Money Likes Me Too - Chapter 82



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Episode 82.

– Did you eat a lot?

Those were Elon Musk’s first words. Of course I ate. Not much, though.

“yes.”

– I knew it. You were right. I was wrong. I thought this launch would end up like the last one with a boom! Haha.

It was an honest confession, even if it was out of the blue.

I desperately want to fail. I completely understand. I nodded in agreement.

He continued right away.

– The next launch schedule has been set in advance. Failure? I wouldn’t call this a failure. We can launch again anyway. We have a lot of money. Everyone must have thought the same thing, even if they didn’t say anything. Mr. Kang was the first person to tell me that it would succeed.

“I really said something harsh.”

I reflected deeply.

– There’s something like that. When you want to fool someone who trusts you for no reason. Well, as you can see, the result is······.

By the way, I made a big mistake.

‘Should I have hoped for failure more fervently?’

It’s already in the past.

The Falcon 9 launch was a success. It wasn’t just a launch. It was the first time in history that a spent booster was recovered and reused.

He continued in a sad voice.

“As expected, it ended up being a success.”

– Yes, success.

I lost the bet, he said, smacking his lips. He looked very sorry.

– So I had to keep my initial promise, which meant selling almost a third of my SpaceX stock.

“That is······.”

– I know. I know that.

Before I could even say anything, he poured out his words.

– I know it’s hard right now. I’m the same way. Public opinion is too harsh. I’d be lucky if I wasn’t treated like a traitor. The newly elected president is the same. I don’t think he’d help me because of his personality. I’d be lucky if he didn’t interfere.

His guess is correct.

The campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” is completely unpopular. Trump will never sit by and watch SpaceX sell its stake. He will take action.

As Musk said.

– Of course I am not shaken.

He said.

“okay.”

– I promise you. Until the end of this year. Until then, I will create a good selling environment. That was our promise. Instead!

instead?

– To show that what I said is not a lie, I prepared a gift. I’m sure Mr. Gang will like it too.

At that time, KSH Holdings.

“Are you full?”

“Yes, I am very full.”

“You too? Me too.”

It was a lucky break. He seized the opportunity. He bought Tesla stocks.

It was all thanks to one person.

‘The guy who bets with Musk on Twitter.’

Thanks to that, I felt a huge sense of victory.

Between the two, a monitor was showing Tesla’s stock price skyrocketing.

Dingdong,

Then, a Twitter mention notification popped up. Even Elon Musk is no gentleman.

——

Elon.musk ··· 1 minute ago

Keep the change, @Kokoa

(Put your change away, Cocoa.)

——

‘What the hell are you talking about?’

While Lee Jong-suk was wondering, Lim Kyung-jun turned on the auxiliary monitor screen that he had turned off. It was a coin trading window.

“What the heck is this?”

“Why? What’s going on?”

Lee Jong-suk approached.

The screen showed a transaction of 40,000 BTC (approximately 50 million dollars) arriving from an unknown source to a secret account managed by Lim Kyung-jun.

But that wasn’t the end.

‘5 billion DOGE?’

Lee Jong-suk’s eyes got bigger. Even though the numbers are big, they’re still too big.

“DOGE? Doge? Doge? Is this also a coin?”

Despite his question, Lim Kyung-jun only coughed in vain without answering. Then, he finally answered, “It’s a coin.”

“however?”

“About 1 won each? So that’s about 5 billion won.”

He silently showed me the current price of Dogecoin through a Google search. The first thing I saw was a picture of a dog.

Huh,

After checking the price, a sound of air being released came from Lee Jong-suk’s mouth.

Lim Kyung-jun said a word.

“I think he sent it because of the $50 million bet. I appreciate Bitcoin, but isn’t this a bit too much of a joke? Dogecoin? I knew Musk was a bad boy, but I didn’t know it was this bad.”

* * *

The sun was high in the sky.

The car was soon sucked into the underground parking lot of the 2nd Cocoa Cloud Center. It had arrived.

“It’s a lot different from what you see in the pictures.”

Outside the car window, a tall building stood out. The exterior walls were painted refreshingly in the representative color of cocoa.

It wasn’t that it wasn’t, it was cool. Everyone said something.

“Of course.”

Hong Jeong-tae responded proudly and added a joke.

“It seems like there are many people who have come here before and have never been here before. Except for our Chairman Kang.”

“Yeah, well.”

“I understand that you had no choice because you were busy.”

“No, wait a minute, Mr. Hong. It would be difficult if you left me out. I also often came here with the chairman. Yes.”

The awkward atmosphere that was about to become awkward for a moment was eased by Kim’s nonsense.

“Haha, that’s right. Our Manager Kim has seen this a lot too. I almost made a big mistake.”

I got out of the car.

As we walked to the venue, he didn’t skip a beat in his explanations. But I listened to his explanations half-heartedly.

Looking at the open sky and our soaring building, Elon Musk’s proposal came to my mind again.

If you had offered me money, I would have refused.

But he didn’t seem like that much of an amateur.

‘Tesla’s sales in Korea are poor. We need to set up a branch, and I want to do it with Cocoa. This is the first gift.’

He then went on to say that he would like to open Tesla’s first domestic showroom in Hwapyong and build the second site of the Gigafactory in Nevada, which is nearing completion, wherever we want.

I’d like to add that we may have to compete with Europe.

But I guess this is enough to be a gift?

There was a hint of laughter in his voice. It was a voice that brought back memories of his innocent expression.

‘This is separate from the investment matter.’

It wasn’t a bad gift.

First of all, I like the fact that everything costs money. As expected, it’s Elon Musk. He’s a good guy. He knows how to spend money.

When I left the parking lot, the event preparations were complete. It was the completion ceremony.

“Everyone, our Cocoa Chairman Kang Si-Hyeon is coming in.”

The applause was loud. It was troublesome and embarrassing. These are the things that happen when you don’t spend all your money.

“Please sit over here.”

The event hadn’t even started yet.

“Oh my, our CEO Kang. No, you are the chairman now, right?”

Someone spoke.

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Han Jang-su whispered. He is the governor of Gangwon Province. I saw him at a groundbreaking ceremony before. I remember being bored by his long speech.

“Governor Ki Bong-ryeol. I have been very rude.”

“Hehe, what’s the matter? No.”

He had a stack of A4 paper in his hand. Could it be that they were all congratulatory messages?

“Lastly, I have one more announcement to make. I heard that Congressman Bae Doo-sik has just arrived at the venue. Please welcome him with applause.”

The voice of the in-house announcer rang in my ears.

Soon, a pot-bellied old man came in, sulking. He was a member of the National Assembly. A thick stack of A4 papers was visible on his secretary’s arm.

‘shit.’

Today was going to be a long day.

No, wasn’t the groundbreaking ceremony just about cutting the ribbon?

Spending money is this difficult.

It’s a cloud center that’s only 80,000 m². It costs this much to build just one.

The area of ​​the gigafactory to be built in the future will be at least 800,000 m². That’s ten times as much. So wouldn’t the length of the livestock shed also be ten times as long?

I’m already so tired of this.

But it’s something that must be done. There’s no need to be afraid of a future that hasn’t arrived yet. I made up my mind.

‘I can survive as long as I have money to spend.’

The event has begun. It is finally Governor Ki Bong-ryeol’s turn.

“······ In particular, as Chairman Kang Si-Hyeon of Cocoa, the pride of our Republic of Korea, I would like to express my gratitude for attending the Davos Forum, an authoritative economic forum overseas, and standing shoulder to shoulder with world-class companies to enhance our national prestige. To Ki Bong-Ryeol, I would like to express my gratitude once again for making a great contribution to the economic development and job creation of Gangwon-do, and······”

* * *

The news was delivered to the ASW Korea branch without fail.

[Gangwon-do, Cocoa 2nd Cloud Center Completed. ······ ‘Asia’s Largest’ Cloud Center, Going Beyond Korea to Become a Northeast Asian Hub!]

‘That seat should have been mine.’

He gritted his teeth as he looked at Hong Jeong-tae’s brightly smiling face at the very front of the article.

I only saw him a few times at cloud-related hearings and such. We weren’t that close. In fact, my anger wasn’t directed at him.

“Mr. Manager.”

“······.”

The problem lay with Nikki Huang of Amazon Japan, the mastermind behind the sale of the successful property.

“Mr. Manager!”

He suddenly came to his senses at the sound of someone calling him. It was Director Kim.

“what’s the matter?”

“That’s right, they’re probably coming from Japan to Korea, so they asked me to set a date for their visit. The entire executive team. I just got a call······.”

“What? Why? There must be a reason, right?”

Are there any good fortune tellers in Korea?

I suppressed this sound. There was no need to curse at my superior. It’s not because I’m nice to the boss. It’s because I know it’s an act that undermines my leadership.

“That’s it.”

The news that Director Kim hesitantly delivered was surprising.

Korean branch closed.

It has been decided that for the time being, the Northeast Asia ASW global business will be managed by Amazon Japan. Such an important matter happened without him even being told.

And you pass that story on through your subordinates?

It means one thing: get out.

“haha.”

It was a nice reward for all the hard work so far.

“What should we do?”

“What should I do? You probably already set the date, right? Just accept it as is.”

It was March 1st.

‘A person who doesn’t even know that day is Samiljeol or a day off will be working in Korea? That’s ridiculous.’

Even as he thought that, he was careful with his words.

Anyway, the branch office only has contract sales personnel. The professional part is all handled by the head office. There would be no such thing as employment succession. The same goes for me.

The events of the past flashed before my eyes.

That was when.

I got a call from an unknown number.

“Who are you?”

The voice cracked.

– Hello. My name is Han Jang-soo from Cocoa Labs. Do you have any plans to come for an interview or something?

Interview?

– Oh, was it too sudden?

“Rather than saying it was sudden, I just had no intention of working at Cocoa.”

– I knew you would do that.

He paused and then continued.

– The position we are interviewing for is not Cocoa. This time, you know Tesla? Tesla is trying to establish a new branch in Korea, and there are not many people who know Korea well and have excellent management skills. When I asked CEO Hong Jeong-tae, he recommended Mr. Kim?

Hong Jeong-tae?

– You’ll need some time, right?

“······yes.”

– Okay. Anyway, I would like to hear back from you quickly. This is a matter that Elon Musk is directly involved in.

I was in a daze for a while. Elon Musk himself?

It doesn’t make any sense.

At that moment, the phone rang. It was [Bitch Hwang], Niki Hwang. It seemed like she wanted to savor the feeling of victory. I think that’s called teabagging in games.

“yes.”

– Ben, it’s Niki. How are you?

“I haven’t been doing well.”

– Haha, what should I do? I think I’ll be fine after hearing this news.

She continued with a disgusting laugh.

– This one didn’t work out. That’s why I’m calling to introduce you to a job. What do you think? Will there be another boss like me?

There was no answer.

– Where is it?

“You don’t have to listen.”

– yes?

An absurd voice came over.

“You don’t have to listen. I already have a prior engagement. You don’t think I’m such a slacker that you can’t find another job if it’s not Niki, do you?”

– Are you confident that you won’t regret it?

“Of course.”

Wouldn’t it be more regrettable to leave Tesla and go somewhere else? He hung up the phone. A sigh of relief escaped his lips.

“Cocoa······.”

The sound that came out of his mouth was neither Tesla nor Amazon, but Cocoa.

The news was quick for him too.

I also knew about the war of words between Elon Musk and Si-Hyeon Kang that went on Twitter and in the media, and that the winner was Cocoa and Si-Hyeon Kang.

I don’t know, but isn’t this also a butterfly effect?

‘What next?’

He had a strong feeling that if he were to quit Tesla’s Korean branch, his next destination would be cocoa.

At that moment, Han Jang-soo thought as he hung up the phone.

‘Why do I have to do this?’

I’ve received a lot from Tesla.

From the lease contract for Tesla Korea’s office in Cocoa Tower to the Tesla showroom at Hwapyong Intersection, all contracts were conducted on favorable terms. This is said to be under Elon Musk’s direction.

‘Can you do me one favor?’

The offer was too great to turn down.

“Representative.”

“yes.”

Woongjin Cho, who was working as the acting director of the strategic planning office, came in.

“President Ben Kim sent me his resume. Can I just send it to Tesla headquarters?”

“Please do so.”

“Oh, and sir.”

It seemed like he had more to say.

“I just got a call. Future Asset Management has put A2 up for sale. I heard they’ve selected a sales manager. Should we bid? The asset team says the price is very reasonable. I think it’s because of OK Bank. I think we’ll regret missing this opportunity.”

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