After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 161

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 161

Exactly two weeks had passed since the merger and acquisition of Orbis Robotics was completed.

Kang Hyeon stayed in California’s most luxurious hotel suite room, constantly searching for prey.

KH Capital’s insane cash liquidity amounting to 200 trillion won.

The predator’s gaze, loaded with that massive ammunition, was now heading beyond the atmosphere toward space.

“Found it.”

Kang Hyeon’s finger stopped as he scrolled through hundreds of corporate data files.

Tap.

The sound of lightly tapping the laptop’s enter key cut through the silent suite room.

The name of the startup displayed alone on the screen was Astra Dynamics.

A chilling ability opened fiercely over Kang Hyeon’s retina.

Whoosh—!

In an instant, an overwhelming and intense red light that seemed to pierce through the monitor completely devoured his vision.

A brilliant color symbolizing tremendous potential that would change humanity’s trajectory, beyond simple success.

“Astra Dynamics.”

Kang Hyeon coldly scanned through the company’s business plan on the screen while resting his chin on his hand.

They were dreaming of space advancement completely different from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

It wasn’t the chemical rocket method that burned massive amounts of fuel.

A physical orbital insertion method using giant circular vacuum tubes and electromagnetic accelerators.

It was an extraordinary idea of accelerating payloads to dozens of times the speed of sound and shooting them beyond the stratosphere.

‘The initial infrastructure construction would require astronomical capital, but once completed, launch costs would be reduced to one-tenth of SpaceX’s.’

A destructive innovation that would completely shatter the paradigm of space logistics.

But their current financial statements were miserably destroyed.

Creak.

“Kang Hyeon. I’ve brought all the data on that space company you wanted me to look into.”

The heavy door of the suite room opened and Kwangho entered carrying a bundle of documents.

A space with just the two of them.

Kwangho loosened his tie and threw the documents on the table in a very comfortable tone.

“These guys are completely on the verge of having their lifeline cut off.”

“Their funding sources must have completely dried up.”

“Of course. The American financial market completely froze due to the Harvey Goldwin impeachment crisis.”

Kwangho took out bottled water from the refrigerator and downed it in one gulp.

“The venture capital bastards on Wall Street withdrew all the Series C investments they had promised. The massive launch pad construction is on the verge of falling apart without even breaking ground. They won’t even have money to pay researchers’ salaries next week.”

“Excellent timing.”

A thick and cruel sneer formed at the corner of Kang Hyeon’s mouth.

Prey with innovative ideas but dying from a drought of capital.

It was the perfect stage where KH Group’s unlimited cash could demonstrate its most dramatic power.

“Set up a meeting with Astra’s management tomorrow.”

“Got it. We can grab them by the throat like with Orbis and beat them down to a bargain price.”

Kwangho answered with a grin.

But Kang Hyeon stared coldly at the night sky outside the open window without answering.

The miraculous red light that Astra had emitted was still flickering in his pupils.

The next day. KH Group North America Office Conference Room.

Arthur Clark, CEO of Astra Dynamics, was trembling like an aspen tree.

His old suit was wrinkled, and dark circles had settled under his bushy beard.

‘In the end, are we going to be slaughtered like Orbis too?’

Everyone knew about KH Group’s ruthless hunting rumors that had recently swept through Silicon Valley.

A cruel predator that fired all management and swallowed companies as empty shells at bargain prices.

Arthur gulped down dry saliva and stared at the tightly closed conference room door.

Click.

The door opened, and Kang Hyeon walked in wearing a perfectly fitted suit.

An overwhelming sense of intimidation that seemed to freeze the air.

Arthur and Astra Dynamics’ Chief Technology Officers reflexively sprang up like springs.

“Please sit.”

Kang Hyeon gestured dryly as he sat in the head seat.

As soon as he sat down, he opened his ability toward Arthur and the engineers standing behind him.

Whoosh—!

In an instant, Kang Hyeon’s vision was once again colored with brilliant hues.

It wasn’t simply light emanating from the company’s logo.

Arthur Clark.

And the area around the hearts of the young engineers exhausted to the extreme.

Dazzling and intense red light emanating from their bodies themselves filled the conference room.

‘What’s better than the value of technology is the obsession of humans who love that technology to madness.’

They were fundamentally different from Orbis’s incompetent and arrogant bastards.

The people before him were crystallizations of overwhelming potential who could create real innovation.

Losing them would be a massive loss for KH Group too.

Kang Hyeon quietly withdrew his ability and opened his mouth.

“I heard you’re on the verge of bankruptcy next week.”

“…!”

Arthur’s face turned deathly pale at Kang Hyeon’s merciless opening words.

The predator had begun to shake him by the throat.

Arthur clenched both fists under the table and barely managed to part his lips.

“Chairman Choi. Our electromagnetic acceleration launch system has completed perfect simulations! If only initial capital is invested, the landscape of the space industry will….”

“I know.”

Kang Hyeon cut off his desperate plea in one stroke with a chilling voice.

“The fact that your orbital insertion method will far surpass SpaceX.”

“Yes…?”

Arthur’s eyes widened like lanterns.

Not mockery or pressure, but recognition that was too dry and full of conviction.

At the unexpected reaction, the breathing of Astra’s management team stopped in unison.

“You must have come after hearing about the Orbis Robotics incident.”

Kang Hyeon lightly tapped the desk with his finger.

“The ruthless hunt that left all management on the streets. You must have been trembling in fear that you’d be kicked out the same way after having only your technology stolen.”

“That, that’s….”

Arthur, hit right on target, broke out in cold sweat and lowered his head.

Kang Hyeon lightly pushed the document folder on the table toward Arthur.

“Open it.”

Arthur opened the document folder with trembling hands.

And the next moment, a beast-like exclamation burst from his mouth.

“Huh…!”

The number written in the acquisition price column was well over ten times the investment money they had been begging for on Wall Street.

But what truly shocked Arthur was the next clause.

[Guarantee of complete independent management of Astra Dynamics after acquisition.]

[Full employment succession of existing management and research personnel with 200% salary increase.]

“What, what is this….”

Arthur’s pupils shook madly as if hit by an earthquake.

It was a complete exceptional treatment 180 degrees different from Orbis.

“KH Group will acquire 100% of Astra Dynamics’ shares.”

Kang Hyeon crossed his legs and leaned back against the plush chair.

A massive ambition to dominate the world burned coldly in his eyes.

“Instead, I won’t fire a single one of you. No, rather, I’ll buy out that insane dream of yours toward space in its entirety.”

“Chairman Choi…!”

One of the engineers couldn’t contain his overwhelming emotion and burst into tears.

An overwhelming and brilliant lifeline of salvation extended to them as they struggled in the swamp of bankruptcy.

“You’ll never need to worry about research funding for the rest of your lives.”

Kang Hyeon drove a heavy wedge into the meeting room with his ice-cold voice.

“If the American financial market has collapsed and dried up your funding sources, I’ll pour out the entire treasury of my capital for you. A massive electromagnetic acceleration launcher? If you want it, I’ll buy an entire desert to build it.”

This wasn’t a simple acquisition.

This was a historic moment when an overwhelming empire of capital raised its massive anchor toward space.

“Instead, launch a perfect prototype beyond the stratosphere within three years.”

Kang Hyeon’s cold and heavy command.

Arthur wiped away his tears and shot up from his seat.

Then he bent his waist 90 degrees toward Kang Hyeon and howled like a beast.

“I will stake my life to prove it without fail, Chairman!”

The territory of the massive empire finally began to break free from Earth.

It was the moment when KH Capital’s insane capital perfectly devoured the aerospace industry.

[Breaking News: KH Group Shockingly Acquires Silicon Valley Aerospace Rising Star ‘Astra’!]

[From Robots to Space. Chairman Choi Kang-hyeon Devours the Heart of America.]

The breaking news that awakened South Korea’s morning was literally phenomenal.

In the past, Korea’s prime companies were always nothing more than prey for massive American capital.

The painful history of the foreign exchange crisis when they shed tears of blood from the merciless corporate hunting by foreign funds.

But now, that humiliating food chain had been completely reversed.

“Did you see this? KH bought an entire American space company!”

“This is insane. We were always getting picked clean by foreign capital, and now we’re reversing it and picking clean the American mainland.”

Overwhelming exclamations burst from people’s mouths in subway cars during rush hour and cafes throughout Yeouido.

An intense pleasure as if the frustration deep in the people’s hearts was being cleared all at once.

It was an overwhelming triumph achieved amid the global fear market of the American president’s impeachment.

That enthusiastic energy immediately poured into the massive furnace called the stock market.

9 AM.

South Korea’s KOSPI market opening.

The large electronic display in the Yeouido securities district trading floor blazed blood-red from the start.

“KH Construction hit the daily limit up just 3 minutes after opening!”

A fund manager in the trading room shouted with bulging veins.

“There are absolutely no sell orders! Everyone from retail investors to institutions is sweeping up all the stocks released to the market!”

The massive smart city under construction in India.

And the massive space launch infrastructure construction made real by the Astra acquisition.

That tremendous vision was shooting KH Construction’s stock price vertically upward.

“Saseng Electronics has also easily broken through its historic high!”

Even Saseng Electronics, South Korea’s number one company by market cap that was closely cooperating with KH Group, jumped wildly.

The expectation that Saseng Electronics’ high-performance AI semiconductors would be exclusively supplied to Orbis Robotics, which Kang Hyeon had acquired.

That completely dominated the investment sentiment of the frozen market.

“All KH-related stocks have settled at daily limit up! The index is rising like crazy!”

KOSPI easily broke through the 4,500 level.

While the American stock market crashed through the floor into the basement, the Korean stock market alone soared insanely.

An unprecedented bull market where a single group’s destructive positive news grabbed the entire nation’s index by the collar and dragged it up.

“Every time I open my smartphone, it’s all red lights! My account is being duplicated!”

Individual investors hugged each other, shedding tears of joy as they cheered.

The retail investors who had been kicking empty cans, crushed by foreigners’ and institutions’ short selling.

To them, the name Choi Kang-hyeon was becoming an absolute faith beyond a simple businessman.

[KOSPI Sets All-Time High! South Korean Stock Market Explodes Due to ‘Choi Kang-hyeon Effect’.]

[From Capital Predator to National Hero. The Choi Kang-hyeon Syndrome Completely Sweeps South Korea.]

Portal sites’ real-time search rankings were plastered with only one man’s name.

Turn on the TV and every news channel and current affairs program displayed Choi Kang-hyeon’s face as large as a door.

“KH Group’s acquisition this time isn’t simple capital expansion. South Korea’s national prestige has risen!”

Economic commentators were busy praising Kang Hyeon’s foresight with bulging veins.

In bookstores, books analyzing Kang Hyeon’s moves and investment philosophy sold like hotcakes.

Even in political circles, regardless of party lines, they mentioned Kang Hyeon’s name and desperately tried to ride his coattails.

An overwhelming and ruthless peak performer who appeared in an era of crisis.

The public was enthusiastic about that cold predator’s moves and willingly offered themselves.

Indeed, all of South Korea had been completely devoured by the perfect ‘Choi Kang-hyeon fever.’

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