After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 148

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 148

The world’s attention turned toward Asia.

Everyone was watching closely to see what would happen after China’s invasion of Taiwan.

But China remained quiet.

[One month after the Taiwan invasion, but China still maintains its silence.]

[Governments around the world continue to raise their voices regarding China’s invasion.]

[President Goldwin announced he would push for a meeting with Chairman Zhao Qian, but there seems to be no significant progress.]

China hid as if saying they wouldn’t talk to anyone.

International voices of condemnation grew louder, but they became even more closed off.

Kang Hyeon picked up the remote and turned off the large display mounted on the wall.

The noisy anchor’s voice disappeared and silence filled the spacious office.

In front of him stood Kwangho, the president of KH Capital, holding approval documents.

“Chairman, the establishment of the investment corporation in the United States that you ordered has been completed.”

“Thank you for your hard work. Are the preparations for fund transfer finished?”

“Yes. The corporation is registered under the name Pacific Ventures, and on paper, it’s designed to go through perfect tax haven SPCs. All connections to KH Group have been completely severed.”

Kang Hyeon took the tablet Kwangho handed him and quickly scanned through the contents.

Numerous shell company names were intricately intertwined, but the conclusion was one.

“Now it’s time to inject the ammunition.”

“That’s right. We plan to move 5 billion dollars in the first phase. To avoid exchange rate fluctuations and the U.S. Treasury’s surveillance network, it will be transferred through multiple dispersed routes.”

“Good. Proceed as carefully as possible, but swiftly. Elections are a race against time.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Kwangho bowed briefly and left the office.

Right after he left, Kang Hyeon’s personal secure smartphone on the desk vibrated.

Restricted caller number.

But Kang Hyeon knew exactly who would call from this number.

“Congressman Davis.”

-Oh, Mr. Choi. How did you know it was my number?

Aiden’s characteristically relaxed voice came through the receiver.

But Kang Hyeon didn’t miss the strangely taut tension within that ease.

“At this timing, you’re the only one who would contact me directly. How’s the situation in Washington?”

-It’s turning very dynamically. The Democrats are really sharpening their knives right now.

“By knives, you mean…”

-Impeachment. They’re planning to cut off Goldwin’s lifeline using the suspicion that he knew about and condoned China’s strike on Taiwan, and the serious friction with allies due to excessive mutual tariffs.

Presidential impeachment.

A massive earthquake that would shake the entire American political scene was being predicted.

“What’s the mood in the Republican Party? Even so, it’s the impeachment of a sitting president, so the party won’t just sit still.”

[Of course, they’re outwardly shouting about fighting to the death. But internally it’s different. Everyone feels that the risk of the bomb called Goldwin is too great. They’re just watching each other, wondering when to jump off the sinking ship to survive.]

Deep conviction was evident in Aiden’s voice.

He too would be making full preparations to completely overturn that sinking ship.

-There will be big movements on our side soon. It means the time is approaching when the ‘ammunition’ Mr. Choi prepared will be very useful.

“The ammunition is already ready to cross the Pacific. You can pull the trigger whenever needed.”

-Haha! As reliable as always. I’ll contact you again as the situation updates.

The call ended and Kang Hyeon slowly stood up from his seat.

He headed toward the giant transparent board set up in one corner of the office.

There, complex relationship diagrams and photos representing key figures in American politics were densely attached.

Kang Hyeon’s gaze fixed on President Goldwin’s photo in the center of the relationship diagram.

Around him, photos of numerous politicians and lobbyists were entangled like a spider web.

As Kang Hyeon narrowed his eyes and concentrated, strange light began to rise like a mirage over the black and white photos.

‘The color of greed remains the same.’

The thick, murky black light emanating from Goldwin’s photo.

That ominous aura symbolizing destruction and danger was stickily clinging even to the close associates supporting Goldwin.

But what caught Kang Hyeon’s attention today wasn’t that black light.

‘It’s changing.’

From the edges of the black light that had been wrapping around Goldwin, a different color was seeping in.

Blue light.

A color that had lost vitality and was growing cold.

From Kang Hyeon’s ability perspective, it was a deep, cool blue that signified someone’s downfall and decline.

‘Before, I only saw black light, but now blue light is visible together. And he’s not the only one enveloped in blue light.’

The blue light spread rapidly like a contagious disease.

Over the photos of the inner circle politicians connected to Goldwin with thick lines, the black light was lifting and blue light was covering them.

The Democratic Party’s impeachment preparations that Aiden had just mentioned, and the division and unrest within the Republican Party were appearing in visible form before Kang Hyeon’s eyes.

‘Goldwin’s era is coming to an end.’

Kang Hyeon intuited it.

The downfall of the man called the world’s president wasn’t just a possibility, but a predetermined future already on track.

Kang Hyeon’s gaze moved to a photo positioned slightly apart from Goldwin’s group.

Aiden Davis.

In the chaos where blue and black lights were rampaging and dying, only his photo was burning fiercely, emitting intense, hot red light.

‘Now is the opportunity.’

When Goldwin and his gang are swept away by blue light and collapse.

Fill that space perfectly with Aiden’s red light.

That was the grand scheme Kang Hyeon had designed.

“Ha-ryul Manager. Tell President Kwangho to move up the fund transfer schedule as much as possible.”

Kang Hyeon’s voice through the office intercom sank colder than ever before.

The White House.

Goldwin’s face hardened upon hearing the news his aide brought.

“What?! They want to impeach me?!”

“Yes. The Democratic Party is currently making preparations.”

“Ha! These crazy bastards have finally lost their minds! To think they could impeach me!”

Goldwin snorted.

The reason was simple.

“Are they dreaming of some miracle to pass the House?”

The United States had a Congress divided into the Senate and House of Representatives.

To impeach a president, it must pass through the House.

The problem was that the House was currently controlled by the Republican Party, Goldwin’s party.

The Senate also had a high proportion of Republicans, so for Goldwin’s impeachment to succeed, the Democrats would need to win over Republicans.

But unless they were insane, Republican congressmen wouldn’t join hands with Democrats.

‘There’s no justification either. Impeach me over mere mutual tariffs? Not a chance.’

The Democratic Party’s current move posed no particular danger to Goldwin.

Until now, that is.

“More importantly, what’s the movement on the Supreme Court side?”

“It seems they’ll rule that mutual tariffs are illegal.”

“Damn! To interfere like this with what I did for our great America! Those Supreme Court bastards are nothing but traitors too!”

Goldwin was furious.

What he was doing was making America great.

Anger surged at the Supreme Court for interfering with that.

But there was no way to interfere with the Supreme Court’s decision.

What he could do was divert the voices of criticism that would be directed at him.

“There’s no choice.”

His eyes were tainted with greed.

Preparations to support Aiden proceeded steadily.

During this time, Kang Hyeon also checked on other businesses the group was pursuing.

“The overseas team from logistics has arrived in India and begun full-scale business preparations.”

Logistics, which dominated the domestic market, was simultaneously targeting expansion into India.

Kang Hyeon checked the roster of logistics team members who had entered India, smiling as he saw the light emanating from their photos.

“It looks like they’ll do well.”

“Yes. It’s still the early stages, but looking at the reports they’ve submitted, it feels like a good start.”

“How are things going with entertainment? What about Kim Eun-hye?”

“Actually, there’s been progress on that front. Her current agency has agreed to Kim Eun-hye’s contract termination. However, it looks like we’ll have to cover all the penalty fees on our end.”

This was expected.

Kim Eun-hye’s contract was still in effect.

But considering her future value, that level of investment wasn’t wasteful.

“Let’s proceed that way. And how are things progressing with those guys who posted those articles?”

“Ah, I was planning to report on that as well.”

Ha-ryul handed over a document.

“They’ve identified the suspect and have currently sent a summons.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes. However, it’s been confirmed that this person frequently travels between South Korea and overseas, so they’ve issued a travel ban for now.”

“Frequently travels overseas. Doesn’t seem like an ordinary person.”

“They say he runs a business.”

Someone who runs a business posting such articles.

It seemed that making a lot of money didn’t guarantee sanity.

With that thought, he reviewed the documents.

It was paperwork from the police stating they would soon summon the specified defendant to proceed.

“Let’s proceed this way for now, and please convey that we want to bring Kim Eun-hye on board quickly.”

“Understood.”

Kim Eun-hye’s joining would certainly be a great help to the entertainment business.

Anticipating her joining, Kang Hyeon moved on to the next agenda item.

There was something called the Pentagon Pizza Index.

It’s a hypothesis that pizza orders increase at stores around the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense building, when US international intervention or international conflicts are imminent.

This hypothesis was proposed in the 1990s and was one of the fairly old conspiracy theories.

However, the reason this gained credibility in modern society was that the development of platforms like Google provided organized data, increasing the number of followers.

Traders who actually trade based on this began to emerge.

Individual trader Anderson was one of such people.

“Ah… I need to somehow make up for the losses from China’s Taiwan invasion.”

He had suffered major losses during China’s Taiwan invasion.

He hadn’t expected China to retreat so quickly, so he had held long short positions.

Having lost all his profits for the year, his mind became anxious.

“The pizza index shows no signs of rising.”

To make up for such major losses at once, some big event needed to occur.

The problem was that the Pentagon Pizza Index he followed wasn’t rising much.

“Will today be quiet too?”

As followers increased, the Pentagon Pizza Index now had not only websites but also apps. Anderson, who was checking it, suddenly had his eyes light up.

“Huh?”

[RED]

The index had turned red.

Seeing this, Anderson shouted.

“Red alert is up!!”

Whether it was true or not, an opportunity to recover his losses had arrived.

He quickly began taking positions.

The position was naturally short.

He bet that the United States would cause another commotion.

And his prediction was exactly right.

A few hours later.

One piece of news spread across the world.

[President Goldwin announced he would deploy additional aircraft carriers to Iran.]

[President Goldwin! Solving political crisis through war? Declares willingness to go to war with Iran!]

The world’s time bomb.

President Goldwin had made his move.

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