Chapter 182

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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[Everyone, when an ordinary person invests dozens of times, they’re bound to make at least one mistake. Even people called investment masters make wrong judgments several times. Especially with day trading. But this person has never made such a mistake once.]

A live channel with tens of thousands watching.

This BJ, who mainly covers various incidents and economic issues heating up Korea, continued speaking with his characteristic laugh.

[President Jeong Jin-ho of Gwangwoon Securities. those working in finance all know him. He appeared like a comet in 2015 and achieved the highest short-term return in Korean securities history. Back then it was only known among industry people so it didn’t become a big issue, but in just 8 years, this person created the current Gwangwoon Group.]

When my name came up, I flinched involuntarily.

But maybe because of this BJ’s captivating tone and smooth hosting skills.

Or because my name came up.

I was strangely drawn in.

[His investment track record is truly brilliant. Famous companies we all know. Enflix, AMC, shipping, WorldLink, Close AI, Midnight Munchies, KW Exchange, and so on. There are so many companies Gwangwoon Group owns that it’s hard to list them all. On top of that, the national pension reaching 2,000 trillion won is also thanks to President Jeong Jin-ho, right? Wow. Isn’t that incredible? No, is this even possible?]

I sneakily glanced at the chat where tens of thousands were typing.

I was worried there might be hate comments, but instead they were cheering and calling out my name.

“……”

A thrilling sensation ran through my whole body.

It wasn’t because of intuition.

It was just pure dopamine explosions.

“Ah, so this is why…”

Celebrities search their own names every day.

Watching these tens of thousands of viewers chanting “Daejinho!” and endlessly praising me, a stimulation different from any dopamine I’ve felt before was hitting me.

Is this what they call the desire for recognition?

Something like that.

I felt like I was already becoming addicted to this different dimension of addictive taste.

Knock knock.

“President. May I come in?”

“!?”

I was startled by Manager’s voice and hurried to turn off my phone first.

“Ahem, c-come in.”

“Yes.”

For some reason, my heart was pounding like I’d committed a crime.

“……”

Manager glanced at my expression then set down the documents.

“These are documents related to the Africa matter you mentioned last time.”

“Ah, did the foundation compile them?”

“Yes, they sent everything you requested.”

I felt a lot watching the Africa donation ads last time.

I could also see from statistics how rock-bottom people’s perception of donations has become.

The reason people avoid donating is because there are so many thieves who collect money under the pretense of donation then line their own pockets.

Even officially certified organizations don’t actually get money to those who need it, spending it on employee salaries and various expenses first.

That’s why I established a foundation in Gwangwoon’s name. To manage everything transparently.

Moreover, our foundation only uses company money and my money. we absolutely don’t receive external donations.

After all, customers using our Gwangwoon subsidiaries means a portion of those profits goes to donations.

“But as you feared, President, even though enormous donation funds are flowing into Africa right now, almost nothing has improved.”

So many rich people have gathered to create foundations and pour in astronomical money to eliminate the world’s famine and hunger.

Last year alone, 300 trillion won worth of donations from around the world was delivered to Africa, but statistically, nothing improved.

“The worst is the corruption of those national governments. There are many thieves stealing money in between. Also, donations are often used for political purposes, and with so many armed forces in Africa, places that desperately need help are often completely inaccessible.”

Regime corruption, rebel forces, looting, and so on.

Those are the reasons donations aren’t being used properly.

So why can’t they solve these problems?

It’s because developed countries lack justification to raise armies and would lose money in the process.

So they just watch.

“But our Gwangwoon Foundation has shown quite good results. Rather than giving fish, we’re teaching how to fish while providing various technical training, and we’ve established schools that are in operation. Also, Sentinel is protecting our employees from rebel threats, so we’ve achieved much higher results than any other foundation.”

The biggest obstacle for foundation volunteers is armed forces.

They easily get caught in crossfire by accidentally entering the wrong area, and having relief supplies completely looted is common.

But our Gwangwoon Foundation doesn’t need to worry about that.

Because Sentinel, which cooperates with several African countries, is protecting supplies from forces trying to loot them.

“Moreover, since Sentinel is composed entirely of special forces veterans and they’re ruthlessly eliminating forces trying to loot us with cutting-edge equipment, their notoriety is supposedly very high. So now there are almost no attacks.”

That was Sentinel’s role.

Protecting our shipping and our angel-like foundation employees.

“As expected, it was good that we spent a lot of money.”

“Yes. Sometimes I wondered if too much money was going to Sentinel, but looking at the results, they’re more than earning their keep.”

I also deliberated many times whether creating Sentinel was the right thing to do, but ultimately it seems like a really good decision.

“Please tell head office to send additional operating funds to Sentinel. We’re building several schools in Africa right now. We can’t have some crazy rebel forces attack there and hurt the children.”

Children are the greatest asset of any nation.

Also, through education, children need to become self-sufficient and take responsibility for the nation’s future.

“And…”

I reviewed the materials sent by the foundation.

While quickly flipping through the others, my intuition reacted at one particular document.

‘They view the regime people as the most serious problem.’

While supplies being looted by armed forces is a problem, the regime forces stealing donation funds under various pretexts in between are an even bigger problem.

In a way, they’re an even bigger problem than armed forces.

They invoke government policies and decrees to extort donations, and individuals wielding power alone to steal money is common.

But this isn’t something we can resolve.

How can a businessman from another country solve corruption committed by government people?

“Still, please convey to the strategy team to negotiate well with their government so money doesn’t disappear in between as much as possible.”

I felt bad assigning such a difficult matter to the strategy team.

But since we’re donating with money from customers using our company, we need to have responsibility for that too.

“Then what remains is…”

I checked the remaining materials.

While flipping through and looking at other things, the last one triggered my intuition again.

“Schools?”

“Ah, we’re building schools in several African countries right now. But we’re not dividing them into elementary, middle, and high schools like in our country. we’re putting children in one school and teaching them by grade level. We plan to continue that way. The problem is what comes after.”

Where should students who’ve finished high-level education go next?

That’s university.

“So we’re deciding whether to create an education program selecting only excellent students to send overseas for university, or…”

“Build universities in those countries?”

“Yes. Building universities bearing Gwangwoon’s name in various countries exclusively for excellent students.”

There came an intense vibration.

Universities? Building universities?

Gwangwoon University?

***

“……”

Having finished reporting and left the president’s office, Manager Seo tilted his head.

The employees noticed the strange atmosphere looking at Manager Seo like that.

“What’s wrong, Manager?”

“Hmm. Try not to enter the president’s office today if possible.”

“What?”

“When I went in to report earlier, the president seemed to be deeply contemplating something. You know that feeling? When you’re intensely focused and thinking, then suddenly your rhythm breaks. That’s exactly what it was.”

“The president? Then is he preparing some new investment?”

“Yeah, seems like he’s planning to start something big. I haven’t seen that expression in a long time.”

At those words, the employees were excited but also worried.

This was Jeong Jin-ho, not just anyone, preparing a big investment. it meant something that would shake up the world.

And it also meant employees in the Prime department might be ground up working all night.

“Whatever it is, it’s good for us. When the president starts something big, it’s hard but nothing is more fun.”

“Ugh. Should I prepare another Cheong Sim Hwan (herbal medicine)?”

“This time it won’t be day trading with huge amounts, right?”

“S-surely not.”

“Anyway, if you have anything to report today, tell me first. If it’s not too important, I’ll compile it tomorrow and report.”

***

Sentinel is quite freewheeling compared to other subsidiaries.

Doesn’t Center Director Anthony Watson often make decisions on his own?

But they never disobey instructions from the higher-ups through the strategy team.

“This is the list sent from the strategy team this time.”

“A list?”

“People who are intercepting donation funds sent by Gwangwoon Foundation.”

“Ah~ those thieves.”

It hadn’t been long since eliminating the politicians opposing the peace agreement between Guyana and Venezuela, and now another such list came down.

“Not just Guyana, but quite a lot of manpower is being deployed to Africa too.”

“Because it’s easy to conquer. it’s practically a wasteland. Developed countries are tricky to enter and hard to take control of, but here, if people like us are deployed en masse, toppling a regime is nothing.”

The strategy team seemed to know that well too.

Sending this list. what does it mean?

There’s no direct instruction to eliminate written, but sending detailed profiles and even photos to confirm targets means handle it yourselves.

“No matter how rotten they are, coveting Gwangwoon’s money of all things.”

They say even thieves should know what food to avoid.

These guys seem to have lost their minds at the sight of money and forgot whose money it was before opening their mouths.

Now it was time to pay dearly for that.

“Send this list to agents in each country. Whether they make it look like an accident or just assassinate them, tell them to handle it as they see fit. If we don’t make a proper example this time, there’ll be more people who dare touch Gwangwoon’s money in the future.”

“Yes. Also, Gwangwoon sent additional funds. For personnel replenishment. They especially want us to focus on school construction and security.”

Schools.

Sentinel agents might find this a bit deflating.

Until now, protecting foundation employees and helping volunteers enter dangerous areas was never for donation purposes.

It was about eliminating rebels in those areas, taking control, and taking measures so Gwangwoon could govern that territory.

“But guard schools? Some might be dissatisfied about this.”

“Tell anyone thinking that way to get mental re-education first. Why do you think Gwangwoon tells us to guard schools?”

“Well…”

“Because the children are Gwangwoon’s future assets. Didn’t you see this time? That Gwangwoon is trying to build universities in various African countries? Unlike children in other countries, African children often don’t have phones and lack common sense. What happens when Gwangwoon educates only those kinds of children?”

“Could it be… brainwashing them thoroughly from a young age?”

“That’s right. They’re trying to create children who won’t hesitate to jump into fire if Gwangwoon tells them to. For those children, Gwangwoon’s education is the voice of God and the best information they can obtain.”

Only then did it make sense why they were told to guard schools intensively.

It was a measure to protect Gwangwoon’s future assets.

“It’s a bit scary, but I also feel sorry for those children.”

“Not at all. Wouldn’t it be much better to become Gwangwoon’s slaves and live well-fed than starve to death? Plus, they might have a chance to become part of the empire Gwangwoon is building. Honestly, I think it’s even better than children in developed countries.”

Just looking at why they’re spending so much money in Africa shows it.

Gwangwoon takes over places with nothing, builds infrastructure, and turns the children there into Gwangwoon’s assets.

That was Gwangwoon’s chilling plan.

Isn’t this the angel-masked devil from the Bible?

“And what about what I instructed last time?”

“Ah, yes. I was just about to report. We investigated the earthquake in Turkey again thoroughly and dug deep into Gwangwoon’s background…”

“And?”

“Nothing came up. We used every means available, but no matter how much we looked, there’s not a single piece of evidence it was an artificial earthquake, and we couldn’t find any content related to Gwangwoon either.”

At those words, Anthony let out a chuckle.

Right, that’s Gwangwoon.

Actually, he would have been a bit disappointed if any trace came up.

But no matter what incident, what accident, what tragedy. Gwangwoon never leaves traces.

Same this time.

This is Gwangwoon.

Fitting for the company Anthony Watson decided to dedicate his remaining life to.

“At this point, was it really just coincidence?”

“No. For Gwangwoon, there’s no coincidence. It was always strategy disguised as coincidence. Same here. We just lack the ability to dig up Gwangwoon’s background.”

Despite gathering top talents from around the world, they couldn’t dig into Gwangwoon’s background.

What a thrilling story.

He was glad to be on the same side as such a company.

“Then could Gwangwoon try to use natural disasters again to scheme something? They covered their tracks well this time, but next time there’s no guarantee.”

“Haha. If they were sane enough to not do that, they wouldn’t have schemed this far in the first place. So just watch. What crazy thing Gwangwoon will do this time.”

After the Turkey earthquake, Gwangwoon had been relatively quiet.

Just quietly moving Sentinel behind the scenes for covert operations.

But doesn’t Anthony know?

That Gwangwoon is never a company that stays quiet.

End