If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 40

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Episode 40

Could it be that this arrogant little brat really felt his absence and gained some enlightenment?

‘No way!’

Bae Tae-ak recalled all the memories of what he’d suffered through.

Seosing-a, who had dropped tears like a flower soaked in rain when he threw out the comment “You’re not much in person”…

Seosing-a, who when adults came running asking what was wrong, kept her mouth tightly shut and just shook her head while sobbing as if she’d suffered the world’s greatest injustice…

Seosing-a, who collapsed gracefully the moment he shouted that everyone was being fooled by her appearance because he was so frustrated…!

If a sturdy-looking kid acted like that, he could at least try to protest the absurdity, but when she cried, he automatically became the bastard thanks to her looks.

Middle school sophomore Bae Tae-ak, in the height of his eighth-grader syndrome, was only busy putting on airs in front of his uncle. In front of this devilish sugar doll, he didn’t even dare to utter harsh words anymore.

“Uh… oh, it’s been a while? Nothing happened, right? I’ve been so busy with my studies that I couldn’t find any time.”

“Huh? What are you talking about~. I heard from Seo Neok Samchon that oppa is dead last in the entire school. That you’re famous in the neighborhood for being stupid. Don’t say weird things.”

“…”

You’re not nine years old, are you…

It was quite a skill to shoot out harsh words while smiling shyly and gently.

Though Bae Tae-ak looked up at the distant sky feeling dejected, Seosing-a had no intention of chattering about trivial things with this pretentious middle schooler.

“You know that class you mentioned before. I want to try taking it.”

“Yeah, good thinking- What?! What did you say?”

“But there’s a condition.”

“A condition?”

Seosing-a glanced at Bae Tae-ak, who was parroting back like a parrot.

To think this sloppy-looking kid would later become a member of an idol group that would dominate the Billboard charts, a global fashion icon… truly, life is full of unexpected turns.

Seosing-a clicked her tongue briefly inwardly and tilted her head at the angle that looked cutest when she practiced in the mirror. It was her special pose for making requests.

“Is Seo Neok Samchon very busy these days? When you get a chance, please tell samchon to take Sing-a for a drive~ That’s the condition.”

“Eh? That’s all? Where are you going? Is it far?”

“No no. It’s not far. It’s nearby!”

“Good! That’s nothing. Seosing-a, don’t trick me again. You’ll really get in trouble! I’m scary when I’m angry!”

What would there be to trick about?

Pangyo Forest is right in the next neighborhood~.

Seosing-a giggled with her cheeks flushed red from the cold and threw a snowball at Bae Tae-ak.

While thinking it was hilarious that this eighth-grader syndrome kid would become the future cool Dior ambassador.

♧

The reason I thought of Bae Seo-nyeok for the Pangyo Forest expedition was…

Because I realized I was screwed.

「If there’s land that’s confirmed to become a new city in the future, how should I buy that land?」

One peaceful weekend afternoon.

Having successfully boarded the dot-com bubble that I’d put my heart and soul into~ with both body and mind at ease, I asked my youngest uncle as I was thinking about preparing for the next step.

Among the people around me, no one would be more knowledgeable about land transactions than my youngest uncle, who was a section chief at the district office.

My youngest uncle narrowed his eyes.

He looked ready to ask if the General had bestowed another prophecy, so I quickly added:

「Hypothetically~ hypothetically.」

「Hmm… you can’t buy it.」

「Pardon?」

「I said you can’t buy it.」

My youngest uncle, who had coldly uttered those chilling words, pushed up his square-framed glasses.

「If such land existed, the big shots with money and power would have already quietly gobbled it all up. How could an ordinary person like you possibly buy it?」

「Uncle? Aren’t you being too negative…?」

「Negative my foot. Just look at the Pangyo land right next door.」

「…!」

Why is Pangyo suddenly coming up here?!

Whether his cute niece was startled and flipping out or not, uncle continued speaking with a snort.

「These days there are rumors about development there too, so rich ladies are carrying bundles of money and chasing after landowners. Even when the landowners want to sell because they can’t stand all the pressure from their various schemes, so what? The government won’t give permits. Having money doesn’t solve everything- hm? Why do you have that expression?」

「Per, per, permits? You need permits?」

「Are you going to faint again? You don’t look well.」

「Uncle! I’m fine! Do you need permits?! Please answer!」

My youngest uncle, who was somewhat lacking in social skills from only studying in the countryside, worried about his hyperventilating niece for a moment, then answered with an expression like he was seeing the stupidest thing in the world.

「Of course. It’s a land transaction permit zone. Don’t you know what a land transaction permit zone is?」

「Normal nine-year-olds don’t know…」

「You’re a nine-year-old chosen by General Seonmu of our Onyang Bang Clan. Be more clever. Don’t bring shame to our ancestors’ reputation.」

「…」

「Anyway, it’s obviously for speculation, so anyone who stamps approval on that would be crazy. Unless you’re really going to do something like grow strawberries.」

「Ah! So it’s possible if you say you’re going to farm?」

Damn! Sing-a will try growing potatoes!

「That also depends on the person. Ordinary people with nothing won’t work. Go away.」

How can ordinary people live with such injustice!

Down with discrimination against ordinary people- no wait, hold on.

‘Then I just need to not be an ordinary person, right?’

Seosing-a’s grand plan to gather millet grains through stocks and pile them up like Mount Tai through real estate was about to come crashing down.

Driven to the brink, one fatal thought flashed through my mind.

「Then… then what if a top star went? Would they sell land to a top star?」

「A top star? Someone like Sim Hae-ryeon?」

What level is Sim Hae-ryeon!

All I have is Bae Seo-nyeok!

「If the landowner is a fan, it might be possible. In a world where fame equals credibility, if a top star says they’ll build a villa and settle down, who would stop them? Even the district office employees would come running with excitement. If they said they’d build a company building, they could even aim for substitute land compensation later.」

After that shocking conversation with uncle.

I frantically searched through old newspapers and news.

Only then did I finally realize why I had no choice but to receive a [Poor] grade in May of this year.

While I was obsessed with the dot-com bubble and focused only on stocks, many things had passed by.

From late last year, when the government pledged to lift the greenbelt restrictions, Pangyo land had already been stirring.

In May of this year, that is, when I received my report card, news spread widely that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport was reviewing plans to develop Pangyo as a venture business complex.

Quick-footed people had already started moving then.

My plan to go shopping for Pangyo forest land around the new millennium with money earned from the bubble, before the new city news broke, was just the naive delusion of a common citizen!

‘I was too complacent, Seosing-a…!’

For an ordinary regressor without a chaebol chairman grandfather or professional knowledge, earning 1 trillion won was absolutely not an easy task.

I need to pull myself together.

I must utilize everything I can possibly use.

If I don’t want all of this to remain just a midsummer night’s dream and die pathetically as a truck accident victim.

So… conclusion.

“Sing-a. No matter how much I look around, this is just the countryside with nothing but rice fields nearby… Are you sure you said to come on an outing here? Taeag didn’t bully you again, did he? Don’t endure it and tell me. He’s just my older brother’s son, but you’re my one and only niece.”

“Seo Neok Samchon, don’t be like that~ Taeag Oppa is so kind. Even though he hates me, I’m sure Sing-a must have done something wrong. Sob sob. Anyway, could you turn the car a bit more that way? I can’t see well. Is this kaleidoscope broken?”

“In any case, you’re too soft-hearted and that’s the problem.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Go, 4-star connection. Fulfill your role.

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