A few days later
I boarded a flight to the U.S. with Dimon.
I had wanted to bring Chu Min-jeong along, but I couldn’t convince her to get on the plane.
“I never expected you to come to the U.S. with me, boss. Now that we’re here, can you finally tell me who we’re meet...
As the sun rose outside and the dim light of dawn broke through, Seok-won, who had stayed up all night, sat at his desk in front of several monitors.
[HKD: 7.80 (▼0.12)]
The fierce battle over the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate, where both sides had poured in astr...
As soon as the New York forex market opened, Quantum Fund went all in, dumping massive blocks of Hong Kong dollars like it was determined to end the battle tonight.
“Jesus! Quantum’s already sold over a billion dollars’ worth of Hong Kong dollars just in New York!”
“They w...
"Bought 20 at 7.85!"
"Okay. Done!"
"Goldman just put out a sell order for 50 at 7.87."
"Damn it. Buy them up, now!"
"Order filled."
"Lehman just listed 60 for sale at 7.87!"
At the frontlines of defending the Hong Kong dollar, the trading center of the fo...
Central and Western District, Hong Kong — August 6, 1997.
“We've been releasing dollars to barely maintain the upper limit of the currency band, but the offensive is so fierce… honestly, I can't guarantee how much longer we can hold out.”
Jo-gang, the Direct...
I stayed in America and took care of things while the trade war was going on.
The TS Company factory, a joint venture between OTK Company and Samzasung SB, began its initial production. They were now seriously embarking on the production of OTK batteries for electric vehicles.
Profe...
Knowing your enemy and knowing yourself ensures victory in one hundred battles. I immediately instructed Maru and Park Jong-bum to investigate Daehoo Group.
“90 trillion won in sales, 4 trillion won in net profit, 40 subsidiaries, 200,000 employees, and a market capitalization of 45 tril...
Geumsan Hotel Banquet Hall (5)
Tae-soo quietly murmured under his breath.
"Kim Gwanghyun, Sung Yeonjae, Lee Heejung, Yoon Hyungon, Yang Geumseop, Hwang Jiwon, Park Youngjoo, Lee Manjong, Hong Hyunkyung, Choi Jaemoon, Ha Jaewook, Jeon Wooseok, Kang Yushin, Cho Chanik...
Geumsan Hotel Banquet Hall (4)
Han Cheong-ho handed over a stack of photographs.
They contained gruesome, horrifying images—the brutalized remains of Secretary Song.
Upon seeing them, Park Jeong-hwan’s eyebrow twitched sharply.
There it was. A reac...
Geumsan Hotel Banquet Hall (3)
Inside the Room
The room was thick with cigarette smoke.
Park Jeong-hwan and the heads of major conglomerates were smoking, filling the air with a pungent haze.
The acrid scent made Tae-soo feel momentarily lightheaded.
Geumsan Hotel Banquet Hall (2)
As Tae-soo took a step outside, the same voice called out from behind him.
It was an unpleasant voice, no matter how many times he heard it.
"Hey, waiter. Who did you bring here? Just looking at his face, I think I know. Are you...
Geumsan Hotel Banquet Hall (1)
Cheongil Group Headquarters –
Chairman’s Office
Han Cheong-ho yelled into the phone.
"What do you mean the loan is suddenly blocked? You gave me a firm answer back then! Why are you chan...
Chu Min-jeong lowered her head.
She was terrified that if she made the wrong impression on Chairman Kim Tae-jung, she might be forced to leave Taewoo Group.
“Haha, you’re misunderstanding me. I’m not uncomfortable at all. In fact, I’m fully supportive. I called you here to t...
KS Telecom Executive Meeting
With market share declining daily, the atmosphere in the conference room was grim.
And as if trying to shift the blame, Park Dong-hee, the vice president who had aggressively pushed for the acquisition of Cyworld, was raising his voice.
“What do...
August 5, 1997 — Wall Street, New York.
More than a month had passed since hedge funds began their assault on the Hong Kong dollar. As George Soros arrived at Quantum Fund's headquarters on 7th Avenue in Manhattan, he summoned Rodney, the CIO, and Ian, the chief manager,...
The Next Morning
As usual, Seok-won arrived at the office and sat down at his desk. In front of him lay a report from Goldman Sachs about Korea, faxed the night before by Landon from New York.
Though only about twenty pages long, the report’s contents were anything but ligh...
Kim Yong-tae’s face was a mask of despair after meeting with the creditor.
“How did it go?”
“…I’m sorry.”
I had expected as much. He had been confident that the creditor would withdraw the lawsuit if he paid him 1 billion won. But if the creditor was that reason...
I established Chunha Electronics in China with 50 billion won in capital, giving Kim Yong-tae a 5% stake.
The research team consisted of his original six members, including the team leader, and five additional researchers recruited from large corporations struggling in the economic downtur...
The SNS project has finally been completed.
Mark created Facebook, and CEO Im Jae-beom created KakaoTalk.
Thanks to Chu Min-jeong’s help, two major projects were completed simultaneously.
"Starting today, the SNS and messenger apps will officially launch."
"For Faceb...
A few days later.
Dragging my exhausted body, I headed to the office once again.
As soon as the Chief Planning Officer entered my office for the morning briefing, he sighed at the sight of my face.
“Did you not sleep properly again? You look exhausted. Perhaps it’s t...
A few days later.
Seok-won was touring an electronics factory in Bupyeong Industrial Complex, Incheon, accompanied by his executive assistant Han Ji-sung, and guided by Ahn Byung-seok, CEO of Digital Wave.
“This is the factory where we signed the OEM production contract for New Wa...
By the afternoon, the New York stock market had completely turned into a bear market, with panic selling pouring in from all directions.
RING! RING!
“Sell 2,000 shares of Microsoft? I’ll put the order in, but with the market this bad, I can’t guarante...
I talked to Hyunjoo noona on the phone.
Noona said with a sigh, “You’ve caused another huge incident. You know the financial markets are in chaos right now, right?”
Uncertainty is what the market hates most.
Therefore, when Ronald fired the first shot in the trade war, sto...
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), under the U.S. Department of Commerce, immediately suspe...
Ronald examined the board, then spoke with an expression of utter disbelief.
“It’s barely visible. How on earth did you find this?”
If I hadn’t had oracle, I wouldn’t have even imagined something like this existed.
“We were lucky.”
In fact, the issue of b...
“Imitation is the mother of creation,” as they say, so it’s commonplace for companies to copy each other and end up in lawsuits.
Didn’t Samsung Electronics, for example, engage in a monumental legal battle with Apple over smartphone design and technology patents?
But if it w...
I said with a sigh, as if resigned, “It would be faster to find the leakage route and prove it.”
Sergi said, “We are continuously checking if there has been hacking or unauthorized access to the server.”
“What’s the probability?”
Ryan shook his head. “Close to...
Tenwei is the second-largest logistics truck brokerage company after Winmanbang.
The reason for the business suspension was that it had engaged in abuse of power against truck drivers, such as forcing them to overload, shorten time, and accept low commissions. Whatever the reason, when Ten...
Zhou Auto is the largest automobile group in China.
It operates Zhou Toyota, a joint venture with Toyota, and has five of its own brands, including Zhou Auto.
Last year, it sold 2.7 million units in China alone, ranking first among Chinese brands. (This is just the sales volume of i...
“Let’s confirm this again. Exactly how much debt do you have?”
“About 10 billion won.”
I shook my head. “No, ‘about’ isn’t good enough. You have to be precise. Think of me as your lawyer. You have to reveal everything. Do you plan to come back and ask for more help l...
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