The Chaebol Who Flies From Space - Chapter 31



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31. What Happened in Miami

After a fierce battle between buyers and sellers, it rose sharply again, surpassing $30.

As I was watching the bloody battle on the monitor, a strong signal rang in the back of my neck.

It was a gut feeling that an unknown danger was imminent. After the experience of ignoring a warning and almost dying, I never ignored this feeling.

I watched the buying and selling activity happen like crazy on a tick-by-tick basis and then made a decision.

“There’s nothing left to look at. Let’s sort it out today. Let’s sort out the items starting at $31.”

[Master, if this upward trend continues, oil futures will rise to $38.70 next month.]

“No, something is wrong. There must be bad news about oil prices coming from somewhere. The US government, which is at war, will not continue to watch oil prices soar. If it goes up to $31, close your position.”

[As commanded, when it approaches $31, we will start liquidating positions.]

Oil futures, which had been banding between $30 and $30.50 until an hour before the market closed, began to rise again as the market closed.

The investment program created by Ariel continued to trade in units of milliseconds (1/1000th of a second). Microsecond transactions, which are units of one millionth of a second, were difficult to process on the exchange.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was the most computerized and innovative of its kind.

At the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), traders still processed orders manually.

Ariel poured out orders just enough for the exchange’s servers to handle.

Eventually, I closed out all my positions at the $31 level 10 minutes before the market closed.

[Position organization is complete.]

All futures and options held for the day were cleared and the trade was completed.

He started investing with the $1.2 billion he had used to short Enron and made a profit of $340 million on a bearish position.

By switching to a rising position and buying and selling 10,000 futures and options contracts, I made a profit of $1.7 billion, and in total, I made a profit of $2.04 billion in just one day.

As soon as I took a breather after finishing organizing my positions, the gift price began to plummet downward.

[Breaking News] Decision to release strategic oil reserves.

[Breaking News] The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will do its best to stabilize oil prices.

As the US government announced that it would release its oil reserves, the skyrocketing futures prices plummeted like lightning.

It broke through $30 easily and fell to $29 and $28, creating a large long negative candlestick.

“Aren’t there any long positions left? If there is even one, I have to go to Cushing, Oklahoma to get crude oil.”

[Would you like to be there?]

A disaster that can occur if you make a mistake while trading commodity futures and fail to liquidate your position.

It is not uncommon to have to receive corn or wheat in physical form.

The clearing place for crude oil futures is Cushing, Oklahoma.

If you can’t liquidate your long position, you have to go and get it in kind.

Now that the deal is over, my joke to ease her tension was ruined by Ariel’s indifferent reaction.

“You’re like a lump of protein that doesn’t even understand high-level jokes.”

[It must be low-level. I don’t know if the Master knows, but there is a liquidation agency to prepare for such unfortunate events. Fortunately, the bomb was avoided.]

“Can you call it a bomb? Even if it wasn’t my decision, you wouldn’t have lost money on your investment.”

[It goes without saying that you won’t suffer any losses, but instead, your profits will be greatly reduced. You said you felt the danger earlier, but is that Six Sense?]

“Yeah, it’s saved my life many times before.”

Even in the space age, the realm of human senses, the sixth sense, was an unknown unknown.

Just as animals have the ability to avoid natural hazards such as volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, there are also humans like me who have a heightened sixth sense.

He was able to enjoy the greatest wealth in the universe thanks to his innate warning about investment risks.

When I came from Korea to Chicago, I planned to stay for a week to two weeks.

I had thought I would be spending time in Chicago during the holiday break, but the investment ended up finishing much earlier than expected.

I had to go to my next destination, New York, but I didn’t want to go.

Chicago is like this, and New York is no different. New York, like Chicago, has become an ice city. Korea is also cold. The temperature in Seoul dropped below -10 degrees Celsius, so I didn’t feel like going back.

“Let’s go to Miami.”

At times like this, I go to a place where the hot sun is blazing, take off my clothes, and have sex with hot older ladies······.

[The Master’s mind looks sinister.]

“In times like this, it is polite for men to pretend not to know.”

[Master, I am asexual. And AI basically has no gender. And Miami is currently 18.5 degrees, so if you go to the beach, there are no swimmers.]

“Wanna bet? If you go to Miami right now, will there be any naked women there?”

[The current climate in Miami is not the best time for humans to swim. What do you think? I’ll win.]

“Okay call. Don’t say anything else later.”

For me, who was not flying a private jet but a very large private spaceship, first class on an airplane was always uncomfortable.

“Oh my, I need to buy a private jet quickly.”

[You already have enough money to buy a private jet, right?]

Small planes like the Gulfstream are out of the question. If you’re going to buy one, you should convert a large passenger plane like the 747 made by Boeing.

“What 747 models have come out recently?”

[There is a 747-400ER that is scheduled to be released this year. It has a range of 14,000 km and can carry 580 people. It costs 420 million dollars, and including the cost of modifications, it will cost a total of 500 million dollars, right?]

“I should buy it. I have enough money. I also earned some money this time. The stocks I invested in are also going up in price.”

[Price is a secondary issue. Since this is a passenger plane, it will take quite some time to convert it into a private plane after purchase. You have to place an order and wait at least two years. It would be faster if you acquired a used one, but doesn’t the master dislike used planes?]

“I almost died after buying a used spaceship. So I strangely dislike spaceships that have been touched by others.”

[Then there’s nothing we can do. We have no choice but to place an order and wait.]

“Damn, someone as impatient as me would die waiting.”

[Look around the Master.]

“what?”

As I looked around, the eyes of the passengers sitting next to me met mine and they hastily looked away.

What the heck!

As I was talking to Ariel as usual, I was sure that if people saw me they would say I was crazy.

As I was muttering to myself, the eyes of those around me were unusual.

I pretended to listen to music with headphones on, but the flight attendants who served me had awkward expressions, as if I had already been branded a crazy person.

If he had been Arab, he would have been kicked off the plane long ago, even if he was Asian.

Since 9/11, security on airplanes has become much tighter.

“This won’t work. I’m going to sleep now. Don’t talk to me either.”

Because of the eyes of those around him looking at him like a crazy person, he held back from muttering to himself and forced himself to close his eyes and fall asleep.

At times like this, I miss my private jet even more.

As the plane landed in Miami, the air felt different.

I arrived at my accommodations in a rented car from the airport and saw the ocean. It wasn’t a large lake with a cold wind blowing, it was a real ocean.

The sea breeze blowing in passed softly across my face.

After dropping off my luggage at the Four Seasons I had reserved, I ran straight to the beach.

After being huddled in a snow-covered city all morning, walking along a sun-drenched beach felt refreshing.

“Humans need the sun. No matter how similar an artificial sun is made, the difference is noticeable.”

Even in the space age, having sunlight shining on living spaces was an important habitation condition.

Even the artificial sun, which cost a lot of money to build, was inferior to the natural sun.

Human DNA contains intricately woven systems for survival in the natural conditions of Earth.

The sunlight on your skin and the moderately warm sea breeze blowing in from the sea.

It was just a short walk, but it was a very satisfying time.

And above all······.

“See, I told you so. There will be naked women running around.”

[This is a problem. It’s not even 20 degrees, and you’re not going to go swimming, but you’re walking down the street in a swimsuit.]

“You ignorant AI, do you think it looks like it’s naked to swim? It’s all a desperate effort to mate. Watch what I’m going to do from now on.”

I charged in confidently, but the result was disastrous.

[Kuhehehehe]

“Stop laughing!”

[I saw it clearly when he approached confidently and got rejected right away. The Master’s expression when he was rejected right away was just like that! Kuhehehehe.]

This AI’s teasing was never-ending.

That’s understandable, because the hunting results were 100 wins and 100 losses.

Was I this unpopular?

In Korea, there were quite a few girls who made the first move?

[Master, it’s the 21st century now. It’s a time when racial discrimination still remains. Asian men are not popular there. If Master looked rich, it would be different, but look at his appearance now. Where is he hunting in worn-out shorts and cheap-looking slippers? Hunting.]

“…….”

I didn’t expect that. In the space age, I was busy rejecting women who would rush me to parties every time I went there.

I spent all day lounging around the beach and never once did I meet a girl who really caught my eye.

“Will this help me meet a girl?”

In this space age where people compete to modify their bodies, the women I’ve met are all famous beauties, even in space.

The plastic surgeons tuned the women in micro units.

After looking at those beauties, I looked at the women of Earth and I didn’t like their looks at all.

[It would be possible if the Master lowered his eyes, but he probably wouldn’t have the heart to do so. Just live alone like this.]

It was Ariel’s evil talk.

“Damn it! I’m worried because it seems like it’s really like you said.”

I don’t know if I’m a guy who’s been starving for women, but I’ve had my fill of playing around.

I’ve been married several times.

I haven’t seen a girl I like in Korea and it’s the same here.

[If it’s Hollywood, you might see a woman who catches the Master’s eye.]

“Hollywood?”

[People from all over the world who want to make it in the movie industry gather here. You’ll probably see a lot of beautiful women there.]

“Shall we go right now?”

As I wiggled my butt, Ariel tried to stop me.

[Please bear with me this time. Haven’t you already booked a hotel? Try another opportunity. Why not try going to a club instead?]

“Clubs, that’s not really a thing. This is a city where drugs are common, so you have to be careful.”

Miami is a city that mediates the drug trade with Central and South America.

It was a city that drugs produced in Central and South America passed through on their way to the United States.

The whole city was tolerant of drugs.

I might be using drugs without knowing it.

A rich person must have strong self-discipline.

If you live a life of extravagance and money like the common nouveau riche, you won’t be able to last long.

Either business or life, one or both will be ruined.

Wasting my life by getting drunk on alcohol and drugs was enough of an experience.

“Clubs have a lot of incidents and accidents, so once you get involved, it’s a headache.”

[If the Master has a temper, it is possible to imagine a scene where he hires mercenaries to fight against the back alley mafia.]

“Yes, I know my temper. I try to be careful not to cause any trouble if possible. I still don’t have the strength to live according to my temper.”

He may look like a hot-blooded 20-year-old, but inside he’s a monster that’s been alive for over a hundred years.

If you live long enough, you can see the future.

[Then why don’t you go for a quiet and healthy walk on the beach?]

“I guess I should do as you say. I’ll just rest here for a week and then go. I’ll just go to a nearby restaurant without thinking about anything. Since the weather is nice, I think my body will naturally relax.”