“[I need to take a closer look…]”
The old man seemed excited, and after talking to himself in English, not Spanish, he placed the jewelry Lee Seo-yoon had made on top of the microscope.
Then, on the monitor connected to the microscope, the shape of the jewel was displayed large and clear.
When the old man saw it, his eyes widened and he said to Lee Seo-yoon.
“[I’ve never seen this style of work before! It’s bold but delicate, and there are irregular rules! What the hell is your identity, lady? Is it really the first time today?]”
“[yes.]”
“[Genius! genius! The lady is a god-given jeweler! The design is unconventional and the dexterity is perfect!]”
As the old man exclaimed excitedly, others flocked to see the jewel reflected on the monitor.
“[and! very pretty!]”
“[Yes, it looks much more luxurious than other jewelry!]”
Lee Seo-yoon smiled shyly at the people’s praise.
“[miss!]”
The old man asked Lee Seo-yoon with a serious expression.
“[Do you have any intention of studying gem processing properly? No, if you are good at it, you should go to the field right away, not school! I can introduce you to an authority figure in America! No, if you don’t want to go far, you can just work here with me! Let’s write a new history of jewelery together!]”
“[for a moment!]”
I dug between the old man and Lee Seo-yoon.
And said firmly to the excited old man.
“[This lady is an employee of mine who has already signed an employment contract with me!]”
I took the golems out of the jewelry store.
I didn’t forget to take the jewel that was on top of the microscope.
I said to Lee Seo-yoon.
“[When I go back to Korea, I’ll buy you a polishing machine. And I’ll set up a workshop on the upper floor of the gold and silver room.]”
“[really? Thank you, boss!]”
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two days after that,
Finally found the treasure ship.
It was 8 nautical miles southwest of the Cartagena coast.
It was at a depth of 900m, so I dived wearing liquid breathing equipment.
Compared to the Japanese Yamato-class battleships, the Spanish ships of the Middle Ages were small in size.
In a short time, I was able to thoroughly search the inside and outside of the hull.
During the search, utmost care was taken not to damage the hull.
There was also a point that the sunken ship itself was a cultural heritage, and there was nothing good because the Colombian government later found traces of our search for the treasure ship.
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The slender Lee Seo-yoon looked inside the treasure ship, and Kim Seo-yeon and I looked outside.
A considerable amount of treasure was scattered outside the hull.
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Among them were many ceramics.
Kim Seo-yeon inspected the pottery and sent me a telepathic message.
[This is Qing Dynasty ceramics.]
It is said that there were many wealthy people in medieval Europe who squandered their wealth while buying and collecting ceramics from the Qing Dynasty.
It was so popular that even a treasure ship that sank in South America had Chinese ceramics on it.
[I don’t need that.]
Antique pottery was out of my interest.
Only gold that can be melted and cast again and gemstones that can be cut into jewels were put in the inventory.
That’s how I got 50 tons of gold and 10 tons of gemstone.
Assuming that the gold on the treasure ship is 98% pure, similar to ducats, gold coins used in medieval Europe, the value of the pure gold obtained today was about KRW 4 trillion in Korean currency.
There were dozens of tons of silver, but I didn’t bring it.
It had nothing to do with extracting the elixir, and the market price was only about 1/100 of the gold price.
If you take care of silver, you have to take care of copper later.
So I decided not to deal with all other metals except gold.
The 10 ton rough stone was hard to estimate because I’m not an expert.
In addition to emeralds, various gemstones such as diamonds, rubies, and sapphires were mixed together.
I said to Seoyoon Lee.
[I’ll give you all the gemstones, so polish them to your heart’s content.]
I liked her and smiled widely.
If Lee Seo-yoon polished the rough stone and processed it into jewelry, he planned to sell it at the gold and silver room.
To do so, the gemstones, like cash, needed ‘washing’.
Because I can’t polish rough stones from unknown sources and sell them in my gold and silver room.
‘There must be a way if I tell Director Kim.’
In any case, having successfully obtained the treasure, there was no reason to stay in Colombia any longer.
[Let’s go back.]
I led the golems and rose toward the sea level.
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I crossed the border from Colombia to Venezuela.
And I got on a plane and arrived in Anguilla.
From here, we will pass through the United States and enter Incheon Airport.
There was a flight leaving for JFK only 10 hours later.
‘I have to wait a long time again.’
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A text message came.
It was a message from Managing Director Kim in Nevis.
It was about being ready to launder money.
‘okay.’
There’s still a lot of time left for the flight, but I’ll have to stop by Nevis.
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I came to Nevis on a jet ski.
Then, I headed to the address Kim had given me.
I was walking around the city near the beach and stopped in front of a building.
‘Is this right?’
Enter the building and enter the emergency stair room.
And after confirming that there were no CCTVs around, I took out Kim Seo-yeon and Lee Seo-yoon from the inventory.
They looked around and asked.
“Where is this?”
“Nevis.”
“That Nevis of the West Indies?”
“From now on, this country will be your homeland.”
“Your country?”
They tilted their heads, not understanding what I was saying.
“Follow me.”
I took them up the stairs.
And went into the office on the second floor.
“welcome!”
Director Kim met the golems with me.
“nice to see you. My name is James Chang.”
“James? Nice name.”
In the meantime, managing director Kim had been laundering his identity as Taiwanese ‘James Chang’.
So from now on I will call him James.
“Sit over here.”
As we sat down on the couch, James handed me three passports.
“This is the passport you mentioned before.”
When I opened one, there was Lee Seo-yoon’s ID picture attached to it.
The other two had ID photos of Kim Seo-yeon and the manager attached.
Yes.
These passports belonged to the golems.
Kim Seo-yeon, Lee Seo-yoon and even the manager bought Nevis citizenship for them.
The only bad part about making the golems work was that they had no ‘status’.
Now that I have a passport for Nevis, I can fly out of the country alone to run my errands.
I handed out their passports to Kim Seo-yeon and Lee Seo-yoon.
The golems who unfolded their passports smiled.
“So you said this is our homeland.”
James glanced at them lightly.
But I didn’t ask about their identities.
I asked James.
“Are you sure the washing machine is ready?”
“Yes, you can turn right away.”
“How fast can you wash once you start spinning?”
“It doesn’t take long to do a lot of laundry.”
“Then we can put them all in at once and turn them around.”
I put my hand on Seoyeon Kim’s shoulder.
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I put all the cash in my inventory into hers.
The US$100 million stolen from Cheon Young-jin and the 1 trillion won in cash taken from Chairman Chun were all transferred.
“You will stay here for a few days and come back to Korea after the money laundering is over.”
“Yes, boss.”
It was impossible to entrust more than 1 trillion won in cash to James alone.
This is because in the process of laundering money, someone may smell the money and attack.
So, I will keep Kim Seo-yeon in Nevis until I finish the laundry and deposit it into a secure corporate account.
Even if hundreds of South American gangsters attack, Kim Seo-yeon alone can easily defeat her.
“And one more.”
I told James about the raw stone from the treasure ship.
“Can it be processed and sold so that there is no regret?”
“No problem. Can be camouflaged with recently mined ore from mines in Colombia and Brazil. Leave all your gemstones here. We will make it possible for you to receive it in Korea after going through formal customs procedures.”
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Finally returned to Korea.
President Park and Chief Kim were busy building a ＜gold refinery＞.
There was still about a month left before the Japanese cargo ship would return to the An Yongbok dissolution.
Until then, I had nothing to do.
So, I decided to take it easy and prepare to open a gold and silver store.
First, he rented an office on the floor above the gold and silver room.
It is about 40 pyeong in size, but that would be enough to decorate a wonderful jewelry workshop.
He also took Lee Seo-yoon to purchase a polishing machine, various tools, and inspection equipment necessary for jewelry processing.
All items that could not be obtained domestically were purchased through overseas shopping malls.
I spent a lot more money than I thought because I only stocked the best things.
I used all the remaining cash in my Korean account to decorate the studio.
Does not matter.
Because when Kim Seo-yeon starts cutting jewelry, the balance will increase again at a tremendous speed.
In the future, large sums will be available through corporate accounts in Nevis.
But I also wanted to put a lot of clean money into my old student loan accounts.
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I was sitting on the sofa in the living room when someone rang the doorbell.
Kim Seo-yeon, who was in Nevis, returned after a fortnight.
I went out into the garden and met her.
She was wearing dazzling airport fashion.
“I’m here!”
“great job.”
It was admirable to see him arrive home by bus on a plane alone from the other side of the world.
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She took something from her inventory and handed it to me.
It was a black card.
“James will tell the boss. With that card, you can use the money in your corporate account unlimitedly.”
It was a bank card that could be used to withdraw money from a corporate account.
The money issue has now been resolved.
“And when you buy something big like a private plane or a ship, he asks you to contact him. They buy it cheaply and send it to Korea.”
Even if you buy the same item, the final amount you have to pay differs depending on where you buy it.
VAT and customs duties vary from country to country.
There is no big difference when buying cheap items anywhere, but there will be a big difference when it comes to items worth tens of billions of won or more.
It was said that when such expensive items had to be purchased, they would purchase them in the name of a corporation in the cheapest country and send them to Korea.
“okay? There is one thing I need right now.”
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Kim Seo-yeon came up to me and held out a tablet.
Pictures of aircraft floated on the screen.
They were candidates for my private jet.
It could have been bought second-hand and converted into a private jet, such as the Boeing 747 or Airbus 380, a large airliner capable of carrying hundreds of passengers.
The price was in the hundreds of billions of won, so I could have made it with the money I had, but I wasn’t too keen on it.
‘I’m not some kind of president.’
I’m not trying to buy ＜Air Force One＞, so let’s pick one that is appropriately sized.
“Does this look good? How big is it?”
“It is a 16-seater.”
“It’s just right, how much does it cost?”
“It is 65 billion won in Korean currency. And if the living room, bedroom, and bathroom are decorated in a high-end style, an additional cost of 15 billion won will be incurred.”
“Even with the highest specifications, you mean 80 billion won? Call James and sign him for one.”
“Yes, boss.”
Lee Seo-yoon, who had been waiting for the conversation about the private jet to end, asked Kim Seo-yeon.
“When will the raw gems arrive in Korea?”
“I left on a container ship a few days ago. It will probably arrive in a month.”
“nice!”
10 tons of rough stone could not be transported by air.
The gemstones will come in a month later through Pyeongtaek Port.
It was similar to the arrival date of foreign polishing equipment.
After a month, Lee Seo-yoon can process jewelry.
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The cell phone rang.
Park was the president.
“what’s the matter?”
-The Japanese cargo ship departing from Busan is not returning to Kobe and is headed for the dissolution of Anyongbok! You’ll get there in 10 hours?!
They moved about 15 days ahead of schedule.
We should start with the dissolution of Anyongbok right now.