back to past life(on going)
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“Is it time for self-reflection?” Jonathan was deep in thought, and I greet him with these words.
“Yeah, absolutely,” Jonathan immediately replied as he raised his head. His sad gaze went back to the now useless investment draft which only covered the period up until when the baht exchange started to dip.
▼June 2nd
Jonathan highlighted the date with a red pen as he had failed to take advantage of the opportunity.
“How could you know the date, but not the trends?” questioned he.
“Calculation,” and replied.
“Will you show them to me in the future?” his eyes shone.
“I'll tell you what ingredients I used,” I said.
The hedge funds were making a counterattack by borrowing the Japanese yen, which had a low-interest rate. Since it was already known, there was no necessity to mention it again.
“Only the ingredients? What about the recipe?”
Jonathan had completely changed his attitude in just a few days, and acted like a young man in his prime rate than a successful financial manager in Wall Street. I could only understand and let him be since I didn’t know what he was like when he was younger. I smile silently, and Jonathan stopped asking as he still held onto his stoic pride as a manager.
“I still don’t know your name, which makes no sense,” Jonathan glanced at me.
“Seon-Hu,” I said.
“Sun. Who. Oh, that’s a good name. Can I call you Sun?” Jonathan smiled as he made eye contact with me.
In the past, there were only two occurrences where I’ve seen Jonathan’s bright side. The first time was when he bragged about his prime in 1997, and the other one was when he finally cleared a dungeon after surviving to the end. Other than these moments, he looked to be a wanted beast. He drank when ever he had no work, and often called out his dead daughter’s name. Compared to that, young Jonathan still retained his bright personality. Since I remembered how he looked the last time I saw him in my past life, I liked seeing him smile now.
“Jonathan and Sun Investments,” Jonathan said suddenly as he thought about the name of the company we were about to establish.
“The shares are fifty-one to forty-nine, so mine is higher. Well, there would be nothing wrong to call it my company,” he said with confidence.
“Please take my name out of it,” I said.
“Aren’t you too old to be coy?” Jonathan wonderred's.
“I don’t care about the company name. How much are you thinking about capital?” Asked.
“Sun, you’re too cunning, and that’s why you could succeed in this crazy deal. I will fund the capital and hand you forty-nine percent of the shares,” he said as if he was offering me a gift.
“I should get fifty-one percent,” I said.
“What?” he was startled.
“I guess if you don’t like that, you can provide less funds for capital,” I maintained.
“Even though it’s ten thousand dollars?” He was still in shock.
“It’s up to you,” I said.
“Where did you get this confidence?” he asked.
“Are you good with ten thousand dollars then?” I ignored him and continued with the deal.
“No way,” Jonathan held out four fingers and continued on, “Four hundred thousand dollars. I wish I could’ve scraped more, but that’s all I have.”
Since I had a fifty-one percent share, it meant that I earned two hundred four thousand dollars for doing nothing.
“Do you have any funds to help, Sun?” he leered at me.
“If I did, I wouldn’t have called you to Korea,” I answered.
“But why was it me? How did you know me?” He was curious.
“From the website,” I replied.
“...Just a website? You don't care who it is as long as you can set up an investment company in North America? He's dumbfounded.
Investment companies in North America? If possible, I would like to start from tax heaven. However, given Jonathan's savings, I couldn't.
“Are you disappointed?” Jonatan asked.
“No, I just thought that this opportunity came at a strange time. It never comes when I need it most, ”I replied.
It never came when I needed it most.
The words felt like deja vu. When Jonathan opened the master box with the points he had accumulated by risking his life and nearly dying a few times, he was desperate. He originally had a grand plan to never open the box below the level of the challenger box until he accumulated enough points. However, there was a series of incidents that worried him mentally, and he ended up opening the master box.
He hoped the master box would give him an item or seal instead of a trait or skill. Considering what he said back then, he would probably sell it and live like a madman in the red light district until he died.
But a miracle happened to him. The skill that would be at the level of a challenger box came out of his own master box even though the chances were very small to obtain it. It was the second time I saw something of a higher level come out of the lower level box. Just twice. Even the luckiest people can't do this.
***
“Why are you looking at me like that? Are you honored that I consider you an 'opportunity'? From what you've shown me, you must be my chance, Sun. You are my chance. I only need one because I'm ready for it, ”I saw Jonathan's face full of excitement after returning from my memory.
"Will you risk everything you have if I tell you to do everything?" I asked.
"Everybody in?" Jonathan smiled meaningfully.
“Only because I changed an investment product does not mean I stopped being a trader. I'm investing in you, Sun. Everybody in? It's nothing,” Jonathan put his 007 bag on the table.
Thumped.
Lots of paperwork out of the bag. They needed to set up an investment company, and he had already signed wherever he needed to. Jonathan must be the initiator and CEO because he is an American citizen. Now he is asking for official Korean government documents that will prove my identity, such as a copy of my residency registration certificate.
Jonathan furrowed his brows as he looked up, and looked at me confusedly. I am kindly pointing to my name.
|Na Seon-Hu (850228 - ******)|
“This is the only document I can use to prove my identity. It's me, and it's my parents,” I said.
“What do those numbers mean?” Jonatan asked.
“They are like social security numbers, and they are called population registration numbers in Korea. I will send you a copy of my passport as soon as it is issued,” I replied.
“But Sun, these numbers... That's not your date of birth, is it?” he frowned.
“Ya, indeed,” I replied.
“85 doesn't mean 1985, does it?” tanyanya.
He opened his mouth and said nothing for a while.
"Thirteen? You are thirteen years old?” He asked as his mind tried to process this unbelievable realization.
He was surprised by two things: the fact that one of the founders was thirteen years old and that I looked like an adult rather than a teenager.
Jonathan covered his face with his hands like the day we first met, but the eyes that peeked through his fingers were different this time. In fact, his face was filled with a sensation greater than his anger back then.
"I know that. You.you are an Asian genius,” he looks at me in wonder.
***
Jonathan greatly appreciated my readiness and tenacity, but now, he praised my genius the most. In his mind, I was a young Asian financial genius. He looked at me like a westerner traveling to Tibet and Japan with Asian fantasies in mind. In the past, I would have punched him in the eye for seeing me like this, but I replied with a date in mind instead of my fist.
“Second week of June, from date nine to date thirteen,” I said. When I told her the real date, she changed her posture.
“I am sure the stock will drop ten percent during that period,” I am sure.
"Do you think Bangkok will give up during that week?" Jonathan leaned towards me, and quickly wiped away the excitement in his eyes.
“It will take quite a long time for them to give up,” I replied.
“Then what about the second week of June?” She asked.
"Do you remember what I said before?" I asked him back.
“Thailand is just the beginning?” He answers.
“The battle between the hedge fund union and Thailand has come to a situation where no one can predict the outcome. Until yesterday, most people were biased that Thailand would manage to defend itself,” I said.
“However, we don't think they can,” Jonathan uses the word 'we'.
“If Thailand's share price drops by more than ten percent during the second week, it will be a turning point. The mood will change, and fear will spread,” I said.
"People are gonna freak out" she looked at me.
“Help will support the hedge fund union that attacked the baht, and, of course, fear will spread throughout Asia. The hedge fund union will move their battlefield to harvest as much as they can, and their ultimate goal is..” I stopped there and waited for Jonathan to answer.
"Hong Kong," Jonathan replied without hesitation like he had been thinking about this for a while.
“No, you are wrong. This is South Korea,” I said. Jonatan frowned.
“Is that because it's your country? Korea is in a completely different situation compared to Thailand. The attackers could not attack the foreign exchange of this country. What's problem?" he's confused.
"That's right. They should not interfere with Korean foreign exchange because they are prevented from bringing military funds to Korea,” I replied.
"Yes" he nodded.
“But the hedge fund union fund is not the one that will attack Korea. This will be the fear in East Asia that Korea now has to face. Jonathan, the hedge fund union created a fear that could attract all foreign investment in the country, ”kataku.
Jonatan became quiet. He seemed to imagine how the financial crisis of Thailand would invade Asia and destroy Korea. It would be a great sight for someone on Wall Street. Jonathan's fist is clenched tightly now.
“So you want to stop it, Sun? An individual like you? You are very patriotic, but this is not my country, ”dia shook her head.
“It's the same for me. All the devotion and love from people like us is just for 'money', ”Jonathan does not laugh or smile. He silently nodded as he waited for me to tell him the conclusion of this long story.
“Hedging fund unions will go to war, but once the war is over, they will know who benefits the most. They'll get a surprise" I said.
