After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 6

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 006

Jeong Sang-woo’s parents were real estate moguls.

Thanks to this, Jeong Sang-woo had never held a proper job.

Still, he had no trouble making a living.

No, beyond having no trouble, he lived doing everything he wanted to do.

This world was too comfortable when living with money, and there was nothing that couldn’t be done.

‘He doesn’t look that wealthy though?’

In Jeong Sang-woo’s eyes, the man looked shabby.

Unlike himself who was decked out in all kinds of luxury brands, the man didn’t even have a common luxury watch.

If he were a golden spoon like himself, it would be natural to use luxury goods from childhood, and even if he became nouveau riche through coins, it would be normal to use luxury goods for show.

The fact that none of that was visible seemed a bit suspicious.

“I’m Jeong Sang-woo. You’re here about the building, right?”

“I’m Choi Kang-hyeon.”

They briefly shook hands and sat down.

Kim Mi-ju, the real estate agent, brought up the topic.

“President, thank you for coming out today…”

“Ah, that’s enough.”

Jeong Sang-woo waved his hand to stop Kim Mi-ju’s statement.

It was rude behavior, but he was unrestrained.

“I don’t have much time, so let’s get straight to the point. You want to purchase this building?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Sorry, but this building is not for sale.”

Jeong Sang-woo came on strong.

It was the other party who had expressed interest in purchasing.

In other words, he held the upper hand in the transaction.

‘I don’t know what the reason is, but the other party is coming in low. There’s no reason for me to bend. Transactions are originally won by whoever holds the advantage.’

He too had lived his own life.

Having always dealt and interacted with people from a position of power, he took a similar stance this time as well.

But this time, he met the wrong opponent.

“I thought you came out today because you had intention to sell the building.”

“I came out thinking I’d listen to what you had to say.”

“Is that so?”

In the short time, Kang Hyeon could read what type of person his opponent was by observing his attitude.

And one more thing.

He was seeing something in Jeong Sang-woo that others couldn’t see.

‘He’s glowing blue. The fact that this appeared means he’s entering a downward trend.’

Blue light was emanating from Jeong Sang-woo’s body.

It was as if the red light that had been emanating from Kwangho’s body had changed to blue.

‘I can find out exactly what this means using this person as a subject this time.’

Kang Hyeon’s mind raced quickly.

He thought of ways to gain advantageous ground against this man and continue negotiations.

Among them, he could narrow it down to about two efficient methods.

‘Originally, I was going to induce him to sell by offering an amount that would tempt him, but…’

The Jeong Sang-woo he actually met was arrogant and rude.

Though he hadn’t met many people while working at the investment company, occasionally investors would visit the company.

They showed a condescending attitude, saying they needed to see how their money was being invested.

Jeong Sang-woo in front of him was similar.

For these types, calling out a high amount wouldn’t have much meaning.

‘Rather, they’re the type who would raise the price even higher on top of that.’

There was only one action he could take here.

“I understand. Since you say you have no intention to sell, I’ll get up and leave now.”

“What?”

Kim Mi-ju stepped forward in surprise.

“P… President, please don’t do that and talk a little more…”

“The owner says he has no intention of selling. Wouldn’t talking more just be a waste of time? Agent, if you prepare and recommend other properties, I’ll review them.”

Her expression brightened at the mention of buying other properties.

After all, she could collect commission as long as she sold properties.

“Understood. Then I’ll select some good properties and contact you.”

“Yes. Thank you for making time today.”

Kang Hyeon maintained courtesy until the end, greeted them, and left the cafe.

Watching Kang Hyeon leave, Jeong Sang-woo spoke irritably without caring whether Kim Mi-ju was there or not.

“That young bastard has no damn manners. Isn’t everyone busy? Manager Kim, if you waste my time like this, I’m not going to be in a good mood.”

The backlash hit Kim Mi-ju.

With a pale face, she had no choice but to appease Jeong Sang-woo, who was a major client.

* * *

The building purchase fell through for now.

However, Kang Hyeon didn’t think urgently about it.

“That’s not the only thing to invest in.”

Real estate was just one of many investment options.

Even without buying the building, there were many ways to make money.

“Besides, that blue light that was glowing from that person’s body, there must be a meaning to it.”

Kang Hyeon thought that whatever happened to Jeong Sang-woo, it wouldn’t be pleasant.

* * *

Jeong Sang-woo was not in a good mood.

“I came back early for nothing because of that damn bastard.”

He had been having a good time in the Philippines.

According to plan, he should have played there for another week.

“I was just getting on a roll and riding the wave well.”

He became even more irritated.

Seeing Jeong Sang-woo’s reaction, Cha Jin-hyeok, who was drinking with him, asked.

“Was it that day? Why are you so annoyed?”

“Damn it, I was picking well at baccarat. Some weird guy said he wanted to buy the building so I came back, but he just left without even probing.”

“The building, you mean the one in Seongsu-dong? Wasn’t that your father’s?”

“He transferred it to me a while ago. Thanks to that, I became someone with assets worth ten billion won, didn’t I?”

“Oh~ So did you win some in the Philippines?”

“I was managing my money and just about to have some real fun when I got the call and it broke my flow.”

That’s why it was disappointing.

If he had stayed longer, he could have hit it big with baccarat.

“Ever since the building was transferred to my name, dad doesn’t give me much allowance, so I should have hit it big this time.”

“But why do you go all the way to the Philippines to do it?”

“Then where should I go? Should I go to Macau?”

“No, you can just use avatars in Korea.”

“Avatars?”

“Ah, you don’t know much about internet stuff, right? When going abroad was blocked during COVID, there’s something called avatars where you station an employee and they do proxy betting. It’s surprisingly immersive and fun.”

“Really? Would our agent do that too?”

“They’d probably connect you?”

“Oh ho, thanks for the good information.”

Jeong Sang-woo’s eyes began to be tainted with greed.

* * *

Although the building purchase was delayed, Kang Hyeon’s daily life didn’t change much.

“Yesterday the market was a bit quiet, but today there’s the Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcement. It’s going to be bustling.”

US interest rates affect the entire world.

This is because it determines the value of the dollar, which can be called the reserve currency.

Naturally, it has an immediate impact on the US stock market, so there was a sense of quiet in the market before the interest rate announcement.

But today, the day of the interest rate announcement, the stock market literally moves like a roller coaster.

“It’s the best period for Day Traders to make profits.”

Kang Hyeon calmly examined stocks while waiting for the interest rate decision.

He couldn’t find any particularly shining stocks.

“Phew… My eyes are getting sore.”

There were over three to four thousand companies listed on NASDAQ.

Finding all those companies was hard labor.

That’s why prop traders selected stocks to trade in their own way.

The stocks currently registered in Kang Hyeon’s favorites were also stocks he had registered during his prop trader days.

In other words, he was only looking at a limited number of companies.

“Even if I can know which stocks will rise through my ability, I’m not looking at all stocks, so there must be things I’m missing.”

Starting a company would solve these issues.

When Kwangho, a programming expert, joined, he could create algorithms to select individual stocks.

Until then, even if it was difficult, he had no choice but to do the grunt work.

“Should I re-select stocks for now? Since my ability has recently manifested mainly in cloud-focused AI-related stocks, that means there’s high liquidity in that area.”

Kang Hyeon used ChatGPT to find related stocks.

He entered several stocks selected this way and looked for any that were shining among them.

“Found it.”

Before long, he saw one stock that was shining.

[DataLux]

“It’s already rising little by little.”

The stock that had been rising gradually since the market opened was already showing a 5 percent increase.

If he had found it a little earlier, he would have made quite a profit, but Kang Hyeon wasn’t disappointed.

He was confident that he could make sufficient profits even if he entered late.

“There’s no reason to hesitate.”

[Do you want to buy?]

[YES/NO]

He quickly entered the order and pressed YES.

[Order has been received.]

Although it was a stock that was already rising, he placed a limit order.

He judged that volatility would be high since it was before the interest rate announcement.

That judgment was exactly right.

[Order has been executed.]

As time passed, orders were quickly filled.

The account balance had already exceeded 5 billion won.

It was quite a substantial amount, but on NASDAQ, where the daily average trading volume exceeded 70 trillion won, it was like pouring a bucket of water into the ocean.

[Order has been executed.]

With the last order execution, all orders were filled.

All that remained was waiting.

He wasn’t anxious or nervous.

Eventually, the price would flow as his ability showed.

He just had to quietly watch it.

The price went up as expected.

[Unrealized P&L: 40,522,886 won]

Since the order volume was substantial, the unrealized profit and loss increased exponentially.

But this was just the beginning.

Soon it exceeded 100 million won and instantly hit 200 million won.

‘Incredible speed. It’s starting to gain momentum.’

Trading volume began to concentrate.

This was definitely the hottest stock on NASDAQ today.

As individual investors who heard rumors also flocked in, the price rose like crazy.

Those who had positioned early occasionally took profits, causing brief pauses, but greed drove the price even higher.

[Unrealized P&L: 501,814,833 won]

The return rate instantly exceeded 9 percent.

It was the highest return rate among all the stocks he had traded so far.

‘It seems like it could go higher?’

Looking at the price rise, there seemed to be plenty of room left.

That’s when the change occurred.

“Hmm?”

The stock that had been shining red slowly began to turn blue.

Seeing this, Kang Hyeon moved reflexively.

“Does this mean it’s reached its peak?”

He was surprised by the change in light, but his hands were moving mechanically.

[Do you want to sell?]

[YES/NO]

His finger clicked the mouse.

[Order has been received.]

He placed volume at the limit price.

Since it was a rising stock, orders were filled quickly.

[Order has been executed.]

[Order has been executed.]

In less than a minute, all volume was cleared.

Having finished taking profits, Kang Hyeon observed the market.

“Why did it suddenly change to blue?”

A change he was seeing for the first time.

It was time to find out what it meant.

* * *

There’s a term called Foreign Retail Investors.

It referred to Korean individual investors who mainly invested in the US Market.

Their main activity time was dawn.

Since the US stock market opened at 10 PM Korean time, they naturally had to switch their day and night schedules.

Their communities were also most active during dawn.

-Did you buy DataLux like I told you?

-Are there still any idiots without DataLux?

-AI-related stocks are gods!

-Why is DataLux rising?

News broke that Microsoft is investing.

Go ride it now.

-When you think it’s too late is the fastest time.

-Already 8 percent profit. So sweet!

-I’ve been in since yesterday and I’m at 20 percent profit.

-Idiots. Buy DLUX 3x leverage like me. Already 50 percent return. (photo)

Damn… you really have the heart of a beast.

Just one boogie…

Today’s hottest stock in the community was DataLux.

Among the Foreign Retail Investors, aggressive investors were already making tremendous returns using leverage through ETFs.

The community continued with an atmosphere of praising DataLux.

Like fanatics.

But the music stopping at the party was just a moment away.

-Huh? What’s this?

-The price is suddenly dropping?

-Any ants getting shaken out by the ant-shaking?

-DataLux is just going up 30% today.

-This is exactly what a healthy correction looks like.

Even as the price started falling, there were still many positive posts.

But as the falling speed gradually accelerated.

-What the f*ck? What is this?

-No, why did it suddenly go negative?

-Does this even make sense?

The community was dyed with panic.

Soon after, a single post went up.

-(Breaking News) Giga Soft withdraws investment from DataLux.

It was the moment when good news instantly turned into bad news.

* * *

Kang Hyeon was also looking at the news of Giga Soft’s investment withdrawal.

At that moment, he got goosebumps.

“It tells me before the news even becomes known to the market?”

This kind of information was likely unknown even to insiders.

Large-scale investments were stories that only circulated among high-level executives.

However, the ability was giving Kang Hyeon advance warning.

And not just a simple warning, but helping him profit until the very last moment.

“This is really insane.”

It was an ability that made him more astonished the more he learned about it.

“There’s also an interest rate announcement today, so let’s stop trading any further. If I get too greedy, I might give back the profits.”

He had already realized sufficient profits.

Knowing that being greedier would be dangerous, Kang Hyeon turned off his monitor.

Then his smartphone rang.

Buzz-!

[Jeong Sang-woo Building Owner]

Kang Hyeon frowned after checking the caller ID.

“Even if it’s just a text, contacting me at dawn?”

He had no manners whatsoever.

But given who the other party was, he immediately checked the content.

[Jeong Sang-woo: Are you still interested in purchasing the building?]

The corners of Kang Hyeon’s mouth rose after checking the message content.

“Of course I’m still interested in purchasing it.”

The fact that he sent such a text at dawn meant one thing.

“Though it won’t be at the previous price.”

Now the power dynamic had shifted.

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