After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 131

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 131

Taiwan was one of the cities many people traveled to since it was close to South Korea.

Although the weather was humid and hot, the indoor environment was good, so there were no major difficulties in traveling.

“Phew, this is my first time in Taiwan.”

Kang Hyeon, who got off the private jet, wiped the sweat flowing down his forehead due to Taiwan’s humid weather.

“I’m already sweating this much?”

“Taiwan is definitely hot.”

The person who got off the private jet with him was Executive Director Choi.

Behind them, the security team manager, Kim Chul-jin, and the security guards got off.

Since Taiwan was geographically close to China, a large security team accompanied them in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances.

“Chairman, the vehicles are ready.”

“Yes, let’s go.”

As the vehicles departed, the full-scale schedule in Taiwan began.

“The meeting with President Wei Zhun is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, you’re scheduled to attend the Computex Taipei event held in Taiwan.”

“You said it’s one of the world’s top 3 IT events, right?”

“Yes. Tomorrow, there’s a scheduled meeting with TSMC’s CEO Morris Chang.”

Morris Chang.

He was the person who created the current TSMC, a genius from MIT.

Rather than being a management-focused CEO, he himself was quite knowledgeable and had considerable expertise in system semiconductors.

‘This is quite exciting.’

This meeting was arranged at Morris Chang’s request.

The fact that he would meet with the CEO of TSMC, which virtually dominates the world’s system semiconductors, made his heart race.

First day in Taiwan.

Kang Hyeon enjoyed some light sightseeing.

“Chairman, the food here is delicious.”

“Indeed. We came here on Executive Director Choi’s recommendation. You’re quite the gourmet, Executive Director.”

“Even during our usual company dinners, Executive Director Choi recommends restaurants from time to time. They all taste good.”

Kang Hyeon nodded at Kim Ha-ryul’s words.

Indeed, as she said, Executive Director Choi’s picks had quite a good batting average.

“But it’s a shame that Executive Director Choi didn’t come with us.”

“She said she wanted to rest since she had overtime work yesterday.”

“She seems to be working a lot lately. When I see her, she’s working overtime almost every day.”

“Thanks to Executive Director Choi, I’m a bit more comfortable.”

“Chairman, you also work overtime as a basic routine. Looking at it, it seems like the executives in our group work overtime more.”

“Originally, in any organization, the higher-ups need to work more for things to run properly. Ah, that’s what Executive Director Choi said. Try this too.”

“Thank you~”

When Kim Ha-ryul first joined KH Capital, she had shown a very cold demeanor.

But now, that aspect had largely disappeared.

Especially when it wasn’t work hours, she had become quite cheerful.

‘Being like this, it somehow feels like a date atmosphere.’

Kim Ha-ryul was objectively quite beautiful.

Although she wasn’t glamorous, her pure-looking appearance harmonized well with her outfit for coming to the restaurant.

Especially in her speech and actions, one could feel her refinement.

It was a glimpse that showed she had good family upbringing.

‘Well, she’s not someone I’m destined to be with.’

Although he had become the chairman of a group, Kang Hyeon was clearly aware that he was a divorced man.

Usually overflowing with confidence, the label of being divorced put brakes on that confidence.

‘These days they say divorce isn’t even a flaw, but that’s third-party talk. When you’re the person involved, it’s different.’

Seeing him with a bitter smile, Kim Ha-ryul asked.

“Do you have some worries?”

“Haha, no. Let’s eat.”

“Yes!”

The two people focused on their meal again.

The next day.

Kang Hyeon visited the Computex Taipei event venue with his team.

Computex Taipei had considerable scale, befitting its reputation as one of the world’s top 3 IT events.

The interior was well-decorated and the traffic flow was also well-designed, so there was no inconvenience in moving around.

Although there were many people, this was natural for such events.

“The robot exhibition will begin shortly!”

At the mention of robots, Kang Hyeon’s gaze naturally shifted.

Catching this, Choi Expert asked.

“The robotics field has been famous at Computex since the past. Since it’s a place where innovative robots are often released, how about taking a look before you go?”

“Shall we?”

“Yes. There’s time left until the meeting with CEO Morris Chang, so it should be sufficient.”

“Let’s go.”

Recently, as KH Group fully introduced robots, interest in related fields naturally increased.

Especially Nathan’s dedication to robots became the decisive factor.

‘If I find innovative technology, it would help Nathan too. Above all, technology discovered at places like this is like a pearl.’

The word pearl was quite fitting.

Hadn’t he discovered servers that don’t use rare earth elements at the event in Dubai?

There was a possibility of that here too.

When they arrived at the event venue, many people had already gathered.

“Robots really seem to be the trend these days.”

“Indeed. There are more people here than at other event venues.”

The robot event venue had more crowds than other places.

This also meant that robots had emerged as the trending technology.

“Oh, that robot is cleaning?”

“Its movements are smooth.”

“I heard moving like that is quite difficult. The technology level is considerable.”

“Indeed. Which company is it from?”

After checking the logo embedded in the robot, they immediately nodded.

“It’s a product from Nvidia.”

“Nvidia’s technology level seems to have risen considerably.”

Nvidia had selected robots as their next business after AI and was pouring massive funds into it.

Especially Jameson Hwang was very interested in robot technology and spared no full support.

‘The pet robot he presented at CES also had considerable technology.’

The robot that reminded one of WALL-E remained impressively in memory.

‘It would be good to find a decent company.’

While others shop for luxury goods or sports cars when they make money, Kang Hyeon focused on shopping for companies.

Especially events like this were like dawn markets.

Because companies that the world didn’t yet recognize the value of were hidden there.

Since he had the eye to recognize such companies, Kang Hyeon enjoyed coming to such event venues.

Whirr-!!

Various exhibition halls were conducting demonstrations to promote their robots.

Robot arms making coffee had now become a natural thing.

Beyond stirring coffee, they showed wok cooking for Chinese cuisine and even grilled steaks.

Going beyond simple tasks to delicate plating made viewers gasp in admiration.

‘I don’t see any decent companies.’

While their technical capabilities had certainly improved compared to the past, what Kang Hyeon wanted was a company that people didn’t recognize yet.

If not that, then a place with overwhelming technical prowess like Nereid would also be fine.

But such places were quite difficult to find.

“The robotics field has already gained worldwide attention, so they’ve grown quite large in size.”

He nodded at Executive Director Choi’s words.

“Certainly, compared to before, the companies’ values have risen dramatically. A lot of money has already been invested in them too.”

Being recognized as a future food source was equivalent to saying that enormous amounts of money had already been invested.

There were many wealthy people in the world, after all.

“But with our company’s financial power, don’t we not need to look for pearls buried in mud?”

Executive Director Choi’s words made his mind flash with realization.

‘I’ve been so focused on capabilities that I was trying to find pearls in the mud.’

Finding such companies was an extremely difficult task.

If he had to compare, it would be like finding a needle in the desert.

‘In the past, I lacked financial power, but not now. Even if I compete with any decent company, I can acquire the ones I want.’

Even if not that, it would be good to invest in companies that seemed promising.

“Then shall we do some proper shopping?”

Executive Director Choi smiled at Kang Hyeon’s changed tone.

“Let’s go.”

Once he gave up looking for pearls in the mud, quite a few companies worth investing in became visible.

Among them, the first place that caught his eye was [Aiders Robotics].

“Our company’s goal is not simply to make robots that go into homes, but to create practical robots for industrial use that walk on two or four legs.”

When many companies make robots, they create them in humanoid form with bipedal locomotion.

The reason was to reduce the aversion customers feel, since they need to blend into human society.

However, humanoid robots are less efficient.

So robots used in industrial sites were more efficient when they had quadrupedal locomotion or forms different from humans.

‘The disaster recovery robot Nathan made also moved using belts.’

Because it was equipped with only the necessary equipment, it could produce sufficient quantities.

Aiders Robotics was also pursuing such a direction, which made it stand out even more.

‘The company’s scale already exceeds 10 trillion won. They’ve also actively received investments from big tech companies.’

While looking at information about Aiders Robotics, Executive Director Choi spoke.

“It’s already a known company in the industry. I heard that in the early days of business, Nvidia offered 1 billion dollars.”

1 billion dollars in the early days of business was a considerable amount.

Rejecting that meant they had confidence in what they were doing.

“It seems like it would be good to invest.”

“Shall I set up a meeting?”

“Wait a moment.”

Kang Hyeon concentrated and looked at the young man who appeared to be the CEO of Aiders Robotics.

As he watched him passionately promoting their technical capabilities, light soon began to appear.

The intense red light indicated that he would continue to succeed in the future.

“Let’s set up the meeting.”

“Understood.”

It was time to start serious shopping.

Shopping to buy companies, not goods.

Iron Guardian was a company that made robots specialized for disasters.

Their ultimate goal was to move objects weighing up to 3 tons, and currently they could move objects weighing about 500kg.

Since the current world record was 2.3 tons by FANUC’s M-2000IA model, surpassing this record was their ultimate goal.

To do so, enormous research costs were needed.

However, since they had already received significant investment, additional investment was not proceeding properly.

“Harry, if you sit there with that shit-eating expression, even investors who were coming will run away.”

“Sigh, would you be energetic if you were me? Investors who were coming have been running away for three days straight.”

“Tsk, it’s good that the company has grown in size. But I didn’t know additional investment wouldn’t happen like this.”

At his friend and colleague Justin’s words, Harry stretched and said.

“The problem is that we’ve grown too big. Investors like to find unicorns. Companies like us that already receive industry attention have fallen out of favor.”

“You’re right. I never knew the robots we were pursuing would cost this much money.”

It was good to aim for disaster response robots, but they hadn’t anticipated the money required.

Frustration was growing as they faced a situation where the company could be in trouble if they couldn’t find additional investors.

“Oh, this robot looks quite hefty at first glance.”

“It looks completely different from the other robots we’ve seen so far.”

A group of Asians came to visit the exhibition booth.

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