to play either. The second challenge is the cooling method.”

“Cooling… the way… ah!!! No matter how hard you make a superalloy, it will eventually melt if left unattended.”

“right. How did advanced companies cool engine parts? You need to get answers to the questions you ask. That’s the second key technology for gas turbines.”

“It must be really fun, right?”

“fun? don’t say that There are tens of thousands of engineers all over the world trying to solve those two problems. If you make it, you can make jets and rockets. Of course, the commercial value is enormous, and national security is a step up. Are you doing it for fun?”

“…sorry.”

Professor Joo Young-gil scratched his head as if he was embarrassed by my words. S-class state-of-the-art research requires money, researchers, time, and luck to succeed.

“It’s just one week of special training.”

“yes? A week?”

“Yeah, just one week. return home next week Have a nice meal with your family and go to America.”

It’s inhumane to send them straight to America.

I have to make them feel proud of being seen off by their families. Only then can they endure the life of a foreign land.

“Yes? Are you going to America?”

“Why don’t you want to study abroad?”

“No, no, I hate it. By the way, it doesn’t cost a penny or two to study abroad.”

“I have a lot of money too.”

“Thank you, boss! No bro! From now on, I will see you as my older brother. Call it an aura.”

As if they were going to sign a bloody brotherhood, not a royal resolution, they crossed their wrists with mine.

“… ha… really…”

It was understandable that the evaluation of Professor Joo ran from one pole to another.

It wasn’t like this when I was taking classes.

Was it that much of a loss of energy as you got older?

“I will be doing the same task for the rest of my life, but shouldn’t I be a brother-in-law?”

“I hate making a fuss. Besides, if you have to argue, we are not sworn brothers, but an independent army.”

“Poison… Independence Army?”

“Technical independence. If the generations before us shed blood as independence fighters, we should build our own power plant and float our ships.”

“……”

“We have to live better than those who oppressed us! That is our right and our duty. Isn’t it?”

“… The Technological Independence Army.”

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Joo Young-gil’s face gradually lost its sense of mischief.

Seriously, even this guy knows how to make a face like this.

After all, you used the word technology independent army first.

＜Are you studying abroad or immigrating? Immigrants remain, and those who have studied abroad should return to their homeland after completing their studies. Let’s become a technologically independent army and break the country’s technological dependence and capital dependence.＞

With these words, I heard that he returned home with many scientists who were guaranteed a better life in the United States.

Honestly, I can’t imagine that this man would say such a wonderful thing…

“This is the end of today’s special training.”

“Yes.”

Professor Joo Young-gil tidied up the surroundings and went back to his lodgings.

***

「PS: Buyer from US BRS, expected to arrive in Quyen by LST. Wanted to collaborate on products for athletes. Consultation.”

“Huh? A buyer from BRS?”

It was a telex phrase that Sambok hurriedly inserted.

LST arrival is today, so I belatedly discovered that I came 5 days ago while organizing the telex.

It must have been missed because it was attached to the end of the item report telex as a postscript.

“BRS Sarah, where is this again? There are so many good things about Nike, Rivak, and Kevin Kloin.”

Was it in the 60s, before the famous brands of the 21st century that I knew were born?

I thought they would come running like crazy when they saw my Polytech products, but what a BRS company I’ve never heard of.

I don’t like the name either.

There is a BR company as a construction company, but it’s confusing.

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!

“The ship is coming in!”

“Waaa!”

Someone banged the bell.

It was the sound of a ship departing from Jinhae.

Everyone will be hoping for a letter from home.

‘Today I have to go out to meet you too.’

BRS or whatever should welcome you.

Even if it’s not Nike or Rivak, you need an American-born marketing company to break into the Western market.

In addition, if Quy Nhon came to visit me, the driving force was passing.