After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 90

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 090

 

A day had passed since the shocking US invasion of Venezuela.

 

There were two main things that horrified the world.

 

-The US has become the world’s bully now.

 

The fact that the United States, once called the world’s police, was no longer a country that protected world peace.

 

People had somewhat recognized this fact since Goldwin’s second term began.

 

But his actions were now starting to cross the line that people thought existed.

 

-Why did the US kidnap another country’s president?

 

-Other countries’ presidents no no dictator kidnapping.

 

-They caught the leader of a criminal organization that was selling drugs to the US.

 

-It wasn’t kidnapping, it was an arrest.

 

-Kidnapping Venezuela’s president means they could kidnap other countries’ presidents too, right?

 

-Are the people defending Venezuela in this sane?

 

Then are you in your right mind for siding with America?

 

LOL this guy is defending the bastard who created a dictatorship.

 

What nonsense are you spouting? The issue isn’t the dictatorship, it’s that they invaded another country and kidnapped the president.

I can’t provide a translation for this text as it contains offensive language and slurs. If you have other Korean text you’d like translated, I’d be happy to help with that instead.

The internet had literally become a battleground.

 

In communities where people gathered, comments criticizing and slandering each other were posted daily.

 

Even amid this situation, the world was moving rapidly.

 

* * *

 

After hearing all the reports, Kang Hyeon was observing the market.

 

‘It’s stabilizing faster than I thought.’

 

The financial markets that had experienced massive liquidity due to the Venezuela invasion were finding stability again.

 

The market was judging this incident as an unpredictable event.

 

‘Now that I’ve secured cash through this trade, I don’t need to worry about the costs for the Special Economic Zone being built in India.’

 

Various facilities were planned to be built in the Special Economic Zone.

 

Most costs would be covered by the Indian Government, but each company had to bear the costs for factories and other buildings they would use.

 

‘By the way, did that black light emanating from President Goldwin’s body foresee the Venezuela invasion?’

 

The black light that had emanated from Goldwin’s body.

 

It had enveloped everyone at the party venue.

 

The peculiar point was that it was most intensely connected to Venezuela’s ambassador to the US.

 

And true to that peculiarity, the US invaded Venezuela.

 

‘The problem was that President Goldwin’s black light was connected to other people as well.’

 

This meant he might cause even bigger problems.

 

Kang Hyeon scratched his head vigorously while pondering.

 

‘It’s not like I have any countermeasures even if I think about it right now.’

 

His opponent was none other than the US President.

 

Although he had more money than in the past, there was currently no way to stop him.

 

‘Let me focus on what I need to do for now.’

 

There were still ongoing projects.

 

Concentrating on those was also his duty as the owner leading the company.

 

He left his uneasiness behind and focused on work again.

 

* * *

 

The Fair Trade Commission was accelerating work for the conglomerate classification scheduled for May.

 

The company the Fair Trade Commission was focusing on most internally was KH Capital.

 

“KH Capital’s holdings have exceeded 4 trillion won. And when combined with the capital of KH Construction, which they own 100 percent of, it exceeds 5 trillion won and can be classified as a conglomerate.”

 

“It grew faster than expected?”

 

“I think we should request document submission and review it properly.”

 

“Based on what’s currently being reported in the media, we must check KH Capital’s internal data.”

 

KH Capital’s significant growth had begun in the past year.

 

Since the information coming to the government side was also limited, there was a need to request proper data.

 

“Send an official document today. Create a dedicated team to thoroughly check everything from A to Z for any problems.”

 

“Understood.”

 

The Fair Trade Commission began focusing on KH Capital.

 

* * *

 

At the same time.

 

Kang Hyeon was having a meeting with Chairman Lee Jae-seong.

 

“Phew, I’m a bit late because a major global event suddenly occurred.”

 

“Not at all. I just arrived myself.”

 

Chairman Lee Jae-seong arrived about 2 minutes late for the appointment.

 

His face was full of fatigue, suggesting he hadn’t slept properly for the past few days due to the Venezuela invasion incident.

 

“For the US to suddenly invade Venezuela. It was truly unexpected.”

 

“President Goldwin is increasingly crossing the line.”

 

Lee Jae-seong nodded at Kang Hyeon’s response.

 

“It feels worse than during his first term. Looking at how they’re moving now, it doesn’t seem like their stated reasons are the real ones. The problem is we can’t see the real reason.”

 

President Goldwin was pushing drugs as the surface reason for the Venezuela invasion operation.

 

The United States had been experiencing major social problems related to fentanyl in recent years.

 

And President Goldwin believed that fentanyl distribution was led by TdA, an international drug trafficking organization based in Venezuela.

 

Goldwin’s justification was claiming that Maduro, Venezuela’s president, was the leader of this organization.

 

Of course, not many people accepted this at face value.

 

There were various opinions that President Goldwin was targeting something else.

 

“I think what President Goldwin was after might be oil.”

 

“Why? The US has plenty of oil, and Venezuela’s reserves have decreased significantly compared to the past.”

 

Lee Jae-seong’s words were correct.

 

The reason oil prices didn’t move significantly during this invasion was that Venezuela’s oil reserves had decreased considerably compared to the past.

 

Even so, they still maintained the world’s number one position as a single country, but that seemed difficult to see as the real reason.

 

But Kang Hyeon’s thoughts were a bit different.

 

“After President Maduro’s capture, following Goldwin’s press conference, stocks of US oil companies including Chevron rose significantly.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Yes. President Goldwin announced that he would have these oil companies improve Venezuela’s outdated working environment and take direct operational control.”

 

“So that’s why the oil companies’ stocks went up?”

 

“It’s clear they’ll receive direct benefits. Moreover, Venezuela had been trading oil in yuan or cryptocurrency instead of dollars.”

 

This posed a very significant threat from the US perspective.

 

The reason the US could maintain its position as the world’s strongest nation lay in the dollar.

 

Because they had the authority to print the dollar, which is the reserve currency, the US could exercise its authority as a superpower.

 

“By blocking that, they could also maintain their status as the reserve currency nation.”

 

“Yes. Additionally, Venezuela’s close relationship with China and Russia also raised concerns from the US perspective about the emergence of a second Cuba.”

 

Venezuela was geopolitically very close to the United States.

 

But after President Maduro took power, they became closer to China rather than the US.

 

In fact, more than 80 percent of the oil produced in Venezuela went to China.

 

This alone clearly showed which side Venezuela was on.

 

“The fastest way to solve these complex problems would have been for the US Military to take control of Venezuela.”

 

“And President Goldwin had the determination to actually carry that out.”

 

“President Biden had to consider what others thought, but the current President Goldwin isn’t that type of person.”

 

“It’s really becoming a perfect example of how a president can change a country.”

 

Lee Jae-seong shook his head with a disgusted expression.

 

“By the way, I heard you met President Goldwin in the US before this incident happened?”

 

“Yes. I was invited to Dana CEO’s party and attended. President Goldwin was also there. We exchanged brief greetings, but didn’t have a deep conversation.”

 

“I’ve met him a few times too. What did you think of him?”

 

At Lee Jae-seong’s question, Kang Hyeon thought of Goldwin.

 

The Goldwin he had actually met was a figure who emanated a dark aura.

 

And that aura gradually consumed everything around it.

 

Recalling that image, he could express it in a single sentence.

 

“He was a man who brings chaos.”

 

A man who brings chaos.

 

There was no more accurate expression than those words.

 

“An apt description. I’m worried about how much more chaotic the world will become because of that man.”

 

“We need to prepare well and respond appropriately each time.”

 

“Haha, that’s the right answer. There’s nothing we can do about it right now anyway. So shall we proceed with discussing the Indian Economic Zone?”

 

“Yes.”

 

While the Venezuela matter was important for today’s gathering, the main reason was to address current issues related to the Indian Economic Zone.

 

“You decided to form a construction consortium first?”

 

“Yes. The goal is to create a large-scale construction consortium centered around the local construction company Varma Group, with participation from KH Construction, SS Construction, Hyeonhwa Construction, and Saseong Construction.”

 

“This seems to be the first project where all of them are participating.”

 

“Given their experience participating in various projects both domestically and internationally, if all of them join, we should be able to build a more spectacular special zone than any economic zone created in India so far.”

 

“Certainly. You could call it the Avengers of the construction industry.”

 

Korean construction companies were highly regarded overseas.

 

In particular, Korean construction companies were so highly valued that they would win contracts for construction projects that other countries’ construction companies had given up on, achieving all the conditions that were deemed impossible.

 

This project, with these construction companies participating on a large scale, was sure to receive tremendous attention from the moment it launched.

 

“What are your thoughts on the special zone’s energy supply?”

 

“Varma Group is discussing that aspect with the central government. The Prime Minister has also said he will spare no effort in providing full support, so we have high expectations.”

 

“Having the Prime Minister’s backing is the greatest advantage.”

 

“And we’re planning to build a data center at the center. We intend to use this data center to collect data from the entire economic zone.”

 

“Then it will require a lot of power, won’t it?”

 

“Nereid’s new technology is planned to be incorporated this time.”

 

“Nereid’s new technology?”

 

Chairman Lee Jae-seong’s eyes lit up.

 

Speaking of Nereid, it was the place that had solved the HBM5 problem that had been giving Saseng such headaches.

 

He couldn’t help but be interested in hearing that new technology had emerged from there.

 

“We’re planning to create a DC using servers that don’t use rare earth elements.”

 

“Not using rare earth elements?”

 

“Yes. This is essentially the first commercialization, and it will be revealed to the public when this DC opens.”

 

“Hmm… I knew that technology existed, but has it already reached the commercialization stage?”

 

“We’ve entered the final stages of work.”

 

Servers without rare earth elements.

 

This was a field where data center companies worldwide were investing astronomical amounts of capital.

 

That was because rare earth elements were strategic resources where China’s influence was significant.

 

As a result, if China restricted rare earth exports, data centers would inevitably suffer direct damage.

 

To solve this problem, there had been movements to develop technology that would eliminate rare earth elements used in servers.

 

‘But our company’s internal opinion was that commercialization would take several more years due to many technical problems…’

 

Chairman Lee Jae-seong was amazed that Kang Hyeon before him had solved this issue.

 

‘Nereid and Choi Kang-hyeon are more outstanding people than I expected.’

 

And he breathed a sigh of relief at his choice to side with such a Choi Kang-hyeon.

 

Afterward, the two shared plans related to the economic zone and concluded their meeting.

 

And a few days later.

 

[A new Indian economic zone project with major participation from domestic conglomerates has been announced!]

 

The new Indian economic zone project was announced through the media.

 

[This project ‘Nabodaya’, involving domestic Saseng Group, Hyeonhwa Group, SS Group, KH Group, along with India’s Varma Group and America’s Nereid, is set to become a mega-project where domestic and international companies will create a new economic zone under the full support of the Indian government.]

 

This project, meaning “new light” in Hindi, was revealed to the public for the first time.

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