Money Likes Me Too - Chapter 245



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Episode 245.

The news came out.

– ······ Chairman Kang Si-Hyeon’s first footprint on the moon was unanimously designated as a cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. It will be preserved forever after going through a series of chemical treatments. That was KBC literary magazine reporter on the moon.

It was a good thing I brought the reporter along. It’s necessary at times like this.

I went out with the data screen of me stepping onto the lunar surface from the lander. It was the first news from Earth in the year of Byung-o (丙午) in 2026.

“You look great.”

It was Lee Jong-suk’s dry review.

“Considering that you are seeing a scene that rewrote history, your reaction is relatively indifferent.”

“It’s only been a couple of times since the chairman rewrote history, right?”

“That’s true.”

Lim Kyung-jun nodded reluctantly.

“What now?”

“what?”

His eyes turned to me.

“What do you want, Chairman? The Moon, Mars, and then what? Mercury? Jupiter? Or beyond?”

“That crossed the line.”

“Is that so?”

Going outside the solar system is impossible. It’s like Putin. No matter how much money you want to spend, there’s a line you can’t cross.

By the way, what is Putin doing now?

Russia is ruined.

It doesn’t mean that the country has disappeared. It just means that it has become a mess beyond recovery after losing the war.

Several interim presidents passed after Putin, but the road to national recovery seemed distant. It seemed as if there would be no return to the way things were before. Only ruins remained.

Putin, the mastermind behind all this, has long since been ousted.

It was only yesterday that he was talking about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and now he has become a criminal just waiting for trial.

“There’s another person who crossed the line. Putin of Russia. Come to think of it, isn’t today the trial? I know it’s being broadcast live around the world.”

I turned on the TV.

The title of the upcoming broadcast was displayed at the top right of the screen.

[ Trial of the Century, What Happens to War Criminal Putin? LIVE ]

— I’ve already tuned in to the channel. Just wait.

It was Vice Chairman In’s sense.

The broadcast began soon.

The camera first showed Putin with a miserable expression. His former dignified appearance was gone, and he had become a middle-aged man with his head bowed.

The prosecution’s announcement followed soon after. It was one-sided.

The gist was this.

– ······The defendant committed war crimes, causing the deaths of innocent Russian and Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. The number is in the hundreds of thousands. The material and economic damage suffered by Russia is beyond words. For satisfying his own ambitions, he has caused great and irreparable damage to both countries. The prosecutor seeks the death penalty for this heinous defendant.

The audience became silent.

But the judge’s opinion was a little different.

– No matter how evil a criminal is, you must be careful when taking a life.

This time, the crowd was in an uproar. There were voices of anger. The prosecutor also protested.

– The defendant is accused of ruining Russia’s future. Now is not the time for leniency, Your Honor.

– I know. I’m not saying that I’m being lenient. Rather, I’m saying that it would be better to leave the defendant alive to serve as an example to others.

example?

That’s a strange thing to say.

But the prosecutor seemed to understand right away. For some reason, he smiled momentarily at the judge’s words.

“What are you trying to do?”

“I’ll watch it till the end. I’m curious too.”

Lim Kyung-jun and Lee Jong-suk whispered.

The trial ended quickly. The verdict was reached.

– This court sentences the defendant Vladimir Fyodorovich Putin to life imprisonment without parole. In addition, since the crime is so serious that it is considered impossible to reform in the future, the defendant’s place of imprisonment is specifically designated as the Black Dolphin Prison. That is all.

Land, land, land.

But what?

Black Dolphin Prison?

Vice Chairman In’s explanation followed immediately.

— Black Dolphin Prison is known for its harsh conditions, even worse than supermax correctional facilities like Florence ADX in the United States. It is a place where only the most vicious criminals, such as serial killers and child molesters, are selectively confined. The inmates unanimously say that they would rather die than live there.

When I hear it, it is truly hell on earth.

A brief image of Putin sobbing like a child flashed across the screen. He must have really not wanted to go.

But it was useless. I was dragged out helplessly by the strong arms of the staff like a bear. This is what someone who has crossed the line says.

I was lost in thought as I watched the sight.

‘That kid is fucked.’

After a while,

“Enough with the dark story, shall we talk about work?”

“That would be good.”

Putin and Naval, there were more important things to do.

“I would like to raise the topic of terraforming Saturn’s liquid black moon Titan as a new topic for the 2nd ISS conference this year (2026). What do you think?”

Black Satellite is more important to me than Black Dolphin Prison. I can’t spend money on prison, but I can spend money on this.

* * *

The news also reached the United States.

“It’s super crazy.”

Terraforming Titan, Elon Musk exclaimed.

It’s usually not a revolutionary idea.

How innovative would it be to think about going to Titan before even reaching Mars?

As expected, it’s Kang Si-hyeon.

He always thinks at least ten steps ahead of his own thoughts. He is not the first civilian to set foot on the moon for nothing. Cocoa’s actions were that surprising.

That wasn’t all.

From the ISS modules owned by Russia’s Roscosmos to the rocket launch site located within Russia, Cocoa has acquired stakes in everything.

Not only did he collect all the assets of Korean companies with buyback clauses, he also took control of the valuable assets of global energy companies like Shell and BP that were left behind in Russia, and global IT companies like SAP and Spotify.

Did you get the idea from watching Putin’s trial?

But it’s not something that can be done with just ideas.

The total amount is several hundred billion dollars. All of it was taken away by Putin for a few million rubles through brute force.

Which company other than Cocoa would respond to the new Russian government’s demands to buy it back at cost price?

It’s an amazing thing that can’t be done without cocoa.

But there was something even more surprising.

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The point was that all the money invested led to a rise in stock prices.

Meanwhile, the original owners of the returned cocoa assets have finally come forward and opened the negotiating table. They want to recover the assets.

Of course, there is a surcharge here.

Sit back and enjoy the double benefit. This is Kang Si-Hyeon after all.

‘If I had done the same thing that Kang Si-hyeon did, would the results have been like this?’

Absolutely not.

You may have had the dizzying experience of seeing Tesla’s stock price plummet again.

It’s an experience I hate to even imagine.

Even if they do the same thing, what Kang Si-hyun does and what Elon Musk himself does have completely opposite effects. Isn’t this the Kang Si-hyun effect?

There’s something Kang Si-hyeon says every time something like this happens.

‘I think it was called Eureka.’

It felt like he could hear her voice. It was a magic spell that he could absolutely follow.

‘What is Eureka?’

Something incomprehensible was happening.

Putin bought back the assets of foreign companies that he had forcibly seized at a low price at a high price. He judged that the losses would be enormous.

This time I was confident that I would lose a lot of money.

So, despite the staunch opposition of Lee Jong-seok and Han Jang-soo, he scraped together all of KSH Holdings’ cash assets and made an investment worth several hundred billion dollars.

But guess what?

The results were quite the opposite.

So to speak, it was something like this.

First the shell,

‘Could you please return the development rights to our Shell Sakhalin No. 2 Far East mine that we bought in Russia?’

‘of course.’

‘Oh, thank you.’

I thought I was getting it for free when they asked me to return it. But I was wrong. I made a whopping $10 billion in profit from the resale of Sakhalin 2 Far East mine.

Not only that, other companies also came in with money in a similar way.

[ Shell to buy back ‘Sakhalin No. 2 Mine’ that was sold at a low price due to Russia’s cut-off price. ······ Cocoa, Chairman Kang Si-Hyeon’s vision re-examined as he ‘doubled the profits while sitting still.’ ]

[SAP, the world’s largest cloud hub of 1 million m², construction halted. Hopes to acquire it from Cocoa. ······ ‘We’ll give it to you at whatever price you ask.’ Anxious heart. ]

‘shit.’

This is ridiculous.

“Mr. Chairman.”

There was something even more absurd. I opened the door and saw Han Jang-soo’s smiling face as he came in.

“What’s going on now? You look so happy.”

“Of course. That’s good news.”

— I’ll tell you about that.

Before Han Jang-soo could even open his mouth, Vice Chairman In interrupted him.

— Among the assets of various global companies that Chairman Kang purchased, there were shares in two Russian state-owned energy companies, Gazprom and Rosneft. With a 34.5% share in Gazprom and a 27.2% share in Rosneft, he met the requirements for major shareholders. So, on behalf of Chairman Kang, I submitted a proposal for a merger with ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to the boards of directors of those two companies. The results should arrive today.

What the heck?

“You have such great insight. I am amazed.”

Han Jang-soo’s eyes were sparkling. Damn it, really.

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Meanwhile, Tom Cross has been busy producing a new film, Gunpla 4, since returning from the moon.

I wanted to repay Chairman Kang.

‘I have to show something too.’

It was thanks to Chairman Kang’s special consideration that I was able to go to the moon. My pride would not allow me to just sit back and accept it.

All he can do is make movies.

They shot a movie on the ISS. Why not shoot it on the moon too?

But his determination ran into an unexpected reef.

‘Tom, we can never cooperate.’

It was when he stopped by the Writers Guild to recruit writers, that the sharp voice of the union president, Josh Herold, stopped him.

‘What on earth is the reason?’

‘Because Cocoa will be in charge of producing .’

Isn’t that obvious?

‘We at the Hollywood Writers Guild cannot stand with Cocoa, who threatens our writers’ jobs with the development of artificial intelligence. Tom is a Hollywood guy, so he knows that.’

Oh my god, Tom Cross touched his forehead.

These people don’t know the world at all, they just don’t know enough.

But there was no other way.

People who are afraid of losing their jobs are desperate. It’s not a problem that can be solved by pressuring them.

In the end, he had no choice but to call Kang Si-hyeon.

Thump, thump.

– Yes, this is Kang Si-hyeon. Tom? What’s going on?

“That’s it. ······”

Tom Cross’s voice crept in uncharacteristically.

– ······ I’m trying to go into the movie , but the Hollywood Writers Guild is blocking me. They say they’re afraid of losing their jobs because of artificial intelligence.

I was amazed by Tom Cross’s words.

Got your rice bowl stolen?

It’s a blatant request for money. I’ll just give you that bowl of rice.

Isn’t this a total eureka moment?

“Eureka.”

– Yes? Mr. Kang? I think you misspoke just now.

“No, that’s exactly what I said. It was Eureka.”

I said it again and again.

“Tell all the writers in the Hollywood Writers Guild to come join me and I’m going to start a Cocoa Brain subsidiary. I’ll fill all the jobs. Just promise me one thing.”

Providing work to artificial intelligence learning models, of course, would be worth more than you can imagine.

-······Are you serious?

Tom Cross’s voice on the receiver trembled. At any rate, it was resolved.

“Seriously, when have you ever heard me talk nonsense?”

– I’ve never had that happen······.

“Okay then. If you have nothing more to say, I’ll hang up now.”

I dismissed his words.

‘Thank goodness. I’m really thankful.’

I hung up the phone and sighed in relief. At least I had spent some money. I had made money in a row, so I was glad I could lose it like this.

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