Watts’ debut with a short video was a success.
At the same time as the service opened, the maximum number of users reached 300,000, and the queue also maintained a steady level of 150,000.
The more positive news here is that this crowd gathered even though the payment of acorn coins was delayed after the official version.
Great success of new services, resolution of uncertainty.
When the distribution schedule of Acorn Coin, which was expected to be released in large quantities, was delayed, the Acorn Coin market price, which had been moving sideways in the mid-$2 range, faced an explosive rise.
Immediately after the opening of the new service, it slightly rose to $2.8, but after earnest word-of-mouth, it soared nearly 50% in an instant, breaking through to $4.
And today is the fourth day of the Watts Open.
“Acorn Coin has surpassed the $5 mark per coin, ranking 6th in terms of market cap. Applause everyone! Wow!”
Park Tae-sik shouted first, and the staff waiting next to him followed suit, applauding, cheering, and whistling.
“Thank you all for your hard work!”
“I can’t believe our acorn coin is ranked 6th in the world.”
“oh my god! I hope everything goes well like this in the future!”
Employees congratulate themselves and exchange stories like good words for a while.
“The original owner said that on a good day like this, he would give something called Geumilbong… … What do you think, CEO?”
When Park Tae-sik caught the wind, other employees responded with a fuss.
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“Oh oh! Are you serious?”
“I didn’t even think about it… … Can I look forward to it?”
“Tell me something, CEO!”
At this time, Lee So-young even puts a microphone in my hand, asking where she brought it. Seeing that everything is happening in a flash, it seems that I was driven to this idea from the beginning.
I had no choice but to stand in front of the staff with a microphone.
“Everyone, first of all, I would like to say thank you for trusting and following us, even though the schedule must have been very tight. Our WHTS Company will grow further in the future… … .”
First of all, a ceremonial story is presented with a thank-you note. All the while, the eyes of the staff were shining with anticipation.
“And the Geumilbong, which was mentioned earlier, that is, the cash envelope is not prepared separately.”
As soon as these words come out, you can feel the firearms in the eyes of the employees disappearing.
“As WHTS Company is a virtual currency developer, we will not give any cash bonuses in the future. Instead, we will give you a USB with acorn coins as an incentive.”
At the word of giving acorn coins, the eyes of the staff came back to life.
This is because acorn coins were practically equivalent to cash for those who were proficient in using virtual currency.
“I prepared 1,200 acorn coins as an incentive, which is about 3 million won in Korean currency.”
3 million won.
It’s a lot of money even for a gold medal. Maybe that’s why the corners of the mouths of the employees who were receiving the gift box containing the USB caught on their ears.
By the time I had given out most of the gift boxes, someone noticed something odd and asked a question.
“excuse me… … CEO, I think 1,200 acorn coins will exceed 3 million won in Korean currency? Even with a rough calculation, it looks like there are a lot of ships.”
“That’s because the incentive USB was prepared while Watts development was in full swing. Now that the market price has risen, the amount must have increased as well.”
All of the employees who were listening to the conversation started counting 1,200 acorn coins at today’s market price.
“Today they said $5 each, so 1,200… … Is it close to 6.5 million won?”
“How lucky!”
“no! In the meantime, it went up by 0.2 dollars, so it’s 5.2 dollars. Now it’s over 7 million won!”
All eyes of the staff are directed towards me. It meant that it was okay to take the money worth 7 million won to Geumilbong.
I said with a light smile.
“The rise in the price of Acorn Coin is thanks to your efforts. So I think it is natural to take more incentives as the market price has risen.”
It was only a very principled statement, but the reaction of the staff was explosive.
There were people clapping their hands and cheering, people jumping like children for joy, and people chanting a bonus of 7 million won.
Looking at their happy faces, deep inside me, I am filled with pride.
Beyond simply making money, it is a sense of pride that comes from working hard together, struggling together, sharing together, and having fun together.
‘If I lived as a part of the company and society like before, it must be an emotion I could never feel.’
I thought that in order to continue to enjoy this pride in the future, I had to grow the company even bigger.
* * *
On the top floor of the building where WHTS Company moved in, there was a temporary office without a plaque.
The only thing visible in the dark office is the lights from the monitors and the LEDs emitted from the rack.
When Lee So-young turned on the light switch, something dark inside said, ‘Kiki!’ and make a sound
“Turn off the lights. Dazzling!”
The one with the darkness was Nella, who had been scouted by the security team a while ago.
Whether she shouts or not, Lee So-young removes all the blackout curtains that were covering the office windows.
“Why are all the office lights off? This will hurt your eyes.”
“You can see the screen better when it is dark.”
“no. It is forbidden to turn off lights in the company. I’m glad it’s me, what would you think if someone you didn’t know came in here?”
Nella grunts with an expression of annoyance.
“Soyoung, why are you here?”
“I came to give you a present.”
“gift?”
“Okay, take it. It is given by the company.”
Lee So-young holds out a gift box to her. When I unpacked it, there was a small USB in the box.
“what? Have you heard of any secure files that need to be decrypted?”
“No, it’s 1,200 acorn coins. It’s an incentive for the success of this new project.”
Nella seems disinterested and tosses the box next to the computer.
“Why is the pressure so low today?”
“no.”
“Do not lie. It’s written in big letters on your face that says, “I’m in a very bad mood today.”
Nella turns on the selfie on her phone and examines her face.
She usually doesn’t show her emotions well, but today her expression definitely leaned towards ‘bad’ rather than ‘good’.
“What is the reason?”
“maybe… … It must be because of Woohyuk.”
“Woohyuk? Why is the representative Have you ever had a fight?”
“Yeah, I fought and lost.”
A question mark floats above Lee So-young’s head. No matter how you think about it, it was because the two had no reason to fight.
“For what? what did you fight about? Who got angry first?”
“I am angry with myself.”
“What are you talking about?”
“This time, I completely lost in the hateful comments case. That’s why I’m angry.”
Lee So-young still looks at Nella with a puzzled expression.
Only then does she come up with a real explanation.
“I planted malware on the sites they often work with, with the intention of catching the culprits of the malicious comments myself.”
Even if you bypass the country with a VPN and use an anonymous browser, your true location will be exposed if your computer is infected with malware.
“There have been results. It’s not the boss, but it succeeded in infecting many computers at the lower end.”
“Then why are you angry?”
“Because everything is useless.”
Nella stared at the monitor for a moment with burning eyes before opening her mouth.
“Looking at their conversations, I think the lower ranks will turn themselves in this week.”
“embroidery? why?”
“The boss said he didn’t pay and disappeared. The price of acorns skyrocketed, so he must have gone bankrupt. But the investigation is still going on, so he must be scared.”
Once the lower end surrendered, it was only a matter of time before the boss could be identified.
“That’s why you said it’s useless.”
“that’s right. too broken How can I be so overwhelming?”
“As a result, things worked out well, so it’s not like we lost. So think good.”
In terms of the company as a whole, Lee So-young is right. However, Nella, who wanted to show off her ability clearly through this incident, was deprived of all the fish she had caught.
“What’s more frustrating here… … All my predictions were wrong.”
When the acorn coin price skyrocketed for the first time, she thought that the acorn coin price was artificially raised by stealing bitcoin.
However, as a result of confirmation, the embezzlement bitcoin did not even move in the wallet until this work was over.
“He made this result by raising the price of Acorn Coin with his ability. Why did you make this choice over the easy way?”
“Isn’t it possible that he had enough confidence?”
“Myself… … ?”
Lee So-young nodded loudly and accepted the words.
“The CEO is always full of confidence. And it must have been the same this time, so you must have thought that there was no need to spread your hands elsewhere.”
“Nonsense. How can you be sure that the new service will be successful and the price of Acorn Coin will skyrocket? I can’t… … . I will not… … . People who think that way are weird.”
“that’s right. The CEO has a different point of view than ours. Everyone becomes normal in front of him.”
“… … .”
Nella felt a strange feeling. Lee So-young, who was considered a genius until now, acknowledges and looks up to someone like this.
So, I was interested in a person named Shin Woo-hyeok. The desire to find out more, deeper, and more secretly than now was infested.
* * *
The media tries to write articles with provocative headlines as much as possible.
It was like that in the days of paper newspapers, but these days, when news is consumed on the Internet, that tendency has become more severe.
It all started when a chivalry reporter from WHTS Company uploaded it with a provocative title aiming for the number of clicks.
[Cryptocurrency received as a daily wage to 7 million won in a week? The luck that came to the WHTS Company employees.]
It was a story that 3 million won of Geumilbong rose to 7 million won, but the reporter intentionally left out 3 million won, so the article was completed as if he had won the lottery.
It was an unscrupulous aggro article, but the effect was certain.
From the start of the posting, the number of views increased steadily, and the article took 3 hours on the main page of Nabo News.
After one person succeeds in the title business, copy-sung articles appear like mushrooms after rain.
[Employees who received their daily wages with acorn coins, woke up with 8 million won!]
[How much would it be now if employees were paid in acorn coins? Calculate the average annual salary in the IT industry… … A whopping 200 million?]
[Geumilbong is 10 million won! We asked the development team of Acorn Coin, a hot topic in Changan, about their future prospects. “We don’t know how much more the price will rise.”]
Every time a new article is uploaded, the price of the article continues to increase.
It was not a false article. Every time reporters wrote an article and posted it, people flocked to it, and the price of Acorn Coin went up.
As the price of Acorn Coin soared, the capital and value of WHTS Company also soared like a rocket.
However, this phenomenon was not all good.
Due to its excessive popularity, the news of Acorn Coin comes to someone who should not be known.