An office full of cigarette smoke.
At this point, he could have opened the window and ventilated, but the office owner, Park Min-gyo, is just staring at his phone with a nonchalant expression.
On the screen he was concentrating on, there was an acorn coin article, which is frequently uploaded these days.
The content was nothing special. It was a pasted article about how much the price of acorn coins had risen and how investors had hit the jackpot.
Park Min-gyo, who has been reading the article for a long time, mumbles to himself.
“The guy who robbed the account in Las Vegas also said he bought acorn coins.”
Since the price of acorn coins has risen more than four times since then, it means that the thief also made that much money.
What kind of money is that money, and it wasn’t enough that it was robbed, so it hit the investment jackpot? I felt like I was going crazy because my stomach was swollen.
The desire to catch and kill the thief and get the money back was like a chimney.
But unless the thief moved first, tracking him down was impossible.
“Why doesn’t that rip-and-slaughter guy want to withdraw money? why? Why?”
I have obtained tens of billions of money, but why do I keep it as virtual currency without any movement?
His mind could not comprehend his actions.
‘Are you sure that the price will go up? that’s so reckless Then, as before, if there is a major crash… … .’
In the middle of his muttering, something from the past suddenly came into his mind.
It was the memory of repeatedly buying the quantity and raising the price directly when the bitcoin price fell.
“if?”
Park Min-gyo calls urgently.
There was only one person to talk to. It was Na Jun-seok, the quickest manager in the field of virtual currency.
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Tou… … Tou… … Tou… … .
Na Jun-seok seldom answers the phone. If it was like before, I would have received it before the signal rang three times.
Lately, I’ve had the feeling that he’s strangely bothering me.
As the worries piled up, the call was connected only when he was on the verge of being swallowed up by his wandering thoughts.
“Why aren’t you answering the phone like this?”
-I was late taking a shower.
“Next time you wash your clothes, be sure to take your phone with you. okay?”
-Yes, I understand. But why did you call me… … .
Only then did Park Min-gyo remember that there was something more urgent.
“Is there a thief who robbed accounts in the Cayman Islands? You kept saying there was no movement.”
-That’s right.
“Isn’t that the guy who didn’t do anything with the stolen money, but used it to manipulate the cryptocurrency market?”
– How do you mean?
“If you buy a lot of cryptocurrency with a stolen account, won’t the market price go up? If you repeat that a few times, you can make a lot of money without withdrawing money.”
If the opponent was burdened with the exposure of their identity due to withdrawal, it was a target that they would have tried enough.
Park Min-gyo was confident that this was the correct answer. However, the answer coming back over the phone was not.
-Sorry, but so far only one transaction has occurred on the stolen account.
“If I raised the market price with it even once, am I right? I heard that the price of acorns has risen this time?”
-It is true that the account bought acorn coins, but besides acorns, etherium, light coin, ripple, etc. A total of 8 coins were purchased.
“so?”
– I wonder if it is correct to view this movement as diversified investment rather than market manipulation.
When the reasoning he came up with was denied, Park Min-gyo gets angry and sees it.
“No, not this either. Neither is that. So when the heck are we going to catch him? huh? Until when!”
– It may be difficult, but you have to wait until the opponent moves.
“Oh sh*t! Shut that mouth!”
He throws the receiver on the ground. As if that didn’t relieve his anger, he even stepped on it.
“omg… … omg… … omg… … Mr X. It doesn’t matter if it’s not your money, right? That’s it. I will find it on my own.”
Park Min-gyo accesses the Acorn Coin website and looks for a list of executives.
If the acorn coin was artificially skyrocketed, it was because I thought that the acorn coin developer was the one who benefited the most.
[CEO Daniel Shin]
Except for one line of name and title, there was nothing on the homepage, not even a common photo or biography.
Park Min-gyo searched for his name on the portal site. Coincidentally, there was an article posted by a magazine with an announcement of an interview.
[Daniel Shin, founder of Acorn Coin and CEO of WHTS Company. A special interview with him will be released soon!]
And the article had a picture of Daniel Shin hanging on the door.
* * *
The popularity of the acorn coin rose rapidly in a short period of time as the article on the 7 million won gold coin spread.
The rise in awareness soon led to an increase in the price of Acorn Coin, which led to new articles being published again.
As the situation is like this, the number of interview requests pouring into the company also explodes.
Up until now, Park Tae-shik had been acting as the face madam instead of me, but the more I did, the more reporters looking for me as the representative.
If the atmosphere of the coverage was left as it is, reporters would randomly storm into the company or follow them to the parking lot to follow up on the interview.
It was not a good idea to keep hiding. At this point, I needed to show my face once to cool off the overheated atmosphere of the interview.
“I will start the interview soon!”
In the drawing room of WHTS Company, reporters and staff of ‘Smart More’ are preparing for an interview.
Smart More is not a media company, but it was a well-known magazine in the field of IT devices and automobiles.
“CEO, hello. This is Kim Hyo-rim from Smart Mower.”
A reporter with a strong impression holds out a business card. I also took out the business cards I had prepared in advance and exchanged them.
“This is Daniel Shin, CEO of WHTS Company.”
“oh! thank you.”
After that, there was a brief chatter, and then the tape recorder was officially turned on and the interview started.
“First of all, I would like to say thank you for agreeing to our interview. As far as I know, I heard that the CEO never gave an interview to the media, is that true?”
“you’re right. I have interview anxiety.”
“aha. You did. Then, is there any particular reason why you agreed to our interview?”
The real reason is that I found a medium where I can interview without showing my face.
But I can’t say that, so I’ll give you the most formal yet pleasant answer.
“I am an avid reader of Smart Mower. Since I was young, I have loved IT devices and cars.”
“and! Meeting the reader here!”
“Last month’s electric vehicle special article, I really enjoyed it. It would be nice if there were more feature articles like that.”
“I will try hard!”
Afterwards, the interview went smoothly with stories such as the purpose of making the acorn coin and the episode at the time of development.
Then, near the end of the interview, the reporter suddenly changed the topic.
“From now on, we will conduct a Q&A to answer the questions of our readers. Sensitive questions have been prepared from the beginning, would you mind?”
“Ask me anything.”
“Then let me ask you a question about the value of virtual currencies, including Acorn Coin. There are many concerns that the current virtual currency value is too overvalued. What does the CEO think about this?”
I barely restrained myself from wanting to laugh. That’s because today’s bitcoin market price was barely over 600,000 won.
“I think the cryptocurrency market as a whole is extremely undervalued.”
“How much do you think the CEO will rise?”
“About 100 times more than now?”
I think the reporter took it as a joke because I put it lightly.
No one would believe me even if I seriously talked about 70 million won in Bitcoin here, so I also grinned.
After that, there were formal questions and answers, and all the interviews were finished in about an hour.
“Thank you for the interview!”
While the staff is packing up, a reporter comes and speaks carefully.
“I… … I’m sorry, but it’s the CEO’s photo that I was given when I booked the interview.”
She shows me a picture. In that photo, I have been retouched as much as possible, adding rough skin, thick eyebrows, strong jawline, and even sideburns, giving me the impression of a real man cowboy.
“Are you the same person? I’m asking because you seem to have a very different face.”
“I gave you the best possible picture, but does the real thing look better?”
“Yeah, what… … hahahaha… … .”
The reporter smiles awkwardly and nods his head.
I assure you, even the mother who gave birth to me won’t recognize me from just that picture.
“If you don’t like it, I’ll get you another profile picture.”
“no. The magazine with the pre-interview is already out of print. That’s why I don’t think the photo can be replaced.”
Know. So, I set the interview date for today.
“okay. It is very regrettable.”
* * *
Aside from the popularity of Acorn Coin, Watts continued to be a hit with short videos.
Outsiders even said that Cy Club might hit the jackpot and come back to life.
In fact, a sense of crisis was growing in the company as time went on.
“If we do it now, the popularity of Watts will disappear like a mirage. We need to take drastic measures as soon as possible.”
Park Tae-sik’s voice resonates throughout the conference room.
The remarks were somewhat extreme, but everyone in the meeting nodded as if in agreement.
Watts Crisis.
That was the weakness that the platform called Watts had from the beginning, the exhaustion of content.
“According to Watts’ user report this week, 97% of users consume video and less than 3% upload video.”
Rather than being an SNS yet, Watts felt more like an app player watching boring videos. So, 3% of users uploaded a video was a great achievement.
However, Park Tae-sik, the person in charge, doesn’t seem to think so.
“If content is depleted at this rate, users will have no choice but to drop out in an instant. The number of Cy Club users who have increased dramatically will also decrease. So, we need to start paying the delayed acorn coin rewards right away.”
As soon as Park Tae-sik finished speaking, Lee So-young gave her opinion next to me.
“I think it is premature. It has not yet been decided how much and how to give acorn coins as compensation.”
“If we waste more time, all the users we have gathered will leave.”
“But you can’t just scatter goods that are no different from cash, can you? Even if there are side effects, there is no turning back.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to pay first, even if it’s a small amount?”
“Payment is impossible until the perfect system and simulation results come out.”
The opinions of the two run parallel lines without making any concessions.
Then, he looked back at me at the same time as if he thought that there would be no answer to having to argue anymore.
“What do you think, CEO?”
“What do you think?”
Both sides have valid opinions, so it’s ambiguous to raise either hand.
The success of Watts and the stability of Acorn Coin.
Both were important to the company because they were the same thing.
I first asked Lee So-young.
“When will the Acorn Coin reward system be completed?”
“I think it will be difficult to complete this year, and I think it should be done by at least the second quarter of next year.”
Park Tae-sik immediately intervenes.
“The second quarter of next year? Are we going to suck our fingers until then?”
“Calm down for now.”
“Have I calmed down? In the meantime, if we only rehash and eat YouTube videos, we’re done!”
“Will the results come out if you forcefully push for something that doesn’t work? Try creating original content in a different way.”
In fact, it was the same as taking Lee So-young’s side, so Park Tae-sik’s snout protruded long.
“It is easy to say. How great would it be if video content popped up?”
“The other day, you said you were trying to attract subscribers through celebrity marketing?”
“I couldn’t do that because there were so many side effects. Once the celebrity fandom is swept away, it is annihilated, annihilated.”
There is a precedent called Today ME, which was serviced in the past, so it was not an easy card to take out.
But I didn’t just say it without thinking.
“It doesn’t matter if that celebrity fandom overlaps with the current Cy Club user.”
“How do they overlap?”
“When Cy Club is at its peak of popularity, it gathers singers of popular songs at the time and conducts promotions.”
Park Tae-sik also said, ‘Oh!’ and an exclamation comes out.
“Are you okay? If we gather famous singers from that era in the studio and perform them live, content will come out quickly.”
“It’s no fun just doing a live performance. Let’s proceed with a big concert.”
“A concert is even better! Let’s do it right now!”
Secure content with Cy Club’s heyday songs, and secure users who remember the emotions of that time.
It was the beginning of the so-called Acorn Concert, a super-large project where you can eat pheasants and eggs.
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