81 episodes
taken from noblemt l
Most of the candidate sites pointed out by Lushard were mainly distributed in areas where there were no dungeons yet.
Among them, I decided to focus on purchasing E-class dungeons and nine places that were mixed with fakes.
Of course, if I went out on my own, people would have the guts, so I mobilized my subordinates to buy the land in their name.
The basic price is 1.3 times the market price, and especially in Gangneung, when the owner of the land calls for a gang, it is literally bought at twice the market price.
If not now, when there is a good cause of Lushad, when will another opportunity like this come?
“great.”
And I finally secured 70,000 pyeong of land near the Gangneung dungeon.
It was more than twice the size of Dangjin, which is 30,000 pyeong.
Of course, more than half of the land purchased is mountains, and it doesn’t look as neat as Dangjin because of some land owners who refused even if they called for three times in the middle, but it was a golden land with a dungeon in the center.
Although there were other landowners around Dangjin, this is truly my world.
To be honest, I would like to buy and clean up the land even if it was intimidating to the owners of the land in the middle, but after the dungeon was created, the process of collecting the land would be noticed, but then it would be difficult if it was found out that I used an illegal method.
Anyway, as we are still in contact with the land owners to purchase the land, the size of the land will grow even more.
“I didn’t even spend a lot of money.”
I called twice, but the land price itself was cheap because it was so remote, so the purchase cost was not that much.
After all, treasury is real estate.
I said with a look of anticipation.
“Now if there is only a dungeon…”
Rushard’s CEO James told executives.
“Have you ever had another request?”
“He is not coming now.”
James sighed and said.
“ha. It was tougher than I thought.”
List of dungeon candidates accepted to attract investment.
I thought it would be over with just a few shots, but somehow he didn’t like it, Jung In-soo continued to ask for an additional list, and in the end, Lushard wrote a list of 20 times and sent it to me.
“By the way, what were the results of the experiment?”
“···that is···”
“shit.”
Lushard, who specializes in pharmaceutical research, initially began his research with a serious mind.
The last challenge to save the company that is declining day by day.
Then, one researcher started with the idea of crystallization transplantation.
It was plausible to listen to.
The research started with the expectation that the monster’s body has crystals, so if you obtain the monster’s corpse and study it well, you will be able to uncover its mysterious secret.
But the results were disastrous.
Crystals were implanted in various parts of the body of the people who participated in the experiment and all kinds of experiments were performed, but nothing changed.
If there is any progress in the research, I will continue with hope, but no matter how much I dissect and examine the part of the monster’s corpse, I can’t find any difference from the other parts, and the same goes for transplanting crystals.
In the end, the results of the study were zero.
The research funds go into the research fund, and there is no result.
Of course, a typical company would close the project here and do other research, but Lushard was not a typical company.
The funds invested in the research were the final risk of the company’s life and death.
The cessation of this research meant Rushard’s bankruptcy.
In the end, Rushard’s CEO James made a choice he shouldn’t have made.
Direct research manipulation.
“ha. Is that the only way now?”
Through research manipulation, it raised the corporate value and attracted investors, opening up the air.
However, investor funds are limited.
There was only one way for Lushard to survive.
It just keeps attracting new investors by announcing new research results that will fascinate investors, whether fake or real.
“Is the hunter ready?”
“Yes.”
At least one of the participants in the experiment.
If even one person came out regardless of whether they were awakened due to the real transplant, they would have inflated the research results based on that, but unfortunately, among the 500 people who participated in the experiment, none of them succeeded in awakening.
Then you just have to create it.
Lushard had just awakened, so he searched for a hunter who had not yet been registered with the management organization, and paid a large sum of money for even a hunter to turn to.
Of course, the huge amount was money received from investors.
“Proceed with the transplant operation.”
Now, after implanting crystals in the hunter’s body, register it with the management agency, and at the same time promote the hunter’s awakening through crystallization transplantation.
The executive said with a gloomy expression.
“If this happens…”
Investment fraud through research manipulation.
It was clear that he was going to have to pay enormous punitive compensation as well as imprisonment.
“If we fall like this, we will all fall into hell. Do you want to live like that?”
“···no.”
“Let’s make it as unobtrusive as possible. If you leave, prepare yourself for exile. Please tell the employees that they are doing well and raise their salaries a little bit.”
James said with bloodshot eyes.
“You can. In any case, wouldn’t it be enough to just keep showing achievements? Hunters who have awakened from transplant surgery are making and releasing only a few hunters a year, taking time. The rich will probably come with bundles of money.”
But then.
“big. CEO!!”
The secretary’s voice came from outside the conference room.
“Didn’t anyone tell me not to come in during the meeting!!”
“crime. sorry! But now in Korea…”
“korea?”
It is possible that a new investment proposal came from Insoo Jung, who invested in it.
James said after getting the executives to join the group.
“Come in.”
So the secretary entered the conference room.
“what happened.”
At James’ words, the secretary exclaimed with excitement.
“A dungeon was created in one of the candidate sites selected by Jeongin Development in Korea!!!”
James, who had been silent for a moment, got up from his seat and shouted.
“more. There is a dungeon!!!”
I looked at the dungeon created with a dignified figure on my land and smiled happily.
“welcome. Gangneung Dungeon.”
Hue is the goat
Government officials have already been dispatched to investigate the dungeon, and it is crowded with reporters and hunters.
The reporters don’t really pay any attention to me as if they don’t know if this is my land yet because I’m working on buying the land under the employee’s name and then putting it back under my name.
But sooner or later, you will find out by researching the land.
That I have already swept this area.
Then I got a call from someone on my cell phone.
“international call?”
The feeling comes right away.
I answered the phone with a smile.
“Yes. This is Jeong In-soo.”
– CEO Jung! That’s Michael from Lushard!
“ah. Michael.”
-Is it true that there is a new dungeon in Korea near one of the candidate sites we sent you?
“The news is fast. you’re right. Ummm… 3km away from the 4th candidate on the 20th list.”
If it’s 3km, it’s practically right next door.
-like. Have you ever bought the land?
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Luckily, I bought the whole area.”
Then a loud noise echoed through the phone.
And Michael’s voice is heard again.
-I. Our representative tells CEO Jung that he has something to say. It’s important to both Lushard and Jeongin investment.
“You tell me.”
– I’m not talking over the phone, but the representative will go to Korea directly. And I have one request, and he asks me to avoid contact with the media as much as possible until I meet the CEO.
I get a sense of what you’re trying to say.
“I will.”
James and Michael arrived in Korea by plane the next morning after the call.
James, who came straight to my office, offered me a handshake and said something.
“CEO James says congratulations.”
“It was nothing. ruler. Sit down.”
James, who sat down like that, said with a triumphant expression.
“This is the first case where our dungeon algorithm research has proven that it is definitely effective.
Are you going to give it a try?
Perhaps he wants me to admire Lushard’s skill.
But 200 is too many candidates for that.
‘Cause I’m trying to use them, I don’t mean to be stupid.
“thank you. To be honest, I was surprised. It was difficult to make an easy decision, so I kept asking for additional candidates, but it just kept getting bigger.”
Then James was taken aback.
“The reason I kept requesting candidates was because I wanted to narrow them down through continuous calculations. I thought that if I kept counting, the candidate sites would be concentrated in a specific area, and the probability of being near that area would increase. By the way···”
I said while drinking coffee.
“The number of candidates is increasing, but rather than being concentrated in one place, it is completely Jung-gu heating.”
As a scammer, it must have been an inevitable choice.
Focus on this part.
“Honestly, I gave up halfway through that time. It was because I had no choice. Still, I bought 10 random photos just in case I didn’t know. But really, I never imagined that a dungeon would come out of one of them.”
Then James said hurriedly.
“As I said at the time, it is still in the early stages of research, so we are not sure. The important thing is that among the candidate sites we selected, there is a real dungeon.”
“Hmm… is that so?”
“Yes. The problem right now is that the hit rate is low, but he said that this is a problem that can be improved through continuous research.”
I thought for a moment, then nodded and said.
“understand.”
“Thank you for your understanding. But they ask me to avoid contact with the media over the phone, and they ask me what happened.”
Even after only a day has passed, it is becoming increasingly known that the land in the area belongs to me, and requests for interviews are pouring in from here and there.
But they all refused.
Because it wasn’t me who deserved the spotlight, it was Lushard.
“I had an interview request, but I turned it down.”
Then James said with a smile.
“You say thank you.”
“By the way, you said something important to both us and Lushard. what happened? I don’t think it’s normal if you run like this one step at a time.”
“ah. It’s no different, it’s a candidate. He asks me not to disclose the fact that there are 200 … well… for the time being.”
I said with a hardened face.
“no way···”
“It is not a misunderstanding. As I said before, dungeons were created in candidate sites and proved the possibility, but accuracy is an issue. But that’s just saying that we can improve it through research, so please understand it until then. If it is one out of 200, there is a high probability that it will be dismissed as a coincidence…”
To be honest, no one says that they picked out hundreds of candidate papers and got one of them and got it right.
Of course, I would dismiss it as a coincidence.
That’s why James is asking me to come up with a screenplay somehow.
“…isn’t there a chance that it’s really just a coincidence?”
“I’m going to scratch it a little bit,” said James, furiously.
“It is absolutely not. The research is definitely paying off, he says, and it just takes time.”
“I need time…”
James said as I looked worried.
“He said that it would be good for CEO Jung, who is an investor, only if Lushard does well. When it comes to research, he is confident, so he asks you to trust him.”
I continued to pretend to be troubled, then looked at James and said.
“good. If I don’t believe in myself as an investor, who will believe me?”
James smiled brightly at my words.
“He says thank you very much.”
“only. I will not lie. I will only tell you that the dungeons were created on the land that Lushard gave me, and among them, the land I bought.”
Then James nodded.
“I think that’s enough.”
“All right.”
After the conversation, James and Michael left the office.
The reason I put a little pressure on James today was simple.
One day, Lushard will explode.
Then, one of the achievements they boasted about, I, too, cannot be freed from the arrows of criticism.
So, you have to prepare the evidence in advance.
Evidence to prove that I did not fully trust them and did not engage in research manipulation.
taken from noblemt l
My position was almost deceived by Lushard, but I was lucky enough to have a real dungeon, so it should be a windfall person.
I took the recorder out of my arms, pressed the quit button, and raised the corners of my mouth.
“ruler. Let’s jump now. Because I am ready.”
The next day, Lushard opened the big issue to the world.
That is, they guessed the dungeon to be created by the dungeon algorithm they researched in advance.
And as proof of that, I disclosed that I, an investor in Rushard, had purchased the land in advance.
A big issue that may change the paradigm in the world.
Of course, the world was in turmoil.
Even before that, they had said that there was progress in research on awakening and everything, but that was only their argument.
But suddenly, decisive evidence to prove their claim appeared.
Of course, there was a riot in Korea as well.
“CEO Jung! This is the Korea-Japan Daily!”
“I have a question!”
Reporters rushed to Dangjin’s office as soon as the big news from Lushad broke out.
I said, calming the reporters with my hands.
“now. Wait. I will answer you one by one.”
I said, pointing to a reporter.
“You tell me.”
“Yes. A reporter for the Yeongnam Ilbo. Is it true that Lushard told CEO Jung where the dungeon will be created?”
“For once, it’s true.”
“Oh oh oh oh!!”
“But there weren’t just one or two candidates that Lushard told us about. I bought ten of those sites, and only one of them created a dungeon.”
Then a reporter spoke again.
“Then how many candidates were there?”
“I was told that . Let me ask you the next question. This reporter here.”
Then the reporter said in an excited voice.
“I heard that there were a lot of candidates, but is it not true that they were created anyway? So, is Lushard’s dungeon generation algorithm technology real?”
I thought for a while and said.
“To be honest, I am an investor in Lushard. When Lushard is doing well, the better I get, the more money I make. Of course, it is right to say good things. Lushard’s technique is real. It is possible to predict the creation of dungeons. However…”
I looked at the reporters and said.
“I am afraid. I wonder if many people will be harmed if I disclose wrong information. So let me be honest.”
The reporters’ flashlights explode.
“I think there is a possibility. But I don’t think it’s 100% certain.”
It leaves room for withdrawal by mentioning only the possibilities.
After all, even if I do an interview like this, people only pay attention to the possibilities I mentioned earlier.
Investing is essentially betting money on the possibility of the future, isn’t it?
“Anyway, the interview ends here.”
“ruler. Wait! Still have more questions…”
Following Lushard’s announcement, Jung In-soo’s interview, who half-accepted it.
So the world was engulfed by the Lushard Frenzy.