ALL NOVEL chapter 9
9- Professional consultant (1)
#9. Professional Consultant (1)
A few months ago, August 27, 2013.
[Vertical Movement Office]
Daniel, who had been keeping an eye on the real estate market and government policy after hearing Ji-hyeok ask him to invest in construction stocks two months ago, was in conflict with his reason and sensibility.
“Eugene, what should I do? I don’t think Mr. Kang’s prediction was wrong… but it feels like there’s not enough grounds for us to go all-in.”
“It is. The current rate of return is not too bad to change our portfolio arbitrarily.”
Daniel sighed and said.
“Let’s watch a little more. By the way, how is the Bitcoin price?”
“There is not much change. When Kang Ji-hyeok asked for investment, it was about $110, but now I’m maintaining about $100.”
“It’s a 9% loss, are you okay?”
“It’s a bit unfamiliar, so it’s difficult to judge, but it’s a very volatile market, so I think it’s okay so far. and······.”
Jihyeok invested about $1 million in Bitcoin.
It was a request before an exchange opened in Korea, so Daniel’s former office worker, Nomura Securities, opened a local bank account in Japan and made a purchase through the Mt. Gox Exchange.
“and?”
“The transaction price of the coin exchange in Korea, which started last month, is about 10% higher than the overseas transaction price, so there will be no loss just by transferring bitcoin.”
Daniel asked, tilting his head.
“What is Korean Premium?”
“Investors used the term kimchi premium.”
“Am I lucky…”
I have often heard the term Korean discount in the global financial market, but it was even more difficult for Daniel, who was the first to receive a premium.
said Daniel.
“After all, it’s an even so far…”
Just then, Eugene’s phone started to ring loudly.
“Wait a minute, Boss.”
Eugene went to the computer with the phone up to his ear, and the expression on his face was not serious.
After talking on the phone a while later, what Eugene told me was something that made all the conversations the two of them had so far useless.
“Tell me again, Eugene. Is it really?”
“Yes, Boss. A little while ago, an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties on real estate policy was concluded at the National Assembly. It will be brought up as an issue at the economic ministers’ meeting in the afternoon and announced tomorrow…”
“Mi… crazy. Hasn’t that bill been pending for months? You mean you passed it now?”
Eugene nodded.
“Isn’t it too late to go in now?”
“As soon as the breaking news broke, construction stock prices skyrocketed.”
Daniel’s expression was truly dejected.
“What is it? Kang Ji-hyeok, what the hell did that friend see?”
Eugene put on an expression of ‘It’s a start again’ and said as if it wasn’t a big deal.
“You must have seen something we didn’t see.”
“Is that so… is it?”
“A natural sense, cool-headed analytical skills, and finally the determination to go all-in. He could have had all three of these things…”
“Keuk, keukheuk… I’m at a gas station…”
“Hey, stop talking about that gas station.”
Daniel shook his head and said.
“Eugene, you wouldn’t know. I feel the same way Salieri felt toward Mozart.”
“Boss, don’t you remember what the boss always said? Once is a coincidence, twice is luck.”
Daniel got the last word.
“Three times is a skill.”
“It’s only twice now.”
“The impact is too strong for just two.”
“It is. From now on, let’s go to Operation Fast Follow. Construction-related stocks are going to rise for a while, so let’s put them in our portfolio.”
Daniel nodded slowly.
“Yes, if construction stocks are having a hard time, let’s try to include stocks related to raw materials. Check the bitcoin price in real time. Chart analysis will be a bit difficult, but let’s move as quickly as possible.”
“Okay, Boss. But what will Jihyeok Kang do if he gets it right three times?”
“At that time… I’ll have to deal with Mr. Kang.”
***
a few months later
As of December 2013.
[Cheongdam Station]
Ji-hyeok, who is famous for his YouTube videos and bitcoin rice cakes, didn’t like the current situation.
“Brother, the 4 o’clock guest has also contacted me to cancel their reservation.”
“I can’t help it. I will refund you.”
“Brother, isn’t this how the fortune teller is ruined? The amount that has already been refunded is over 100 million. It wasn’t that we didn’t mean to come, so why not give us a full refund…”
“Write. Dongsu, would you want to come to fortune telling when there are reporters and paparazzi all over the place?”
“That’s… but… five hundred per person…”
“Don’t be fooled. I didn’t even set up a fortune teller to get a fortune in the first place.”
Dong-soo scratched the back of his head and asked.
“Brother, how much did you earn with Bitcoin?”
Jihyeok smiled and said.
“I earned more than enough to buy you an apartment. Why, buy it right away?”
“Jeong… are you really going to buy it for me?”
“Yeah, there’s nothing I can’t buy. By the way, do you really want an apartment like that? Your contemplation is not particularly greedy for money…”
“If I had to have a house, I thought I would fall in love and get married…”
Jihyeok said as if he was a little pathetic.
“Hey, can’t you get married without a home?”
“That… that’s not it, any woman in the world would marry a man who is a fortune teller or Shidavari.”
“Shidabari?”
“Ah… assistant, assistant.”
Jihyeok felt sorry for him a little.
Maybe Dong-soo is the person closest to him, but he hadn’t thought about what Dong-soo wanted at all.
“Do you really need to get married?”
Dong-soo’s pupils grew wide.
“Why… why are you like that, brother? Is there no woman in my house by any chance?”
“Yes? That, that’s not it…”
In fact, there are a lot of women in Dongsu’s fortune telling or contemplation.
The problem is that the number of breakups is also included, and in this case, even if you get married, there is a high probability of divorce or bereavement.
To prevent that from happening, he had to meet a nobleman who would change his fate, just like Jihyeok, but it was doubtful whether Dongsu would be able to recognize the nobleman on his own.
“Dong-soo, if you stay close to your brother, I will send you a married house and buy you an apartment. Got it?”
“Ji… Really?”
“Yes, really.”
“I understand, brother. I will only trust you.”
Jihyeok, who looked at Dongsoo, whose mouth was stuck in his ears, said with satisfaction.
“I don’t think there will be any guests coming today, so let’s stop and go.”
“yes? There is still one minute left…”
“Call me and change the date. If you ask for a refund, I will give it to you.”
“Yes, brother.”
After a while, Dong-soo, who had gone to cancel the reservation, returned to the shrine again.
“Brother, the last guest said he would come unconditionally?”
“okay? Give him some money.”
As if Dong-soo had prepared it in advance, he handed over a piece of paper with the fortune teller written on it.
After accepting the order, Ji-hyeok tilted his head and asked Dong-soo.
“Is this guest’s name Cho Jae-gul?”
“uh? I didn’t write down the name… That’s right, Jaegeol Jo. ah! This person is that person!”
***
“Thank you, Master.”
Cho Jae-geol, the manager of Singh, thanked her by bending her waist 90 degrees before she even sat down.
“I have to say thank you. Thanks to you, you became the most famous fortune teller in Korea, right? Don’t do that, just sit down.”
“Yes, Master.”
Jo Jae-gul, who sat down, began to reveal the circumstances one by one.
Originally graduating from a film-related department and working in the media industry, Jae-gul said that he was having a hard time due to his father’s business failure and his mother’s real estate fraud.
Jae-gul, who was unable to have a normal job life because of bad credit, chose to become a manager for YouTuber Singh.
I followed him almost 24 hours a day and saved up a dime or two of my salary to invest in bitcoin, but in early 2013, it cost me $170.
The price dropped to 80 dollars before I knew it, and I was thinking about whether I should get the remaining money, and I heard Ji-hyeok’s four weeks.
“If the guru hadn’t given me the four weeks pool at that time, I would have sold all my bitcoins. Thanks again, master.”
Jihyuk shook his head and said.
“As I said, it was a lucky week this year. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have sold it.”
“Thank you anyway, Master. Now I have my life back.”
Jo Jae-geol, who had been working part-time jobs after becoming a credit delinquent in her 20s, was truly grateful.
“Okay, I think you should be on your way to success in your new job now.”
Jo Jae-gul was startled and said.
“Do you see that…?”
“hahahaha, if someone named Singh was arrested, he would have quit his job as a manager.
“You are so wonderful. I was thinking of starting a small business…”
“A business?”
“Yes, I’m thinking of gathering YouTubers and creating an agency. I don’t know if it will turn out well…”
Contrary to what he said confidently, Jo Jae-gul’s expression was the exact opposite.
“Mr. Jaegal, oh, can I call you Mr. Jaegal?”
“Of course, Master. You can just call me Jagger.”
“Yes, Mr. Jagger. Don’t get me wrong, listen.”
“Yes, Master.”
“There is absolutely no business luck with Mr. Jaegeol’s fortune telling and contemplation. It is a prize that you will rise to a fairly high position if you live a job because your luck is good, but if you do business now, you can go bankrupt. Even if you do business, as I said before, it’s better to do it from 2017 when Samjae ends.”
Jo Jae-geol lowered his head and said.
“Is that… is that so…”
“There is still about a month left in the year, so look for a new job. Obviously, the company was connected to work luck.”
Jo Jae-gul hesitated for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.
“That’s actually… I had an interview with a film production company not too long ago through an acquaintance.”
“Oh yeah? I guess that’s the right major for you?”
“But…the hiring conditions were not acceptable to me.”
“which······.”
“The film production company is currently producing a movie called ‘The King of Contemplation,’ and they asked me to hire a teacher as a contemplation-related consultant.”
“ah······.”
The production company put a lot of thought into it.
It seemed that they were going to benefit from marketing right from the production process by mobilizing the hottest fortune teller on the Internet as a consultant.
“You refused because you were afraid I would be in trouble.”
“Yes, I’m not personally acquainted with the guru, and the production company doesn’t properly set the consulting fee, so…”
“Hmm…”
When Jihyeok looked worried, Jaegeol waved his hands and said,
“Oh, no need to worry, master. I brought out useless words…”
“Is that offer still valid?”
“yes? He said he would always give me a seat if he invited me…”
“Good for you. Say you’re invited and get a job.”
“yes? Dosa… This floor is really salty. Considering the consulting fee, it won’t even take you for an hour.”
“it’s okay. As you can see, the store is open and closed, hahahaha. And I have a debt to pay Mr. Jagger.”
Jaegeol tilted his head and questioned.
“To me?”
“Yes, it is a very large debt. So don’t be afraid to go and get a job.”
***
A few days later, the film ‘King of Contemplation’ crank-in site.
Ji-hyeok, who accompanied Dong-soo to the site, was looking at the production crew and actors who were holding the ceremony from a little far away.
“Hyung-nim, it must be a hit without even watching this movie, right?”
“What are you looking at?”
“Look at the cast over there. Starring Jung Jae-hyun, Kim Hye-joo, Jo Jung-sik, and Kim Jeong-jae are all stars. The director is the famous director Kim Deok-ki.”
“They must be famous people.”
“yes? Brother, where did you live in North Korea? How can you not know them?”
“Ehh…”
Since Ji-hyeok rarely talks about the past, Dong-soo could have misunderstood.
When Dong-soo realized that there was something that Ji-hyeok, who thought he knew everything in the world, didn’t know, he started talking excitedly.
“Over there, the actor in the middle is Jung Jae-hyun, and the older person next to him is director Kim Deok-gi. Next to them is Kim Hye-joo, Jo Jung-sik, and Kim Jeong-jae.”
“hmm······.”
Looking at Ji-hyeok, who was still making a sad face, Dong-soo said bluntly.
“So, brother, watch TV too. Don’t just stare at strange graphs on that computer all the time.”
“Anyway, I need to find a new job for Mr. Cho Jae-geol.”
“yes? suddenly? Even though it’s not a large scale yet, I heard that if this movie hits the jackpot there won’t be any cuts…”
“Tsk, what is the jackpot? Just looking at it, it looks like I’m going to eat even a bowl of dog food in a side dish.”
The moment Dong-soo tries to refute something.
someone hit the ball
“Now, on what basis are you saying that?”
Jihyuk frowned slightly and said.
“I just said it without meaning, don’t worry about it. And I guess it’s rude to eavesdrop on other people’s stories.”
Suddenly, a woman approached Jihyeok and said while adjusting her sunglasses.
“Excuse me, do you think you did it first?”
Although she was wearing sunglasses, she was so beautiful that her beauty could not be hidden.
Age is around mid-twenties.
‘Are you an actor…?’
As Jihyeok kept his mouth shut, the woman spoke again.
“Let me start with my introduction. I am Jin Seo-yeon, CEO of Flex Media, who invested 70% of the production cost in this film. Is this enough for you to be rude to me in the first place?”
After pondering for a while, Jihyeok slowly opened his mouth.
“If you are the representative of the investment company, can you replace the cast and director?”
Jin Seo-yeon was taken aback by Ji-hyeok’s sudden words.
“What do you mean?”
“If those two make this movie, it will definitely fail.”
“What… on what grounds? More than that, who were you watching the crank-in of our movie?”
Jihyuk smiled and said.
“My introduction is late. I am Kang Ji-hyeok, who participated as a consultant specializing in contemplation in the movie ‘The King of Contemplation’, which the CEO invested in.”