After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 110

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 110

[Dashi has announced a damage compensation plan for this hacking incident. Dashi announced that it will distribute 50,000 won worth of coupons to all customers using Dashi Plus.]

[Dashi stated, “All executives and employees feel great responsibility for this incident, and we promise to do our best to ensure that our customers do not suffer any harm.”]

[Meanwhile, Dashi announced that it has appointed Tom Evans, who worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce during Goldwin’s 1st campaign, as Global Chief Officer.]

To resolve this incident, Dashi bowed their heads to the public while drawing a new card they could use to fight the government.

That card was Tom Evans.

During Goldwin’s 1st term, he served as his close aide and joined the camp during the 2nd term as well, playing a major role.

Thanks to this performance, he gained Goldwin’s trust and was able to secure a key position in the Department of Commerce at once.

Appointing such a Tom Evans as Global Chief Officer led to opinions that Dashi was trying to pressure the government.

“Dashi seems intent on continuing to fight the government.”

Kwangho, who came across that article, stared at his monitor.

It displayed Dashi’s current stock price.

“It’ll probably keep falling for a while, right?”

Dashi’s stock price had already dropped 31 percent from its peak.

KH Capital, which entered almost at the top, was naturally recording tremendous profits.

“We might record the largest profit in our company’s history.”

The highest profit KH Capital had recorded so far was from the NextMove incident.

The return rate from that time would probably be difficult to break in the future, but the profit amount was likely to be broken with this Dashi trade.

The reason was simple.

The scale of managed funds had changed.

During the NextMove incident, KH Capital’s managed funds didn’t even reach 500 billion won.

But the funds that went into the current Dashi position were a whopping 5 trillion won.

Although leverage was used, the profit so far was approaching 2 trillion won.

“He said to sell when it drops sharply once more.”

Kang Hyeon contacted Kwangho for the first time since taking the Dashi position and told him the timing to sell Dashi.

That timing was when Dashi’s stock price would fluctuate greatly.

“I wonder what kind of news will shake it?”

He was already curious.

What news would cause Dashi’s price to fall.

* * *

The Life Plus acquisition work proceeded smoothly.

Since the agreement on conditions was virtually complete, it would have been fine to announce it.

However, Kang Hyeon delayed both the announcement and contract completion slightly.

The reason was Dashi.

‘If news spreads that we’ve completed the Life Plus acquisition work, Dashi will definitely put us on their candidate list for the logistics center acquisition.’

Even now, that possibility was high.

But as long as they didn’t announce the contract completion, they were merely candidates.

From their perspective, they couldn’t negotiate properly, so they had no choice but to be anxious.

‘In the end, in any deal, the side that’s in a hurry has no choice but to give in.’

Moreover, Dashi didn’t have time.

The currently shining stock price was telling them that a devastating decline was coming soon.

At this precise moment, he would close the position and complete the Life Plus acquisition.

Afterward, he planned to acquire the logistics center that Dashi would offer and use it as a base camp.

‘The team to handle logistics distribution is also being formed. Our preparations will be finished soon.’

KH Group was currently forming a special team to handle logistics distribution.

Employees who had previously worked at Life Plus became the core.

Especially those with high experience couldn’t easily find jobs at other companies, so there were no major problems in recruiting them.

Their time to shine would come after all acquisition work was completed.

For that to happen, they had to wait for the moment when Dashi would raise the white flag.

That time came sooner than expected.

[Presidential spokesperson Kim Min-su has stated the administration’s position regarding this Dashi incident.

“The President views Dashi’s personal information leak incident very seriously, and has ordered all government departments to cooperate systematically to thoroughly investigate this incident,” he announced.]

Until now, the President had avoided direct comments about this incident.

But when Dashi continued to connect with the U.S. government and pressure the Korean government, he finally drew his sword.

After the President’s direct comment, the Republic of Korea’s government organizations literally became one.

[The National Tax Service’s Investigation Bureau 4 visited Dashi headquarters and continued intensive investigations.]

[The National Intelligence Service stated through an official announcement that Dashi’s claims are absurd stories and that they did not directly request data submission from Dashi.]

[The prosecution formed a special investigation team to closely examine whether Dashi bears responsibility for this incident.]

[Both ruling and opposition parties are holding Dashi accountable regardless of party lines.]

Even the ruling and opposition parties began attacking Dashi with one voice.

Communities were turned upside down by this sight.

-To think they managed to unite the ruling and opposition parties who used to fight like sworn enemies ㄷㄷ

-This was Dashi’s great intention.

-One word from the president and all government departments jump into action ㄷㄷ

-Dashi really seems to have messed with the wrong people.

-This incident doesn’t seem like it’ll quiet down easily.

-I really hope they kick out Dashi, which acts like thugs in Korea while relying on American backing.

-The coupon they gave this time, 40,000 won was for luxury goods.

Damn it. I don’t even buy luxury goods, but they give me luxury coupons.

ㄴ Realistically, the only thing worth using is the 5,000 won for dash delivery lol

-Push out Dashi, which is just putting on a show!!

Citizens also began raising their voices.

Especially when it became known that the coupons Dashi distributed were essentially fool’s gold, public opinion worsened even more.

In this situation, Dashi was preparing to put pressure on Korea once again.

“Tom, can’t you talk to President Goldwin about raising tariffs on Korea?”

-Tariffs, you mean?

“Yes, to make those Koreans lower their tails, they need to get hit properly.”

-Are you really sure that’s okay? Isn’t that where you were born?

“Haha! What are you talking about? I’m clearly an American citizen! I don’t care what happens to Korea!”

-Hmm, understood. I’ll discuss it with His Excellency Goldwin.

“Thank you.”

Kim Jae-beom clenched his fist after hanging up the phone.

“Just wait and see. This time I’ll make you lower your tails.”

To quell this incident, he pulled out his last resort.

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The effect of recruiting Tom appeared immediately.

[President Goldwin announced today through SNS that “Korea’s tariffs will be raised from the existing 15 percent to 25 percent.”

Regarding this, President Goldwin wrote, “Korea is not submitting legislation to implement the promised tariffs. This is clearly an attempt to mock the United States,” explaining the background of this tariff increase.]

[The Blue House stated regarding this tariff increase, “There was no prior discussion. We express regret over this unilateral announcement.”]

President Goldwin immediately announced a tariff increase.

The repercussions were very significant.

The ruling and opposition parties, which had been united, split apart again and were busy fighting each other.

The Blue House also moved busily to gather information regarding this incident.

Naturally, discussions related to Dashi had to decrease.

Seeing this atmosphere, Kang Hyeon showed an incredulous reaction.

“Don’t tell me they even moved President Goldwin?”

Normally, he would have thought it was an impossible situation.

But since the opponent was Goldwin, he thought it might be possible.

The fact that Tom was currently sitting as Dashi’s chief officer also added weight to this.

“How much money did they give to be able to do this much?”

Does Dashi have enough money to move President Goldwin?

He couldn’t say they didn’t.

The problem was whether they could survive even after paying out those funds.

“The answer is already clear. Those bastards can’t hold out.”

Dashi’s domestic market share was getting worse and worse.

Naturally, their cash cycle was bound to collapse.

The massive cash they poured into Taiwan services also became their Achilles’ heel.

‘The reason they’re currently forcing the Taiwan service launch is largely to recover some of the invested funds.’

Currently, Dashi’s weakest point was cash.

A situation where too much money was already tied up in investments.

If they could corner them while preventing recovery of those funds, Dashi’s surrender declaration could come.

‘To delay the Taiwan service, that government ultimately needs to move.’

The problem was that Kang Hyeon didn’t have connections of that level.

After pondering for a moment, he picked up the phone as if he had made a decision.

After a brief dial tone, the other party answered the phone.

“Prime Minister, this is Choi Kang-hyeon.”

It was Kang Hyeon requesting help from Lao Sing Prime Minister.

* * *

Prime Minister Lao Sing nodded after hearing Kang Hyeon’s story.

“I understand. Since I’ve received help from you before, I’ll have a talk with Wei Zhun.”

-Thank you, Prime Minister.

“This incident has been causing quite a stir in South Korea. But I didn’t know you were involved.”

-That’s how the situation unfolded. Once this matter is concluded, I’ll come to India to pay my respects in person.

“Haha! I’m delighted that such a busy person would come to meet me. Then I’ll be waiting for our reunion.”

After hanging up, Lao Sing asked his secretary.

“Currently, a South Korean company called Dashi is in conflict with the government, right?”

“Yes. About 30 million customers’ personal information was leaked. It appears they’re moving the U.S. government to avoid taking responsibility for it.”

“Well, these so-called entrepreneurs are remarkable. They don’t even hesitate to directly confront governments.”

Saying this, Prime Minister Lao Sing moistened his throat with tea.

“Make sure our India also pays attention to security so such incidents don’t occur.”

“Understood. But is Representative Choi Kang-hyeon entering logistics and distribution as well?”

“That’s what he said. It even seems like he’s trying to seize Dashi’s market share. Quite a remarkable fellow, isn’t he?”

“I really think so. In such a short time, he grew his business, and now he’s even moving into logistics…”

“It’s important to maintain good relationships with such people. We also need to settle the debt we owe.”

Prime Minister Lao Sing picked up the phone and called an old friend.

“Wei Zhun? This is Lao Sing. Haha, yes. I’m doing well.”

He continued his conversation with Wei Zhun as if talking to a close friend.

“By the way, about this company called Dashi that’s trying to enter your country.”

If Dashi was moving the United States, Kang Hyeon was moving India.

* * *

More than three months had already passed since the information leak incident occurred.

While a lull continued as the United States moved, the media was still publishing articles about Dashi.

But when there were no significant updates, one article appeared.

[The Taiwan government announced today that it has rejected Dashi’s business license application.]

This incident in Taiwan once again heated up the Dashi situation that had been in a lull until now.

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