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Chapter 1634 South Korea’s Greatest Capital (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

Every day in Chang'an starts with the same scenery.

When most people are still sleeping soundly, a rising sun jumps out of the distant horizon, gilding the thin or thick clouds with golden light. If it is the dry season, this is a symbol of clear weather. If it is the rainy season, it creates the illusion of clear weather and then disappears without a trace.

However, most of the time, the mornings in Chang'an are clear.

For this reason, every morning, many people run on the seaside path or on the road, and Liu Chongnan is one of them.

Every morning when he woke up, he would lace up his running shoes, walk out of the representative office, and run along the sidewalk, his running shoes tapping on the sidewalk in a brisk rhythm.

By the time he ran onto the seaside path, he was already sweating profusely, and then he saw some other joggers.

In Chang'an, running is a fashion. Unlike other places, in Chang'an, a strong and powerful male physique has long become the mainstream aesthetic generally recognized by society. The advertisements published are all muscular and strong male bodies.

The same is true for movie actors. If a male actor is frail, no matter how handsome he is, it will be difficult for him to gain recognition in the market, and he will be seen as lacking masculinity.

The image of a man who is "dying like a sick man, languid like a weak woman, gentle like a Bodhisattva, and cautious like a trained sheep" has no room for survival here.

Therefore, even among middle-aged people here, it is difficult to see signs of weight gain, and the strong male image is more in line with the spirit of change and progress here.

Although he is a diplomat, influenced by this, Liu Chongnan not only runs every day, but also goes to the gym to work out to ensure that he looks strong.

After all, even in diplomatic occasions, appearance is important.

After running along the seaside road for almost an hour, Liu Chongnan saw the black Volkswagen Thunder Dragon, an off-road vehicle launched by Volkswagen. It is nearly 5 meters long and more than 7 meters wide. It is undoubtedly a violent big guy. It has extremely large and comfortable rear seats, and the aisle between the middle seats is very spacious, so adults can "walk around" leisurely. The huge body space allows the third row of passengers to get on and off the car calmly.

This is why it has become standard equipment for powerful departments such as the Secret Service. In addition to being able to fit seven strong agents, the trunk space is large enough to carry a lot of weapons.

Since its launch, it has not only been welcomed by the SEA Secret Service, but even the Blue House has imported more than a dozen vehicles for the protection of the president and other senior officials.

This car is basically a guard car.

Looking at the escort car parked next to the tea restaurant and the two agents beside the car, Liu Chongnan walked over and went straight into the tea restaurant. Soon, he saw Zhang Zheyuan, who was having a meal on the second floor, being guarded by several agents.

Zhang Zheyuan, director of the official residence office.

His wife is... Korean.

As usual, Liu Zhongnan walked over and said respectfully:
"Hey, Director, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to see you here."

"It's Chongnan, sit down."

Zhang Zheyuan was not surprised by Liu Chongnan's appearance. He smiled, pointed to the seat in front of him and said:

"Want something to eat?"

What you eat is not important. What is important is to communicate more with Director Zhang and cultivate personal feelings.

So the two of them drank morning tea, had snacks, and chatted. Naturally, the topic of conversation was politics. As they chatted, Zhang Zheyuan looked at Liu Zhongnan in front of him and said:
"Zhongnan, you should start preparing for it recently."

"Get ready?"

Liu Zhongnan asked doubtfully:

"Excuse my stupidity, Director Zhang, what is this preparation you are talking about...?"

"Now Jakarta's affairs have basically been resolved. Although there are still some problems left, in general, the impact is not great. Jakarta can no longer pose a substantial security threat to Southeast Asia."

A real threat?

Has there been such a thing in the past?

Have!
There were tens of thousands of Soviet advisers and special forces in Jakarta. How could such a real threat be ignored?
Now that Jakarta has gained freedom, the threat has truly been lifted.

"Therefore, in view of the current changes in the situation, Your Excellency has decided to visit Asian allies in the near future."

Zhang Zeyuan's voice was not loud, but when his words reached Liu Chongnan's ears, he was shocked to the extreme, and even spoke in astonishment.

"Is this true?"

Perhaps it was because he was too surprised that he lost his composure. Liu Chongnan realized that he had said something wrong and continued speaking.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm really too surprised. After all, I've never visited an Asian ally before."

Why not visit?

There is no way, these countries are just too poor.

It is simply not worth mentioning internationally. Even if the US president visits South Korea, it is not because South Korea is so important, but because there are US troops stationed in South Korea.

But there is no need for SEAs to visit Korea at all.

People are more valuable in having self-knowledge.

Precisely because of this self-awareness, they have never dared to hope that Your Excellency would visit Seoul.

"So you have to be prepared."

Zhang Zeyuan glanced at the Korean representative in Chang'an in front of him and said:

"After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you."

After saying this, Zhang Zeyuan wiped his hands with a tissue, then stood up and left.

Now his mission is accomplished.

In fact, in recent days, he has been reminding those countries through unofficial channels that His Excellency will visit these countries soon.

Remind them to be prepared.

This reminder is not a leak, but is to create some competition between them.

“We must strive to be first!”

In Seoul, at the Blue House, President Park Jung-woong said after hearing the news from the foreign minister.

"For us, this is an extremely rare opportunity. If we can leave a very good impression on His Excellency, it will help us win their help!"

For Park Jung-woong, who came to power through a military coup, developing the economy and improving people's livelihood have always been his top priorities.

But economic development requires funds!

Although the United States was willing to provide assistance, the aid was more used for military purposes. In order to win orders from the United States, he was even willing to send troops to Vietnam.

But if you want to develop the economy, it is not enough to just have military orders from the United States. More funds are needed to develop the economy.

Where does the money come from?

The only way is to seek loans and aid from other countries.

The SEA is the main target. After all, compared with Germany and other European countries, the SEA's development aid loan is an official long-term aid policy.

In the past few years, it was with the help of development aid loans that South Korea solved many infrastructure problems and laid a very solid foundation for economic development.

But South Korea still needs more funds and more investment, and all of this requires your help.

"Mr. President, what we need is not only to leave a very good impression on Your Excellency, but also a very crucial point."

Jin Yongzhe said:
"That is, whether South Korea can be ranked first in your visit. If we can get your visit first, we will definitely get more aid. After all, the total amount of aid each year is there, and it is impossible to give us more help outside the budget. Therefore, we must strive to get your visit to Seoul first at all costs."

As the director of the National Reconstruction Agency, Kim Yong-chul can be said to be the chief planner of South Korea's economic development in the past few years. Under his promotion, South Korea's economy has made great progress, and it is for this reason that he has won the trust of Park Jung-woong.

Although some success has been achieved, it is very clear that if South Korea wants to achieve further development, it must obtain more loans and more aid.

And sEA is the best choice, and perhaps even the only choice.

"Indeed."

Park Jung-woong nodded and agreed:
"If we can get him to visit Korea first, we will definitely be able to get more help during his visit. However, it may be very difficult to get the first place."

"Yes, we are not the only ones who think so. Others must think so too. They must also want you to visit them first, such as Manila. They are close to the water and will get the moon first."

As soon as the foreign minister finished speaking, Kim Yong-chol said:

"Chang'an doesn't like that guy. He is a corrupt official. All the people in the Manila authorities are corrupt. They can embezzle 70% to 80% of the foreign aid. How could Your Excellency tolerate such a person?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Kim Jong-pil, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, spoke immediately.

"I don't know why Marcos has been claiming that he is both a Filipino and a Chinese. He has been playing the bloodline card since he was elected president, and even claimed that 90% of Filipinos have Chinese blood and that Filipinos and Chinese are one family.

He said these words to please others. Many people in Chang'an like his point of view, and Your Excellency will definitely not reject it. "

As soon as he finished speaking, others spoke up.

"What a shameless guy! How can he be so shameless?"

"Oh, that's politics."

Park Jung-woong said with emotion.

"In fact, if we talk about closeness, we are closer to them, but... we can't be so shameless."

When Park Jung-woong expressed this feeling, he was also helpless. In fact, deep down in his heart, as long as he could develop the Korean economy, he didn't mind trying every possible way to please Changan like Marcos.
However, the fragile national self-esteem in his heart prevented him from kneeling down shamelessly like Marcos. If he really knelt down like that, the fragile national self-esteem of Koreans would definitely be hurt, and he would definitely be opposed by the people.

Alas, the problem is that the Philippines has become so shameless now, what choice does he have?
How can a person be so shameless? How can a person be so arrogant? Everyone wants to be a dog, but they are not so shameless as to be this shameless.

Jin Yongzhe said:
"Mr. President, I think there is another option."

"What choice?"

Park Jung-woong looked at him in surprise and said:

“What other options are there?”

In response to the president's question, Kim Yong-chol said:
"I think you should get some newspapers sent to him."

How many newspapers should we send over?
Kim Yong-chol's suggestion took Park Jung-woong a while to react. He looked at Kim Yong-chol with confusion. At this time, the Foreign Minister next to him said.

"A few newspapers? What's the use? To let Your Excellency know how backward Korea is?"

"Your Excellency must know how backward Korea is. An ugly daughter-in-law is never afraid of meeting her parents-in-law."

Jin Yongzhe said bluntly.

"There is a reason why I am not afraid of meeting my parents-in-law. Our newspaper..."

While talking, Jin Yongzhe walked to the president's desk, took out a newspaper from the desk and spread it in front of several people, then said:
"These newspapers are our greatest asset."

These newspapers are the biggest capital. What is this capital?
Park Jung-woong looked at the newspaper in confusion, and suddenly he seemed to understand something. He said:
"Oh, I see."

Park Jung-woong glanced at the newspaper on the table and said:

"Our biggest asset is indeed newspapers and the words on them - they are all Chinese characters. We share the same language and culture as them!"

When talking about the same language and culture, Park Jung-woong's tone was excited. He even took a special look at the newspaper in front of him, which was full of Chinese characters.

In the past decade or so, Chinese characters have not only not declined in this land, but have been further consolidated.

Especially in the past few years, in order to gain assistance from Chang'an, Park Jung-woong has been promoting Chinese characters with all his strength. Even he himself writes Chinese characters and speaks Chinese.

Now that Jin Yongzhe reminded him of this, Xiao Zhengxiong immediately understood what his greatest asset was. Wasn't the promotion of Chinese characters in the past few years just for today?
"Chinese characters... that's our capital."

(End of this chapter)