—Mr. Lee, the head of the auction house association and the main culprit of the food crisis, has been arrested urgently.
—Mr. Lee is accused of bribing a branch manager of the agricultural cooperative and manipulating loan docunts to obtain a large amount of money.
—Thirty employees, including four brokers who were at the scene, were also arrested on the sa charge, and twenty others are on the run.
Those who opposed Yu Ji-ha always ended up like this.
At first, they seed to have so advantage, but at so point, the tide turned against them and they were eventually destroyed miserably.
Unless they were as big as a nation, a bunch of diocrities could never withstand him.
In that sense, the broker gang had picked the wrong opponent.
—They had nothing to touch, so they ssed with the dictator. They were too arrogant.
—They didn’t touch the real economy until now, so they believed he wouldn’t intervene this ti either.
—They planned to hoard the supplies and negotiate with Yu Ji-ha. Honestly, if smart farms hadn’t poured out pork belly, they would have succeeded.
—Yu Ji-ha is actually very wicked. He had counterasures but let people vent their complaints.
—No, he waited to introduce smart farms fully. Look now. The dia is going crazy over smart farm coverage.
The smart farm in Kamchatka Peninsula, which had resolved the crisis, received intense attention from the dia.
Even the dia outlets that had been harshly criticizing Yu Ji-ha subtly requested coverage, and the governnt arranged a separate flight.
And the truth about the smart farm was revealed one by one.
The Koreans were shocked by the fact that the smart farm, which was as large as a city, was completely unmanned, and so were the foreigners.
—Did they say they had been operating such a large scale without disclosing it until now?
—It’s likely that the spam that goes into North Korea is produced there.
—The scale is amazing, but the equipnt and algorithms are more surprising. Especially, the culture room is a mystery how it was composed.
—A correspondent staying in Korea tried cultured at and said he couldn’t tell it from real at. Maybe it will overturn the entire global at market.
—The price range is a bit high for that. Korea has a high food price, so it might be a substitute, but it’s not enough to appeal to the world.
What they didn’t know was one thing.
The price of 3,000 won per 100 grams of pork belly was deliberately set high because it couldn’t destroy pig farms.
Yu Ji-ha emphasized that point at the cabinet eting.
“Persuade pig farrs within three years. When smart farms start pouring out supplies, we can drop pork belly to 500 won per 100 grams.”
“That much…”
“This is impossible to compete with.”
The bureaucrats who had encountered many surprising information were also quite shocked by this remark.
“That’s why you should persuade them by paying subsidies and arranging jobs. It would be better if you say it’s a smart farm managent foundation under direct control of the president rather than a private company. Chief of Staff.”
“Yes, Mr. President.”
Bae Sung-min, chief of staff, raised his head.
“How far has the relocation work of that company progressed?”
“Currently, most of the docunts have been transferred and we are selecting a site in the southern region.”
“Finish it as soon as possible and start establishing the managent foundation. I’ll leave this matter to you.”
Soone said that.
Yu Ji-ha wouldn’t stop at arresting a few unscrupulous distributors.
There were many rumors that there would be follow-up asures and in fact, the smart farm managent foundation was being prepared under direct control of the president.
The reason why he didn’t entrust this to Silla Group was to employ many people.
When smart farms started operating in earnest, food products produced in traditional ways would not be competitive in terms of cost.
It was expected that farrs would go bankrupt in droves, so an agency was needed to absorb them.
He couldn’t leave people who had been farming all their lives on the street overnight, could he?
However, there was not only a rosy outlook for introducing smart farms.
—There are still many people who look for real at even if it is similar to real at. We have to consider them too.
—There is a saying that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. The president seems to want the state to manage the entire pork industry, but that could lead to a worse situation than this crisis in case of ergency.
—The smart farm looks amazing, but it can’t produce by-products like bones or organs, can it? We shouldn’t completely extinct the pig farming industry for that reason.
The chief of staff, Bae Sung-min, also had that concern.
“According to this plan, you won’t be able to enjoy your favorite gamjatang anymore, Mr. President. Are you okay with that?”
“…”
The cabinet mbers saw Yu Ji-ha close his mouth in silence for the first ti.
He had a good appetite and ate anything that the Blue House chef made.
He rarely asked for anything special, but he sotis asked for gamjatang.
Coincidentally, he liked the ones from the restaurants more than the ones made by the chef, so the secretary had to buy gamjatang for him.
Bae Sung-min felt a strange emotion as he saw his face stiffen completely.
‘He’s not a machine after all…’
He sotis mistook him for a machine because he didn’t show much emotion.
A mont later, Yu Ji-ha opened his mouth after recovering from the shock.
“…Let’s keep a minority of farms since there are so preferences for real at.”
It was an uncharacteristic decision for a dictator who always wanted efficiency, but sotis he needed to show this side too.
There was a brief talk about the funds to be invested in the managent foundation, but it didn’t seem to be a big problem since he had cut off many businesses.
“We can cover it with contingency funds without budgeting.”
This regi had not done much budgeting even though it had a huge burden of North Korea.
He could do it right away if he wanted to, since there was no parliant.
The reason for this was that artificial intelligence took over the budget review of all public institutions, public enterprises, and local governnts.
It was finally realized what Yu Ji-ha had said before, that even ten thousand won had to pass through Lucia’s review.
As a result, local events that were criticized as irrational and wasteful of taxes were drastically reduced.
They couldn’t do things like tearing up good roads anymore.
He interfered so much that so local governnts said it would be better to abolish the autonomy system altogether and he was actually doing that.
A while later, the topic of the cabinet eting changed to surplus milk.
“It’s expensive to make butter with that milk. Is there sothing wrong with it?”
“The cheese made from our milk doesn’t taste good. It’s probably because the environnt is different…”
The milk from cows that eat feed and the milk from cows that roam around and graze on grass can’t be the sa.
Even considering that, Korean milk was bland and so was cheese.
The real problem was the surplus of milk itself.
At a price of over 4,000 won per liter, consurs had long turned their eyes to imported sterilized milk.
The worst thing was that the price of milk did not go down because of the linkage system.
As a result, consurs also turned away from dairy products and baking industries that needed milk.
Despite the fact that dairy farrs were decreasing, there was more and more surplus milk every year.
When the situation reached this point, the dairy industry, which had been guaranteed profits until then, suggested easing the linkage system, but Yu Ji-ha had no intention of doing so.
“The linkage system for raw milk prices introduced in 2013 is the root of all evil. We can’t let fifty million, no, seventy million people suffer to protect the interests of less than ten thousand dairy farrs. We will abolish the linkage system as of now.”
Finally, it ca.
The bureaucrats were tense about what bomb-like words would co out of the president’s mouth next.
They were going to war with the dostic distribution industry from now on.
***
After Korea and Japan severed diplomatic ties, Korea almost cut off interest in Japan.
The number of tis Japan was ntioned in the dia decreased significantly and the governnt acted as if it didn’t exist at all.
If a Japanese diplomat made a remark about it at a UN eting, they ignored it completely.
Despite this lack of exchange, Korea surprisingly held up well.
They prepared well and Yu Ji-ha’s existence was a pillar. That was the evaluation of economic circles.
—Korea doesn’t need Japan anymore. But Japan is different.
—Compared to Japan being rarely ntioned in Korean portals or dia, Korea almost occupied foreign news on Japanese portals. It seed like there was no other country than Korea in foreign news.
However, there were quite a few people in Korea who regretted severing ties with Japan.
Japanese food, culture, travel and so on were undeniably attractive.
But recently, Korea’s content had increased a lot.
The Tourism Agency had finished consulting with the Ministry of Land and was planning a product to travel to the Gema Plateau in North Korea.
Yu Ji-ha had originally said that he would close it for ten years to normalize the North Korean region, but that was slightly relaxed.
Although there were many restrictions such as strict limitations on items to be brought in and all garbage had to be collected, it was still possible to travel to the Gema Plateau.
It was already attracting all kinds of attention on TV and YouTube, whether they could film the tigers of the Korean Peninsula.
On the other hand, various gas produced by Silla Entertainnt also satisfied the maniacs.
Korea had been weak in otaku-type content represented by animation, but it beca a big topic when a production tool using artificial intelligence was announced.
It ant that individuals could make animations using the production tool.
—All you need is your imagination. Try making an animation now.
Of course, it was quite difficult to go professional, such as having to do 3D modeling, but it was enough to arouse the desire to challenge.
Many creators showcased their own models and animations, which boasted quality that was not inferior to CG animations made with huge investnts.
Japan reported this trend in great detail.
On portal sites, news from Korea had much higher clicks than dostic news.
In the midst of this, a pork shortage crisis occurred and cultured at was announced, which made Korean TV dominate the Japanese TV.
This was because Japan and Israel were leading the research on cultured at.
Except for TV Tokyo, other broadcasters were busy sending out special features on cultured at every day.
―The mysterious cultured at that perfectly reproduces samgyeopsal dissected!
―Can it match the taste of Royal at, the pride of Nitsin Research Institute in Japan?
The guest invited to this special feature was Professor Soichi.
He was a professor of agriculture at Tokyo University and one of the few people who could visit Korea.
Although the two countries officially severed ties, they did not completely cut off private exchanges.
President Yu Ji-ha seed to hate Japan on the surface, but surprisingly he often complied with requests from civilians.
The extre right-wing forces, including the New Japan Restoration Party, claid that this was a conspiracy to dominate Japan, but Professor Soichi denied it.
The reason he ca out today was to correct the prejudice that Japanese people had against Korea.
“Actually, I have visited Korea recently.”
“Eeeh~”
“That’s amazing. I thought Korea hated Japanese people completely.”
Professor Soichi sighed heavily at the ridiculous reactions of the panels.
“They are not hateful, but indifferent. You can’t find any news about Japan in Korean news. They are completely focused on dostic issues, unlike us.”
The atmosphere cooled down as he revealed the uncomfortable truth, and the host intervened reluctantly.
“Well, well, today’s topic is about Korea’s cultured at. I ask you to focus on that.”
“Fine. Anyway, I visited Korea for research and coincidentally there was a pork shortage crisis. There was a saying in Japan that it was impossible, but I would like to call it a challenge.”
“A challenge.”
“Yes, a challenge. Because they broke through the crisis head-on. Any other country would have tried to lift the ban. But that person, Yu Ji-ha, was different.”
As soon as Yu Ji-ha’s story ca up, the panels visibly beca uncomfortable.
He was the protagonist of the severance and had caused a lot of friction, so they couldn’t have good feelings.
Not all Japanese people felt that way, but the panels of this special feature were composed of middle-aged or older people.
If they hired young people as panels, they might say sothing friendly.
Professor Soichi ignored such atmosphere and continued his story.
“He presented cultured at from smart farms and completely captured the hearts of Koreans. Our dia doubted whether it would taste good or have good texture, but I tasted it and it was not inferior to any brand.”
“By brand, do you an sothing like Kurobuta?”
“I get invited to eat at a lot because of my profession, but Korea’s cultured at was not behind at all.”
“Oh, really?”
It was a bold statent from a professor at Tokyo University, so even the panels responded slightly.
But then an old entertainer asked out of nowhere.
“Isn’t that expensive? They poured out thousands of tons of supply in a few weeks. I’m worried that Korea might go bankrupt.”
“I hope they don’t ask us for help.”
Professor Soichi sighed again.
These people hated Korea so much that they didn’t know what was going on at all.
He turned on his tablet on the spot and showed them the hopage of the newly established Smart Farm Managent Agency.
“It’s a direct agency of President Yu Ji-ha. Smart Farm Managent Agency. If you go to their hopage, you can see how they made cultured at with what kind of technology. First…”
Words like bioprinter, ultrafine particle nozzle, enzy adhesive popped out of Professor Soichi’s mouth.
He explained enthusiastically whether the panels were confused or not.
“This is not a simple assembly. It compressed the process of growing actual muscles and fat and reduced the cost significantly.”
“But didn’t they set the price at 400 yen per 100 grams? That’s not cheap.”
One panel asked and he said impatiently.
“That’s a kind of grace period to consider the existing farms. If you look at this page, they plan to lower the price to about 65 yen in three years.”
“65 yen??”
“That’s amazing.”
The panels couldn’t help but be surprised by this number.
It was natural because Nitsin’s Royal at, which was rated as the most advanced in Japan’s cultured at research, cost more than 2,000 yen per 100 grams.
Usually, costs go down as technology advances, but cultured at research had limits because it required serum and stem cells.
“This 65 yen price ans that they completely broke out of that limit. They made clean at that doesn’t have to suffer from environntal problems anymore.”
This cultured at would be very popular in Europe, but the relationship was so bad that the possibility of export was low.
The only places that could be exported were the United States, Russia, or the Middle East.
Now the panels were quiet and only the professor’s voice echoed in the studio.
“Cheap, clean, and tasty. A dream at was born. And that’s not the end. This cultured at technology can also be applied to tuna.”
“Eeeh?”
“Professor, you’re joking, right?”
Tuna was the most favorite fish of Japanese people.
But the supply was far short of the demand, so they mainly relied on the North Pacific fishing grounds, which were cut off by Terra Island.
The dia cited this as one of the reasons why the middle-aged people disliked Yu Ji-ha, who took over the tuna fishing grounds.
Professor Soichi looked at the panels slowly and opened his mouth.
“I’m not joking. If you look at the contents of this hopage, you will see that they plan to produce not only pork, but also beef, chicken, fish, and even shellfish and other animal protein ingredients.”
“That’s just a plan, right?”
Soone shouted in protest, and he bit his tongue inwardly.
“Did anything that Yu Ji-ha said not co true?”
“…”
“Black tal battery, unobtanium ion thruster, artificial intelligence, diamond semiconductor… It’s hard to list them all. And now cultured at is added to that. How about it? Japan is completely out of this flow. It’s obsolete.”
It was a harsh statent, but the backlash was not easy.
“I heard that we caught up a lot recently.”
“We already deployed railguns and added black tal armor plates to navy ships. Japan is not behind.”
“We are also making steady progress on ion thrusters. I think you are influenced by Korea because you visit there too much, professor.”
It was true.
Thanks to the ergence of powerful hypern, there was also considerable progress in black tal and ether research.
But it was not well known that the hypern suffered terribly behind the scenes.
The Matsuda administration desperately hid the fact that they caused a riot after being exploited.
So Japanese people could only see the successful side of Japan.
Professor Soichi emphasized with a final feeling.
“The future that Korea’s cultured at will bring is clear. The UN climate agreent conference will start soon, right? The best way to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining the current economic scale is to reduce the number of livestock. That ans we have to bow down to Korea, even if…”
Suddenly the audio went out and the last word was not heard.
But Japanese people who were watching this special feature could easily imagine that word.
The backlash rose like a fire in a stove.
―What? Reconciliation? Never.
―If Korea bows first, maybe. But no way.
―We need sincere apology and compensation from Yu Ji-ha at least.
Of course, Yu Ji-ha didn’t care about this situation.
His attention was focused on hundreds of fishing boats that filled the West Sea.
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