After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 96

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 096

Countless domestic and international media outlets came to cover Project Navodaya.

The reporters were busy pressing camera shutters to capture the groundbreaking ceremony.

And on the platform where VIPs had gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony, key figures were exchanging greetings.

Among them was Kang Hyeon.

In fact, if you had to pick the most important figure in this project, it would undoubtedly be Choi Kang-hyeon.

The reporters knew this fact too, so they were busily clicking their shutters.

“Wow… Chairman Choi Kang-hyeon, I heard he was young, but he’s really young.”

“He’s only in his mid-thirties now. To create his own group as a self-made man at that age. He’s truly an amazing person.”

“But how is that possible? Is it possible to be self-made in this day and age?”

“It’s common abroad. Robert Hwang is like that too, and Elon Musk is also self-made.”

“That’s true…”

While Korea has become difficult for self-made success, there were quite a few self-made tycoons abroad.

No, almost all of them were self-made, and they accumulated tremendous wealth to control the world economy.

“But Chairman Choi is Korean, isn’t he?”

Of course, the fact that Kang Hyeon emerged from Korea’s environment was fascinating to the reporters.

From the perspective of fellow Koreans, Choi Kang-hyeon was like a mutation.

“Whatever the case, he’s an amazing person.”

“Agreed.”

While they were having their conversation, the groundbreaking ceremony began.

The first man to stand before the microphone was Kang Hyeon.

“I would like to express my gratitude to the many distinguished guests and members of the press who have graced this occasion today.”

His deep voice resonated through the event venue, drawing everyone’s attention to him.

“This Project Navodaya will become the first Special Economic Zone created through the joint efforts of the Indian Government and Korean companies. As the person in charge, I feel a tremendous sense of responsibility. With that same sense of responsibility, I will make Navodaya into a wonderful city. Thank you.”

A brief but substantial greeting.

Applause poured out, and the press turned his remarks into articles that spread around the world.

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[Project Navodaya Groundbreaking Ceremony!]

[The Indian Government and Korean global companies join hands to announce the start of the first Special Economic Zone!]

[The beginning of Navodaya was announced with spectacular fireworks.]

[This groundbreaking ceremony, attended by India’s Prime Minister Lao Sing, concluded successfully.]

News of Project Navodaya was delivered through domestic media.

The reaction of netizens who received this news was enthusiastic.

-Wow… KH Group is doing really well.

-Shouldn’t we buy KH Group-related stocks at times like this?

The problem is that there are no listed companies at all.

The only thing we have left is Nereid. But it’s already risen as much as it can….

I should have bought it then.

Today is the cheapest.

-Aren’t KH Group subsidiaries going public?

No news yet.

-It’s a global project with Saseng, SS Group, and Hyeonhwa Group participating.

ㄴThe Indo-Burma Group also participated.

It really seems like a large-scale Korean project.

While Project Navodaya was gathering attention, Kang Hyeon finished his schedule in India and returned to his hotel.

“Phew…”

Due to the recent incident related to Nereid, Kang Hyeon had been under severe stress during this groundbreaking ceremony.

‘I’m more tired than usual.’

Mental stress was affecting his physical condition as well.

Since tremendous figures participated in this groundbreaking ceremony, even more attention was paid to security.

Moreover, the Indian Government dispatched large-scale security personnel, so there were no problems from a security perspective.

However, due to the Chinese issue, Kang Hyeon had no choice but to continuously experience stress.

“Kim Manager.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Was there any particular action from the Chinese side?”

“No. We sent some of our security team members to the hotel where they were staying, but they had already checked out and erased their traces.”

The Chinese agents had cleaned up their traces after the Nereid surprise attack failed.

“But it’s too early to feel relieved. While in India, we’ll maintain the current level of security.”

“Yes, I’ll count on you.”

The timing of hiring Team Manager Kim Chul-jin was a stroke of genius.

He thought he should tell Executive Director Choi that he had worked hard.

‘Let me rest for a bit…’

Having finished one big task, taking a rest was the priority.

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The Chinese side took no particular action until he returned to Korea.

Team Manager Kim Chul-jin presented one opinion regarding this.

“It seems they gave up on the operation because our security became thicker than before. If they confronted us head-on in India, there was nothing they could do with their personnel.”

India was ultimately a battlefield favorable to Kang Hyeon.

Since the Prime Minister, who could be called the representative, was completely Kang Hyeon’s ally, police action had to be swift.

If necessary, the military could be deployed, so considering international relations, it was difficult to carry out operations recklessly.

‘They’ll probably stay quiet for a while. But they can’t stay like this forever.’

The opponent had already threatened with force.

There was no guarantee this would end with just once.

Most importantly, even Nathan, the most important figure in the United States, was caught up in a gunfight.

Although he himself showed a cheerful appearance while live-streaming during a phone call, he couldn’t be exposed to danger indefinitely.

So Kang Hyeon discussed this matter with Executive Director Choi.

“There was a gunfight at Nereid?”

“Yes. It seems the Chinese Government was probably trying to steal information.”

“The Chinese Government… No matter how unreasonable they are, to have a gunfight in a foreign country…”

“They judged that the potential of liquid cooling was that tremendous. Most importantly, from China’s perspective, which is leading the AI industry boom within their own country, they wouldn’t want foreign countries to develop new technology and create a gap.”

“Hmm…”

China was pursuing a closed AI industry policy within their country, but was evaluated as one of the two major powers.

It could be seen that they had tremendous competitiveness.

In the midst of this, they faced a situation where new technology was being developed abroad and the AI industry would advance by one level.

In this situation, China had two choices.

‘Secure the new technology or become obsolete.’

So they used force, but failed.

Now all that remained for them was an obsolete future.

‘Well, when liquid cooling is released, they could reverse engineer it and catch up. But by then, competing companies will already be running far ahead.’

The development speed of the AI industry was exceeding everyone’s expectations.

Even experts running at the forefront were expressing amazement that AI was developing faster than expected.

“So I’m thinking of paying more attention to security.”

“Expanding the department is good, but how about creating a subsidiary and deploying it to all companies within the group?”

“In that case, wouldn’t we get caught for work favoritism?”

One of the biggest regulations for large corporations was work favoritism.

But Executive Director Choi shook his head.

“This level is fine. It’s not infringing on commercial rights, and it’s a security-related issue.”

“Then please take charge of handling that part. You can discuss it with Team Manager Kim Chul-jin from the current security team.”

“Understood. I’ll handle it as top priority.”

“And I’m thinking of bringing Dr. Nathan from Nereid to Korea.”

“To Korea?”

“Yes. Dr. Nathan is the most crucial person who developed immersion cooling. He’s also the most important person among all the projects our group will undertake going forward. Having such a person in the United States makes me uneasy.”

“Certainly… Looking at the current situation in the United States, there’s no telling what variables might arise.”

“On top of that, there’s also the recent proposal from Minister Park Do-kyeong, so I’m thinking of bringing Dr. Nathan over to build an R&D facility domestically.”

“Minister Park Do-kyeong – isn’t he the one in charge of the Ministry of Science and ICT? What kind of proposal did he make?”

“He promised full support. Of course, it’s not documented yet, so I’m a bit anxious, but it seems better than staying in the United States.”

The country that had been the world’s strongest superpower and the epitome of capitalism had now become a nation symbolizing anxiety.

Since this happened because they chose the wrong president, it could only be described as ironic.

“Understood. Then I’ll handle the work related to that as well.”

“I’ll take care of Minister Park Do-kyeong and Dr. Nathan’s side. Please handle the other matters.”

“Yes.”

After finishing his conversation with Executive Director Choi, Kang Hyeon immediately contacted Minister Park Do-kyeong.

“This is Choi Kang-hyeon. I’d like to meet with you as soon as possible.”

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The meeting with Minister Park Do-kyeong took place the very next day.

At that meeting, Kang Hyeon brought up the main topic.

“I plan to have Dr. Nathan stay in Korea.”

“Oh! Are you accepting my proposal?”

“Yes. However, I must ask that you keep your promise of full support for the R&D construction.”

“Of course. Do you have a region in mind?”

“I’m considering Ulsan.”

There was one reason for choosing Ulsan.

“You’re planning to receive energy directly from the nuclear power plant.”

“That’s right. The R&D facility that Dr. Nathan will be in charge of will use a considerable amount of electricity. My calculation is that receiving direct supply from the nuclear plant will reduce losses and enable stable supply.”

“It doesn’t seem like you’re only thinking of building research facilities.”

“Actually, there’s a technology that was being developed at Nereid. It looks like we’ll be developing it domestically.”

“Could you tell me what this new technology is?”

Since he had already discussed this with Dr. Nathan, there was no problem in revealing it.

No, he had planned to reveal it from the beginning because doing so would allow him to secure more favorable conditions.

“It’s a server that doesn’t use rare earth elements.”

“Doesn’t use rare earth elements?”

“Yes. The technology was already in its completion stage, but until now, practical use was difficult due to heat generation problems.”

“Heat generation problems… that could be solved with immersion cooling.”

“Exactly. So I plan to bring the people who developed that technology to Korea as well to finally complete the server.”

“To confirm whether that server is completed at the practical use stage, you’d need to build a data center…”

Like the expert he was, Minister Park Do-kyeong immediately connected the dots and reached the conclusion.

“I plan to build a data center along with the R&D facility.”

AI data centers already existed in Korea.

However, the data center that Kang Hyeon would build had great potential to far exceed the efficiency of existing AI data centers.

‘Considering the relationship with Saseng, they’ll definitely receive HBM5 supply. If it’s a server that doesn’t use rare earth elements, they won’t have to worry about international opinion for future maintenance either. If the cooling system there is made with immersion cooling…’

It would mean the most advanced AI data center would be built in Korea.

Here, what he had to do as a minister, as a scientist, no, as a Korean, was one thing.

“I promise full support, staking my ministerial position on it.”

Park Do-kyeong, who had concluded that he must definitely secure Kang Hyeon, grasped Kang Hyeon’s hand.

“Then I’ll trust you, Minister, and begin the project.”

It was the moment KH Group’s first domestic AI data center was decided.

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