12 Hours After Chapter 103

Translator: Khan

Editor: Aelryinth

As always, there were four emails today . I clicked the one, D . 12 Hours After, on the top of the list .

[Politics Economy Society Life/Culture…]

Under the following news, there were two People Search slots .

[Personal search – please write a name . ]

[Personal search – please write a name . ]

I searched for Lee Won-jun first .

[Lee Won-jun, director of the Daewon Daily News, denied involvement in stock price manipulation . ]

There was an article like that . It would come out within twelve hours from now . It was supposed to be an article that would come up tonight or tomorrow morning .

'His name was in the will… but he denied it . However, can he deny it in the prosecution's investigation, if it starts?'

I followed up with a search for Tak Joon-gi .

'No news is found . ' It was said that there was no news, which meant that there was no news of the same name .

'I don't know the search result for the name Joon-gi, but Tak is not that common a surname . '

I did the same search for Lee Won-jun on 12 Days After .

[Lee Won-jun, executive director of the Daewon Daily News, was arrested without bail . ]

Lee Won-jun was finally put behind bars . I followed up with the name Tak Joon-gi .

[Director Tak Joon-gi of Suyeon Travel supports the travels of children of multicultural families . ]

But oh my! On the other hand, good news came on the side of Tak Joon-gi .

'Has he… escaped from this?'

I searched for the news 12 Weeks After .

[Lee Won-jun, the third generation of Daewon Group, was sentenced to five years in prison and five million dollars in fines . ]

Director Lee Won-joon was eventually sentenced to prison . On the other side, Tak Joon-gi was in the news for going abroad .

[Director Tak Joon-gi, visiting Chengdu, China, leading the travel business for China . ]

I entered the last email, 12 Months After, drumming the chair with my finger .

[Lee Won-joon, the head of the Nam-gu office in Incheon, visits a restaurant for senior citizens . ]

Lee Won-jun was completely replaced by other people's news . It was a common name, so it was appropriate .

[Director Tak Joon-gi visits his grandfather's grave . ]

There was news that Tak Joon-gi had visited his grandfather's grave . I clicked on it . There was a picture of Tak Joon-gi getting out of the car .

'If it's his grandfather… the chairman of Suyeon Group, Tak Jin-woon…' This day seemed to be a memorial day for Chairman Tak Jin-woon . There was a row of black luxury cars around the so-called 'Chairman Car,' as if it proved the power of Suyeon Group . I looked at it for a long time and then closed the email .

'All right, That's it . ' I didn't know what was going on in the details, but in any case, the true secret seemed to have ended without being revealed .

'However, more than 90%, it is Tak Joon-gi… or 99% sure, if I think of what Lee Ah-young said . ' The black secret was not revealed and it seemed to have ended in a state of indeterminacy . Although Lee Won-jun of Daewon Group, one of the heirs of the media conglomerate, was arrested and sent to prison, Tak Joon-gi was not mentioned at all .

'Is this the power of the Suyeon Group?' I didn't know how far they were connected to the prosecution, the police, and the media . I was angry right now, but I couldn't do anything about it .

“That bastard needs to be fully destroyed… but he is protected by the Suyeon Group . Is there any proof that he can't get out of?”

I had a sudden idea: an active skill worth seven points, “An Investigating Correspondent” which could be obtained when I attained the Master Class . Last time, I'd put it off to get the news of 12 Weeks After and 12 Months After, but if I had that skill, I might be able to dig up the dark side of something .

'Our investigator is very competent', the Customer Service said, and so it must be…

'So… let's take over two more companies as soon as possible . If I get that skill… something might unravel . '

There had been many things going on, but I'd been trading, writing down the good news on my calendar . Even I paid ten million dollars for the monthly subscription fee, I earned at least twenty million, or as much as forty million, every month . My cash was nearly two hundred million dollars at this point . In addition, Invictus Investment, which had a sprawling sixty percent stake in Kai Games, had nearly three hundred million dollars in assets .

'Vice President Jang said there were no proper sales, but…' It would be done if I could buy one business, whether there was a proper sale or not . Now was the time to assess efficiency; I'd have to raise the class at the cost of more money .

'That's what I am going to do later… and all I can do now is…' I could squeeze out the money he had tied up in Bisang Construction, and the short stock sale in Jinyang Development . Even if he was a third-generation chaebol, tens of millions of dollars was not small money .

'Bah! Even if the law was avoided, the money lost could not be avoided as long as it entered the market . ' I closed my email window, thinking about that .

The next morning . Bisang Construction began the day at -27% . I got a feeling that someone was trying to prop up the starter with money . Soon, however, the bomb of a short stock sale fell on top of the asking price, because our company, Invictus Investment, and other companies didn't let it go up . Therefore, Bisang Construction went directly to the lower limit price within one minute .

'This will hit the lower limit price from now, until it's cut in half . '

Our funds for a short stock sale were already making more than a thirty percent profit, but I was going to keep the reins on . I would let those who loved money taste Hell here . I went on to look at Jinyang Development .

“Uh?” Jinyang Development was fighting a battle around the upper limit price of +25% . I understood . Even if Bisang Construction was undertaking a great fall, it didn't mean Jinyang Development would be selected as a business operator . It would take at least a few months to re-select a business operator . Perhaps Jinyang Development might be excluded from the next selection . Their construction capability was excellent, but the impact of the Bisang Construction corruption case had been so great that the new candidate group was likely to be completely new faces .

'They think that the upper limit price twice is a little bit too much . '

I roughly calculated the amount remaining to the upper limit price . '$50,000,000… or about $60,000,000 . '

Betting this much wasn't too lethal . I swapped my accounts and quickly bought the shares . $500,000, $700,000, $1,000,000… .

The stir was transmitted to the market right away .

'Is this going to the upper limit price or not?'

The long-suffering ants were right back on my buying spree . I was just looking for the right timing, and then I put in the buy order of $5,000,000 in the upper limit price . Of course, all the remaining shares were sold out, and Jinyang Development hit the second upper limit price . It was a bit of a forced upper limit price, but it was not nonsense . Ants would understand, a big hand was pushing up .

But the ones who had put a short stock sale here would suffer saying, “No, some bastard pushed the price higher…”

'If I lose a little bit here, I will still push it to the upper limit price once or twice…'

They must have been excited when they had made a short stock sale, but now it would be quite painful to try to pay the shares back at a price that had more than doubled . The buy orders were piling up on my five million dollars: thirty thousand, sixty thousand, one hundred twenty thousand dollars… These ants were also enough to torment the forces behind the short stock sales .

So, after all, Bisang Construction hit the lower limit price again today . Jinyang Development did not move on the upper limit price . Tak Joon-gi and Lee Won-jun, who had poured money into this stock, must be in great pain .

“Okay, well, that's enough…” I decided to return to my usual routine and trade other stocks . I thought I would make tens of million dollars this time, but what I usually earned was actually more . I called up my mobile phone calendar app and found a code that was used as an initial consonant . 'TSJS 120% SC'

'The total sales of Jangsung Steel were 120% higher compared to last year with the supply contract . '

In the meantime, the doorbell of my apartment rang .

'What is it?' The bell rang in broad daylight . I pondered it . I didn't order a package . My parents came and went last week . I didn't even call Secretary Seo . Then only one person who came to mind: Lee Ah-young . It seemed to be her .

'She must have seen this article… because there was some big news yesterday . ' One of her three enemies committed suicide and pointed to the other in a suicide note . She must have felt something strange .

I went up to the front door . When I opened the door, there was Lee Ah-young, of course . She wore blue jeans and a white T-shirt, and looked really pretty . As expected, the completion of fashion was appearance, but it was not the time to indulge in her good looks .

I asked her, “Why are you here this morning?”

She said to me in a direct way, “I saw the article . ”

I had a rough guess, but I asked back, “What article?”

“You know what I'm talking about . Don't have an air of innocence . I've looked up all the details of Invictus Investment's short stock sale for Bisang Construction . ”

That was the story, too . She said, standing in front of the front door . “What the hell did you do?”

For a moment, I looked behind her . There was no one in the hallway, but her voice resonated well . I gestured, “Come in . ”

She stared at me for a moment, then came into my apartment .

I spoke cliche, “Would you like something to drink?”

“No thanks . Tell me more than that . What's going on?”

I lowered my eyes and stroked my chin . 'Do I have to tell her the story?'

There was no possibility of her telling this story to anyone else . They were her enemies, but I was afraid she would do something dangerous after hearing the story . That was what worried me .

I said in an indirect way, “… it's a long story to talk about…”

She said, standing next to the sofa in the living room, “Tell me the long story . I don't have class today, anyway . ”

“… don't you think I'm busy?”

“You don't usually go to work . ” She also knew I wasn't very good at going to work .

'What, do you watch me commuting?'

I told her, “Traders like me… often work at home even if they don't go to work . ” I pointed to my computers with a look .

She glanced at it and turned back as if ready to leave . “Then next time you're free…”

I caught her like that, “No, I'll tell you . Sit down . Instead…”

She gave me a slight glance and said, “Instead?”

“Never talk to others . ”

“I can't talk to anyone, if it's not Sarah in the U . S . and Sarah can't speak Korean . You saw that, right?”

Sarah? The white beauty's name must be Sarah . I approached the refrigerator with a nod . “Do you really want nothing to drink? It's a long story . ”

“Well, I'd like a glass of juice, please . ”

I took the grape juice out of the refrigerator, filled a glass and handed it to her . Suddenly, I remembered her getting drunk after drinking two glasses of wine . I wet my throat first with juice and then began to talk . “So this story starts… when I went to Seoul City Hall to accept a prize . ”

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