Baek Seung-tae’s expression is slanted to one side and crumpled. It must have been embarrassing to have a subordinate with whom he worked for several years ask who he was in the first place.
He frowned to the point where he couldn’t get any more crumpled before opening his mouth.
“Who are you? Are you kidding me?”
“I’m not kidding, I’m asking because I really don’t know.”
“what?”
His eyes change from bewilderment to wonder.
At this point, I think the time has come, so I pour out the words I have prepared at once.
“The hospital said that the impact of my fall caused some memory problems. Maybe that’s why, but I don’t remember who it was at all.”
“Amnesia?”
“The doctor used the word memory confusion.”
Baek Seung-tae stares at my face for a long time. He seems to doubt whether I am lying.
“Could you please tell me your name? Then you might remember something.”
“It’s Baek Seung-tae. I am the manager and your boss.”
“hmm… … I don’t know either. Still, you said you were my boss, so please take good care of me in the future.”
He examines my condition again with a complicated expression and waves his hand. I meant to go.
By now, he must have all kinds of thoughts in his head.
I’m going to start with the suspicion that this guy really has amnesia. Next, you will want to know what kind of memories and how far they flew.
Then, after I was convinced that the amnesia was real.
‘They’ll definitely try to use me.’
I’ve been frantic to cover up the crime, but if I didn’t even have a memory, what scarecrow would be better to use than this.
The Baek Seung-tae I know would never miss an opportunity like this.
He will act more boldly in the future, and that flow will be an opportunity for me.
* * *
The second largest private office at KN Chemical’s headquarters is used as the executive office, not the vice president’s office.
Executive Director Park Min-gyo.
He was the younger brother of President Park Chul-soon, and was in fact a person called KN Chemical’s powerhouse.
Bondi, he spent more time going to the golf course than working at the company, but today he was stuck in his office all day, going through thick papers.
“This one or that one. write… … This damn company has no way.”
The document Park Min-gyo was looking at was KN Chemical’s quarterly settlement report.
Looking at the number of documents, it seems that there is no problem at all, but in reality, it was very different.
KM Chemical was like a ship with a hole in the bottom. For now, it continues to operate with tinkering and blindfolding, but it is only a matter of time before it sinks again.
The only way to survive was to pack something and leave the ship.
smart.
Park Min-gyo nervously shouts at the knocking sound.
“who is this?”
-This is Baek Seung-tae, general manager.
Park Min-gyo lowers the blinds on the window on the hallway side and opens the office door himself. Then he comes in and asks questions before he even sits down.
“How did things go?”
Baek Seung-tae stuttered and gave an answer.
“Ah, that, that… … They say it needs more time to transfer money due to account preparation issues.”
“You still haven’t?”
“Originally, this would have been the time when the money went over, but these days the atmosphere is not good there either… … .”
Park Min-gyo’s expression gets distorted every moment. Baek Seung-tae knew his dirty temper, so he quickly spat out something nice to hear.
“Do not worry. The account I’m using this time is on the Cayman Islands, so there’s absolutely no chance of an accident.”
As the Cayman Islands were originally used as tax havens, they were an ideal place to hide black money.
“How did you decide to pay the balance?”
“I had them exchanged for dollars through a broker on the Shanghai side.”
“That’s not allowed. The more dollars pile up, the harder it is to keep. Wait and transfer to the next account together.”
“The next account opens in two months… … Are you okay?”
When the word comes out to wait two months, Park Min-gyo’s forehead wrinkles again.
“Is there any way to make it faster?”
“As you know, moving a large amount of money in a short period of time can cause problems.”
“Did you not hear me? You asked if there was any other way.”
Baek Seung-tae took out a yellow handkerchief and wiped away the sweat. Then something came to my mind, ‘Ah!’ I raised my voice.
“How about keeping it in gold bars? If I send my subordinates to change it, the evidence will be made, so it’s a good deal.”
“He sent it the other day. If you keep asking me to buy gold, I’ll be suspicious.”
Baek Seung-tae rubs his hands together. A wicked smile bloomed on his lips.
“Don’t worry about that. This time he hurt his head badly, but well, he has amnesia.”
“Memory loss? Are you saying you’ve become an idiot?”
“Not to that extent, it seems that I partially do not remember. I asked a few questions as a test, but he didn’t seem to know anything about buying gold bars.”
Gold bullion is the best way to siphon money because of its small volume. However, there was a problem that their identities would be exposed if they were to be obtained in large quantities.
“It would be nice in many ways if the old man bought me gold, but I don’t really care.”
“I was embarrassed, so I even checked with the hospital.”
“What are they saying there?”
“He said he didn’t know the date or how old he was.”
I would have believed it if I said that I had confirmed this much, but Park Min-gyo was more suspicious than anyone else.
“You were supposed to take him to Las Vegas next month and come back?”
“That’s right.”
“Until then, keep an eye on me closely. As long as the verification is certain, there is a way to extract the bone marrow.”
* * *
If I had to describe my company life after 7 years in one word, it was boring.
It’s not just boring, it’s terribly boring.
Time flies meaninglessly as I do unnecessarily long meetings, submit reports, and do chores requested by other departments.
6 o’clock in the evening.
It’s time to go to work, but no one gets up first in the office.
As far as I remember, after sitting for another 10 minutes, the manager-level disappeared to eat first, and then the other employees lined up to go down to the cafeteria.
There was no option other than eating dinner.
In terms of the company atmosphere, leaving work on time was like idle, so I had to keep my seat until 9:00 no matter what.
Of course, this was only true for ordinary employees.
As someone who has no lingering attachments to the company, there was absolutely no reason to remain in the office killing time.
“I leave work first.”
I get up at 6 o’clock with my bag.
Everyone in the office is looking at me. Everyone with their necks stretched out, I thought they were looking at some kind of meerkat.
As I was about to leave, someone stopped me.
“Agent God. Is there anything urgent today?”
Ha Seung-chan is the manager of the accounting department. He likes to meddle here and there, but he has a condescending personality, so he gets tired when filmed.
I also remember having a hard time trying to please that person.
“There is nothing particularly urgent.”
“Then why are you leaving already?”
“It’s work time.”
Looking at Manager Ha’s expression, it seems like he doesn’t take it for granted.
However, while looking at the desk to see if there was any reason to block it, he handed me a thick file folder.
“If you have nothing to do, why not do this?”
“What is this?”
“This is the payment statement for the product that was ordered this time, and I have to work on Excel. Deputy Shin checks it out and fills it in.”
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“Isn’t it the job of the accounting department to work on statements?”
In an instant, it feels like the temperature in the office has dropped by about 2 degrees.
“So you’re saying you can’t?”
“It’s not that I can’t, it’s that I won’t. If I, a different department, do this, isn’t it like the entire accounting department becomes a department that can’t even get things done on time?”
Pretending to spin a full circle, he threw a tight fastball toward his body.
“Now what, what, what?”
Manager Ha, perhaps not expecting me to do this, opens his mouth like a crucian carp.
If I hit it further here, I might really grab the back of my neck and fall down.
“If you have nothing more to say, I will go.”
I leave the office at this point out of consideration for the other person.
I could hear Manager Ha’s muttering voice from behind, but I ignored it lightly.
If I had that human personality, I would ignore me completely from tomorrow, so maybe my company life would be easier.
* * *
After exiting the company parking lot, turn the car toward Pangyo.
There is a new office in Pangyo. For the time being, I had to go back and forth between the two places frequently, so I decided on Pangyo while looking for a nearby place.
I followed the address Park Tae-sik took and found an 8-story building.
“Since it is new, the building is in good shape.”
Nominally, our company was an ‘overseas investment company’, so it was advantageous to move into a plausible building in order to give investors confidence.
Even so, I am in a position where I can only rent and use one office, but that will be enough if I gradually expand it.
“Are you here, CEO Shin Woo-hyuk?”
When I arrived at the office, Park Tae-sik greeted me with a playful voice.
“Oh, yes. How are you, Chief Park Tae-sik? Have you finished mopping the floor?”
“I cleaned the window frame as well as mopping it. Look at the shiny thing here.”
“Good job. If we want our company to prosper in the future, we will have to work even harder to wash the floors and windows.”
“Leave it to me, sir.”
I smile and sit down at the table in the middle of the office.
On the table was a laser-engraved company nameplate.
[WHTS Company]
The name of the company was created by combining my name and Park Tae-sik’s name. Every time I see this, I think our naming sense is terrible.
“Now, since it seems that all shareholders have gathered, we will start the 1st extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of WHTS Company from now on.”
“It’s just the two of us, what kind of shareholders’ meeting is this?”
“It’s a shareholders’ meeting, right? A fundamental shareholders’ meeting with 100% shareholder attendance.”
It sounds like a joke, but Park Tae-shik’s expression was serious. In line with that, I cut off the playfulness and go into a serious listening mode.
“In my free time, I looked at the market price of the virtual currency we would invest in. Since the exchange hacking incident last year, the bearish trend has continued.”
The 2014 Mt. Gox hack and the 2015 Bitstamp hack.
This incident showed that blockchain-based virtual currency, which was promoted for its excellent security, is powerless against exchange hacking.
Because of this, the bitcoin market price, which had reached $1,000, fell to $97, a tenth of the level, in just one day.
“If the current atmosphere continues, it will be difficult for prices to rebound. Honestly, how many people would be willing to buy a product that has fallen by 1/10th?”
“Think the other way around. If there is an opportunity to rise, it will skyrocket at once with the expectation that it will rise to the previous price.”
“that’s right. So I’ve been thinking about it for a while.”
Park Tae-sik takes out the documents he has prepared in advance. In it, ideas that could raise the value of virtual currency were densely written.
“proposal? When did you make this?”
“Ever since you said you only had a year at the coffee shop.”
The proposal written by Taesik Park was not simply a list of ideas.
For example, if there was a content about promoting virtual currency in a stock broadcast, the viewership ratings of which channels were high, the name of the person in charge and the amount of advertising fee were investigated in detail.
“Even though it was done in a short period of time, I investigated in detail.”
“There are quite a few people I know on the stock broadcasting side, so I called them one by one to find out.”
I read the proposal and put it down.
“hmm… … It’s good information, but it’s not the right time to promote it.”
“why?”
“Because we don’t have many virtual currencies in our hands.”
The company’s surplus funds are approximately 1.5 billion.
Even if you buy all the bitcoins with this, it’s only about 5,000.
At a time when there are over 1 million bitcoins deposited on large exchanges, 5,000 bitcoins is just a handful.
“We don’t have many virtual currencies, but if we spend money to promote them, it’s just like giving them away.”
“But there is no other way.”
“Why is there no way?”
How to take all the share as much as you promoted.
“It’s enough if we create a new cryptocurrency.”