The Genius Grandson Of The Cash King Becomes A Tycoon [EN]: Chapter 61

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I looked at the stick Park Chang-soo was holding.

It was wood, but it exuded a sharp aura, as if it were a real sword.

He had a very different vibe than when he was empty-handed.

A master!

Jung-hoon thought he only had one chance.

He heightened all his senses, preparing for the strike.

His attack aimed at my left shoulder.

-Swish

I dodged it lightly, but it was faster than I thought.

-Thwack

Jung-hoon’s hand struck Park Chang-soo’s chest.

Park Chang-soo fell backward on his butt.

Fortunately, there was almost no pain.

Jung-hoon had released his strength at the last moment.

“What was that just now?”

“It’s nothing. I’m just very fast compared to others.”

Yoon Jung-hoon dusted off his body and straightened his clothes.

He acted like it was no big deal.

Park Chang-soo still had a hard time believing what had happened.

Kwak Hyun-soo felt the same way.

He couldn’t believe Jung-hoon was faster than Eun-soo.

But he really was faster than anyone he had ever seen.

Everyone sat down.

Park Chang-soo took a sip of water from the table and began to speak.

He revealed all the secrets he had been hiding.

He had been a promising Kendo athlete, certain to be selected for the national team.

But due to the association’s machinations, he was disqualified from the national team trials.

It was an incomprehensible decision.

To make matters worse, both of his parents back home became seriously ill.

He needed money.

So he relied on the international gang who had scouted him before and borrowed money.

Misfortune also befell his juniors.

The parents of two of his hometown juniors who used to train with him also got cancer.

They also joined the international gang to raise money.

“Do you all live in the same village?”

“Yes, we live in the same village.”

Jung-hoon found it suspicious that four cancer patients had occurred in one village.

It was not a situation that could be seen as a coincidence; there had to be a cause and effect.

He thought it would be a good task to give ‘Psycho’ [Chun Jin-hyuk’s nickname] his first mission.

“Where is your hometown?”

“Goesan, North Chungcheong Province.”

“Four cancer patients in one village, doesn’t that seem strange?”

“Actually, we suspected that too and investigated. Out of about 300 villagers, more than 10 have developed cancer. We think the problem is the abandoned mine near the village…”

“There’s an abandoned mine?”

“Yes, there used to be a zinc mine. After the mine was abandoned, proper measures should have been taken, but it’s been neglected. It costs too much money, so it’s not easy. The company that owns it now is also turning a blind eye.”

“Hmm… I’ll look into it.”

“Yes? Thank you. Please. There are children among the patients too.”

Park Chang-soo and his juniors next to him thanked Jung-hoon.

They had hoped that the grandson of the Cash King could get different results than they could.

The word ‘mine’ in Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, reminded Jung-hoon of an article he had seen about the future.

If that was right, it would definitely be a jackpot mine.

***

“What should we have for lunch today, Oppa [term of endearment used by a younger woman to an older man]? Pick anything.”

“I won’t. I can’t compete, ahem.”

Lee Byung-seok gave up in advance.

“How about a StarCraft match for lunch?”

Chun Jin-hyuk cautiously suggested.

“Oh, something other than StarCraft would be better. Cha Young-mi is the best at that game.”

“I’m a little good too.”

Chun Jin-hyuk replied quietly.

“Okay. But don’t cry after losing.”

“Yes, you’re the one who shouldn’t cry.”

Chun Jin-hyuk responded quietly.

“But are you always this quiet? Or are you just shy?”

“It’s my first time, and it’s a bit unfamiliar.”

Chun Jin-hyuk answered.

The game started.

And…

Cha Young-mi slammed the table with her palm.

“One more round.”

The result was the same.

It was an overwhelming difference.

She was instantly pushed back despite being in the top 100 worldwide.

“Were you always this good at this game?”

“Yes, actually my ID is yohanlee.”

Cha Young-mi’s eyes widened sharply.

She didn’t realize that ‘Psycho’ was unofficially the world’s number one player.

“yohanlee? That’s cheating!”

The legendary ranker who suddenly appeared, took the world number one spot, and then disappeared.

He had many fans due to his bold and creative plays.

That he was Chun Jin-hyuk…

Cha Young-mi was upset that she lost to him, but on the other hand, she was secretly happy that her idol was here.

Cha Young-mi’s phone rang.

It was Yoon Jung-hoon.

“Yes? Investigate the zinc mine in Yujeong-ri, Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province? Yes, I’ll report to you in the afternoon.”

“Have a good lunch, CEO.”

Cha Young-mi hung up and stood up.

Everyone else stood up and left the office.

“What should we eat for lunch?”

“Let’s go eat beef. I think he likes meat.”

“Beef for lunch is a bit much, isn’t it?”

Lee Byung-seok objected to Cha Young-mi’s suggestion but was ignored.

In front of the elevator, the two waited for Chun Jin-hyuk, who had gone to the bathroom.

“Honey, did you choose beef because…?”

“It’s nothing like that. I just wanted to eat it. It was a long time ago, so don’t worry too much.”

Cha Young-mi answered calmly.

She looked uncomfortable. But she couldn’t be uncomfortable anymore.

If the handsome CEO’s friend hadn’t come, she wouldn’t have felt so bad.

She decided to control her feelings.

Lee Byung-seok stroked Cha Young-mi’s hair, and she leaned into his arms.

Chun Jin-hyuk saw their affectionate 모습 [Korean word for ‘appearance’ or ‘scene’] from behind.

His mom taught him to smile slightly at times like this.

“Ahem, you look good together.”

This place wasn’t as scary as the Heaven Group chairman’s office.

It wasn’t as stuffy as Heaven Securities’ server room.

Cha Young-mi sometimes assaulted Lee Byung-seok, but he just let it go.

His tightly closed heart was slowly opening.

For the first time, the three walked down the street.

There was a distance as much as they were awkward, but the gap between them gradually narrowed.

***

A woman in a colorful hanbok [traditional Korean dress] appeared before my eyes.

She had a very beautiful face.

She was smiling at me.

I lifted her up and spun her around.

She looked happy.

My head was dizzy from the loud noise.

The rattling vibration, the acrid smell of gasoline.

Darkness I couldn’t escape.

The terrible smell of sewage filled my nose.

It was a suffocating moment as if time had stopped.

I saw light at one end.

Finally, the bag opened.

“Huh…”

Eun-soo woke up from a nightmare.

Jung-hoon was sitting next to her.

“Are you okay?”

Eun-soo looked at Jung-hoon and nodded.

“I had a nightmare. I had forgotten about it for a while, so I thought I was all better.”

“Did that woman appear again?”

“Yeah.”

Jung-hoon looked worried.

“Maybe it’s your mom, right?”

Eun-soo nodded.

“She must be a beauty like you.”

“You jerk.”

Eun-soo flared up at Jung-hoon’s teasing.

“Let’s go out and eat cup noodles.”

“Okay.”

“Should we eat two each?”

“Three.”

Eun-soo shouted.

Cup noodles, which had been a great comfort whenever she had worries.

She remembered the days when they had no money and shared one 라면 [ramyeon, Korean instant noodles] at a convenience store.

Now she can eat as much as she wants.

Eun-soo became unstable when she had dreams.

I remembered Eun-soo’s survival story that I had heard in passing.

Eun-soo was found in the luggage compartment of an express bus.

She was found in a bag.

They said she would have died if they had been a little late.

I couldn’t tell if it was to save her or to kill her.

They wouldn’t have put a child in the luggage compartment of an express bus to kill her.

But they wouldn’t put her in a bag to save her either.

Terrible darkness.

Eun-soo has a fear in her heart that she can never forget.

The two, who had eaten their fill, went outside after a long time.

They used to be together almost every day.

They haven’t been together often lately.

“Eun-soo, can’t you stop working with Hyun-soo?”

Jung-hoon spoke with difficulty.

“No, I have to do something too. I think that’s the only thing I’m good at. I have to be a strength to Grandma and you. Grandma also allowed it.”

Jung-hoon didn’t say anything more at Eun-soo’s words.

Jung-hoon also knew.

There’s still not enough money.

But more power was needed.

Eun-soo was a very good sword.

Still, he couldn’t help but worry.

“You have to be careful. And if possible, stick close to Hyun-soo.”

“What are you talking about? I’m stronger than Hyun-soo.”

“Fuck you, you bastard.”

Jung-hoon swore at Eun-soo coolly after a long time.

It felt like something that had been blocked was 뚫리는 시원하게 [뚫리는 시원하게 is a Korean expression that means ‘feeling refreshed as if something blocked is cleared’].

“Eun-soo, I’m sorry.”

“What for?”

“For throwing the first punch.”

“It’s okay.”

Eun-soo hit Jung-hoon’s shoulder hard. I felt a stronger pain than I thought.

The sorry feeling I had for Eun-soo disappeared.

“Hey, shall we run for a long time?”

“I don’t want to.”

Eun-soo, who hates running. But Jung-hoon knew how to make Eun-soo run.

He kicked Eun-soo’s butt hard and ran forward.

“Can’t you even block this?”

“You bastard, you’re dead if I catch you.”

Jung-hoon ran and ran until he was out of breath.

Eun-soo was the same.

She was so out of breath that she couldn’t think about the future.

She just thought that if she ran hard, she would arrive at her destination.

Eun-soo, panting, was next to me.

We will be able to do it if we run together.

Jung-hoon smiled at Eun-soo, and Eun-soo gave a bitter smile.

And…

“Ugh.”

Eun-soo’s right foot struck slightly below Jung-hoon’s butt.

Jung-hoon felt the vibration rising from below.

It was like an earthquake.

His knees buckled without him realizing it.

Eun-soo, who was embarrassed to see that 모습 [Korean word for ‘appearance’ or ‘scene’].

“S, sorry.”

She said one word briefly and then disappeared in an instant.

Jung-hoon rolled on the floor, holding his center, and thought.

‘I’m going to kill you. xxx’

I decided not to forget today.

***

Lim Cheol-soo stood in front of the Legend Company headquarters in San Francisco.

The company that is the largest shareholder of Shinhwa Heavy Industries, Shinhwa Securities, and Joongbu Construction in Korea.

This Legend Company, Yoon Jung-hoon’s personal company, has become the most popular investment company in San Francisco in just one year.

It was like an oasis in the desert for venture companies with insufficient capital.

There was a rumor that if ‘Legend’ invested, it would succeed.

The myth of Robert Yoon, Jung-hoon’s American name, was being written here as well.

“Hello.”

I went into the office.

Everyone was focused on their work.

I thought everyone would stand up and greet me in Korea.

I liked the de-authoritative and free atmosphere of San Francisco.

San Francisco, Silicon Valley, feels different from Wall Street in New York.

Unlike that place where money makes money, this is a place where ideas and technology make money.

It felt like I was developing the world with ideas.

I went into the president’s office and sat in my seat.

My nameplate, which read David Lim, caught my eye.

I wanted to put Jung-hoon in this position, but he refused.

He said he didn’t want to show himself in the United States yet.

According to Jung-hoon, it was an arrangement for the future.

He told me to make a lot of money here.

Secretary Jennifer knocked.

“Come in.”

“Boss, this is the data you requested from Korea. I investigated WorldCom, but it has no appeal at all.”

“I think so too… Do you think it will go bankrupt?”

“What? No way. It’s just a temporary decline.”

“Okay. Oh, by the way. How much money came in from Korea last time?”

“First, $8 million and recently $13 million, for a total of $20 million.”

“Then invest $10 million of that in Apple.”

Lim Cheol-soo thought about himself, who had suggested buying Apple stock on his last trip.

I remembered Jung-hoon’s advice not to eat it up just because it was cheap.

He wasn’t wrong.

But the Apple stock I had forgotten had risen from $0.2 to $0.5.

As expected, Jung-hoon said nonchalantly.

‘Buy Apple with $10 million.’

Lim Cheol-soo remembered Jung-hoon’s words.

I don’t know what will happen to it in the future, but I hoped it would give me dozens of times the pleasure like PayPal.

“Apple? It’s not even $1 yet. Stocks that are too cheap…”

“You have to catch them because they’re cheap.”

“It could go bankrupt.”

“The final boss thinks differently. He says WorldCom will go bankrupt and Apple will take off.”

Lim Cheol-soo looked up.

As expected, Jennifer was covering her mouth and laughing.

“I think so too, but I can’t ignore our final boss’s investment record.”

“That’s true.”

The intercom on the desk rang.

“Boss, a call from Korea.”

“Connect me.”

It was Jung-hoon.

“How’s WorldCom?”

“Not good.”

“That’s good. How much money do we have?”

“About $30 million.”

“Then invest all that money in WorldCom.”

Jennifer covered her mouth with her hand. Her eyes were wide open.

“What? All of it?… Jung-hoon, that’s…”

“You have to go all-in to get rich.”

“What if we lose it all…?”

“We can do it again. $30 million is nothing.”

“That gum looks very expensive. Hooo.”

“Please invest all of it in WorldCom short selling. Uncle.”

“Okay. Let’s go once. I’m curious to see what happens now.”

“And maximize the leverage as much as possible.”

“What? Even leverage?”

Lim Cheol-soo couldn’t close his mouth.

He didn’t say anything.

His brain temporarily broke down due to the shocking investment plan.

Jennifer was just blinking her eyes.

“Then please.”

Jung-hoon hung up with Lim Cheol-soo.

I looked at my notes.

WorldCom will go bankrupt on July 5, 2002.

The stock price will plummet 93% in July as a $12 trillion accounting fraud scandal is revealed.

Stocks worth 0.6 cents.

It’s enough to sell in advance and buy and pay back later.

Five times leverage.

It was an opportunity to earn $150 million with $30 million.

And another company name came to Jung-hoon’s mind.

Jung-hoon smiled as he thought about a company that was bigger than this.

“CEO.”

Jung-hoon received a call from Cha Young-mi.

“Speak.”

“It’s urgent, so I thought I should tell you right away. The mine in Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, and the company in Daegu that was written in the ledger you sent me last time.”

“The company that Kim Hyun-cheol, the director of the orphanage, sent money to?”

“Yes, you said they collected money from the gangsters in Joongbu City and sent it to a company in Daegu.”

“That’s right.”

“It’s the same company. The deficit is huge, but I think they’re covering the deficit with money sent from Joongbu City.”

It was questionable.

The company with a deficit can just close down, but why are they running it with the support of gangsters’ funds?

***

“Are you okay now?”

“Yes, I’m all better.”

Eun-soo smiled.

Even Kwak Hyun-soo thought he was pretty and handsome.

“You look okay when you smile.”

“Uncle, where are those guys going today?”

I had been chasing them for a while.

“Well, it’s a shame that we’re taking over the Joongbu City organization if we just clean up the international gang.”

“What is Goesan, North Chungcheong Province famous for?”

“I think apples are famous.”

“Apples? Apple. Jung-hoon told me to buy Apple. He told me to buy it no matter what. He told me to put in all my assets.”

“What? Buy apples?”

Kwak Hyun-soo, who was ignorant of 재테크 [jaeteukeu, Korean word for ‘financial planning’ or ‘investment’], thought of real fruit.

“No, American stocks. He told me to buy stock in a company called Apple. He said it will go up a lot later.”

“The young master said that?”

“Yes.”

Apple, Kwak Hyun-soo decided not to forget that name.

He also knew about the young master’s legendary rate of return.

He knew that he would never say anything carelessly.

‘Apple.’

I was thinking of buying it with all the money I had saved.

Kwak Hyun-soo drove down the deserted country road.

In front of him was a van with Lee Ji-yong, the boss of the international gang, on board.

He was chasing him boringly, keeping his distance so as not to get caught.

The international gang’s van, which entered Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province, headed to Yujeong-ri at a high speed.

Cash King’s Genius Grandson Becomes a Tycoon