Chapter 93: Chapter 93. Spring, Part I
Translator: Khan
Editor: Aelryinth
I looked out of the window. The green buds were coming out one by one through the ragged branches. I looked at it all and declared, “It’s spring!”
Secretary Seo, holding the steering wheel, agreed, “That’s right!”
Ti passed and it was March, springti. I opened the window to enjoy the warm spring sun. But rather than the good feeling of the warmth of the spring sun, the displeasure acridness of smog hit . I closed the window right away.
“Ah, I think the smog is too much these days.”
“That’s right.”
“Is there no way we can solve it?”
“Wouldn’t it be a Nobel Prize if we could?”
“... that’s right. If I had a company like that, I’d invest my entire fortune. I’m sure it would hit the jackpot.”
Upon hearing the remark, Secretary Seo said in a slightly funny way, “Three hundred million dollars?”
I said, looking at Seo’s round face in the rear-view mirror. “Hmm? Three hundred million dollars?”
“Yes, three hundred million dollars. That’s what it said in yesterday’s article. It’s three hundred million dollars in the boss’s fortune.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Haven’t you seen it?”
“No, when did that happen?”
“I texted you yesterday, and I said you had so news in your na.”
Co to think of it, I had a text ssage yesterday. It was while I was eating with my sister and my parents.
– Boss, there’s an article with your na on it. I’ll send a link.-
I just looked at it and forgot. I picked up my cell phone and searched for Han Sang-hoon in the search window. Then I moved on to the news section.
[An Assemblyman, Han Sang-hoon made a bitter speech to the tyrannical presidential office of the Blue House.]
As expected, he was the first to appear. National Assemblyman Han Sang-hoon was still working hard. He was rather outspoken in his words and actions and was popular with supporters as a delightful and refreshing mber of the National Assemblyn. Of course, people on the other side said, ‘His conduct is not neat and he is not qualified to be a National Assemblyman,’ but by his actions, public awareness was growing.
[Does National Assemblyman Han Sang-hoon hold the power of the party? There are even news reports that he could appear as a party leader.]
‘Hmm...’ scrolled down, thinking. CEO Han Sang-hoon, not National Assemblyman Han Sang-hoon, was hung at the fifth article.
[Kai Gas’ Fantasy War Ground has been a big hit, and it has surged in the last few days.]
I clicked on the article.
[Kai Gas’ Fantasy War Ground is gaining popularity, as it has broken the record of simultaneous users in a day. In the midst of the recent boom in Battle Royale genre gas, the company also topped the number of simultaneous users on the global ga provider platform Steam, beating all its competitors.]
First of all, the ga was a big hit, like the future I had seen. If I went to a PC room in Gangnam, most people were playing Fantasy War Ground from Kai Gas, and sotis even I did. I dressed my character in pretty clothes, and if I spent my money on my company’s ga, I would take this and that, and it would co back to , like a payback.
[... the stock price of Kai Gas responded to this. It has been rising rapidly since the open beta test. It is Han Sang-hoon, CEO of Invictus Investnt, who is smiling the most. CEO Han Sang-hoon, who took over Kai Gas from a Chinese investnt firm late last year, has increased his stake to sixty percent through in-market purchases after absorbing other major shareholders’ shares.]
The other major shareholder here was Master T, Director Tak Joon-gi. He might have thought he sold his shares at a good price, but now his stock was almost four tis higher than back then. I didn’t know for sure, because I didn’t have a chance to et him, but I was sure he was going to be very upset, because the shares he had sold at seven million dollars were now worth thirty million dollars.
“You don’t play gas, but you said you were playing gas. Does that make sense?” I kept scrolling, making a sarcastic sarcasm that Director Tak Joon-gi wouldn’t hear.
[In total, Invictus Investnt’s current stake is valued at $264,800,000, and CEO Han Sang-hoon, who owns 100% of Invictus Investnt, is said to have more than $300,000,000 in assets, including his other companies OH Entertainnt and Blue E&M.]
Ji-hoon seed to think that my fortune was three hundred million after seeing this last sentence. Of course, this did not include the money in my personal accounts.
“By the way, who wrote this article?”
It was an article about , but I didn’t even see where it ca from. I scrolled up and looked up who wrote this article. This was from the company of Kaiji Lee Won-jae, Director of Light Economy News. I saw it as I pulled my chin.
Well, actually, it was news that would co out. Fantasy War Ground’s big hit and Kai Gas’ surge was a good piece of material to write, but it troubled my mind a little bit as it ca from this company.
‘He’s a black-hearted guy.’
I wondered if there was so strange intention behind it. I said to Secretary Seo, “Did they get in touch with our company when they sent this news?”
“Yes, they did. They were trying to write this article and asked to review it. So I read it and it didn’t have a bad story to tell. I told them to write it.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes.”
I turned my head out of the window and nodded, “... Okay.”
“What’s wrong? I read it and it was good. Boss?”
I shook my head and said, “No. you did a good job.”
Secretary Seo thought he did sothing wrong. But he had only carried out my order faithfully: ‘If the news with my na on it isn’t very bad, let it go.’
I wanted to be more famous.
“By the way, how’s the acquisition of Oracle News going?”
“Vice President Jang says it will be finished by the end of the month.”
“Umm, it that so?”
Oracle News was a small to dium-sized Internet news company.
At my order, ‘Get one dia company we can invest in, not to sort out whether it is listed or not,’ Vice President Jang brought the lists of so companies.
There were a lot of companies on the list, probably because of the hustle and bustle of Internet newspapers these days, and I picked a news company that was as clean as possible. That is, as neutral as possible without the influence of big companies or anyone else.
Oracle News, which ant a prophet, was a bit strange since I’d beco the owner who received the future news. Perhaps Oracle News would send out a little ‘future prophecy’ news to match its na in the future, by an anonymous contributor who hid his identity.
“But not that, uh... no progress on the acquisition of another company?”
“He says there are no sales. I wonder if Vice President Jhang is picky about the terms...”
“Well, then I’ll have to say that he should relax the terms, not to take care of the synergy, but just take it over if there is a decent company.”
“Will you?”
“Yes. I’ve succeeded in making this investnt. I’ll be a little aggressive.”
I decided to buy two companies to qualify for Master Class, even if they were rather expensive. The assets of Invictus Investnt were going to be over three hundred million dollars, as was used in the article, and I was rolling around a hundred and fifty million. To be exact, there were less than fifty million in my personal accounts. I was earning enough money now, but if I were to upgrade here one more ti, I’d have to upgrade to a higher grade, as well…
——
The car stopped for a mont at the intersection of Shinnonhyeon Station. It was almost at my apartnt.
“So what else is our schedule for this week and next week? Is there another thing I’ll have to co to work for?”
“You don’t have to co to work... but you have to go to Seoul City Hall.”
“Hmm?”
“I told you last week. There’s an award ceremony Seoul City wants to give you next Wednesday.”
“Oh, yes, you did. Will the ceremony be at Seoul City Hall?”
“Yes.”
I said, putting my fingers on my head, “Well... I didn’t expect to get a prize at my age.”
Our company recently received an award, as it had been selected as a model case for the Youth Job Creation Project hosted by the Seoul tropolitan Governnt. It was none other than Joo Sung-won, the incumbent Seoul Mayor. It was a funny coincidence that I had made a lot of money on the the of the Seoul Mayor in the past.
Vice President Jang had said, “As you may know, even if I do not have to say it, current Seoul Mayor Joo Sung-won is considered the top candidate for the next presidential election. His approval rating has been rising even more recently.”
Mayor Joo Sung-won’s approval rating had risen further recently. I didn’t know whether he was doing well in municipal administration or not, but it seed true that the rumors that had made the whole nation shake during the last Seoul mayoral vote last year were rather beneficial.
“Please et him and make sure to open a relationship with him. Mayor Joo Sung-won was reportedly surprised at the CEO’s investnt performance, and more, at your age.” Jang told , ‘If you want to succeed in Korea, you have to be close to politicians to so extent.”
He seed to say even more under his words. Frankly, I didn’t like the fact in itself, but in reality, I couldn’t help it. I didn’t want to be held back by governnt officials and politicians for nothing, either in investnt or in business.
‘Well, I’m going to go say hello, and I’m sure I’ll have an acquaintance with him... I don’t know how he’ll help later. Who knows if he will be president two years from now? It’s a good start. We’ll et as an award-giver and an award-receiver.’
While I was thinking about this and that, Secretary Seo drove the car into our parking lot.
“Well, you did a good job.”
“Don’t ntion it! Goodbye.”
I got out of the car and took the elevator. My apartnt was now sothing I was quite used to, and it really felt like ‘my ho’. If I wanted to spend money, I might be able to move to a place like a luxury villa in Seocho-dong, or a rich town in Hannam-dong, but I felt most comfortable paying rent here.
Ding-dong!
At the sound, I ca out of the elevator and promptly ran into my landlord, Lee Ah-young. She had jeans and pink knitwear on, and was holding a big bag containing picture materials. She looked like a graduate student at a college of art.
I bowed my head first and said, “Hello.”
She, too, bowed slightly to and replied, “Hello!”
‘It won’t happen again’. As she had said, after she had slept at my apartnt before,
she had never been so drunk again.
“Are you going to school?” I asked her briefly.
She said, “Yes,” and passed by, leaving the word behind.
‘Well, she begged for help, but I didn’t do anything for her, so did she get upset?’
But there was no way I could help. There was a rather intense encounter, but we now felt like we were back in an ordinary relationship.
‘Well... maybe this is normal...’ I entered my apartnt with such a thought.
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