chapter 18
What do you do when you earn money? It’s delicious to write.
He was handsome and had a lot of money, so he wanted to have fun driving a supercar and going to clubs.
But not yet.
You shouldn’t let go of tension because you haven’t completely cleaned up your personal affairs.
So today, let’s go to a place with a good atmosphere and drink soju with delicious food.
I lasted for over 15 days eating only canned food in the mountains, so that’s enough.
But it was a bit like walking around the town in market-brand jeans and a t-shirt.
From now on, this will be the stage of my life.
‘Let’s see…’
I entered one of the most luxurious looking shops in the neighborhood.
A female employee with braided hair and a black two-piece suit came running.
“welcome!”
With the guidance of the friendly staff, I tried on various things and bought several clothes that I liked.
I also bought some pairs of shoes because they were selling them.
Stealing a few clothes is not a big deal if you avoid CCTV surveillance.
Just put it in your inventory with the anti-theft tag on it.
But let’s not do that.
You could just steal a few clothes and end up in a corner.
Stealing should only be done when you can get ‘big enough’ to risk it.
“All together, it’s 24.97 million won.”
A few sets of clothes and a few pairs of shoes were the price of a domestic midsize car.
The clerk with all the clothes and shoes in the shopping bag asked me.
“How are you going to pay?”
“I’ll do it in cash.”
I opened the pouch.
The pouch was what I originally had, so when I was organizing my luggage, I didn’t <delete> and kept it in my inventory.
He took out five stiff bundles of money from his pouch and placed them on the counter.
A bundle of 50,000 won is 11 mm thick, and if you stack 5 bundles in a row, it is only 5.5 cm.
It’s not even an inch thick.
The staff started counting money without a change in expression, probably because there are many customers like me who pay in cash.
hard-
The money counting machine counted all five bundles in a short time.
“I received 25 million won.”
The employee gave me 30,000 won back.
“Come again!”
I came out with a 90 degree greeting from the clothing store staff.
Then, in a secluded place where no one could see, I put all my shopping bags into my inventory.
‘I bought clothes.’
When I changed clothes, something was missing.
I needed a prop that would be the culmination point.
‘When it comes to men’s accessories, it’s a watch.’
Isn’t there a saying that if you want to know a man’s success, look at his wrist.
There was a watch shop just across the street.
It is a famous Swiss brand.
As a poor man, I knew as much as that brand.
In fact, there was a ‘Dream Watch’ that I decided on for that brand.
It’s a watch that costs about 20 million won, but it was just a ‘dream’ to me in the past, but now I can buy it right away without burden.
pounding-
My heart raced at the thought of welcoming the Dream Watch.
I can afford to buy the more expensive one, but I really wanted to buy it.
I walked into the watch store proudly.
“welcome!”
The store employees bowed to greet me.
“What style are you looking for…”
The staff didn’t seem to have a sense of what ‘my level’ was because I wasn’t wearing a watch on my wrist.
I gave the staff the name of the model I was looking for.
“Excellent choice! Come this way!”
An employee led me into the store.
Then, as if handling an expensive piece of art, he carefully took the watch out of the display case and showed it to me.
I bought the watch right away without further questioning.
After adjusting the wrist strap, I wore the watch.
The corners of my mouth automatically went up as I looked at the shiny guy on my wrist.
“I’ll kick it.”
“Yes, do it. The price is 19.96 million won.”
He took out four bundles of money from the pouch and placed them on the counter.
Instead of putting a bundle of money in a pouch and carrying it around, he put his hand inside the pouch and took it out of his inventory while covering it.
People are surprised when they see money appearing out of thin air.
And it wasn’t just cash on purpose.
There were no other payment methods at this time.
There was 36 billion won ‘clear source’ from the casino in the bank account, but I couldn’t use it to my heart’s content.
The check card I currently have had a limit of 10 million won per day, even if I raised the maximum limit on the Internet.
‘I’ll have to go to the bank once.’
I need to go to the bank and make a check card with a high limit, no, a black credit card.
That’s how you flex in style.
“I got 20 million won!”
The employee gave me 40,000 won back.
“Come again!”
I came out of the store with a 90 degree greeting from the staff.
‘Shopping ends here.’
After buying clothes and wearing a watch, I felt like I had become a person who didn’t stand out very much on this street.
Growling-
There was a noise from the ship.
‘hungry!’
Hunger was no joke, I felt like I could eat a whole cow by myself.
Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten anything all day.
‘Let’s go eat something delicious.’
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Perhaps the best place to enjoy a ‘honbap’ without feeling awkward is a hotel restaurant.
There are many people who travel alone or on business trips.
Having gone on a honeymoon package tour alone, I can go into any restaurant and eat alone, but today I wanted to enjoy a meal alone in a classy atmosphere.
I came to a hotel near Fashion Street.
The taste of meat at this restaurant specializing in Korean beef is so good.
I took the menu and asked the staff.
“What is delicious here?”
“We recommend the Korean beef omakase, our special course meal.”
“Omakase?”
“It means leaving the menu choices entirely up to the chef. You can trust me once.”
The restaurant’s ‘Hanwoo Omakase’ is a course meal that combines Western, Japanese, and Chinese dishes, centering on charcoal-grilled Korean beef, one of the pride of Korean cuisine.
You can taste the finest Korean beef by part, and you can also enjoy the ‘side menu’ using high-quality ingredients such as caviar, truffle mushrooms, and bluefin tuna belly.
The price per person was 600,000 won.
“Give me that.”
“Yes, I will be coloneled soon.”
“And soju, please.”
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‘It melts softly, melts softly!’
When I put a piece of moderately grilled meat in my mouth, it melted on my tongue like ice cream melting.
The meat was so delicious that I ate 3 more servings of <Korean Beef Ribeye> and <Korean Beef Shrimp> for 100,000 won each for 150g.
The amount of food consumed has greatly increased compared to the past.
While eating the grilled meat, I tasted other dishes at the same time.
The caviar I tried for the first time was so-so, but the bluefin tuna sashimi was really delicious.
Big-
Soju tasted good too.
Drinking premium distilled soju for 100,000 won per bottle with a good snack, it felt like I was being compensated to some extent for the time I spent eating only canned food in the mountains.
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After eating, we went to the hotel room.
The night was long and there was a lot of money, so I wanted to spend a night of madness, but I held back.
‘Because today is not the only day.’
I stayed alone, but the suite room was over.
Still, I checked in to a room that was more spacious than the regular room.
I will be living here for a while until I find a house.
shoot-
I took a cool shower and lay down on a soft king size bed.
And fell into a deep sleep.
***
I was standing in the backyard of a factory.
‘what?’
The appearance of the factory has changed a bit.
It seemed bigger than before.
I wanted to ask what was going on, but the manager was nowhere to be seen.
‘Are you in the factory?’
I went into the factory.
Then, the factory facility, which was clearly different from the previous one, caught my eye.
Oh!
The elixir extractor got bigger.
Not only has the size increased, but the exterior design has also improved slightly.
It felt like an upgrade.
They said it would automatically get better if you keep the factory running, but it was true.
It wasn’t just the extractor that got better.
Weing-
Gold was transported on a conveyor.
Previously, people carried them on carts from the warehouse to the extractor.
“Congratulations! The factory has been upgraded to Phase 2!”
The manager inside the factory approached me with a broad smile.
“What changed in the second stage?”
“The amount of elixir extracted per hour has doubled.”
The factory had two types of warehouses.
One is the Golden Warehouse and the other is the Elixir Warehouse.
The fact that the elixir production capacity doubled meant that the elixir warehouse was filled twice as fast as before.
Once you look at it, it was a very good phenomenon.
I asked the manager to confirm.
“Doubling the amount of elixir extraction means that the amount of gold consumed has also doubled?”
“Yes, it is. Gold, which used to consume 1.5 kg per day, will be consumed at 3 kg per day starting today.”
“How much gold is left in the warehouse?”
“About 27kg left.”
The daily consumption was 3 kg, but there were 27 kg left, so it was said that the warehouse would be empty in 9 days.
“What if the warehouse is empty?”
“Of course, elixir production will stop. As a result, the growth of trees also stops.”
It was only natural that the production of the elixir would stop, and the ‘sap of desire’, a waste product from the extraction process, would not be produced, so the tree would stop growing.
the manager continued.
“I’m telling you in advance, if the gold in the warehouse runs out, you’ll be the one who will suffer the most, aside from the fact that the factory will stop operating.”
“yes? What do you mean I am suffering?”
“You will suffer from a great hunger. To the point where I can’t stand it.”
It was said that just as you feel full when you absorb gold, on the contrary, you feel hunger when you run out of gold.
It was clear that the pain caused by the feeling of hunger would be enormous to see the manager talking like that.
I should buy gold and fill the warehouse before it’s too late.
However, it was not an issue that would end once filled.
Since he consumes 3 kg a day, he had to fill in gold every month, which is a whopping 90 kg, equivalent to 7 billion won in today’s market price.
‘wait for a sec.’
For a moment, a very disturbing feeling crossed my mind.
“Does the factory continue to grow?”
“Yes, it continues to evolve by absorbing some of the elixirs it extracts.”
“How much gold will be consumed per day if the factory is upgraded to level 3?”
“Three times the first level. If you upgrade to level 4, you get 4 times the amount of level 1.”
“If it’s 10 steps, it means that 1 step is 10 times.”
“Yes.”
“Up to what level can the factory be upgraded?”
“It will be upgraded to level 100.”
oh my god!
At 100 steps, the daily gold consumption was 150 kg.
A whopping 4.5 tons per month.
In terms of money, it is about 300 billion won!
It is said that in order not to feel hungry, you must fill in gold worth 300 billion won every month.
‘It sucks!’
Now was not the time to think about spending money.