The Chaebols Are Back

"Your Majesty is the Defender of Islam and the Light of the Aryans. I am aware that with that title comes power and the duty to spread Islam all over the world."

"so?"

"Saudi Arabian Sunni make up most Middle Easterners."

Sunni is the majority faction in Islam.

'What about Shia?'

It is roughly 1/10.

It means you are behind in the war of sects.

The Shiite King would like to flip the script.

I am referring to Saudi Arabia at present because I want to offend the ego of the Shah of Iran.

Secondly, though both are Muslims, Sunni and Shia are almost going to be enemies.

The reason for bifurcation into Sunni and Shia was also succession and assassination.

'This is.'

This is something which will hurt the greatest religious authority in Iran.

"I know about 1/10 of Shia."

Because the sects differ, their doctrines differ. Shiites alone are the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Saudi Arabia King is a Sunni, and thus he may possibly be thinking differently.

"What I am talking about is the great accomplishment of sowing seeds of Islam in Northeast Asia, the rich wasteland of Islam, that even the King of Saudi Arabia has failed to do.".

Did you inform me it was successful?"

It's the Iranian king that's showing interest.

'That is the reason religion is an addict.'

The instant you're an addict, no cure exists.

"The Northeast Asian region is an Islamic desert. If Your Majesty would forgo some of the fruits of land-based oil exports, you would be a visionary monarch who would plant the desert. That is how the history of Islam will record Your Majesty."

Rulers, monarchs among them, cannot help but care about how they will be recorded in history.

"Spread of Islam?"

"Your Majesty, but don't think I am just praising."

"But that is what it is."

"It is perhaps overconfident of me to mention it, but when I studied the situation in Iran from what I learned in America, I found that Your Majesty is out of step with the religious community. Besides that, you've lost the confidence of the old merchant community."

Reality stings, and the Iranian king frowned for the first time.

"Because of this, the religious community, the merchant community, and the labor community are all challenging His Majesty's rule. Isn't the solution actually religion?"

His expression shifted to one that seemed to indicate that he knew what I was telling him.

"Hah, that's a new concept."

Fortunately, my words are being heard.

Another proof of that is that the color representing the Iranian King has been replaced with light green.

'You have to lie just a little more.'

It is a lie.

why?

Because I'm contemplating committing a fraud.

And if the person who was deceived doesn't realize that he or she has been deceived and isn't protesting, is that really a scam?

"I can't speak on my own behalf because I'm not Muslim, but for Muslims, religion is all of life and nothing." 

"So what do you want to do?"

"We shall construct a road under the name of Tehran, the new Islamic sacred city in the capital of Korea at the end of Northeast Asia."

Subsequently, Tehran-ro was constructed by the Korean government to commemorate the opening of diplomatic relations with Iran.

To be exact, the name of the road mounted after Gangnam construction is Teheran-ro.

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"Oh!" "Together with him, I will build a Shiite mosque, not an Islamic mosque, in the heart of Korea's capital city, in Your Majesty's name and by Your power."

As a matter of fact, I'm best at flattering.

"In my name?"

That is meaningful.

And that is what Abu does.

"Your Majesty's move will be religious victories, and the religious figures who briefly turned their backs to you will advise you once again. If you consolidate Iran domestically through this move, your Majesty's Iran will be a Middle Eastern hegemon, superior to Sunni Saudi Arabia."

"Lee Seong-su."

The king of Iran whose eyes suddenly glance.

'I'm getting greedy.'

Greed usually comes with too much demand.

'and!'

The dark green indicating the King of Iran has now become light green.

'It'll be blue soon.'

By observing these color variations, you can easily predict the other person's psychological condition.

This ability becomes a weapon as powerful as knowledge after regression.

"If Korea is to be a catalyst to bring together the relatively divided Iran for my triumph, how about Korea adopting Islam as its state religion? In the event that it does, my triumph will be spread throughout the Middle East, and nobody will be able to comment even if there are complaints that I provided oil to the Korean government at the level of eight years ago."

I said this would be so.

"It is impossible."

When it cannot be done, one has to accept that it cannot be done at present.

'Even if it occurs now.'

Because eventually it will fail.

And now, to a certain extent, I am contaminating the future of Korea for my short-term benefits.

'With the mass arrival of Muslims in France and Germany.'

We witnessed the country rapidly becoming Islamized.

One of the reasons was Muslim population growth that was rapid in nature.

When the population grows, the people who will vote for politicians will naturally grow as well.

Vote-hungry politicians are sure to establish systems that will be beneficial to Muslims.

'of course!'

It will not be simple for Islam to live in Korea where pork is relished.

"Impossible?"

"Yes, is it not wrong to mislead Your Majesty and let you know I can do what should not be done?"

The deep green is passing by.

'I must blue it.'

And then I earn and the government of Korea also earns.

"If you comply, I can sell you oil for one dollar per barrel till the dynasty thrives, not in 1980, but up to 2980."

It's incredible that we're talking about 1,000 years from now when there are only 9 years left until the end.

"But still, it is impossible."

"why?"

The Iranian king replied nervously.

"If you grow a big tree in the middle of the desert, it will wither away and die."

"A big tree?"

So, you need to sow the seeds slowly, sprinkle the moss, and let the moss cover the seeds and spread them across the desert so that the seeds germinate.

The best method to transform a desert into a grassland is to sow moss.

In such a situation, if you grow small trees and create water channels, even a barren desert can become a grassland.

'Suppose that I go to Saudi Arabia later?'

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I'll present the desert grassland project to the Saudi Arabian King.

And I'm sure I can bring Saudi Arabia over to our side by demonstrating to them how they can increase their meager farm land by well over ten times.

Of course, that we'll do in due time.

"Korea's action of making Islam the state religion is like planting a big tree in the desert. You should recall when the Persian Empire occupied and ruled the Iberian Peninsula. The pagans resisted the coercive conversion, and the war ended up rendering the Iberian Peninsula non-Islamic."

The Iranian king shook his head unwittingly at my remark.

'When you think of the Iberian Peninsula?'

The first thing that springs to mind is black ham and pork.

Since Muslims prohibit pork, naturally enough the people of the Iberian Peninsula rise in rebellion. 

'and.'

The red hue representing the Iranian Prime Minister who now remains quiet has astonishingly become light red.

Your Majesty, if you give a road the name of Tehran, the capital of Iran, which symbolizes Iran, so that the Korean people would feel close to it, and at the same time build a Shiite mosque, and if you send a religious leader to Korea, then Korea, this wasteland of Islam, will be changed. You must do it step by step with your power.

In response to my words, the Shah of Iran looked at the Prime Minister of Iran, who was speechless.

"What does the Prime Minister think?"

"All the words that this pagan suggested to Your Majesty are like the poison of a desert scorpion."

This is the moment when a variable is created.

'Red is red after all.'

The Iranian Prime Minister still thinks of me as an enemy, or at least a rogue who is trying to swindle the Shah of Iran.

"Like scorpion venom?"

The Iranian king nods in partial agreement with the Iranian prime minister's words.

'The king's ears are floppy.'

It is a humorous scene.

No wonder the country was ruined.

"Your Majesty, Dokdo is a medicine in Korea."

This is a situation where you can't just sit down.

Lastly, I must convince the Shah of Iran and shut the Iranian Prime Minister's mouth.

"How can poison be medicine?"

The Iranian king, who had been glaring at the prime minister, glared at me again.

"The Iranian Prime Minister announced that I am poison to Iran, so I am poison."

The Iranian Prime Minister glares at me as I speak.

'They're royalty.'

Because they can turn against you, you will have to make them your friends no matter what.

And I have already proved his ambition.

'Ambition is greed.'

Greed numbs the brain and makes us think and do just what we want.

"What if my poison is not harmful to Your Majesty and can be used as an instrument to expel from Iran the religious leaders who rebel against Your Majesty?"

Actually, this was my thought when I came from the US to Iran.

"Is there a way?"

It's a look that's just so refreshing.

'How much would I hate it?'

The Shah of Iran probably hates Iran's religious leaders to pieces.

"It seems religious leaders who express discontent with His Majesty and the government of Iran would be sent to Korea, the Islamic desert, and made into martyrs."

To be a martyr, you must die.

I did not say I would kill you, but that was the subtlety that I was trying to make.

"If you want to spread Islam and take roots in Korea, a land barren for Islam, would you not need an effective imam?"

Imam?

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Imam is Persian, referring to leader or model.

"Haha, that's true."

The King of Iran laughed loudly at my remark.

The Iranian Prime Minister scowled at me.

And the color of the King of Iran has finally changed to pure blue.

"What do you think of my ideas, Your Excellency the Prime Minister?"

The Iranian Prime Minister was silent to my question.

'To the Prime Minister of Iran, who is also the prince.'

Iran's clergy will be a thorn in their flesh.

"Hahaha, Lee Seong-su, it's all because of you that you came to Iran!"

It seems that my recommendation has struck a chord with the Iranian king.

The strongest desire of man is to leave his name renowned.

That is why there is a Korean proverb which goes, "When a tiger dies, it leaves its skin behind, and when a person dies, it leaves its name behind."

But turned around, tigers sooner or later get killed for their skin, and people get killed for their reputation.

"Inshallah~"

Now we just have to listen to it from the King of Iran.

'It's always like this.'

Politics is an exhibition of inner discontent in the external world.

And politicians, wherever and whenever they are, resort to war in such situations.

But as religion is fate for Muslims, Iranian Shiite clerics do not have any choice but to lament and cry and eat mustard, as one says.

For the Iranian king, it is a matter of falling teeth.

"Prime Minister."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"What greater good could there be in giving the Korean government oil at $2 a barrel than religious belief and spread?"

The Shah of Iran only wants to deal with the thorn in his side, the religious leader.

It's only pushing away those people you do not want to see.

And plotting in secret to make martyrs out of the religious leaders who were dispatched to Korea by me and asked for to be assassinated.

"Umm, there isn't any."

The Prime Minister will not complain because the Shah of Iran's heart belongs to me.

That is why monarchies are in such distress.

Of course, Iran has adopted a constitutional monarchy, but it would not be an exaggeration to state that it is an absolute monarchy.

It's theoretical constitutional monarchy.

"Then sign the supply contract as the Korean government wishes."

Fine.

That is why monarchies lend themselves to bargaining and a lot can be achieved in gaining the favor of the absolute monarch.

'by the way.'

Where do we build the Shia mosque?

Must I just build it on a remote island?

Then you're being wicked to the migratory birds.

"Yes, I see."

It actually worked.

'Today is January 14th.'

There are still a couple of days until the 20th.

If the international market price of oil increases by 10%, there is an opportunity to make some money selling that oil to Japan.

"Diplomat Lee Seong-su."

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The Iranian Prime Minister phoned me.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister."

"How much oil does Korea require?"