Chapter 93

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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“You could have just contacted me comfortably anytime.”

“I also wanted to do that. But the situation turned out unintentionally.”

“You’re saying there was no intentionality?”

“Yes. Why would I have wanted to harass Tisla?”

“…”

With a lukewarm face, Mylon Tusk shook hands with me.

“I received the documents well. You want to create a new subsidiary in Korea and test-operate World Link?”

“Yes. I know only two satellites have gone up so far. But rather than shooting them only from America, if Korea also shoots them together to fill the sky, wouldn’t it be faster?”

“What about the technology?”

“We’ll have to use what’s at Space T. Since it’s a strategic partnership.”

Milon slightly frowned.

Understandably so, because it’s called strategic partnership, but we’re just setting up our company in Korea and taking Space T’s satellite technology as is to launch.

Well, we’ll pay some money, but the moment we form a strategic partnership, the other side also takes stakes in the company we’ll newly establish, so they can’t collect big money as royalties.

In other words, no matter how much you dress it up with talk of speeding up productivity or increasing satellite numbers, it was a loss for Mylon Tusk.

So I also had amounts that could move Mylon Tusk’s heart and various other options prepared in advance.

Though I didn’t intend it, somehow it ended up looking like we’re threatening with batteries now.

Along with that, if I propose various options, I thought Mylon Tusk would also open his heart sufficiently.

“I understand. Please send detailed documents to our headquarters. From how much stake you’ll transfer to us if creating a subsidiary in Korea, in detail. Though I don’t expect 50-50, you’ll give at least 30%, right?”

“..?”

It was simpler than expected.

Were batteries that urgent?

“I watched well this time how you blew away Nissan and their chairman Carlos Ghosn. If money doesn’t work, push through with force.. Radical, but it seems like the surest method in this society.”

“You’re seriously misunderstanding something. Chairman Carlos Ghosn ended up that way because he committed crimes. It has nothing to do with me.”

“Yes. Carlos probably dug his own grave. But such a thing bursting exactly when you’re entering acquisition work, calling it just coincidence seems strange.”

He seemed to have some strange misunderstanding, but I also didn’t bother laying out explanations.

Because thanks to that, this negotiation seemed to be progressing smoothly.

“I also don’t think it’s a complete loss for me. As you said, if we cooperate not only in America but also in Korea to launch satellites together, we can build communication networks faster. However, what you must remember is commercialization will take a long time.”

Some people said such things.

That although now we only communicate on land through base stations, someday everyone will communicate through satellites floating in the sky.

But no one tried to start satellite communication services.

Because base stations are already spread all over the world, and creating new communication networks by launching expensive satellites cost too much.

“The biggest problem is traffic resolution. Even if we spread satellites all over the sky, if people communicate in population-concentrated areas, traffic problems will definitely occur. To solve that, technology problems must be resolved, and above all, AI-based traffic control is essential..”

While listening with interest.

Suddenly Mylon Tusk stopped speaking.

He spoke as if realizing something.

“That was why.”

“Pardon?”

“Purchasing large amounts of Close AI stakes was exactly because of that. Resolving satellite traffic control through AI development. That was the most important task, and President Jeong already grasped that problem.”

I’m humanities-educated so I don’t understand even if you talk like that.

But I learned thanks to Mylon Tusk that the two fields are closely connected with each other.

“Investing in advance in AI companies with high development potential, and since the unlisted company Space T would never release technology, bursting Japan’s YCC to simultaneously block batteries so we’d release World Link technology ourselves.. Exactly from where were you designing, President?”

Design.

Perhaps not just simple misunderstanding, but really design.

Also design woven by my intuition.

So now I was also curious.

Exactly from where did my intuition design, and how far ahead is it looking?

“They say silence means affirmation.”

But Mylon Tusk’s face that was stiff until just now was smiling now.

“I don’t know about other things. But I properly learned one thing today. That if I stick in friendly relations with you, I won’t lose at least.”

Then he extended his hand to me.

“If you need anything going forward, please contact my personal number anytime. I’ll cooperate maximally. Seeing you taking such interest in my business, it seems it’ll do very well. Haha.”

My intuition until now occasionally showed mad vortexes whenever seeing Mylon Tusk’s face.

But the moment he and I joined hands.

“..!”

As if something in the future changed.

His face that was full of chaos returned to normal.

This phenomenon was also a first.

Until now, once intuition lights up like turning on lights, I never saw cases of it changing to different colors.

Or returning to normal likewise.

But returning like this means..

“Oh right. This is talk I’m giving since it’s just you and me, President.”

Even though no one’s around, Mylon Tusk unnecessarily lowered his voice.

“Bitcoin. What’s happening with it now exactly?”

“Coin?”

“It collapsed to $5,000 now. Will it collapse more from here? Or..”

Sorry but I don’t check Bitcoin prices in real-time.

I only receive occasional reports.

Because I already know how far Bitcoin will rise.

“Do you do Bitcoin?”

“I-it’s not me doing it. But people around me all do it. But with Bitcoin prices like that lately, everyone’s making dying sounds.”

“Just tell them to wait.”

“..Not to sell?”

“Yes.”

I can tell this even without using intuition.

Right now Tusk seems properly caught in Bitcoin.

***

“It’s really strange.”

Jeong Jin-ho’s first impression too.

What should I say about Jeong Jin-ho’s face I saw today?

He looked very docile.

But I’m painfully learning the advice once more today that you shouldn’t judge people only by outer appearance.

Who is Jeong Jin-ho?

To the point that when major financial incidents burst, if you pick Jeong Jin-ho you’re roughly correct, he was at the core of world economic incidents.

With that innocent-looking face, he collapsed Japan’s YCC without blinking an eye solely to realize his own plan.

Because of that, Japan faced much more serious economic collapse than during the past bubble.

To this extent, angry Japan could search for Jeong Jin-ho to kill him, but they couldn’t. Rather, they joined hands with Jeong Jin-ho and even handed over shipping companies barely surviving in Japan to resolve shipping quantities.

Not only that.

He even threw Carlos Ghosn, who formed a major alliance and achieved an automobile kingdom in Japan, into jail.

It wasn’t for Nissan’s technology or to eat that company and sell cars.

Only one thing.

To threaten Tisla with batteries so Mylon Tusk would voluntarily come to the negotiation table.

“How can a person set up such meticulous plans?”

No matter how exceptionally high intelligence is, to be able to set such detailed plans and put them into action. No matter how many times I think, I don’t understand.

So Mylon Tusk also gave up.

Because watching Jeong Jin-ho, he realized that no matter how much he struggles and earns money his whole life, there’s ultimately always someone above.

Even running hard, isn’t it the world’s principle that there are flyers?

“…”

But how should I accept this?

“$4,000..”

Mylon Tusk’s average price is $3,000.

Watching Bitcoin reach $28,000, thinking maybe it could really go to $50,000, he wasn’t selling to the end.

But what’s this?

As forces completely pulled out, the price dropped to $4,000 before he knew it.

Soon $3,000.

It’ll drop to average price.

He instantly fell into anguish.

Should I sell even now?

“No. You said to wait and see.”

But right now on communities and all SNS, people are shouting.

That Bitcoin’s era has ended.

They were toasting that this tiresome scam finally came to an end.

“Ah, no! Even $4,000!”

Even the price collapsed the $4,000 line.

Ultimately Mylon Tusk couldn’t endure and threw all quantities he had.

“Phew. Still didn’t lose.”

Barely finishing organizing, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He wished he’d organized everything when it went to $20,000.

But what good is regret now?

It’s already finished.

And Bitcoin didn’t show signs of reviving anymore.

“But why did he say to wait?”

If Bitcoin prices keep falling like that, people’s interest in coins disappears, and that goes straight to KW Exchange’s damage.

So is that why he said not to sell?

To hold onto fools a little more?

“..Mm?”

How much time passed like that?

“Huh? Wh-what’s this? Why is this happening?”

Suddenly Bitcoin prices were soaring crazily.

He thought it was really the end now, but was that actually gathering strength for a bigger leap?

“No way.”

Not long after, he could find the reason.

“Libra?”

Libra coin that Faceweb surprise-announced.

Dollar, euro, yen, etc.

It was a new concept coin announced by Faceweb made based on major currencies.

If you have this coin, you can use it on all platforms Faceweb provides, and you can exchange it anytime to the currencies mentioned before.

In other words, a new blockchain coin circulating in Faceweb was being born.

“Was this what he meant to wait for?”

But weren’t Faceweb and Gwangwoon operating PicPic on very bad terms?

From what Mylon Tusk knows, Faceweb used various means to suppress PicPic that’s growing larger.

The scary point is as soon as Faceweb launched attacks, suddenly a major information leak incident burst and what collapsed instead was Faceweb.

“Yet Faceweb did this?”

This was a miraculous positive factor like reviving dead Lazarus.

Isn’t Bitcoin’s price skyrocketing now?

It was no different from Faceweb properly helping KW Exchange.

“That means..”

Did even Faceweb ultimately join hands with enemy-like Jeong Jin-ho?

Whether that’s voluntary or involuntary is unknown.

“Ah. Should’ve not sold.”

The time he sold was actually the optimal buying timing!

Today Mylon Tusk greatly learned.

That he should never doubt Jeong Jin-ho’s words again.

***

“Why is Faceweb suddenly making coins?”

“They say they’ve been planning since Bitcoin craze blew. Already 28 companies agreed to cooperate.”

Bitcoin prices once tried to exceed $30,000, but fell to $3,000, causing much talk both externally and inside our company.

Though we don’t buy and roll Bitcoin, Bitcoin prices falling meant market interest level collapsing.

Then KW Exchange’s profits also fall together.

So I was also a bit anxious.

My intuition definitely said Bitcoin would rise endlessly, but seeing $3,000 prices, people’s hearts couldn’t help but waver.

But surprisingly, what breathed vitality back into Bitcoin was our competitor Faceweb.

Out of the blue, announcing they’d release Faceweb-exclusive coins, Bitcoin prices soared again exceeding $10,000.

“But after Faceweb’s coin issuance announcement, now governments including Europe and America are expressing concerns. Above all, they say there are financial stability, money laundering, and consumer protection problems.”

Though Bitcoin already exists, Faceweb directly making and issuing another coin was properly touching each government’s nerves.

Bitcoin literally has market-determined prices and as its original purpose isn’t controlled by central governments.

But the coin Faceweb wants to issue was controllable by Faceweb.

Also, they recently lost trust after unprecedented information leak incidents burst.

“Not just one but almost all governments are opposing, so now Faceweb internally seems shaking too. Companies that agreed to cooperate are also watching for escape chances one by one.”

Suddenly Faceweb was only doing good things for our KW Exchange and taking all abuse alone.

How should I say.

Rather than feeling like our competitor now, should I say they’re like an angel company supporting us knowingly or unknowingly?

Because they made smiles bloom on faces of our KW Exchange employees dying.

“And this is a report collecting recent domestic issues.”

Collecting and viewing recent burst issues became my hobby now.

Because some bundled issues are quite fun and stimulate dopamine.

“..?”

And occasionally like this, my intuition activated showing light.

“NX Rangers?”

“Ah. Unlike other professional baseball teams, NX Rangers has NX entered as sponsorship. They don’t operate at all, exactly putting only name as sponsor. But this time that Rangers company president was sentenced to actual imprisonment for embezzling hundreds of millions and KBO also permanently expelled him. So that president can never do baseball work again.”

It’s an incident I also know through news.

I know it’s quite noisy because of this problem.

Because it was revealed the baseball team president was diverting all money that should’ve been used for the team for himself.

With already many baseball fans, it was something to greatly ignite.

“So he stepped down from president position but only holds stakes?”

“Yes. So it’s quite controversial. Even stepping down from president, if he has stakes ultimately that president dominates the company. So KBO hopes somehow Rangers gets acquired by other companies, but the problem is there are no companies with acquisition intentions.”

Plus even NX withdrew hands due to brand image damage issues.

In other words, if Rangers can’t find acquirers or sponsors like this, operating the team can become difficult.

“The hometown is Seoul so that’s good. The problem is.. The fan base is small. Rangers aren’t the only team with Seoul as hometown. Plus this crazy president and executives exploited so much behind, the team couldn’t bring good players, and that directly led to performance.”

“..Manager Lee, you know quite specifically? Seems like you’re angry too.”

“Ah. S-sorry. I’m actually a Rangers fan..”

In our country, baseball has the most popularity among sports.

Didn’t they mobilize 8.4 million spectators just last year?

Also, Korea winning gold medals at the Asian Games raised baseball popularity even more.

“President, don’t you watch baseball?”

“I.. Watch occasionally.”

Though I don’t have a team I particularly support.

Never been to a baseball stadium either.

But my intuition that wasn’t reacting to other things was ringing only at this Rangers company.

What this means was one thing.

‘Acquire the baseball team?’