After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 89

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 089

 

Shocking news spread across the world.

 

[US Military invades Venezuela.]

 

A single line article.

 

However, right after the article came out, not many people took it at face value.

 

-What kind of bullshit is this?

 

-Why would the US Military attack Venezuela?

 

-That’s ridiculous.

 

-Trash journalists being trash journalists.

 

Similar reactions came from Korean communities as well as Japan and Taiwan.

 

-Venezuela invasion lol what

 

-Even though the US has gone crazy lately, this is a bit much.

 

-I think the article is wrong?

 

-A correction article will probably come out soon.

 

-It’s nonsense.

 

It was a story that far removed from reality.

 

But follow-up reports poured in.

 

[(Video) Missiles lighting up Venezuela’s night sky]

 

[(Video) Venezuela capital burning]

 

This time, ones with videos were released.

 

Now more people started believing it.

 

-Holy shit? It’s real?!

 

-This is unbelievable.

 

-No way, the guys who used to be the world’s police have now become the world’s thugs.

 

-Why are they attacking Venezuela?

 

-Isn’t this AI?

 

It was an era where fake videos became common as AI developed.

 

Stories circulated that the videos might be manipulated.

 

However, unlike these community reactions, the financial markets were already moving.

 

“NASDAQ is widening its decline.”

 

“Gold futures are rising.”

 

“Crude oil futures prices are going up.”

 

Yeouido.

 

Countless companies were closely watching the current financial market movements.

 

Teams that emphasized aggressive trading were already taking positions.

 

“Crude oil is likely to rise further. Go long!”

 

“Understood.”

 

“Buy gold for now! How are US bonds moving?”

 

They were seeing crude oil prices moving due to the aftermath of war.

 

Venezuela was one of the oil-producing countries with high reserves globally.

 

It was natural thinking that if they were attacked, there would be problems with oil liquidity.

 

But KH Capital’s movements were different.

 

“How much is left until the target prices for our current positions?”

 

“If gold prices rise just 10 percent more, we’ll reach the target. Venezuela bonds will reach the target if they rise just 3 cents.”

 

“Good. The moment prices reach the target, start closing all positions.”

 

“Understood.”

 

Under the orders of Lim Kwang-ho, who had newly become vice president, the trader team was moving busily.

 

One thing that had changed was that the trader team was no longer the modest scale it used to be, but now consisted of about a dozen people.

 

A new employee asked Seong-won, who had risen to the position of Team Manager as new team members joined.

 

“Um… Team Manager.”

 

“What?”

 

“Why didn’t our company take crude oil positions this time? If we saw that war would break out in Venezuela, we should have taken crude oil positions, right?”

 

Others also listened to the new employee’s words.

 

From their perspective, there were many questions about this transaction.

 

It was their first large-scale transaction after joining KH Capital, a hot financial company these days, but they had barely taken any positions in crude oil, which they should have naturally bought.

 

To the new employee’s curiosity, Seong-won said without taking his eyes off the monitor.

 

“Do you know what our company’s first principle is?”

 

“First principle?”

 

“Don’t question orders from the CEO.”

 

The new employee shut his mouth at Seong-won’s words.

 

“That’s our company’s absolute rule.”

 

That wasn’t an exaggeration.

 

The rule Seong-won mentioned was something that must be followed at KH Capital.

 

What if you couldn’t follow it?

 

“If you can’t follow that, it’s better to quit early. It means you don’t fit our company’s system.”

 

That was the complete answer.

 

Seong-won focused on the charts again.

 

The new employee watching him pouted his lips.

 

‘What is this, some kind of cult? Can’t even ask questions?’

 

He was full of complaints, but couldn’t voice them out loud.

 

* * *

 

Not even a few hours after news of the Venezuela invasion spread, another shocking news was delivered.

 

[(Breaking) US Delta Force captures Venezuela president alive!]

 

News that the United States had captured the Venezuela president alive was delivered.

 

This was an even more shocking article than the news that the US Military had attacked Venezuela capital.

 

-What the hell is this?

 

-They captured the Venezuela president alive?

 

-Fuck! Isn’t this really fake news?

 

-That’s ridiculous.

 

-Wasn’t the invasion just 3 hours ago? But now they’ve captured the president?

 

-Bring some believable rumors at least!

 

This time too, reactions of disbelief lined up on the internet.

 

But soon President Goldwin publicly posted on his SNS.

 

[We have captured the drug cartel leader and Venezuela’s dictator and are transporting him to the United States.]

 

Calling a nation’s president a drug cartel leader and naming him a dictator.

 

It made you wonder if there had ever been such a president before.

 

But one thing was certain: the US president had directly declared that he had captured the Venezuela president.

 

-No, fuck! What the hell is happening to the world?!!

 

A parade of shocking news that left everyone stunned.

 

And thanks to such news, the financial markets were showing literally unprecedented liquidity.

 

“Hyeonhwa Systems has reached the target price.”

 

“Starting to close positions now.”

 

Along with news of the Venezuela president’s capture, defense stocks moved first.

 

Hyeonhwa Systems, supplied with enormous liquidity, showed an increase of over 20 percent at once.

 

KH Capital immediately began closing positions as Hyeonhwa Systems reached the target price.

 

Starting with Hyeonhwa, other stocks also approached their target prices.

 

“Gold futures prices are entering the target range.”

 

“Close the positions.”

 

“Starting partial selling.”

 

“Chevron is widening its gains to 29 percent… breaking through 30 percent. Target price reached.”

 

“We’re entering partial profit-taking.”

 

Upon receiving the report, Kwangho began closing positions without a moment’s hesitation.

 

Like an emotionless machine, whether prices rose further or not, nothing could shake him.

 

When the target price was reached, positions were closed.

 

That was the difference between professionals and amateurs.

 

Amateurs couldn’t carelessly close positions due to expectations that prices would rise further, but professionals were different.

 

They continued mechanical trading.

 

Once a trading method was decided, it never changed.

 

There was never any emotional holding of short-term positions based on expectations that prices would continue changing.

 

“Currently, 50 percent of all positions have been closed.”

 

Fifty percent of all positions.

 

They had taken positions before news of the invasion was announced, and when prices reached target levels after the invasion news, they quickly closed them out.

 

“We aim to close all remaining positions within one hour.”

 

“Understood.”

 

The employees responded in unison to Manager Lim Kwang-ho’s words.

 

Those who had newly joined the trading department were also gradually realizing.

 

‘I’ve heard rumors about KH Capital, but this is truly incredible.’

 

‘The timing for hitting and running is perfect. How is this possible?’

 

‘All these trades were directed by CEO Choi Kang-hyeon, right? What kind of connections does he have to know about the US invasion of Venezuela?’

 

Being employees who directly participated in the trading, they could understand the significance of these trades better than anyone.

 

‘This couldn’t have been captured without detailed knowledge of the Venezuela invasion.’

 

CEO Choi Kang-hyeon already knew about the Venezuela invasion.

 

And it was reasonable to suspect that he had accessed that information while he was in the United States.

 

What was even more surprising were the positions he had captured.

 

‘Wow… how did he know that crude oil wouldn’t rise much?’

 

The new employee who had questioned Seong-won checked crude oil prices intermittently while following instructions.

 

This was because he still had lingering attachment to his opinion about buying crude oil.

 

However, crude oil didn’t show significant volatility in the market.

 

At most, it showed a rise of about $1, 100 ticks, then gave back its gains.

 

‘If we had taken long positions as I argued, we wouldn’t have been able to properly close positions at the $60 resistance level.’

 

Of course, a profit of about 100 ticks could be considered a decent return.

 

But if they had taken long positions in crude oil, they would have entered expecting long-term gains.

 

With crude oil’s current movement of quickly giving back its gains, they would have been flustered, going “huh?” and definitely failed to properly close positions.

 

‘Did the President know even this aspect when he instructed us to buy Chevron?’

 

Meanwhile, Chevron’s price was rising steeply.

 

When news spread that the US had attacked Venezuela and even captured the president, the prevailing opinion was that Chevron would receive spillover benefits.

 

Moreover, a single SNS post by President Goldwin further boosted Chevron’s stock price.

 

[We will ensure that Venezuela’s oil can be managed by domestic companies.]

 

Tyranny so outrageous that people asked what kind of nonsense this was.

 

However, no one could oppose his decision.

 

‘Goldwin has become the Qin Shi Huang of the 21st century.’

 

The Qin Shi Huang of the 21st century.

 

That was a perfectly fitting expression.

 

America, which had symbolized freedom, had fallen, leaving only a tyrant.

 

And in the world commanded by that tyrant, their CEO was reaping enormous profits.

 

‘Now I understand why the absolute rule exists.’

 

KH Capital’s absolute rule.

 

Pondering that, he moved his mouse.

 

* * *

 

Kang Hyeon, who arrived in South Korea, immediately took a car to the office.

 

Though he would want to rest after the long flight, world affairs didn’t allow it.

 

When he arrived at the office, employees who spotted him tried to stand up from their seats.

 

However, Kang Hyeon raised his hand to stop their movement.

 

“Everyone focus on trading.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“Vice President and Team Manager Kim, please come to the meeting room.”

 

“Understood.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Kang Hyeon immediately entered the meeting room with the executives.

 

Hanging his suit jacket on a chair and loosening the constricting collar button, Kang Hyeon connected charts of major stocks to the meeting room monitor.

 

When Lim Kwang-ho and Kim Seong-won entered and the door closed, Kang Hyeon asked.

 

“Let’s start the report right away.”

 

“Understood.”

 

At his words, Lim Kwang-ho operated the tablet he had prepared.

 

Then the positions currently held by KH Capital appeared on the sub-monitor.

 

“We started taking positions 4 hours before the US military’s invasion of Venezuela. We took positions in the stocks you mentioned at appropriate prices, and then news of the Venezuela invasion was announced.”

 

When he pressed a button, the chart’s candles began moving.

 

At the exact time the news was announced, liquidity was provided to all stocks.

 

“As all stocks received sudden liquidity, the market reacted sensitively. All the positions you specified moved as expected and reached target prices along with news of the Venezuelan president’s capture.”

 

When he pressed the button again, numbers appeared this time.

 

“The total funds invested when entering positions was 498.8 billion won, and we achieved a total return of 113 percent.”

 

113 percent return.

 

Normally an impossible return, but it was achievable thanks to the big event of America’s war.

 

“We reached total profits of 563.64 billion won and have currently closed all positions.”

 

America’s invasion of Venezuela.

 

Thanks to this event, KH Capital was able to generate astronomical profits.

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