God of money

by Stayrr

Is money really everything in a life? If you could live through your life again you must become a God of money. A person who lives for money. A person who treats money with the worth it deserves.

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Chapter 129: Coconut Bank

Shin Semi poured a glass of whiskey and said to Woosung, "I hate to brag, but you must admit that I am beautiful. I haven't had any plastic surgery, which is rare in KYLO."

Shin Semi looked confident, which made Woosung flustered, but he replied firmly, "I have a lot to do right now. I have no time for anything other than work."

"I understand completely. My father was just like you. That is why it makes sense for rich business people to marry each other."

Woosung looked at Shin Semi.

Appearance.

Ability.

Background.

She was A for all of the categories. Woosung was tempted to nod and take her to the nearest bed right away, but he needed to be dedicated to his work. If he lost his focus now, his whole plan could crumble.

"I have things I really need to accomplish. That's all I can tell you right now."

Rejection again.

Shin Semi sighed. "So…I suspected it, but it really is a no?"

"Not a no, but more like not now."

Shin Semi took another sip. This was her third glass. She wasn't used to drinking so much. She felt drunk, which gave her courage.

"Then what about after you are done with your work?"

It felt surreal for Woosung to have such a gorgeous woman begging to go out with her. This has never happened in his previous life. He was always the one who was dumped.

"Maybe…That's the only answer I can give you right now."

"That's such a vague answer. Rich people are actually very old-fashioned. There is no guarantee that I will be available then."

Shin Semi was now being too needy.

Woosung replied, "If that happens, I would be a bit disappointed."

Her expression brightened a little. She took another sip. "I will try to wait for you. Please don't make me wait too long."

Then she fell asleep on the sofa. Woosung lifted her up and placed her in her car where her chauffeur was waiting. She was lighter than expected. His heart was pounding fast.

After returning home and taking a shower, Woosung murmured in front of the mirror, "What a life."

His appearance was the same, but he gave off a different atmosphere.

Relaxed.

Confident.

He was full of these wonderful characteristics, and a woman like Shin Semi was after him.

He enjoyed this situation.

What man wouldn't like to be pursued by a beautiful woman?

"After my revenge…"

With an evil grin, Woosung sat in front of his computer and opened his secret note file.

In it was a detailed list of what he remembered of his past life which was now his future.

This was his most treasured asset.

"It's May now, so…After the provincial election in a month, Naro's launch will fail…Then the economy will improve and oil price will go up…I guess that's it for this year."

Oh Hoon will win the election.

Next would be Naro.

This will fail.

Naro.

It was Korea's first carrier rocket that will fail during its launch.

"Space business…"

Presently, this was not a plausible business for Woosung to get involved.

"But someday…"

Woosung turned to the next page.

Oil price increase.

This was his chance to make money again.

Afterwards, Woosung checked his coin status.

He had a few thousand coins more than the last time he checked. He was happy with the result.

On top of mining, he continued to buy them from individuals online. He created many different IDs to prevent any suspicions. He used a VPN to avoid IP tracking. He was very careful every step of the way.

Recently, two pizzas were purchased by a developer for 10,000 coins.

Finally, the first price of coin was set at about 0.15 cent.

Woosung started to doze off. He was so tired, but he still couldn't go to bed yet. He shook his head and started summarizing what he heard from those women today.

"Yoo Sona and Choi Taemin's relationship confirmed."

He already knew this from Yoo Sona herself. It seemed the others also knew.

"Choi Taemin's wife Kim Ina knows of his affair. She is considering divorcing him, but currently is holding off at Chairman Choi Gunwon's insistence."

Woosung didn't know this before. Kim Ina was the daughter of the CEO of Sunyu Group, well known for its chain of SU convenient stores.

"Kim Ina is having an affair with a famous actor Lee Jaejung."

Woosung didn't know of this either. The women at KYLO were only happy to share the gossips with him. Woosung wrote down a few more things he remembered before heading to bed.

"Of the 299 senators, 187 have agreed to adjust the Separation of Bank and Commerce Act. The adjustment is now officially approved."

The opposition members stood up and left the Congress angrily, while the current party members remained to celebrate.

Representative Kim Manhyun said to the man next to him, "So now an individual or a private company can own up to 15% of the bank."

"This was adjusted to make the internet bank happen. The Korean public wants this. Daeyang promised to compensate us handsomely for it."

"And what did the Coconut say?"

"I already got a call from Mayor Oh."

Kim Manhyun laughed. "Already?"

"He had the money ready in advance."

"Haha, he has good instincts."

"I heard Mayor Oh Hoon has a great business sense. He is also one of the top candidates for future presidency. It will be beneficial for us to keep him close."

"Presidency?"

"Yup and CEO Kang Woosung also is very popular."

"Hmm…We must see how we can use him for our advantage even after the provincial election."

"I will make it happen."

Kim Manhyun nodded and asked, "So Kang Woosung is currently working as part of Oh Hoon's election team?"

"That's right. He is using big data analysis to increase the mayor's popularity. I heard it is going very well."

"Find out if we can copy the same technique for ourselves."

"Yes, sir."

"We need to win Seoul. That's the key."

The fifth provincial election day.

Lee Sunghyun sat in front of the TV nervously. Oh Hoon's win meant his own success too. The only thing he had right now was the title of being the President's son.

This was the chance for him to become a somebody on his own. If he led Oh Hoon's election to success, there was no one who would object him from running next year for a position. Eventually, he would become the President himself.

"Phew…"

After a deep sigh, he continued to watch the news. It would take another 9 hours before the result was announced. After a few more minutes, Lee Sunghyun headed to the gym.

After working out for 2 hours, he went to the sauna.

He then returned home for a long nap.

He hasn't been sleeping much for the last few weeks. He was tired.

When he woke up, it was 5 pm.

It was almost time.

6 pm.

Woosung turned on the TV.

Jang Gwangchul who was sitting nearby murmured, "What if Oh Hoon doesn't get re-elected?"

"That will never happen."

"Well, I know you are most likely right, but it's always risky for a company to support a specific political figure. I hope you won't do it again."

Woosung knew this too. If the politician lost, then there was a good chance the winning party would treat the company unfairly.

"And that's why I made an exit strategy."

Jang Gwangchul swallowed. "You…you always have everything covered."

"Breaking news. A preliminary result has been released. Liberal party's Oh Hoon 47.4%. Democratic party's Han Minsook 47.1%. It is likely that Oh Hoon has won the election."

"As long as the error is less than 0.3%, Oh Hoon most likely is the re-elected mayor of Seoul."

As Woosung expected, Oh Hoon was winning by a very small margin.

Jang Gwangchul commented, "I guess you were right again."

"But if not…It would be a huge problem for us." Woosung murmured ominously.

If the result was different than his previous life, it meant the future was now changing.

Fortunately, the result remained the same even after 10 hours.

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Mayor Oh Hoon's re-election party.

Oh Hoon grabbed Lee Sunghyun's hands.

"This is all thanks to you. I can't believe I won by only 0.2%. It was so close."

"I am flattered."

"No, I mean it. You were totally right. Last year, you predicted 0.2% and you got it right! I am so shocked."

Lee Sunghyun smiled. It was actually Woosung who predicted it. They both knew it.

Lee Sunghyun replied, "I feel the same way."

"So where is he?"

"He doesn't like big parties, so he just sent some flowers for you."

"Well, it is better for politicians and businessmen to not appear together too often."

"Exactly. The other party may use it against you."

Oh Hoon nodded. "I understand. Anyway, I hope you have a great time here and I will see you later."

"Yes, sir."

Lee Sunghyun bowed and left. Oh Hoon greeted other guests.

Among them were Liberal representative Kim Manhyun.

He approached Lee Sunghyun. "Long time no see."

"Yes, sir."

"Haha, you used to call me uncle! I would like you to do it again."

"No, sir. We need to keep business and personal relationship separately."

"You are still so stubborn."

Lee Sunghyun's expression remained serious. With a politician, one always had to be alert and don't miss a word. Especially someone like Kim Manhyun who was high up in ranks.

"You must have needed something. I am ready to listen."

Kim Manhyun laughed, "Haha, so serious. Well, I do have a few things I want to ask. Is it true that Kang Woosung played a big part in this election?"

"That's correct. It was Kang Woosung who predicted the result."

"I hear he predicted it and also made it happen?"

"I'd like to think we all played a part in making this happen."

"Can I know the details?"

Lee Sunghyun told Kim Manhyun of all the things that happened.

The main focus was on the data analysis.

Kim Manhyun exclaimed when he heard about the accuracy of Woosung's past predictions.

"He's that good?"

"I am telling you the truth. His skills are unbelievable. As you know, Kang Woosung became the CEO of a multi billion-dollar company in only a year. He is very special."

"And it is all thanks to his ability to analyze data."

"He admitted it. He said that's how he became successful."

Kim Manhyun narrowed his eyes. "I am very curious."

"He is a true genius."

"Hmm…"

Kim Manhyun sighed deeply and closed his eyes. He was pressured to leave his position as the representative by the other party members. He needed help.

Kim Manhyun opened his eyes.

"Then can I ask you for a favor?"

"Anything."

"I would like to meet this Kang Woosung."

"In private?"

"That would be ideal."

Lee Sunghyun nodded and replied, "Alright. I will make an arrangement."

"How about today? I am free…"

"Today?"

Lee Sunghyun thought for a second and replied quickly, "I will call him and see."

Kim Manhyun smiled.

Woosung looked unhappy as he sat down.

A sudden request for a meeting.

Would Lee Sunghyun have done the same to Daeyang's CEO?

Woosung shook his head. Daeyang was still more powerful and influential. He was still not strong enough.

Someday when he became bigger, nobody would have the nerve to treat him with these much disrespect.

The door opened and Kim Manhyun walked in with a smile. Woosung forced a smile on his face too.

Kim Manhyun greeted, "Haha, I'm sorry I asked to meet you on such short notice."

Woosung shook his hand and replied, "Not at all. It sounded like you wanted to talk about something very important."

Kim Manhyun.

He was an influential politician.

"I first wanted to meet you to thank you for your role in winning the Seoul election. I hope I am important enough for you to want to meet."

Woosung replied quickly, "Of course you are! I am honored to meet you."

"Haha, I'm glad you think so. Let's have a seat first."

They initially talked about mundane things. After a few minutes of chat, Kim Manhyun finally lowered his voice and asked, "Attorney Lee tells me your analysis skill is beyond this world."

Woosung didn't feel the need to be humble anymore.

"Yes. That is how I got here."

"And can you apply that skill to anything?"

"It's hard to say, but if it involves finding out what the public wants, then I am pretty confident in my skills."

"I also heard you can make things happen…I will be frank. Can you increase the approval rating for the Liberal party?"

Woosung expected this question.

He pretended to look uncomfortable and replied with the answer he thought of before coming, "Sir, I am not a political consultant. Mayor Oh Hoon was a special case. Besides, boosting approval rating is not something I'm familiar with."

Kim Manhyun remembered what Lee Sunghyun told him. Woosung was a businessman through and through. He believed in give-and-take relationships. Kim Manhyun thought to himself.

'He wants me to offer him something.'

Woosung looked at his eyes directly. KND was now a big important company. He had the right to be confident.

Kim Manhyun murmured, "You aren't familiar with it…"

"But I did learn something from working on this election. May I tell you?"

Kim Manhyun nodded.

Woosung continued, "The reason why Mayor Oh could win was because it was in the public's knowledge that the credit card fee reduction project was strongly supported by the mayor."

Kim Manhyun nodded again.

Woosung added, "Doing something like that would be the best way to get the public's approval. You need to do something innovative."

"Do you have an example?"

"Mobile carrier business would be the best example. Reducing the cell phone bills for the public would surely be a very positive change."

"Hahaha, I'm not sure if I can make things like that happen. Besides, that plan is already in works by the government."

"But it will happen faster if it has more support in the Congress."

"Hmm…"

"The first politician that publicly support the idea will gain the most popularity."

Kim Manhyun's eyes sharpened.

'Look at this guy.'

It was clear that Woosung was trying to use him to make his mobile carrier business happen faster. However, it was a hard offer to refuse.

Kim Manhyun had to do his own research first, but it was not a bad idea.

Woosung continued quickly, "If you remember where the idea of reducing the mobility cost came from, it should be easier for you to answer."

Kim Manhyun swallowed. He did remember. It was clear what Woosung was trying to say.

"Will the federal government again take the whole credit for this idea?"

Kim Manhyun shook his head. He couldn't let this happen.

"The public wants to save money. Anyone or any group that makes it happen will no doubt become popular." Kim Manhyun agreed completely. He asked, "Are you ready to make the formal request to the government? Are the paperwork ready?"

When Woosung nodded, Kim Manhyun replied, "Alright."

After the meeting, Lee Sunghyun explained to Woosung, "Kim Manhyun pressured me, so I had to do it. I'm sorry I called you on such short notice."

"Haha, I understand."

"So what did he say?"

"It wasn't anything special. This and that, and…"

"And?"

"He asked me how to boost the approval rating for the liberals. I told him I didn't know much about it."

"Hmm…really?"

"But…"

"But?"

"I told him of an idea, just like I did for Mayor Oh."

Lee Sunghyun urged him to continue.

"I told him to think about the advantage of reducing the cell phone bill for the public. Wouldn't he look good if he became the one who supported and pushed the idea first?"

Lee Sunghyun nodded and picked up his phone quickly. He looked hurried. Lee Sunghyun realized what he had to do.

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When Woosung returned to the office, Jang Gwangchul was waiting for him.

"I was just about to call you."

"Did they finally contact us?"

"Yup. They suddenly are very interested and want the paperwork right away."

Woosung smiled mysteriously and replied, "Haha, I can guess why."

"What did you talk about with Kim Manhyun?"

"I pushed a little."

"Pushed?"

"As you know, the liberal party didn't do very well in many of the smaller provinces."

"So?"

"The party wants a scapegoat, and it seems like the representative head of the party is being blamed."

"So Kim Manhyun asked you for a solution and you…advised that it would look good if he becomes the first politician to push the mobility cost reduction plan?"

"Haha, something like that."

"So Lee Sunghyun now needs to make it happen even faster. He wants to make this project be his father's accomplishment, but now Kim Manhyun is trying to steal the idea." Jang Gwangchul smiled. "So this is going to happen very soon."

"I think so. We need to go over the plan one last time to make sure it's perfect."

"It's happening as we speak. The developers we hired from Europe are doing an amazing and efficient job. They also finished the LTE plan."

"So now, our success will depend on what frequency we get assigned."

"Yes. We need a good one."

"You told me last time there is a problem with 900MHz. We can't use LTE with this frequency."

"That's right. We need the 850s, currently monopolized by TK. We need to get as many frequencies as possible so we can increase the download speed."

Woosung murmured at Jang Gwangchul's explanation, "Do I have to do the project loon just like Google?"

A similar project was being done by Facebook too, but Woosung quickly shook his head.

Jang Gwangchul asked, "What?"

"Haha, nothing."

"TK will not give up easily."

Woosung nodded gravely.

Jang Gwangchul continued, "This will be a messy battle. If an auction format is used, it will cost us a fortune. At least, it's a good thing that you have friends in the political world, but…I still don't think it's a good idea for you to be so deep in politics. When a different party takes over the power, it could be the end for us."

"Haha, you don't have to worry about that. You just don't understand. By the way, I haven't done anything official for the current party."

"But…"

When Jang Gwangchul tried to continue again, Woosung narrowed his eyes. "Do you know why Daeyang and TK can't be touched by the prosecutors?"

When Jang Gwangchul couldn't answer, Woosung continued, "Because of the influence they have in politics. There is a saying that if you kill one person, you are a murderer, but if you kill a thousand, then you are a hero. Daeyang is the hero, but we aren't there yet."

Jang Gwangchul realized what Woosung was saying.

Money.

Money could buy you anything.

Which meant they needed to go back to the beginning. They needed to make more money.

Jang Gwangchul asked, "By the way, how did you make your slush fund?"

"Shush! It's not a slush fund! I just happen to have money on the side for personal use. You don't have to worry too much about money right now. Just worry about the business. By the way, how is it going with hiring a financial expert?"

"There are so many people applying for the job. I am trying to narrow it down."

"If you can find someone from abroad, that would be a good idea. We need someone innovative that can think outside the Korean box."

"Alright. I will look into it."

"Also, Mayor Oh called me again. He is desperate. I think he wants to announce the big project to gain the people's approval."

"It makes sense that he wants to solve the Yongsan project problem."

"Do you still think it's a bad idea for us to take it on?"

"Unlike IT, it takes a lot of funds and the profit can be questionable. I just don't see the point of getting involved."

"But the influence we will gain from it! There are also many ways we can make it profitable with minimal risks."

"We are getting into so many different businesses. What is your goal exactly?"Jang Gwangchul asked, "I need to know the big picture so I can support you. I think you have a singular plan rather than just trying to make as much money as possible."

"As much money…" Woosung paused, then continued, "My final goal is to make enough money so that I can become bigger than Daeyang."

More specifically, Woosung wanted to destroy Choi Gichul, but he didn't say it out loud.

At the mention of Daeyang, Jang Gwangchul widened his eyes and asked, "Do you have something against Daeyang?"

Woosung trusted Jang Gwangchul. He decided to give him at least a part of the truth.

"Daeyang did an unforgivable thing to me."

Jang Gwangchul tried to think of an answer. He knew Woosung's parents were still alive and as far as he could remember, Woosung didn't have a relationship with Daeyang.

While Jang Gwangchul was deep in thought, Woosung continued, "This is a game where it will end only when either I or Daeyang dies."

"Hmm…"

"Don't worry. KND will win. We will take over Daeyang and rule the world."

TK Telecom headquarter.

Jun Taewon gritted his teeth. "So the official business announcement will be made."

"Yes. With the credit card fee reduction plan, the government gained a 7% increase in approval rating. With the new mobile carrier, it is expected to increase even further."

Jun Taewon's face crumpled. "How is the Congress reacting?"

"I'm not sure what Kang Woosung did, but the liberal party is all for it. They have contacted us to apologize. They said they had no choice."

"…I can't believe it. I gave them so much money, yet they repay me this way!" The secretary cowered at Jun Taewon's outburst. "And the democratic party is also welcoming the idea."

"So that means nobody will support us at the Congress."

"There is another problem." Jun Taewon sighed roughly. "There is a rumor that KND has completed the PoC of 4G technology."

Jun Taewon stood up. "W…what?"

"They apparently hired many programmers from Europe. We are also nearly done with our development, but we are holding off because we need to continue with 3G a little longer to come out even on the 3G development cost."

"I thought we already made a profit from 3G?"

"We just evened out and whatever we make from now will be profit. This means the longer we delay 4G, the better."

"How much will it cost to start 4G nationwide?"

"3 billion dollars."

"…that's a lot. Just where did Kang Woosung get that much money?"

"If you add the cost of purchasing the frequency, it will be more like 5 billion dollars."

"So where did he get 5 billion dollars? Is he using everything he made from Blue S2 on this project?" Jun Taewon tried to calm down and think.

The secretary replied, "Thousands of Blue S2 are being sold daily in Korea alone. Worldwide, it's most likely tens of thousands of phones per day. Should we report him to the Revenue agency for an investigation? His company grew so fast, there must be at least some corruption involved. He probably also has slush money stashed."

Jun Taewon rubbed his chin. "Probably. That would make sense."

Jun Taewon nodded and the secretary picked up the phone.

Tax investigation.

The investigators from the Revenue agency made a surprise visit, but Woosung welcomed them.

Jang Gwangchul whispered to him, "It's good to be rich. They already called us in advance to warn us of this 'surprise visit.'"

"We bribed them enough that this is the least they can do."

"It doesn't matter anyway. Per your order, we have been keeping our noses very clean."

"This is a very sensitive subject for the public. We need to remain clean and transparent. We can't get involved in a tax evasion controversy."

Suddenly, Woosung's phone rang. It was from Alex.

"Boss, it's done! We finished the deal with Space X."

Woosung turned on the TV.

Naro was falling in flames from the sky.

After hanging up, Woosung said to Jang Gwangchul, "Naro just exploded. It's time."

"Alright. Let's do this."

Woosung called Lee Sunghyun.

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Chapter 132: lt;Powergt;

Lee Sunghyun looked at Woosung with a bizarre gaze.

'He will do it? Where did he get so much money?'

It was a mystery. Where did Woosung make all his money?

'If it's a slush fund, he will be caught by the Revenue agency.'

Woosung continued his explanation. "The calculation for the business offered by Mayor Oh doesn't make sense as is. To make it work, I will need many tax benefits from the government, that is why I came to you."

Lee Sunghyun narrowed his eyes and replied, "How is the tax evasion investigation going? If they find something, your entire company could collapse and I wouldn't be able to do anything to help you."

"So there are things that even you can't handle?"

Lee Sunghyun frowned at Woosung's challenging remark.

"There are things even the President can't fix. If you are found guilty of corruption, the Coconut Coin project may even be affected. No one wants to be associated with a corrupt company."

Coconut Coin.

It was the official name.

"You don't have to worry about it. My company's record is spotless, and KND is only a year old. There is nothing to find."

Woosung said firmly, but Lee Sunghyun didn't seem to believe him. There was no businessman who didn't take bribes or abuse the company fund.

"I am concerned that you are getting involved in too many things too fast. You are being a part of the transaction system, mobile carrier, and most likely the frequency auction. These all will cost billions of dollars." Lee Sunghyun paused and looked at Woosung. "Now, you want to add the space business on top of everything?"

Woosung shrugged and replied, "You forgot the construction business." Woosung continued quickly, "My company purchased 30% of Space X. They can build a station in the center of Yongsan for space research. This can then be surrounded by 50-floor apartments to house the workers."

Woosung took a breath and continued, "We can also build buildings for other space related ventures. We can offer many advantages to attract promising companies."

Lee Sunghyun still couldn't stop worrying.

"The first Yongsan project failed because it tried to go too big too fast. I think you need to establish the businesses you are starting first before taking on the Yongsan project."

Woosung answered firmly, "That would be too late."

"…"

"Business needs to expand when things are going well. You never know when someone will steal the idea. I followed this principle, that is why I came this far."

Lee Sunghyun sighed lightly. "So you insist on starting these new businesses all at once?"

"When I first started the smartphone project, everyone had the same reaction. They said I was crazy. Look what happened! It was a huge success. Do you know why?"

Lee Sunghyun just blinked.

Woosung grinned and continued, "Because I was behind it. I am the main character of this world, and main characters never fail."

Lee Sunghyun grinned at Woosung's joke.

He was being confident, but he did lead many projects to unexpected success.

Lee Sunghyun asked, "So you are the main character of this story?"

"You don't have to worry about the funds. I am making more than enough in perfectly legal ways. I am a good and just main character. I am not here to ask for a favor. Just like before, I am here to suggest a fair trade. That is why I welcomed the tax investigation. What I ask of you is to make sure the others don't use unfair methods or influences to stop me."

Woosung was already getting calls from credit card companies, banks, and mobile carriers. If the Yongsan project becomes official, he knew he would be getting calls from construction companies too.

"This is a good thing for the government. Wouldn't making Yongsan better increase the President's popularity?"

Lee Sunghyun nodded.

Woosung continued, "I am not saying I want to be the actual constructor. I plan to be only the developer this time."

This meant Woosung was to plan and outsource it to an actual construction company for building.

Lee Sunghyun sighed again and replied, "You are so greedy."

"I just want fairness. I will make this into a success."

"What I need from you then is a proof that you can do this."

"I have the fund document ready for the mobile carrier business."

"How about anything for the Yongsan project?"

Woosung took out a piece of paper. On it was a letter from the Right Capital that offered to invest 3 billion dollars.

Lee Sunghyun read it over and over again. He couldn't believe it. He asked, "Is…is this another hedge fund company you created?"

"Not all of it, but something like that."

Lee Sunghyun had to admit Woosung was indeed financially ready.

After the meeting, Woosung went to meet the representative of the Right Capital.

Right Capital was a hedge fund company from US.

Its acting director was Alex.

So far, Alex was taking care of four companies.

KND Investment.

DNK, which took over MOX.

NK Entertainment.

Now, Right Capital too.

Alex shook his head and said to Woosung, "Boss, this is now the fourth company. You are growing way too fast. This could lead to a failure."

Woosung replied firmly, "Alex, this is the Korean way."

"But do you think this will work in America too?"

Woosung nodded. "Of course, and we will grow even bigger very soon. Get ready."

Alex sighed in frustration. "Well, I'm getting paid very well so I don't care."

"Haha, that's a good way of thinking. By the way, I heard the Battle Round did very well in the first quarter?"

"Yes. League of Legend and other MOX's games did well too, so the total net profit will be about a billion dollars."

"Keep buying Apple and Amazon stocks. Oh, and we need to start selling the shares. I need some cash."

"Boss, you have about 4 billion dollars you can cash out right now. Are you saying that's not enough?"

When Woosung nodded, Alex swallowed.

Woosung continued, "What's the state of our plan to put NK Entertainment into Hollywood?"

"CEO Moon Yongjun has been getting prepared for it for a while now. He seemed to know a lot about it."

"Good. What you need to do is to keep investing in American TV shows and movies. You got the list I sent you, right?"

Alex nodded.

Shrek.

Social Network.

Super Bad.

Inception.

These were the popular movies Woosung remembered watching.

Alex asked, "And do you really think Spotify will be ok?"

It was the only business Woosung purchased that was having a loss.

"It's because we are still at a developing stage. It will start doing better soon. The first thing we need to focus on is getting users."

Alex nodded. Woosung continued, "I know how hard you worked, so I will be giving you 5 million dollars as a bonus."

Alex brightened. "Thank you!"

"If you ever find a good US company you want to recommend, please let me know."

Alex nodded again.

On the day of launching the Coconut Bank.

A display board was hung on the wall of the office.

"Number of app downloaded."

"Number of accounts formed."

"Total account amounts."

The numbers were increasing fast. The number of downloads reached 100,000 in a matter pf seconds.

The customers were impressed with the convenience of the Coconut Bank.

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Seoul Bank Association meeting.

Representatives from various banks including Nuri, Daejin, and Saehan gathered for a private meeting.

"We are out of options. We either need to come up with a similar service or share our piece of the pie."

"If they also incorporate offline transaction system, then we are all doomed."

"They have Coconut Pay too, on top of that? If this is applied to the online transaction system as well, how do you think the customers will react?"

"…just where did that bastard come from? Do you know what he said when I requested a meeting?" Saehan Bank's rep took a big gulp of cold water and continued, "He said that he is busy and that I should come and visit him if I am that desperate. Who does he think he is?"

Daejin rep added, "I know! We can develop a system just as good as Coconut Pay. I already told my developers to make one."

"Same here. My PM told me it can be done in 3 months."

Shin Gungu watched in frustration.

3 months?

There was no way something like that could be completed in such a short time.

Daejin Bank's rep turned to Shin Gungu and asked, "What do you think?"

Shin Gungu looked at everyone and replied, "I think you are all underestimating how complicated this technology is."

"What? It's IT. You just get the programmers to make it. It's easy."

Another rep agreed. "Exactly. You just have to pay some developers and they can make it. Why would that be hard?"

Shin Gungu took a sip of his tea and answered, "None of us have a secure and advanced technology like what Coconut Bank has. Not every system can be made easily. 3 months? Do you not remember when we first launched the new system at the Nuri Finances? It was like hell on the first day and for the 3 months after, the system froze so many times we thought it was the end of us. If you are okay with that happening again, you are welcome to try it."

"Hmm…"

Cough.

The others looked uncomfortable at Shin Gungu's sharp but accurate remarks.

Shin Gungu continued, "Coconut is experiencing no problems. They are carrying on so smoothly and efficiently. Over 500,000 accounts were made the first day, and how about Coconut Pay? It is so convenient."

Daejin rep said cautiously, "Coconut Banking will never win against us though. We are the big companies around. We are already established."

Shin Gungu laughed weakly. "The real owner of Coconut Bank is Kang Woosung. Did you all forget that he is the man who created Blue S2? Do you know how many different parts are involved in making a smartphone? This means there are countless companies that are in relationships with KND. What about the factories in Gimpo, and other businesses Kang Woosung is planning?"

Shin Gungu paused and looked at everyone in frustration. He was disappointed at the bunch. He regretted attending this meeting. It was useless.

"There is no doubt that Kang Woosung is an established business himself. If you keep your old ways of thinking, you will all lose your businesses."

The room became tense. Shin Gungu left angrily.

Shin Gungu visited his sister.

"Did you meet with President Kang?"

Shin Semi nodded. "He doesn't like our offer. He said it was worse than those from Saehan and Daejin."

"So?"

Shin Semi couldn't tell him everything that has happened at the party. She just added, "He is not going to accept it. He doesn't gain anything from it."

"And what does the pin tech department think?"

"They said something similar to his online banking that could be done in 3 months. We already have some of the relevant technologies, but Coconut Pay is different."

"Different?"

"We will encounter security problems even if we can come up with something similar to it."

Shin Gungu nodded for her to continue.

"Our system will be much more hackable and slower than Coconut Pay."

Shin Gungu blinked. Just how did Kang Woosung produce such a good product? There was no way they could catch up to him.

"I wonder if Kang Woosung was planning this since he first launched his smartphone."

"I think so, or else, there is no way he could have completed the system by now. I would say he has been working on it for a year."

"Then I wonder what he will do next?"

Shin Semi couldn't answer.

Shin Gungu continued seriously, "His specialty is data analysis. I wonder if he will collect the bank and Coconut Pay's customers' data and use it for the next project. If we don't know, how can we ever surpass him?"

Suddenly, Shin Semi realized something.

Big data.

Are his businesses all to collect data for something even bigger in the future?

They looked at each other and nodded. They were sure of it.

However, both were wrong.

At a convenience store in Seoul City Hall.

Woosung, Oh Hoon, and the Prime Minister, Shin Sungmo, were each holding a can of pop and smiling. They all made a big show of paying for their drinks by using their Blue S2s.

The transactions were smooth. After a beep, a message popped up on the POS machine screen.

"10 Coconut has been awarded."

Oh Hoon clapped and exclaimed, "Hahaha, it's perfect! I can cash this at Bitmain or use it at the Coconut mall, right?"

Woosung smiled and replied, "That's right!"

While they chatted, the reporters were busying filming the staged scene.

Seoul City Hall office.

After the event, the three sat down for a cup of tea.

The prime minister said to Woosung, "The President asked me to thank you again for such a great system."

"Haha, I am flattered. I think it is great for everyone. I certainly am happy with it. It is good business."

"This should have happened a long time ago. It will no doubt make the public's life better. It will make Korea better."

After Shin Sungmo's compliment, Mayor Oh Hoon spoke, "We have implemented this system to all government buildings in Seoul already. It will now slowly be adopted by everyone else."

"I have already gotten so many calls about it. It is proceeding very well."

Shin Sungmo added, "If it turns out to be a success in Seoul, it will certainly work in other cities."

"Yes, and I am planning to take it to China and America immediately. If I have these two countries, it would mean I have the world."

Oh Hoon exclaimed, "Wow, you are amazing."

Shin Sungmo asked Woosung, "Now that this project is going so well, we should discuss the next plan. I heard you are considering the Yongsan development project?"

Oh Hoon's eyes sparked. He already heard this news from Woosung.

It was also discussed with Lee Sunghyun.

"It is a huge land. If we build large-scale apartments, it will surely fix the housing crisis."

Oh Hoon looked excited.

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Woosung continued in detail.

"Yongsan is over 14 million square feet. We could build enough apartments for 30,000 families. This will, for sure, stabilize the real estate market." Woosung took a deep breath and continued, "It will be the biggest achievement for the President and Mayor Oh."

"I heard you are also planning to build a space research center."

"It will be in the center of the land, and the surrounding building will be used to house the researchers. The idea just came to me." Woosung looked at the two men and added, "There is one problem though. Based on my calculation, this project will generate 30 billion dollars, which means I won't have any profit."

Oh Hoon nodded. Shin Sungmo also appeared to know this. He asked Woosung, "And there is one more problem. The recent financial crisis was due to the subprime mortgage, so the real estate market is declining. Do you really think you could sell the apartments at a decent price?"

"Real estate market is cyclical. It will go back up in time. You don't have to worry about that, but there is another problem. The federal government is already involved in another huge construction project. The public will have a difficult time accepting both projects. You need to choose one. If it were me, I would, of course, choose the Yongsan project. It will create many jobs and help the real estate market. It also involves less environmental destruction than the other project."

Woosung glanced at Oh Hoon and continued, "I realize it will be hard to suddenly stop such a big project, but if you can create a legitimate reason, it should be okay. I think Mayor Oh should also be the one who comes up with it. Just tell them Yongsan is being wasted right now, and it needs to be developed as soon as possible. Tell them after a long discussion with the President, it was decided that Yongsan project is a better choice for the people."

Oh Hoon brightened. Woosung continued quickly, "You can use that project's construction companies on the Yongsan project. Imagine how people will react when they learn about the space research facility."

The two men looked at Woosung expectantly. Woosung said confidently.

"The next election will be a breeze for you."

Shin Sungmo grinned. Oh Hoon smiled.

"Yongsan is definitely the obvious choice. I like it!"

Woosung nodded.

After the meeting, Shin Sungmo asked for a private meeting with Woosung.

Shin Sungmo said quietly, "Thank you for your hard work, President Kang."

"Haha, no problem. Everyone worked really hard."

"I saw the tax investigation report, and it was spotless. The President was also impressed."

"Paying the taxes is my duty as a proud Korean."

"So we prepared an Exemplary Taxpayer Award for you. It will be announced soon."

"Thank you."

"The reason I asked to talk to you in private was because I was curious about your analysis technique."

"Alright. Please continue."

The prime minister whispered, "Is it true you could affect the result for Mayor Oh's re-election?"

"I can't give you an exact number, but the answer is yes to some extent."

"Could the same technique be used in other elections?"

"As you know, an election involves many different factors. It is very hard to say."

Shin Sungmo looked unhappy as he asked, "Then I will be direct. Who do you think will be the next President of Korea?"

Woosung knew the answer but replied, "I am not in a position to talk about things like that."

Shin Sungmo asked in a husky voice, "How about me? I am being praised for my work as the prime minister. With projects like this, I should have a chance."

Woosung remained quiet.

Shin Sungmo continued, "I need your expertise to make this happen."

Woosung still couldn't answer. He just stared at the prime minister.

Shin Sungmo added, "Attorney Lee can't run in the next election anyway, which means the only other real potential winner is Oh Hoon, but I have a better chance."

Woosung thought carefully and finally replied, "This isn't something I can answer right now."

"I understand. Think about it. Remember, however, that our relationship will be very advantageous for you."

Woosung returned to his office and sat down.

He murmured.

"President…President…"

What should he do? If he took a side, he would lose all the other important political figures. This was why most businessmen bribed many different politicians.

'The next president will actually be Liberal's Park Hyejung.'

In Woosung's previous life, Oh Hoon resigns in a year due to a nasty scandal. Woosung didn't remember the name Shin Sungmo, which meant he probably got fired at some point.

"A warrant for Choi Taemin was issued too. He was released eventually, but I will make sure he doesn't this time. This will help in destroying Daeyang."

Park Hyejung will become the first female president, and the first president to be impeached while serving her presidency. Choi Taemin will be one of many businessmen who were caught being involved in this scandal.

"What should I do?"

He wanted to ask Jang Gwangchul's opinion, but Woosung was worried about what he said before. Jang Gwangchul warned Woosung many times about the dangers of getting involved in politics. He didn't want to worry Jang Gwangchul.

"The next President has to be Park Hyejung so Choi Taemin goes to jail. I will destroy Choi Gichul using coin."

Woosung stood up and left to the Bitmain headquarter.

The office was quiet except for a loud criticism from one man to another.

"Hey! Do it better and faster! The tenth server is down, do you not see it? Are you blind? Log in right now and check it!"

"Yes, sir."

"What? You didn't fix it first? You need to fix it before checking the log!"

As Park Jonghyun screamed, Jung Jinsup looked stressed and confused. His fingers moved fast on the keyboard, but he kept making mistakes.

"No Such Function."

"No Such Function."

Every time Jung Jinsup made a mistake, Park Jonghyun yelled louder.

Jung Jinsup was wet with sweat. He looked pathetic.

"Do you not see the number of users increasing fast? If something goes wrong, you are to blame. You know that, right?"

Park Jonghyun continued his bullying while the other employees looked at Jung Jinsup with sympathy.

Woosung watched for a few minutes before making himself known.

"Hmm…"

Park Jonghyun turned around and greeted him.

"Oh, hey."

Jung Jinsup glanced at Woosung quickly, but at Park Jonghyun's glare, he quickly went back to work.

Woosung asked Park Jonghyun, "So how's everything going? It's only the first day we opened for the transaction, so it must not be very busy."

"You're right. We haven't had anyone attempting to exchange Coconut for cash, but we have over 100,000 people who registered."

"So when will you start the cryptocurrency transaction service?"

"July first."

Woosung's Bitmain could be the very first in the world.

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Woosung glanced at Jung Jinsup who was working frantically. This reminded Woosung of his previous life.

"Chief Kang! What do you think you're doing? You're still not done?"

"You! I told you this is wrong!"

When he used to work at Bitmain, Jung Jinsup used to treat him poorly. It was before the cryptocurrency frenzy, so the company was not making much profit. They couldn't hire enough people, so Woosung had to do the work of ten people.

Woosung was responsible for everything. Every time he thought of quitting, Choi Gichul used to entice him with false hope.

"If this becomes a success, I will give you a piece of it."

"I am guaranteeing you the stock options."

"There will come a day when you become rich."

Woosung was being fooled. Even after the cryptocurrency became popular, Woosung was still abused.

"What? Another maintenance is needed? Just how bad are you at coding?"

"A dog could do a better job than you."

"Why do I bother keeping you?"

It was a common occurrence for Choi Gichul and Jung Jinsup to verbally abuse Woosung in a daily basis. The other employees probably didn't know this. It was odd how badly the two bullied Woosung.

Park Jonghyun ordered Jung Jinsup, "Woosung and I will go for coffee, so make sure to finish this and have a report ready for me before I return. Don't make others do it. Do your own work."

Park Jonghyun asked Woosung, "Are you sure it's ok to offer free cash exchange without charging the customers fee? It seems like we are losing money."

"It's alright. Bitmain's main source of income isn't going to be the exchange service."

"You said it will be the cryptocurrency trading?"

"That's right, and it won't be long."

Park Jonghyun took a sip of coffee and murmured, "So it will open on July first…"

"Yeah, but the actual transactions won't happen for a while longer. Not many people know about it yet."

"Should I buy some too?"

"Well, it's basically gambling, so if you think you can handle the risk, go for it."

"R…really?"

"Yes. Make sure the employees understand the rules. Anyone working at Bitmain cannot create a trading ID and cryptocurrency wallet in our domain. We need to maintain a highest priority on our code of ethics."

"Of course. I'm already on it. You know I'm good at enforcing rules."

"Haha, yeah I know. You are doing amazing."

"I am starting to wonder though if I'm going too far. One of the employees told me he is now going to a therapist."

"He has never experienced a normal salaryman's life. He was born rich."

"What if he quits?"

"Don't worry. He can't."

Park Jonghyun nodded.

"Alright. I will continue, and…"

"And?"

"I hear Chanjong is getting married and is giving out the invitations. I said I will tell you about it, and he said you are probably too busy. He doesn't want to bother you."

"Oh…"

He remembered.

Similar thing happened in his previous life. Woosung received an invite, but he didn't go. He was so tired and stressed at the time.

But this time…

"I heard he is having a party this weekend in Gangnam. Don't you think you should show up?"

Yoon Chanjong.

He was a good friend in college. Woosung had to do something for him.

"Of course. I'm going. Chanjong still has the same phone number, right?"

Saturday.

People gathered at a pork belly bistro near Gangnam station.

"Long time no see."

Woosung shook Chanjong's hand. Yoon Chanjong felt awkward at seeing Woosung. It has been a long time, and Woosung was no longer just an average man.

He was now a CEO of a big company. It felt strange.

"Yeah. It has already been 2 years."

Woosung was greeted by his old friends who looked at him like he was a celebrity. It felt uncomfortable.

Park Jonghyun tried to lift the mood.

"Let's order the most expensive food here!"

Yoon Chanjong tried to stop him, but Park Jonghyun continued, "Why? Woosung said it will be his treat today. We should have gone to a more expensive restaurant."

"B…but this is a party for my wedding…"

"Hey, do you know how much Woosung makes in a day? This is nothing. He can afford it."

Yoon Chanjong was still the same. He didn't like to owe anyone. Woosung explained.

"I'm buying today. You are my friend, and you have helped me a lot in the past, so this is nothing."

Yoon Chanjong swallowed. He was happy for Woosung's success, but he also couldn't help but feel envious. Yoon Chanjong felt bitter at his own pettiness.

"I was surprised when I heard you're coming. A lot has changed since our college years."

Woosung called Yoon Chanjong in person to let him know he was coming.

Park Jonghyun opened a bottle of soju and announced, "Woosung is buying today so get ready! We need to eat as much as possible."

Park Jonghyun started filling the glasses.

They partied like they used to in the old days. They drank heavily.

Park Jonghyun asked Yoon Chanjong, "So when is your fiancé coming? I heard she will bring some of her single friends?"

The single men looked at Yoon Chanjong with interest. Yoon Chanjong took out his phone and made a call. Woosung emptied his glass and stood up.

"Haha, have a nice time. I've gotta go now."

Park Jonghyun grabbed Woosung's arm.

"Where do you think you're going? We need you to stay to keep women interested. You're rich and they will like that."

Woosung grinned and murmured, "So you're saying women like me only for my money?"

"Haha, isn't it obvious? I am better looking, better built, funnier, and had higher GPA."

"Oh, come on! GPA?"

Park Jonghyun grinned and joked.

"Mine was 0.2 higher than yours. You have to admit it's true, right?"

"…"

After his call, Yoon Chanjong asked, "They want to meet us at another place. You don't have to go if you don't want to, Woosung."

Park Jonghyun grabbed onto both of Woosung's arms and replied.

"Of course he'll go. You can't run away from this. If you don't want to be called a traitor, you better follow me."

Woosung didn't dislike how Park Jonghyun acted like they used to in college. Woosung finally agreed.

"Maybe just for a little while."

As they walked, they joked.

"What the…! Are you now a star? It looks like people are starting at you."

"Haha, I am pretty popular."

"No, I think people are starting at me because I'm so gorgeous."

They laughed together. Yoon Chanjong bragged.

"Haha, you two need to admit I was the most popular among all of us. I am also the first one to get married!"

Park Jonghyun moaned, "It's true…"

In Woosung's previous life, Yoon Chanjong had a normal life. He got a good job, married a girl he loved, and had kids. Woosung was envious.

Most young people didn't watch the news. They didn't know the faces of the big businessmen, but Woosung was a different case. When Yoon Chanjong's fiancé first saw Woosung, she looked surprised. Yoon Chanjong quickly introduced everyone.

"These are my friends Park Jonghyun, Kang Woosung, Kim Hojin, and Ha Taemin."

Woosung bowed and greeted, "Hello. My name is Kang Woosung."

"Haha, you look like someone I know."

The other women agreed.

"Wow, you look just like the Coconut's CEO. The name is even the same!"

"I think that guy also owns KND."

While the women talked, Park Jonghyun announced, "This IS that guy!"

"P…pardon?"

"This is THAT Kang Woosung!"

The four women gasped. Yoon Chanjong's fiancé looked at Yoon Chanjong for confirmation.

"Is this true?"

"Yup."

"Really?"

"Yeah, we were actually pretty close when we went to school together."

Woosung explained, "Haha, I am that Kang Woosung. Chanjong and I were close friends. I heard he was getting married, so I came right away. Chanjong has always been very popular, and now I see that he found a beautiful woman to marry."

It was true. She wasn't a shocking beauty, but still very pretty. All her friends were good looking too.

"O…oh. I see…You really are that Kang Woosung."

Suddenly, one of the women stood up.

"Sujung, I need to go to the washroom for a second."

Another woman stood up too.

"Me too!"

The two women left, and the rest of the people sat with awkward smiles. Chanjong's fiancé, Lee Sujung, introduced her friend.

"Haha, well…This is Seo Eunsol and she works at Daeyang Electronics."

"Hello. I'm Kang Woosung."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Seo Eunsol. I need to thank you for increasing the amount of work for me at the office."

"Pardon?"

"I work at Daeyang Electronics' strategic information department. I would say my team deals with your information the most in the country."

They stared at each other.

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All the women's focus was on one man.

Everyone could feel it. The men couldn't even feel jealous because they understood why.

"So you developed it yourself?"

"Yes. Right now, I am not as involved in the actual production, but I did work on Coconut Talk myself."

"Wow, that's amazing. Is it really true your GPA wasn't that high?"

Park Jonghyun patted Woosung's shoulder and replied, "It's really true. It was even lower than my own."

Nobody seemed to believe it.

When Yoon Chanjong nodded in agreement, everyone looked shocked. Yoon Chanjong added.

"I was shocked when I heard about you. I knew your programming skill got better after university, but I didn't expect you would be this successful."

"There are many opportunities in the IT world."

"Not everyone can be successful like you though. You are amazing. I am ashamed at how I nagged you to study when we were still in university."

Yoon Chanjong's fiancé exclaimed, "You nagged this man?"

"I'm telling you, he wasn't this good back then!"

Woosung laughed, "Haha, he did nag me a lot. Study! Stop fooling around! Aren't you worried about your future?"

"I can't imagine! I can't believe someone like you was like that."

Park Jonghyun added in irritation, "I'm telling you, his GPA was lower than mine!"

No one cared. Park Jonghyun gulped down his glass and sighed deeply.

Woosung explained, "I learned a lot from Chanjong. He was a very good friend. I am glad you seem like a nice person, Sujung."

Lee Sujung reddened at Woosung's compliment.

Her friends asked excitedly, "How about me? How do you feel about me?"

"Haha, I think all of you are nice."

"I think you are nice too, President."

Another girl asked Woosung hurriedly, "What do you think of me then?"

Woosung laughed uncomfortably at all the attention. Lee Sujung shook her head in embarrassment at her friends' behavior.

"Why are you guys acting like this?"

The girls shushed Lee Sujung.

Seo Eunsol, who has been staying quiet, murmured, "Didn't you guys say if the men aren't good looking, you will all just leave?"

"Hey, Seo Eunsol!"

Seo Eunsol looked at them innocently and asked, "What? I'm only telling the truth."

The two friends shook their heads in frustration.

"Gosh, you're hopeless. Can't you take a hint?"

Seo Eunsol sipped on her soju and replied, "I am just worried about you guys. People marry other people in similar stations. Marrying way above your level will cause you to suffer. If I tell you everything I know, I'll bet you would run away right now."

Lee Sujung's expression became rigid at Seo Eunsol's words. The other friends also looked unhappy. Lee Sujung apologized.

"I…I'm sorry. My friends can be too much."

"Haha, it's alright."

"Why are you saying you're sorry? I'm just telling you the truth. You guys all know what kind of information I hear at work, right?"

The girls' swallowed. Seo Eunsol sometimes told them about gossips involving rich businessmen. Most of them were shocking and none of them were good things.

Woosung noticed the mood and asked, "Haha, can I hear one too? I assume there are things about me and I think you should give me a chance to explain."

Seo Eunsol looked at Woosung coldly. "You are using Lee Ari as the smoke screen, sleeping with Yoo Sona, and marrying Shin Semi."

She then turned to her friends and added, "So you girls don't even think about it. Just drink and go home."

Her friends remained silent. Yoon Chanjong didn't know what to do. Park Jonghyun spit out his soju and started to cough.

Woosung said to Seo Eunsol, "So you heard a rumor."

"Every rumor has some truth in it."

"I don't believe that."

"Then you underestimate our strategic information department."

"Haha, I know well how good your department is in Daeyang. You people not only find information but make some up too."

Seo Eunsol gritted her teeth. Lee Sujung patted her arm and said firmly, "I am warning you, Woosung. Chanjong and Sujung are all good people. You better not harm them in any way."

"Haha, I'm scared now."

Seo Eunsol glared at Woosung. It felt personal.

"Rich people are selfish. They see others only as tools and not actual people. If you attended this party for an ulterior motive, you better give up right now. Sujung works at Daeyang Electronics. Chanjong work at Daeyang System." Seo Eunsol took a deep breath and continued, "If you were thinking about stealing information on Daeyang from them, just give up now. Daeyang isn't a company that will collapse that easily."

Woosung wasn't worried about Seo Eunsol, but Yoon Chanjong and Lee Sujung seemed to start believing her claim. However, Park Jonghyun still took Woosung's side.

"No way. Woosung isn't like that…"

Seo Eunsol added, "You became a CEO of a multi-billion-dollar company in only a year. Most can't guess what happened during that time, but I can. It is something I see every day at work. Any business that involves millions of dollars always involve something dirty and unethical. I know that for certain."

Woosung couldn't deny this fact. The women, who used to look at him with interest at the beginning, now looked at him with coldness and fear. Lee Sujung also looked uncomfortable.

"I…I guess I never considered the competition between KND and Daeyang. Perhaps this was a mistake."

Seo Eunsol continued, "Even if you came here with a pure motive, it would still look bad for the couple. If Daeyang found out about this, what do you think would happen to Chanjong and Sujung?"

Nothing good. Woosung knew that, but even though Seo Eunsol was partly right, Woosung had no intention of accepting her opinion.

"If anything bad happens to them, I will take care of them."

Seo Eunsol laughed coldly. "Are you saying you'll hire them at KND? How do you think they will be treated by other workers at your company if they know you hired them just because they are your friends?"

"I didn't mean that. Chanjong always wanted to make computer games, so I will make a game company for him and pay him much more than Daeyang ever will. He will have the freedom to make any kind of games he wants."

Woosung turned to Chanjong.

"You won't have to worry about money. I know that's not what you wanted though, and that is why I didn't offer it to you already."

Seo Eunsol finally remained quiet.

Woosung turned to her. "It's not pleasant to be threatened by a mere assistant manager at Daeyang. You said you can show me what Daeyang's strategic information department can do? Then I will have to show you what KND's CEO can do. I guarantee it will not be less than what your department can do."

Woosung's voice was quiet, but everyone got chills. Seo Eunsol just stared at Woosung.

The mood was tense. Seo Eunsol finally looked away in fear.

Woosung stood up and continued, "I hope you meant well by what you just said, or else you'll regret it." Woosung turned to Yoon Chanjong. "I'm sorry I ruined your party. I didn't mean it."

"N…no it's ok."

"Congratulations on your wedding. I really mean it, but I don't think it's a good idea for me to attend it. I think Eunsol is partly right. Your wedding will be filled with people from Daeyang. It won't look good for me to be there."

"I…I guess."

"I will send the gift through Jonghyun, and I meant what I said today. If you ever need me, come to me. I will always remember how you helped me when I needed you the most."

Yoon Chanjong nodded slowly. Lee Sujung looked at them in surprise. Park Jonghyun didn't stop Woosung this time. Seo Eunsol bit her lips and remained quiet.

Woosung called for his chauffeur. His luxury sedan arrived quickly, and Woosung got in. Seo Eunsol ran out after him and tried to say something to him, but Woosung ignored it and asked his chauffeur to drive.

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Chapter 137: lt;Powergt;

After returning home, Woosung turned on his computer and went through his accounts as usual.

Stocks.

Bonds.

Dividends.

Salary.

He had over a billion dollars.

An unbelievable amount of money.

And this was only one part of his wealth.

coins.

Other future cryptocurrencies.

Without a doubt, he would be one of the richest men in the world.

Woosung remembered Seo Eunsol's words. He murmured, "It is true I now live in a different world than them…"

He knew this, but he wanted to meet with his old friends and acted like everything was the way it used to be.

"Well, I have to admit, she is very smart. Confident too. That must be why she works at Daeyang's strategic information department."

Only those graduating from the best universities had the chance to work in that department.

She was definitely different.

"It sounded like she dealt with a lot of information. If I get a chance, I should…"

He could scout her to KND.

After thinking for a few minutes, Woosung searched on the internet.

"Grand Open 7.21"

July 21st.

It was the day Mt Gox opened. Mt Gox was a company involved in coin exchange. Eventually, it will handle over 70% of all coin transactions in the world.

coin will explode in December of 2017.

"I will open Bitmain on July 1st. I will deposit all my coins into it and start rotation transactions to gain people's interest. I will then approach Choi Gichul and get him to invest at the peak."

After organizing his thoughts out loud, Woosung checked his emails.

China.

America.

He had several emails from Alex and Wu Jirin. He first checked the ones from Wu Jirin.

"Mining system prototype completed."

"Tentative name: Whale Miner S1."

"ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) type."

"Specification."

"Hash Rate: 100,000 Mhash/s"

This meant 100,000 calculations could be done every second to earn coin. The higher the hash rate was, the faster the coins could be mined.

"Wow…that's 10 times faster than the server I'm using now. One of it could replace 20 GPU."

Every server had 2 GPU cards.

"I guess it makes sense. In the future, there will be systems thousand times faster than this." Woosung grinned. "Haha, this is amazing!"

Woosung was certain, he had the best system in the world at the moment. No other miners could compare to him at this point.

Woosung checked Alex's emails next.

"DNK shares sold: 650 million dollars."

"If I combine the money from Coconut IPO, it should be more than enough. Just you wait, Choi Gichul."

Woosung's eyes looked crazy. From many other sources such as stocks, algorithm trading, and options, he was making unbelievable amount of money every second. He also owned buildings where he received rents.

Money made more money.

A convenient store in Zhongguancun city center.

A man purchased a bag of chips and a can of drink.

Beep.

Beep.

The man took out his phone and pay with the app LetPay.

"Please enter the business number."

After a few seconds, the number was filled automatically. The man checked the number and pressed the confirmation button.

"Please enter the password."

When he entered the 6-digit number, it beeped once again.

"Transaction completed."

The whole process took about the same time as if he used a credit card.

Liu He said to Mahwacin as he watched the transaction.

"It's that easy, eh? He made it convenient and also lowered the fee."

"The savings in the fee is rewarded to the customer in the form of Let Coin, which can be used to buy anything at Let Mall, or exchange for cash at Bitmain store."

"How is the test going in Zhongguancun?"

"Every store has given an A grade for it. The customers are also loving it. Even the smallest stores are using LetPay."

"It's amazing."

"The system is also very stable and secure. We tried to hack it a few times, but we failed every time."

"Hmm."

"As you know, the only one we failed to hack so far was Google. Kang Woosung's system could be even better than that."

"So Google decided to withdraw from China completely?"

"Yes, it refused to accept our censorship rule."

"…But LetPay accepted it."

"That's correct."

"…And Kang Woosung is also currently profiting from Coconut Pay in Korea… On top of that, his Blue S2 is being sold fast too. He is doing very well."

"He also sent us an additional gift of a million dollars."

Liu He nodded, but he looked worried. Mahwacin noticed and tried to assure him.

"We need to use him as a source of money until we don't need him anymore. We can drop him then, so you don't need to worry."

"Drop him? I think we took too much from him to do that. Besides, how can we know for sure that he is helping just us?"

"We just need to keep going until we take over the government."

Liu He shook his head in frustration.

"This is China, not North Korea. We aren't built on dictatorship. We believe in communism. You need to remember that or else, there is no future for China."

Mahwacin looked confused.

'Isn't that pretty much the same thing?'

Lie He saw Mahwacin's expression and became cold.

'It's time to let him go.'

Their goals weren't the same anymore.

Tencent's headquarter.

CEO Ma Huateng was unhappy with the report his assistant gave him.

"We got an order to cooperate with LetPay?"

"Yes, sir. The security department has approved it."

"We spent so much money on bribing them to be on our side, yet this is what happens!?"

"The rumor is that Kang Woosung has spent over 10 million dollars in bribery."

Ma Huateng bit his lips and asked, "And how much do we give them?"

"We don't give a regular payment, but we gave a lump sum of 50,000 dollars several times."

Ma Huateng swallowed. It couldn't compare to what Kang Woosung gave to the officials.

"Start paying them 100,000 dollars every month. Make sure to spread it to as many important figures as possible."

"But…" The assistant hesitated before continuing. "So far, our sales for WhoChat is minimal, and we are spending so much money on marketing. The previous version of messenger is also not performing as expected. It is getting worrisome. It isn't hard to increase the bribe, but I think you know how it looks if we ever decrease it."

Decreasing bribe.

That could mean the end of the relationship. Ma Huateng couldn't answer right away.

"Alright. I will meet with them in person first."

There was now only one option for him.

Patriotism.

He had to convince them about the importance of Chinese government supporting Chinese companies.

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Chapter 138: lt;Powergt;

Korean Revenue Agency press conference.

The place was filled with reporters and their cameras. It was proof of how popular Kang Woosung was in Korea. The representative stepped up to the stage.

"I am here to announce the result of the tax investigation involving KND and Coconut. The overall conclusion is that KND and Coconut have overpaid their respective taxes. It is believed it was partly a mistake on our part."

The reporters raised their hands, but the representative continued.

"I will answer the questions after I am finished with my announcement."

The reporters dropped their hands, and he continued with the report.

The rest of the announcement was long and filled with flattering facts about the companies. Finally, when it was over, Park Chulmin from Jisun Newspaper asked, "My name is Park Chulmin from Jisun. Based on my research, there has never been a case where something like this happened. There are people who believe the Revenue Agency showed unfair favoritism towards President Kang during the investigation. What do you say to that?"

"The answer is a complete no. In fact, the agency was also shocked by the report. We believe it happened due to President Kang's overpay policy."

"Can we have the details?"

"President Kang has instructed his accountants to err on the side of caution and make overpayment."

Park Chulmin bit his lips and asked, "Is it really true that the investigation was done fairly without any outside pressure? The public is concerned."

The agency rep frowned and answered firmly, "The answer is no. Next question please."

After the press conference, Park Chulmin took out his smartphone.

It was Blue S2.

He called the Daeyang marketing team.

"I couldn't find anything strange."

"Then you'll have to come up with a good title for your article."

"I already got one. 'The very first? You mean the very worst tax investigation.'"

"Haha, perfect."

"All the Revenue Agency's officials deny any wrongdoings. They are all the same." Park Chulmin complained angrily.

The man on the other side of the phone replied in a low voice, "I think we should talk in person. I will make a dinner reservation in Gangnam tonight."

"Haha, you don't have to do that."

"No, I want to treat you for all your hard work."

Park Chulmin smiled.

Jang Gwangchul murmured in frustration as he read the newspaper the next morning.

"The worst tax investigation? What the…! This reporter sounds angry. He probably got bribed to write this."

"Is it Jisun newspaper again?"

"Yup. Daeyang must be bribing them."

"What happened to the ads we placed on Jisun newspaper?"

Jang Gwangchul replied, "We placed it a few times and they accepted it. They accepted our job, yet they still write such a trashy article about us! Well, at least it's not a headline."

"Place more ads on that paper. They will stop, then."

"Why should we pay them money?"

"Haha, what else can we do? Let's just do it for now."

"And about the mobile carrier business…"

Jang Gwangchul was cut off when Hong Soobum burst into the room.

"Sir, there was an urgent call from China."

Woosung nodded for him to continue, "They are planning to conduct a tax audit on LetChat. They are also currently investigating our data center."

Woosung answered calmly, which shocked Hong Soobum, "Unless they make something up, we should be fine. I made sure to keep everything clean."

"I know, but…"

"Besides, there is no official data sent from Chinese office to our Korean headquarter, so we should be okay."

Per Woosung's instruction, everything was kept completely separate between Chinese and Korean companies.

"I will call them myself. Just tell them to keep up the good work."

"Oh, alright."

Woosung called Mahwacin directly.

The call wasn't answered the first time.

At the second try, he picked up.

"Haha, it has been a while, President Kang."

"Yes, sir. It has been too long, I think. I thought we had a solid relationship, but I guess I was wrong."

"I actually meant to call you. I just heard about it myself. We had no time to stop it. I think it was from Hu Jintao's people."

At Mahwacin's excuse, Woosung's voice got cold. Woosung was bribing Hu Jintao's side as well, so this didn't make sense.

"I can't imagine this came about all of a sudden without a reason or warning."

"There are things money can't buy. China's nationalism is stronger than it looks."

Woosung frowned.

'Nationalism? What a joke…They are all slaves of capitalism at this point.'

The level of corruption in China was serious.

Woosung continued, "I heard the Chinese Revenue Agency has stormed my company. Your excuse is useless at this point."

At Woosung's sharp accusation, Mahwacin replied cautiously, "I can let you know of the result later, but I can't get involved in the investigation."

Woosung answered coldly, "You couldn't let me know in advance, and you can't help me with the investigation either." Woosung paused then sharply continued, "I didn't realize our relationship would go sour like this."

They both remained silent. After a few minutes, Woosung finally asked calmly, "I would like to know at least who did this. Can you at least let me know?"

"I…I will try to find out."

"Please."

Woosung hung up. Jang Gwangchul asked nervously, "How was it? It sounded bad…"

"He said Hu Jintao's side must have done it, and that is why he couldn't warn us. He also said he can't help us with the investigation."

"But they took so much money from you! How could they?"

Hong Soobum frowned angrily and said, "It sounds like they might even make up a false result. There won't be anything we can do if they do that."

Woosung replied slowly, "They won't do that. I already made sure things like that don't happen. The only thing I am disappointed in is that I lost Mahwacin."

"Pardon?"

"I was warned of this investigation from the other side in advance. I didn't let you know because there was nothing we needed to do about it. Now we know Mahwacin isn't someone to be trusted."

Jang Gwangchul and Hong Soobum's eyes widened.

"T…then is this your doing?"

"No, of course not. I was just warned it would happen. I bribed everyone for situations like this."

Beep.

Woosung checked his phone. He received a message from Mahwacin.

"Tencent."

Woosung understood the situation immediately.

"It is as I expected. Mahwacin knew of it, but he chose not to tell me."

Woosung gritted his teeth.

Tencent headquarter.

Ma Huateng smiled in satisfaction.

"Haha, he's over."

"I just got a call from the agency. They haven't found anything, but they promised to come up with something."

"Get ready to promote WhoChat as soon as LetChat collapses."

He started to hum. Things were finally going well. He already bribed the Revenue agency officials. They would make up a problem if they needed to.

Suddenly, the secretary's phone started to vibrate. When he hesitated, Ma Huateng said to him, "Answer it. It might be from them."

"Yes, sir."

As the secretary listened to his phone, he started to go pale. He was sweating by the time the call ended.

Ma Huateng asked nervously, "What's going on?"

"Apparently, WhoChat isn't downloadable on Let Store."

"We expected that. Let Store is the biggest in China, but there is nothing we can do about it. Just boost the marketing on other online stores."

"But…it seems WhoChat isn't working right on Blue S2."

"W…what?"

"I think it must be from Kang Woosung. Blue S2 just released an update and after the phone gets updated, WhoChat seems to be blocked due to 'security' reasons."

"…so he must know we are the one who pushed for the tax audit."

"Yes…Someone must have ratted us out."

"Whatever. We just need to survive until LetChat gets banned, which shouldn't be long."

"And…" The secretary couldn't finish his sentence.

Suddenly, an employee burst into the room.

"S…Sir! The Revenue Agency has stormed our company for an audit!"

Ma Huateng looked at his secretary with fear.

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Chapter 139: lt;Powergt;

Ma Huateng ran to the business support department. Many stern faces roamed the office. He approached the director of the investigation.

"Who ordered this? You better stop now!"

"We got an anonymous tip that your company is involved in tax evasion. Step back."

"What? That's ridiculous!"

When Ma Huateng got visibly angry, his secretary stopped him.

"Sir, you can't do this here…"

Suddenly Ma Huateng realized where he was. He looked around and saw his employees staring at him in shock and fear.

"Get my car ready."

"Yes, sir."

Ma Huateng arrived at the Tax office in Zhongguancun.

The head of this office was Wang Pang.

Ma Huateng begged him, "Sir, how could you do this to me? A tax audit?"

"It was an order from way above, so I couldn't do anything about it."

"Who ordered it? Let me meet him!"

"It is one of the ministers or possibly even one of the state commissioners."

Ma Huateng bit his lips. He knew one or two high ranking officials but not very well. At least not well enough to ask for a favor.

Ma Huateng gritted his teeth.

Wang Pang continued quickly, "I don't know what kind of connections you have in the government, but I'm not sure if you can get out of this one. The way it is going, I need to be careful myself, or I could get targeted too. The rumor is someone high up has begun to 'clean house.'"

"W….what do you mean?"

"All I know is that those who were found to be receiving bribes are being fired."

Suddenly, Ma Huateng's assistant hurried in.

"Sir, you need to look at this."

His assistant showed him his phone. It was a new game that suddenly became the most popular game on Let Store.

"Title: Let's celebrate Hu Jintao. Clap clap clap."

"Creator: Let Game."

"W…what is this?"

The game started out with a photo of Hu Jintao making a speech. In front of him were two pairs of clapping hands. When you touched the screen, the hands clapped and the respect point for Hu Jintao went up.

It was a ridiculously planned game, yet it was being downloaded at record speed.

Jang Gwangchul looked at the game and murmured in shock, "People really like this kind of game?"

"Chinese culture is different than ours. You can see it's working based on the reviews by the users."

They were in Chinese, so Woosung read them for Jang Gwangchul to understand.

"It's fun and rewarding."

"I hope this helps Hu Jintao."

"Praise Hu Jintao!"

Jang Gwangchul still couldn't believe it.

"You're just making that up because I can't read Chinese."

"Haha, why would I do that?"

Jang Gwangchul still was doubtful, but he nodded.

"Will this really change everything?"

"Mahwacin's force is trying to take over the government. Any interest and positivity on the existing administration will not be welcome."

Jang Gwangchul sighed. "I just hope this won't backfire to us."

"I bribed both sides. I spent a lot of money on them, yet one side chose not to help, while the other side is actively investigating us. We need to show them we can't be treated like this." Woosung said firmly.

Within a few minutes, Woosung's phone rang. Woosung didn't answer. The caller ID clearly indicated it was from Mahwacin.

Jang Gwangchul asked in surprise, "Won't you answer it?"

"He didn't answer my call last time."

The ringing stopped, but it started to ring again within a few seconds. Woosung didn't answer again.

This happened a few times. Woosung refused to answer every time. This time, it was Mahwacin who needed him and not the other way around. Woosung was willing to lose the Chinese market over this.

Finally, the phone's ringing came to an end.

Jang Gwangchul asked nervously, "Shouldn't you call Soobum and warn him about this situation? Who knows what they will do to our company?"

Woosung answered calmly, "It's alright."

"Are you thinking of leaving China ?"

Woosung smiled mysteriously.

Tick tock.

Tick tock.

After a few minutes, Woosung's phone started to ring again.

It was from an unknown number.

Jang Gwangchul murmured in annoyance, "Gosh, it looks like a spam call. So annoying."

But Woosung's instinct said otherwise. This wasn't a spam call. He answered slowly.

It was a familiar voice.

"This is Liu He."

It was the call Woosung was waiting for.

Ma Huateng went back to his office. Things weren't going well, but it wasn't over yet.

"What the hell is this?"

His desk was filled with paperwork. When his assistant took a look, he found that they were all resignation letters from the developers.

Ma Huateng started to pant anxiously.

The assistant explained, "About 20 programmers have quit…They are from the database, back end, front end…"

"…Bastards! Don't they know I have other things to worry about? Let the HR team know to give them bad references so they can't find another job."

After reading through the names, the assistant bit his lips and replied, "Sir, this is very serious."

"What now?"

"These are all key programmers. These are people we can't afford to lose."

"…"

"This will affect our company right away. We will not be able to maintain WhoChat anymore."

"Then get them back! Get the chief of HR here right now!"

The assistant made a call, but he frowned after hanging up.

"The chief of HR says he is quitting too. It sounded like he is the one who convinced the programmers to quit."

"W…what?"

"Rumor has it that they are all moving to LetChat. They were all offered an incredible deal."

"That must be a false rumor!"

"Well…LetChat is much faster and it's performing better. The developers have been worried about the app and the company for a while now."

Ma Huateng gritted his teeth.

The assistant continued, "You need to make a decision quickly. This could be the end of this company."

Mahwacin threw his phone on the ground and screamed.

"So he refused to answer my call!?"

A few seconds ago, he received an order from Liu He.

"Make sure to treat LetChat with respect. This tax investigation must go smoothly for them. From now on, do not contact Kang Woosung. He will talk only to me."

Mahwacin murmured angrily, "That bastard! He thinks he doesn't need me anymore because he got Liu He. Well, I'll show him."

Mahwacin went through the address book on his phone. It was filled with high ranking officials.

"He will regret it."

After his call with Liu He, Woosung went through the contact information on his phone.

Jang Gwangchul asked, "Who are all those people?"

"They are important people I met when I was in China. I still talk to them to maintain good relationships. I have also been helping them out in many ways."

"And have they been helpful?"

"Totally. Money can buy anyone. They were only happy to help me this time."

Jang Gwangchul replied in annoyance, "Why didn't you get Soobum to do things like that? Why should you get involved?"

"This is a dirty business. I should take care of it. I don't want you or anyone else get involved."

"What?"

"I want everyone else to remain innocent and clean. These kinds of things will continue to happen, but I will take care of it."

Jang Gwangchul murmured nervously, "What if we get caught and go to jail?"

"Don't worry about it. It will never happen. I am being very careful." Woosung paused and looked at Jang Gwangchul. "You just have to focus on the business. The rest will be on me. I like it that way."

Jang Gwangchul couldn't say anything.

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Chapter 140: lt;Competitiongt;

When the incident in China has resolved, Woosung headed to New York. He planned on using 6 billion dollars to make money in the crude oil future market.

He said to Alex, "I currently have 2 billion dollars in the long position."

"As you request, I am ready."

After nodding, Woosung scanned the six screens in front of him quickly. They were filled with relevant charts and graphs. Woosung looked at them with a serious expression.

"Boss, is something wrong? Are you not sure about it this time?"

"No, it's just that you said someone is following our trend."

"Yes."

"So I was just wondering if that person may use it against us."

"Oh, was that why you said to do the trading under the Right Capital serial number?"

Woosung nodded. "I just want to make sure I'm not missing any irregularities."

"Then have a look at this. As you asked, I found the serial number following the KND transactions. I will follow that number's actions right now."

Alex handed Woosung the excel table. Woosung scanned it and said to Alex, "I don't care if we lose a bit of money, so take a short position on the crude oil under KND Investment."

Alex replied unhappily, "Alright."

After a few minutes, Woosung asked him to do it again.

They repeated it a few times.

They weren't losing money yet, but Woosung was following a completely different pattern of investing. Alex looked confused.

"Boss, are we scalping right now? We haven't lost any money yet, but I feel like this is too frequent of transactions."

"I'm trying out the Jang Gwangchul method this time."

"Jang Gwangchul?"

"Haha, he is a famous Korean trader. You probably don't know about him."

The next day.

Ryan Capital's Williams Liam looked at the data in confusion.

"They are taking a short position…?"

He focused on one particular serial number. In the past, he would have followed this trend, but this time, he meant to steal money from this company.

"If I take the same position, I may make a little bit of money, but not as much as…"

However, he couldn't just bet against it. He needed to know why this company made the decision of taking a short position. After studying the data, Liam's eyes sparkled.

"Scalping?"

Multiple and closely-spaced transactions were taking place. This was a different pattern than he saw before.

"Did they get a different trader, or maybe algorithm trading? I just need to know why they are doing this, and when I do…"

He could destroy it.

Liam focused on learning the trend. He stayed late at work to continue analyzing. His competitiveness wouldn't let him leave until he figured it out.

The next day, he looked at the fresh set of data. Suddenly, he stood up in excitement.

"I got it!"

He figured out the pattern. He re-checked everything, and when he was certain, he went into CEO Ryan's room.

After Liam's enthusiastic explanation, Ryan asked, "So you want me to increase your operating fund?"

"Yes. I now understand the pattern of this other company, so I can steal the money from them."

"But what if they learn your pattern as well?"

"As you know, we rotate different serial numbers on irregular bases for this reason. There is no way anyone can find out about us."

"Hmm."

Ryan knew this as well, but this felt wrong.

"This is a once in a lifetime chance! If you give me a billion dollars…"

Ryan Capital.

He became successful because when a chance like this came, he took it.

A billion dollars was not a significant amount of money in this company.

If he lost the billion dollars, it would be damaging to the company, but they would recover in time.

'But we may lose customers.'

If the customers learn that they lost, they would leave the company.

'Should I go safe or go risky?'

Ryan glanced at Liam who looked determined.

"If you win, you will get 10% of the profit. If you fail, you will have to leave the company."

"Of course."

"Do you need an assistant? It is a big job, so if you need one, take anybody you want."

"Then give me Steven, Harry, and Mason."

They were the best in the company.

"You need to finish this by the end of this month."

Liam smiled confidently.

"Haha, I won't take that long."

However, it wasn't just Liam who was studying the data with eagle eyes.

Alex asked Woosung, "So you're saying these four numbers are being rotated by the same company?"

"Based on the last few days' transactions, there are at least four, but there could be more."

"Haha, I can't believe you found them. Poor bastards."

"Can you think of any company that matches this pattern?"

"Well, there are so many hedge funds, but…"

After a few seconds, Alex shouted eagerly.

"Oh! Now that I think about it, I recently heard Williams Liam got a huge bonus at Ryan Capital. That was about the time I received a huge incentive myself."

"Really?"

"Yup."

Woosung murmured, "Ryan Capital. Ryan. Ryan."

"It is a mid-sized company. I heard Williams bragged he would take over the company."

"Any other information?"

"The hedge fund companies are very secretive of their techniques so it will be hard to find out."

"Well, it doesn't matter. I just have to wait till they take my bait."

"Boss, should we keep the same long position under Right Capital?"

"No, we need to increase it. Buy until it hits just below 80 dollars. When it gets over 80, clear it."

"Alright."

Woosung stopped scalping and took the long position and stopped trading. Just as he expected, Ryan Capital took a long position with a similar amount of funds. When Woosung took another long position, Ryan Capital did the same.

Woosung confirmed that they were following his moves.

After checking a few more things, Woosung was about to sell his position when he saw it.

"He took the bait!"

Williams Liam put a massive order to sell in an attempt to be a step ahead of Woosung.

Liam was getting excited. He already made 5 billion dollars.

"Liam, this is crazy!"

"It's going according to my plan."

"Liam, you better buy us drinks after this."

"Haha, of course. I will have a party after this. You guys will also get a huge bonus."

Liam was getting confident. In front of him were eight monitors.

Suddenly, Liam saw it. He yelled, "Right now! Buy!"

The room filled with the sounds of typing.

"This time, it's a 50-billion-dollar transaction."

"Haha, awesome! We are all going to be rich."

Liam looked at the screens and murmured, "Haha, just wait. I will take all your money!"

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100 million dollars.

The other guy took 100 million dollars of Woosung's money so far. Woosung admitted that he was going against a very smart guy.

"Alex, how much of our money is in so far?"

"About 80%."

So 4.8 billion dollars out of 6 billion were in the market. Woosung studied the monitors with an unwavering focus. It has been a week of tense trading. He purposely let the other guy win 100 million dollars of his money as bait.

Tomorrow was the D-day.

Tomorrow, he would take everything back and much more.

'It's now.'

After checking the chart, Woosung clicked fast.

Buy.

Buy.

Buy.

This time, Woosung took a short position.

As he expected, the other guy followed him immediately.

'But you don't know that I know what you're doing.'

Woosung looked at the clock. The market closed at 5 pm.

After that time, all trading halted.

Tick tock.

Woosung stared tensely. A difference of a second could change everything. A drop of sweat started to roll down Woosung's forehead.

Alex also stared nervously. Less than a minute was left till the closing. Alex murmured.

"Boss!"

Only 40 seconds left! Could the market process a billion dollars that fast? Alex looked at Woosung worriedly. He was sweating heavily.

Click.

Finally, Woosung clicked quickly to sell. At the same time, he took a long position.

Crude oil future price 72 dollars.

Time: 16:59:58.

Everything was processed with 2 seconds left before the closing.

After 2 seconds, the screen beeped to announce that the market had closed. Alex sighed deeply.

"Phew, boss. I thought my heart would stop."

Woosung felt the same way. He grabbed a cup of iced water on the desk and drank it in one gulp.

"Now we just have to wait for the news."

Alex looked at the calendar and asked, "We will know by tonight, right?"

Woosung nodded gravely. Unless an unexpected event happened, he would win this one again.

Liam cried out and stood up quickly.

"W…what the!"

The others in the room reacted the same way.

"C…could it be…?"

This week, they made 100 million dollars.

Following Woosung's last move, they vetted 700 million dollars.

However, at the last minute…!

Woosung changed his move with 2 seconds left till the closing. There was no time for them to follow him.

Liam turned to Harry and asked, "News! Check the news!"

Harry quickly searched any news report on crude oil. He looked for a few minutes and found nothing.

Harry sighed deeply and sat down. "Nothing. I checked everything."

However, Liam bit his nail and replied nervously, "Dammit. Could it be that he found out what we are doing?"

"We have been using 10 different serial numbers. Besides, you said it wasn't a big company like JP or Citadel. Liam, be more confident!"

Liam bit his lips. Harry was right, but Harry also wasn't the head of this project. Liam was. He was responsible for everything. If he failed…

Mason smiled bitterly.

"Well, the market is closed so there is nothing we can do anyway."

Liam stared at the screen. He had a bad feeling about this.

Woosung and Alex went to a roof bar. It was a VIP place where a bottle started at 1000 dollars. It was on the 30th floor.

Alex asked, "Boss, how do you feel? You will be getting 10 billion dollars tomorrow."

Woosung took a sip of 30-year-old Macallan and replied, "It's not enough?"

"Haha, I knew you would say that! Remember what you told me when we first met?"

"I said we will earn trillion dollars together. You will become a billionaire."

"At first, I thought you were crazy, but here we are now!"

"It's too early to celebrate. We are just starting."

"Boss, you are incorrigible."

"I wasn't kidding about the trillion dollars."

"Haha, I know. I know it very well now. I made a lot of money thanks to you. I earned over 10 million dollars. After tomorrow, I will probably get another 10 million dollars in incentive."

"Then you only have 980 million dollars to go."

Alex laughed. After another sip, Woosung searched online again using his phone. Alex asked, "Are you waiting for the news?"

Woosung nodded. It had to happen tonight.

Alex lowered his voice and asked again, "And whatever it is, it will cause the price to go up to 80 dollars."

Woosung nodded again. Alex drank his whiskey and looked outside.

"I used to wonder if I could own anything in New York. A small apartment costs millions of dollars. I doubted I could make that much money." Woosung listened and Alex continued, "But now, thanks to you, I believe I could even buy the whole street."

"If you stay with me, it will happen for you."

Alex nodded. Suddenly, someone yelled from the VIP entrance.

"Here! Alex, it's me!" A voluptuous blond beauty waved at Alex.

When Woosung looked at him in confusion, Alex answered her,

"Oh, Julia?"

"Yeah, it's me, Julia White! You know me!"

The bodyguards looked at Woosung for an approval. Alex looked at him as well. Woosung ordered, "If it's your friend, let her in. We are done for the day anyway."

"Haha, ok."

Alex walked towards Julia and brought her to the table.

Alex asked her, "It has been a while. The last time was at the reunion, right?"

Julia smiled.

"Haha, that's right. Now, who is this gentleman?"

"This is my boss. Boss, this is Julia. We were classmates in college."

Woosung stood up and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm Kang Woosung."

"Julia White. I work at JP Morgan. I read your recent paper."

Woosung answered calmly, "I see."

Julia rubbed his hand flirtatiously.

"Yes. It looked like you put a lot of work into it."

Alex asked, "Coconut stock listing?"

Julia nodded. "Yes, I saw the paperwork."

Julia asked in a pretty tone, "Can I join you?"

She sat down across from Woosung.

"Oh, please have a seat!"

Julia said to Woosung, "You are famous! People are saying you will be the next Zuckerberg. The entire wall street is interested in your Coconut. It is performing better than Facebook did at the beginning."

Woosung replied, "Thank you for the compliment, but JP Morgan won't be chosen to represent my company. The decision will be based on my lawyers, accountants, and the consultants."

"But you will be the one who makes the final decision."

Julia then raised her glass. Woosung and Alex did as well and took a sip.

Suddenly, Julia's phone beeped. "Excuse me."

She looked at her iPhone quickly.

"OPEC decides to cut oil production."

"For more details, click the below link."

Julia frowned. Something was happening. Alex looked at Woosung excitedly, who was already looking at his phone. He quickly looked up and nodded to Alex.

"Boss!"

Woosung calmly took another sip of his drink.

A bottle cost him 1800 dollars.

However, it was nothing. Tomorrow, his bank account would receive over 10 billion dollars.

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Alex grinned widely.

Julia asked, "What just happened?"

Alex laughed, "Hahahaha. It's nothing important."

Julia became even more curious. The Alex whom Julia knew was always quiet with, showing emotions rarely. Woosung was reacting the same way. He was smiling mysteriously.

Julia asked again, "Could you please tell me what is going on?"

Woosung answered firmly, "It's nothing you need to know."

She turned to Alex, but he looked away. If Woosung wanted to keep this event quiet, Alex had to do the same. Julia smiled at Woosung charmingly, but it was no use. Woosung wasn't looking at her. He was staring at his phone.

"OPEC decides to reduce oil production."

"Per Venezuela's request, OPEC has decided to reduce crude oil production. The price is expected to increase, which will negatively impact the economy."

It was exactly how Woosung remembered it happening in his past life.

'It's done.'

With 4 billion dollars, he earned 14 billion dollars. With the Coconut stocks, he had over 20 billion dollars at his disposal. There was nothing he couldn't do now.

Julia approached Woosung and asked flirtatiously, "You must have accomplished something big just now. The OPEC news came out, which means the oil price will go up…I assume you betted on it?"

Woosung picked up his glass.

"You are very curious."

"And will you answer my question?"

"If I give it to you, what kind of information will you give me in return?"

"JP wants to have a good relationship with Coconut. Isn't that enough?"

Woosung pointed at Alex. "I share important information only with my people. Technically, this is considered a business secret. Besides, I don't understand why you are so curious. Do famous hedge fund managers often go around bragging about their wins?"

Julia couldn't answer.

After taking another sip, Alex nodded and turned to Julia. "Julia, how's working at JP?"

"It's not bad."

"What was your definition of a good job?"

"A job that makes me a lot of money."

"Hahaha, that's right. Do you still feel the same way?"

"Of course. Wall Street is a cruelly competitive place. I accept it with open arms."

At Julia's boldness, Woosung grinned.

Julia turned to Woosung and continued, "Of course, I'm not saying money is everything. It is also not the most important thing about my career, but it is for my job."

Woosung continued to drink slowly.

Alex pointed at Julia and asked Woosung, "Boss, didn't you say you were looking for a financial expert? How about her? She may not look it, but she is one of the tops in JP. As she just said, if you pay her enough, she is willing to work for you."

Julia pointed at herself. "Me?"

"As you know, Coconut Bank started as an internet bank exclusively in Korea, but Woosung has a bigger plan for it. He wants to reach the world. I think this will be a good job for you."

Woosung turned to Julia and asked, "If Alex recommends you, that is enough for me. I will give you 1.5 times your current salary plus incentives."

"…pardon?"

"I don't know how much you are getting paid right now, but I will pay you more. You will learn quickly that I am not stingy when it comes to incentives."

"I don't understand what is happening."

Alex added. "You will be shocked if you know how much incentives I received."

Woosung felt himself getting drunk. He had to work tomorrow, so he stood up.

"Stay as long as you want and chat. I will see you later."

Alex nodded. "Alright."

Julia looked at Woosung in confusion, but he was already walking away.

9:30 am, New York.

The market was about to open.

Liam stared at the screen anxiously. He didn't want to come to work after reading last night's news.

He was afraid.

However, as usual, he had to finish his job.

He felt thirsty. WTI crude oil was already reaching 81 dollars. It was due to the announcement from OPEC last night.

'How could he know about it before it was announced? Does he have a connection in OPEC?'

He had heard of a rumor about the infamous Rothchild family. It was rumored that this family secretly ruled the world. If anyone could, this family was the one that probably could get information from OPEC before it was announced to the public.

'Dammit.'

He was going crazy. He tried to shake it off, but it was useless.

As soon as the market opened, he settled everything. It meant that he was settling his short position.

Yesterday, he followed Woosung's initial bet on the crude oil price going down.

However, the price went up.

Woosung changed his position at the last minute.

Liam clicked a few more times to settle everything. The crude oil price continued to soar. He started to pant.

"Minus 380 million dollars."

It was over for Liam.

"13.331 billion dollars."

It was Woosung's final account balance.

All in cash.

Woosung quickly transferred 10 million dollars to Alex's account as a bonus.

Alex swallowed hard and murmured, "So this project is finally over."

Woosung nodded. "I expect to have a few more opportunities like this in the future. Let's make sure to work well like this again."

"Of course."

"What did Julia say last night?"

"She said she needs to think about it. She said our company is a bit too small for her liking, and Coconut hasn't been approved by SEC yet."

Woosung applied to have Coconut to be listed in the market. All the required paperwork was done. It just had to be approved by SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) for it to be listed on Nasdaq.

"Are you sure about her?"

Alex nodded. "She was the best in school. There was a rumor that she got her grades by sleeping with the profs, but it was never proven."

"Hmm…"

Woosung remembered her being flirtatious. She was gorgeous. He could see why there would have been such a rumor.

"Other than those rumors, her record was perfect. She got her job at JP with great references from the professors and she is currently a director at the company."

Director.

She was only 27. Woosung was surprised she reached such a high position at a young age.

"Arrange a dinner meeting tomorrow with her. I have to go to the SEC interview now."

"Alright."

To be listed on Nasdaq, the final step was to attend an interview conducted by the SEC officials.

When Woosung sat down, one of the judges, Charles Brown, asked, "We read your report. You did a good job growing your company. I think it is comparable to Facebook and Twitter."

"Thank you."

"But you have set your share price to be 40 dollars, which make your company worth 80 billion dollars." It was a huge number. Charles Brown asked curiously, "Don't you think you've overestimated your company?"

"If you look at the rate of user number increase, you will see that it is faster than that of Facebook. In addition, MAU and DAU are comparable to Facebook."

"But the sales are only half of that of Facebook."

"The number of users is much less than Facebook, but the sales have reached already half that of Facebook. My company's profit rate is actually better."

Woosung had good answers for every question.

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Chapter 143: Competition

The QA session lasted a long time. Woosung answered smartly to every question and the SEC officials nodded in satisfaction.

After 30 minutes, Charles Brown turned to his colleagues and asked, "Do you have any more questions for this gentleman?" They all shook their heads. Charles turned to Woosung. "We're done then. You may go."

Woosung nodded and left the room.

When he left the building, he saw Julia White waiting for him.

She was smiling brightly surrounded by men in expensive suits. They started to approach Woosung slowly.

However, Woosung was quickly surrounded by his bodyguards.

Woosung ordered, "It's fine."

The bodyguards moved aside slightly so Julia could approach Woosung.

"As I've said, everyone is interested in Coconut."

One of the men in suits asked Woosung, "I am Morgan Stanley's Patrick Emil. I would like to talk to you in private."

Another person shouted as well, "Hello. I'm from Citigroup."

Men from big companies fought to get Woosung's attention. Julia looked around and murmured, "This is America, the land of capitalism. By the way, Alex said you had an offer for me?"

Woosung nodded.

Julia said to him, "Shall we go then?"

They arrived at the Four Season's top floor suite room. It cost 30,000 dollars per night.

Woosung asked for room service of snacks while Julia looked around the room.

"You really are a billionaire."

"Yes."

"Haha, but it's surprising. I don't see any evidence of drinking or women."

"We're not here to talk about my private life."

Julia nodded. The room service arrived quickly.

Woosung took a sip of his ice coffee and asked, "Alex must have told you about the offer. Did you have other questions?"

"Is it true you want to make Coconut Pay into an international service like ?"

"Yes. I want to make it even bigger than ."

"I also heard a rumor you are behind the LetPay in China."

"I can't confirm that at this point."

"What do you plan to do with the money you make by listing Coconut?"

"Invest. I plan on investing in a business I have been working on." Woosung took another sip. He continued, "I feel like I am being interviewed."

"Haha, to win a genius like me, it's the least you can do."

"I realize there aren't many who graduated from MIT and work as a director at JP Morgan. However, the position you will take in my company is a bigger job than you have right now. You haven't proven yourself for this particular position yet. I believe in Alex's recommendation, but you will need to prove yourself to me too." Woosung continued quickly, "You will get the job whether you pass the test or not, but your salary will change based on your performance."

"So you will decrease your salary offer if I fail the test?"

"No, my offer still stands, but if you pass, I will offer you even more money."

"Can you explain it to me?"

"Currently, Coconut has been assessed as worth 80 billion dollars. Everyone agrees with the assessment, but I don't like it."

Julia nodded. Woosung drank his coffee and continued.

"I want it to be listed at the same value as Facebook or better. If you can achieve that, I will give you some Coconut stock shares."

"How much?"

"10 million dollars worth."

"Pardon?"

"I will give you 10 million dollars worth of shares. If you prefer, I will give you 10 million dollars in cash."

10 million dollars.

Her current salary was 200,000 dollars a year. After various taxes, fees, and paying off monthly tuition loan, she was left with 5000 dollars every month.

It was a lot of money, but it was still not enough for her.

10 million dollars?

With it, she could pay back all her debt, buy a house in New York, and anything she wanted.

"It's a good offer."

"If you fail, the job offer still stands with the same conditions. If you get this job done, you will get 10 million dollars on top of it. What do you think?"

Julia smiled and shook his hand.

"Deal!"

Woosung murmured, "By the way, can I ask you to dress a little more conservatively?"

Woosung wouldn't want to say anything, but he felt like it was necessary. Julia was wearing a skirt so short whenever she moved in the chair, it showed too much.

The top three buttons of her blouse were also undone. Her bra was showing quite obviously.

"But why? I dressed like this to seduce you, and I got the job so it worked!"

"No. You got the job because of your skills."

"Well, that's what you say but I will never know, will I? This has worked very well for me for the remainder of my life. Do you know the glass ceiling index for America?"

Woosung shook his head. He expected it to be okay considering this was America.

"It is worse than the OECD average. Korea is even worse by the way. The way I dress and act is how I learned to survive this male-dominated world. If you are saying I don't have to do this anymore, then that would be great."

When Woosung nodded, Julia stood up.

"Then I better get to work."

At an expensive bar in New York Manhattan.

Liam, who was drunk, murmured, "Dammit! I made them so much money, yet this is how they reply to me? I know I made a mistake, but still…"

He felt betrayed.

It was hard leaving his work.

Liam poured another drink. He couldn't stand the situation.

Suddenly, Woosung sat beside him and ordered the same drink.

He murmured, "Williams Liam. Ryan Capital head manager, but you recently lost your job."

"What? Who are you?"

"I am the one behind the serial number xxxxxx."

Liam froze. He turned around quickly.

"W…what?"

"KND Investment CEO and the one who won our little game."

Liam raised his hand and ordered, "Ice water please!"

The bartender brought him the water and Liam gulped it down. He then turned to Woosung again.

"Can you repeat that again?"

"If you are interested, follow me."

Liam followed.

Woosung took Liam to his hotel room and asked, "Answer my question without a calculator. You have 5 seconds. 321*411?"

"131931."

Liam was still drunk, but his answer was immediate and confident.

"35?2?"

"1225."

"34412/23?"

"4."

It didn't even take a second for each answer.

Woosung was surprised. He pointed at the whiteboard he prepared and asked, "Solve the Black-Sholes equation."

Liam wrote out the equation quickly. It was over 10 lines, yet he finished it quickly. He was clearly a mathematical genius.

"Why would you drink yourself to death when you have such an amazing brain?"

"How did you know I was following your transactions?"

Woosung pointed at his head.

"You are not the only smart one in this town."

"And that is why you tricked me at the last minute?"

"Haha, talk about the pot calling the kettle black!"

Liam panted. There was nothing he could say.

Woosung continued, "I heard you lost your job."

"Thanks to you."

"I think you're great. Your ambition, skills, and boldness. If you think you can control your pride, I am willing to offer you a good deal."

"…"

"What do you think?"

"I have one question. Did you get the information from someone in OPEC? How is it that you knew?"

"I will tell you when we have a more trustful relationship."

After brief thinking, Liam nodded.

Woosung added, "I will first have you work on the algorithm trading tuning. I will give you more details tomorrow."

Woosung made a quick call and his bodyguard walked in. Woosung ordered him to drive Liam home safely.

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Julia visited Woosung early in the morning.

Jeans and a white t-shirt.

She looked young and fresh like a college student.

"Did you quit JP Morgan?"

"Haha not yet. I told them I could win Coconut as a customer for JP and they said I am free from my regular duties for now. So technically, I am working right now."

Woosung nodded.

Julia waved a USB at him. "I've got something for you!"

Julia's plan was simple. The numbers on the financial report could not be changed, but why not visit the investors and do a presentation for them?

They needed to make a point.

"Great needs increase the company value."

Woosung didn't look satisfied.

"What do you think, boss?"

"Julia, I don't like to beg."

"There are times when you have to give up your pride."

"That is why I need to do a presentation for the institutional investors?"

"Yes."

"I have a different opinion. You can't earn the scarcity value by begging."

Julia frowned.

Woosung continued, "You need to attract the investors so they choose to come to you without you begging."

Julia sighed. "I have considered that method, but does Coconut really have that kind of influence? As of now, I don't think so. Investors are conservative. 80 billion dollars is fair, if not an overestimation. There are many who believed that Coconut is just a bubble that will burst soon." Julia continued quickly. "And there is a common mistake most young businessmen make. Do you know what it is?"

"Pride, conceit, arrogance, and so on?"

Julia nodded. "You know it very well."

"But that is only if you aren't good at your job."

Julia raised her eyebrows. "Do you think you know everything just because of your success with LetChat and smartphone? If I thought you are such an arrogant person, I wouldn't have said yes to your offer."

"You missed KND Investment, DNK Group, League of Legend, and Battle Round."

Julia looked surprised. She has heard of these companies before.

Woosung asked, "You wanted to know what happened a few nights ago, right?"

Julia nodded.

Woosung continued, "Alex and I were talking about our most recent investment result. We just made about a billion dollars, so we were celebrating." Woosung stared at Julia and asked, "Do you still think I'm being arrogant for no reason? I am telling you, Coconut will be bigger than Facebook because…"

Woosung paused. Julia bit her lips. He looked so attractive as he talked with natural confidence.

Alpha male.

He was a capable man.

Woosung continued, "Because I will make it happen. So bring me a solution to this problem. Come up with a plan that will make the investors beg me to get involved. For example, wouldn't it be great if Rick Warren invested in our company?"

Rick Warren.

He was one of the most successful investors in the world.

Julia replied, "He is famous for not investing in tech companies."

"Do you not know that he bought a lot of Apple stocks?"

"But that…"

"Rick Warren was just an example, but if you can accomplish it then that would be amazing."

Julia bit her lips again. This was becoming more complicated than she anticipated.

5 million dollars.

Woosung paid 5 million dollars to have lunch with Rick Warren. They were to meet at the Smith and Wollensky in New York.

Woosung prepared a few questions to ask Rick Warren.

He waited at the table. Rick Warren arrived 5 minutes before the meeting time.

He was a white-haired gentleman.

When Rick saw Woosung, he greeted, "I have done some research on you, but I still can't believe how young you are. I was never that successful when I was your age."

Woosung replied sincerely, "Haha, I have just been very lucky."

"Well, I am curious what kind of questions you have for me."

They sat down and looked at the menu.

Woosung asked, "I am planning to list my company, Coconut. It has been assessed to be worth 80 billion dollars, but I think that that is an underestimation. Facebook is worth 100 billion dollars and I don't think my company should be assessed less than that. So what could I do to have its value increased?"

Rick Warren took a sip of water and replied, "Even with such a big number as 80 billion dollars, you are still not satisfied."

Woosung nodded. "My ambition is much bigger than that."

"If I invested in your company, it will become worth over 100 billion dollars, and that is probably why you paid 5 million dollars to have lunch with me."

"That's right. If I can make 20 billion dollars with only 5 million dollars, it's a no brainer."

"Hahaha, I have always been interested in KND. I do believe that it is comparable to Apple."

"Coconut will become bigger than Facebook, Google, and Amazon. I know you usually aren't interested in software companies, but wouldn't you be interested in, perhaps, holding it for a short term?"

"How short of a term are you talking about?"

"10 years."

Rick Warren took another sip of water and looked at Woosung with interest.

"I have never heard anyone answer 10 years before."

"You must have only met amateur investors then."

"Hahahaha."

Rick Warren laughed and continued to eat his salad.

"What will you do if I refuse your offer?"

"It doesn't matter. If I release the news about another project Coconut is planning, the stock price will jump anyway."

Woosung was referring to the AI project.

"Then why are you asking me to do this?"

"Because I believe that certain people should make money while others shouldn't."

"Pardon?"

"There are people who deserve lots of money and people who shouldn't have money. I don't like my money going to the wrong hands."

Rick Warren stopped chewing and looked at Woosung. This conversation was becoming very strange,

"So you're saying I deserve to have big money?"

"That's right. Someone like you should have it."

In his previous life, Woosung read that Rick Warren donated 90% of his wealth and lived modestly.

Woosung took out his Blue S2 and showed it to Rick.

"Have a look at this."

Woosung showed him the improved version of the AI. The new system was able to carry a conversation.

"What should I have for dinner?"

"Steak, rice, or sandwich."

"I don't want steak."

"Then what about a sandwich?"

"But I'm on a diet."

"How about a Subway?"

"How many calories does it have?"

"580k."

"Oh, that's not bad."

"Should I order then?"

"Would you believe me if I said this was a conversation between a person and a computer?"

Rick Warren's eyes sharpened. If this was true, Coconut's worth would rise exponentially.

Woosung continued, "This is our newest technology. Google and Facebook don't have it yet."

"It sounds like there should be plenty of people who would want to invest in your company."

"As I explained, I believe that only certain people should earn big money."

Rick Warren continued to eat and looked at Woosung.

After a few days, a news report was announced that Rick Warren's Buffalo Hathaway invested in Coconut. As soon as she heard the news, Julia came to Woosung.

"My 10 million dollars…"

"If you had come up with the idea of having lunch with Rick Warren, that would have been great."

"But…"

"Make sure to think more creatively next time."

Julia frowned while Alex grinned.

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Woosung turned to Alex and Julia.

"As you saw on the news, Rick Warren has decided to invest in our company. Not Facebook, but for us!"

Julia murmured, "So it will definitely be worth over 100 billion dollars."

"Probably."

Alex turned to Woosung. "That's a huge number. You will be so loaded."

"Not as much as you think. I will only sell about 30% of the shares to make sure I have control over the company, and I need this money to make an investment."

When Alex nodded, Woosung continued, "Please supervise Liam on the algorithm trading tuning."

In the corner of the hotel room was Liam focusing on his computer.

"How much are you thinking to invest?"

"I will start with 100 million dollars and increase the budget as I go. I already told Liam about it too."

"Alright."

"I think he is working very hard, so keep an eye on him."

Woosung turned to Julia. "SEC will call us by the end of the day. Please get ready for the listing and come up with ideas for Coconut Pay and Coconut Bank for the future."

Julia complained, "I haven't even read over the comprehensive report on the current company situation yet."

"Haha, you better work fast. My expectations are very high."

"Gosh, why did I agree to work for you? I didn't even get the bonus!"

Woosung grinned and replied, "Haha, if the listing process goes smoothly, you will get a handsome incentive so don't be so disappointed."

"Really?"

Woosung nodded.

After the meeting, Woosung and Alex flew to Silicone Valley. They visited the developers who were working on the Blue S3 and announced a bonus for everyone. Afterward, they visited the other companies Woosung invested in.

Insta.

Airdnd.

Ever.

Space X.

Woosung invested a lot of money on these companies. He knew they would be very successful in the future.

One week later.

"Boss, the listing process is complete. It will be listed next Tuesday."

Woosung smiled at Alex's report. It was going according to his plan. Woosung remembered an invitation suddenly.

"Tonight 6 pm Palo Alto 2101 Party"

Alex got excited.

"Boss, you must go! It is a very famous party in Silicone Valley. It is a good chance for you to network with important and influential businessmen."

"More influential than Rick Warren?"

"No, but it will still be helpful."

"I guess."

"And the more networking you do, the better chance you have of finding good people to scout."

Woosung narrowed his eyes. "Be honest. You just want to meet famous celebs, right?"

Alex grinned. "Haha, if it happens, then that would be a bonus."

Party.

Silicone Valley was famous for luxurious parties organized by successful businessmen. Many celebs and rich people attended these events.

"Alright, let's go."

"Great!"

They arrived at the party early. It was at a lavish mansion. They had to drive a few minutes after passing the main gate. Inside were a swimming pool, tennis court, and a three-story building.

The place was surrounded by bodyguards and everyone was checked before letting in.

"Haha, this is huge."

"I guess."

The pool was crowded with beautiful women in bikinis. Music was playing loudly.

"You can go in."

They walked in after the security checked their invitations.

'Wow, KYLO meeting is so small compare to this.'

The party host David Gallagher, a famous investor, approached them

"Haha, you made it."

"Thank you for the invitation."

"It's a great party. I hope you have fun. Oh, and take this."

David handed Woosung a key card and whispered, "It is the key to the private building on the right. It has been prepared for only the special guests."

Woosung nodded. "Thank you."

"Haha, have a great time!"

After David left, Alex exclaimed, "Boss, did you see? That's Grant Griffin. Oh, there is Dana Loren! I've gotta go over there. Let me know when you are ready to leave."

"Haha, alright."

Alex quickly disappeared to mingle.

Woosung took a glass and walked around. He wondered what David prepared at the private building.

He could guess what it was, but he was still curious.

'I'm probably wrong. Let's go find out.'

Tight security personnel was guarding the door. It looked like something secretive was happening inside. Woosung approached the door and scanned the card.

Beep.

The door opened. When Woosung entered, he felt dreamy. Inside was filled with smoke.

Men were sitting down smoking different pipes. Woosung was right.

Gorgeous women were everywhere in the room. They flocked to different men. The place looked like an expensive brothel.

Suddenly, Woosung noticed one woman.

'Jennifer Ellie?'

He rubbed his eyes and checked again. It was really her, an actress he saw in a popular movie in his previous life.

'I did see a couple of big time movie producers, so I guess…'

He walked towards her slowly. Jennifer bit her lips. When he offered his hand, she took it with a resigned expression. They went into an empty room.

As soon as the door closed, Jennifer tried to kiss Woosung, who quickly stepped back.

"W, wait!"

Jennifer placed her finer on Woosung's lip.

"Shh. You don't have to worry about anything."

She acted boldly, but her eyes looked sad. Woosung stepped back again and asked, "Are you really Jennifer Ellie?"

Her eyes widened. Woosung continued.

"I am Kang Woosung. I am the CEO of NK Entertainment. I would like to scout you."

"Pardon?" She looked confused.

Woosung explained, "I am telling you that I would like to be your agency."

"Are you serious? Several men have offered the same thing to me before, but as soon as I slept with them, they left me. I had to sleep with famous producers and directors. They all promised to make me into a star, but here I am."

"But you haven't given up becoming an actress."

"How do you know?"

"I just do."

In Woosung's last life, Jennifer Ellie was one of the top actresses in Hollywood.

He continued.

"NK will be investing in a movie in Hollywood very soon. It will be easier for you then to get a role."

Jennifer sighed and asked doubtfully, "You are offering me this without asking for anything in return?"

When Woosung nodded, Jennifer placed her hand on his belt.

"Why don't we just have sex? I don't need your words."

Before Woosung could react, she took his belt off.

"W…what are you doing?"

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She started to take his clothes off skillfully. Woosung grabbed her hands quickly.

"Stop."

Jennifer smiled and replied, "But I think your body is saying yes!"

Woosung looked down and started to sweat. "I can't help how my body reacts."

He put his pants back on and buttoned his shirt.

Jennifer said disappointedly, "Gosh, I was hoping for a fun night."

Woosung took out his business card and handed it to her. It was the one Jang Gwangchul gave him as a gift. The 24K gold shined on the card.

"You don't have to do this. I would like to give you a fair chance. Call this number and you'll learn that I'm not lying."

Jennifer looked at the card in surprise.

"Is this real gold?"

When Woosung nodded, her eyes widened.

She was adorable.

Woosung added. "Well, that's it for me. I hope we get to work together."

Woosung left the place quickly. If he stayed too long, he was afraid he would be involved in an unsavory scandal.

Woosung called Alex.

"Already?" Alex sounded disappointed but he came to Woosung. Alex asked when he saw that Woosung seemed red and out of breath. "What happened? Why are you panting?"

"It's nothing important. We should never attend parties like this again."

"Why? I love it. Beautiful and successful men and women in one place! I already promised to go to another party tomorrow. When I mentioned your name, they were all busy inviting me to different events."

Woosung shook his head.

Alex continued, "You are famous here in Silicone Valley. Many people want to invest in Coconut and Blue S2. Some were even begging me to introduce you to them."

"Well, it was a close one for me."

Alex narrowed his eyes.

"Boss…Did you…"

Alex seemed to guess what had happened.

The wildness of these parties was already well known to the public.

"It's not like that."

"Hmm."

Alex didn't believe him.

"Hello. I am Reporter Kim Minjun from YTT News. I am at the Nasdaq headquarter where the Korean company Coconut is about to be listed. It has been assessed at 80 billion dollars, which is the very first for a Korean corporation." The reporter continued excitedly, "Coconut was recently invested by the world-famous Rick Warren. Everyone is curious about how Coconut stock will fare. Many experts believe it will go beyond Facebook. In a little while, there will also be an event titled 'Hello Coconut' in Korea to celebrate its success. It is rumored that new technology will be introduced at this event."

It was a huge deal in Korea. Woosung could now be worth more than Korea's biggest company Daeyang.

The reporter continued.

"Oh, Kang Woosung and the officials are entering. We will now listen to the interview."

Woosung explained to the reporter, "Korea doesn't have a proper evaluation standard for IT technology yet."

"So are you saying you may move your headquarter to America?"

"Anything is possible. That is how I do all my businesses. I try to always keep an open mind."

"What do you expect will happen once Coconut is listed?"

"I expect it to soar very quickly."

It was finally 9:30 am in New York.

The opening bell rang, and people congratulated Woosung.

"Congratulations."

"Haha, cheers!"

"Congratulations."

Everyone clapped while Woosung smiled proudly.

Shin Semi bit her lips as she watched the news.

"Listed in Nasdaq. He is now worth over 90 billion dollars."

Woosung was now officially superior to Nuri.

It was most likely that Woosung was the richest and most successful businessman in Korea.

He was beyond her reach now. A woman was standing beside Woosung on the TV with a big smile. Shin Semi was bothered by the whole situation. She turned off the TV in a fit of anger.

Daeyang Electronics headquarters in Gangnam.

In Choi Gunwon's office on the 44th floor, Choi Gunwon and Choi Taemin were watching tv together.

"CEO Kang Woosung will now speak."

Choi Gunwon asked suddenly, "Why is everyone making such a big deal?"

"Money."

"That's right, and that is why the media is treating Daeyang with disrespect because we don't have as much money."

Choi Gunwon watched Woosung on TV for a few seconds.

"People care about what that guy says because he is rich. We used to be where he is until recently." He then glared at Choi Taemin who remained quiet.

Choi Gunwon asked, "Are you someone who makes money for Daeyang Electronics, or are you someone who just spends the company money?"

Choi Taemin answered calmly, "The first."

"Then why do I hear that MC business is failing?"

"That's an exaggerated rumor. The next model will beat Blue S. Besides, the semiconductor department is doing very well, so Daeyang Electronics should be fine."

"You still failed."

Choi Taewon frowned. As they glared at each other, Woosung's interview was still continuing on tv.

"Coconut will grow big quickly. Most of the profit will be reinvested into the AI project named Coconut I. Coconut possess an exclusive AI technology."

People didn't react to Woosung's announcement. They thought he was just talking about his future plan.

Woosung continued, "Our project will be revealed at the Hello Coconut event in Seoul."

Woosung then took out his Blue S2 and started to take photos of the items in front of him. As soon as he took it, the phone announced the items out loud.

"Microphone."

"Desk."

"Chair."

People stared in shock. Woosung took photos of people's faces as well. The phone announced its interpretation of the facial expressions.

"Confusion."

"Happiness."

"Joy."

People started to understand what was happening.

Woosung stopped taking photos and explained, "We were able to achieve 99.999% accuracy with the image recognition test. The next step is the game of Go. The game of this century will take place soon in Seoul."

People applauded.

Incheon International Airport.

The reporters waited outside but the bodyguards blocked them. The reporters protested.

"Oh come on! Could you move a little?"

"Please stay outside the designated line."

"But we can't see very well from here!"

Nearby were Jang Gwangchul and Hong Soobum.

Jang Gwangchul commented, "So many reporters."

"He is the national hero now."

"I guess."

"Aren't you jealous? You sold most of your Coconut shares to Woosung a long time ago. You must only have 5% now?"

"Didn't you do the same, Soobum?"

"Haha, but I only had little, to begin with. Besides, I am happy with what I have."

Jang Gwangchul rubbed his chin. He felt bitter.

"Who knew it would be listed at a higher price than Facebook?"

"But you still made 5 billion dollars."

"It's true. It's the most I have made in my life."

"So you are indebted to Woosung."

"What!?"

"And you also have KND stocks! You know it's all thanks to our CEO."

Jang Gwangchul replied brusquely, "Hey, don't you know how hard I have been working? Day and night! I deserve it."

Suddenly, Hong Soobum yelled, "He's coming!"

Jang Gwangchul opened his arms and ran to Woosung.

"President Kang!"

He hugged Woosung tightly and it was captured live on TV.

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Woosung got into the car with Jang Gwangchul.

"People will now think we are a couple."

"We are even closer than a couple!"

Hong Soobum, who was listening to the conversation, grinned.

"Gwangchul, you were saying something completely different a while ago."

Jang Gwangchul denied, "Hey, that was different. I love Woosung. Do you know how much I missed him?"

Woosung smiled. "Were you waiting because I got Coconut listed in Nasdaq?"

"Well, partly, but I missed you too!"

"Haha, alright."

"President Kang, you're very popular. Do you see the reporters following us from behind?"

"Yeah. They've been following me since I left America."

"Coconut is worth over 100 billion dollars. It could really be bigger than Daeyang Electronics now."

"Haha. We need to get on with the big event as soon as possible. If we carry that out successfully, we will be on top of the world."

Jang Gwangchul murmured in disappointment, "I've been wondering what you were doing with those genius developers…Why didn't you tell me about the AI project?"

"I needed to keep it a secret. You know the security problems we've been having."

"I know…"

"I have to be somewhere, so I'll get off soon and change to another car."

"Attorney Lee?"

"Yes. He still hasn't approved the fourth mobile carrier selection process yet, so I need to stay close to him."

"I feel like it won't happen, but if you insist…"

"I also need him for the Yongsan project anyway. If these two ventures work out, it will be the government that needs me from then on, not the other way around. I will be the biggest company that can change the employment rate of the country."

Jang Gwangchul nodded.

Hong Soobum asked Woosung, "Why do you work so hard, President?"

"This is my job. This is what I do."

Woosung headed towards the place where he arranged to meet Lee Sunghyun.

Lee Sunghyun said to Woosung, "Congratulations on Coconut listing. Now, you are an international businessman."

"Thank you. It's all thanks to you."

Lee Sunghyun knew it was empty flattery, but he still smiled.

"Now I feel like I can't treat you like a friend anymore. You are such a big star now. China's LetChat, America's Coconut, and KND…You own so many huge businesses, I feel strange being around you."

"Haha, we've known each other for a while now, so please be comfortable."

"Well, if you say so…" Lee Sunghyun sat comfortably and drank his tea. He slowly said to Woosung, "I prepared a gift for you."

Woosung knew what he would say.

"The news of the fourth mobile carrier selection process will be announced by the end of this month. Just as you requested, everything is to be done fairly."

Woosung bowed lightly. "Thank you."

"Haha, you're welcome. By the way, will you incorporate new technology into this mobile carrier business just like you did for Coconut? If so, things will move along faster and easier for you."

"Have you heard of 4G?"

Lee Sunghyun nodded. "That's the next generation communication technology, right?"

"Yes, and my company managed to develop it so it can be used by the public. XFeed will immediately provide 4G service as soon as it opens."

"But to make it work, you will need extensive network equipment. Do you already have it ready?"

"We are at the last stage of testing in Silicone Valley. It will be provided by KND."

"So you have been preparing for it for a while."

"Of course, and even if I didn't do the mobile carrier, I could always sell the technology and equipment to other companies."

Lee Sunghyun almost felt overwhelmed by Woosung. Just how far ahead was he preparing for?

Lee Sunghyun realized he needed to be careful around Woosung.

He nodded and replied, "Good. I wasn't sure, but it sounds like you have everything under control."

"I am ready."

"Thank you."

"Haha, no. I should be thanking you."

Woosung returned to the office and read over the reports prepared for him. Jang Gwangchul and Hong Soobum went over the big decisions that were made while Woosung was gone. Everything seemed to be in good order.

Jang Gwangchul asked Woosung, "So what did Attorney Lee say?"

"They will announce the fourth mobile carrier selection soon."

"Finally, people will hear the name XFeed!"

"Please let the people in Silicone Valley know to get prepared. As soon as our company gets selected, we will start the service right away in Korea. At the same time, we will release Blue S3, which will have LTE capability."

"Haha, got it."

"After this, we will be almost there. We would have over 200,000 employees. The government won't be able to touch us. Besides, if anything happens, I can fix everything with my money."

"Did you make more money recently in America?"

Woosung nodded lightly.

"Phew, I can't even imagine how much money you're talking about."

"You'll be responsible for XFeed. I will be busy hiring people for Yongsan project."

"Who will take care of Coconut Bank?"

"I found someone for it. She should be here soon."

Just then, Julia walked into the office.

She was dressed conservatively, but she still looked sexy.

Jang Gwangchul stammered, "T…that lady?"

Woosung nodded. Julia approached Jang Gwangchul and shook his hand. Both Jang Gwangchul and Hong Soobum looked nervous around her.

Julia opened her laptop and started the PPT.

"As you know, our boss insists on hard work from us, so I will get right to it."

"Coconut Bank's future."

It was the title of the PPT.

Julia explained, "There are 35 slides in total, but I will just show you the gist of it."

Jang Gwangchul and Hong Soobum looked surprised while Woosung watched with interest.

"The reason people use is for convenience, but convenience could also mean a sloppy system. Currently, uses FDS system for security. Coconut Bank is also doing the same thing. This is how hacking is prevented." Julia looked at Woosung, who nodded for her to continue, "So before coming here, I hired a couple of talented hackers. There are quite a number of them who graduated from MIT. It cost a lot of money, but oh well."

Suddenly, Hong Soobum's phone rang.

"Sir, it's an emergency. A large amount of unknown traffics are happening in the Bank and Pay systems."

Hong Soobum turned to Julia.

Julia was still looking at Woosung while she continued, "Google gives bonuses to the developers who succeed in hacking its own system. We should follow the same practice. This will show that we are confident in our own system."

Woosung nodded. He was still smiling.

"If we prove that we can easily fight back the best hackers in the world, it will show the customers how secure our system is."

Hong Soobum listened to his phone and said to Woosung hurriedly, "Sir, the hackers are about to get into our system. We may have to shut it down temporarily."

Woosung replied calmly, "We can't let that happen. Go and stop it."

Hong Soobum left quickly. Julia grinned.

"I had to spend about a million dollars for this. Is this creative enough for you, President Kang?"

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Chapter 148: Competition

The day was hectic for Woosung's company. Every available developer worked non-stop to protect the system from the hackers Julia hired.

Hong Soobum reported to Woosung, "Thankfully, DDos is being protected. Other areas seemed to have calmed down for now. We are changing the password every hour and analyzing what has happened."

Woosung nodded and turned to Julia. "What are the hackers saying?"

"They are saying they can go further if they tried."

"Get them to try their best."

Julia made a quick call, and the hacking attempt began again at full force, but soon, it was clear that the hackers couldn't get into the Coconut system.

Julia said in disappointment, "I guess you have a pretty secure system."

"I will admit though, your idea was indeed creative."

Afterward, Woosung went around with Julia to introduce her to everyone.

"This is Julia White and she will be leading the Coconut Bank and Pay systems."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Hong Soobum."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Jang Gwangchul."

"I'm Julia White. I used to work at JP Morgan until your boss hired me."

After the introduction, Woosung said to everyone, "As you all know, our company is now world-famous. We have grown so much. Some think our growth rate will slow down. They say we have reached our limit."

Woosung now only had 8 years of future knowledge left, but he wanted his empire to go on forever.

"But I disagree." Woosung paused for a dramatic effect. Everyone looked up to this man who created a business empire only in a year. Woosung continued, "Chat, bank, pay, and online store all need to grow further if we want to achieve global success. We are not there yet. Please continue working hard so we can reach that dream."

It was a hard road for Woosung so far, and all this time, he never forgot his parents, especially his mother.

Woosung visited his parents. It has been a while. When he arrived, he saw that his mother has prepared a feast for him.

"Wow, I think you made way too much food."

"You are a businessman, so you need to eat well. I assume you always eat out, right? You should be eating home-cooked meal."

Woosung was a grown man with a successful business, yet in front of his mother, he still felt like a little boy.

"I must say, you are the best cook I know, mom."

"So you should live with me then."

"Haha, but then no girl would want to marry me."

"What are you talking about? Do you know what people say to me?"

"What?"

"So many women with daughters have asked me to introduce you to them. I get many calls every day asking for you."

"How did they know your phone number?"

Suddenly, someone grabbed Woosung from behind. It was his father.

"You're here! I've been watching you on TV!"

Kim Eunjung grinned. "Your father has been watching every channel that shows your face. He even recorded them so he can watch them again later."

"Haha, really?"

"Of course! You are the proud son of the Kang family!"

Woosung was happy to be with his family.

His father asked him, "So when will get married?"

"I want to know too!" Kim Eunjung added.

"Soon. I need to focus on my work a little while longer. You know how many employees depend on me."

120,000 people.

"I…I suppose."

"Besides, I need to be very careful of who I marry now. Many women will approach me only for my money."

His parents looked concerned.

His mother said to him, "Well, I trust you will find a good woman. Now, let's eat."

But his father wasn't done.

"We need grandchildren…"

Kim Eunjung glared at her husband and said quietly, "Honey."

And that was the end of the conversation.

After dinner, Woosung and his parents sat in front of the TV with a plate of fruits.

A program titled "Generation Success" started. The host announced.

"Today's successful company we want to talk about is Coconut. How did Coconut become bigger than Facebook? Why did Rick Warren, who is known not to invest in tech companies, bet on Coconut?"

The program showed clips of Woosung's headquarter and the people working. The host explained.

"The first reason is because the President of this company provides freedom to his employees when it comes to working schedule."

Woosung felt embarrassed at such a corny comment. He closed his eyes, but his father clapped in excitement.

"That's right! That's how you get people to work efficiently. My son is the best!"

His mother agreed, "Woosung has always been such a free spirit even as a child."

The show continued with short interviews of the employees.

"Our CEO always emphasizes our freedom to choose. That is why we are the first company that doesn't have a set work hour. We can come and leave whenever we choose."

Woosung's father clapped again. "Wow, that's my son alright! What an innovative idea!"

Woosung continued to feel mortified, but his mother agreed again. "I know! Woosung is a genius!"

His parents were happy to see their son being praised on TV. Woosung felt proud. The TV host continued.

"The second reason is because President Kang Woosung learns from his mistakes."

Woosung's father exclaimed again, "Of course! A man needs to experience failure to succeed!"

His mother agreed again. "Our son is like no other, right?"

"Of course!"

After the show, Woosung returned home. He showered, and as usual, he sat in front of his computer. He checked his coin status.

"4,581,401.4563 BTC."

Thanks to the mining system developed in China, he could get 200,000 coins every month.

In a few years, Woosung knew he would reach ten million coins. He continued to collect more coins from different online forums.

Things were going well, but Woosung continued to worry.

What if the original creator, Satoshi, hacks into his system?

Would keeping a large number of coins in one wallet be a problem in the future?

What if the future changes and the price won't go up?

Woosung had over 1000 wallets and the more coins he collected, the more worries he had.

He also owned Bitmain. If things happened as he expected, he would be beyond rich.

"If I sell 4.5 million coins at ten thousand dollars, I will make 45 billion dollars."

If he sold it at twenty thousand dollars, he would make 90 billion dollars.

If he included everything, such as Coconut, KND, and DNK stocks, and buildings, Woosung couldn't even figure out how much money he would have at that time.

Suddenly, Woosung's phone vibrated.

"Tomorrow at 11 am."

"The fourth mobile carrier business selection process will be announced."

It was finally happening.

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Chapter 149: Design

"The government has decided to initiate a process for selecting the fourth mobile carrier in order to reduce the cellphone cost for the public. It was one of the promises the current President has made, and he hopes to achieve it very soon. After the selection process is completed, the winning company will be awarded with a prepared frequency, and an auction will be held for 4G frequencies."

Woosung turned off the TV and said to Jang Gwangchul, "We have a billion-dollar budget for XFeed, so we should be ok."

"How about the frequency auction? If we want to take advantage of 4G, we will need 1.81MHs."

"It will be easy because it will be a concurrent auction."

The company that bid the most would win.

"But TK has a good funding power. Their yearly profit is 2 billion dollars."

"We won't lose."

"How much are you thinking to bid? You know what winner's curse is, right?"

Luckily, Woosung knew how much TK would bid.

"Don't worry."

Jang Gwangchul nodded. "Well, as long as you know what you're doing."

"It will be an amount we can afford."

"There is a rumor that it will be over a billion dollars."

"Haha, 1 billion dollars is nothing. We have more than that."

Jang Gwangchul knew how much Woosung made recently, so he nodded. "I…I guess."

"But until we actually win, please stay focused. You never know what might happen."

"Like the possibility of the existing three mobile carriers working together against us?"

"And also the fact that an official named Choi Gijung from Korean Communications Commission is secretly helping another company to win."

"But you also have a good connection. You have Attorney Lee."

"Even the President himself can't help in certain situations. You just never know."

"I suppose."

"I asked him to make sure the process is done fairly. If this happens, we will win for sure."

"Alright. The paperwork should be done in about three days."

"Thank you."

Korean Communications Commission official Choi Gijung's office.

Choi Gijung held a secret meeting with two members of the liberal party. Choi Gijung said, "We need to make Daeyang win this selection. I trust that you will follow my lead."

One member replied uncomfortably, "But Attorney Lee contacted us to make sure we conduct a fair process. I'm not sure what we can do to make sure Daeyang wins."

"You know exactly what you need to do!" At Choi Gijung's anger, the two members remained silent. Choi Gijung continued, "I want a fair process too, and the fair process will result in Daeyang winning. Got it?"

The two men nodded.

After they left, Choi Gijung took out one of his cellphones. It was The One from Daeyang Electronics.

There was only one number saved on this phone.

Choi Gijung called this number. A welcoming voice answered. "Hello, sir!"

"I got it done."

"Haha, thank you. I will not forget your help."

Choi Gijung lowered his voice and replied, "But it will cost more than you thought."

"Don't you worry. I will have it ready."

"Alright."

"Thank you!"

After the call, Jang Hyunho, Daeyang Electronics' management team leader, visited Choi Taemin.

"I got a call from Choi Gijung. He said he can get it done, but he will need more from us."

"That old man is so greedy."

"How much should I prepare?"

Choi Taemin thought for a second. He didn't want to pay, but he answered, "200,000 dollars."

Jang Hyunho warned him.

"You can't be stingy in situations like this or he may go against us. He also needs to pay others too, so I really think you need to send him at least 500,000 dollars."

"Really?"

"Daeyang isn't known for being stingy when it counts."

"You mean my father is like that."

Jang Hyunho remained silent.

'Do I need to choose my side now?'

Jang Hyunho was originally Choi Gunwon's man.

He had to now decide if he would remain loyal to the current chairman, or Choi Tamin, who could potentially be the next chairman of Daeyang.

Jang Hyunho answered slowly.

"I will follow your order."

"Smart man."

After Jang Hyunho left, Choi Taemin's assistant entered.

Choi Taemin ordered, "Make sure to monitor Jang Hyunho."

"Yes, sir. I will have someone follow him"

"I need to do something or else I will never make it."

The assistant became rigid. It sounded like Choi Taemin was planning something sinister.

"He asked me recently if I am someone who makes Daeyang money or who just spends the company money. What do you think?"

"Our smartphone business is just starting, so it makes sense that we are at an investment stage. Besides, you are the one who is leading MC to success."

"I know, but he is planning something against me. If I don't do something…"

The assistant thought quickly and answered, "Then I will find people to help us."

Choi Taemin nodded in agreement.

This was war.

Late night KYLO meeting.

When Woosung entered, people exclaimed, "Is that him?"

"Wow, he looks good. He must work out."

"So he is being compared to Zuckerberg?"

"That's right! I should have befriended him!"

The women gossiped, while the men looked at Woosung respectfully.

"So he is the next Daeyang."

"Daeyang must be nervous. Blue S is winning over The One too."

Shin Semi was listening to the conversations.

'How could he not even call me once?'

She felt disappointed.

Hwajung Law firm's lawyer ran to Woosung and greeted him respectfully.

"Haha, hello sir."

Woosung whispered to him, "Long time no see. I hope Jung Jinsup's case is going as I requested?"

"Of course. I am following your order exactly."

Before they could finish the conversation, another person approached Woosung.

"Sir, how do you do!"

"Oh…hello. Who…are you?"

"Haha, I'm the second son of Doha Auto's CEO. This is my first time attending the meeting, so we haven't met yet."

"Oh! Nice to meet you."

Quickly, another man greeted Woosung. This went on for a while. Everyone wanted to make Woosung's acquaintance. It took over an hour for Woosung to say hello to everyone.

Afterward, Woosung sipped on whiskey and looked around. He felt someone glaring at him and turned around to find Shin Semi standing far from him.

Woosung bowed lightly but she turned away.

Woosung ignored her rude behavior and continued to look around.

'Is Choi Gichul not coming today?'

Woosung wondered where he was and what he was doing. The reason why Woosung attended these meetings was to meet him. He didn't care about the other people and their incessant and useless questions.

Suddenly, the door opened and he finally walked in.

Choi Gichul.

People didn't pay any attention to him and Choi Gichul frowned. He used to be the center of everyone's attention, but things have changed.

Woosung walked toward him. People followed Woosung's move.

Woosung greeted Choi Gichul.

"Long time no see, sir."

Choi Gichul took his hand and shook it.

"Nice to see you again."

Every time they met, it seemed like Woosung's status changed.

And now…

Woosung was finally superior to Choi Gichul.

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Chapter 150: Design

Choi Gichul could feel the change in the atmosphere at the meeting. Daeyang was no longer in power. Everyone was focused on one man, and it wasn't him.

Kang Woosung.

Choi Gichul shook Kang Woosung's hand rigidly.

"It has been a while."

"Haha, I was hoping to see you sooner. We should get together with Jung Jinsup for a drink."

"He told me much about your Bitmain company. I hear it is a Coconut Coin exchange center."

Woosung smiled brightly. "More specifically, it is a cryptocurrency dealership. If you are interested, please let me know. Your involvement is always welcome."

Choi Gichul was ordered by Choi Gitae to befriend Woosung, so he asked, "Could I hear the details?"

Woosung nodded and took Choi Gichul to a private room.

Woosung poured him a drink and said to him, "I heard you took over Daeyang Appliances department. I think we will be working together a lot in the future."

"Actually, we are discussing a new Android TV project. If it happens, we may need Coconut's help in installing apps."

"I thought Daeyang had its own Daeyang OS project, but I guess you chose to go with an android TV instead?"

"We are considering all of the options."

Their conversation was mundane. This was not the Choi Gichul Woosung knew in his previous life. Choi Gichul was outgoing and cunning, but this man in front of him now was acting very passively.

'What made him change so much?'

Woosung asked Choi Gichul, "Work must be hard for you."

"Haha, most of the work is done by my employees so it's not bad."

"Well, I do hear that Daeyang has great employees. I am envious."

"I don't think we can compare to Coconut."

Something was very different. Woosung couldn't figure out why Choi Gichul changed.

Choi Gichul asked Woosung, "Could you explain to me about the cryptocurrency?"

"To understand it, you need to first know what blockchain is. It is…" Woosung explained in detail for 20 minutes using technical terms. "And this will become the leading technology for the future."

"I am not a programmer so I'm afraid I don't quite understand."

Woosung nodded. "I understand, but just remember, you need to move fast when it comes to technology."

When Woosung explained seriously, Choi Gichul nodded. Woosung thought in secret.

'I need to have him learn about the blockchain very slowly and get him to invest his wealth in coin when it is at its highest price.'

This was Woosung's ultimate goal.

He said to Choi Gichul, "I think that's enough for today."

Choi Gichul nodded quickly. He looked like he wanted to leave.

They left the room, and everyone turned to Woosung again.

Shin Semi's eyes followed Woosung.

'What did they talk about in the private room?'

Shin Semi felt frustrated. How could he not come to her? She was the one who introduced him to the club.

She saw Woosung taking Lee Sunghyun to the private room. After 20 minutes, they came out with smiles. As soon as Woosung became available, people approached him. There was no space for Shin Semi to get to Woosung.

Choi Gichul got into his car.

"Go to Nonhyun."

When Choi Gichul laid back, his phone vibrated. The caller ID indicated that it was Choi Taemin's assistant.

"Hello, this is Choi Taemin's assistant."

"What do you want?"

"If you look in the trunk, you will see a bag. You need to use it when you meet CEO Choi Gitae today."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Suddenly, the car stopped abruptly.

"What's with the bad driving today!?"

Choi Gichul kicked the driver's chair but there was no response. The assistant on the phone continued darkly.

"It's finally time for you to make a choice. Your life depends on it. It's easy. Tell Choi Gitae that it's a new drug. You know he loves taking new stuff. The mess afterward will be taken care of. It will be simple."

"How about the chairman?"

"We are taking good care of him, so don't worry. Make your choice."

Choi Gichul swallowed hard.

It was time.

The next day.

A piece of breaking news shocked the country.

"Daeyang Group's chairman Choi Gunwon has been hospitalized due to stroke. No official heir has been decided, so the fate of Daeyang is uncertain at this point. Vice president Choi Taemin is currently at the hospital by his father's side."

Woosung knew this was it.

"This must be why Choi Gichul changed."

Woosung remembered this incident, but in his previous life, it happened two years later. The future was changing.

"But why would this change Choi Gichul?"

Woosung called Choi Gitae but there was no answer.

He called Choi Gichul next. Choi Gichul answered quickly.

Woosung said to him, "This is Kang Woosung. I am calling you about the news."

"What about it?"

"I just wanted to give you my condolences…"

"It's fine. I'm busy, so bye."

Choi Gichul hung up.

Woosung could feel it even during such a short call.

"His voice was trembling."

Something was definitely happening.

Choi Gichul was surprised at how calm he was. He actually felt free.

"This was easy."

He was still at the place where Choi Gitae frequented.

However, Choi Gitae was no longer there. A few hours ago, the masked men ambushed them and took Choi Gitae,

In the morning, the news of Choi Gunwon's stroke was announced.

He was impressed at Choi Taemin's planning.

"But why did they leave me here?"

Choi Gichul tried to come up with a reason for it.

"No one knows about what has happened to Choi Gitae yet…It would look strange if two members of the family got involved in a medical emergency at the same time…so that must be it."

Choi Gichul didn't regret what he did. It was Choi Gitae's fault for doing drugs.

Choi Taemin's office.

Choi Taemin was having a private conversation with his assistant.

"He did it."

"So what should we do with Choi Gitae, sir?"

"Wait a few days, then make an announcement that he overdosed after hearing the news of our father."

"Yes, sir."

"How is the board of directors feeling?"

"They are ready to accept you as their new leader."

"Spread the rumor about the father's will, but don't announce anything officially yet."

"Yes, sir."

Choi Taemin walked to the window and enjoyed the view.

"Find Choi Gitae's replacement. Ask Gichul if he needs anything. Don't offer him, just ask, and after I become the new chairman, I want my first new business to be the mobile carrier."

"I will make sure it happens."

"We need to show that Daeyang is still the best in the country. We can't lose to a small business like KND."

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Lee Sunghyun called Woosung early in the morning.

"President Kang, did you do something to offend Daeyang?"

"Not that I know of. The only thing I can think of is that Blue S did much better than their own smartphone."

"I got a call from the prosecutors. They said they got an order to investigate Coconut and KND."

"For what?"

"Embezzlement, felony, and so on."

Woosung didn't panic.

"I guess the usual then."

"This could be bad for you. If they try, they can always find something."

"They tried last time with the tax audit, but I ended up getting a refund."

"I…I guess."

"So this time, I guess I will end up with the prosecutors' apology."

Lee Sunghyun didn't reply.

Woosung continued, "I have developed new technologies. I am trying to reduce the cell phone cost for the public. I also built factories and hired so many people in this country, yet the government is doing its best to damage my reputation. I am going to have to seriously consider moving my company and factories to another country."

Lee Sunghyun swallowed audibly. Woosung was able to successfully list Coconut on Nasdaq. Moving his company to Silicone Valley actually would make sense. Blue S' core technology was also being developed in Silicone Valley already.

Lee Sunghyun replied, "I…I don't think you need to go that far…"

"I am fine with any investigation as long as it is done fairly. I will cooperate as best as I can, but when I am found to be innocent, I will not let it slide this time."

"…I understand."

"By the way, I would like to start the Yongsan project sooner."

"Y…Yongsan project?"

"Yes. The bigger my empire becomes, the harder it will be for the prosecutors to treat me like this."

Lee Sunghyun replied uncomfortably.

"It…it wouldn't be too late to start after the investigation…The mobile carrier business hasn't even started yet."

Woosung frowned but his voice remained neutral.

"I understand."

"A…alright. I will talk to you soon."

After hanging up, Woosung called for Jang Gwangchul.

"Sir, I just got a call that the prosecutors' office may investigate our company." Jang Gwangchul's eyes widened.

Woosung continued calmly, "Embezzlement, felony, etc. I guess they could come up with more stuff if they wanted."

Jang Gwangchul asked in a trembling voice, "W…what are you talking about?"

"I think this is Daeyang's doing. They are known to control the justice system."

"Then we need to hire some lawyers first!"

"It's only at the preliminary stage. They will probably start before the decision is made for the mobile carrier selection."

"Choi Gunwon is down, Choi Gitae overdosed, so it must be Choi Taemin?"

Woosung nodded and replied, "I think so. ITS Consortium is interested in the mobile carrier business as well and Daeyang is one of its investors."

"Should we bribe somebody too?"

"If we do it now, they will find a way to use it against us. Don't panic when the investigation starts. You just need to focus on the mobile carrier business."

Jang Gwangchul felt thirsty.

Woosung continued, "We haven't done anything wrong, so don't worry."

Jang Gwangchul looked at Woosung questioningly. Woosung knew what he wanted to say.

"Don't worry about that. If they make a big deal about it, Daeyang will be implicated as well."

However, Jang Gwangchul was still concerned. Woosung did bribe a government official. Woosung assured him that all was fine. Jang Gwangchul finally left.

Woosung called Mayor Oh Hoon. They now had a close relationship that Woosung had his direct number.

Oh Hoon answered, "Haha, hello President Kang!"

"Hello, sir. I meant to call you earlier when I returned to Korea."

"I know you've been busy, so don't worry."

"Thank you for understanding. Everything went well in America, so I would like to start on the Yongsan project right away."

"Umm…"

Woosung could guess why Oh Hoon sounded uncertain. "Are you worried about the prosecutors?"

"Haha, sort of. My father always told me to avoid houses that were on fire."

"Really? Because my father always told me that you could learn who your true friend is when things got tough."

"Couldn't we wait till the investigation is over? It won't be long."

Woosung thought for a second. He knew why Oh Hoon was acting this way, but he still didn't like it.

"You know how it will turn out already."

"But you never know…"

"I understand what you're saying."

"Haha, thank you for your patience."

Woosung forced himself to sound light. "Haha, alright. Talk to you soon."

"So this is how he repays me?"

Woosung wasn't planning to keep Oh Hoon for long anyway.

"I will make him regret it."

Woosung looked through his contact list and found Lee Ari's father's number.

Lee Myungin.

He was the current Governor of Gyeonggi Province.

Woosung asked Lee Ari to talk to her father for him in advance. When Woosung called, Lee Myungin answered immediately.

Woosung explained, "I would like to talk to you about the Pangyo project."

Lee Myungin wanted to meet Woosung in person right away.

Lee Myungin.

A democratic party member and the current Governor of Gyeonggi Province.

"You are thinking about moving your headquarter to Pangyo?"

"Yes. I will start with Coconut, and then XFeed, which will be the next mobile carrier."

"If that's all you want to talk about, then we didn't have to meet in person in such a hurry. You must have another reason?"

"AI. I am planning on an event where AI plays the game of Go with the best professional Go player Lee Soodol. I would like this to take place in Pangyo techno building. This will be the game of the century."

Lee Myungin took a sip of water and listened while Woosung continued, "If you could attend, it will make the event so much more special. After the game, I will announce the plan for the space research lab in Pangyo. It will be a joint venture with Space X. Would this be enough of a reason to meet you in person?"

Lee Myungin took another sip as if he was getting thirsty.

"T…that should be enough."

This was huge. Coconut was compared to Facebook. If it moved to his province, it would attract many other businesses. Not to mention, the game event plus the space research lab! He would be a very well remembered Governor.

Woosung added slowly, "I first offered these projects to Seoul, but it was rejected because there is an ongoing internal investigation on my company."

Lee Myungin paused.

Prosecutors were on KND?

He wasn't aware of it yet.

Woosung asked, "What do you think?"

Lee Myungin thought carefully. This could the chance of a lifetime or a poisoned apple.

Woosung asked again, "Do I look like someone who would be involved in illegal businesses?"

Lee Myungin couldn't answer right away. It was a difficult choice.

Woosung added, "A true friend will help a friend in need. I don't trust politicians, but if someone shows me sincerity, I will be a good friend." Woosung looked straight into his eyes and added once more, "And I have the resources to help in every way."

Lee Myungin knew very well who Woosung was.

Woosung continued, "I am not asking for your help. I don't need anything from you other than…I just want fairness."

"I have heard a lot about you from Ari. She said you are a very savvy businessman. Are…are you thinking that I could be the next President of Korea? Is that why you're offering me these projects? Even if I get elected, I won't consider myself to be in your debt."

Woosung laughed. "You haven't even finished your term as the Governor, yet you are already talking about the Presidential election?"

"Then why are you offering me this opportunity?"

"Hmm…"

Woosung knew who the next president would be. It was Park Hyejung of the liberal party. She would be the first female Korean President.

Woosung answered, "I thought about becoming the kingmaker, but I realized that the Presidency isn't something you can make as an individual."

Woosung was planning to help Oh Hoon become the next President, but Oh Hoon lost his trust now.

Woosung added, "So I thought of you."

After Park Hyejung, Lee Myungin would be the President.

Woosung continued, "Again, I'm not asking for anything. I just thought that you are a good person and that you could make Korea better for everyone. So…do you want to be on my side?"

Lee Myungin continued to stare at Woosung. After a few minutes, he finally answered.

"I trust my daughter. Let's work together."

"Even with the internal investigation?"

"I am well aware of how the prosecutors make things up to fit their plan. I will always know the truth, and that is enough for me."

They shook hands.

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Chapter 152: lt;Designgt;

"XFeed to compete for the fourth mobile carrier position with a budget of 15 billion dollars."

"President Kang Woosung's Coconut under investigation."

The media aired the news of Woosung continuously. When Jang Gwangchul arrived at the communication building to file the paperwork for XFeed, the reporters swarmed him aggressively.

"Is it true that President Kang was involved in an embezzlement scam?"

"There is a rumor that Coconut's fund was illegally used to promote XFeed. Is this true?"

"Do you think this scandal will affect your chance at the fourth mobile carrier business?"

"President Kang Woosung claimed that 15 billion dollars came from his own personal account, but the public is having a hard time believing it. What do you think?"

Jang Gwangchul was overwhelmed but he replied calmly, "These are all false rumors and accusations. I trust in our justice system to reveal the truth. All we want is a fair process." Jang Gwangchul then glared at the pushy reporters and continued, "The 15 billion dollars for XFeed came from our President's personal fund. There were no illegal activities involved."

The photos of Jang Gwangchul glaring at the reporters became popular online. Woosung laughed and showed them to him.

"Haha, look! You're nicknamed the laser Jang."

Jang Gwangchul blinked. "Let me see."

There were several photos from different angles where Jang Gwangchul looked angry. One of the pictures was even used on an article with a title, "Jang Gwangchul declares innocence of his company and CEO."

Jang Gwangchul complained, "This is all your fault!"

"You must have been very angry."

"You saw what happened. The media is releasing biased news and it's working. We may not get the mobile carrier business because of this."

"As long as the process is done fairly, we will be ok."

"You can't be sure."

Woosung licked his lips and asked, "Do you remember the most important component on the application form?"

"Financial status and ability."

"We wrote 15 billion dollars and provided the necessary paperwork for proof."

"That's useless. Official Choi Gijung has huge influences and he is helping Daeyang."

"But this is an open public process. There are many eyes watching. If he does anything, it could backfire." Woosung smiled mysteriously and continued, "It has been a few days since the prosecutors started the investigation, yet they still haven't come to us for questioning or office search. This means that they don't have anything on us."

Korea Communications Commission.

The judges were looking through the application forms to assess them.

"This is definitely the winner, right?"

One of the judges asked and the other one nodded.

"It's true. 15 billion-dollar budget is the highest of them all."

"But we were asked to make Daeyang's ITS win…"

"They only wrote down 5 billion dollars though."

"What should we do?"

"We need to follow the rules, or else we will lose our jobs."

They were asked by such a high ranking official for a favor though. If they did it for him, they could get huge promotions.

However, one of the judges shook his head.

"Don't even think about it. It's not worth it."

They continued to do their paperwork late into the night.

The final result was sent to Choi Gijung. After reading it, Choi Gijung murmured in awe, "15 billion dollars…"

He was shocked at the number and the fact that it was all in cash, and it was truly from Kang Woosung's personal fund.

After contemplating, Choi Gijung made a call.

It was answered quickly, "Hello, sir. How are you?"

"I was reading the report and found something interesting."

"Haha, really?"

"You wrote the available fund for XFeed to be 15 billion dollars. It's such a huge amount of money…"

Woosung replied calmly, "Some may think it's a lot of money, while to some, it's nothing."

"Is it really true that it's all in cash? Are you saying that it's not part of your real estate or loan from the bank with collateral?"

"That's right. I know how expensive this business can be, so I decided on a generous budget."

Choi Gijung trembled and replied, "You must be very confident in this project to spend so much money on it."

"Haha, I think you must have heard about my business successes, right?"

Choi Gijung couldn't deny it, but he also knew that Woosung was in a difficult situation.

He said knowingly, "When you have such a fast-growing business, you often face difficulties. I am very good at solving these problems so if you ever need my help, you are welcome to ask."

Woosung understood immediately. Choi Gijung was asking for a bribe. However, Woosung knew that unless the prosecutors made things up, he would come out innocent in the end.

"I would appreciate your advice, but I only trust people who are on my side."

Choi Gijung became silent. After a few seconds, he replied, "As the head of Korea Communications Commission, I am on no one's side."

"Then please call me when you have the result. I am always ready."

Woosung hung up. Choi Gijung frowned angrily. "That bastard…"

However, 15 billion dollars…There was no way he could make Daeyang's ITS win this process. Choi Gijung made a call to Jang Hyunho.

"Kang Woosung wrote down 15 billion dollars."

Jang Hyunho was speechless.

Choi Gijung continued, "ITS wrote 5 billion dollars. I can't do anything about it unless you have at least over 10 billion dollars."

Jang Hyunho answered quickly, "T…that's not possible."

"Then all you can do is to wait and hope the prosecutors come up with something bad on Kang Woosung."

"And if that happens, will ITS be chosen?"

Choi Gijung sighed and replied, "Even if I choose your company with 5 billion dollars budget, the government won't give the final approval. It's just not enough. They may choose not to select any company then."

"Alright."

After hanging up, Jang Hyunho sighed deeply. It was becoming more complicated than he thought.

Seoul Central Prosecution Special Investigation's Min Giyoon has been working overtime for the past two weeks.

He said to his co-worker, "I'm worried that we will get in trouble for overzealous and unnecessary investigation."

"If we haven't found anything, it must be that Kang Woosung is running his company ethically. Didn't he also pass the tax audit recently?"

"You mean the one where he actually got a refund?"

"Yes, and you know how thorough those tax guys are."

Min Giyoon swallowed bitterly. "But if we don't find anything, we will get in trouble with our boss."

"Then should we finally make something up?"

"But if we get caught doing that, we will lose our jobs."

"…"

Suddenly, another investigator walked in.

"S…sir, you need to turn on the TV."

"Why? What's happening?"

"President Kang Woosung is making an announcement regarding this investigation. The problem is…"

"Yes?"

"They just held a game where their AI won the first round of Go against Lee Soodol. Their technology is now proven to be the best in the world. If we continue this investigation unnecessarily, we will be bashed by the public. It looks especially bad because they just recently went through the tax investigation."

Min Giyoon turned the TV on quickly. Woosung was speaking confidently in front of the cameras.

"We have made a big step towards an exciting future today. Our AI has won the first round of the complex game against the best human player in the world! I am proud that this technology has been developed in Korea by Koreans. However, with the recent investigations, I am beginning to feel uncomfortable in Korea as a tech business CEO. So after this event, I will be seriously considering moving Coconut and my other companies to another country. If I knew how hard it was to run businesses in Korea, I would have never returned from Silicone Valley."

After his speech, Woosung left. The reporters screamed their questions, but he was already gone. The media went wild.

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Chapter 153: lt;Designgt;

People were divided in their opinions.

"Korean government is the worst."

"All rich people are the same. They make money unethically."

"AI won the game of Go. This is unbelievable."

"If you create innovative technology, does it make it ok for you to be corrupt?"

"It is only at an internal investigation stage. It's still possible that he is innocent."

"Don't people remember the tax investigation? He got a refund!"

After the game, Lee Myungin visited Woosung.

"I asked my party to help you out. They will try to make the investigation as fair as possible."

"Thank you."

"Unfortunately, the majority of the public still doesn't see you kindly. I guess this is understandable. You are young and rich, and people often feel jealous of people like you."

"But they will change their minds in time. After the second and third round, they will become shocked and awed."

Lee Myungin frowned and asked, "Are you saying that Lee Soodol will lose?"

Woosung nodded and replied, "Our AI is continuing to improve every second with the help from my developers. Lee Soodol can't do that. The human limitation is a sad thing."

"Hmm."

"Coconut will win the game. As long as the prosecutors don't make things up, I will be found innocent."

Min Giyoon bit his lips. His superior sat in front of him and asked, "What did you find?"

"Nothing."

"Are you serious?"

"…"

"If I investigate you right now, what do you think I'll find?"

Min Giyoon knew the answer his superior wanted.

"Something."

"That's right. EVERYONE has something to hide. A big corporation like this should have plenty."

"But it already went through the tax investigation so their financials are clean, and we couldn't find any proof that the CEO touched the company funds. Besides, the documents we have aren't enough. We need to get a warrant to search his offices if we want to find something."

His superior raised his voice in frustration.

"Why can't you just make something up with what you have? We need something suspicious to get a warrant!"

Min Giyoon became uncomfortable. He knew what he was being asked to do.

"Are you telling me to illegally plant something?"

"Don't you want a promotion? I am giving you a chance, so just take it! If you don't, you will be demoted and relocated to a small province."

Min Giyoon was frustrated. He didn't become a prosecutor to do such an unethical and illegal thing. He felt angry. This wasn't the way he wanted.

He replied, "I can't do what you are asking. It's wrong, so do whatever you want to do to me. If you have nothing more to say, I have to go."

He quickly stood up and left.

"W…what the hell? Who do you think you are?"

But Min Giyoon was already gone.

When Min Giyoon arrived at his own office, there was a man in an expensive suit waiting for him.

Min Giyoon asked rudely, "Why the heck are you here?"

"Haha, is that how you treat a good friend?"

"What friend?"

The man took Min Giyoon to a quiet place and asked, "How long are you going to work here with such a meager salary?"

"Why are we still talking about this?"

"1 million dollars! You will be given a million dollars as a signing bonus. Your yearly salary will be 400,000 dollars for the first 5 years! In five years, you will be making 3 million dollars! As a Daeyang lawyer, you will be respected everywhere you go."

"I said no."

"Gosh, you're an idiot."

"If you will keep talking about this, don't bother coming."

"You got my phone number, right? If you change your mind, call me. This world is run by money. The government may change, but the rich will always remain rich. That's how it works."

After the man left, Min Giyoon sat down and murmured, "I can't give up my morals."

"Coconut I wins the second game as well."

"Three out of five rule applies. If this AI wins the next game, it will be the ultimate winner."

"Is AI really the future?"

The entire world was watching the game. America's CNN, China's CCTV, England's BBC, France's AFP, and Japan's NHK. They all gathered to live stream the game between the AI and the human.

Despite the internal investigation, Coconut's stock price continued to soar.

And finally, on the third day, it happened.

Just as Woosung predicted, the AI won the game.

Woosung was interviewed afterward.

"Some say that humans lost, but I don't think so. Coconut I was created by humans, so I consider this a victory for the humankind. With this, we are one step closer to a better future. The possibilities for Coconut I are endless." Woosung continued calmly, "And as I promised before, the rest of the scheduled game will continue. There are still two more games left, so stay tuned!"

After his speech, there was a QA session. International reporters asked about the future of AI, but Korean reporters were more interested in the ongoing investigation.

One reporter asked, "Do you have an official statement regarding this internal investigation?"

"I have never done anything illegal." Woosung felt slightly guilty for lying.

Another reporter asked, "Are you confident that the result will be in your favor?"

"Yes, and if they find something on me, then I guarantee that they made it up. It would be a conspiracy against me. As you know, Coconut underwent tax investigation very recently. And what was the result? We got a refund." Woosung paused for a breath and continued, "Some people may be wondering where the fund for XFeed came from. I know there is a rumor that I illegally used the company money, but it's not true. It came from my own personal account. I haven't used any company money."

More reporters raised their hands, but Woosung had already left the stage.

After returning to his room, Woosung was greeted by Lee Myungin. "I just got a call that the prosecutors are panicking."

"Makes sense."

"You were right, President Kang. I think they are being pressured to make something up."

"I am 100% innocent."

Lee Myungin looked at Woosung proudly. He has met many businessmen before, but Woosung was the first one that seemed ethical.

Woosung's phone rang.

"Excuse me."

His phone has been ringing for a while now. When he checked the caller ID, it was Lee Sunghyun.

Woosung answered.

Before he could say anything, Lee Sunghyun explained frantically, "I used all my connections to find out what's going on and I learned that they indeed ARE trying to make something up. Now, it gets even more interesting! The main prosecutor in charge is being pressured but apparently, he is resisting it. So this means that you are innocent!"

"Didn't I already tell you that?"

"Haha, and of course I believed you from the beginning, but I was just worried about the whole situation."

"Alright."

Lee Sunghyun could hear the coldness in Woosung's voice.

He asked, "Are you upset?"

"Not really. My businesses are going great. The only thing is…"

"Yes?"

"I realized how hard it is to build trust."

Lee Sunghyun remained quiet for a while. Finally, he asked, "Is that why you are spending time with Lee Myungin?"

Woosung laughed. "Haha, it's just for business."

"Shouldn't you be talking to me about those businesses?"

"Alright."

"We should meet in person."

After arranging a meeting, Woosung hung up.

When he returned to the room, Lee Myungin asked, "Was that Attorney Lee?"

Lee Myungin had a very good intuition.

After a brief hesitation, Woosung replied, "Yes. He wants to work with me again."

"Work…"

"So I told him that as long as the investigation is completed fairly and transparently, I will work with him."

Just then, Lee Myungin's assistant walked in.

"Sir, it's time to announce the space research lab project."

"Alright."

Lee Myungin turned to Woosung. "Let's go together."

Woosung stood up.

While watching TV, Oh Hoon suddenly stood up. Lee Myungin was on TV with an announcement.

"Today, we witnessed the success of Coconut AI. We are now closer than ever to the future where helper robots are available to everyone. AI is the key technology for the future and Gyeonggi Province will be the place where it will be developed. The primary Pangyo is already the place of various tech companies. The secondary Pangyo will also become the next space research center thanks to President Kang Woosung."

This was what Woosung offered to Oh Hoon before.

Oh Hoon gritted his teeth and threw his smartphone on the ground.

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Chapter 154: lt;Designgt;

Woosung met with Lee Sunghyun. There was only one more game left between Coconut I and Lee Soodol. The entire nation was talking about this event. Lee Sunghyun was also interested.

He said to Woosung, "Even my father is enjoying the game. He is wondering who will win the final game."

"My system won't lose."

"So Coconut will win?"

"Yes."

"Well, if you say so."

Lee Sunghyun looked at Woosung quietly. He licked his lips.

"I heard that you put down 15 billion dollars as your budget for the mobile carrier business. I guess it makes sense that you have that much cash available."

The Coconut stock price was continuing to climb, which meant Woosung's wealth was increasing fast.

Lee Sunghyun continued, "I also heard KND is worth over 80 billion dollars? With all your other businesses, you are probably the richest businessman in Korea."

"I am flattered."

"You are such an amazing businessman, and on top of that, you are also ethical. I am pleasantly surprised again. I can't believe the prosecutors couldn't find anything."

"I believe in transparency when it comes to running a business."

"Haha, I like it. Now, do you know the budget Daeyang submitted on their application?"

"I know it can't be 15 billion dollars."

Lee Sunghyun nodded. "That's correct. If things go smoothly, XFeed will be selected, but…" Lee Sunghyun glared at Woosung and continued, "I don't like what I am hearing about you nowadays."

"Are you referring to me spending time with Lee Myungin? I am just being a smart businessman. Don't put all your eggs in one basket, right?"

Lee Sunghyun continued to look at Woosung in the eyes. His expression was unhappy.

Woosung continued quickly, "Haha, I think you have misunderstood the situation."

"I understand why you did it as a company, but…"

"What does it matter at this point? What really counts is the present situation and what we do with it. I am a businessman. I give and take as needed. I think you are overthinking the situation."

"Do you blame me? Our approval rating is dropping, the media and the public are starting to see my party negatively."

President Lee Parksung's approval rating was now below 40%.

Lee Sunghyun continued, "This fourth mobile carrier business can help my party. If we can drop the cellphone bills for the public…"

"I feel the same way."

Lee Sunghyun lowered his voice and murmured, "And I thought that is how things would happen, but it feels different now. Our relationship doesn't feel positive…"

Woosung knew how to answer.

"I have been very busy lately, so perhaps I haven't been as attentive as I should have been. That's why I prepared something special for you."

Money.

Woosung was right. As soon as he mentioned the bribe, Lee Sunghyun brightened.

"Hahaha, really? You shouldn't have!"

Woosung hated him, but this was how things worked.

He added, "And I have one more thing to tell you."

"Haha, go ahead. You can tell me anything."

Woosung thought darkly.

'I need to end this relationship soon.'

Next was a meeting with Oh Hoon. He also looked unhappy.

"I saw the news. The deal you offered me is now given to Lee Myungin."

"Technically, it's not the same deal. I am not planning to develop any housing in Pangyo."

"But the main thing was the space research lab! That was the most important part."

Woosung smiled mysteriously and replied, "But I have an even better option for you."

Oh Hoon brightened a little.

"Can I hear about it?"

"What technology is the center of attention in Korea right now?"

"AI!"

"I think it is the best option for Seoul. To be honest, a space research lab requires a huge piece of land and Yongsan was not quite big enough."

Oh Hoon became excited and asked, "So you are offering to build the AI development complex in Yongsan?"

"And also robotic development. I think this is a better deal. What do you think?"

He couldn't help himself, Oh Hoon grinned widely. "Hahaha, of course! It's going to be sensational!"

"So now you believe me?"

Oh Hoon flinched. He replied quietly, "Ha…haha. I looked into the investigation, and it turns out you are indeed innocent. I am amazed at your ethics."

"So you didn't believe me at first."

Oh Hoon looked at Woosung awkwardly.

Woosung continued, "Every business requires trust for it to succeed. I thought I helped you enough during your last election to gain your trust."

"Ha…haha, I know how hard you worked for me."

"But your recent treatment of me has been very unpleasant."

"Haha, I believed in you, but I was just worried about the prosecutors."

"Give and take. I told you how our relationship should be when we first met. Do you remember?"

Oh Hoon nodded.

Woosung continued, "So I think it's your turn to show me something so you can gain my trust."

Oh Hoon's eyes wavered. After a few seconds of silence, Oh Hoon asked, "What can I do for you?"

"Do you know the Hyundai apartment in Apgujung?"

Oh Hoon nodded. It was where the wealthiest of Korea lived.

It was an old building built in the 70's but inside was renovated luxuriously. It was also where Woosung currently lived.

"What about it?"

"The plan for re-building it keeps coming up, but nothing has come out of it so far."

Oh Hoon frowned. He knew what Woosung would ask.

"You want me to get you this project?"

"It will be good for Seoul. With a new apartment, it will stabilize the housing market further. It will go hand in hand with the Yongsan project."

"You want both the Yongsan and Apgujung project."

Woosung smiled and replied, "I will be incorporating the latest AI technology to make it into the newest smart home. Wouldn't that be amazing?"

Oh Hoon swallowed and asked, "But you said before that you aren't familiar with the actual construction business…"

"I am planning to buy a construction company named Daenam Constructions."

Woosung had answers to all of Oh Hoon's objections.

When Woosung returned to his office, Jang Gwangchul asked, "How did it go?"

"Very well. They were both interested."

"So after we get selected as the fourth mobile carrier, we will buy Daenam Constructions for about 3 billion dollars. With this company, we will carry out Pangyo, Yongsan, and Apgujung projects."

"Daenam is currently undergoing bankruptcy so we should be able to buy it cheap."

"What would happen afterwards then? Such big construction projects can fail so easily…"

"If we create solid smart homes, it should be very profitable. If it goes well, we can even start an international construction company."

"You are thinking about going into China and America?"

"Southeast Asia too. With our NK Entertainment celebs, we can promote our businesses easily and effectively."

Jang Gwangchul whistled, "Wow… this is getting big fast."

"We will eventually become one of the biggest companies in the world."

"Are things working out as you saw in your dreams?"

"Yes, and I am telling you that 2011 will be even busier for us. You better get ready."

2010 was almost over and Woosung knew many big events that would occur next year.

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Chapter 155: The main game begins

Choi Taemin was unhappy. The mobile carrier business and the embezzlement investigation on Coconut were all going wrong.

"Why can't people do their jobs right? I paid so much money for them!"

Choi Taemin's primary assistant Chun Gisu responded, "We are continuing to pressure the prosecutors. As for the mobile carrier selection, Choi Gijung informed us that there is nothing he can do about it. He is continuing to let us know what is happening with the process though."

Choi Taemin said to Chun Gisu angrily, "…do you think I called you in to hear that?"

"…"

"Get me the results I want! Get them done!"

"The budget difference is too big, sir. ITS wrote down 5 billion dollars while XFeed wrote 15 billion dollars, so…"

Chun Gisu couldn't finish his sentence after Choi Taemin kicked him in the knee. He bit his lips to endure the pain silently.

Choi Taemin said to him angrily, "Get the judges to change the scoring system so the available fund isn't as important. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Choi Taemin was asking the whole judging system to change so ITS could win the process. Chun Gisu nodded in pain.

Choi Taemin continued, "And as for the investigation, if they refuse to do our bidding, get rid of them and get new prosecutors. We are Daeyang. We should be able to do anything."

"…the main prosecutor named Min Giyoon who refuses to do what we say…"

"WHO CARES? Why are you telling me this? Just get it done!" Choi Taemin got angrier and angrier.

Chun Gisu replied quickly, "Yes, sir."

"And about Coconut's AI. Why aren't we doing anything like that at our company?"

"Currently, we did order our Daeyang central research lab to start a similar project. The thing is, however, it's only at a beginning stage so it will take a while to see the result…"

"Why didn't you start it earlier then?" Choi Taemin kicked him again. He yelled, "Get them done NOW!"

Chun Gisu left the room quickly. His knee was bleeding by the time he left.

Min Giyoon was shocked at the news.

"You want me to quit this case?"

"Yup."

"Sir!"

"What?"

"You can't do this."

Min Giyoon couldn't hide his anger. His superior consoled him.

"I have no choice. I was ordered to do this."

"How could you, as a deputy prosecutor, have no choice?"

"Just quit!"

"No!"

"Min Giyoon!"

"You will have to fire me or send me to a different department. I won't quit."

"Gosh! Why can't you…"

Min Giyoon lowered his voice.

"What will you do when a different party takes over the government at the next election?"

"What?"

"Will go to a private sector?"

"…"

The deputy prosecutor became quiet. Min Giyoon glared at him.

"I won't. I will never leave this job. In time, different powers will take over this government and this investigation will be forgotten."

"I know…"

"I am a proud prosecutor of the Korean government. I vowed to be ethical and just for this country."

"I KNOW. Just stop!"

However, Min Giyoon didn't stop.

"We both vowed to serve this country. We promised!"

"I know!"

"Then why are you acting this way?"

"…"

The deputy was torn. Daeyang promised to make his life easy. A promotion and also a guaranteed high paying position when he retired. Min Giyoon knew this, so he suggested.

"If you go against Daeyang and act ethically, I'm sure you will be compensated by Coconut's CEO."

"…"

"Kang Woosung will see you favorably. Law firm Hwajung is hired by KND, so maybe they will even offer you the same deal as Daeyang did."

The deputy started to think carefully.

He asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Be fair. Follow the law. Do what you should be doing as a good civil servant."

"But what I should be doing is following orders."

"No. In the handbook for the civil servant code of conduct, there is a regulation that says you can choose not to follow orders if they are illegal or unethical."

"…"

"I am not so naïve that I believe justice will always prevail, but this doesn't mean we shouldn't even try! Don't you want your parents to be proud of you? Don't you want to be an exemplary civil servant for your children?"

The deputy massaged the back of his neck. He sighed deeply and replied, "Fine. I got it."

"I have a plan to resist Daeyang's pressure."

"What?"

"Daeyang is full of corruption. I will do a little investigation and take care of it. You just pretend you don't know anything about it."

"…alright."

Min Giyoon warned his classmate and one of Daeyang's lawyers Kim Jaejoon.

"If Daeyang doesn't stop pressuring us, we will start an investigation on Daeyang too."

Kim Jaejoon quickly arranged a meeting with Chun Gisu. If this happened, Daeyang would be in trouble. When Kim Jaejoon explained the situation, Chun Gisu frowned.

"Did he say anything else?"

"That was it."

"Who does he think he is?"

"He is one of those righteous people. Even his coworkers and superiors don't like him. It sounds like he will be demoted to a small province eventually. Should we hold off on this investigation for now?"

"But this needs to happen before the mobile carrier selection process."

Kim Jaejoon had no answer.

Chun Gisu added, "How the hell did he know about Daeyang's corruption so much? Who spilled? Who gave him the approval to investigate Daeyang?"

"I think the prosecutors are just trying to resist our pressure and this is how they are doing it. Min Giyoon is being used as the front."

Min Giyoon.

He was known for having unbending principles. He could not be pressured or bribed by anyone.

Korea needed someone like him. Even Kim Jaejoon felt that way. All prosecutors needed to be like Min Giyoon.

Chun Gisu was frustrated. Choi Taemin would be furious.

Suddenly, Kim Jaejoon's phone rang.

Chun Gisu said to him, "Answer it."

When he checked the caller ID, it was Coconut and KND's main lawyer Hong Minwook from Hwajung law firm.

When Kim Jaejoon answered, Hong Minwook greeted pleasantly.

"I hear you are very busy!"

"Umm…yes."

"Could I speak to Chun Gisu? I know he is with you."

Kim Jaejoon said to Chun Gisu in confusion, "It's from the Hwajung law firm. He wants to talk to you."

"What?"

Chun Gisu took the phone.

"Haha, hello there. I am Hong Minwook from Hwajung." When Chun Gisu didn't reply, Hong Minwook continued, "You must already know that I represent Coconut and KND. The problem is I keep hearing some unpleasant rumors about you."

Chun Gisu knew this was bad, and things would get worse.

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"What do you mean…"

"Let's not feign ignorance here. I want this to resolve quickly."

Chun Gisu's hands trembled. He went through so much to get where he was right now. If this didn't go well, it could all crumble down to nothing.

Hong Minwook continued, "Did you really think Daeyang is the only one with connections in the prosecutor department?"

"…"

"If you keep pressuring them, I am telling you that we will have no choice but to fight back. We don't want things to get worse."

Chun Gisu tried to pretend again. "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Well, I guess I should show you then."

Beep.

Beep.

Chun Gisu's cellphone rang. The caller ID indicated that it was from the Director of the White Collar Crime Department. This was someone Chun Gisu already knew.

He answered pleasantly, "Oh, hello sir!"

But the response was cold.

"Hello. This is No Sungman. We have a problem. I keep hearing Daeyang is involved in illegal and unethical activities, and this needs to stop now. If not, I will have to get involved and stop you myself."

"…what are you talking about?"

"Daeyang can't treat us prosecutors like its employees."

"Ha…haha of course not. We have never felt that way."

"Good. This is a confusing time in this country. Things need to settle down quietly."

Chun Gisu had no choice.

He answered, "Alright."

After hanging up, Chun Gisu went back to the call with Hong Minwook.

Hong Minwook asked, "What will you do?"

Chun Gisu tried to think of something, but there was nothing he could come up with.

Kim Jaejoon asked Chun Gisu, "A…are you ok, sir?"

Chun Gisu murmured, "This is bad…"

Coconut I won the final game. It was a perfect win.

Coconut's stock price soared to a higher point than Facebook and Daeyang. More than 50% of Koreans were using Coconut Talk.

The number of international users increased fast too.

Jang Gwangchul and Hong Soobum couldn't stop smiling.

"This is unbelievable."

"We will catch up to Facebook very soon."

"And that would mean our stock price will go up even more?"

"Of course! We may even become comparable to Apple." Hong Soobum looked excited.

Jang Gwangchul grinned and asked, "You must be very happy."

"That's an understatement."

"You have 1.4% of the company so that would be over 1.5 billion dollars."

"It's not just the money. Think of the power and influence we have over the world!"

"Haha, right. How do you feel, President Kang?"

"Fine. This was supposed to happen, so I don't really feel much different."

"You are so boring."

Woosung replied evenly, "The fourth mobile carrier, frequency auction, and MA of Daenam Constructions. Afterward, Pangyo, Yongsan, and Apgujung projects. We still have a long way to go so it's not time to celebrate yet."

"Your greed is never ending, President Kang. As for the mobile carrier business, we pretty much won at this point. If the investigation has been unproductive so far, I would say it's over."

"But it's so strange. I thought they would have done SOMETHING to us by now…but we haven't heard anything yet."

"I thought it was because you took care of it."

Woosung replied with a frown, "But still…It's Daeyang we're talking about. They should have more influence and authority than this."

Woosung did ask Hwajung law firm to pressure Daeyang, but he didn't expect it to be enough. If it was, then Daeyang was not as formidable as Woosung believed. This meant it would be even easier to accomplish his revenge against Choi Gichul.

Jang Gwangchul said confidently, "We are now an internationally renowned company. No one can touch us now. We can relax."

Woosung nodded.

Broken computer, keyboard, pens, and paper were everywhere on the floor. Choi Taemin was panting and screaming.

"So XFeed will be selected?"

"…"

"And the prosecutors stopped their investigation!?" At Choi Taemin's scream, no one could answer. He continued, "So will we just sit and watch XFeed win?"

Choi Taemin's eyes were red. He looked psychotic.

Jang Hyunho, who was sitting on the sofa nearby, replied slowly, "Some say that Daeyang would do better by focusing on smartphone and semiconductors, not to get involved in the mobile carrier industry."

"KND's Smartphone is doing better than ours. China will probably take over the semiconductor market soon. So what the hell are you talking about?"

Jang Hyunho became quiet.

Chun Gisu replied instead, "If prosecutors won't….Why not ask NIS (National Intelligent Service)? If we can steal the national core technologies from KND and Coconut, then we should be able to create our own AI. If we hold their technology as a hostage, maybe we can make them give up the mobile carrier business too."

"Do we have any solid connections in NIS?"

"We have a few employees in our Information department who retired from NIS."

Choi Taemin started to calm down. He looked interested.

He turned to Chun Gisu and asked, "You think you can do this?"

"I will try my best."

"Go do it. We don't have much time left, so I don't care how much money you need to spend. Make it happen now."

After the meeting, Jang Hyunho took Chun Gisu to a quiet place and said, "NIS…If it doesn't work out, you will be in huge trouble."

Chun Gisu bit his lips. He replied quietly, "I know."

Jang Hyunho asked seriously, "You could end up in jail. Daeyang will not save you if it happens. You can't sacrifice your life for this company. Choi Taemin…"

Chun Gisu shushed him quickly.

Jang Hyunho replied, "Don't worry. I had the area checked for any tapping devices."

Chun Gisu relaxed.

Jang Hyunho continued, "Just be careful. Things can end up very badly for you."

"I know, but what else can I do? I started this, so I need to finish it."

"What will you do if KND contacts you?"

Chun Gisu's eyes widened.

He was one of Choi Taemin's main assistants. His salary and respect from others rivaled any CEOs of smaller companies. He has reached the highest level a salaryman could reach in a company.

However, with Choi Taemin's increasingly abusive behavior, Chun Gisu was starting to feel differently about Daeyang.

He asked, "W…what are you trying to say?"

"I'm just saying it's a possibility. You never know. We used to be the former Chairman's men. We can never know what Choi Taemin may do to us. I am concerned for both of us. I…I met many people recently, including a high-ranking member from XFeed."

Chun Gisu looked surprised.

After Chun Gisu left, Jang Hyunho took out one of his cellphones, a Blue S2. It only had one number saved.

He dialed, "CEO Jang, this is Hyunho."

"Hi. How did it go?"

"I asked so we'll see, and Daeyang is planning to use NIS to steal your core technologies."

"NIS…"

"Yes, and it may really happen."

"Alright. I will look into it."

"Yes, sir."

"Thank you so much. I won't forget about you."

"Haha, no problem. We are working together for the same goal."

"Of course."

"Choi Taemin is now uncontrollable. Daeyang will soon collapse because of him."

"Good, and when that happens, you will take over the company."

Jang Hyunho replied quietly, "Thank you."

"We are continuing to buy bulks of Daeyang shares, so it will not be long."

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Chapter 157: The main game begins

"The government is proud to announce XFeed, our new fourth mobile carrier. We expect that the public will soon enjoy lowered cellphone bills. XFeed's CEO is the infamous Kang Woosung, who also owns Coconut and KND. He applied with an astonishing budget of 15 billion dollars for this project."

Soon after, Woosung took over Daenam Constructions. Daenam used to be the third biggest construction companies in Korea, but due to the financial crisis, it was suffering from minimal profit. Woosung managed to purchase it for 3 billion dollars.

The media suggested that Woosung may have made a mistake, but he replied, "I have enough money to buy anything. The problem is that there aren't many companies I want to buy."

The next step was the frequency auction.

Woosung needed frequencies in the 1.8Ghzs.

It was called the golden frequency. It was the most used frequency for LTE in the world.

Jang Gwangchul asked Woosung, "I assume that you will continue bidding until you win."

Woosung nodded. "I'm thinking 5 billion dollars as my limit."

Jang Gwangchul hid his shock. In the past, the highest bid was by TK who won with 990 million dollars. Woosung would not let TK win this time.

Jang Gwangchul said to Woosung, "Hey, you know what auctions are like."

"The richest wins."

"But we just used 3 billion dollars to take over Daenam. We will have to spend a lot more on Pangyo and Yongsan. We also spent 15 billion dollars on the mobile carrier business."

"If we get desperate, we can sell more of KND shares. You know how much money we can generate with that."

If Woosung sold just 10% of his shares, he could generate 8 billion dollars.

Jang Gwangchul murmured, "I know."

KND and Coconut.

Jang Gwangchul's shares of both companies exceeded 10 billion dollars. It was an amount he would have never made had he not met Woosung.

Woosung continued, "I plan to write down 500 million dollars as my first bid to show TK that we mean business. Oh, and by the way, there is one scenario where it might be okay for us not to win."

"W…what?"

"Winner's curse. If TK wins but suffers from the winner's curse because they spend too much money, it will be even better for XFeed."

"What are you planning this time?"

"This auction should be fun. The entire country will be watching." Woosung murmured mysteriously, which made Jang Gwangchul shiver.

TK Telecom headquarter, inside Jun Taewon's office.

"XFeed wrote down 500 million dollars for the first round."

Jun Taewon gritted his teeth at his assistant's report. "So he is confident?"

"His total budget is 15 billion dollars, so he isn't worried about money. He also got the equipment for cheap from KND."

"So he has plenty of money."

Jun Taewon was worried. After thinking for a few seconds, he continued, "The most we can spend is 1.5 billion dollars. However, if we don't get 1.8Ghz, it will be a problem."

"That's correct."

Jun Taewon sighed deeply. He couldn't come up with a solution.

"Just put down 600 million dollars and we'll see what happens."

His assistant nodded and made a quick call. Meanwhile, Jun Taewon noticed the commercial on TV.

"XFeed is the only option if you want 4G."

"The fastest internet 4G in Korea."

"Blue S3 4G available. Choose XFeed!"

The auction was just beginning, yet XFeed was airing commercials as if it already won. Jun Taewon couldn't stand it.

2 days later.

Jun Taewon's assistant ran into his office. He was sweating as he announced the news.

"800 million dollars. He wrote down 800 million dollars."

Jun Taewon bit his lips.

'He's crazy. We are only in the third round.'

The auction was still at a beginning stage, yet Kang Woosung was raising the bid too quickly. It was already getting close to Jun Taewon' limit.

"How are the others doing?"

"It looks like KG gave up on the golden frequency. Their budget was probably under 1 billion dollars."

"We can go up till 1.5."

Jun Taewon decided.

"Write down 1 billion dollars. Let's see how high he can go."

"S…sir."

"And raise more funds. We need to win this."

"Y…yes, sir."

The next day.

"Will the winner suffer from the curse?"

"The bid is now up to 1 billion dollars and it has only been 4 days. Who will win the golden frequency?"

It was the talk of the country. Jun Taewon paced around nervously.

He was sweating despite the cold weather. He kicked the desk in anger and frustration.

Finally, his assistant ran into the office.

"Kang Woosung made a bid of…1.5 billion dollars."

Jun Taewon closed his eyes. 1.5 was his highest limit.

"Bastard…"

"S…should we write down 1.6 billion dollars?"

The assistant's voice was trembling. They couldn't afford this amount, but Jun Taewon nodded.

"Do it."

"But if they give up afterward…"

"It's fine. We can afford it. If we get a loan, we can even go up to 2 billion dollars."

Jang Gwangchul swallowed.

"2 billion…"

"We're almost there."

"The curse will happen."

Woosung rubbed his chin. The bid was now up to 2 billion dollars.

In his previous life. TK won the 1.8GHz for a little less than 1 billion dollars. Woosung replied, "This frequency can really be advantageous in this industry. We may have successful companies like Coconut and Blue S, but we are still a newbie in the mobile carrier business. TK owns half the market so far, which means we need this frequency to steal those customers."

"With the golden frequency, we will gain a lot of attention and free publicity."

"That's right. We will gain new users quickly."

Jang Gwangchul nodded in agreement and replied, "We haven't even started the service, but we already have over 10,000 new XFeed users. I think people are expecting us to win."

They needed this frequency.

2 billion dollars was too much. Jun Taewon paced around nervously.

"2 billion…2 billion…that crazy bastard…2 billion dollars!"

"I think he may be thinking to go even to 3 billion dollars."

Jun Taewon gaped. "For a frequency?"

"It will attract a lot of customers. They know this."

Jun Taewon closed his eyes. He kept pacing around. What should he do? Should he bid more…or stop?

Suddenly, the assistant's cellphone rang. It was from Daeyang.

"Hello. This is Chun Gisu from Daeyang."

"…yes?"

"I heard that you are currently having some difficulties with the frequency auction. I was wondering if Daeyang could help."

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Jang Gwangchul asked Woosung as he pointed at the newspaper, "President Kang, did you talk to someone from Goryu Newspaper? Why is there an article about us?"

"XFeed wins over TK?"

"According to an official from XFeed, the company has an unlimited amount of fund. This means that it is unlikely for TK to win the golden frequency from this auction."

"Which official did they talk to? Do I have to get involved?"

Woosung grinned mysteriously and replied, "I think the reporter just made it up."

"…did you do this?"

Woosung didn't answer, but Jang Gwangchul didn't probe. He changed the subject instead.

"Fine. Anyway, the bid is at over two billion dollars now. What will you do now?"

Currently, they were at the eighth round and the current bid was 2.3 billion dollars.

Jang Gwangchul asked, "You realize that two billion is a huge amount, right?"

Woosung knew, but he wasn't worried. The only thing he had to decide was whether to actually purchase the frequency or just raise the bid and let TK buy it at a ridiculous price.

Winner's curse.

If the bid went over three billion dollars and TK won, it would have no choice but to increase the cell phone bill to cover this expense. This would cause many of the customers to leave this company.

Which scenario will benefit Woosung the most?

Jang Gwangchul misunderstood Woosung's silence as his concern for the money, so he offered, "If you really feel like we need this frequency, then I will help you with the money. Don't worry."

Woosung grinned. "Haha, I'm not worried about the money. I'm just wondering how high I should raise the bid."

"Obviously we should try to buy it at the lowest cost possible."

"But what if we raise it high and get TK to buy it?"

"…what?"

"TK is a huge company that can afford up to two billion dollars, but if the bid goes over three, four, or even five billion dollars? They probably could still buy it, but it will be damaging to their company."

Jang Gwangchul swallowed. He asked, "But will TK follow us?"

"That's why I am concerned."

"So that news article was your way of testing the water?"

"Exactly."

"But what if they give up?"

"I'm looking into it. It's not just other companies that plant spies in rival companies."

"…what?"

Next day afternoon.

The result of the ninth round was announced. Jun Taewon frowned.

"2.5 billion dollars!? What the…!"

The assistant replied.

"It looks like XFeed wants it at any cost. What should we do?"

"…go with three billion."

This was beyond what TK could afford. If they won with this amount, they would have to raise the cell phone bills starting next month.

The assistant hesitantly replied, "We will then have to raise the fees. We have done a survey recently and it sounds like if we raise it, the customers will protest."

"I know that."

"And if we raise it, it would mean that we are going against the current President Lee Parksung's wish to decrease the fees for the public."

Jun Taewon nodded. "So whoever wins this frequency would suffer from the winner's curse. If 2.8 is too much for us, it must be way over XFeed's budget too. Yet they still want this frequency…"

"To be honest, we do not know how much President Kang Woosung can really afford. We don't know the exact amount of his assets, and what kind of technologies he has." The assistant took a deep breath and continued, "He is the first one in Korea to commercialize 4G. His Coconut is worth over 100 billion dollars. A few billion dollars may mean nothing to him."

Jun Taewon replied lightly, "You know what? Just raise the bid."

"…are you thinking Daeyang will help?"

"It will be a good investment for them."

"But your father, the Chairman, may disagree…"

Jun Taewon kicked the desk angrily.

The assistant flinched. After a few seconds, he continued, "Then…we need to decide on our plan. Are you saying that we don't plan on purchasing the frequency now, but just raise the bid so Kang Woosung buys it at the highest price?"

Jun Taewon nodded.

"Then we will get started."

"Don't worry about the money."

The assistant nodded and left the room.

Three billion dollars.

That was the bid at the tenth round. The media was starting to mention the possibility of increased cell phone bills if the bid kept increasing. When the auction first started, Korea Communication Commission wanted to make as much money from this as possible, but this was going too far.

Meeting at the Korea Communication Commission office.

XFeed's Jang Gwangchul, TK's Park Giho, and Korea Communication Commission official met together.

"This could become very controversial, and that is why we arranged this meeting. three billion dollars is not an appropriate amount for this frequency."

Jang Gwangchul smiled and replied, "It's all about the demand. We don't think three billion dollars is a big number."

Park Giho frowned and added, "I guess I agree. TK won't give up either. We need this frequency."

The official looked at both of them and asked, "Is there any way to arbitrate this situation? If this continues and TK wins, you will have to increase the cell phone fee. Don't you think that this is unfair for your customers?"

The official turned to Jang Gwangchul, "And if XFeed wins, it will still be too much money to spend on a single frequency."

Jang Gwangchul smiled. "XFeed will not suffer from lack of funds. You know this. President Kang has significant personal funds besides Coconut and KND. We are not worried at all. It should be TK who should be concerned."

Park Giho frowned. The official sighed deeply.

"Korea Communication Commission is willing to offer another frequency to resolve this situation. If there is a frequency you are interested, please let me know."

Jang Gwangchul replied, "We only want 1.8HGz. We need this."

"TK feels the same way. It's 1.8 or nothing." Park Giho said the same thing as per Jun Taewon's order.

The official sighed again. "So there is no solution?"

When both nodded, the official finally announced.

"Then from now on, whenever a company bids, it will have to prove that it has 50% of the bid in cash available immediately. As the bid increases, the percentage will go up as well."

Park Giho froze. This meant that for a three billion dollars bid, they would need to prove that they have 1.5 billion dollars in cash.

"If a company can't prove it, they will have to pay a penalty."

Jang Gwangchul nodded comfortably while Park Giho looked anxious.

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After the meeting, Jang Gwangchul returned to the office and said to Woosung in excitement. "It sounds like TK won't give up!"

"If the new rule required participating companies to provide a 50% cash availability, this would benefit us."

"Exactly. The government is worried that this will cause the phone bills to alleviate."

"Understandable. Based on our calculation, any bid above three billion will require at least a 5% increase of the phone bills."

"So the game is getting even more interesting."

Woosung nodded.

Who will give up?

Jang Gwangchul continued, "We need to make sure TK doesn't steal our information and plans, or else, this can be very bad for us."

Woosung nodded.

Jang Gwangchul added in a low voice, "I heard from our spy in Daeyang. There was a huge kerfuffle after XFeed won the mobile carrier business, and NIS couldn't do too much for them." Jang Gwangchul looked thrilled as he continued, "So Chun Gisu was blamed for everything, and now he feels like he's done with Daeyang."

"So is he interested in coming to us?"

"Probably not to KND right away, but maybe he can start working at XFeed as a consult? What do you think?"

"But that would make Daeyang even angrier and they may do something drastic to us."

"Then what should we do?"

"Why don't we create a consulting company and get him to become the acting CEO? I will fund the whole thing, and after we take over Daeyang, we will place him as Daeyang's new CEO."

"Okay. Let's try that."

"Get him to sell his Daeyang shares to us."

Jang Gwangchul nodded and left the office.

3.3 billion dollars.

It was the amount from XFeed for the eleventh round. They had to prove that they had 55% of this amount available in cash. XFeed sent the appropriate documents and passed with flying colors.

After hearing this, TK was in a panic. This was beyond Jun Taewon now. He went to his father, the Chairman, Jun Junghee.

His father asked, "3.3 billion dollars, and you want to write a bigger bid?"

Jun Taewon replied confidently, "Yes. We need XFeed to pay as much as possible for this so that we have a chance."

Jun Junghee asked coldly, "And what if XFeed suddenly gives up and we end up needing to pay the amount?"

"It's a high risk and high return situation."

"Why should we take on this risk? Why not other mobile carriers?"

"The others are too small, and…"

"And?"

"I was able to get an investor who can cover us if necessary. If I didn't have this, I wouldn't have started it."

Jun Junghee massaged his temples and asked, "So you used up all of our company's available fund. If it goes over 3.5 billion, we won't be able to bid."

"But this investor will provide us with more funds. I am confident we can come up with the money."

"If you are right, then this would indeed be a win-win situation for us, but do you even know why this investor is helping us?"

"It doesn't matter. TK will win no matter what."

Jun Taewon explained with confidence. Jun Junghee saw himself in his son when he was younger. Jun Junghee began with nothing. He took high risks and that was how he came to own the biggest mobile carrier in the country.

Jun Junghee asked finally, "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes!"

It was all Kang Woosung's fault. Daeyang was going downhill all because of him.

"They took the mobiles carrier business. We couldn't find anything about his companies even with the help of the NIS. Blue S is doing well. They are about to win the golden frequency."

Choi Taemin screamed. Chun Gisu remained silent.

"Why can't you do anything?"

"I apologize."

"Do you think apologizing will fix anything?"

"…"

"How much did you get paid last year from this company?"

"2.1 million dollars, including the incentives."

"And do you think you did enough to deserve that?"

Chun Gisu couldn't hide his displeasure.

Choi Taemin sneered, "Are you angry?"

"No, sir."

"Bring me result then!"

"I will."

"You better, or else."

After leaving the room, Jang Hyunho called Chun Gisu for a private meeting.

"Did you think about it? You know our careers are over in this company."

Chun Gisu nodded unhappily. He was sure now.

He asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Help me with the TK situation. If things go well, they promised to make a consulting company for us."

Chun Gisu didn't seem happy with the offer.

"Just a consulting company?"

"It's just a smoke screen for the bigger plan. It's only temporary. Ultimately, we will come back to Daeyang, but not as assistants."

Chun Gisu murmured, "I see."

"We can have the chance to run this company. We deserve it!"

Chun Gisu nodded. Jang Hyunho quickly picked up his cellphone.

Jang Gwangchul went to Woosung.

"He called. TK accepted Daeyang's help."

"So TK is reaching its limit."

"Yup. It's almost time."

"Daeyang offered 1 billion, right?"

Jang Gwangchul nodded.

"I'm guessing they could probably bid up to 5 billion if they use every resource they have. I just hope they keep continuing to bid."

"They are probably worrying about the same thing."

Jang Gwangchul sighed deeply.

"If…if they give up, what are you going to do?"

Woosung replied slowly, "There is one huge difference between TK and XFeed. Do you know what it is?"

"They don't have as much money as we do."

"That's right. They don't have money, so they are borrowing from everywhere including Daeyang."

Jang Gwangchul nodded.

He asked, "So what do you think will happen tomorrow?"

"TK will probably bid 3.5 billion dollars. We will then go up to four billion. They will probably go even higher…"

"Yes?"

"Then we will go higher again. It needs to go beyond anyone's expectation."

"So how much are you thinking?"

"Seven billion dollars."

"…what? Do you think TK can come up with that kind of money? Unless they are crazy, they won't go that high!"

"They came this far, so they are already crazy. At this point, they are making their decisions based on their emotions. They want revenge against us. Why do you think Daeyang is helping TK?"

"Because they hate us?"

"Precisely. We will continue to air our obnoxious ads on TV. Their pride will be damaged every time they watch them. Both Daeyang and TK."

"But what if they give up?"

"Our government is corrupt as you already know. TK is probably getting information from the government officials about us. So what we'll do is feed the officials wrong information about us."

"…"

"They are probably guessing our limit to be 7 billion dollars."

Jang Gwangchul sighed again. "I really hope it works out just as you say…."

Woosung looked calm, but his hands were sweating. This was not something that happened in his previous life, so he had no way of knowing if it would work.

He was worried but he replied evenly, "It doesn't matter even if it doesn't work out."

7 billion dollars.

It was a lot of money, but it wasn't an amount Woosung couldn't afford.

On TV, XFeed commercials continued to air.

"XFeed service will outperform every other mobile carrier."

"20% cheaper and 20% faster."

"Choose XFeed."

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The mocking TV ads made Jun Taewon crazy.

"Should I give up, or should I keep going? Give up? Keep going?"

He murmured like this all day. Should he stop now, or go a little bit further?

The bid was now at five billion dollars.

"Sir…"

They had only one hour left until they had to make a decision. XFeed's last bid was 5.2 billion dollars. TK had to decide whether to raise it or give up. The new rule also stated that if they wanted to bid, they had to prove 80% of the bid was available in cash. This meant that they needed four billion dollars in cash. This was too much.

"Did you look into short-term loan options from the credit unions?"

"Right Capital is the only one that replied back to us, and they said they are willing to lend us money."

"How much?"

"Up to five billion dollars."

Jun Taewon's eyes widened.

"Five billion?"

"Yes, as long as you use your company shares as collateral."

"Is it a trustworthy lender?"

"I looked into it and yes, it has enough money. It even has a hedge fund in the US."

Jun Taewon sighed deeply.

"I guess we can do this then."

4:30 pm.

They had to make a decision in 30 minutes or else, it was over for them.

"Daeyang wants us to go for it. They lost the mobile carrier business to XFeed and they are angry. They appear to want to help us in any way possible."

"Daeyang told us that XFeed will probably go up to seven billion dollars, right?"

"Yes, and our own TK research lab has confirmed this number. That is why Daeyang wants us to go up to seven billion."

"But seven billion dollars…That would mean we need to have about six billion dollars in cash ready…"

"If we borrow money from Right Capital, it's possible. If we can really make XFeed spend seven billion dollars for this frequency, it would be great."

"…"

Jun Taewon sighed again. What should he do?

Finally, Jun Taewon replied slowly, "How do other mobile carriers feel?"

"Both KG and LU want us to go for it. If XFeed becomes successful, it will affect all of them negatively. They also promised that they will let us have the best frequency at the next auction."

Seven billion dollars.

It was a huge amount. If XFeed gave up before TK did…

"If this doesn't go as we hope, it will be detrimental for us."

"It's true. We will have to charge additional fees to our customers. Thankfully, if it happens, KG and LU promised to cover the extra fees for us for a while. If we end up with the golden frequency, XFeed will be in trouble since they won't be able to use their 4G. They have been advertising a 20% faster service."

"Were we able to steal their 4G technology yet?"

"Not yet. We are trying but it's not going very well."

4:45 pm.

It was time to decide. The assistant looked at Jun Taewon. He bit his lips and finally told his assistant the amount.

The auction was at its 20th round with the bid of 6.5 billion dollars.

The public thought both companies lost their minds. The media claimed that whoever wins this auction would be paying way too much.

Woosung couldn't believe it was going according to his plan. He was excited.

Jang Gwangchul looked at him nervously and asked, "We're done, right? You will back out now?"

Woosung clenched his fists.

He asked, "If we back out now and let them win, what will happen to TK stocks?"

"It's at about 200 dollars and it will immediately drop to 150 or even 100 dollars."

"And they will have to increase their fees?"

"Yes, at least 5%. It will be great for us. We don't have to go any further. We won."

"Haha, I know."

"So you will stop now, right?"

Woosung walked to the window and replied slowly, "6.5 billion dollars. It's a lot of money for a person."

"It's a lot even for any company."

"Hmm…"

"Stop this nonsense and make a decision! I'm dying here. Just tell me you will stop!"

"Do you really think we should back out now?"

"Yes."

"Then why are they expecting us to bid again with a higher amount?"

"It's because you fed them fake info. They think we will go up to seven billion."

"It worked too well."

"So what? Stop second guessing yourself."

4:30 pm.

They had to make a decision in 30 minutes. Woosung finally replied, "This is it then."

"So we're done?"

Woosung nodded. "Yes. Call them."

Jang Gwangchul stood up.

"Alright!"

"183 dollars."

"179 dollars."

"162 dollars."

TK stocks declined quickly. 1.8GHz was purchased by TK for the final price of 6.5 billion dollars.

Winner's curse.

"158 dollars."

Right after the auction, a piece of breaking news was announced.

"XFeed develops a new band technology to increase its speed. Golden frequency is unnecessary."

"20% decrease in fee and 20% increase in speed plan still on."

The number of users leaving the existing three mobile carriers increased quickly.

TK-XFeed : 35,133

KG-XFeed : 21,418

LU-XFeed : 10,951

They were losing customers to XFeed. Another reason for XFeed's popularity was because it was the only company that offered the brand new Blue S3.

"Meet your new Blue S3 only at XFeed."

"2GB memory. LTE included."

"Qualcomm Snapdragon included."

The commercials worked wonders. More and more people left their own mobile carriers to join XFeed.

300,000 people.

500,000 people.

1,000,000 people.

3,000,000 people.

In only 3 months, over 10 million people joined XFeed.

Finally, in January 2011, XFeed owned 20% of the Korean mobility market. TK still owned 35%, but it was decreasing fast. Many users were waiting for their contracts to end with TK. The TK stock also continued to decline.

"143 dollars."

"131 dollars."

XFeed hasn't listed itself yet, but its value was nonetheless increasing exponentially.

TK was worth ten billion dollars.

XFeed was now valued at five billion dollars. It was only a matter of time before XFeed became bigger than TK.

Jun Taewon was frustrated.

He said to his assistant, "Is there anything we can do to improve this situation? Are we going to just watch our customers leave us?"

"We have other problems. We paid 3 billion dollars so far for the frequency and within the next 5 years, we have to pay back the rest of the 3.5 billion dollars. If we lose any more customers, it will be very hard for us to make these payments."

"Are you saying we may go bankrupt?"

The assistant hesitantly nodded.

Bankruptcy!

He never thought he would have to worry about such an event.

"I can't believe this is happening…"

Jun Taewon wished he could go back in time. If he did, he wouldn't have entered the auction at all, but it was too late.

The assistant asked, "What did the Chairman say?"

"Nothing, which is even worse."

"If we sell our assets, we might be able to get by for a little while, but what do we do after that?"

"XFeed's new band technology will ruin us."

"Exactly. The other companies probably feel the same way. In the past, the three companies have been operating in harmony, but now it's a dog-eat-dog world."

"It's a war."

"More like a massacre by XFeed."

Jun Taewon sighed deeply. Suddenly, Chairman Jun Junghee stormed into the room. Behind him was the man Jun Taewon hated the most in the world.

It was XFeed's Kang Woosung.

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