After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 97

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 097

Minister Park Do-kyeong spared no effort in providing full support.

[Ulsan City Signs Data Center Construction Contract with KH Group!]

With Minister Park Do-kyeong acting as an intermediary, they were able to sign a data center project contract with Ulsan City.

The Ministry of Science and ICT also participated, making it a large-scale project.

The moment the data center contract was signed, Kang Hyeon moved swiftly.

“Release the prepared press release immediately.”

“Understood.”

[KH Group to Build World-Class AI Data Center in Ulju-gun!]

[KH Group, qualified as major shareholder of Nereid which developed immersion cooling technology, enters AI industry.]

The news that KH Group, which owns Nereid, would build a data center attracted significant attention both domestically and internationally.

And Kang Hyeon called Chairman Lee Jae-seong of Saseng.

“Chairman Lee, I have a favor to ask.”

-Haha, for you to use the word ‘favor.’ That’s a bit scary.

“It’s not a difficult matter. I’d like you to prioritize the supply of HBM5.”

-I saw the news already. You’re building an AI data center in Ulsan? Planning to use it there?

“Yes. This data center will extensively use new technologies that haven’t been used before.”

-Oh~ That sounds exciting already. Alright. I’ll promise priority supply of HBM5.

Lee Jae-seong coolly accepted the request.

His help didn’t end there.

-If you’re looking for a place to build the data center, how about asking Hyeonhwa Construction?

“Hyeonhwa?”

-Yes, they have the most experience building data centers in our country. They’re skilled enough to build DCs in Texas too.

“But I don’t have any connections with Hyeonhwa…”

-It’s just business, isn’t it? You can make a formal request.

“Understood. Thank you for the advice.”

Initially, he had planned to entrust the data center construction to KH Construction.

But having KH Construction, which lacked experience, handle the entire data center project from start to finish felt risky.

‘If I commission Hyeonhwa as the main contractor and have KH Construction as a subcontractor, they can gain experience through this opportunity.’

Since he planned to build a DC in India as well, gaining experience beforehand would certainly be helpful.

[KH Group Signs Large-Scale HBM5 Supply Contract with Saseng Electronics!]

[Hyeonhwa Construction, which built AI data center in Texas, USA, to construct KH Group’s first AI data center! Hyeonhwa Construction signs data center construction contract with KH Group!]

Kang Hyeon moved swiftly.

He signed an HBM5 supply contract with Saseng Electronics and even concluded a data center construction contract with Hyeonhwa Construction.

About two months after Minister Park Do-kyeong promised his support, Kang Hyeon completed the basic contracts for the Ulsan data center construction.

* * *

Incheon Airport.

Team Manager Kim Chul-jin was waiting for someone.

‘It should be about time.’

After checking the time on his smartphone and looking up, he saw the gate doors opening.

Through the open gate, one middle-aged man and two women walked out.

Kim Chul-jin approached them after confirming their identities.

“Dr. Nathan.”

“Oh! Are you an EFC player?”

“Excuse me? Ah… No. I’m Chul-jin Kim, here to pick you up today.”

“Aha-! You’re from KH Group. Nice to meet you.”

After brief introductions, they got in the car.

While crossing the massive Incheon Bridge, Nathan spoke with an excited voice.

“Ooh-! Korea’s technology is amazing. To build a bridge of this size!”

“It’s my first time in Korea! I’m so excited!”

“Haah… Don’t get too excited.”

“Mr. Kim! I want to eat chicken! Let’s go eat chicken!”

“I want to eat Korean sauce chicken!”

“Ah, seriously!! Both of you calm down!”

As Nathan and Sophia’s voices grew louder, Curie finally shouted.

At her scolding, the two fell silent like elementary students being reprimanded by their teacher.

Watching this scene, Kim Chul-jin realized something.

‘That woman is the boss.’

It was a moment when the hierarchy among the three became instantly clear.

* * *

After a long time, Kang Hyeon met with Nathan.

“Doctor, thank you for the trouble of coming here.”

“Oh, the private jet was nice, wasn’t it? It was fantastic.”

“That’s right! It was better than the business class we took last time!”

“Certainly… it was good.”

To bring the three people to Korea, Kang Hyeon had sent his private jet to the United States.

Thanks to this, the three were able to come to Korea comfortably.

“Let’s sit and talk.”

“Yes.”

After taking their seats, tea and coffee were placed in front of the four people.

“I apologize for the unfortunate incident in the United States.”

“Huh? I found it interesting. Even though I live in America, it’s not like I get to witness gunfights often.”

“Actually, I don’t think it was the CEO’s fault. After investigating that man, he was confirmed to be an industrial spy from China. The FBI is also looking for him.”

“Most importantly, we’re alive, aren’t we? That’s what matters.”

Nathan was unexpectedly cool about it.

His response made Kang Hyeon feel somewhat relieved.

“You’ll stay in Seoul for a while before moving to your permanent residence.”

“When will the research institute be completed?”

“It will take about a year for the research institute to be completed.”

“A whole year?”

“Of course, we’ve rented a research facility near Seoul for you to use before then. The equipment is somewhat lacking, but you can conduct research there for the time being.”

“Oh-! That sounds great!”

Despite experiencing a gunfight, Nathan’s mind was still focused only on research.

To his bones… no, his very DNA structure seemed designed for research.

“Until then, Team Manager Kim Chul-jin here will handle both your security and guidance.”

“We’ll be counting on you!”

“That’s very reassuring.”

Nathan answered with a playful smile and then looked at Kang Hyeon.

“By the way, Chairman. About the DC you’re building in Ulsan.”

“Ah, yes.”

“You’ll be officially using the SC-01 model servers, right?”

“That’s correct.”

The rare earth-free server.

Its model name was designated as SC-01.

01 was the number designation, and SC would be the model name.

Of course, the commercial name might change, but that’s what it was called internally.

‘To create it using the spellings of Sophia and Curie, who designed the server. Nathan is thorough in these aspects.’

Though an eccentric scientist, he was meticulous when it came to research and development.

“Then I’ll upgrade the performance of the SC-01 model.”

“Upgrade?”

“Yes. We were planning to upgrade it to increase performance by about 30 percent from the current level.”

“I’m already looking forward to that.”

“And I heard that robots will be deployed at the Ulsan factory construction site. Is that true?”

“Not entirely, but Hyunhwa Construction announced that robots will replace some of the workforce.”

Hyeonhwa had decided to deploy robotic workforce for this construction project.

Originally, they would have wanted to deploy them in automobile factories, but that was being delayed due to union influence.

So they planned to gradually introduce robots starting from construction sites and expand their scope from there.

“Oh, would it be possible for me to observe?”

“It’s possible. Were you interested in robotics as well?”

“Of course! And robotics is actually the field I’ve been researching recently.”

“Robotics?”

“The Doctor’s brain is genius-level. I’ve been watching from the side, and he’s been experimenting with truly incredible technologies!”

Sophia said with admiration.

She also had considerable scientific knowledge from what I knew. For her to be this amazed.

‘Dr. Nathan might be an even greater genius than I thought.’

Nathan, who had created immersion cooling, was now working on robotics too, which already had me excited.

“Understood. I’ll spare no effort in providing maximum support.”

“Thank you!”

With that, I concluded the meeting with Nathan.

* * *

As KH Group stepped into the spotlight, public attention began to focus on them.

-KH Group is amazing.

-Looking at their recent moves, they seem to be handling all the major projects.

-Are we finally getting a proper data center built domestically?

There were already hundreds of them before. Aren’t those proper places?

Yeah. Honestly, domestic data centers are pretty mediocre.

Especially AI data centers are of lower quality though.

-Above all, the AI data center KH Group is building is the strongest in terms of efficiency.

It felt like they just crammed in every new technology they could find.

-KH Group IPO please!!

Investors were hoping for KH Group to go public.

But since there was no urgent need for money, there was no particular reason to do so.

A week after Nathan arrived in South Korea.

Kang Hyeon moved to meet with Director Bong Jun-seok.

Lee Jin-su, who was newly appointed as the CEO of KH Entertainment, also joined them.

“Chairman, thank you for making time today.”

“I’m always available for Director Bong’s requests. Please speak comfortably.”

“Haha! That’s reassuring.”

Director Bong Jun-seok smiled brightly as the three of them took their seats.

“How is the production coming along?”

“Currently, our staff are on business trips to candidate filming locations for verification.”

The filming location candidates for The Founding of the Great Korean Empire were being considered worldwide.

Conducting location shoots in other countries would consume considerable costs, but it was a choice made to enhance the work’s quality.

“Have you found any good candidates?”

“There are several places we like. Above all, we should be able to capture some beautiful domestic scenery as well.”

Although it was set in another world, since the original work was based on South Korea, Director Bong explained that a considerable portion would be filmed in South Korea.

“If you’re filming in South Korea, where are you planning to do it?”

“We’re likely to proceed with cities on the west coast.”

Bong Jun-seok turned on his tablet and launched a map application.

“Buan is the most likely candidate. Since The Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin was also filmed there in the past, we should be able to use those facilities as well.”

While listening to Bong Jun-seok’s explanation, Kang Hyeon noticed something strange.

‘Why is that map connected to Yeongjong Island?’

In the map application Director Bong had opened, Buan and Yeongjong Island were connected.

And in red, no less.

‘Moreover…’

That connection point soon extended to other places and connected to other regions as well.

‘All these regions are connected. This is…’

Kang Hyeon zoomed out on the map to check all the connected regions.

‘Naju and Buan, and Ganghwa Island and Yeongjong Island, and finally even Seongsu-dong are connected?’

While the other regions could be understood as filming locations, Yeongjong Island and Seongsu-dong didn’t make sense.

“Director, could I take a closer look at the map for a moment?”

“Ah, yes.”

Kang Hyeon took the tablet and zoomed in on the map.

The area he zoomed into was the Yeongjong Island region.

As expected, the red line connected to the theme park that KH Construction was building.

‘Is this a signal that the theme park will succeed through The Founding of the Great Korean Empire?’

It was a plausible interpretation.

The Founding of the Great Korean Empire was already a work whose success had been revealed by his ability.

The interpretation that a theme park created in connection with it would also succeed in box office was reasonable.

The problem was Seongsu-dong.

‘Why does this light lead to my building in Seongsu-dong?’

The red light leading there was shining as intensely as the theme park.

‘Does this mean that if I do business connected to The Founding of the Great Korean Empire here, it will succeed?’

It was an ability that conveyed new ideas.

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