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Recently, the word Venezuela has appeared frequently here.
It wasn’t because of Venezuela’s political situation, economic situation, or slogans, but attention was focused on something a little absurd.
-Isn’t Venezuela’s exchange rate updated every day? It’s been three days already, no change.
┗ Because the country is the worst, the exchange rate is not reflected in real time.
┗ As of today, it is 144 bolivars per dollar.
-wow. Dropped more than 10% in 4 days? Is it okay if the exchange rate fluctuates like this?
┗ The people who live there won’t be okay. It will taste like dying from rising prices.
┗ It has nothing to do with me no matter what happens to that country. rather good Because Venezuela’s exchange rate drops, you can buy things cheaper.
┗ You are really trash.
┗ You, who say that, are also buying software cheaply with Venezuelan currency.
-What are you guys buying with Venezuelan currency? let me know too
┗You can buy many things. Software mainly sold on the Internet. There are things like Windows, Office, and Photoshop.
┗Oh! Shoo! The latest version of Windows only costs $1.60 if you pay in Venezuela? 96% of them are cheap.
-what? Windows $1.6? Damn, I bought 6 for $4.
┗ 20 bites for $5.
┗My friend said he bought about 500 of them after running the program. If the market price rises later, they will sell it back at auction.
┗ What if the company blocks it before that?
┗ Even so, it’s less than $1,000. It’s a gamble worth betting on.
After that, the comments continued saying that it was good to be able to buy software cheaply.
Then, after 2,000 comments, there were comments asking about the state of Venezuela.
– If Windows is 96% cheaper, doesn’t that mean that the local people’s currency value is 96% cheaper?
┗It’s almost the same. Venezuela is already over.
-If you turn on Watts, there are a lot of Venezuelan people. In particular, nine out of ten hot babes doing s*xy dances were from Venezuela.
┗ Venezuela is a country famous for beauty contests.
┗ I love that there are many videos of beautiful women that make your eyes happy. Watts is the best. Venezuela is also the best.
┗ That’s because you only see videos like that, so similar videos come up as recommendations. My Venezuelan friends also upload a lot of funny videos, tricks, raps, dances, street fights and stunts.
-Is there a reason why Watts are used a lot in Venezuela?
┗ They say that many people use cryptocurrency because the currency is unstable. As a result, there are many people who use Watts for social mining.
-My friend lives in Venezuela, and his entire family makes a living from social mining.
┗ Huh? Isn’t it hard to make money with social mining? I think you need to get a few hundred likes to give you an acorn.
┗ In Venezuela, one acorn coin can cover the cost of food for a family for two months.
-It’s such a sad reality. The video we watch as a hobby is someone’s livelihood.
┗ Still, it’s really fortunate that there is social mining. Without this, it would have been even harder for them.
┗ From now on, let’s give a lot of likes to the videos of our Venezuelan friends.
┗ You have an excuse to watch pretty videos often.
* * *
Prices in Venezuela continued to skyrocket day after day.
Until 2015, 100 bolivars could buy a bundle of rice, but in 2016, 400 bolivars were needed, and three months later, the price soared to 1,200 bolivars.
In just one year, prices have risen more than 10 times.
He could no longer make a living by remaining in Venezuela and working.
Men went abroad to work or join criminal gangs, while women earned money through prostitution on the border.
With so many people making money overseas, virtual currency services with low remittance fees naturally became active.
Users only had to pay 0.3% of the fee, which previously ranged from 14% to 17%, so the number of users quickly increased.
I wanted virtual currency services to become popular in Venezuela.
However, the virtual currency service meets a huge reef called the government within two months of launch.
“Where is the government banning virtual currency services at will? allow it again! I can’t live like this!”
“Why are you taking away even our remaining hope!”
“Maduro bastard! Are you going to kill us!”
Anti-government protests broke out in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
It was caused by the fact that all virtual currency ATMs in banks disappeared after the government banned virtual currency services a while ago.
“Maduro resign!”
“Resign!”
“Release the ban on virtual currency!”
“Free me!”
This protest was more violent than usual. It was because the government had taken away the means of survival that citizens had struggled to find.
“Let us join forces and bring out Maduro! If you die this way or die that way, isn’t it the same?”
“Right!”
“let’s go!”
Angry citizens move like clouds. The place they were heading to was the presidential palace where Mac Maduro was.
Armed soldiers were already stationed in the presidential palace. Bloodshed was unavoidable.
However, the anger of the citizens who crossed the critical point made them forget the fear of violence.
– Warn the protesters. If you come any closer, I’ll open fire. This is your final warning. If it crosses the border, it fires.
Armed soldiers waiting in front of the presidential palace send an ultimatum. However, the protesters who already have nothing to lose do not stop.
Just before clashes between soldiers and protesters take place.
A black SUV runs up and blocks them.
chuck.
The person who got out of the car was opposition MP Edwin Romero.
He jumps on the roof of the car and shouts.
– Gentlemen, calm down for a moment and listen to me!
His voice booms through the microphone speaker.
Since he usually supported the anti-government protesters, the protesters also stopped marching and listened to his words.
– I think it is heartbreaking for the bill to ban virtual currency. I, too, feel the responsibility of not stopping the passage of the bill until the end. But with these protests… … .
He continued to speak skillfully in front of the public.
To summarize the content, it was impossible to dismiss the president through armed conflict, so it was a story that he asked for votes to be judged in the upcoming election.
Normally, his speech might have calmed the situation.
However, this time the public anger was too great, and the situation was more serious than usual.
“To judge by voting? What do you do when you vote on the 100th day? Nothing has changed so far.”
“They rig the tickets!”
“There is no time to turn it into a vote. Before that, we will starve to death.”
“that’s right. I have all the money in my virtual currency account, so I have no money to spend right away.”
After listening to the voices of the protesters for a long time, Edwin raises the microphone again.
-I know very well what difficulties you are facing. Some of you may need to withdraw money in a hurry, and some may be worried that your virtual currency account is disappearing.
-Do not worry. Already in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. We are also installing virtual currency ATMs in neighboring countries.
When virtual currency ATMs were installed in neighboring countries, there was no way to withdraw money, even if it took a long time.
Because of this, for the first time, there is a positive reaction from the protesters.
– And one more thing. The virtual currency account you are using automatically becomes a deposit 3 days after deposit.
– Cryptocurrency accounts in deposit state receive annual interest of 12% to 15%, and the currency value does not plummet like Bolivar.
Acorn Coin’s deposit system was a well-known concept for virtual currency investors.
However, most of these people used virtual currency for remittance.
It is also good news that the currency value is maintained, but when it was said that interest was paid, voices of joy and relief poured out from all sides.
“after… … Is this enough to put out the urgent fire?”
Edwin got off the roof of the car only after watching the protesters disperse. Just then, a disgruntled voice came over from inside the car.
“Brother, you did something useless.”
It was his brother, Simon.
“Is it useless? If the protesters were left alone, something terrible would have happened.”
“So it is pointless. The bloodshed in front of the Presidential Palace is an event in our favor. And it should be able to attract the attention of foreign media… … .”
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“Simon!”
Edwin shouted as if scolding, but Simon continued his opinion without batting an eye.
“Recapture of the regime is impossible without someone’s sacrifice.”
“You mean you should have let people die here?”
“If we fail to recapture the regime, more people will die. So if you can help and save Venezuela, it’s the right thing to do.”
Edwin clenched his fists tight enough to make a noise, then shook them.
“My brother is a politician. So, you need to look at the situation from a national perspective, not short-sighted.”
“I know. I know… … .”
A sigh bursting out again.
“How can you be so cold-hearted?”
“When you fail, think about what will happen.”
“failure… … .”
“How much more miserable it will become from here, how much more terrible it will become, if you think about it in your head and think about it slowly, you can cool your brother.”
Edwin shakes his head. It’s because it wasn’t easy to think of a more gruesome scene than now.
“it’s okay. If my brother is having a hard time, I just have to take the role instead.”
* * *
Watts Pei’s advance service, prepared ambitiously, is right around the corner.
Unlike SNS, which was previously only served online, Watts Pay had to manage financial institutions and offline stores, so the preparation process was beyond imagination.
Recruiting a large number of employees, expanding offices, communicating with partners, permitting government agencies, etc.
I had so many things to take care of that I didn’t know how the day went by.
Then, after a really long time, I got a call from Venezuela.
– CEO, how have you been?
It was Jesse’s brother, Simon Romero.
Since virtual currency was banned in Venezuela, I didn’t care at all, so this was the first call in about a month.
“Long time no see. Mr Simon. Is there anything wrong with you?”
– It’s a problem because there’s nothing special. It’s because we’re all going to starve to death.
“There should be good results in the election.”
I said hello to you, but the other person caught the horse right away and dragged the subject.
– I still contacted you about the election issue. Representative Shin has something he must help me with.
“Is there anything I can do to help on the other side of the world?”
– Acorn Coin. I heard that it is currently maintaining the market price around $40.
Venezuelan Elections and Acorn Coins? I already feel bad.
-Can’t you release the market cap only right before the election? It is good even if the price does not go up, so you can just give a signal that it goes up.
“It is also difficult for me to give large fluctuations in the market price.”
– You only need to upload it slightly right before the election.
It’s amazing. Thinking of raising the price of virtual currency and using it for elections?
“If the market price rises before the election and then falls again after the election, the aftermath will be serious.”
-That’s something we’ll endure.
As long as you win the election, it doesn’t matter what happens after that?
It’s a strategy that a politician who prioritizes election should try, but what kind of crime is it for the Venezuelan people who were fooled by that trick?
– As you know, we can give priority to the oil extraction business that we promised to win only when we win the election.
“I will think about it and contact you.”
– We look forward to positive results.
After the phone call with Simon, I couldn’t get out of the swamp of trouble for a while.
‘Should I go this far to help them?’
Raising the coin price only before the election was an act of deceiving the people of Venezuela, and leaving the current government alone would lead to a terrible ending.
“It is a very difficult problem.”
I habitually fiddle with my phone, wondering if there is a better way.
Then, as if possessed by something, he fills in the word ‘US presidential election’ in the portal search box.
– Anti-Trump protesters appeared in New York ahead of the Republican primary.
– Shut Up Trump! Shut Up Trump! Cruise as a candidate!
– These are Republican supporters, not Democrats. Putting forward the argument that Trump can’t beat Hillary… … Experts also predict that if Trump passes the Republican primary, Hillary will win smoothly.