The Chaebol Who Flies From Space - Chapter 43



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43. A person born with good fortune

“This is my first time seeing Chinese tea. Does it taste good?”

“This is tea that my brother-in-law gave me as a gift. It’s quite drinkable. I’ll take care of it for you, so from now on, drink this instead of coffee.”

“Ooh! A gift. Jamie will be jealous when he hears this news.”

Anyone who saw it could tell that Emma’s actions were full of playfulness.

“What about jealousy? I’ll send it to Jamie too.”

“What, you’re two-timing me? I don’t like men like that.”

“If you’re going to tease me, I’ll take away your gift.”

Emma is a woman with a strong desire for self-fulfillment. When she sleeps with a man, she does it together. They don’t date for long.

“Don’t you two want to date? Jamie told me to try to tease him. You already know how Jamie feels, don’t you? It looks like Yongwon isn’t a Sukmaek.”

I smiled bitterly at her words.

“The biggest problem with dating is that you’re both crazy busy.”

Emma smiled at what I said. Her face seemed to say that she knew what was going on.

“Jamie has been cast as the lead in a new TV series, right?”

“That’s right. Since it’s a series, once you start it, you don’t know when it’ll end. If it’s popular, you’ll have to stay there for several years.”

The meeting between a young businessman and an actress in her prime usually ends in failure. They don’t really have time to spend together.

It’s comfortable and there’s no burden on either of us to remain friends like we are now.

I had already failed many times, I didn’t need to experience it again.

Maybe when both of us get through our busy times, it’ll be different.

“Which school did the girl you promised to meet in Shanghai graduate from?”

“I only know that he studied in France, but I don’t know exactly where.”

“It’s either the French Fashion School or the Fashion Cooperative School. Most people who study fashion choose one of the two.”

“Are the two different?”

“They are very different. The fashion school mainly emphasizes fashion management, while the fashion association school is literally a school that emphasizes practical skills created by the fashion association. The curriculum is also very different.”

Seeing Emma explain things in detail to a non-expert, I thought she would be a good teacher for her subordinates.

“Do fashion companies train their employees on an apprentice basis?”

“That’s the case. After all, in order to make the clothes I want, my employees have to act the way I want them to. Fashion may look glamorous on the outside, but it’s really hard work. The pay isn’t great either. If you don’t like it, it’s hard to endure.”

It lasted a long time.

It reminded me of when I used to trade energy.

It was something I started out doing after graduating from college, without any idea what it was. Wall Street Planet is a huge platform where most of the energy consumed by the federation is traded.

In the early days of the planet’s creation, there were many energy storage and charging businesses, as it was a base that had to be passed through in order to warp for long-distance travel.

The next development was energy brokerage. Futures and spot trades were traded on a massive scale, and the planet was named after the famous exchanges on Earth.

Wall Street also brokers stocks and bonds listed on the stock market, but on a relatively small scale.

In space, energy is life-giving.

The amount of energy consumed in the Federation is beyond imagination. The amount traded each day is equally large and variable.

The autonomous governments that make up the federation produce the food they eat on their own. If they don’t care about taste, they can just build smart farms using artificial suns.

Energy was a different matter. The gerenium mines that space age humans used as their main source of energy were not found in one place but rather in various locations.

Working in an energy trading company means you can’t relax 24 hours a day.

Because the Federation is so large, you have to be on your toes to keep track of where a mine is going and whether a new mine is being discovered.

You might think that we can trade using advanced AI technology.

Many people think that artificial intelligence technology is omnipotent, but it has a fatal flaw: it trades blindly based only on the information given.

Initially, trading using AI was mainstream, but this changed over time.

Brokerage firms that entrusted large-scale transactions entirely to AI have gone bankrupt and disappeared. It is harsh to ask AI, which trades with input information data, to make profitable transactions among the complex and subtle false information that is flooding in.

In simple terms, it means that AIs are being fooled by false information created by cunning humans.

Anyway, there are some people who are suited to trading energy that keeps them on their toes 24 hours a day and makes or loses huge profits with a single trade.

They are crazy.

The average tenure in the energy trading industry is five years.

Normal people just drift apart and disappear on their own. Mental illness is the default option.

Only those with exceptional sixth sense can make money and survive.

I am the one who survived that hell for over 20 years. In the end, I felt like I was going crazy, so I just threw it away and left.

As I was thinking about the past for a moment, Emma called me.

“Yongwon, what are you thinking? I asked you how big the store you’re building in Shanghai is. You’re thinking of something else!”

Whenever a woman raises her voice, she must lie flat on her stomach.

“Sorry, I just had a thought. The size of the Shanghai store? I think you sent me some information. I’ll look it up.”

He quietly got up from his seat, saying he was looking for some information. At a time like this, if I bump into a woman, I’ll only be at a loss.

“Come quickly. There are more than a few issues that need to be discussed and decided right now.”

Jo Hwi-in was there to personally pick me up at Shanghai Airport. After getting off the plane and going through immigration, I greeted Jo Hwi-in, who was waiting for me.

At first glance, she was a beautiful woman with a refreshing appearance.

Irin-hyung, you caught the jackpot.

He was bragging so much about how pretty his fiancée was, and it wasn’t a lie. It must have been a political marriage, but if the other person was pretty, he’d be really grateful.

“I enjoyed reading the article in Forbes.”

A few days ago, an article I was interviewed for was published in Forbes.

“Since the article came out, everyone I meet has been talking about that story.”

“I heard your fortune is over 20 billion dollars. Is that really that much money?”

This question was similar.

Forbes was a genius at finding my wealth. They couldn’t find everything I had hidden, but they did give me a rough estimate.

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, has a fortune of $50 billion. It was bound to be a big deal when it was revealed that I, a man not even thirty years old, had a fortune of over $20 billion.

I heard that my story was a big hit in Korea, but I didn’t really feel it. I was so busy that I didn’t get to meet people in person.

“It’s exactly as it is in the article. Nothing to add or subtract.”

“This is amazing.”

Anyone would feel good when a beautiful woman looks at them with sparkling eyes as if she was amazed. I was no exception.

Jo Hui-in said goodbye to Emma, ​​who was with me, and they left the airport together.

Fortunately, the two became close friends right away, perhaps because they had a lot in common.

After sending the two people off, I got back on the plane. My destination was Guiyang. I could leave the business in Shanghai to the two experts.

If I stay in Shanghai, they will only pester me for more Maehrt supplies.

“Do you have a nice face?”

Jang Yi-rin, whom we met again, had a bright face to everyone.

“I think I’ll live because I feel at ease. Wheein has also returned from France and is just waiting for the wedding date, and things are going well at work.”

“Yes, it looks like that. I only saw you briefly, but your sister-in-law is really pretty. You have something to brag about.”

“Hehehe, Wheein is pretty.”

I looked around the place where I was meeting him for a moment.

It seemed like he spent his time in a separate office outside the company. The inside was filled with high-end furniture.

“Is this place used for office purposes?”

“It’s not like you meet people in the company. In fact, all the real work is done here. You meet people from the local government.”

“This is going to be a headache.”

“You’ll only hear me say hello if you meet me. I only have one profitable business. If I had known I was going to meet you, I would have asked you for a huge favor. Ask me to help you invest in Guizhou.”

“That’s why I’m just walking around quietly. Even if I meet him, I have no intention of investing here.”

“Well, if you’re going to invest, you should do it in Shanghai. Why invest here? Even I would invest in Shanghai. These guys don’t have any thoughts. When you meet them, they just whine.”

Jang Il-rin, who was grumbling, brought out the tea.

“It’s definitely good. It’s the same tea, but strangely enough, it tastes the best when I drink it here.”

Jang Yi-rin smiled brightly as if she was proud of what I said.

“Riding a car is also a skill. It’s a good hobby to enjoy while thinking alone. By the way, I saw in the article that your wealth is enormous. It’s 173.3 billion yuan.”

“I think that’s about right. Even so, most of it is tied up in stocks, so there isn’t much cash.”

“But where is that? I’m talking about achieving 10 billion yuan in sales this year, and you, you’re just speechless.”

He shook his head as if he had no idea.

It was the effect of the interview with Forbes.

No matter how much I brag about how rich I am, people don’t believe me. I’m lucky I don’t get treated like a scammer.

Now that Forbes has officially announced and certified that I am rich, it has become easier to work.

“So why did you come all the way here on a private plane?”

I just told the truth.

“Let’s play.”

“What! I said I came to play on a private car.”

Jang Yi-rin looked at me, wondering what kind of person I was.

“I know how busy you’ve been lately. You’ve just launched a new perfume, so it’s been crazy busy.”

“I saw that commercial too. It was filmed just like a movie. Wheein bragged about how she imported the perfume and sold a ton of it.”

“Actually, selling like that doesn’t make you any money. Even if you sell 5 million units this year, it’s only about $200 million.”

“That would be a great success!”

Jang Yi-rin got angry at what I said.

“It cost over $100 million to shoot that commercial and put it on TV and in magazines.”

“Huh? You heard that much? The advertisement turned out really well. Isn’t that a loss?”

“Of course, if you only sell one perfume, you lose money. But since it has a corporate advertising effect, they invested money because of that.”

“If it’s a corporate advertisement, it was a success. These days, there’s probably no young Chinese who doesn’t know the name Emma Brown.”

“For luxury goods, the name value is important.”

“But did you really come to play? I’m a busy person.”

I laughed at that.

“I know everything, but why are you saying you’re busy? Meeting people and drinking is part of your job.”

Since what I said was true, Jang Yi-rin turned her head away and avoided eye contact as if she had nothing else to say.

There is no one who is as comfortable as Zhang Yilin. Since his father is a key figure in the Communist Party, who can say anything? The same goes for the company he is in charge of. It is a company that makes money even if Zhang Yilin does not work and just plays around.

The person I was going to marry was beautiful and at first glance seemed to have a good personality.

When I think about it, my stomach hurts so much.