Chapter 20: The Poisonous Weed Crisis in Japan
Lee Jae-sung had returned to Jeju Island, but was summoned back to Seoul by an emergency call from the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture.
At the Presidential Palace, Lee Myung-bak and South Korean Minister of Agriculture Han Changbin, South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology Park Jong-koo, First Chamberlain to the President of the Blue House Lee Hee-won, Chief Political Officer of the South Korean Blue House Chung Jin-suk, Kim Doo-woo, Director of the Planning and Management Office of the South Korean Blue House, Kim Tae-young, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Korea, Choi Won-yong, Minister of Health of the Republic of Korea, and biological scientists from various prestigious universities held meetings in the Blue House Great Hall.
After Lee Myung-bak arrived, the first to speak was South Korean Minister of Agriculture Han Changbin: "Mr. President, colleagues, professors, at present, the World Food and Agriculture Organization has issued a red alert, and the first case of poisonous weeds encroaching on the habitat of other organisms has been found in Japan. This plant, named Japanese poisonous weed, will effectively encroach on the nutrients of other organisms, causing a large number of crops and even non-crops to die and reduce yields, and further investigation and research are ongoing. β
Li Mingbo frowned and asked Han Changbin: "Minister Han, has my country found traces of Japanese poisonous weeds?" β
Han Changbin shook his head: "My country has not found any traces of Japanese poisonous weeds, but because my country and Japan and the United States are allies, especially the United States does not need customs inspection to enter our country, so the Ministry of Agriculture believes that it is a matter of time before this poisonous weed appears in our country." β
Health Minister Cui Yuanyong also spoke: "After some well-known laboratory tests in the world, this poisonous weed emits some trace carcinogens every day, and once this poisonous weed spreads on a large scale in a country, it has a fatal threat to people's lives, and the World Health Organization has also issued a red alert." β
Without waiting for Lee Myung-bak to ask, Chung Jin-suk, the chief political officer of the Blue House, said: "At present, the highest news has been passed through the Internet to the world, causing a large-scale panic in Japan, the United States, South American countries, Southeast Asian countries and India, my country's customs reported that 120,000 Americans have entered the country in three days, and 38,000 Japanese have entered the country. Preparations are underway for a large-scale march-petition-petition Blue House to order the closure of customs. They even expelled the US troops stationed in South Korea and closed down the barracks and airports of the US troops to prevent Japanese poisonous weeds from entering our country. β
Li Mingbo's face turned pale: "Nonsense, can you stop it if you want to?" According to your story, this poisonous weed is left with Europe, Oceania and Russia, China that have not been invaded? β
Kim Doo-woo, director of the planning and management office of South Korea's Blue House, said: "Russia's harsh environment makes it difficult for this Japanese poisonous weed to survive, Europe has found the first traces of poisonous weeds in Morocco, Oceania desert environment is predominant, and China is quite strict about biological invasions after the large-scale invasion of American white moths in the last century. As for Japan, it has always imposed high tariffs on imported food, so it has not been invaded for the time being. β
At this time, Lee Myung-bak spoke: "The United Nations is about to convene a meeting of heads of state to discuss the poisonous weed incident in Japan, and immediately notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to evacuate our staff in Japan from Japan." The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Science and Technology must organize biological experts to crack the poisonous weeds in Japan, and in addition, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Police will immediately assess the stable environment of the country, and if there is a large-scale commotion, we must stabilize things on the basis that they cannot affect the stability of the country! β
As soon as Lee Myung-bak's voice fell, a large number of officials named by him stood up to receive the order.
On the contrary, the scientists who were left aside by Lee Myung-bak are all old gods, and they are not affected by Lee Myung-bak at all, Lee Chang-mao, president of Seoul National University in South Korea, sat next to Lee Jae-sung, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, Lee Myung-bak took office and let Lee Chang-mao's close friend South Korean Prime Minister Zheng Yun-chan carry the black pot for Lee Myung-bak and step down, Zheng Yuncan is the president of Seoul National University before Lee Chang-mao, just because Lee Myung-bak wanted to move the capital, he was implicated and stepped down, this hatred Li Changmao never talked to anyone at all, but in the future, Lee Chang-mao often disagreed with Lee Myung-bak! The entire Korean academic community is not interested in Lee Myung-bak.
The most famous is Li Changmao's sentence to Jin Dooyu: "I don't have that much ability to teach a qualified and excellent politician like you!" Li Changmao's sarcasm made Kim Doo-woo sit still during that time, if it weren't for Lee Myung-bak to protect his henchmen, Kim Doo-woo would have wanted to resign and then commit suicide!
Li Zaisung sat steadily beside the old man Li Changmao, and his mind was already wandering out of the world.
Lee Chang-mao and Lee Jae-sung, one old and one young, have a transcendent status in the Korean academic community, and all the scientists present are shaking their heads and sipping tea, and these scientists are not interested in politics at all, and even the policy of Lee Myung-bak's de-sinicization and bad relations with China, these cultural people are very disgusted, which of these people is not familiar with ancient Chinese classics, and they often meet in fluent Chinese to quote scriptures.
Watching the scientists enjoying themselves at the venue, Lee Myung-bak's face darkened, but he didn't have the courage to provoke these scientists, you know, any Korean professor would dare to go to the Blue House to make a fuss, and even those respected old professors could point at the president's nose and scold, and even ask the president: "I think I need to ask your teacher, how did you raise such a thing as a teacher and destroy your ancestors!" At this time, the president had to comfort these old professors with a smile on his face. β
In South Korea, since the former President Chun Doo-hwan was named a bully and a deceitful ancestor, how miserable the former President Chun Doo-hwan lived in his later years is something that previous presidents of South Korea dare not recall! You must know that after the death of former President Chun Doo-hwan, he did not even enter the National Hyunzhongyuan of South Korea.
Lee Myung-bak couldn't do anything with Li Changmao and other old professors, looking at Lee Jae-sung, Lee Myung-bak closed his mouth several times when he wanted to speak. Lee Myung-bak knows Lee Jae-sung's true origin, you put your father in prison when you took office, and your prestige is based, but you also offended the Samsung Lee family and even the Lee family in Yinyeong-gun, South Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, and you still want your son to take care of you? Don't even think about it!
There was no way, Lee Myung-bak had to bite the bullet and ask Professor Park Jong-koo, who was born in Park Jong-koo, Jeonju Metropolitan City, Jeollanam-do, after all, Park Jong-gu was holding the post of South Korea's Minister of Science and Technology.
Lee Myung-bak slowly asked Park Jong-koo: "Minister Park Jong-koo, I would like to ask, how long can your Ministry of Science and Technology organize biological scientists to crack the Japanese poisonous weeds?" β
Park Jong-gu rolled his eyes, he was a native of Jeolla Province, and he had not dealt with Gyeongsang-do for thousands of years. You, a poor peasant from Pohang City, have been the CEO of the Hyundai Chung family for more than 20 years, but you can't change the nature of your origins and Jeolla Province.
Park Jong-koo said angrily: "The Ministry of Science and Technology of South Korea mainly manages industrial science and technology, and agricultural science and technology has always been the business of the Ministry of Agriculture. β
The reason why Park Jong-gu is not angry is that although Lee Jae-sung has stumbled on the Kumho Park family, after Park Sam-woo found Lee Kun-hee for a deal, he paid a certain price, and China lifted the ban on Kumho Tire.
Not only Kumho Group, but also one of the Korean chaebols, except for Samsung, Lee, who did not suffer major losses, none of the rest were not anxious.
None of these chaebols did not hate Lee Myung-bak for cutting off his own financial route, but it is a pity that Lee Myung-bak was thick-skinned and ignored the statements of some chaebols who shouted that Lee Myung-bak should take the blame for his resignation, and firmly grasped the power of the state administration and the military on his own.
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