Chapter 193

Chapter 193

Buried in Mackerel

A trailer entered JH Research Institute.

Researchers flocked to the front yard where the trailer stopped and screamed.

“Wow, Leopard!”

A 2nd generation tank the German Federal Army operated in the Cold War era.

The origin of the name leopard.

Adopted as main battle tank of West Germany and 9 NATO countries, took charge of one wing of ground power.

“Total length 8.29 meters, total width 3.37 meters, total height 2.76 meters, weight 40 tons!”

“One 105mm rifled gun two 7.62mm machine guns!”

“830 horsepower water-cooled 10-cylinder diesel engine!”

The sound experts excitedly talking would soon transform into reports.

Every time opening the trailer like opening Christmas gifts researchers raised cheers.

“T-72 also!”

Soviet Union’s 3rd generation main battle tank T-72 formalized in 1973.

The main axis of Eastern Bloc armored units produced nearly 25,000, a tank widely used in the Third World such as the Middle East, India.

“Total length 6.86 meters, total width 3.46 meters, total height 2.19 meters, weight 41 tons!”

“125mm smoothbore gun with 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, anti-aircraft machine gun attached!”

“780 horsepower V-46 diesel engine manual 7-speed transmission!”

Researchers smiling opened the last trailer.

“Even Super Patton!”

2nd generation tank M60 Chrysler of the US developed.

Main battle tank the US Army and Marine Corps operate, rival relationship with Soviet T-72.

Basic design so excellent used long in many countries around the world.

“Total length 6.94 meters, total width 3.6 meters, total height 3.2 meters, weight 46.3 tons!”

“One 105mm rifled gun one.50 caliber heavy machine gun and one 7.62mm machine gun!”

“750 horsepower twin turbo diesel engine!”

Researchers now outright sobbing.

“High-spec tanks incomparable to trash-like domestic tanks!”

“If only this tank research progress seems will speed up going forward!”

“Already reached limit looking through foreign papers, dismantling discarded domestic tanks. Now no problem!”

“How obtained such latest main battle tanks?”

Researchers looked back at Director Choi.

Director Choi continuously nodded with a pleased expression.

“All this thanks to our boss.”

Researchers burst admiration.

“Really tremendous!”

“Because boss competent our subordinates’ work becomes this easy!”

“Supporting so full like this!”

“I really will bury bones in JH!”

Director Choi tightly closed eyes.

“100 million won per unit tanks.”

“Then total 300 million?”

“If 300 million how many cup ramen?”

Cup ramen 1 piece 300 won.

Even that not expelled from the market for the reason too expensive.

Researchers who devoted to cup ramen development not minding all-nighters inhaled.

“Expensive too expensive?”

“Tanks originally this expensive?”

“Not overcharged a lot not knowing X?”

Director Choi who went along for tank purchase as expert shouted loudly.

“What overcharge! Main battle tanks core strategic weapons each country treats as top secret!”

Director Choi said cutting.

“Goods price plus transport fee plus effort fee, risk allowance, entertainment expense, storage fee, customs clearance fee plus value-added tax added.”

“Yes?”

“Goods hard obtained going over from Busan to Jeju.”

“······Not obtained from US military base or national defense industry research institute?”

“Shut up! Regarding tank acquisition treated as confidential matter the country manages!”

Director Choi opened eyes large.

“Tremendous matter occurring. Just armed guerrillas infiltrated Busan, mobilized public power fully and blockaded Busan Port?”

“Huk!”

Anyway newspapers and news burning these days.

Because of armed guerrillas that appeared in Busan.

To the extent the central intelligence director directly going down to Busan and cleaning up the situation.

Holding press conferences every day from Busan City and Busan District Prosecutors’ Office, Busan Police Agency, central intelligence and announcing regarding incident progress.

“Surely Director Choi, obtained tanks as loot after fighting a life-and-death battle with armed guerrillas······?”

“Ha, I have many words, really many, very many, but can’t say words?”

Director Choi pointed the bridge of the nose with a finger.

As if the nose bridge continuously rising.

“Heard of the spectacular armed guerrilla suppression operation that occurred in the mackerel warehouse? I was at that site. Heard gunshots treated to hot 2:2:2 golden ratio teahouse coffee by a central intelligence agent.”

Clearly obtained side dish material enough to talk for 30 years at drinking seats.

Researchers perked ears, and Director Choi opened the mouth with a solemn expression.

“All directions blood sea and mackerel fishy smell world. How many corpses in the drums, how much cement mixed no one knows. Why? Set fire to destroy evidence. Almost burned to death.”

A situation explanation hard understanding.

Researchers concentrated like listening to urban legends.

But Director Choi clapped palms.

“Due to time relationship chatter up to here.”

“······?”

“Now not time leisurely spreading dried pollack. Received salary, tanks entered, if breath attached have to research.”

Words heard a lot somewhere.

Researchers’ expressions began rotting strangely.

“Well, still let’s fill stomach solidly before entering research. Eat one cup of cup ramen each and start.”

“······.”

Damn cup ramen!

Heard someone takes care of tonic in between when working.

Someone has to boil and eat cup ramen frequently when researching.

The result of extremely engineering-like efficient calculation combining filling meals, even product tasting.

“Serve preciously. Even adding all your annual salaries can’t draw tank price.”

“······Calculation a bit strange?”

New researcher’s annual salary roughly 3 million won.

How many research institute people, if adding all that no way not reaching 300 million?

“What’s strange about calculation being strange? Don’t know military supplies price jumps double if war breaks out?”

Somehow Director Choi’s calculation method became a bit strange?

When researchers looking at each other with strange expressions.

“Additional cost attached only taking out from Jeju Island warehouse 100 million unit! If obtaining again this time a board have to jump into the war?”

So conclusion.

“Those tanks, if broken no way obtaining again!”

“Yes.”

“Samples end only with this!”

“Yes!”

“So let’s start tank research decomposing, washing, making models, drawing blueprints all up to each part.”

“······Yes?”

Somehow even Director Choi’s research method became a bit strange?

Researchers were dumbfounded.

“Saying decompose, wash this in one part unit?”

“Make models of each part, draw blueprints?”

“Who does such dog labor researching tanks······!”

Director Choi said cutting.

“Say again? 100 million per unit! Re-purchase impossible! Samples end!”

“······.”

“So no choice but decomposing and assembling somehow polishing and repairing and using. Other method?”

“······.”

“What doing? Quickly boil and eat cup ramen, bring equipment and blueprints and follow!”

“······.”

“No time! Have to show latest domestic tanks two months later no matter what!”

Director Choi tightly gripped both fists.

“Promised the Young Master. If only properly setting goals and direction for tank technology development research our researchers also with JH’s grit somehow make the best results within the deadline no matter means and methods!”

Researchers’ complexions yellowed.

Director Choi grinned looking at the iceboxes stacked in one corner of the trailer.

“Heard live mackerel and frozen mackerel, salted mackerel also packed generously in iceboxes, take one box each when leaving work.”

Looking into quite many iceboxes stacked neatly in one corner of the trailer.

“Gift the Young Master specially took care.”

Researchers tilted heads.

“By any chance next research topic mackerel?”

“Uh? Tuna here too?”

In the particularly large icebox one whole fresh tuna entered.

Director Choi wiped the nose.

“While developing cup ramen as military food, shall try making tuna cans once?”

Researchers supported chins with serious expressions.

“Water base, oil base?”

“Tuna cans indeed have to go oil base.”

“Ate water base European tuna. Fishy really couldn’t eat?”

* * *

A trailer also entered the JH office located in Myeongdong.

Office family screamed looking at the parking lot where the trailer stopped.

“Wow, document boxes!”

They intuited.

Not coming out from car trunks,

Not loaded on 1-ton trucks or dump trucks,

Document boxes fully loaded on large trailers!

“How sweeping and bringing such documents from where?”

Office family looked back at President Shim.

President Shim nodded with a tired expression.

“All this thanks to our boss. Established one shipping company while going to Busan.”

Office family burst admiration.

“Really tremendous! Starting work again in the meantime!”

“Because boss competent work doesn’t stop!”

“Taking care of documents so full like this!”

“I really seem will bury bones in JH with overwork death!”

President Shim tightly closed eyes.

“Think fate. Work fortune also fortune.”

President Shim clapped palms.

“Due to time relationship chatter up to here.”

“······?”

“Now not time leisurely spreading dried pollack. Received salary, documents entered, if breath attached have to work.”

Office family nodded.

Already several people taking out carts first.

“Well, then let’s suck tonic solidly before carrying document boxes.”

Managing Director Jo carefully asked.

“By any chance if finishing work earlier than schedule this time also going company dinner?”

“Discard vain hope. Today overtime confirmed.”

Office family’s complexions yellowed.

“Instead let’s eat delicious for dinner. Reserved a sashimi restaurant nearby.”

“Sashimi restaurant? Not beef restaurant?”

“This time tuna sashimi.”

In the large icebox placed in one corner of the trailer one whole fresh tuna entered.

In the smaller icebox mackerel contained by type.

“Heard live mackerel and frozen mackerel, salted mackerel also packed generously in iceboxes, take one box each when leaving work.”

President Shim wiped the nose.

“Gift the Young Master took care.”

Office family grinned.

“Indeed our Young Master!”

“Such fresh mackerel hard obtaining even in the market.”

“Salted mackerel really rice thief. Father will like very much?”

“Ha, going on Busan business trip and even taking care of gift mackerel. Continuously doing cute acts. Ufufu!”

President Shim muttered lonely.

“I also bought black sea bream and silver cutlassfish······. Buried in mackerel.”

* * *

“Puhup!”

Grandfather sprayed eating tuna sashimi.

“Established what?”

“Shipping company.”

I answered indifferently chewing tuna sashimi tightly.

The underworld messenger also smiling picking and eating tuna sashimi and abalone sashimi left as gosure in one corner.

[Keu, this!]

The underworld messenger licked and ate tuna sashimi as if satisfactory.

Because Anseongdaek in charge of grandfather’s house kitchen skill excellent.

Abalone grill and lobster steam, sea squirt seasoned also art.

[Indeed sashimi soybean paste taste.]

Made sauce mixing soy sauce and wasabi separately too.

The underworld messenger didn’t even glance that side.

[How tasty if wrapping lettuce wraps putting plenty garlic in ssamjang?]

The underworld messenger neatly wrapped even wraps and enjoyed sashimi.

Raised a thumb eating kimchi, tuna sashimi on glossy flowing bossam boiled pork.

[Even sea urchin seaweed soup excellent.]

Agree.

Anseongdaek, boils seaweed soup well too!

Grandfather only looking at me as if unbelievable disregarding even the luxurious meal table.

“Know how much one or two pennies takes establishing shipping company? Even catching small 1 billion!”

Correct words.

Shipping industry the work of transporting passengers or cargo using ships at sea and receiving freight as price.

So basically need ‘ships’.

Where ship price ordinarily expensive.

“What money you establishing shipping company? Saying relocating chemical factory to Yeocheon?”

“Not establishing shipping company with my money?”

“Then whose money?”

“Busan area political funds and slush funds, and smuggling king money?”

“What?”

“The smuggling king decided to organize assets and enter our company.”

“Puhup!”

Grandfather sprayed again eating water.