After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 123

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 123

Black light.

An entire sector was bound together, meaning that whole sector would decline.

So far, black light had appeared twice.

‘The first time it appeared in a form that bound the entire AI sector together. I made massive profits by shorting it.’

The profits from that time became the foundation of the current KH Group.

The second black light had appeared from President Goldwin.

‘President Goldwin’s black light was connected to the people who were at the banquet hall at that time. I still haven’t figured out exactly what that light meant, but after that, he invaded Venezuela.’

This incident gave the world a tremendous shock.

Since then, President Goldwin has continued his confrontation with the European Union over Greenland.

Anyway, he was someone who liked causing trouble.

The important thing was that Goldwin’s potential impact on the world economy was tremendous.

That’s why he was deliberately keeping his distance.

He thought the most ideal approach was to only use what could be utilized.

But.

‘Why is that kind of light coming from the forest?’

He had never seen black light coming from nature before.

The only somewhat similar case had happened once.

‘There was red light from the nickel mine I discovered in India.’

That intense red light had returned as enormous profits.

But this time it was black light.

It meant that some event occurring in that forest would cause him damage.

‘What kind of damage could occur in a forest thick with vegetation?’

The first thing that came to mind was a landslide.

Since the forest was located on a mountain, if it collapsed, it could affect the construction.

The second was a forest fire.

To the east of the data center and research institute currently being built was the sea, and to the west was a mountain.

It wasn’t a bad geographical location, but the problem was that the mountain’s scale was considerable.

What would happen if a fire broke out on a mountain of that scale?

‘It would be a disaster. But has a forest fire of that magnitude ever occurred?’

Even when forest fires occurred in South Korea, they had never happened on that scale.

But looking globally, suffering major damage from forest fires was a commonly seen occurrence.

‘Come to think of it, there was a major fire in California not long ago too.’

The California wildfire affected not only the United States but the entire world.

People living in California lost their homes and became refugees, while the entire United States and Canada suffered from air pollution.

The flames continued for about a month, leaving massive property damage as well.

Of course, a wildfire of this scale occurring in South Korea was nearly impossible.

But if a similar fire were to occur, it was hard to gauge how extensive the damage would be.

‘Above all, the damage on our side would definitely be severe. The factory is too close.’

There was a need to prepare for this.

But how?

Since there was no knowing when a forest fire might occur, he couldn’t dispatch personnel there.

Moreover, since the Nakdong Spine extended through the area, monitoring all of it was impossible.

‘But I can’t just sit here doing nothing.’

He had no intention of sitting around waiting for a forest fire to break out and trusting the fire authorities to handle it.

There was a need to make his own preparations.

Just then, Kang Hyeon received a phone call.

[Mr. Choi! This is Nathan!]

“Yes, what’s the matter?”

[By any chance, could you purchase some helicopters?]

“Helicopters? All of a sudden?”

[Looking at the robotic arm we made this time, I suddenly wondered if we couldn’t automatically control helicopters. Oh, if this is too much to ask…]

At the mention of helicopters, his mind flashed with an idea.

“Would about 10 units be enough?”

Since we’re buying them anyway.

Let’s go big.

Purchasing helicopters wasn’t difficult.

The purchase cost of 50 million dollars per unit was an issue, but it wasn’t a major obstacle for Kang Hyeon.

There were procedures for reporting to the government when purchasing helicopters, but everything could be resolved with the simple explanation of “research purposes.”

The actual purpose of purchasing the helicopters was indeed for research.

“Wow! What an incredibly large aircraft!”

“They say it’s currently the largest aircraft on the market. The name is…”

“It’s the Sikorsky S-64. It’s the model that was deployed in the recent California wildfire too.”

“Oh! I think I saw that. My house in California burned down because of that wildfire!”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah~ If I had been at home instead of the research institute at that time, I would have been roasted too. Haha!”

That didn’t seem like something to laugh about while saying it.

He thought Nathan was quite an optimistic person.

“But can I modify this thing as I please?”

“Feel free to do so. Right now we could only buy 5 units, but we plan to purchase about 5 more later.”

“Wow! With this many, I could even create an AI automatic formation!”

Nathan was delighted like a child who had gotten a new toy.

Kang Hyeon smiled watching him examine the helicopter.

‘Seeing that red light emanating like that, this is the right answer.’

While looking for a solution to the black light coming from the mountain, he had thought of helicopters.

And when he looked into helicopters, he confirmed that red light appeared.

For whatever reason, it meant these helicopters would benefit him.

If he limited the reason for the black light to forest fires, then the reason for the red light from helicopters was also understandable.

‘Helicopters are essential for suppressing forest fires. And we need models that can suppress forest fires.’

That’s why he purchased the large model S-64 from Sikorsky.

Although there was some opposition due to the very high price, he didn’t pay much attention to it.

‘In the end, it will help the company.’

If a forest fire broke out, the current construction site would literally turn into chaos.

Considering these were buildings that needed to be completed as quickly as possible, nothing was more damaging than time delays.

“Well then, I’ll head back now.”

“Yes! I’ll take good care of these guys and play… no no! I’ll research them well!”

“Yes, feel free to play with them.”

He said goodbye to Nathan and got in the car.

Once he got in the car, his secretary Kim Ha-ryul, who had accompanied him, asked.

“Chairman, here’s the preliminary list of pilots who can operate helicopters.”

“Thank you.”

Pilots were essential for operating helicopters.

Ha-ryul, who handed over the list, asked.

“Dr. Nathan seems like he’ll start modifications with AI automated piloting in mind. Do you really need to hire separate pilots?”

“AI autopilot will need time to implement. Plus there are aviation law issues.”

“I see.”

AI-powered autopilot could definitely save significantly in terms of costs.

But due to legal issues, it would be difficult to deploy immediately in the field.

Therefore, pilots were essential for actually operating helicopters.

Kang Hyeon checked the pilots listed on the roster one by one while traveling to Seoul.

Then he selected the pilots who were glowing and handed them to Ha-ryul.

“Please arrange interviews with these people first.”

“Understood.”

After handing over the documents, Kang Hyeon sank into his seat and looked out the window.

He could see mountains in the distance.

‘I wonder what will happen?’

The light had never been wrong so far.

But if it was right this time too, massive damage would occur.

Not to himself, but to ordinary people.

Knowing this, Kang Hyeon hoped in one corner of his heart.

‘I wish it would be wrong this time.’

Just this once, he hoped the light would be wrong.

The fact that Kang Hyeon had purchased a helicopter also reached the government’s ears.

Minister Kim Do-kyeong, who had been closely watching his movements, immediately found out.

“He purchased a helicopter?”

“Yes. The stated reason was for AI autopilot research, but the model is unusual, so the Fire Department, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Ministry of Defense are all keeping an eye on it.”

“What kind of model is it that three departments are watching?”

“It’s Sikorsky’s S-64 model. It’s a large model that ranks in the top three among sky crane models.”

“The S-64 was the model deployed in the recent California wildfires.”

“Yes. Our country’s Korea Forest Service also owns them. It seems the related departments are watching because a civilian purchased this type of aircraft.”

It was definitely strange.

If it was for research purposes, he could have purchased a smaller model.

The price would have been cheaper too.

“What about from above? No particular reaction?”

“Since there are no problems on paper, there’s no particular discussion. It’s not actually illegal either.”

“Hmm, I understand for now. If the related departments keep talking about it and it looks like they’ll take action, report immediately.”

“Yes.”

When his aide left the room, Minister Kim Do-kyeong, left alone, fell into deep thought.

‘He purchased an S-64 for autopilot research purposes?’

It was somewhat unreasonable to believe those words at face value.

There clearly seemed to be another intention, but it was difficult to know what it was.

‘He’s truly an incomprehensible person. Choi Kang-hyeon.’

Kang Hyeon’s face, always wearing a kind smile, flashed through his mind.

A new department was created at KH Group.

[Aviation Asset Management Office]

On the surface, it simply looked like a team that managed aviation assets within the group.

After all, the assets managed here were only the private jets and helicopters owned by the group.

Kang Hyeon also assigned veteran pilots and mechanics here.

‘This should prevent the government from making a big issue of it.’

Since relations with the government weren’t bad currently, this seemed like it would be handled reasonably well.

Of course, it cost quite a bit of money.

The annual operating cost was about 2 billion won, which was considerable.

But Kang Hyeon was confident it would be a great help when the moment of crisis that the light warned about came.

‘I hope there won’t be any problems…’

The light had never been wrong.

There was a high probability it would be right this time too.

Kang Hyeon watched the news with ominous eyes.

When doing construction work, conflicts with labor unions were bound to happen inevitably.

Especially conflicts with unions operating in that region were unavoidable.

The same was true for KH Group.

“So! You must deploy workers from our union to the construction site!”

Manager Lim Dae-cheol of KH Construction, who was in charge of the data center and research institute construction in the Ulsan region, frowned at the aggressive attitude of the man in front of him.

“Haven’t I told you several times? This construction requires precise work, so it’s been staffed with skilled workers. Outside personnel…”

“Really! Are you looking down on our union workers? All our union workers are veterans with over 20 years of experience!”

“It’s not about experience, but for interior construction of data centers and research institutes…”

“Ah! That’s unnecessary! Will you hire our union workers or not?!”

Park Sang-pil, the branch manager of the Korea Construction Workers’ Union Ulsan Branch, raised his voice even more.

Lim Dae-cheol sighed at his attitude.

“It’s impossible. The personnel have already been decided and construction is in progress. To bring in outside personnel in this situation…”

“So that’s how you’re going to be? Just wait and see!”

Park Sang-pil stormed out and returned to his car, making a phone call somewhere.

“Hey, it’s me. These bastards are treating our union like shit. Get the guys ready right away.”

After hanging up, the corners of his mouth curled up.

“Just wait and see, you bastards. I’ll show you how persistent we can be.”

His voice was full of malice.

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