After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 101

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 101

The production announcement for The Founding of the Great Korean Empire ended successfully.

Favorable reactions poured in from the media as well.

[Production announcement for The Founding of the Great Korean Empire with massive production costs!]

[The casting lineup of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire, boasting a spectacular roster, has been fully revealed!]

[Dynasty Hall at Shilla Hotel hosts production announcement with major Hollywood actor participation!]

Press releases were distributed to enable media coverage of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire.

Thanks to this, entertainment news was flooded with articles about The Founding of the Great Korean Empire.

Naturally, related posts lined up in online communities as well.

-The Founding of the Great Korean Empire lineup is insane.

-Is it real that they got Bong Jun-seok as director and even cast Hollywood actors?

-I heard Season 1’s production budget is 150 billion won. That’s absolutely crazy.

-I wonder if there’s ever been a drama with this level of production budget.

It became a drama where everything from the lineup to the production budget became a hot topic.

Naturally, fans were already showing anticipation for what kind of work would come out.

KH Entertainment didn’t miss this situation and quickly released follow-up coverage.

[The Founding of the Great Korean Empire team’s first overseas location shoot!]

They even created a YouTube channel to ensure fans’ interest wouldn’t cool down.

Since so many big names participated in the project, the channel’s view count rose rapidly.

The subscriber count also attracted high interest, surpassing 500,000 in less than a week.

Watching this, Kang Hyeon nodded his head.

“It was good to put Director Lee Jin-su as the representative. He’s using various strategies to keep interest in the work from dying down.”

There were also voices of concern since Director Lee Jin-su had never run a company before.

However, after becoming the representative, he continued promoting the work by strategizing in various directions.

Watching this approach, it felt like he was painting a good picture.

Then Kang Hyeon’s phone rang.

Confirming it was Director Lee Jin-su, he answered the call immediately.

“Yes, Representative.”

-Chairman, is it okay to talk for a moment?

“It’s fine. Please speak comfortably.”

-Haha, thank you. The thing is, The Founding of the Great Korean Empire’s pop-up store will have its soft opening this month.

“Oh, it’s already come to that?”

It had already been three months since he first brought up the topic.

Though it was quite fast, his voice overflowed with confidence as if he had prepared properly.

-I thought it would be good if you could take a look around before the soft opening, so I contacted you like this.

“Haha, of course. I’ll arrange my schedule to stop by before the soft opening.”

-Yes, thank you.

After hanging up, Kang Hyeon checked the date.

“The results of everything I prepared are starting to come out one by one.”

Starting with the pop-up store, only 6 months remained until the theme park’s completion.

Since this was the first business he had personally undertaken, he couldn’t help but be more concerned.

‘From now on, there’s nothing but results coming out.’

Starting with Yeongjong Island Theme Park, the broadcast of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire, mining and special economic zone construction beginning in India.

Finally, the research institute and data center being built in Ulsan.

Everything would happen in succession.

‘This is just the beginning.’

KH Group’s businesses were preparing to open one by one.

* * *

Seongsu-dong Pop-up Store.

Kang Hyeon returned to his building after a long time.

Since the cafe on the 1st floor had left after their contract ended, everything from that space to the 3rd floor was connected internally.

In other words, it meant the pop-up store would operate from the 1st to 3rd floors.

“A pop-up store of this scale is quite large even in Seongsu-dong, so word is already spreading.”

“Is that so?”

Seongsu-dong was called the holy land of pop-up stores, with various themed stores opening.

Their scales were also very diverse.

However, a pop-up store of this scale in subculture wasn’t something you could easily see.

Naturally, word had to spread among enthusiasts from the start.

“Plus, thanks to the recent production announcement, word is spreading even faster.”

“Indeed, it was worth holding the production announcement on a large scale.”

“Haha! That’s right. It did cost quite a bit, but thinking of it as promotional costs linked to the pop-up store, it seems like it was good business.”

Kang Hyeon chuckled at Lee Jin-su’s words.

“Now you really look like a company representative.”

“Do I? Actually, I didn’t know at first, but after becoming the company representative, I felt I had to lead the employees well, so my sense of responsibility grew stronger.”

Lee Jin-su definitely had many similar thoughts to his own.

When he first opened KH Capital, he too had stronger thoughts about making money for himself.

But as the business grew and subsidiaries began to emerge, his thinking gradually changed.

“I think the same. The sense of responsibility naturally grows stronger.”

“Haha! As expected. I thought Chairman would feel the same way.”

Though the two had become superior and subordinate, things hadn’t changed much from before.

That was because it hadn’t even been a year since they first met, so their previous relationship was more comfortable.

Moreover, neither Kang Hyeon nor Lee Jin-su cared much about the change in their relationship.

Therefore, the two could continue their relationship as before.

“This way.”

Following Lee Jin-su’s guidance, he went up to the 2nd floor where interior construction was finishing up.

“We deliberately made the stairs quite wide. There’s an elevator too, but it could be problematic if visitors crowd in.”

“Seems like a good choice. With this width, even four people moving at once wouldn’t be a problem.”

“That’s right. The elevator can hold up to 20 people, so I think there won’t be much inconvenience in movement.”

Listening to such explanations, the 2nd floor they arrived at was somewhat well-equipped.

“Since The Founding of the Great Korean Empire is set in Joseon, we decorated the interior to give a Joseon feel.”

“Wow… This is quite something. I didn’t know such a high-quality space would be created.”

The admiration wasn’t for nothing.

The 2nd floor interior was well-decorated with a Joseon concept.

It was like a concept of moving a nobleman’s house from a drama.

“The 1st floor will be decorated with a tavern concept used by commoners. And the 3rd floor is still under construction so it’s hard to go up, but it’s being decorated in a palace style.”

“Oh, so the higher you go, the higher the social status becomes.”

“Yes. If we decorated with just one concept, it would be hard for visiting fans to feel entertained. Reading The Founding of the Great Korean Empire, I noticed the protagonist’s status starts from commoner at first. Of course, it’s just briefly, but I got the idea from there.”

“You read the work too?”

“Haha, yes. It was quite an interesting work. Since it’s a work thoroughly tailored for readers’ entertainment, I could feel a new kind of fun.”

Despite having a lot of work after taking the representative position, Lee Jin-su thoroughly fulfilled his assigned role.

To think he read it even though it’s quite a long series.

‘Indeed, entrusting it to this person was the right answer.’

The more he thought about it, the more Lee Jin-su made him think he had entrusted it well.

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Preparations for The Founding of the Great Korean Empire continued rapidly.

A week before opening, they accelerated promotion by releasing articles through the media.

[How to meet The Founding of the Great Korean Empire first! One week left until Seongsu-dong Pop-up Store opens!]

[KH Entertainment opens pop-up store for hot topic work The Founding of the Great Korean Empire in Seongsu-dong!]

Not only articles, but they continued promotion through the platform where The Founding of the Great Korean Empire was serialized.

[The work chosen by Director Bong Jun-seok! We’re giving away advance opening tickets for The Founding of the Great Korean Empire pop-up store!]

This pop-up store was essentially an event for the original work’s fans.

Therefore, they decided to invite them in the form of a pre-opening so that the original fans could fully experience the feel of the pop-up store.

This event, held three days before the official opening, was only accessible to those with invitation tickets.

And as expected, original fans flocked in large numbers to get these tickets, causing the original novel’s sales to rise significantly.

Thanks to this, abnormal phenomena occurred, such as a work that had been completed for a year climbing to first place in the overall rankings.

-Look at that event luck during the founding of the Korean Empire lol

-Wow… How happy must the original author be?

-For real, at this level shouldn’t they create a promotion and push it?

-Since it’s a work taken on by Director Bong Jun-seok, it’s natural to push it this much.

-Please! Succeed so we can enjoy the trickle-down effect!

Authors working in related industries were hoping that new readers would flow in through this opportunity.

But not everyone was sending positive signals.

-Honestly, I don’t have much expectations.

-Agreed. Director Bong Jun-seok also turned some alternate history story into an isekai fantasy. No respect for the source material.

-It’s just ruining existing works.

-Honestly, after seeing how they butchered works with hundreds of millions of views, I gave up expectations for movies and dramas.

-Isn’t this pop-up store honestly just to promote the drama?

The backlash from original fans was quite significant.

Especially the resistance from fans who liked alternate history works reached an all-time high.

The reason was that news had spread about the drama version taking a different approach from the original novel.

Regarding this, Director Bong Jun-seok interviewed that he would have many conversations with the original author to avoid damaging the essence as much as possible, but the existing original fans’ backlash didn’t easily subside.

One of the reasons was that existing movies and dramas based on web novels had often chosen developments that didn’t respect the original work.

Perhaps because of this, not only original fans but also heavy readers of web novels were strongly opposing this decision.

While various opinions were being exchanged on the internet, the day of the temporary opening of the Seongsu-dong pop-up store arrived.

KH Entertainment deployed as much manpower as possible to ensure there were no problems with the event proceedings.

“Wow… There are a lot of people.”

“A lot of reporters came too?”

“Won’t it be crowded with people inside too?”

The fans who came with tickets to participate in the event looked anxious even before entering the pop-up store.

That was understandable since the building itself didn’t look very spacious.

One could expect it would be crowded if hundreds of people with tickets and reporters all entered such a building.

However, when the event actually started, an unexpected situation occurred.

“Why can’t we go in?”

“Let us cover this!”

“Let us go inside!”

Reporters tried to enter the event venue, but the event staff blocked them.

“Sorry, but only those with tickets can enter the pop-up store interior today.”

“We’re not ordinary people, we’re reporters! Please let us in to cover this!”

“Even if you’re reporters, it doesn’t matter. Entry is impossible without tickets.”

“We’re trying to give you publicity!”

“Today’s event wasn’t opened for publicity purposes. Only those with tickets can enter, so please step back.”

The fans who heard the event staff blocking the reporters were impressed.

“Wow… They were blocking reporters’ entry?”

“The class of saying they don’t even need publicity is amazing.”

“Is this really an event for fans?”

While the fans were impressed, a group with handheld cameras appeared.

“Hello? This is Issue King from Hot Issue TV! Today is the opening day of the pop-up store for The Founding of the Great Korean Empire, a work that recently became a hot topic with Director Bong Jun-seok taking on production! I’ll visit first and let our subscribers know what kind of place this is!”

A man who appeared to be a YouTuber naturally delivered his opening remarks and approached the event venue.

Naturally, he was blocked by the event staff, but the man didn’t panic and spoke to them.

“Are you the person in charge? I’m Issue King from Hot Issue TV, a million-subscriber YouTuber, you know? I’ll film well today and promote for you. Please cooperate with me.”

“Do you have an entry ticket?”

“Huh? Oh, I don’t have a ticket. But I’ll promote for free…”

“Entry is not allowed without a ticket.”

“Hey, I’m a million-subscriber YouTuber! Soon to be 2 million. Look, you can see here, right?”

“Still not allowed.”

“Ha! Are you the person in charge here? I’ll talk to the person in charge, so call them.”

“Not allowed.”

The fans sneered at the YouTuber raising his voice.

“If even reporters can’t get in, would a YouTuber work?”

“Even a million-subscriber YouTuber gets no special treatment.”

“That’s right! This is an event for fans!”

They applauded KH Entertainment’s sincerity and entered the store.

And.

“Wow!!”

“It’s really cool!”

“I saw this in the webtoon! This is almost perfectly recreated from the webtoon images!”

They burst into exclamations at the store’s incredible quality.

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