Chapter 137 – Recruitment – Part 8

Chapter 137 – Recruitment – Part 8

The full-time trader, confident in day trading, checked the minute chart.

“Did some good news break?”

But there was no time to check.

He was frantically going up and down when suddenly, the trader’s eyes changed like those of a beast.

It was because he could clearly see the exact timing to enter the minute chart.

“Just three million won…”

His actions were swift.

He skillfully bought, tapping the order book.

“Good.”

As soon as he bought, it started to climb. Or so he thought, but it immediately dropped to 1%.

His brow furrowed.

“Jiseok, have some fruit.”

He snapped at his mother’s voice from behind the door.

“I told you not to talk to me when I’m working! Goddammit…”

The price continued to fall.

“I’ll only watch until it hits the support level.”

He was planning to set a stop loss if the stock price broke through that point.

As he expected, it didn’t really hold the support and continued to fall.

“It’s going to go up.”

The moment his muttering ended, the stock price began to plummet like a waterfall.

-Sell order completed.

He finally hit a 7% stop loss, stood up from his seat, and flung open the room door.

Then he shouted into the living room.

“I told you not to bother me when I’m working!”

Just then, an apple flew through the air and hit him squarely in the eye.

“Ah!”

His older brother, who was sitting on the sofa, frowned and said,

“Look at how that bastard is talking to Mom! If you yell at her one more time, I won’t let it slide!”

At that time,

Woojin kept his hands moving, watching the HTS until the market closed.

Eventually, time passed, the market closed, and Woojin made a call to someone.

Soon, the owner of a cute voice answered the phone.

It was Han Bora.

-Hello?

“Well done, Bora.”

Because Bora had played a part in increasing the trading volume.

The show-off trading volume was Woojin’s doing.

Of course, the Financial Supervisory Service had difficulty noticing the stock price movements on the Righteous Path.

After all, even retail investors were using it.

Desire.

Whether it’s human relationships, advertising, politics, or money.

If you can stimulate people’s desires, you can make them move.

-Hehe.

“Should I keep them well?”

Bora quickly bought shares as Woojin told her to.

A whopping 10,000 shares.

Of course, Woojin provided some of the funds when she bought them.

Ten thousand shares amounted to a little over 800 million won.

Compared to Shinhwa Group, it was pocket change, but for Bora, it was an incredibly large sum of money.

-Yes!

“What did you have for lunch?”

-I had doenjang jjigae with my grandmother.

“Oh wow. That must have been delicious, right?”

-Yes! I did the dishes!

“You’re a good girl.”

Woojin’s lips curved into a faint smile.

Woojin finished the call with Bora, chatting about this and that, and then turned his eyes back to the PC.

The number of shares hadn’t changed much, but the deposit had increased.

***

Woojin, wearing white sneakers, dark blue jeans, a pink sweater, and a padded jacket, was on the subway.

Right next to him was a person with earphones in their ears, their brow furrowed as they watched the news on their cellphone.

A small murmur escaped his lips.

“These bastards should be executed.”

It was a briefing about the criminal Woojin caught after breaking into their house.

Soon, Woojin got off the subway and took a bus to reach his destination.

It was an area filled with old detached houses.

This was the area where Prosecutor Kim Cheolung had mentioned a development of 3,000 apartment units would take place.

Woojin walked along, observing the surrounding real estate offices and people.

Indeed, there were no noticeable people, as if only a very few knew about the development information.

Woojin, who had been wandering around as if sightseeing, then entered a real estate office.

The first thing Woojin noticed was an old man dozing in a computer chair.

Woojin calmly looked around and then spoke.

“Hello.”

The old man’s eyes snapped open as if startled.

“Oh, welcome.”

Wiping his mouth, he reflexively scanned Woojin up and down.

He looked like a university student.

“I’d like to look at some houses.”

He smiled and offered a seat.

“Have a seat. Would you like a cup of coffee?”

“No, thank you.”

“Are you looking to rent?”

People of that age often came looking for rentals.

“No, I want to buy.”

“Buy?”

“Yes.”

His eyes scanned Woojin again.

He was young, and his clothes didn’t suggest he had money.

‘Are his parents well-off?’

He opened his mouth, pleased.

“We have studio apartments, villas, and good apartments too.”

“What about detached houses?”

“Ah… detached houses? Detached houses are great, too.”

“I want to buy several…”

At Woojin’s words, his expression suddenly fell.

This was because there were many people who would come into the real estate office, talk a lot, and then leave without any intention of buying.

The young man in front of him was just like that.

Just a pretty face…

He chuckled and threw out a remark.

“Are you going to buy ten houses or so?”

“No.”

“Then what?”

“I’m thinking of around five hundred billion won worth.”

He was so dumbfounded that he was speechless.

“Go. This isn’t a place for that kind of transaction. Go somewhere else to find out. As it is, business is dead. What a…”

Woojin fiddled with his cellphone and subtly showed it to him.

“Have you ever done stocks?”

“Hey, just study hard…”

His gaze briefly fell on Woojin’s securities account, and he couldn’t continue his sentence.

Because hundreds of billions of won were displayed as assets.

He widened his eyes and quickly spoke.

“Sir! If we combine all the properties listed with our agency, it’s at least 5 billion won. If you give me a little more time, I’ll try my best to gather as many properties as possible.”

At his words, as he rubbed his hands together, Woojin nodded and stood up.

He then approached the large map hanging on the wall.

“May I mark on this with a pen?”

“Oh, of course! Feel free! You can even draw on it! Hahaha!”

He handed Woojin a water-based marker, and Woojin circled a spot.

“This is where your property is currently located, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Woojin started checking distant locations based on the circled spot.

Exactly east, west, south, and north.

It was also an area included in development.

“I’d like to buy a few detached houses in these four areas as well. Ones with yards.”

“Yards?”

“Yes, I really want them to have yards. I have something to plant.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Woojin closed the pen cap and returned it to him.

Then he asked,

“May I have one candy?”

As Woojin looked at the candy in the basket and asked,

“Oh, of course!”

“Really?”

“Of course! Eat as much as you like. As much as you like. Hahaha!”

Woojin unwrapped one candy and took two or three more for his pocket.

The real estate owner’s eyes blinked at his small gesture.

“I’ll come again. Goodbye.”

As Woojin turned his back without hesitation, he reached out his hand as if to grab him.

“Hey, teacher! Excuse me!”

“Yes?”

“Um… if you could give me a business card too. Hahaha!”

“I don’t have a job, so I don’t have a business card. My phone number is…”

He wrote down the number Woojin called out, confirmed it with Woojin, and even saw him out.

“Then go carefully! I’ll contact you!”

“Goodbye.”

He stood there until Woojin’s figure disappeared.

If he bought 50 billion won worth of real estate as the cool student said, how much would the commission be?

He felt like Woojin’s back looked like a Gangnam madam.

Like someone who knows information and comes to invest.

“What? Could it be…?”

That possibility couldn’t be ruled out. No, that wasn’t important.

He had to gather properties.

He entered the store like lightning and quickly started making calls.

“Hello! Boss, this is Blue Real Estate. It’s nothing else, but you put your house up for sale with Mirae Real Estate, didn’t you? I know it hasn’t sold for half a year, but I can sell it for you.”

*

Woojin got off the bus and was walking towards the subway entrance.

Then someone called out from behind him.

“Excuse me!”

Woojin turned around and spoke as he saw a man and a woman approaching side by side.

“You both look very fortunate.”

At Woojin’s words, the man and woman walked past him as if they hadn’t called him at all.

“Excuse me!”

When Woojin called out to the man and woman in turn, they quickened their pace and moved away quickly.

Woojin scratched his head and mumbled.

“There was something I wanted to tell you…”

Woojin, who had been looking at them, went down the stairs toward the subway and called Lee Hyerim.

“Hyerim, I’m heading to the office now. Can I see you for a bit?”

A cheerful voice flowed from the cellphone.

-When do you think you’ll arrive?

“An hour?”

-Call me when you arrive.

“Okay.”

Woojin was able to reach SH Construction after several subway transfers and met Lee Hyerim at a coffee shop.

Woojin mumbled as he savored a sweet drink as always, and Hyerim looked at Woojin with a small smile.

Woojin said,

“Hyerim, I have something to confess.”

“A confession?”

Hyerim’s eyes widened slightly.

It was because the word ‘confession’ came from Woojin.

Since Woojin was unpredictable, the word ‘confession’ made her incredibly curious.

It definitely wouldn’t be a confession about feelings between people.

“What is it?”

“I’m going to spend 50 billion won worth of hotel shares.”

“Huh? You’re disposing of them?”

“Yeah, would that be okay?”

Lee Hyerim asked with a confused expression.

“No… Where are you going to use it? Suddenly?”

She shook her head and continued.

That stake wasn’t entrusted; it was a gift given to Woojin.

“Yes, that’s your share of the inheritance, so it’s not something I should interfere with. You can use it however you want.”

Woojin, who was drinking his beverage, looked up at her.

To Lee Hyerim’s eyes, Woojin seemed to be smiling faintly.

So she reached for her coffee, as if avoiding his gaze, and asked,

“But what are you going to use it for?”

“I want to try investing. I’ve never invested in real estate before.”

As expected, that confession was about what he wanted to do.

“Is there any good news?”

“Yes, Prosecutor Kim Cheolung…”

Woojin recounted exactly what he had heard from Prosecutor Kim Cheolung.

Lee Hyerim’s eyes widened as she listened to Woojin, and her mind started racing.

Woojin finished speaking and looked out the window, saying,

“It’s a good day to establish a company.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I think it would be good if you, Hyerim, created an independent company in your name.”

She pointed to herself with her finger.

“Me?”

“Yes. Gather the small businesses that SH Construction used as subcontractors into one place and establish a company.

If you tell the professional manager of SH Construction to hand them over, they’ll have no choice but to do so, because we have a weakness against them.

There are also many other subcontractors. If you, Hyerim, put up the signboard, I’ll persuade the small businesses.”

Lee Hyerim’s mind began to race.

If they gathered and merged the small businesses that were subcontractors for SH Construction, they could continuously use them for the New City Project that was currently underway.

It’s possible with a little influence from above.

If she were to grow a completely independent company like this without the help of Shinhwa Group…

How would Father or Grandfather look at me?

But could things really go so smoothly?

‘I’ll do the convincing.’

It was as if Lee Hyerim could hear Woojin’s voice echoing in her head.

Then, Woojin’s actual voice was heard.

“Hyerim, do you know anyone who collects artifacts? The cheaper, the better, and the more, the better. This is the most important thing.”

“Artifacts?”