After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 23

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 023

The villa acquisition itself wasn’t difficult.

[We have acquired the UJ Village corporation.]

Starting with the corporation that owned the villa where Mother had lived.

[We have completed the acquisition of the UJ Noblesse corporation.]

We acquired the corporations of other complexes.

[The acquisition work for the Taeyeong Redevelopment corporation should be completed by today.]

One by one.

On the evening of the day we acquired the 10th corporation.

I met with Lawyer Choi and Manager Jeong at the office to hear their reports.

“We have acquired a total of 10 corporations so far, and these corporations owned a total of 1,350 villas.”

After Lawyer Choi reported on the progress.

“After checking all the corporations’ financial statements, they have virtually no assets. There was absolutely no way to return the jeonse funds for 1,350 units.”

Manager Jeong submitted his financial report.

“It’s clear they planned to run from the beginning.”

“Lawsuits were already in progress for three corporations’ villas where jeonse deposits weren’t returned.”

“What’s the amount?”

“A total of 22 units, with jeonse funds of approximately 2.54 billion won.”

“Please arrange for all of them to be returned within this week.”

“Understood.”

“After that, we’ll keep the villas vacant.”

“Vacant?”

Manager Jeong asked with a puzzled expression.

“Yes. The ultimate goal is to make all villas vacant and demolish them. For that purpose, it’s better to keep them vacant rather than renewing contracts and complicating the move-out schedule.”

Kang Hyeon moved as if he knew there would be positive news for this region.

Because it was so certain, Jeong Min-jun no longer raised objections.

“Then I’ll notify them that we’ll return all jeonse deposits and won’t proceed with contract renewals, and inform those with contracts nearing expiration that renewal is impossible.”

Everything proceeded smoothly.

But there were always obstacles that appeared.

“What? I expected an older gentleman to come as the representative. But a young guy showed up?”

A burly, tattooed man in his mid-40s faced Kang Hyeon arrogantly.

Anyone could tell he felt like an organized crime member, but Kang Hyeon didn’t care much.

“Age isn’t important. What’s important is that I’m the representative of KH Recovery and the new representative of JS Global Construction.”

“Oh, I heard rumors that Representative Oh handed over the company. But how could such a young…”

“Hey.”

The man’s eyebrows twitched at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“Hey? What, this young punk’s attitude…!”

“You don’t seem to understand the situation.”

Thud!

Kang Hyeon slammed documents on the table.

The man, who had been looking at Kang Hyeon with a ‘what is this’ expression, picked up the documents to check their contents.

“While acquiring JS Global Construction and reviewing internal materials, I confirmed that 300 million won was transferred to your company, Newtown Village.”

The Newtown Village Representative’s face hardened.

It was time to press harder.

“You know better than anyone what purpose this money was paid for, right?”

“That… that’s…”

“I’ll give you a choice. First option is to face punishment for this 300 million won. We’ll use every means to recover the 300 million, and calculate and collect all the interest accumulated so far.”

The 300 million was received a year ago.

In cases of crimes like embezzlement, the maximum legal interest rate could be imposed, resulting in over 60 million won in interest.

Even though he owned over 100 villas, he was just a figurehead anyway.

There was no way he could repay 360 million won.

Just seeing his face turn pale showed the threat was working effectively.

It was time to offer the carrot.

“The second option is to quietly hand over the company. Then we won’t hold you responsible for this 300 million won.”

“You… you won’t hold me responsible? Really?”

His tone became softer.

He was even using honorifics.

Hmm, I liked it a bit.

“Yes. Really. However, if today passes, I don’t know about after that. My mind might change…”

“I’ll do it! No! Please let me hand it over!”

The carrot worked perfectly.

Without looking back, the representative signed the contract.

“Thank you!”

Though he handed over the company for the ridiculously low price of one million won, he disappeared with words of gratitude.

I watched his retreating figure with an absurd expression and handed the contract to Lawyer Choi.

“Here it is. Like with other companies, please review all materials and file complaints and accusations for any illegal parts.”

“What? You said you wouldn’t hold him responsible…”

“That was about responsibility for the 300 million that went out from JS Global Construction. I never said I wouldn’t hold him responsible for corruption he committed at this company.”

It was wordplay.

But such wordplay worked in court.

Besides, he didn’t even put special clauses in the contract.

It showed how stupid the other party was.

“Oh, and who knows. One document about this 300 million might accidentally end up in another complaint.”

This man.

He was weaker than I thought.

‘He had this side too.’

Lawyer Choi, seeing a new side of Kang Hyeon, accepted the documents.

“That’s probably what will happen.”

He played along as well.

* * *

Yeongjong Island villa complex.

Despite being newly built villas, they were popular because the jeonse deposits weren’t high.

Kim Min-gu also got his first jeonse here for that reason.

‘Everyone said it was dangerous…’

People around him had discouraged that choice.

Jeonse fraud was rapidly increasing, and villas were typical targets of jeonse fraud.

Still, he believed it wouldn’t happen to him.

No one around him had been scammed either.

But.

-The deposit? Wait a bit. I need to prepare money too. We’re even considering giving up this house.

When he was planning to move to a better environment because of the baby, the landlord gave him a shocking answer.

All his plans fell through.

He couldn’t tell his wife.

Because his pregnant wife might be shocked.

Kim Min-gu, bearing all the burden alone, felt like his world was collapsing.

‘What should I do…?’

Despair overwhelmed him.

No solution came to mind.

He wanted to give up everything, but thinking of his wife and the baby in her womb, he couldn’t.

Then a phone call came.

-This is lawyer Choi Kyeong-min from KH Recovery, which acquired UJ Village. You requested a return of your jeonse deposit – is your intention still the same?

When hanging from a cliff, a rope was lowered down.

* * *

Along with the acquisition of the paper companies, the jeonse deposit return process proceeded rapidly.

At the same time, inspections to find corruption within the paper companies were also conducted.

“JS Global Construction looks like an angel in comparison.”

The paper companies were doing such absurd things that Manager Jeong Min-jun shook his head.

“The ones that used homeless people or foreigners as proxies are still the better ones. But the paper companies with criminals or President Oh Jeong-seok’s associates as representatives have embezzlement as their foundation.”

Paper company representatives fell into two categories.

Those who knew nothing and only lent their names, and those who knew everything and sat as representatives to get their share of the profits.

The former could be considered ignorant, but the latter participated in crimes for profit.

There was only one thing to do with them.

“Let’s gather all the materials and proceed with lawsuits quickly. After all, legal judgment isn’t our job.”

“Understood.”

Executing justice was the job of legal institutions.

Being ignorant didn’t mean they were innocent.

It was clearly illegal activity that created victims.

I had no intention of blindly letting it slide.

‘The law will make all the judgments.’

While handling what needed to be done, Mother returned to South Korea.

“Did you have a good trip?”

“Son~! Europe was really, really, really amazing!”

“Oh my! Kang Hyeon, thanks to you I was able to rest so comfortably!”

“What kind of hotel did you book for us? I’ve never stayed in such a nice hotel before!”

“Sister! It was a suite room! I looked it up online, and it was ten million won per night!”

“Really, our Kang Hyeon has succeeded in the securities industry!”

Mother and the aunts were all completely satisfied.

After putting the aunts in the prepared car and seeing them off, Kang Hyeon headed home with Mother.

“Oh, son. The jeonse deposit was transferred recently.”

“Did you check? Things worked out well with them. I was able to cancel without paying any penalty fees. So I’m planning to move to a new apartment right away.”

“That’s really great! Phew, now I can breathe easy.”

Even while traveling, the jeonse house had been weighing on her mind.

But hearing good news as soon as she returned felt like ten years of indigestion clearing up at once.

“Did you enjoy the trip?”

“Yes, next time I really want to go with my son.”

“Of course. Let’s go again soon. How about visiting the United States this time?”

“The United States? That would be wonderful!”

Watching Mother delight like a young girl, Kang Hyeon smiled.

* * *

Incheon City was holding meetings day after day.

“Next agenda item. We’ve decided on three candidate sites for the K-Culture Theme Park development.”

When the official pressed a button, the first site appeared.

“This site, located closest to Incheon Airport Terminal 2, has good accessibility to the airport and excellent connectivity with the nearby Inspire Resort, which could create significant synergy. The downside is that the land is distributed among multiple corporations, so acquisition would take considerable time.”

“That kind of place is no good. If even one goes wrong, problems could arise even after purchasing the others.”

When land has multiple owners, acquisition takes considerable time.

Knowing this, negative comments were inevitable.

“The second site has a single owner. We’ve confirmed their willingness to sell, but the problem is poor accessibility. It’s far from subway stations, making it difficult to reach on foot and requiring cars. Plus, the site being small is also somewhat disappointing.”

“Foreigners use subways more than rental cars for transportation. What are we supposed to do if subway accessibility is poor?”

“That issue could be resolved by operating regular buses…”

“Let’s look at the third one.”

The screen changed to reveal a villa complex.

“The third site has good subway accessibility. It’s close to Yeongjong Station and was originally planned as a theme park site, so the land is also spacious, making it perfect for building a K-Culture Theme Park.”

“Oh, isn’t that the land owned by JS Global Construction?”

“Mm-hmm, that place would be suitable.”

The high-ranking officials listening nodded their heads.

Since it was already a candidate site for a theme park, accessibility and everything else was perfect.

However, it wasn’t without problems.

“The problem is that there’s currently a large villa complex on this site. Plus, we’ve confirmed that multiple corporations own the villas in a distributed manner, so we’d have to purchase those as well…”

“Such issues should be resolved at the working level!”

“We’re not sitting in these positions collecting taxes for nothing!”

“When K-Culture is creating a global boom and countless foreigners are visiting South Korea, shouldn’t we provide proper attractions?!”

“Let’s decide on that place as the leading candidate and proceed with negotiations!”

Strangely, the high-ranking officials showed favorable reactions to the third site.

Though it felt odd, Lee Woo-hyeon, the official making the report, couldn’t do anything about it.

‘When they say do it, you have to do it…’

What could a low-level employee say to high-ranking officials?

There was only one thing to say.

“Understood.”

* * *

The financial statement audit of JS Global Construction was nearing its final stages.

In the process, Kang Hyeon discovered an absurd fact.

“JS Global Construction had engaged in large-scale corruption with city council members and former National Assembly members.”

“So that’s why the site JS owned was favored for theme park construction?”

“Yes, that’s probably it. But when negotiations with the global company that was supposed to build the theme park fell through, the site ended up floating in limbo.”

Even if selected as a theme park site through corruption, it was useless if no one was coming to develop it.

Money went out without proper recovery.

“I believe they hastily built villas and committed jeonse fraud around this time to recover some of the funds they had invested.”

The reason JS Global Construction had recklessly planned this scheme became crystal clear.

Then a phone call came in.

“Yes, understood. Then I’ll prepare the related documents.”

Manager Jeong Min-jun, who had finished the brief call, smiled brightly and spoke to Kang Hyeon.

“Incheon City contacted us. They say they have something they want to discuss regarding the villa complex!”

Incheon City had begun to move.

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