After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 75
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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 075
Nathan fell into thought.
Everyone present knew what he was thinking about.
‘He’s contemplating whether the immersion cooling system can be applied to Model 5.’
Currently, the immersion cooling system was designed for servers.
In simple terms, it was a straightforward brute-force method of submerging the system in a tank filled with coolant to dissipate heat.
This was the most efficient method and, above all, safe.
But HBM was a different story.
‘The reason our researchers can’t control HBM’s heat generation is because the layers are too densely packed. Air can’t circulate properly through them, so the heat doesn’t dissipate. They said the same would be true for submerging it in an immersion cooling tank.’
Even if submerged in a tank full of solution, the common opinion among researchers was that the solution wouldn’t properly penetrate between HBM’s densely packed layers.
‘To verify that hypothesis, bringing the cooling system directly would be the fastest way.’
Could the man before them really solve their problem?
The time spent waiting to know that answer felt like an eternity.
Then Nathan, having finished his contemplation, opened his mouth.
“I ran a simulation in my head for now.”
“You ran a simulation just with your imagination?”
“Huh? Why are you so surprised by such an obvious statement? We can’t run experiments right here on the spot.”
Ha-ryul poked Nathan’s side for his behavior that was stepping out of line with etiquette.
“Ahem! Anyway, the important thing is that after simulating Model 5, I think it might be possible?”
“You think it’s possible?”
“Yes. I’d need to see exactly how Model 5 is designed with my own eyes, but I think it would be possible by making the solution flow internally.”
“Is that possible? Model 5’s layers are extremely narrow. It’s a structure where even a single strand of hair would have difficulty passing through…”
“That’s why the blueprint is very important. We’d need to make the solution flow through very fine tubes, so precise processing would be necessary. This seems like a problem Saseng Electronics could solve, don’t you think?”
Lee Jae-seong began discussing something with the employees who came with him.
Although they spoke in very low voices, it was obvious what they were discussing.
Soon the discussion seemed to end, and Lee Jae-seong looked at Nathan and said.
“It should be possible. The problem is what material to use when manufacturing the tubes…”
“It has to be nickel.”
Nathan spoke decisively.
And Kang Hyeon could understand why the nickel mine in India had glowed so brightly.
‘So this is how usage expands.’
The intensity of the light had been unusual, but nickel prices hadn’t fluctuated much.
So when he was wondering where it would be used, the applications were expanding like this.
“Nickel… Would our company’s trading partners have sufficient quantities?”
While Lee Jae-seong was asking his employees, Kang Hyeon realized this was the timing for him to step forward.
“Chairman.”
“Ah, yes.”
“I own a nickel mine.”
Lee Jae-seong’s eyes lit up.
“Oh! Is that so? Then we could have a stable supply of nickel too?”
“Of course. Nathan, what grade of nickel needs to go into those tubes?”
“Grade 1. The highest grade nickel is needed for stable cooling to be possible.”
“The nickel mine in India that our company owns contains large quantities of Grade 1 nickel as well. Depending on the contract terms, we could prioritize allocating that to Saseng.”
Kang Hyeon didn’t delay any further.
It was time to discuss what they wanted and enter negotiations.
“Let’s start talking about pricing in earnest now.”
At Kang Hyeon’s words, Lee Jae-seong made an expression that said what was coming had come.
* * *
Kang Hyeon returned to the office.
Seeing him enter alone, Kwangho made a puzzled expression.
“Why are you alone? Where are Nathan and Ha-ryul?”
“Both of them went to Saseng Electronics’ research institute. When I told them to rest a bit first, Nathan said he wanted to see the real thing right away.”
“The real thing? What real thing?”
At Kwangho’s question, Kang Hyeon gave the excuse he had thought up.
“The model that will have immersion cooling applied to it. He said he needs to see that to be able to say whether it can be applied accurately.”
“Ah. So Chairman Lee Jae-seong wanted to meet so quickly because he wanted to apply immersion cooling to HBM?”
“Right. He wanted to make contact even a day earlier than LK Nix.”
“Well, Saseng has always been second place, losing to LK.”
For Kwangho, who knew the story of both companies well, he had no choice but to understand.
‘Sorry, Kwangho. I’ll tell you the details next time.’
Originally, there were no secrets between him and Kwangho, but this matter was connected to Saseng Electronics’ confidential information.
Chairman Lee Jae-seong had also specifically asked for caution, so he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it.
“So do you think the contract will go well?”
“According to Nathan, applying immersion cooling to HBM isn’t difficult.”
“Really? Looking at how that guy acts, he doesn’t seem very reliable…”
“Still, he’s the person who’s almost single-handedly responsible for Nereid’s development. His behavior is close to eccentric, but…”
“A so-called genius weirdo?”
It was a perfectly apt expression.
Genius weirdo.
If you had to describe Nathan in one phrase, that’s how you could put it.
“So are we getting on the same boat as Saseng Electronics?”
“It looks like that’s what will happen. If there are no major problems, that is.”
“Well, what problems could there be?”
“That’s true too.”
The immersion cooling developed by Nereid.
The moment that technology is applied to Model 5, not only Nereid’s stock price but also nickel prices would skyrocket.
Both positions that Kang Hyeon had put his heart and soul into were preparing to see results.
Moreover, hadn’t Nathan, the developer himself, said there would be no problems?
Everything was certain to flow perfectly.
That’s when it happened.
“Huh?”
“What?”
“Hey, this is breaking news that just came in. Take a look at this.”
Kwangho pointed at the monitor.
There was breaking news delivered through the Bloomberg Terminal.
[Nvidia CEO Robert Hwang stated at an event in Dubai that “recently developed immersion cooling technology will take considerable time before it can be used in the field.”]
The CEO of Nvidia, which could be called the leader of AI currently, had made a negative comment regarding immersion cooling.
And the adverse effect was tremendous.
“Kang Hyeon! Nereid’s stock price has dropped 5 percent!”
Nereid’s stock price began falling rapidly.
* * *
Rosenthal smiled while watching the falling stock price.
‘Just as I planned.’
What he had wanted was a single comment from Robert Hwang.
The power of that one comment was very strong.
‘What matters to the market isn’t whether something is true or not. The market simply reacts the moment it’s informed that such a possibility exists.’
If the one discussing that possibility was Nvidia’s CEO, the shock was bound to be even greater.
‘I wonder if you have the strength to hold onto and endure the falling Nereid?’
The strength to endure.
That came from capital power.
But they would never be able to hold out.
* * *
At the same time.
An internal meeting was taking place at KH Capital.
“Nereid’s stock price, which started falling yesterday, has dropped about 11 percent.”
11 percent.
It was an almost unbelievable decline to have happened in just one night.
“What’s the market reaction?”
To Kang Hyeon’s question, Seong-won, who had compiled the report in place of Ha-ryul, answered.
“The market reaction is close to the worst. IBs are all issuing reports related to Robert Hwang’s statements.”
“Only JP Morgan is refraining from issuing reports out of consideration for our relationship.”
JP Morgan held their friendship with Kang Hyeon in special regard.
Perhaps because of this, they weren’t issuing negative reports about Nereid.
They didn’t particularly need to do this, but their consideration was appreciated.
“Shouldn’t we take some action on our end?”
To Seong-won’s question, Kang Hyeon pondered for a moment then shook his head.
“It’s fine. Let’s let the heat cool down for a while.”
Contrary to Rosenthal’s expectations, Kang Hyeon’s expression was full of composure.
The reason he could be this way was clear.
“How much balance are we currently holding?”
“Including additional margin, we have about 500 billion won in available funds.”
“That should be enough that we won’t need to close positions under normal circumstances.”
Currently, KH Capital was invested in various businesses.
At the same time, they were also maintaining positions.
Since they had long positions on nickel prices, with prices currently falling, additional margin was needed.
Even after investing in all those areas, Kang Hyeon’s available funds exceeded 500 billion won.
In other words, Rosenthal had misjudged Kang Hyeon’s financial strength.
“Still, Nereid’s price is falling rapidly. If this continues for about a month, we might face insufficient balance.”
One month.
It was a time period that could be considered short or long.
But Kang Hyeon didn’t think much of the timeframe.
“That’s sufficient.”
Kang Hyeon’s gaze turned toward the window on one wall of the meeting room.
Somewhere far away in Seoul, Nathan would be moving busily at this very moment.
And Kang Hyeon was confident that he would return with good news soon.
“The day Nathan returns, the stock price will rebound.”
* * *
Ha-ryul was accompanying Nathan, serving as his guide.
“Nathan, is it really okay for me to go in with you?”
“Why? Don’t you want to? If you don’t want to, you can wait outside.”
“No… no. It’s not that I don’t want to, but this is S Group’s research facility. And one that experiments with top-secret technology…”
Ha-ryul shrank her shoulders, feeling the gazes of people around them.
Even though she had various experiences recently while working with Kang Hyeon, this was her first time inside a core facility of Korea’s top conglomerate.
Faced with such a situation, she felt overwhelming pressure.
Then Nathan asked her.
“How have things progressed with the CEO since I returned from the United States?”
“What? All of a sudden?”
“Didn’t you have feelings for the CEO?”
Ha-ryul was flustered by Nathan’s sudden words.
She had never tried to show it, but it felt like a fastball had suddenly come straight at her.
“What are you talking about!”
“Come on, I’ve lived long enough to know. The way you look at the CEO isn’t ordinary.”
“That… that can’t be!”
“Well, if you say so, then I guess that’s how it is. I haven’t known the CEO for long, but it’s hard to find a man like him.”
She knew that.
Regardless of how much money he had, Kang Hyeon was passionate about his work.
His professional demeanor was enough to make her feel attracted to him as a person.
‘It wouldn’t be easy to find someone with that kind of passion…’
Ha-ryul was also ambitious about work.
She had wanted to do business since she was young, but circumstances had held her back.
Perhaps because of this, she couldn’t help but find Kang Hyeon attractive—a person who had led his own business and turned it into a world-class investment company in an instant.
‘How did he know?’
She had thought he was an eccentric focused only on research, but Nathan’s perceptiveness was considerable.
“Are you feeling better now?”
“Ah…!”
At his words, she could really feel that the pressure had disappeared.
‘This person… is really something else.’
While she was thinking this, Nathan arrived at the research lab.
“Now, I’ll need your assistance from here on!”
He too began focusing on his main work.
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