After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 32

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 032

Kang Hyeon left Korea aboard the private jet that Richard Blake had sent for him.

“Sir, we have various alcoholic beverages prepared. Shall I show you the lineup?”

The private jet he boarded while receiving courteous treatment from the dedicated flight attendant was more comfortable than he had expected.

‘I’ve never flown first class, but this is incomparable to business class.’

He had put his mother and aunts in first class before, but this was Kang Hyeon’s first time flying in such luxury himself.

He had flown business class for company business before, but it wasn’t nearly this comfortable.

‘As expected of JP Morgan.’

In fact, with Kang Hyeon’s wealth, purchasing a private jet would be entirely possible if he set his mind to it.

However, since he didn’t travel overseas frequently yet, he hadn’t bothered to do so.

‘If I start traveling overseas more often later, I should consider purchasing one.’

Having money made him think such thoughts, and it definitely felt good.

Just then, Kang Hyeon’s phone rang.

[CEO Kang Myeong-gu]

Confirming it was Kang Myeong-gu from KH Construction, he immediately answered the call.

“Yes, CEO.”

-Director, is it okay to talk for a moment?

“Yes, please go ahead.”

-It’s about checking our equipment inventory this time. Everything has become useless. Many are broken and too old to deploy to construction sites immediately…

“Are you talking about heavy machinery?”

-No. For heavy machinery, there are specialized rental companies, so we can make new contracts with them. But we need to have some small equipment on hand.

“We’ll need to purchase new ones then. Let’s take this opportunity to buy the best equipment. Since this is the first theme park that our KH Construction is building, I want it built perfectly.”

-But that would cost a considerable amount.

“Don’t worry about the money. You can proceed with purchase first, report later for this matter.”

-Would that really be okay?

“Yes. When I recruited you, CEO Kang, what did I tell you? That I was entrusting the company to you. Let’s work together to make KH Construction the best construction company.”

-Understood! I’ll definitely create results that satisfy you as much as you’ve trusted me!

Hearing Kang Myeong-gu’s response, Kang Hyeon smiled.

‘Since we’re buying anyway, we should get the best from the start so it lasts long. More than that, heavy machinery is rented through rental companies? I should look into this area when I have time.’

Since construction was a new field for him, there were many areas he needed to study.

“Sir, shall I prepare your meal?”

“Yes, please.”

Enjoying his first private jet experience, Kang Hyeon headed to New York.

* * *

Upon arriving in New York, Kang Hyeon took the car JP Morgan had prepared and checked into the hotel.

The prepared room was a suite.

The view overlooking Central Park at a glance was impressive.

“As expected of the world’s top bank. All of this is free.”

He hadn’t spent a single penny coming to New York.

JP Morgan had covered everything, and that was natural.

After resting comfortably, the next evening he took the protocol vehicle they had sent and arrived at JP Morgan Headquarters.

Following guidance, he arrived at the 60th floor of the headquarters, in a separate room.

There were no particular signs, but upon entering, he saw familiar faces.

‘What an incredible group of people.’

They might not be familiar to ordinary people, but everyone gathered here possessed assets of over one billion dollars.

‘The deeper I go inside, the more familiar faces I see. Over there is even Ackman, the hedge fund legend.’

Bill Ackman.

A legendary trader who made enormous profits through bold short selling when the US mortgage market collapsed in 2008 and Lehman Brothers went bankrupt.

‘Masayoshi from Japan is here too.’

The Vision Fund established with Softbank as the main axis was the largest fund in the world by scale.

The scale that started at one hundred billion dollars had now grown to 157 billion dollars and held stocks in 438 companies.

‘Many big shots have participated.’

A place filled with big shots you might meet once in a lifetime.

In the past, he might have felt intimidated, but now it was different.

‘I was also invited to this position as their equal.’

JP Morgan had invited him to this gathering because they considered him to be on equal footing with them.

Knowing this, he felt at ease.

“Mister Choi.”

Just then, Richard approached.

“Richard, it’s been a while.”

“Good to see you after so long. Are you enjoying the event?”

“I just arrived, but it seems very well prepared.”

“Haha, we prepared with our utmost effort.”

While conversing with Richard, Masayoshi approached.

“Richard, who is this gentleman?”

“Ah, let me introduce you. This is Kang Hyeon Choi, CEO of KH Capital from South Korea.”

Richard slightly raised his voice.

Thanks to this, people around could also learn about Kang Hyeon’s identity.

‘That man is the CEO of KH Capital?’

‘He’s the man who bet on NextMove’s decline.’

‘The FBI targeted him too, but they say they couldn’t achieve much.’

‘Not just NextMove, but he also made considerable profits during the trade war that Goldwin triggered.’

Kang Hyeon was quite a celebrity.

The recent battle with Dongbang Partners in India wasn’t publicly known yet, but his previous trades had received considerable attention.

And Masayoshi was also aware of those trades.

“Oh, CEO Choi Kang-hyeon. I’ve been wanting to meet you.”

“I’ve also wanted to meet Chairman Masayoshi.”

“Haha, it’s an honor. I heard you made considerable profits from recent NextMove-related trades. May I know what vision you saw when making that investment?”

Masayoshi didn’t beat around the bush.

He directly asked how he had invested in NextMove.

Naturally, everyone around focused their attention.

“The detailed mechanism is confidential so it’s difficult to explain, but the decisive reason for short selling was a single line of article that appeared in WSJ.”

“Ah, that article. I saw that article too. To make such a bold investment based on that alone, truly impressive.”

“Sometimes bold moves are necessary.”

Kang Hyeon spoke honestly.

But this seemed to impress Masayoshi, as he quietly said.

“If you have the opportunity, please visit our Vision Fund once. I think we could have many interesting conversations.”

“Of course. I’ll make time soon.”

Masayoshi’s Vision Fund wasn’t a place just anyone could visit.

Especially receiving a personal invitation from Masayoshi himself was extremely difficult.

Since such an opportunity had come his way, he absolutely had to seize it.

But that wasn’t the only opportunity.

“I’m Ackman. Your recent investment was truly impressive.”

He also exchanged greetings with hedge fund giant Bill Ackman.

“I’m McCallen. I’ve also been investigated by the FBI before. It was quite a headache.”

He also exchanged greetings with McCallen, a VC giant.

Moreover.

“I’m Goldwin Jr.”

He was able to have various conversations while getting acquainted with the son of current President Goldwin.

‘As expected of JP Morgan. Truly incredible big shots have gathered.’

Just getting acquainted with them was considerable gain.

One disappointing thing was that no light was visible from them.

‘Is it because I still have little connection with them? I can’t see any light from them.’

Seeing light meant having a strong connection with oneself.

Whether that was in a good sense or bad sense.

He could decide on investments based on that, but unfortunately, nothing like that was visible.

“Now, everyone.”

Then Richard stepped up to the podium.

The noise subsided and people’s attention focused.

“Today we’ve prepared presentations from special companies for you.”

Soon staff handed out tablets to the attendees at the event.

Kang Hyeon also received one and when he turned on the screen, he could see well-organized materials.

“The companies JP Morgan has prepared are currently preparing for listing or are companies receiving spotlight in the industry.”

That was true.

The companies in the materials were all places receiving attention in the investment industry.

‘There are places I heard about when working at my previous company.’

He could also see a list of companies they said must be invested in once they went public.

The problem was that these companies hadn’t even proceeded with IPOs yet.

To invest in such companies through ordinary methods would be difficult.

These places were so big that meetings were impossible unless the company size reached a certain level.

‘An opportunity to secure such companies first.’

This wasn’t simply an event for expanding networks.

It was a gateway of money where opportunities to secure such companies were given.

‘This is a golden opportunity.’

Kang Hyeon calmly swiped his finger to check the first company.

And the first company that appeared was.

[Thermavoid]

[A company that succeeded in stabilizing next-generation immersion cooling technology. They utilized hybrid-method technology and are judged to be ahead of any other company in terms of stabilization.]

As AI technology developed, the importance of data centers naturally increased as well.

And cooling technology essential in data centers continued to advance day by day.

Immersion cooling was evaluated as next-generation cooling technology and simply put, was a method of cooling equipment by immersing it in solution.

If judged to be most advanced in stabilizing this technology, its future value would certainly rise greatly.

The problem was.

‘Why does it appear black?’

Black light was appearing from Thermavoid.

Black light shining like this in a specific sector.

It was puzzling, but he first swiped the screen sideways.

“Huh?”

The second company that appeared was [Packettrix].

This was also a company related to data centers, known for using revolutionary methods in DPU-based network technology.

‘This one is also glowing black.’

This company was also glowing black.

And that light was connected to both sides.

As if each company was connected.

Kang Hyeon placed his index finger and thumb on the screen simultaneously and reduced the gap, just in case.

Then the screen shrank and all companies on each page appeared at once.

At that moment he could see.

‘They’re all connected.’

The fact that each stock was all connected like a black web.

His face turned pale knowing this meant the collapse of the entire sector.

Was that why?

“You don’t look well. Are you alright?”

A man nearby spoke to him.

When Kang Hyeon looked up to say he was fine, a middle-aged white man who appeared to be in his 60s came into view.

‘This man is…’

The man who made eye contact with Kang Hyeon politely introduced himself.

“I’m Edan Coldwell from Arkon.”

Arkon.

A place that started as a DB company and has now transformed into a cloud computing company.

They secured enterprise customers at once by bringing existing DB customers to the cloud.

Their market share in cloud computing was low, but the reason for the high proportion of large corporations and government was here.

‘I can see black light from this man too.’

That light was connected to the tablet.

No, to be precise, it could be seen that the black light emanating from this man was connected to the tablet.

What that meant was one thing.

‘This man is the core of the bubble.’

The data center bubble.

It meant that it started from this man or Arkon.

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