After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 85
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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 085
Chairman Lee Jae-seong moved swiftly.
“Chairman Lee Tae-jin, it’s been a while.”
The first person he met was Chairman Lee Tae-jin of SS Group.
Though the two were close enough to travel together in their youth, they had now become leaders of global conglomerates.
“What’s with the ‘Chairman’ title? This is an unofficial meeting anyway. Let’s keep it casual.”
Lee Jae-seong smiled at Lee Tae-jin’s words, which hadn’t changed from the old days.
“Should we?”
“What brings you to ask for a meeting with me? And unofficially at that.”
Today’s meeting was arranged at Lee Jae-seong’s request.
His sudden request for a meeting was rare, so Lee Tae-jin was curious about the reason.
Lee Jae-seong soon resolved Lee Tae-jin’s curiosity.
“India has agreed to designate a Special Economic Zone for us this time.”
“A Special Economic Zone? Not one of the existing ones?”
“Right. A completely new zone just for us. And it’s in an area close to a port.”
“Oh ho.”
India was a new market.
A massive landmass and an underdeveloped country.
If China was there in the 2000s and Vietnam in the 2010s, the prevailing assessment was that India would lead the 2020s.
The Indian government, well aware of this fact, had put forth numerous policies to attract global companies.
Special Economic Zones were one of them.
However, a zone specifically for Korean companies didn’t exist yet.
“How did you manage to persuade Lao Sing Prime Minister? Has Saseng already penetrated India to that extent?”
“To be precise, it wasn’t me who did it, but I received help.”
“Help? From whom?”
“Someone you know. Choi Kang-hyeon, CEO of KH Capital.”
Choi Kang-hyeon.
A name he was familiar with.
Since his younger brother Lee Tae-sin, who was the CEO of SS Energy, was doing business with him.
‘I heard he’s the CEO of a financial company. Was he connected to Saseng too?’
Choi Kang-hyeon was an enigmatic figure.
KH Capital, which he led, was only intermittently exposed in the media.
Even then, the frequency was low, and information about the company’s internal affairs was kept strictly confidential.
This was possible because it wasn’t a large corporation.
Above all, their rise to prominence was recent, so information was scarce.
“Are you also working with CEO Choi Kang-hyeon?”
“You don’t know yet? CEO Choi Kang-hyeon is the one who identified the problems with our company’s HBM5.”
“Hm? Not Nereid?”
“To be precise, CEO Choi Kang-hyeon is the major shareholder of Nereid. Thanks to that, we were able to receive help.”
“Huh… What exactly is that person’s identity? Does it make sense for the CEO of a financial company called KH Capital to be a major shareholder of an American company?”
“It’s not that uncommon. It’s just surprising that a place that’s only been around for about a year became a major shareholder of such a company.”
“That’s exactly what I want to say. How can a place that’s only been around for about a year exert such influence in India and even secure stocks in American companies?”
It seemed like there had never been such a company in world history.
Especially considering what they were doing in India, KH’s, or more precisely, Choi Kang-hyeon’s capabilities were beyond imagination.
“That’s what makes it scary. He’s grown into a figure who can exert this level of influence in such a short time, right? And he’s someone who didn’t stand out before.”
“I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but can this really be considered a normal case?”
“I was suspicious of that too, so I did some background investigation.”
For someone who was the chairman of Saseng to investigate a private citizen.
But even someone leading SS Group would probably have done the same if they were deeply involved with Kang Hyeon, given how extraordinary the path Kang Hyeon had walked was.
“So what came of it?”
“Nothing much came up. Just that he made too much money in a short period, so the government is keeping an eye on him? Oh, and the FBI is also interested.”
“Even the FBI?”
“Most of the money he made came from the US stock market. They have no choice but to be interested.”
“Is he some kind of investment god?”
It was a joke, but Lee Jae-seong didn’t completely deny it.
The money he had earned so far and the speed at which he did it was literally no different from an investment god.
“If he really has special abilities and is using those abilities to show god-like investment performance.”
Lee Jae-seong lifted the teacup in front of him and said.
“Wouldn’t making him a perfect ally be the right answer?”
Lee Jae-seong was also a calculating person.
Though there were certainly uncertain aspects about Kang Hyeon, he judged that Kang Hyeon was currently bringing him great benefits.
‘So he’s saying the guy is that useful.’
Lee Tae-jin also knew Lee Jae-seong well.
Though he wore a good-natured smile on the outside, he was a cold-blooded person who could eliminate people at any time.
He especially disliked incompetent people.
The internal bloodbath after he took the helm of Saseng was a famous anecdote.
That Lee Jae-seong was highly evaluating Choi Kang-hyeon.
He was also someone who had brought decent results to SS Group.
These two facts alone were enough to prove his capabilities.
“So? There must be a reason you’re telling me this story? Enough to ask to meet separately.”
At Lee Tae-jin’s attitude of wanting to get to the main point, Lee Jae-seong showed an even deeper smile and said.
“SS Group should also enter this Special Economic Zone.”
The proposal that he had somewhat expected flowed from Lee Jae-seong’s mouth.
* * *
While Lee Jae-seong was moving busily.
Kang Hyeon was also busily handling his domestic schedule.
“Ha-ryul, please look into private jets for me.”
“Private jets?”
“Yes. Foreign business trips are increasing, so I think we’ll need a private jet.”
“Understood. Then I’ll proceed with the private jet purchase using JP Morgan’s VIP service. How much budget can we use?”
“I don’t know the situation there, so could you pull up a list first?”
“Yes. I’ll prepare it.”
Starting with preparations for purchasing a private jet, Kang Hyeon visited Samil Accounting Firm after a long time.
“Choi CEO! It’s been a while!”
Lim Tae-hyeon, the CEO of Samil, welcomed him warmly.
“Have you been well?”
“Haha! Thanks to you, CEO, I’ve been very comfortable!”
Though it was their second meeting, Lim Tae-hyeon welcomed him as warmly as if meeting an old connection.
This was inevitable since Kang Hyeon was Samil’s biggest client recently.
Being happy to see a client who held a significant share of their revenue was natural in the capitalist era.
“What brings you to visit us today?”
“I came because I have something to discuss with Jeong Manager.”
Just then, the door opened and Jeong Manager entered.
“Oh my, CEO. I mistook the time and was a bit late.”
“Hey! Jeong Manager! What are you doing?! Making the busy Choi CEO wait!”
“Haha, it’s fine. I didn’t wait long.”
After brief greetings, he proceeded to talk with Jeong Manager.
“The company’s capital scale has increased this time, so I think we need to prepare accounting-wise.”
“If the capital scale has increased, how much…?”
“Currently it’s at the 4 trillion won level. Including the companies held abroad, it would easily exceed 5 trillion won.”
“Hheup…!”
At the mention of 5 trillion, Manager Jeong took a deep breath.
For three days, he had watched from the side how Kang Hyeon had grown.
Since he had been almost exclusively handling his accounting, he knew the details even better than the employees.
‘Certainly when he first came here, it was only around 100 billion won….’
That was definitely a lot of money too.
But funds in the trillions were a different story.
Even the government would impose countless regulations.
The preparations Kang Hyeon was talking about were exactly that.
“Hmm… It’s currently recorded as company funds, right?”
“That’s correct. Most of it is recorded as KH Capital’s funds. And for related companies, domestically there’s KH Recovery and KH Construction, and overseas there’s Nereid in the United States.”
He excluded the Barma Group.
His stake there was only around 10 percent anyway.
Of course, this was still a significant level, but there was no possibility of it being classified as a related company.
But even excluding the Barma Group, these were sufficiently surprising names.
‘I knew about KH Construction. But what’s Nereid again?’
Manager Jeong had worked with Kang Hyeon on the acquisition of KH Construction.
But now another related company had been added.
And he held a large stake in Nereid, a company that had been frequently appearing in the news lately.
‘Just how far is this man going to go?’
His surprise was brief.
He professionally refocused on his main work.
“Then soon, with me at the head, dispatched employees will visit the office.”
“Thank you.”
KH steadily made preparations toward becoming a large corporation.
* * *
While spending busy days.
Kang Hyeon received one phone call.
-Boss! I won!!
It was news of victory from Kang Chan-wook, who participated in his second EFC match.
“Congratulations! That was really a wonderful submission.”
-You watched! Thank you! This is all thanks to you, Boss!
This victory wasn’t his achievement.
He had watched closely how much blood, sweat, and effort Kang Chan-wook put in.
He felt almost amazed watching him endure training that would make himself dry heave and collapse after just 10 minutes.
“Congratulations on your victory once again. When you return to Korea, let’s have a grand celebration party.”
-I’ll look forward to it!!
Kang Hyeon smiled after hanging up the phone.
Watching Kang Chan-wook’s matches made him feel energized too.
‘I did well to sponsor him.’
He had someone he wanted to cheer for and could sponsor him to focus solely on his sport.
The meaning this held was considerable.
It could also serve as motivation to work even harder.
‘Chan-wook will definitely be taking a break for a while. Should I create a system to support him better?’
Until now, he had been directly sponsoring Kang Chan-wook.
But it seemed he could create a systematic system without necessarily doing it that way.
If he formed a team and that team supported Kang Chan-wook regularly, wouldn’t it lead to better results?
‘I should discuss this part with Director Kim Hyeon-su.’
Kang Hyeon wrote down a meeting with Kim Hyeon-su in his schedule.
Then one phone call came in.
Kang Hyeon checked the number and immediately answered the phone.
“Hello, Dana.”
The caller was Dana Blue, CEO of EFC.
-Oh! Mister Choi! Did you see Mister Kang’s victory today?
“Haha, yes. I had a schedule so I couldn’t go to the venue, but I watched it well from Korea.”
-He’s really an amazing fighter. Recently Korean fighters haven’t been making a big mark in EFC. But Mister Kang is different! He’s a fighter with excellent star quality!
Dana didn’t spare praise for Kang Chan-wook.
His performance finishing the match in the first round in both his first and second fights was enough to make the venue erupt in cheers.
“Thank you for viewing him favorably. I’ll dedicate myself to supporting fighter Kang Chan-wook going forward, so I hope EFC will also give him many opportunities. It would be good if you could arrange a title fight while we’re at it.”
-A title fight! Well, there really aren’t any fighters worthy of challenging for the title in that weight class lately. With this match, he’s risen to a ranking where he can challenge for the title, so I’ll consider it.
Since positive talk about a title shot came directly from the CEO’s mouth, the possibility of it actually happening was high.
“I’ll look forward to it.”
-Haha! Of course, we arrange the matches on our end, but the champion has to accept.
“Yes, I understand well.”
-Oh right, today I contacted you to extend an invitation along with congratulations.
“An invitation?”
-Yes. We’re hosting a VIP party this time. Please attend if you have time.
A party invitation.
But he was thinking of declining due to his busy schedule in Korea.
-President Goldwin will also be attending this time.
At the mention of US President Goldwin’s attendance, he changed his mind.
“Understood, I’ll attend.”
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