Dear Comrade

Dear Comrade Leader, Episode 349

As soon as he heard the remarks in question coming out of her mouth, Junghwan felt like the stir-fried beef jerky that had just passed into his stomach came back up and got stuck in his esophagus.

So what I just heard… … ?

And maybe it wasn’t only Jung-hwan who was shocked by this daughter’s declaration, but Yoo Hye-rim, who was watching from the side, also stammered with a bewildered face.

“It’s okay, are you okay? Oh no, more than that. Hyein-ah, is that just true? So, going back to the republic and doing politics… … .”

“yes! The 2nd Supreme People’s Assembly delegate elections will be held soon, right? So, after I go back to the Republic and join the Workers’ Party, I will get a nomination and run for the Pyongyang constituency!”

“Ha, but didn’t you say last time that you were going to get a doctorate and become a professor in the US?”

“Hey, I changed my mind. A Joseon proverb says that a tiger is a skin and a person is a name, but like a university professor, in an ivory tower like Confucius, he should be active in real politics to make a name for himself. And, apart from anything else, whose daughter am I? … .”

“… … How the hell did you come up with such an absurd thought?”

Jeonghwan’s voice, which finally calmed his shock and barely opened his mouth, was filled with absurdity, absurdity and anger.

It’s been a while since I left work early and came home in a good mood. What is this eunuch peeing?

“Think about it. Hyein, you have lived outside the Republic for over 15 years. I’m glad I didn’t forget the Korean language, but do you know how the political landscape of the Republic is running now, and what are the major domestic issues and agendas? No, how are you going to get the nominations within the party in the first place? How many of the Workers’ Party members and people even know your face… … .”

“My name and face are known a lot. I don’t know if it’s anyone else, but it’s a bit embarrassing to hear my father say that. And when it comes to nominations and the odds of winning… … The original politician here is the United States or the Republic, isn’t it the vote?”

“no way… … !!”

Only then did Jung-hwan realize what his daughter was aiming for, and his eyes shook violently.

In fact, as Hyein said, at this point, her existence, as well as her face and name, were well known on both sides of the South and North Korea.

From a point of view, immediately after Junghwan’s retirement, information about ‘Kim Junghwan’s children’, which had been constantly circulating as a rumor, spread, and finally, the retired general secretary hid his existence with a young daughter from the secretary. There was no one who didn’t know it was there.

Soon, reporters flocked to Harvard University, where Hyein was pursuing her doctoral course, and the campus police expelled the paparazzi and onlookers who had camped in front of the school gate over and over again. No protective action was requested.

– What has been hidden so far is a miracle. First of all, there are no eternal secrets in this world. Now that I’m not a child anymore, I’m grown enough to grow up, and my father protected me enough for my childhood.

Jeong-hwan, who was just after retiring at the time, raised concerns over the phone because he thought that there was no reason to hide her existence anymore, since most of the serious threats to her daughter’s health at home and abroad have been resolved and the democratic system in North Korea has also begun to take hold. Jeon Ha did not take any action other than to increase the number of personal bodyguards for Hye In, regardless of Hyun Young Sook’s request.

All other political considerations aside, both he and Hyerim Yoo had long agreed not to make their only daughter invisible any longer.

Due to these circumstances, even two years after her father’s retirement, as she pointed out, as she herself pointed out, the existence of Yoo Hye-in, the only daughter of the general secretary, and her every move are well known in both North and South Korea. Famous enough to hit… … However, it was not that important to Jung-hwan, the person concerned.

I had just realized what my daughter had just said.

“… … So, you’re going to benefit from this father’s halo, right?”

“How much trouble did I have to work to prevent this from happening?” Jeonghwan asked in a trembling voice, screaming inside, but Hyein nodded her head resolutely as if ignoring her father’s wishes.

“If I just register as a candidate anyway, wouldn’t that be the case in the end regardless of my will? If so, wouldn’t it be better to actively use the benefits I was born with?”

“Daughter. I’m sorry, but don’t even dream.”

“honey… … .”

“No, honey, wait a minute. Just listen to me for a moment.”

While gently restraining Yoo Hye-rim, who was hesitating from the side, Jung-hwan firmly shook his head.

No matter how much he is trying to be faithful to his fatherly duty (which he has neglected because he is too faithful to his duty as a general secretary), he could never support his daughter as much as this.

Junghwan tied a knot like a knife to Hyein, who stared at him with a cold voice.

“Once again, this father will never help you if you are going to enter politics no matter what. This means that there will be no support campaigns, solicitations, press exposures, etc., not to mention the help you are looking for, and under no circumstances will you even express your opinion positively about your election. No, on the contrary, I did my best to stop it, but I’m going to spread the publicity as much as possible that I’m ashamed of my immature daughter-in-law’s education.”

“… … .”

“I always believed that you and your mother would not have known for what purpose you and your mother had made all the sacrifices and forced you to do so. Could it be that the only thing you inherited from me was the head of study?”

“… … Hyein-ah, I ask for this one too. Listen to your father, don’t you have a reason for saying this?”

“… … Are you going to oppose it to the end?”

“Actually, I’m curious about what the hell you thought or believed your mother would help you with that, but in conclusion, it is.”

“… … .”

It was the answer he expected, but when he faced his father’s cold reaction in front of him, Hyein shut her teeth as if resentful.

Jeonghwan just stared at it without saying a word, and Hyerim Yoo sighed and looked at her husband and only daughter alternately.

In the living room, where conversations between family members stopped for a while, only the sound of the TV still talking alone was noisy.

At that time, Hyein’s eyes lit up as soon as she heard the next news on the TV.

– Ri Kyung-soo, a standing member of the Politburo of the Workers’ Party of Korea, declined to comment, leaving only a brief and principled comment, ‘I hope that the confusion of the South administration will be resolved as soon as possible’ to reporters asking about the political turmoil in the South. These questions can be said to reflect the status of Lee, who is already being pointed out as a powerful successor to the multi-party Workers’ Party of Korea system, led by post general secretary Kim Jung-hwan and Hyun Young-suk, despite his young age.

“like. If you don’t give me permission until the end, I’m thinking of everything.”

“… … What do you think?”

“I cancel my plans to go into politics. Instead… … .”

“Instead of… … ?”

“I will marry you instead.”

“What!?!?!”

This time, Hyerim Yoo and Junghwan’s faces hardened.

In particular, Jung-hwan noticed where Hye-in’s gaze had just turned and asked quickly.

No way… … .

“You’re married, who are you with?”

“Hmm, that guy named Ri Kyung-soo on TV over there, isn’t he married yet? I know that you are probably over 30, but these days, even in the Republic, the age difference or late marriage is not an era where people are insulted. I found out that he graduated from Kim University, graduated from Harvard, and is on the road to success, and his face… … Well, that’s pretty good, so I can be satisfied with it.”

“What crazy is that now! no way!”

“… … I haven’t finished my words yet. Anyway, the most important thing is to be a permanent member of the Politburo at that age. Under those conditions, the wives and wives who say they are born in the republic will line up, right? Anyway, if that person wants to become the general secretary someday, there will be no marriage partner as good as the former general secretary’s daughter, so my interests and interests are in line with each other. You can think of it as taking a son-in-law, right?”

“no! I’m sorry, but that’s absolutely unacceptable. In many ways!”

“I’m curious as to what the various meanings are, but what rights do you have as a father? My political career is going to benefit from my father’s name, whether it is voluntary or otherwise, so even if my father says he has a say, whoever he marries with is entirely my personal matter, isn’t it?”

“Ah, no, but it is… … .”

“I believe that the person who left her daughter abroad for 15 years alone is not trying to interfere with what kind of man her daughter will marry. Your father wasn’t that brazen, was he?”

“… … .”

Jeonghwan, who has been through all his life before and after childbirth, was also at a loss for words for this moment.

Of course, as Hyein said, for a father who has neglected his father’s role after living apart from his daughter for 15 years, trying to interfere with his daughter’s marriage is correct as a general rule of thumb.

However, from a political point of view, Hyein is not just a woman, but a former general secretary and supreme leader. Above all, she is the only daughter of Kim Jeong-hwan, a person with great political influence in the North and South Korean peninsula.

Therefore, from the point of view that there are gold spoons not only economically, but politically as well, the political assets that Hye-in inherited from Jeong-hwan are not a gold spoon, but the level of a hand-made oil king.

And as can be seen in the case of the Clintons and the Obamas in the United States (though neither of them became presidents), the old adage that ‘the couple is of one heart’ and kinship is the norm in this era, regardless of the developed and developing countries of the East and West. is still valid to some extent.

In other words, now Hyein declared that she would hand over all of her inheritance and herself to the third ally – that is, Kyungsoo Ri – if she could not inherit the ‘crown’.

(Even though the two women were not at all concerned about what Ri Kyung-soo in question would think of this arranged marriage discussion that was going on on the other side of the sea without him knowing.)

“This is absurd. Hyein learned this because who the hell are you like… … .”

“Of course, my father. Who are you?”