After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 141

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 141

Where reacts first when changes occur in world affairs?

Most people think it’s the news.

But there was a place that moved even before that – the financial markets.

-Why is NASDAQ falling?

-It suddenly dropped 100 points?

-Damn, why is this happening again?

-Are some idiots starting another war?

-What did Goldwin post on Twitter?

Investors knew this well.

So when prices started falling, they moved to find the reason.

They needed to know the reason to respond accordingly.

And it wasn’t long before they could find that reason.

-Hey, I heard China attacked Taiwan?

An unbelievable post.

But similar posts kept appearing one after another.

-Huh? It’s real?

-They fired missiles.

-Hey hey! It’s really war!

-It’s World War 3!!!

-Short sellers let’s gooo!!

The financial markets, having found the reason, began crashing at an insane speed.

War starts at a timing no one expects.

This news fit those words perfectly.

[(Breaking) News that China has fired missiles toward Taiwan mainland.]

[(Breaking) Chinese warships advance toward Taiwan]

[(Breaking) White House to announce emergency statement!]

[(Breaking) Blue House monitoring the situation]

All media outlets poured out related breaking news.

The Blue House was also put on emergency alert.

DEFCON was declared and United States Forces Korea also moved.

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces also began moving.

War clouds gathered over East Asia.

And there was another place where war clouds were gathering.

“NASDAQ is expanding its decline. Down 3.3 percent.”

“Crude oil prices are rising.”

“Gold and silver are rising simultaneously.”

“VIX index has hit its peak!”

KH Capital Asset Management Team.

The traders continued their real-time reports.

Their gazes were fixed on the monitors.

Without any movement, they only opened their mouths to report, and those reports went straight to Kang Hyeon’s ears.

‘If the war drags on, all indices will see larger declines.’

The war had begun.

China’s objective was clear.

‘Assassinate or kidnap President Wei Zhun and swallow Taiwan whole. That’s China’s goal.’

China had no intention of dragging this war out.

They planned to strike quickly and withdraw in a short war.

Only a few people besides China would know this fact.

One of them was Kang Hyeon.

‘Prices that start falling due to issues will rise again quickly.’

All of Kang Hyeon’s concentration was focused on the stock market.

Kang Hyeon was timing the rapidly falling stock market prices.

‘If I don’t sell at the right timing, I could actually incur losses.’

Currently, KH Capital had built up large-scale short positions.

With short positions, when to sell was most important.

Knowing this, Kang Hyeon was personally watching the situation from the trading room.

‘I’m worried about President Wei Zhun, but…’

He had told President Wei Zhun about China’s operation in advance.

Even if he didn’t believe his words completely, he would have at least prepared some defenses just in case.

He had to believe that.

‘I need to do what I have to do.’

What he needed to do now was monitor the market’s movements.

Taiwan was literally turned upside down.

“We have completed interception of the missiles launched from China.”

“What about damage on our side?”

“There was no damage to the mainland. However, full-scale clashes are occurring with Chinese warships that crossed into our strait.”

Chinese warships appeared on the map.

The Taiwanese navy marked in blue was facing the Chinese navy marked in red, but they were clearly outnumbered.

“Is US support still far away?”

“The navies stationed in Japan and South Korea have departed. They should arrive before the Chinese navy breaks through.”

China’s invasion was a scenario that had been somewhat expected.

They hadn’t expected it to happen so suddenly, but defenses were perfectly in place.

‘Why are they attacking so clumsily?’

China’s attack was quite clumsy.

If they were prepared for war, the best strategy would have been to pour all their firepower from the beginning.

But they didn’t unleash all their firepower, as if they were just probing.

It seemed like Taiwan’s forces alone might be enough to stop them.

‘His words come to mind.’

Suddenly, President Wei Zhun remembered Kang Hyeon who had warned him a few days ago.

‘He said China would target me rather than wage total war.’

He knew better than anyone how difficult that would be.

But President Wei Zhun didn’t ignore this warning.

“How is the security for the Presidential Office and key figures currently?”

“As you previously instructed…”

That’s when it happened.

Bang!!

The sound of an explosion nearby could be heard.

President Wei Zhun, startled, asked.

“Find out what’s going on quickly!”

“Yes, sir!”

The situation was turning urgent.

And Kang Hyeon’s warning was becoming more vivid.

‘Is his warning becoming reality?’

As anxiety was growing.

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-!!

Gunfire could be heard.

While he was startled, the door opened and security guards entered.

“Your Excellency! We’ll escort you to the safe bunker!”

“What’s happening…!”

“Quickly escort His Excellency!”

“Yes!”

Before he could grasp the situation, Wei Zhun began moving urgently, led by the security guards’ hands.

Walking down the corridor, just as they were about to turn the corner.

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-!!

Crash!!

Along with gunfire, the window shattered into pieces.

“Duck down!!”

After making Wei Zhun duck his upper body, the security guard began returning fire toward the outside.

Bang-! Bang-bang-!!

The continuous gunfire filled Wei Zhun with terror.

But his footsteps began moving according to survival instinct.

Meanwhile, his mind instinctively began assessing the situation.

“Give me a situation report on what’s happening!”

“Keep moving. I’ll report while we move.”

Following the Security Team leader’s words, he listened to the report without stopping his steps.

“Five vehicles presumed to be Chinese spies have entered the Presidential Office. We tried to stop them by setting up barricades at the entrance, but their firepower exceeded expectations.”

The first explosion sound they heard seemed to be the sound of their intrusion.

“What’s our response?”

“By your order, we’ve significantly increased the Presidential Office’s defense personnel. The enemy’s resistance is formidable, but we should be able to suppress them soon.”

A few days ago, Wei Zhun had received contact from Kang Hyeon and significantly increased the Presidential Office’s security personnel.

It was minimal preparation, but it became the best choice to prevent this crisis.

‘The situation is unfolding just as he said. What exactly is that man Choi Kang-hyeon? How did he obtain such information?’

If there hadn’t been Kang Hyeon’s warning, there would have been no reason to increase the Presidential Office’s security personnel.

If that had happened, by now the Presidential Office would likely have been devastated by those people.

‘I owe him a great debt.’

He couldn’t know how such information was obtained.

But one thing was certain.

He owed that man an enormous debt.

“Your Excellency, this way.”

Wei Zhun engraved that in his heart as he followed the Security Team leader.

While a critical situation was occurring in Taiwan.

Kang Hyeon was monitoring the stock market in the Trading Room.

“US market opens. From the start, prices are being pushed down strongly.”

Second day of war.

Today too, prices were under strong downward pressure.

China’s invasion of Taiwan was a global event.

No one thought this event would end in a short time.

“Bloomberg report breaking news. The US 7th Fleet will enter the Taiwan Strait as of today.”

The US 7th Fleet.

Based in Yokosuka, Japan, they were one of America’s major fleets.

In fact, with the capability to cover all of East Asia, they had the largest and most powerful force among the fleets the US had deployed overseas.

Their entry into the Taiwan Strait meant one thing.

“America is entering the war in earnest.”

“The situation is getting more and more serious, isn’t it?”

As if proving Kwangho’s response, the stock market fluctuated.

“NASDAQ is widening its decline!”

“All AI sectors are falling to minus 10 percent!”

“Nvidia has the biggest drop!”

While listening to the traders’ reports that resembled an operations room, Kang Hyeon’s gaze turned to the monitor.

The monitor displayed charts of major stocks, NASDAQ, S&P 500, and various futures.

And at the center, the futures positions currently held by KH Capital and their corresponding returns were displayed.

‘Overall return has exceeded 70 percent.’

Looking at returns alone, previous trades had recorded higher returns.

But looking at profit alone, this time was setting an all-time record.

‘If the war becomes prolonged, the financial markets will literally become ruins. But if the future I saw is true, the war won’t continue for long.’

Currently in the market, the expectation that the war would be prolonged was dominant.

All analysts and related reports were pouring out, but forecasts that the war would continue for at least 6 months were lined up.

But the future Kang Hyeon saw was different.

‘China intends to end this war as a short battle. That’s why they tried to go with an operation to assassinate President Wei Zhun.’

Move the navy and fire missiles to focus attention, then move assassins who infiltrated Taiwan to kill President Wei Zhun.

And blow up the Presidential Office while killing all key personnel.

If successful, it would have been a perfect operation.

The war wouldn’t be prolonged and Taiwan’s key strongholds wouldn’t be destroyed.

China could quickly enter Taiwan and seize their main target, TSMC.

Conversely, if they could only prevent President Wei Zhun’s assassination, China’s operation would end in failure.

‘I don’t know China’s internal circumstances, but there must be factors that prevent them from prolonging the war.’

The reason for waging war was clear.

While there was the justification of One China, China’s domestic demand was currently collapsing.

Collapsing domestic demand meant the common people’s economy was crumbling.

If this situation continued, naturally the people’s dissatisfaction would inevitably grow.

Though it was essentially a dictatorship, even China’s leadership couldn’t help but be anxious about accumulating public dissatisfaction.

To somehow resolve this, they had to turn eyes outward.

That means was precisely war.

‘Moreover, if China takes Taiwan, they’ll possess TSMC’s specialized personnel. The goal would have been to prevent them from going abroad and own them while advancing their domestic semiconductor technology by one level.’

There would be various other reasons besides that.

War wasn’t such a simple problem that it could be started to solve just one issue.

But one thing was certain.

‘They have no intention of facing America head-on.’

At this point, China’s leadership also didn’t want a full-scale war with America.

So they would intend to end the war as a short battle.

But Kang Hyeon had warned Wei Zhun, and if Wei Zhun heard that warning, he would have prepared some defenses.

‘If the assassination operation fails, the Chinese navy will definitely withdraw. So the stock market will quickly find stability.’

He had to precisely catch that timing and settle his positions.

At the same time, building long positions again was Kang Hyeon’s plan.

That’s when it happened.

‘It changed.’

The light emanating from the stock market reversed.

Once again with red light signifying an upward rise.

“Close all positions.”

Kang Hyeon gave the order without hesitation.

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