Chapter 13 (1/2)
After a moment,
The nuwu glanced at few of the participant's titles and began to feel his heart race
The Professor of Departe, the Korail Head of Technology, representatives of Major corporations ranging froistics… the roo specialists in the field
'This place is so full of intellectuals'
The fact that he was sharing and participating in a space with such acade sense of pride He wished Chan was here, to show that his brother was participating and contributing to society like this
'And who said that being 5th place in class was a big deal'
Jungwu felt a pang of envy for a ranking he had never achieved
One of the Government employees walked to the center of the room
The early 40s bespeckledto speak
”The sein shortly Those of you not in the conference room, please make your way in and take your seat”
Dozen or so experts in the field with participation rights sat around the tables in the center With the exception of Boyoung as est of them all, the rest of the core participants looked to be in their forties or fifties
”My na depart the discussion for this seminar I would like to welcome and extend a thank you on behalf of the Mayor to participants of various co here”
Starting with Gichul's greetings, the Standing Advisor to the Urban Planning Bureau Professor Soogon Hwang continued with the briefing on the topic of the seminar
”…Rust collapses bridges, e space unusable, and rapidly wears out ho akin to cancer…”
While listening to the briefing, Jungwu skih the documents supplied for the seminar
He realized that the scale of restoration work taking place within the City of Seoul in a single year due to rust and the resulting expenditure was absolutely massive And to combat this, there were many redundant preventative Structural Reinforcement constructions, application of Corrosion Inhibitors, and new layers of paint
In other words, it was a market where Coenerate a large profit
”Next, ill present the coees”
As soon as Gichul finished speaking, Head of the Bureau of Bridge Safety Sangseok Yi stood up
”As you can see, of the 22 bridges standing above the Han River in Seoul, 8 are es in the order of their need for reinforcements
Jung on the projected screen the sa
'So that greenish paint was from Yujin Chemical'
Yujin Chemical was as famous and well known as KG Che company, he couldn't help but pay attention to the detailed account on costs or effectiveness
”We will open the floor for question and answer Please feel free to speak openly”
The first one to speak up was fro Depart
”Bureau Head Yi, are you going to apply Corrosion Inhibitor on just a few of the bridges and call it good again?”
”The budget has not changed from last year so ill do a similar level of reinforcement work as last year”
”How unreasonable Corrosive Inhibitor applied in a humid location can only last about a year or so If the er than expected, you can expect Jaht away If you don't even have enough budget to reinforce all the bridges, how can you expect to properly e them?”
Jungwu stared at Professor Kang in surprise due to the latter's confrontational attitude against the City hall fro if the Official directing the Se from his pointed question
”I think it's about ti terth Inhibitor, on't have to worry about them for another 30 years If we take 30 years worth of expenditure into consideration, wouldn't this be a far better invest of tax dollars”
”…The city will take all suggestions into consideration”
”Especially that Han River Railway I worry about it every tie built in 1994 will be fine with just adding another layer of coating? And your excuses won't work any fell off today”
Everyone's gaze gathered on the Korail representative after Professor Kang's accusations
”I aies, Daechul Ki was resolved without problem There was no injury”
”And the cause?”
”Rather than a structural failure, we have come to the determination that it was caused by the decrease in durability which resulted due to the increase in the rail throughput over the years And the Han River Railway in particular was chosen as the test site for the newly developed Corrosion Inhibitor made in collaboration with KG Chemicals…”
As soon as the new Inhibitor was an to sparkle
”Head Kim, that's not my point My problem is, how can the question of corrosion be solved by si”
”That's…”
”I a that part”
Boyoung took to the an towoman spoke up in the middle of the discussion
”Please go ahead”
Professor Kang said to Boyoung, with a face full of confidence that he could refute anything she had to say
'Wow, so much pressure'
Jungwu felt anxious fro shut up the Government Official as well as Representative of Korail one after the other, he couldn't help but be worried for Boyoung
Boyoung held up her papers
”The new Corrosion inhibitorthat is more slippery than Teflon and harder than stainless steel The minimum life expectancy is not one but three years, and the material cost and cost oforried about, we believe that we can significantly reduce the total cost with the new material”
”Quasicrystal? That's the first I've heard of it And I don't even know if it’s true or…”
”Yes, it’s true”
Boyoung's ti words was on point
”KG Chemicals' Central Research Laboratory's experts have personally conducted and verified the effectiveness of thisused in half of the govern accepted by the US Departement Bureau”
Boyoung smiled sweetly for a ettable closure
”In other words, the coh a chemical process is as reliable as a steel based product”
Professor Kang, as unable to respond to her, stopped giving his opinion The Korail head of Technologies gave Boyoung a light bow to express his gratitude
Once she was done expressing herself, the Govern Coanizations present showed great interest and began to look through the reference material
”Ah well”
Boyoung gave a slight cough and shrugged before looking over to Jungwu
'Hoas I' her eyes seem to say