Chapter 6

billionaire ‘My property is 50 billion won.’ I fell in love with the fun of seeing the numbers on the monitor. I couldn’t sleep even when I closed my eyes and covered myself with the blanket. ‘Phew. I couldn’t sleep after all.’ I was worried about my work life because I stayed up all night, but I woke up with a cup of hot coffee. I had never thought about what it would feel like to have a fortune of 50 billion. I never thought that this would happen in my entire life. The feeling of being freed from the money that used to weigh down your life. If you’re hungry, eat, and if you need something, buy it. How nice it is not to have to worry about monthly rent. Ride a bike to work. I was tired from staying up all night, but I felt good. “Good morning.” “Agent Kim, are you going to work?” “Yes. Sua also came out early.” I went to work earlier than usual because I stayed up all night, but I met Jo Soo-ah in the parking lot. I’m going to pick up the bike, and she’s going to park the luxury car. If it had been in the past, I might have been intimidated because I had a beggar spirit and a sense of qualifications to the bone. Now, I confidently parked a cheap 230,000 won bicycle. Even so, the lock was meticulously filled by connecting the wheel and the frame. Even if the property you own is 50 billion won, long-used items are precious. I worked in Myeong-dong this morning. Come back to work in the afternoon.” “Oh yeah. It must be difficult to drive to Busan. How are your parents?” “You like it. I introduced him to a boyfriend, and he treats me as if he is going to marry soon.” I came up to the office while having a light conversation with Jo Soo-ah. “Then see you later.” “Yes. Thanks for your effort.” As for the advantages of corporate life, I forgot about coins for a while while I was working. I still have the inertia of working hard, and when I talk on the phone with hospital nurses or doctors, I can’t think of coins. At home, I was tired of seeing the price of coins go up and down. “Yes. Yes. We will send staff from our side. Exactly. We will take action today.” To be honest, the content of the job hasn’t changed much compared to when I was a new employee. In the morning, co-workers gathered on the rooftop. “According to team leader Ahn, I put 300 in the EOS last night. It was 4% up in the morning. How did you feel?” “Analysis of asset values. Don’t need this. We have to get in quickly. It’s all about putting money, eating money.” “It is very easy to make money. Even if I played the coin a little earlier.” “Even if I only did it at the beginning of this year, I would have beaten the company now.” Following team leader Ahn, his colleagues at work started investing in coins. Coin craze was spreading rapidly among office workers, not just our company. Articles about coins are constantly appearing on TV or Internet news, and it will be difficult to stay still. “Remember, how much did you do?” “I put 5,000 in my emergency fund by scraping up to the negative limit of my bank account.” At Kim Sang-ki’s words, everyone who was drinking coffee or drinks looked surprised. A huge sum of money for an employee. It was an amount that required great determination. Team leader Ahn shook his head. “The liver is big. Did you put in more than your salary? What are you going to do if it flies all at once?” “Shouldn’t we take it when the opportunity comes?” “I heard that investing is usually a flow, but I kept my word.” You’re right. You have to ride the rising flow. No matter how good stocks are, those who don’t go won’t go. Wouldn’t it be an investment game for only those who go even for dog owners?” Kim Sang-ki continued with a confident expression. “If it is only our country, it can plunge at any time. There are many wealthy people in Korea, but the amount of money invested in financial products is not large, except for real estate. But the Bitcoin craze is blowing all over the world.” “They say they live a lot in the US or China.” “Yes. That’s it. American or Chinese people. How many rich people There are overflowing people all over the world rushing to eat blind money. So, for the time being, we will continue to climb through the ceiling.” “I put in 7 million won, but it’s already 9 million won. Did you think you should have added more?” “You have to add more. I borrowed it from my sister and put another 2,000 in it.” “Really?” “Investment is a flow. You have to row when the water comes in. Gaza!” “Let’s go! Gazuaaa!” Everyone seemed to have made a fortune in their hands. I bought it for less than $2, and I’m debating whether or not to sell it every minute because of the price that has gone up so far. ‘Should I sell it?’ ‘Wait a little more to climb… … .’ ‘Even if I sell it now, it’s 50 billion won.’ ‘Wait. It will rise more in the future.’ ‘I have to secure the cash.’ ‘Leave it alone. Can I regret this moment?’ I don’t know how worried I was because I was happy all night, but on the other hand, I was anxious. Kim Sang-ki asked me who was still. “God, don’t you use coins?” “Hey. Leave God alone. Investing is a prudent child.” My image among my co-workers went beyond that of being a sleepover or a salty person. I happened to talk about the old days, but it must be because they grew up in a poorer environment than they could have imagined. Of course, you would think that you would not invest in this kind of coin. I just wanted to break that expectation. “I am doing it too.” “Really? How much are you doing?” “It should be around 520 now.” It’s true. I just didn’t put the word billion behind. My answer surprised my co-workers. “Wow, Manager Kim also plays coins?” “It was quiet. But you don’t miss the opportunity to make money.” “I put it in moderation. Even if you go up, wait well. The real uptrend is still there.” Colleagues who advise this. At a restaurant where office workers gather during lunch, the topic was bitcoin. While eating, I overheard other people at the table talking about coins. “I heard Hyunseong earned 300 by doing Bitcoin?” “Okay? How much was the principal?” “300. I ate twice as much.” “Twice as much?” Many people have made money with Bitcoin. No one was seriously talking about what Bitcoin was and what it could do. There is a belief that if you buy now, you can sell more expensively, so buyers keep coming in. ‘What will happen in the future?’ I quietly closed my eyes and thought. Ordinary common people. It seems that even those who said that coin investment is stupid started investing. Greed ruled the market. 〈Bitcoin Breaks $12,000〉 〈Endlessly soaring cryptocurrency prices〉 〈Bitcoin speculation frenzy around the world〉 〈Be careful when investing in cryptocurrencies〉 Bitcoin broke the $10,000 barrier and gained another $2,000 in just two days. ‘This is a real copy of money.’ I don’t know if cryptocurrency is a speculation or whether it is properly evaluated for asset value. How many people can properly predict what the future will look like? But what is clear is that no investment product goes up indefinitely. ‘It’s bubbling. And it will surely go off at some point. When will that be?’ There is an adage in the stock market: buy on the knee and sell on the shoulder. The problem is, no one knows where the knee is or the shoulder is. ‘Let’s wait a little longer.’ 〈Virtual currency frenzy such as Bitcoin〉 〈Newsweek, it’s not a Bitcoin bubble. Growth starts now 〈Bitcoin breaks through $13,000 in the morning〉 〈Bitcoin miners, bonanza of the 21st century〉 $13,000. About 15 million won in Korean money. I’m not kidding that it exceeded $10,000; it was only yesterday. Another day passed. 〈Bitcoin billionaires appear in droves〉 〈Surging shops accepting Bitcoin for ‘furniture and computer’〉 〈Surge in middle school, high school, and college students investing in Bitcoin〉 ‘Young men. Investing Bitcoin for ‘Gaecheon Dragon’＞ 〈The Future of Cryptocurrency, Key Currency vs. Speculative Bubbles〉 〈Bitcoin rises to $15,000〉 Another $2,000 went up. It was a lie like reality. ‘How can you sleep and wake up, and your wealth can increase by 10 billion?’ Articles from the press pop up nonstop, and there are people around who claim to have made money. This is why everyone has no choice but to go crazy. ‘It’s good to be obsessed with greed. But you have to know how to overcome that greed.’ I decided not to collapse in greed. ‘So far, the future of coins is just a rosy fantasy that has not been realized. It’s not even technically a substitute for money. There are only people who want to make money as greed rushes in.’ How many people truly see the future of coins and invest? Isn’t it because the majority of them want to make money like themselves? A father driving a kindergarten bus with his young son to a gambling den. My father, who only said that he would have a big daughter today. He said that he had never been nice to his children in his entire life, but when he won money, he would buy them new clothes, bags, and delicious food. He would have been a good father if he had spent only 10% of the money he had to go to the casino on his children. In the end, I thought of my father, er who lost all his money to eat at the casino and drove back to Seoul. ‘Everybody thinks they’re going to make money.’ He boasts that he earned hundreds of dollars from his co-workers. I regret not investing more money. That’s why I think that the price of the coin will rise as funds are constantly flowing in. ‘As I said above, it’s not just investing in Korea. It is a product that other countries also invest in, and even in other countries, the government level has started to regulate it.’ Few countries are as greedy for money and change as quickly as Korea. If there is a reason for a coin to go up, there is a reason for it to go down. 〈Bitcoin taken in the era of 20 million won〉 〈Bitcoin’s unstoppable rise, altcoins are also skyrocketing〉 〈Bitcoin value surge, $19,000〉 〈Bitcoin is a store of value that surpasses gold〉 〈Bitcoin rises by 11%, many positive opinions〉 The moment Bitcoin hit $19,000, I had one last thought. ‘I think it will rise more.’ ‘Let’s sell. The amount raised so far is enough to live on for the rest of my life.’ ‘Is there anything wrong with having a lot of money? Please wait patiently.’ ‘Let’s remember the words of Kim Sang-ki. You said you have to follow the rising flow. I was in that flow. Why are you trying to get off?’ ‘Let’s not be greedy.’ ‘I have to be greedy when I’m being greedy.’ If it were stocks, I would rather invest according to the company value, industry, or financial statement. Who knows how the price of the coin will change in the future? There may come a time when Bitcoin, at $19,000 right now, feels cheap. ‘Let’s sell.’ Even so, I decided to overcome greed. Bitcoin may go up further in the future, but here we make a profit and sell it. and… … . ―Balance: 102,937,171 $ Bitcoin’s price surpassed $19,161, and my fortune passed $100 million.