After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 116

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 116

The two men shook hands after finishing all their discussions.

“By the way, I had no idea you were envisioning such a blueprint.”

“Actually, it wasn’t something I conceived. The personnel within the group came up with the ideas and made the plans.”

“Haha, but selecting those people was all due to your discernment, wasn’t it, Chairman?”

Kang Hyeon thought to himself.

‘It wasn’t my discernment but rather thanks to my ability.’

The light emanating from them had indicated they were outstanding talents.

Above all, until experiencing this, he hadn’t known they would be this exceptional.

‘I was truly surprised.’

Kang Hyeon recalled the events from a few days ago.

* * *

After hearing about Nathan and Han Doctor from Kang Myeong-gu, Kang Hyeon visited their research lab.

“I’ve been rather absent lately. With the theme park’s opening approaching, I haven’t been able to visit often.”

“Not at all. You’re in a busy position, Chairman. Above all, I’m just grateful that you introduced me to a friend like Mr. Han.”

Nathan looked at Han Doctor with sparkling eyes.

It was like the gaze of a child who had found a toy.

What was even more surprising was.

“I feel the same way! This place is heaven! As expected, Nathan is a genius just as I thought! And I’m a genius too! Thanks to that, we communicate well!”

Han Doctor was also looking at Nathan with the same kind of eyes.

Watching the two of them, Kang Hyeon thought.

‘Are all geniuses eccentric?’

The possibility was quite high.

Not only Nathan and Han Doctor, but also.

“Moreover, Sophia and Lea turned out to be incredible geniuses too!”

When he turned his head, Sophia and Lea were standing there.

As their eyes met, Sophia shouted as if she had been waiting.

“I agree! I had no idea there would be such an interesting person in Korea!”

“I didn’t know there would be someone in Korea who could empathize with my intelligence.”

He could recall that these two were also eccentric.

From the first meeting, he had thought they were quite unique.

He came to think that all geniuses had strong individual personalities.

Then Nathan spoke.

“It’s really fun talking and hanging out with these friends every day. When I was alone in the United States, all I did was lock myself in the research lab and play with AI.”

“Same here. When I talked about my theories, my colleagues would just shake their heads. But the people here are different! They understand my theories and are actually developing them further!”

Geniuses often became lonely.

Because their perspectives were different.

No matter how much they explained, there were cases where not only ordinary people but even master’s and doctoral degree holders in the same field couldn’t understand.

So they were often treated as eccentrics.

All the people here had experienced such things.

‘It was good to gather them all in one place.’

Initially bringing Nathan to Korea was for safety reasons.

But he hadn’t known it would flow in this direction.

“Oh, if you’re not busy, would you like to take a look at this?”

Nathan said as he walked over to the computer.

Then he pressed a button and a graphically rendered city appeared on the main monitor.

“What is this?”

“Didn’t KH Group say they were creating a special economic zone in India?”

“Yes, don’t tell me this is like a blueprint for that?”

“To be precise, we just threw in everything we talked about that we thought would be interesting to have.”

“Oh, but we only included currently commercialized technologies.”

“That’s right. If you include non-commercialized technologies, it becomes science fiction, but if you include commercialized technologies, that can be applied to reality, right?”

“It was a very interesting project.”

“What I found most interesting was Sophia’s drone delivery system. Creating drone landing pads on every building’s windows to receive packages.”

“Right? I thought Dr. Nathan would appreciate it! Large items would need other methods, but for small items, you could receive them immediately by creating small storage units at windows!”

Listening to Nathan and Sophia’s conversation, Kang Hyeon’s curiosity was piqued.

“Is such precise work possible with drones?”

“It’s actually easier. Take a look here.”

When Nathan pressed a button, the main monitor focused on one building.

“It’s a 40-story building at maximum height. You can see there are small cabinets at the windows, right?”

“Yes. That size could fit small delivery boxes. But wouldn’t it be unstable if placed up there?”

“Those open automatically.”

“What?”

“Let me show you directly.”

Click!

When he pressed the space bar, a 3D drone flew in.

As the drone approached the cabinet, the top part opened revealing the space inside.

“Oh, it opens automatically like that?”

“Yes. It’s a system where the cabinet automatically opens by recognizing the chip built into the drone. And when the drone places the item like this and moves away, the cabinet closes again.”

“Is that really a feasible system?”

“It’s simple technology. The problem is that existing buildings would require quite large-scale construction. But for buildings that haven’t been built yet, it’s definitely possible.”

“Besides, the reason drone delivery isn’t being actively introduced in Korea currently would be different in a special economic zone.”

“Because we could develop the city with this in mind from the beginning.”

This was the tremendous advantage of a special economic zone.

You could build the system with advanced technology implementation in mind from when creating the city.

Seeing this system sparked Kang Hyeon’s curiosity.

“Are there other systems in this city?”

“Of course. We’ve been having fun with this lately. So we put in all kinds of systems.”

“I’d like to see it in detail.”

* * *

Finishing his recollection, Kang Hyeon recalled the conversation he had with the headquarters experts.

‘Everyone was astonished. They said it was the first time they’d seen such a perfect design.’

Nathan and Han Doctor.

And Sophia and Lea as well.

The special economic zone blueprint created by these four was nearly perfect.

Of course, it wasn’t without problems.

‘The massive funding required was a drawback if anything.’

It was the same point Atari Varma had made.

But there was sufficient money.

If it wasn’t enough, he could just earn more.

He had no intention of discarding such an incredible blueprint over such obstacles.

“Then I’ll be counting on you.”

“Yes, please trust me and leave it to me. I’ll gather the group’s top elites to thoroughly analyze and implement the blueprint you’ve provided.”

After hearing Arita Varma’s commitment, Kang Hyeon visited India’s highway construction sites and mining sites before returning to Korea.

* * *

Returning to Korea, Kang Hyeon began contemplating funding methods.

Of course, this contemplation wasn’t something Kang Hyeon did alone.

In the group headquarters meeting room, key personnel gathered including Team Manager Lee Gi-cheol from the Future Strategy Team and President Lim Kwang-ho from KH Capital.

This was essentially the first full meeting held since the group’s formation.

It was essentially the first full meeting held since the group was formed.

“Thank you all for gathering despite your busy schedules.”

With a simple greeting, Kang Hyeon got straight to the point.

“The reason I’ve called you all here today is that we need additional funding for the SEZ currently being built in India, Project Navadaya.”

Since the relevant information had already been communicated through documents, the executives listened without showing any signs of disturbance.

“I would appreciate it if anyone with good ideas could present them.”

As soon as Kang Hyeon finished speaking, Lee Gi-cheol immediately spoke up.

“Going public with one of the Group’s core subsidiaries would be the fastest method.”

Going public with a subsidiary.

In fact, this was a direction that had been somewhat anticipated.

Lee Gi-cheol’s explanation continued.

“Currently, KH Group has no publicly listed companies except for Nereid. While this has the advantage of allowing free operation when it comes to Group management, it creates difficulties in raising massive amounts of capital.”

Taking a new company public was equivalent to creating new leverage.

The biggest advantage was being able to gather funds from the market and proceed with new investments.

The problem was that once listed on the stock market, free operation became impossible.

When making investments based on long-term prospects, that fact would have to be disclosed to shareholders.

This could become problematic for strategic reasons.

At that moment, Kwangho, who had been listening to the discussion, offered his opinion.

“How about taking out additional loans using Nereid’s stocks as collateral?”

Taking loans with stocks as collateral was a common practice.

The current corporate value of Nereid, which was publicly listed, easily exceeded the trillion-won range.

KH Group held 46 percent of Nereid’s stocks.

If they put this up as collateral, they could receive funds equivalent to the face value.

After that, various other opinions emerged.

“There’s a method of creating a fund on the Indian side to request funding.”

“There’s also the option of demanding cost-sharing from companies participating in the currently operating consortium.”

Amid the various opinions being presented.

Kang Hyeon was quietly writing down each opinion one by one.

There was one reason for meticulously recording each point.

‘I need to find the most suitable method among these.’

Everything being said by those gathered here were all accurate methods.

Kang Hyeon had also thought about and written down several of the methods they were suggesting on his own.

Yet the reason he held this meeting was to gather more information.

‘Now a single decision affects everyone in the entire Group. I can’t make decisions carelessly on my own.’

In the past, he only needed to take responsibility for a few people within KH Capital.

But now that it had become a Group, he was in a position where he had to take responsibility for hundreds of executives and employees.

That sense of responsibility was immense.

A responsibility he hadn’t felt before now weighed on his shoulders and pressured him.

But he couldn’t afford to complain.

All he could do was gather as much information as possible and find the most suitable method among them.

That’s why he convened today’s meeting.

‘Have we covered all the possible directions?’

There were a total of 10 methods written on the paper.

The executives were currently continuing their discussion to find the best method among those options.

Kang Hyeon watched them, then looked back at the paper and began to concentrate.

‘I can see it.’

Among the 10 methods, every item was glowing red.

This meant all these methods were useful.

However, the intensity of the light varied.

‘As expected, just like when I thought about and wrote them down alone, the light intensities are different.’

Among these, there were a total of 3 methods that Kang Hyeon had thought of and organized by himself.

Back then, Kang Hyeon had confirmed that the light intensities were different and thought there might be other methods.

So he had summoned the executives to come up with better ideas.

Confirming that his thinking was correct, Kang Hyeon checked the item emitting the most intense light.

[1. Going public with another subsidiary]

This was the idea Lee Gi-cheol had presented first.

The method of taking one of the various subsidiaries belonging to KH Group public – this area needed to be explored further.

‘Which company should we take public?’

He wrote down each of the companies he currently owned on paper.

1. KH Holdings

2. KH Capital

3. KH Construction

4. KH Entertainment

5. KH Logistics

A total of 5 companies.

Among these, the one that could provide the greatest benefit when going public was.

‘KH Construction.’

He settled on KH Construction, which was emitting an intensely red light.

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