Omniscient Investment Point - Chapter 270



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270 Separately, Together – 3

(1)

The next day, I went to Umi Industry.

I could also confirm the ‘±40’ sparkle here.

“My goal now is for Korea and Japan to join hands and produce oil together in JDZ.”

The person who said this was Shota Kamiki, the president of Umi Industries.

“It will happen sooner or later, I guess.”

He said it with a smile as if he was just offering a word of encouragement, but I couldn’t help but feel desperate as I watched him blink.

“It absolutely must happen. I hope that the Korea-Japan joint development agreement will be extended this time.”

“Yes, me too.”

Not only because it is related to the extension of my life, but I also hope that this agreement will be reached for the development of both Korea and Japan.

Thinking this way, I asked him the following in the hopes of helping him:

“Is there anything else you need from me?”

Then, I will tell you what I have already done.

“The Japanese government, please take action. I was expecting something since the government changed, but there has been no news yet.”

I smiled and nodded.

“all right.”

I had doubts inside.

Doesn’t Kamiki exchange news with Bang Jeong-hyeon separately?

‘Maybe so… .’

In fact, the funds invested in Umi Industries are provided by the Japanese branch of JTS Partners.

Should we call this a kind of intermediary financial investment?

In other words, he took his money and put it into Umi Industries.

Since there is a commission in the middle, it would be better to invest directly, but I don’t understand why you go that far.

The old man seemed reluctant to be revealed.

Also, when I heard the nuance you were talking about last time, I hoped that I would take care of everything in case of an emergency.

‘Okay. I’ll take care of it.’

Although I am in the position of mediator, I have no intention of making a big profit from Bang Jeong-hyeon’s money.

So I paid more attention to the Umi industry and always asked questions like I do now.

Is there anything else you need?

I dropped him a subtle hint when he said he didn’t have any.

“Oh, and hire more employees. While you’re at it, take a good look at hydrogen.”

It is likely that the 7-zone agreement will be extended, and a new hydrogen-related treaty will be reached.

If it were the new Japanese Prime Minister I met this time.

(2)

When I came out with Kwak Hyun-woo, the phone rang.

It was Korea, and it was Lee Tae-soo of JTS Securities.

“hello?”

– Sir, I’m leaving.

There was a hint of urgency in his voice.

‘What’s going on?’

Well, since I was on a business trip to Japan and still got a call like this, I thought something had happened.

But it wasn’t negative news.

“Yes, yes, go ahead.”

– That… Do you happen to know Chairman Bang Jeong-Hyeon?

“Of course I know. But?”

– He contacted me a little while ago and said he wanted to open an account through our brokerage.

“Ah, well, I saw you a while ago. It seems like you want to invest in stocks separately.”

– Yes, yes, that’s what you said. Instead of direct investment, I asked you to attach our company’s PB.

PB (Private banking). In other words, a personal financial advisor is a professional who provides consulting or investment services to help high net worth individuals generate profits.

This was also something that could be naturally requested, given his current situation of not staying in Korea and moving around here and there.

But it wasn’t at that level.

– The problem is that the amount of money you entrusted is a whopping 1 trillion won.

“… … !”

As soon as I heard the amount, I swallowed my breath.

At the same time, several thoughts come to mind at once.

How much money does that gentleman have?

‘You must have spent a lot of money so far.’

I thought it was between 1 and 2 trillion, but is it more?

I stopped thinking about it here and quickly spoke to Lee Tae-soo.

“Okay, please take care of it.”

– haha….

An awkward laugh is heard.

‘Isn’t that absurd?’

In reality, it is so much money that we will have to think a lot about how and where to spend it.

But if you call well, the commission will be no joke.

As I was thinking this, a signal tone was heard during the call.

“Oh, Mr. Representative. Wait a minute. I have a call.”

– Yes, yes, I understand. Then, when you come back to Korea later, we will discuss it again.

“Let’s do that.”

At this point, I hung up the phone with Lee Tae-soo and spoke to another person who was looking for me.

He was Song Jae-hwan, the chief economic officer of the Blue House.

“hello?”

– Hey, what are you doing in Japan?

Although it was an excited voice, it did not have a negative connotation.

Should I say it was full of dopamine?

I roughly guessed the reason and answered in a relaxed voice.

“I met a high-ranking official.”

– So, that gentleman met with you privately?

“Oh, it’s private, so is it okay for me to talk like this over the phone?”

We said that, but neither of us mentioned the name of Japan’s new prime minister, Haruma Yamazaki.

– Okay, so after meeting you, are you really sure you’re going to negotiate with us? No, that’s already a certainty. What the hell did you say?

“Hey, it’s nothing. And it’s a bit awkward to talk about it on the phone. Oh, I told you to be nice to me, so I just said okay, okay?”

– Well, something like that… .

But it’s true.

Yamazaki asked me to speak nicely if the Korean government contacted me.

Of course, the idea would be to sign an agreement to jointly develop hydrogen.

‘The decisions are made by the higher-ups.’

My role at his request ended here, and I had to hang up the call with Song Jae-hwan to receive another call.

This time, it was Seunghoon Oh who had been wandering around alone since the previous evening, and when he said he wanted to see me briefly, I went with Hyunwoo Kwak to the place he had told me to go.

And there I could see the ‘±140’ blinking in my right eye as I looked at Seunghoon Oh.

(3)

“No, what is this place?”

I wasn’t surprised by the numbers flashing before my eyes.

Instead, his eyes widened when he saw the name of the company written on the place he mentioned.

A combination of English and numbers that I, a non-Japanese speaker, can read.

“O2 Industry. Doesn’t this place seem like the place for me? Hahaha.”

It was none other than ‘O2’, and the guy’s company was O2 Partners, so it couldn’t have been anything but a strange coincidence.

“So you want to take over this place because of the name, is that it?”

“Surely you wouldn’t say I want to take over because of something like that? Of course there must be another reason.”

“What is it?”

“Why are you pressing me like this? Just, I’ll explain the reason later. But what about the interpreter? It’s the place I mentioned yesterday, but he’s probably waiting for me.”

“Just wait a minute.”

When I called you earlier, Seunghoon Oh asked me for something.

I would like to get help with interpretation.

So I asked for help from Momoko Sakura, Myeongjuwon’s secretary.

Do you know any interpreters?

– I’ll go myself.

For reference, she was planning to follow Myung Joo-won when he moved to Magnetic as its representative and act as his secretary.

But the reason I was able to take some time off today was because of Myung Joo-won’s consideration.

Magnetic was not a small company, so they had a separate secretarial office, and they said they could get help from other secretaries besides Sakura.

I said thank you and accepted their consideration.

“Oh, I’m a little late, huh?”

After a while, as soon as Sakura arrived, we explained the situation in our awkward language.

“It’s just that this guy is interested in this.”

“Oh, yes, yes. But what company is it?”

Now that I think about it, I didn’t ask either.

Actually, before I knew it, Sakura had just arrived.

so.

“We are an aluminum die casting company that mainly supplies electric and hydrogen vehicles.”

Now I can finally understand the identity of the O2 industry through Seunghoon Oh’s mouth.

“haha….”

I couldn’t help but laugh awkwardly.

‘This guy is really serious about the eco-friendly industry.’

I had some idea of ​​it when I first saw the number ‘±140’ in my eyes when I saw the guy, but I didn’t know that he would directly take over the company.

“Why are you laughing like that, you idiot?”

“Oh, no.”

“Why? Because this company is worse than your magnetic?”

“My child….”

“Don’t worry. Someday, this place will compete with Magnetic.”

“Okay, I got it.”

A dream, not a goal. Just a wishful thinking of the guy.

That’s understandable, because it’s obvious that the company only uses one office.

There will be a separate factory, but there will be differences in magnetics and scale.

‘By the way, hydrogen cars and electric cars… .’

I can’t say anything about heading in that direction, but it’ll take some time to see a profit… .

(4)

Die casting is a precision casting method that injects metal exactly into the required casting shape to obtain a casting that is identical to the mold.

Germany, Japan, and Korea were the world’s best in the mechanical engineering industry, which required such precise dimensions.

The problem was the direction of the industry.

Japan is a place where hydrogen and electric cars are not yet mature, so if you look there and start a business…

“Last year, sales were 7.5 billion yen, but operating profit… so the operating loss was 1.4 billion yen.”

It is impossible to avoid deficit like this.

After listening to Sakura’s interpretation, I couldn’t help but chime in.

“Think carefully. 1.4 billion yen is equivalent to 12.5 billion won at the current exchange rate.”

In fact, Seunghoon Oh came to Japan and spent some money.

Invested in Magnetic and Hinome Pharmaceuticals.

But, acquiring another company with a deficit of 12.5 billion won was nothing but greed.

“What? So you’re telling me not to take over?”

“No, that’s not it… Hey, let’s talk later.”

I glanced at the president of O2 Industries and stopped talking.

Even though he didn’t know Korean, I couldn’t evaluate him objectively.

Fortunately, Seunghoon Oh did not decide on the spot.

“Please tell me that I will come back to see you again soon.”

“all right.”

And after a while, I said this to Seunghoon Oh at the dinner table.

“Last year’s 12.5 billion won means we don’t know what will happen this year.”

“I guess so. If things had been better this year, I would have provided a more detailed explanation.”

“Huh? I know.”

“Yeah. The deficit probably grew even bigger. Why? In addition to electric and hydrogen cars, the business area has expanded to home appliances.”

What the guy said was true.

The president of O2 Industries said that they started adding another line this year to supply to Japanese home appliance manufacturers.

Since they are not making a clear profit from hydrogen and electric cars, it seems they are selling those again.

‘It’s the kind of company that’s destined to fail.’

If you invest in everything that is good, problems will arise.

“And yet you plan to take over?”

“Where in the world would something like that happen? I need to find out more. But I think I need your help with this.”

thank god.

It doesn’t seem like you approached it with an answer in mind.

Anyway, I was willing to help.

No, I had to help.

Because I just couldn’t ignore the numbers flashing before my eyes.

“But you know we’re leaving tomorrow, right?”

“I know, Inma. Of course I’m not asking you to find out by tomorrow.”

This is enough.

I smiled faintly and nodded.

‘Okay, I’ll cheer you on.’

You too, and I who will live another 140 days through you… .