After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 140

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 140

Kim Seung-kwon was enjoying his life in South Korea after a long time.

“China is nice too, but South Korea is definitely more comfortable. If you have money, you can do anything.”

China was a bit different.

Certainly, having money allowed you to do many things, but there were also limitations.

Still, most things could be solved with money.

But when it came to freedom alone, South Korea was more comfortable.

“I can call celebrities over easily too.”

“Can’t you do that in China?”

“No way. All the celebrities are lovers of government officials. If you mess with them, you’re screwed.”

“So you don’t want to share holes?”

“Something like that. But in South Korea, I can call influencers over to party.”

“Really. Ever since you and Chairman came, I feel like I’ve seen all the influencers there are to see.”

Seung-kwon threw parties every night, calling over minor celebrities and influencers.

The money the Chairman spent on those parties was enormous.

Hundreds of millions were easily blown in one night.

Including the gifts given to influencers, it would be several hundred million coming and going.

“By the way, Chairman has good stamina too. How does he change partners every night?”

“He doesn’t just change them? He does it with two, three people at once.”

Finding something amusing about it, the two brothers giggled among themselves while talking dirty.

Then Seung-kwon’s phone rang.

Seung-kwon’s expression became serious after checking the number.

“What’s wrong? Who is it that made your expression so serious?”

“Be quiet.”

Silencing Seung-hyeon who was asking questions, Seung-kwon answered the phone.

“Yes, Chief. Yes. Yes. I understand. Thank you for calling.”

Seung-kwon’s expression remained serious after hanging up.

“Chief means Gangnam Police Station? Why did they call?”

“Damn, I heard the government moved?”

“The government? Why?”

“That Kim Eun-hye post from before. The Police Chief went crazy over it and formed a task force.”

“What? Is that okay?”

Seung-kwon’s expression became as serious as Seung-hyeon’s worried voice.

He never expected the Police Chief to move directly.

“Tsk, it’ll be fine. We posted it through several proxies and the guys who made it said they’d never get caught.”

“Can we trust that? The guys who made it are Chinese after all.”

“Then what? Chairman is in South Korea. Should I flee abroad alone? If I did that, I’d have to give up the China business.”

Even though an investigation had started, there was nothing they could do.

They could only hope that what they had prepared wouldn’t be discovered.

‘If I get caught, I’ll just flee to China then.’

His brain, soaked in alcohol and drugs, wasn’t functioning properly.

Kang Hyeon heard through Minister Park Do-kyeong that the Police Chief had directly ordered a team to be formed.

‘This should resolve things properly.’

With the police finally moving after not responding properly before, he could expect them to catch the real culprit.

While harboring such expectations, Kim Jin-su came to visit his office.

“Welcome, President Kim.”

“I’m sorry for visiting suddenly, Chairman.”

“You’re always welcome, President.”

Kim Jin-su smiled at Kang Hyeon’s response.

Tea was served in front of the two men, and soon they got to the main topic.

“Actually, I met with actress Kim Eun-hye.”

“Did you?”

“Yes. And I was thinking it would be good if our KH Entertainment could handle Kim Eun-hye’s support.”

“Support? Aren’t we already doing that?”

“To be precise, I’d like to handle her management work.”

At Kim Jin-su’s proposal, Kang Hyeon asked again.

“Isn’t actress Kim Eun-hye currently affiliated with DB Agency?”

“That’s right. So we’d have to pay the penalty fee. I was thinking we could pay that on our end and bring her over.”

“Hmm, that’s a rather aggressive approach.”

“Actress Kim Eun-hye has high potential to gain worldwide popularity. If she falls into a slump like this, it would be unfortunate for the entire industry.”

Kim Jin-su’s determination was clear.

Therefore, Kang Hyeon thought for a moment and then nodded.

“Let’s do that.”

Kim Jin-su was rather flustered by the straightforward approval.

“Are you sure that’s okay?”

“Yes. You must have thought about it thoroughly before telling me. If you need additional funds, I’ll send them through loans or other methods.”

“Th… Thank you!”

“I’ll continue to ask you to support actress Kim Eun-hye.”

“Yes!”

He would entrust Kim Eun-hye’s support to Kim Jin-su and focus on catching that bastard himself.

Then this incident could also be wrapped up.

The White House.

A report was being delivered to President Goldwin.

“China has finished preparing to attack Taiwan.”

China’s invasion of Taiwan.

The world knew about it, but very few people knew the timing.

And among those very few was President Goldwin.

“Do you think they’ll move right away?”

“Yes. They’ve already finished securing supplies, so they’ll likely move immediately.”

“What damage will we suffer?”

“Due to financial market shock and instability in TSMC’s semiconductor supply, there’s a high possibility that the entire related economy will shut down. And GDP is expected to decrease by 6.6 percent.”

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that AI was currently leading the stock market.

TSMC was the world’s best company manufacturing system semiconductors for AI data centers.

If that place was hit, the entire world economy could enter a dark age.

“Tsk! That bastard Zhao Qian! He clearly promised to stay quiet during my term!”

Chairman Zhao Qian was the supreme power holder currently ruling China.

After Goldwin was elected, there had been behind-the-scenes negotiations with him.

It was a promise not to invade Taiwan during his term.

Of course, it was a verbal promise and not publicly revealed, but Goldwin was not pleased.

“What do you think their strategy will be?”

“Based on current movements, it appears they plan to concentrate all firepower from the beginning and end it as a short war.”

“They want to finish before we can intervene?”

“That’s how it seems. Moreover, the longer it drags on, the greater the shock to China’s economy will be, so they appear to be planning to end it as a short war.”

The opponent’s strategy was clear.

End the war as a short conflict that could minimize economic shock while dominating Taiwan.

It was a simple strategy, but it required overwhelming firepower.

Currently, China possessed that level of firepower.

“Call the Defense Minister.”

“Understood.”

It seemed they would need to prepare for war.

Kang Hyeon visited KH Capital and held a meeting with Kwangho.

Kim Seong-won also attended this meeting.

Kang Hyeon looked fondly at Kim Seong-won, who had lost the bumbling appearance from when he first joined the company, then brought up the main topic.

“It looks like war is going to break out.”

“War?”

“War?”

Both of them reacted with surprise.

That was understandable since there were no warning signs in the financial markets that would suggest war was imminent.

“They’ll probably start making moves soon. China is preparing to invade Taiwan.”

“Huh…!”

“Have those Chinese bastards gone crazy?”

Kim Seong-won’s voice became quite agitated.

Agreeing with him, Kang Hyeon nodded and continued speaking.

“Once China starts firing missiles in earnest, the financial markets will be shaken.”

“That would be an opportunity for us.”

“Right. The AI sector in particular will get destroyed. We just need to build short positions there.”

Kwangho’s gaze turned to Kang Hyeon.

“This isn’t insider information, is it? If it were, our entire group could be finished.”

What separates legal from illegal in financial law is whether undisclosed information was used.

If one gains profit by acquiring information through connections that hasn’t been disclosed to the public, that would be clearly illegal.

This was also why Kang Hyeon always took a long time preparing before taking positions.

This time was no different.

“This is about Chinese naval force movements that Nathan provided. Plus they’re stockpiling supplies in preparation for war. This is data showing that the amount of supplies entering China has recently increased.”

The tablet Kang Hyeon presented contained various pieces of information he had gathered.

Kwangho’s brow furrowed as he looked at them.

“Damn… What is our research team doing? With numbers changing like this. They couldn’t catch this.”

“Representative, it’s natural that the research team couldn’t catch changes of this magnitude. They’re too subtle, and the supplies are being distributed as they enter, so it would be difficult to find unless you specifically assume it’s for war.”

Kim Seong-won defended his colleagues.

And his words were exactly right.

The data Kang Hyeon had collected could only be gathered by assuming that war would break out.

But with this level of data, it could serve as sufficient explanatory material even if an investigation came later.

“Good. So we can take positions based on this?”

“Right. Especially make sure to take a high short position on Nvidia.”

“On Nvidia?”

“Yeah, they’re currently building an AI R&D Center in Taiwan. That’s going to take a hit, so it’ll probably fluctuate the most. Above all, the price has risen without any correction.”

The price of Nvidia, the leading AI stock, had shown rapid growth.

Rapid growth always shows major corrections.

To ordinary investors’ eyes, it might look like the trend had changed, but it was merely a correction.

That’s why Nvidia seemed like it would take the biggest hit from this war.

“Can we select the others on our end?”

“Yeah, but let’s set the funds at 20 trillion won.”

A 20 trillion won position.

That’s over 13.8 billion dollars.

Taking a short position with this amount of money could be considered quite a gamble.

But Kang Hyeon’s voice was resolute.

And Kwangho no longer doubted Kang Hyeon, so he nodded.

“We’ll need to diversify the stocks considerably.”

“Right. And once war breaks out, I’ll come straight here too.”

“You’re going to work in the field after a long time?”

“I have to. This trade could determine the future of our group.”

That was true.

If they invested 13.8 billion dollars to build positions and things moved contrary to expectations, they would suffer tremendous damage.

Of course, KH Group was currently invested in various businesses so it wouldn’t collapse immediately, but it would become dangerous all the same.

“Let’s move right away.”

“Okay.”

“Yes!”

KH Capital began to move.

The client that JP Morgan was most interested in Asia was KH Capital.

Though it had been established for just over two years, they were achieving tremendous results.

That KH Capital had begun to move.

“They’re taking positions?”

That news immediately reached Richard Blake.

The subordinate who reported to Richard nodded at his question.

“Yes. They’re building short positions focused on tech stocks, including the AI sector.”

“Taking short positions at this point in time. That’s unexpected?”

Currently, NASDAQ was leading a great boom while setting new highs.

Taking short positions on such a NASDAQ was an unexpected move.

While he was puzzled, another report came up.

[China’s military is moving!]

It was news that China was making moves.

The moment he received that news, Richard realized why KH Capital had built short positions.

‘This was the reason.’

KH Capital had predicted the war.

‘Always one beat ahead of others.’

While he was once again admiring their capabilities.

News of China’s movements reached Wall Street.

And the market reacted.

[NASDAQ is giving back all of today’s gains and turning negative!]

The market began to move as well.

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