After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 86

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 086

 

United States.

 

It was undoubtedly the greatest superpower on Earth.

 

There was no room for doubt and no point in debate.

 

The president of that country gains tremendous authority.

 

Most presidents use that authority carefully.

 

But Goldwin was different.

 

‘I never thought the biggest source of instability in the current world would be the President of the United States.’

 

The United States wasn’t always righteous, but it didn’t lead the charge in destroying world order.

 

However, the recent United States was changing.

 

‘American First.’

 

Under the slogan of making America great, they were causing chaos in the world for their own benefit.

 

‘They’re imposing tariffs on the entire world and committing tremendous atrocities against global companies. But there’s no one who can stop it.’

 

The US President was no longer righteous.

 

He used that power solely according to his own philosophy.

 

‘I wanted to meet him once.’

 

To see what kind of thoughts he had.

 

And I was curious how he would appear if I observed him with my ability.

 

‘Thanks to Dana, it will happen quickly.’

 

The VIP party was in a month.

 

In the meantime, I had to finish all the work in South Korea.

 

* * *

 

Kang Hyeon began preparing to recruit new employees together with Kwangho.

 

“How many employees do we need?”

 

“To properly form a trader team, we need at least 20 people. That’s essential to move our current capital.”

 

“Okay. Then let’s proceed that way. We also need to create an internal secretary team. We need to expand the accounting team too.”

 

“That’s right. We also need to supplement personnel to manage related subsidiaries. You can’t manage everything alone forever.”

 

That was true.

 

Currently, Kang Hyeon was single-handedly communicating with KH Construction, Nereid, and even the Barma Group in India.

 

This was creating a result where too much burden was placed on Kang Hyeon.

 

“From now on, we need to properly create a system to make things run smoothly.”

 

System.

 

The larger a company became, the more important this was.

 

If too much burden was placed on one person, the entire company would shake if that person got sick or had problems.

 

KH was exactly in that situation right now.

 

Kang Hyeon nodded at Kwangho’s point.

 

“You’re right. Then I’ll leave the system construction to you and Choi Byeon.”

 

“Okay. I’ll discuss that part with Choi Lawyer. What about the employees? Should we post job openings? Or should we personally contact decent traders in Yeouido?”

 

Trading was the department that would be the center of KH Capital.

 

While Kang Hyeon had been the brain until now, trading needed to run smoothly even without Kang Hyeon in the future.

 

From that perspective, there was a need to supplement with skilled traders.

 

Recruiting decent traders from the start using experience in Yeouido seemed like a good method.

 

“You handle the Yeouido side and I’ll handle the Wall Street side.”

 

“You’re bringing people from Wall Street too?”

 

“If there are good talents, there’s no need to limit ourselves to just South Korea, right?”

 

“That’s true too.”

 

Just because we were Korean didn’t mean we had to limit ourselves to South Korea only.

 

There were many talents worldwide and Kang Hyeon had the eye to distinguish those talents.

 

“Then I’ll list up the personnel to scout first and submit it.”

 

“Okay.”

 

They quickly organized the tasks that needed to be done.

 

After finishing the meeting, Kang Hyeon left a message for Richard Blake.

 

[Please give me a call when you have time.]

 

It would be just morning in New York now.

 

Making a phone call wouldn’t be polite.

 

That’s why he left a message.

 

Ring!!

 

The phone rang immediately.

 

“Richard, were you awake?”

 

-Haha, that’s right. My morning starts earlier than you think. What’s going on?

 

“Nothing much. I have a personal favor to ask.”

 

-Oh! A personal favor! This sounds exciting?

 

Since Kang Hyeon had never asked for personal favors before, Richard’s voice was already filled with anticipation.

 

“Could you possibly introduce me to some decent traders?”

 

-Traders? Are you expanding the company?

 

“Yes, that’s right. No, to be precise, the company is already expanding. Because of that, I’m spending longer periods away from South Korea.”

 

-Certainly. Looking at what your company has been doing lately, we’ve been reporting that trading time has decreased.

 

JP Morgan was Kang Hyeon’s main bank.

 

While he also did business with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, over 80 percent of transactions were processed through JP Morgan.

 

Naturally, since they could see the money flow and transaction records, they had figured out that KH Capital hadn’t been trading much recently.

 

-So you’re creating a department to do trading in your place?

 

“That’s right. I need capable traders to fill that place. But since I have almost no connections on Wall Street, I’d like to get some introductions. Would that be possible?”

 

-There are some traders looking for new jobs, so I’ll connect you with them.

 

“Thank you.”

 

-Haha, not at all. By the way, when are you coming to the United States again? Let’s have a meal together next time.

 

“I think I’ll go next month. I was invited to Dana’s VIP party.”

 

-Oh! You mean the party President Goldwin is coming to. I happen to be going too.

 

“Is that so? Then we can meet there.”

 

-Good. I’ll look forward to seeing you next month. I’ll organize the list and send it to you by tomorrow.

 

“Thank you.”

 

Kang Hyeon smiled after hanging up the phone.

 

“I ended up receiving Richard’s help again.”

 

Thinking that he must repay this debt, Kang Hyeon focused on work again.

 

* * *

 

A few days later.

 

Kang Hyeon’s computer had a list of traders organized.

 

‘A total of 70 people.’

 

South Korea, the United States, and even India.

 

He had organized and listed all the decent traders.

 

Just having their names on this list already meant they were good traders, but he had to properly select the gems.

 

‘I don’t know if the ability will work, but…’

 

The ability to see light.

 

He attempted to distinguish gems through that.

 

He wasn’t certain, so he planned to test it.

 

As he clicked through the traders’ list one by one, photos and summarized careers soon appeared.

 

[Choi Ha-seong]

 

[35 years old]

 

[Former Dongilsec Bond Team Deputy Manager]

 

A simple profile was displayed.

 

Kang Hyeon focused on the trader’s photo among them.

 

As he focused his concentration and stared intently at the photo, light soon appeared.

 

‘Gray.’

 

After confirming the profile glowing gray, Kang Hyeon wrote it down on paper.

 

‘At least the ability manifests. If it’s gray, it means the stock price moves sideways, so should I consider this person’s ability ordinary?’

 

The ability had manifested.

 

But interpreting it was something only Kang Hyeon himself had to do.

 

Knowing this, Kang Hyeon checked the list one by one and classified the traders.

 

‘Oh, this person is red. I should check them.’

 

There were people glowing red.

 

‘This person is blue? Is there something bad happening?’

 

There were also people glowing blue.

 

After checking about 40 people, Kang Hyeon could roughly understand what the light emanating from people meant.

 

‘Even people have ups and downs in life. Gray means there are currently no fluctuations, red means they’re entering an upward phase, and blue means they’re entering a downward phase.’

 

Of course, even if they were currently in an upward or downward phase, it didn’t continue forever.

 

Therefore, he couldn’t judge people based on that alone.

 

However, from KH Capital’s perspective, which was just starting anew, it would be good to have many employees entering an upward phase.

 

‘I’ve done about half, so let’s finish everything today.’

 

As he was checking the list one by one, thinking to quickly review the remaining personnel.

 

‘Huh?’

 

He saw a man emitting a different light from the three colors.

 

‘What? This man? He’s glowing black.’

 

Black light.

 

This had appeared in major incidents like the AI bubble.

 

But for this level of light to appear from a trader.

 

‘This is ominous.’

 

Kang Hyeon’s gaze turned to that man’s profile.

 

[Park Myeong-hun]

 

[47 years old]

 

[Former executive at Daeil Securities]

 

Daeil Securities.

 

It was one of the few places classified as a major corporation among domestic securities companies.

 

Being an executive there meant considerable experience.

 

Most importantly, Kang Hyeon also knew this name.

 

‘Isn’t he a legendary person in Yeouido?’

 

Having worked in Yeouido for a long time, he knew well what kind of deals this person had made.

 

It was surprising that such a person was listed in his company, but to be emitting black light.

 

‘Looking at experience alone, he’s the most outstanding among the people I’ve seen so far, but…’

 

Kang Hyeon trusted his ability more.

 

‘Let’s exclude him.’

 

He excluded him and moved on to the next person.

 

* * *

 

Ten days before departing for the United States.

 

Kang Hyeon met with Chairman Lee Jae-seong.

 

After briefly exchanging greetings, Chairman Lee Jae-seong immediately brought up the main topic.

 

“SS Group and Hyeonseong have also decided to positively discuss participating in the Indian Economic Zone.”

 

Indian Economic Zone.

 

It was positive news that other major corporations would also participate in the new zone the Indian Government was creating for Korean companies.

 

“Thanks to Chairman Lee’s efforts, we’ve received good news.”

 

“Haha, it’s also because they’re good conditions. That’s why other groups decided to discuss it positively too. Of course, it’s not confirmed yet. They’ll only enter there if the Indian Government doesn’t change their word.”

 

“Of course I understand. I’ll discuss that part well with Prime Minister Lao Sing.”

 

“Right. I hope you understand that your role is crucial.”

 

Coordinating opinions with a foreign government, not even the Korean government, was not an easy task.

 

This was even more true when discussing with the Prime Minister, the highest leader.

 

Even with Vietnam, didn’t they casually backstab Saseng?

 

“Countries are places that act like they’ll give you their liver if it benefits them, but as soon as they judge we can’t escape, they immediately try to take back what they gave. Don’t forget that.”

 

“Yes, I understand well.”

 

Chairman Lee Jae-seong had dealt with various countries, so he shared his experiences.

 

“Well then, shall we have a meal together after a long time?”

 

“Sounds good.”

 

With the main topic finished, they proceeded with the meal in a light mood.

 

While sharing various stories, he could obtain information about how the current world economy was operating.

 

“Nvidia seems to be planning to invest in storage going forward.”

 

“Storage?”

 

“After talking with CEO Robert Hwang, it seems that’s what they’re thinking. So our company is also planning to add a storage part to the factory we’re building in India.”

 

Being able to hear such latest information made dining with Chairman Lee an inevitably interesting occasion.

 

Then Chairman Lee’s secretary approached and whispered something to him.

 

Judging by how Chairman Lee’s face frowned after hearing it, it didn’t seem like good news.

 

“Is something wrong?”

 

“Ah, it’s nothing major. There was an unpleasant incident in Yeouido.”

 

“Yeouido?”

 

“You were also in the securities industry, right?”

 

“Ah, yes. I started my career there.”

 

“A high-ranking executive who was famous in Yeouido’s securities district apparently joined hands with several companies to manipulate stock prices. The news will probably come out around tomorrow.”

 

At the words ‘executive’ and ‘stock manipulation,’ one name came to Kang Hyeon’s mind.

 

“By any chance, is that person from Daeil Securities?”

 

“Huh? Did you already know about this news? As expected of someone from the securities industry. You’re quick with information too.”

 

Although the name wasn’t directly mentioned, he could quickly realize that person was Park Myeong-hun.

 

‘As expected, it was the right answer not to get close to someone with black light.’

 

It became an occasion to confirm that excluding that person from the list was the right decision.

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