The next afternoon.
Yoo-hyun and Hyun Jin-geon, who had stopped by the hotel, sat on the sofa and watched TV after having lunch.
A reporter from the Arican ABC network was introducing the Lovely Day concert that took place yesterday.
Hyun Jin-geon exclaid as he sat next to Yoo-hyun, who was fiddling with his phone.
“Wow, the seats are full. There are a lot of foreigners too.”
“They are a top group in Korea.”
“The US market is not easy. Even though it was a mid-sized venue, there has never been an Asian idol group that sold out a concert hall like that before.”
“Really?”
“Aren’t you surprised? It’s sothing that I never imagined would happen.”
Unlike Hyun Jin-geon, who was excited, Yoo-hyun was not very impressed.
‘I’ve seen them top the Billboard chart, so what.’
They even won the Grammy, the highest authority in the US music industry.
Of course, that was another Korean idol group, and it happened much later.
Yoo-hyun, who had experienced the future, had no idea that Lovely Day would enter the US market.
It was sothing that didn’t happen in the past.
Looking back, they had changed from the past since they achieved great success in Japan.
What led to this change?
-It was the NHK broadcast that was the turning point. If Do Ha hadn’t fixed the blackout that happened because of the hacking, Lovely Day might not have succeeded in Japan.
According to Shinozaki Minami, the entertainnt editor of Morumoru, the NHK broadcast two years ago was a big turning point for Lovely Day.
The blackout was resolved, but the sound was not restored. At that mont, in the live broadcast, Lovely Day did not panic and finished a successful live performance, receiving a great response.
That day, Lovely Day topped the trending topics on Japanese SNS.
They beca Japan’s top stars and naturally expanded to the US market.
It was a result that would never have happened if the broadcast had been cut off by the blackout.
Maybe it was really thanks to Na Do-ha that Lovely Day’s fate changed.
It was also thanks to Yoo-hyun’s will, who had struggled to make Han Sung succeed in Japan.
He had given a decisive help in the process of his beloved brother finding a good lover.
‘Ah, don’t say that.’
Yoo-hyun felt proud and shook his head, and Hyun Jin-geon looked at him strangely.
“What’s wrong, why are you smiling all of a sudden?”
“Just. I’m happy to see things going well.”
“Do Ha won’t be happy, right? His girlfriend is too busy.”
“Hey, it’s thanks to him that Do Ha ets us. If it wasn’t for the concert, he wouldn’t have co here.”
“Haha. That’s true.”
Hyun Jin-geon shrugged his shoulders.
Ding dong.
The bell rang and Yoo-hyun opened the door to see Na Do-ha.
Yoo-hyun asked him, who looked very tired.
“Why are your eyes so swollen? What happened?”
“Don’t ask. I scread so much that my throat is sore.”
“Because of the concert?”
Yoo-hyun asked and Na Do-ha shook his head.
“No. I and the five mbers got together and had a celebration party. I couldn’t sleep because they kept grabbing and calling oppa all night.”
“All night?”
“Yes. They were having so much fun, they had no sense at all. Ah, I’m tired.”
Na Do-ha walked in with his shoulders drooping and flopped down on the sofa.
There was a slight smile on his lips, which said he was tired.
Hyun Jin-geon blinked his eyes as he watched him.
“Yoo-hyun, I think Do Ha is subtly bragging, right?”
“Not subtly, blatantly.”
“Man. I’m so jealous. I want to see my girlfriend too.”
Yoo-hyun asked Hyun Jin-geon, who looked annoyed.
“By the way, when are you going to show your girlfriend?”
“When I have ti.”
“Why are you hiding her? You and Do Ha are both weird in love.”
“Yoo-hyun, you are the worst. You kept sending hearts to Je Su while watching TV. Do you think I didn’t notice?”
“Ahem.”
Yoo-hyun felt awkward and coughed as he went inside.
The three of them decided to put aside the love issue and sat side by side on the sofa, eating snacks.
Na Do-ha, who had relieved his fatigue with a rich chocolate cake and coffee, opened the laptop he had brought.
He connected the cable and the contents he had briefly summarized appeared on the TV screen.
Click.
Na Do-ha turned the screen and went straight to the point.
“Here is the list of Russian public institutions I accessed. I searched around the US embassy in Vladivostok.”
“That’s a lot. Did you go through all of them?”
“I used Autobot, so there wasn’t much to touch. I just put in the keyword and searched for the period of 2014 that you told .”
Hyun Jin-geon, who already knew the situation, caught his intention at once.
“You wanted to check the deposit receipts that ca in by email?”
“That’s right. I thought there would be a trace if I sent it by PayPal. I just had to find the evidence that the money ca from the US.”
Yoo-hyun’s request to Na Do-ha was to check the traces of large amounts of money transferred from the US to Russia during a specific period.
He targeted public institutions with high-ranking US officials, and limited the transfer thod to PayPal.
Yoo-hyun had his own conviction about this.
‘It would be difficult to hand over large amounts of money in the usual way.’
On the other hand, PayPal, a simple transfer thod via email, could create hundreds or thousands of accounts and transfer money in a dispersed way.
The evidence was Carl Icahn’s move at the ti.
He had recovered a huge amount of money in a short period of ti, even ruining the many companies he had invested in.
Most of the companies he had taken over when he liquidated them were eBay.
He beca the largest shareholder and first separated PayPal, then replaced all the executives with his people after becoming the largest shareholder of PayPal.
Yoo-hyun, who had retraced the process, asked.
“How did it go?”
“I wouldn’t have co here if I hadn’t found it. Look.”
Click.
He pressed the button and the transfer list that Na Do-ha had sorted out by searching the email ca up.
Even though he only looked at the embassy side, where the security was relatively weak, the funds were quite considerable.
What was more peculiar was that the sa amount went to specific people at regular intervals.
Yoo-hyun’s lips rose with the thrill of his assumption being correct.
“Do Ha, you did a great job, really.”
“What are you talking about. I just checked it.”
“That check was necessary. If it wasn’t for your help, it would have taken a lot of ti to review other assumptions.”
Thanks to Nadoha, I had more confidence in my evidence.
I had dug deep enough.
But Hyun Jin-geon sounded disappointed.
“It’s good, but the email won’t be enough proof. It can be easily manipulated.”
“I agree with you, Hyun Jin-geon. How about we infiltrate the central part of Russia and investigate the funds more thoroughly?”
“That’s too risky. It would be better to hack the PayPal data server.”
Wouldn’t that be just as dangerous?
I was dumbfounded by Nadoha’s nodding head.
“As expected of Hyun Jin-geon. Then we need to find a way to access the server, right? Do we need to look for an insider?”
“We can also break in ourselves.”
“Wow, that reminds of China. It would be fun.”
They were getting out of hand.
I was speechless at Nadoha’s clapping and smiling.
“Why are you so happy? Have you forgotten what happened to us?”
“What does it matter? That’s all part of the mory.”
“You didn’t even ntion China for a while.”
“Hey, don’t say that. By the way, how are we going to break in?”
Nadoha quickly changed the subject.
He seed to have shaken off the bad mories of that ti after talking to Shinseonhu.
That was a relief, but repeating the sa mistakes was not acceptable.
I had to be realistic. This was more dangerous than the China incident.
“It won’t be easy. Cal Aiken wouldn’t leave such important data unprotected.”
“But it would be a sha to just give up… Isn’t there any way?”
“We’ll have to look into it. There’s an expert who can help us soon.”
“An expert?”
“Yes. A very competent lawyer who is helping us.”
The lawyer’s na was Natalie Miller.
She had handled several major lawsuits in the IT industry, and she had a lot of information about the political and financial connections of Cal Aiken.
She would surely co up with a solution.
A few monts later.
A luxury hotel suite room overlooking San Francisco.
The door to my room opened and Natalie Miller ca in.
She had a bright smile on her big mouth and long eyes, showing her cheerful personality and arrogance in her graceful walk.
Her light brown hair matched her reddish eyes, which were clear and beautiful.
She had the charm of both the East and the West.
I reached out my hand to her.
“Thank you for coming all this way, Natalie…”
Whoosh.
She passed by and hugged Hyun Jin-geon, who was behind .
“Honey, did you miss ?”
“Ahem. Uh, welco, honey. Was it hard to get here?”
“I was happy to co to where my man is. But why are you blushing? Are you embarrassed in front of your friends?”
“No, no. I’m just happy to see you.”
“You’re so sweet, Jake.”
Smack.
She kissed him on the cheek, and I was at a loss for words.
‘What the hell?’
Natalie Miller, who had been gazing lovingly at Hyun Jin-geon, greeted warmly.
“Steve, you must be surprised.”
“Yes? Oh, yes.”
“I heard a lot about you from Jake. I was so surprised to find out that you two are friends. You know you have so similarities, right? Oh, and you too, Doha.”
Was Natalie Miller always this bright?
“I see…”
“I’m so glad to see you all. I hope we can work well together.”
She left behind, flustered, and went into the living room.
Hyun Jin-geon followed her and made coffee for her.
Why didn’t I notice?
I watched them blankly and rembered how Hyun Jin-geon had raved about Natalie Miller before.
“No wonder he knew so much about Natalie…”
It was while Natalie Miller was away for a phone call.
Hyun Jin-geon explained the situation to , who was squinting.
“Don’t get wrong, I didn’t ask Natalie to take the River lawsuit. I found out later.”
“Is that so?”
“Hey, don’t look at like that. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to interfere with the work. There was no good timing either.”
Nadoha agreed with Hyun Jin-geon’s hasty excuse.
“I know how you feel.”
“Exactly. You understand , Doha.”
“I was misunderstood a lot too.”
Really?
The two geniuses of secret dating got along well.
They had a similar story of how they got together.
Two years ago, when TwitchTV, which was using the next building, had a server issue, Hyun Jin-geon, who had a friendly relationship with them, rushed to help.
The lawyer who was advising TwitchTV on the rger and acquisition was Natalie Miller.
She was fascinated by Hyun Jin-geon’s amazing skills.
It was funny to hear her say that, but they were still sweet to each other.
Natalie Miller ca back with a slightly flushed face and reminisced about that ti.
“He was amazing. He solved what no one else could in a breath. He was so cool. I was totally hooked after that.”
“Hmm…”
“Well, then, let’s hear what you have to say, Steve.”
She switched back to her professional mode as if nothing had happened and looked at with a bright eye.
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