After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 121

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 121

Season 1 of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire was produced with a total of 10 episodes.

Each episode was 1 hour long, organized into a total of 10 hours of content.

And Amazon and KH Entertainment made the choice to release all 10 episodes at once rather than one episode per week.

This was based on an internal judgment that releasing everything at once would be more impactful given the work’s highly immersive nature.

And that judgment was exactly right.

[The entire world has fallen into Great Korean Empire fever.]

[The Founding of the Great Korean Empire reaches #1 on Amazon Prime worldwide!]

[It’s a huge hit overseas!]

[What charm does The Founding of the Great Korean Empire have that broke Amazon Prime’s all-time record?]

[Original author praises: “This work upgraded my original by one level.”]

[Netizens are pouring out various opinions: “Director Bong who created this work is a genius,” “Kim Eun-hye’s acting ability is amazing,” “I was overwhelmed by the visual beauty,” etc.]

This work had high completion as a work itself.

Among these, the passionate performances of the actors elevated the completion by another level.

Especially Kim Eun-hye, who played a leading supporting role, was evaluated as having shown overwhelming acting ability.

[As The Founding of the Great Korean Empire records a global hit, praise for the actors who appeared in it continues.]

[Especially everyone is pouring out praise for rookie actress Kim Eun-hye’s acting ability.]

[That’s right. She appeared as So-wol, the female bodyguard warrior who is one of the main characters. Her chemistry with Choi Ha-jin, who played the protagonist role, stood out.]

[Especially the one-against-many battle that appeared in episode 7 continues to be evaluated as spectacular.]

[What’s surprising is that Kim Eun-hye didn’t have any works where she particularly stood out before, right?]

[That’s right. Most of the works she appeared in domestically were minor roles and she didn’t stand out much.]

[So she particularly showed her presence in this work.]

[That’s right. We should see it as her compatibility with Director Bong working well.]

The compatibility between director and actor was important.

There were limitations to the acting an actor could display depending on how the director directed.

And Director Bong gave freedom to the actors.

He didn’t place restrictions on acting and tended to let them freely express their assigned characters.

For Kim Eun-hye, this was like giving her wings.

‘Her acting is close to method acting. But trapped by Korean culture, she couldn’t display proper acting.’

Director Bong smiled while looking at current articles praising Kim Eun-hye.

‘I just gave freedom to such a person.’

Kim Eun-hye was a genius.

They put shackles on that genius and imprisoned her in the name of culture.

Director Bong released the shackles and set her free.

Then Kim Eun-hye fully displayed the talent she possessed.

‘They say I was the one who found her, but…’

The media and public were saying that discovering her was Director Bong’s eye for talent.

It had to look that way, but that wasn’t the truth.

‘Did Chairman Choi see this side of her?’

Choi Kang-hyeon.

That man had strongly recommended Kim Eun-hye.

At first, he wondered if they had that kind of relationship, but that wasn’t it.

The two people never met even once after that, and Kang Hyeon never asked about her.

Kim Eun-hye was the same.

When he subtly asked about Kang Hyeon, her reaction was asking who that was.

So he was convinced.

The fact that Choi Kang-hyeon had an exceptional eye for people.

‘Indeed, when someone becomes a group chairman, their eye for people becomes different.’

While admiring Kang Hyeon, Director Bong began planning Season 2.

‘Well, let’s stay busy again.’

The story of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire was just beginning.

There was a place that benefited from The Founding of the Great Korean Empire’s success.

[Araon Studio breaks daily visitor record!]

[A whopping 100,000 people visited Araon Studio!]

[Foreigners who watched The Founding of the Great Korean Empire come to South Korea!]

It was Araon Studio.

Countless tourists flocked to Araon Studio, the theme park that had conducted large-scale events related to The Founding of the Great Korean Empire.

Since the traffic flow was very efficient, tourists visited Araon Studio as soon as they entered South Korea.

“As of yesterday, daily visitors to Araon Studio exceeded 100,000, and guests staying at related hotels exceeded 10,000.”

Kang Hyeon, who received the report, asked.

“Visitors have increased significantly. Is the on-site response being handled properly?”

“Yes. We increased Araon Studio staff by 50 percent and dispatched staff to partner hotels to do our best to ensure visitors are not inconvenienced.”

“You said visitors going directly from the airport to the studio have increased?”

“Yes. The proportion of tourists who use the airport railroad to come directly to the studio and enjoy it is about 30 percent.”

“It would be good to station staff at the airport too. If there are staff to guide them, it will be convenient for tourists to find the studio.”

“We’ll proceed immediately.”

As visitors to Araon Studio related to The Founding of the Great Korean Empire increased, visitors to Seongsu-dong, which operates a pop-up store, naturally increased as well.

“How is the Seongsu-dong pop-up store doing?”

“The store also saw a 200 percent increase in visitors compared to existing visitors.”

The Seongsu-dong pop-up store was planned as an event but later changed to permanent operation.

Initially it was crowded with visitors, but as with all businesses, it gradually declined over time before visitor numbers stabilized.

Visitors to that store increased dramatically with the global opening of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire.

More visitors were coming than when it first opened.

“Make sure to deploy sufficient personnel so visitors are not inconvenienced.”

“Understood.”

“As you know, the success of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire has just begun. Visitors from all over the world will flock here. So spare no investment and do everything possible so they can enjoy comfortably.”

“Yes!”

When customers visit, we must do our best so they can have an enjoyable experience.

That was the way to have a long run.

The nickel crisis along with the opening of The Founding of the Great Korean Empire, plus Araon Studio and the Seongsu-dong pop-up store.

The fruits of his investments were being harvested by Kang Hyeon.

‘This year’s return rate will be no joke.’

What stood out most was nickel futures.

The nickel futures that KH Capital held were enough to shock the entire market.

Having secured that much volume early on meant the return rate was also tremendous.

‘Currently KH Capital’s profits exceed 5 trillion won. Looking at profits alone, this will be the highest return among all investments made so far.’

The rise of nickel wasn’t over yet.

The fact that it was still emitting an intense red light indicated this was the beginning of a super cycle.

‘For now, I’ll take the nickel profits as they are. With this alone, I can proceed with new businesses.’

As The Founding of the Great Korean Empire succeeded in global box office success, the profits from it also became immeasurable.

A situation where profits in the trillions of won would definitely come in at minimum.

Add to that the profits from Araon Studio, the Seongsu-dong pop-up store, and Nereid’s immersion cooling.

In short, KH Group was raking in money from all over the world.

‘Now it’s time to find new sources of revenue.’

The projects he had started were beginning to show results one by one.

Now these would clearly provide steady profits for KH Group.

But he had no intention of stopping here.

The company had grown and the number of executives and employees he was responsible for had increased dramatically.

To take responsibility for them, he needed to find new business items.

‘The representative future industry will be robotics.’

Robots were already entering businesses worldwide.

BMW had deployed the humanoid robot Figure 02 in their factory to participate in the manufacturing process.

Beyond that, robots participating in various industries on-site was becoming a natural occurrence.

In South Korea too, Hyeonhwa had acquired a robot development company and unveiled robots with tremendous performance.

The problem was that plans to deploy them on-site were being blocked.

‘Social issues need to be resolved, but robots will eventually replace humans along with AI.’

He wanted to enter the robotics industry, which would clearly become a future source of revenue.

There were two ways to do this.

Kang Hyeon called Lee Gi-cheol to discuss this matter.

“Did you call for me, Chairman?”

“There’s something to discuss. I want to enter the robotics industry. I’m considering one of two methods.”

“You must be contemplating whether to acquire an existing company or develop our own robots.”

“That’s right.”

Lee Gi-cheol immediately grasped Kang Hyeon’s dilemma.

Since he had been having the same concerns, he shared his answer.

“I think a two-track strategy would be best.”

“A strategy of developing internally while also acquiring existing companies in the market.”

“Exactly. If we can acquire a company that’s already ahead in the robotics industry but lacks funding, that would be perfect. However, finding such a company won’t be easy.”

Massive amounts of capital were already flowing into the robotics industry.

This was because big tech companies had already claimed it as their next source of revenue.

Therefore, robotics companies that had achieved notable results already had enormous amounts of capital flowing to them.

“Still, if there’s an advantage we have, it’s the existence of Dr. Nathan.”

Dr. Nathan.

He was a genius who developed immersion cooling and even created the core technology that could be incorporated into HBM5.

The fact that he was currently in South Korea and belonged to KH Group was an enormous advantage.

“Through Dr. Nathan, we can discuss the robotics industry and then directly create a research lab to begin development.”

“Then please have Lee Manager search for robotics companies worldwide that haven’t yet received big tech funding.”

“Understood.”

“I’ll go meet with Dr. Nathan.”

It was time to meet with Dr. Nathan.

Currently, KH Group was building a large-scale data center and research institute in Ulsan.

However, it would take another year or so for that to be completed.

Before then, a place was needed for Dr. Nathan and the research team to conduct their research.

So Kang Hyeon acquired an existing research institute in Yongin and made it available for Dr. Nathan and the research team to use.

He also purchased nearby apartments so the researchers could live comfortably.

The commute was also short, and most importantly, personal drivers who also served as bodyguards were assigned for transportation.

The reason for going this far was because of China’s presence.

‘Who knows what those bastards might try again.’

China was stopping at nothing to get their hands on immersion cooling technology.

With the HBM5 equipped with immersion cooling being revealed to the world, they had surely reverse-engineered it.

‘Naturally, they would have realized Dr. Nathan’s genius. They’ll try to get him.’

The expression of “getting” a person was amusing, but they would certainly think that way.

He had to protect Dr. Nathan from such China.

With that thought, he entered the research institute.

Whirr-!

The automatic door opened, revealing the interior of the research institute.

He saw Dr. Nathan receiving a massage from what appeared to be a robotic hand machine.

Nathan also spotted Kang Hyeon and waved cheerfully with a bright smile.

“Mr. Choi! You’re here? If your shoulders hurt, come get a massage!”

Watching him offer his spot, Kang Hyeon made a resolution.

‘I will definitely protect him.’

He must protect Nathan, who was like a treasure trove.

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