I will resign and go to Australia

36 episodes. What’s so serious?

“How much is the Dark Star currently worth?”

To my question, Chris cleared his throat with a cough and answered.

“If I show you a race that’s about the same as the runaway train in the next month’s debut…”

“No, no. Not the future value, but the present value.”

“That would be… about three thousand dollars.”

Four, three million won?

Still, the name is Gyeongju, but that’s the only thing?

“It’s because both paternal and maternal lines are not valued in the market because of their ancestry. However, we estimate the current value of the Dark Star will be a hundred times that.”

“……”

Yes, it’s 3 billion won.

No, it’s a single horse, is that a lot of money?

I have a lot of money, so now I go back and forth once in a while without realizing it.

“One hundred times… 300,000 dollars. If that’s the case, I don’t think there’s any reason why I’m avoiding Bobby’s eyes and accepting the quest.”

The story is sad, but I am not a philanthropist.

Bobby’s requests range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars, so what are you going to do with the risk?

But John couldn’t see and said a word.

“Jin. What Chris is saying now means that the value is based on a two-year-old horse that hasn’t even made a debut. How much do you think the world’s most expensive racehorse will do?”

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how much?

10 billion? 2 billion? Too many?

No, it means that it is quite worthwhile to ask such a question.

“What about ten million dollars?”

Even though I screamed hard, it wouldn’t be 10 billion.

“A top-class racehorse is worth more than $100 million. By the way, it’s in US dollars, not Australian dollars.”

“100 million dollars!?”

How much is 100 million USD in Korean Won?

One, two, three or three raccoons….

Wife, 120 billion won?

“Sometimes close to 200 million dollars.”

“Really? Are you kidding me?”

“What’s so surprising? The most expensive stallions in history were more than that. In the case of the famous Northern dancer, a single mating fee was over $1 million.

One horse is worth over 800 billion!?

I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.

What kind of racehorse costs more than a Premier League top player? Does it make sense?

“But the breeding fee was over a million dollars, so you did that value conversion? Is that how you evaluate the value of a horse?”

“That’s right. Multiply that by 150, the average number of matings per year, and use that as the standard for 5 years of sire activity.”

“Do horses mate 150 times a year?”

“It’s average. There are many stallions who say more than 200 times.”

Wow, if our children knew about this, they would eat horses instead of eels?

You can do it at least once every two days.

“It’s amazing. The value of a top-class sire is about $20 million per year.”

A drop of semen is a diamond, not gold.

“Are you interested?”

“Do you think the Dark Star is worth that much to John?”

“No one knows that.”

“Why? You said you were at one point in the top ten in Australia as a teaching assistant? Please tell me at least.”

“The value of a sire is because the horse’s winning history is higher than the number of wins. Even if the Dark Star becomes an undefeated horse, its value will decrease if their offspring don’t win.”

I felt some nuance in those words.

If you help me, I don’t know the value of a sire, but at least it’s a feeling that Dark Star can become an undefeated horse?

At that moment, I was interested in horse racing.

A world of horses worth hundreds of billions of dollars apart from money.

When it comes to horse racing, something fresh came to me, who only had the image of men jotting down something with a computer pen while smoking a cigarette at the racetrack.

“Chris, how many shares can you give me?”

“I’ll give you 20%.”

20% of 3 million won is 600,000 won.

If Dark Star is worth 100 billion won, it will be 20 billion won.

60 million won turns into 200 million won.

So, is the rate of return roughly 30,000 times?

“If it’s 20%, you’re saying that you give me one year’s worth of a stallion.”

“That’s right.”

“Okay. I accept the quest. However, this cannot be my top priority. If Bobby entrusts an urgent quest or overlaps due to personal issues, it can be pushed back. Is it okay?”

“Of course. It’s a stake deal for a horse that hasn’t even made a debut, so we have to accept that condition. It’s no problem as we can schedule the race according to Jin’s schedule as much as possible.”

It’s not without problems.

I don’t know if it’s a small and medium-sized event with many regional competitions, but as the level of competition increases, I have to adapt to the race schedule, not my schedule.

‘Anyway, this is a long-term view, so I’m going to try it as an experience.’

With that thought in mind, I grabbed Chris’s outstretched hand.

“Thank you, Jin.”

“Let’s grow big, Dark Star.”

Hmm, I remember the X-Cas commercial…

It’s strange to even say it with my mouth.

***

a few days later.

I headed to a house on the outskirts of Brisbane with Yoohyeon.

It was because Hee-sun had a call.

The party we didn’t know about because neither of us worked in an inham factory.

It was Jihyun’s birthday party.

This time, unlike the last potluck party, only Jihyun and close acquaintances were invited.

The place was the house where Jihyun lived.

Unlike other workaholics, Jihyun said that she is currently doing a homestay.

A homestay is a boarding house in Korea where you pay accommodation and meals to an Australian family and stay with the locals.

Although the cost is a bit high, meeting friendly locals allowed me to learn the language naturally while using English in a family-like atmosphere.

Of course, the significance is good, but in reality, most of the cases are not.

If you do it wrong, you’re just throwing money away in a fucking atmosphere.

But in the case of Jihyun, he said that he had met a good person.

Today’s birthday party was prepared by him.

him.

Jihyun’s homestay is a middle-aged dolsing woman, and Jenny is the owner of the homestay.

After the divorce, she applied for a homestay to see if it was appropriate to live alone, and Jihyun entered the house.

“Come on.”

“Hello, Jenny. My name is Jin.”

“Nice to meet you. I’ve heard a lot from Reina.”

Raina is Jihyun’s English name.

But did you hear a lot about me?

Well, I already erased her from my mind.

“That’s Po, right? Nice to meet you.”

After receiving my greetings, Jenny hugged Yoohyeon as well.

A greeting method in which the left and right cheeks alternately face each other while hugging.

The two of us made it so awkward and wobbly.

I haven’t really gotten used to this yet.

It’s good, but it’s a bit cocky.

“Everyone is in the garden, shall we go there?”

We help Jenny and follow her with a plate of pasta and grilled chicken.

The small garden had a small swimming pool with six people on one side.

From Ji-hyeon to Hee-sun, Kim Ha-min, and one white woman, one South American woman, and one Asian woman, probably Korean.

“Yoohyun, do you know that girl?”

“No. I don’t know either. Maybe it’s the kid I left behind?”

“Do you think it’s Korean?”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

A person that Yoohyeon doesn’t know.

As it turned out, she was also Korean, and she joined Inham after Yoo Hyun-yi quit.

“Hi, I’m Jessica. Nice to meet you.”

We know each other that we are Korean, but we greet each other in English.

Since his pronunciation is not native, he is a native Korean who speaks Korean as his mother tongue.

I guessed roughly what kind of child he was just from that greeting.

Rarely do these people exist.

People who decided to use English unconditionally during the working holiday period.

They speak English to Koreans as well, and they try to socialize with foreigners as much as possible.

You are acting in accordance with the purpose for which you came to learn English.

They’re great poisons.

Oh, this is not an insult. Rather, it can be said to be praiseworthy.

Like Jessica, it is impossible to do that without a strong will.

Even most people who practice it like this don’t last more than a few months and mix with Koreans.

The loneliness of living abroad is quite terrifying.

“Hi, Jessica. I’m Yusung Jin. Call me Jin.”

I responded in English to Jessica’s greeting.

She said that she works with Jihyun on an afternoon shift (afternoon shift) on a packaging line, and she is the only Korean to be friendly with there.

It’s because Jihyun is the only one who doesn’t treat her as unusual and treats her as she is.

It seems that the code worked well with Jihyun, who was homestaying for the same purpose.

Doing something like her is natural in a way, but there are always people who think it’s because they can’t do it.

I don’t know if it’s because of jealousy, but I can’t praise him, but he sees it with respect and chews it with excitement enough to say it’s a must.

“Don’t give up just because it’s hard, keep doing this. Then your English will definitely improve.”

“thank you.”

Jessica said with a smile on her face, smiling like a half moon.

Also, Korean girls are pretty.

Most of them are more than five years younger than me, so I look pretty, but objectively it is.

Even though there are foreigners, an Italian woman and a South American Brazilian woman next to them, they look like that.

“Come on, here’s the cake.”

Hee-sun said as she brought a cake with candles in it with Jenny.

Everyone sang a happy birthday song that started with Happy Birthday together, opened champagne and celebrated Jihyun’s birthday.

“Happy birthday, Jihyun-ah.”

I said as I handed the present I had prepared.

Actually, I was very worried about what to give.

If we try to be on the same level as the other kids, there are rumors that he has become an outside director, and he is said to be rich, but he does the same thing, right?

But if you do something expensive, you’re not even sure how expensive it is.

“Brother, what is this?”

“Well, it’s a Fraser Island Tour Reservation as it says.”

“Oh, you want to go on a trip with me alone?”

“No, I’m busy, so I can’t go. People you like… So you can go with the people gathered here. It’s a tour for 6-8 people, so it doesn’t exceed the number of people. I paid for the tour, so come enjoy yourself. “

When it comes to gifting material things like necklaces, that’s why I made a reservation for the tour.

Thanks to this, everyone present cheered.

There is no one in the world who hates freebies.

Moreover, Fraser Island is a popular tourist destination located north of Brisbane.

It was written in the guidebook that the sea was very beautiful, saying that it was the world’s largest sand island.

In my eyes, Australia seems to be the largest in the world by any means.

“Aww, it would be good if you go with me too.”

“Isn’t the outside director just playing around? I’m quite a busy person.”

At my words, Jessica, who was standing next to me, asked in English.

“How did you become an outside director at Inham? Are you really Harim’s successor as rumored?”

“Don’t try to know too much. Knowing will hurt you.”

It’s annoying to explain every word, now.

He didn’t believe it even if he said it, and he was exhausted from continuing to spread rumors that he was the successor of Harim.

I’m just going to live as a mysterious rich man in a veil.

In that way, we exchanged small talk and enjoyed the food Jenny and Jihyun had prepared, and when the table was over, Jessica called me separately.

“What’s up?”

“Um…… Could you do me a favor?

What’s so serious?

Usually, when Koreans talk in English, it is hard as if they are reading a book.

But he is very serious even when he speaks English.