Chapter 32

Chapter 32

The department store was not so crowded perhaps because weekday.

Come to think of it he comes to this department store after a few years too. When attending high school he came following mom, and in commemoration of university entrance mom also bought a suit here.

When Yi-hyeon entered the store the gazes of female employees and shopping women immediately gather.

“Oh my, that kid looks cool.”

“Yeah, model, actor?”

Though knowing mainly women are whispering Yi-hyeon was nonchalant. Receiving such gazes a lot so now used to it.

Coming for the first time after discharge there are more things to buy than thought. First he bought a laptop at highest specs and changed the phone too. Clothes and shoes are next.

This spending money lavishly and buying is subtly fun. Era, have to splurge a bit today. Looking new autumn new products also came out a lot.

Because the purchased items were too many he decided to receive delivery service. Still have to take this Cartier and Hublot watch. Because expensive.

Especially, Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier. This caught his heart. Since he chose a clean steel product it will do to wear when wearing a suit.

The other is Hublot Big Bang Titanium. This he will wear when wearing casually.

Considering current Yi-hyeon’s financial power it would be called frugal shopping, but Yi-hyeon decided not to mind. Even now he has no department store VIP card. So when paying he just holds out the check card he had. The store employee who received that card was a little dumbfounded at first.

Why wouldn’t it. The check card Yi-hyeon held out is one he had while doing army life so there are tremendously many scratches. Holding out such a shabby check card smoothly while buying a watch of several thousand and luxury clothes.

What. It is not that he has no money.

In the end a store manager level employee stepped forward and politely recommended issuing a VIP card so he decided to do so. Then immediately a few products give discount. Though he looks young receiving treatment and spending money the mood becomes good.

Yes, this taste! As expected have to earn a lot of money.

Also receive a credit card from the transaction bank.

When Yi-hyeon thought up to here Sion slyly stepped forward.

- Yi-hyeon. It would be good to receive the bank’s credit card from a foreign bank.

‘Huh? Why?’

- Currently more than 90% of assets in Yi-hyeon’s name are invested overseas. So receiving the card of Civil Bank where Yi-hyeon has an account will do. Probably there will be much more benefits than receiving from a Korean bank. Yi-hyeon is a VIP of that bank.

‘Yes? Then let’s receive the Civil Bank one. Still wouldn’t it be good to receive one domestic bank card too? But if receiving a foreign bank card what is better than a domestic bank card?’

- Tell specifically?

‘Yes. Why, not okay?’

- ······.

A little later Sion answered,

- Find out that much directly, Yi-hyeon!

And entered and became quiet.

This, Sion doing that would have a story. Wait, if looking up the features and benefits each of the two banks’ cards have by grade···

Yi-hyeon who accessed the card company’s homepage and was examining the content quickly quit. There is a reason Sion got sulky like that. Even Yi-hyeon with good eyes content of almost one book volume written in tiny letters hard to see was written endlessly.

Anew the words that it is almost impossible for ordinary people to examine all the terms when joining insurance came to mind. This seems similar too.

Still since having to do social life now one has to have a credit card too. If so an internationally recognized card.

* * *

On the way returning home Yi-hyeon thought this and that. No matter how much he thinks he seems to have to find a house first.

The current Apgujeong-dong apartment is best in location but too big and old so a little inconvenient for young Yi-hyeon to live. Living seeing the keepsakes of father and mom every day also does not seem so good.

Because while looking emotions become depressed, and thoughts become many. Above all the fact that there are guys pecking aiming for father’s keepsakes makes him angry.

Also living alone and cooking and eating is a little bothersome. He heard there are apartments that provide breakfast too.

Yi-hyeon decided to find a house to live separately that way.

While thinking of it he stopped by the real estate office near the house.

“Welcome.”

Does not look like the real estate president, but even seeing young Yi-hyeon the young female employee greets kindly.

“I want to look into a house. By purchasing.”

When Yi-hyeon who sat in the offered seat briefly explained the type he wants the woman who handed a business card to Yi-hyeon shone her eyes and said.

“Hmm. Will live alone, luggage is not so many, if an apartment with breakfast service too there is a new apartment complex on the Banpo side or across the Han River on the Seongsu-dong side. But···.”

Yi-hyeon guessed the meaning of the woman’s gaze examining him while speaking.

Whether there is that much money. Not even jeonse or monthly rent but saying will purchase.

The apartments in the places the woman is saying now are expensive. Needless to say purchasing by buying and jeonse or monthly rent are also expensive. Probably will be the most expensive neighborhood in the Republic of Korea.

Except for detached houses in Pyeongchang-dong or Seongbuk-dong and Hannam-dong etc. and some high-end villas in Gangnam. Yi-hyeon living in Gangnam cannot not know that fact.

“Uh, don’t mind the money and tell. I live in 79-dong above.”

“Oh my! So.”

The employee’s eyes quickly softened.

If 79-dong above it is an apartment over 60 pyeong and a building evaluated as best in location too. An apartment that if reconstructed later will go over 200 million per pyeong. The place rated highest even among the Yeondae apartment complex in Apgujeong-dong.

The woman quickly spread a few items in front of Yi-hyeon.

“Then I won’t recommend the Banpo side. Though there is a new apartment that provides breakfast service there for a young person like the customer this side will rather suit. Seongsu-dong!”

The female employee confidently shows the residential-commercial complex in Seongsu-dong.

“This complex is right next to Seoul Forest and good but small items in the 30 pyeong range are not out much. Anyway because the complex young businessmen with financial power prefer most these days. Instead this complex beside is a little away from Seoul Forest but there are items in the 30 pyeong range.”

The employee did not even bring up large pyeong at all. This residential-commercial apartment even small pyeong goes well over 100 million per pyeong so a young person living is unreasonable. Unless a third-generation chaebol.

When Yi-hyeon examined, the employee added and said.

“Both places provide breakfast service. And security is thorough so outsiders cannot enter carelessly. So in this complex it is hard to even order jjajangmyeon they say. While receiving confirmation from the security agent it becomes swollen they say, hoho.”

Hmm, he heard the rumor well. First since security is thorough in its own way it catches his heart.

“Is there large pyeong here?”

Yi-hyeon pointed to the complex adjacent to Seoul Forest that said there are no small pyeong listings and asked.

“That, then about what size do you want?”

“Even the largest is fine. If penthouse the view would be good too right?”

“Of, of course.”

Now the employee tensed and sat closer. This customer is not an ordinary good one. Coincidentally there is also a penthouse listing. The house owner who said he does big business on the China side had business difficulties and put it out as a listing.

If able to broker that item in this recession it will give tremendous profit to herself who has been missing for several months. From the broker’s position it becomes a jackpot transaction in short.

“Coincidentally one can go see the house right away. Originally a house the house owner gave half-jeonse but the tenant went out last week. Our office received delegation from the house owner and also has the entrance password.”

Perfect. Now not even 6 in the afternoon, so if going to see it is fine.

“Ride,”

The employee called Yi-hyeon putting her own compact car in front of the shop. Seeing the expression it seems embarrassing to put a customer going to see a house of tens of billions in a compact car.

Come to think of it he has to buy a car too. There is a high-end SUV father rode at home but already over 10 years so very worn. The mid-size foreign car mom rode was disposed of before enlisting.

* * *

“Wow.”

Yi-hyeon spat an exclamation without realizing.

The view seen from the Trumage penthouse next to Seoul Forest literally shows the extreme of urban beauty.

The Han River flowing right in front of the complex and the building forest of Gangnam beyond it.

“Good right, boss? They say when night comes here the night view is much cooler. Though I haven’t seen.”

“It would be.”

Yi-hyeon nodded.

The current Yeondae apartment in Apgujeong-dong living is not high-rise from the beginning but mid-rise apartment. And the front building blocks so a view like here cannot come out.

Because of this the condition was also excellent. Only the marble floor that catches Yi-hyeon’s eye has to be replaced.

“I will contract.”

When Yi-hyeon turned and said the employee’s eyes became round.

“Yes, so you mean contracting now right? This price is···.”

Yi-hyeon cut the words.

“Try negotiating a little from that price. I will give half of the reduced amount as fee.”

“Yes.”

The eyes of Lee Mi-hyeon the employee of the real estate office burned.

Her official title is affiliated certified real estate agent. She has a real estate broker qualification but is a certified real estate agent affiliated to an office someone else opened without opening herself. Naturally income is also uneven and recently the real estate economy itself died so almost no money taken.

If succeeding this contract, her share of the fee will also be tremendous. Moreover this customer in front though looking young like nephew age seems to have tremendously much money whether seeing parents’ virtue. So it seems he will not even say to reduce the brokerage fee.

Lee Mi-hyeon the broker calling urgently.

“Yes. Boss. As told a little while ago the customer saw and said there is intention to contract. Yes, but···.”

Going a little to the corner and talking hard. Probably asking to reduce the price.

“Um, customer. The boss here says if matching the balance quickly he can reduce more. When can you do the balance day?”

Yi-hyeon smacked his lips and said.

“Ask how much he can reduce if giving right tomorrow.”

“To, tomorrow?”

Lee Mi-hyeon was surprised again.

Because at Yi-hyeon’s words she knew he would not even receive a loan while buying such a house. In other words talk that he has cash in the account now.

“Boss! They say balance is possible right tomorrow. Then you will match the price as I said right? Yes. Understood. Then I will do completing the balance together with the contract tomorrow. I will send the seller documents needed for the contract by text.”

Proceeding in one stroke like this Yi-hyeon became able to reduce 150 million.

This is the power of cash. Though cash close to 10 billion goes in, to current Yi-hyeon it is an amount with no burden at all.

* * *

Next day coincidentally Saturday so no school lecture. Yi-hyeon went to the real estate in front of the house in the morning with a comfortable mind. Arrived at the promised 10, but the house owner came first and was waiting.

“Eh, this person is the buyer?”

The owner in his fifties with belly out and short cut hair saw Yi-hyeon and stood up from the seat surprised. Since young Yi-hyeon like a child is the buyer he was surprised.

“Yes yes, well boss sit this side. You brought the documents to register as said right? This side is the judicial scrivener who will do the registration work.”

Since completing the balance together with the contract today, of course the registration also has to be transferred. Broker Lee Mi-hyeon prepared everything carefully.

When a brief gap opened, the middle-aged man sitting at the inner desk approached Yi-hyeon and held out a business card.

“I am Song Hyeon-seop the president of this office. Please take care, boss.”

Though greeting the Yi-hyeon who looks rich the expression did not look very refreshed, all has circumstances.

Yesterday coincidentally when he left the seat to go to a meeting Broker Lee Mi-hyeon hit the jackpot so his inside is bitter. If Yi-hyeon visited when he was keeping the seat he could have taken almost most of that tremendous brokerage fee himself and given only a little labor fee to Lee Mi-hyeon, but now the situation changed and he has to split the brokerage fee in half. Since receiving the fee from both sides that amount alone is tens of millions of won.

Anyway Yi-hyeon was satisfied with this transaction.

When the transaction was all finished the house owner grabbed Yi-hyeon and began to ask this and that.

“So, young boss what business do you do that you have so much money.”

Though first meeting and putting speech half is not proper, Yi-hyeon just accepted.

“Yes, I am investing a little with parents’ money.”

Since while writing the contract they also came to know each other’s age, words like doing business would think a little strange.

“Ho, investing at that age. Amazing, amazing. I put a lot of money in China and largely ruined what.”

“Yes.”

Not curious at all about others losing money. If earning money maybe.

“Some guy seduced me that mining machine business makes money so I entered China at the end and got bitten a lot and came out. Aish, that guy called Chinese compatriot was half a scammer.”

If mining machine, that coin? These days because of coin coin around even Yi-hyeon who just discharged heard a lot.

Even Yi-hyeon watching news in the army living quarters once conversed with Sion seeing coin-related news.

‘Will that become money, Sion?’

- Hmm. The positions of each country’s governments on Earth are the problem, I see it is not a valid investment long-term. The reason is currency is soon power. An important ruling means that maintains the government. Originally the one who developed Bitcoin developed it as a new concept transaction means free from government regulation, but now because of that confidentiality crime organizations or people who want to hide black money are trying to seek it.

Yi-hyeon also agreed. That the price of coins whose current material value converges infinitely to zero is so high is a kind of social contradiction.

But,

- Long-term there is no way the central government will watch the activation of such non-currency. Soon they will make laws and try to regulate.

‘Then short-term?’

Yi-hyeon asked without much expectation.

- Short-term it will become a market where tremendous money gathers. This is not evaluating the intrinsic value of coins or something but a conclusion that came out considering human obsession and madness toward money.

‘Really?’

Yi-hyeon suddenly became interested.

Leaving aside what the outlook for coins is, short-term it will become tremendous money? Then there is no reason not to invest.

‘Will Sion not invest in coins?’

If it becomes money one has to invest.

Sion’s answer was a little unexpected.

- The money earned from coins is just ‘money’. Nothing more or less. And the time has not come yet.

Yi-hyeon did not understand Sion’s words.

‘Money is money what.’

Sion scolded (?) Yi-hyeon seriously.

- Ahem! Still looking only at the surface while seeing objects and phenomena. I said always look at the flow that penetrates the inside, the flow.

‘······.’

To the awkward Yi-hyeon Sion told bit by bit.

- The money and stocks we earn by investing in the open market have power in themselves. It means grasping influence. Control over influential companies becomes power in itself.

‘Right.’

Yi-hyeon also agreed.

- But current coins are not that. Just money visible as numbers. With only that it is not enough. Have to invest again in places where one grasps influence. And the most important point, the volatility of coins has not yet entered my analysis technique.

‘That means?’

When Yi-hyeon asked Sion answered immediately.

- Not yet the time. Soon there will be a rush of people fallen into madness. When that time comes data will gather and we will be able to make a model that can raise profit in a short period.

‘Krum, expected. ‘Short-term profit’.’

It was the conversation exchanged with Sion before discharge.

Now shall he ask if starting coins too?

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