Real Man-Chapter 828

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Lee Ji-hyun tilted her head as she saw Yoo-hyun smiling.

“Mr. Yu, what are you thinking about so deeply?”

“It’s nothing. Let’s start the meeting.”

Yoo-hyun gestured with his hand as he straightened his posture, and the atmosphere that had been lively as if nothing had happened became serious.

Along with the presentation of Director Lee Ji-hyun, the names of the global companies that collaborated with River flowed out.

After checking the work of Double Y following River, Yoo-hyun got in his car and went to the airport.

He sat on a bench in the arrival hall and waited, when a familiar face approached him.

It was Park Young-hoon, the representative of Double Y and Mirinae Securities.

He took off his sunglasses and grumbled.

“What the hell, why are you here?”

“Mi-jin went abroad for training and couldn’t come to pick you up. I thought you’d be disappointed if no one was here, so I came.”

Park Young-hoon’s girlfriend Kim Mi-jin had gone to France to learn the hair trends of Europe.

Park Young-hoon asked with a puzzled look.

“What about your employees?”

“They’re all busy. I’m the only one who’s free.”

“You’re funny. But where are the reporters? Why is it so quiet?”

“Reporters? Come on, you’ve worked hard.”

Chin.

Yoo-hyun handed him a newspaper with a smirk.

It contained the achievements that Park Young-hoon had made in the US.

Park Young-hoon was dumbfounded as he saw the headline.

“Why is it on page 5, not page 1? Do you know how much I fought with the New York Stock Exchange?”

“What do you expect from a foreign company? Let’s go.”

“Where?”

“To eat something delicious.”

Yoo-hyun got up from his seat and pulled Park Young-hoon’s arm.

Genex Energy was a company that Yoo-hyun had established in Texas.

This place, with John Henry as the representative, had overcome the productivity problem with a revolutionary oil drilling technology, and led the second shale oil boom.

As a result, the US became the world’s largest oil producer.

The investors couldn’t sit still in this situation.

The IPO price of Genex Energy, which had a market capitalization of 400 million dollars (480 billion won) at the time of establishment, was 10 billion dollars (12 trillion won).

Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun, who had acquired the major shareholder status through Mirinae Securities, hit the jackpot.

He had an expected profit of 2.5 billion dollars (2.8 trillion won) in just two years, and he could sell it anytime.

The only thing left was how to spend this money.

At a chicken stew restaurant under Namsan, Park Young-hoon asked.

“You’re going to use it to expand the scale of the River Alliance, right?”

“Of course.”

“You’re a money-eating hippo, a money-eating hippo. Well, I guess that’s why so many companies are rushing in.”

“Not really?”

“Of course not. It’s fun and good to spend money. When will I ever roll such a big money?”

Becoming friends with the heads of large corporations and attracting them were two different things.

Many companies needed to join in order to prove the effect of the new cloud service, WithC, and Yoo-hyun had made a huge investment to shorten this time.

Building data centers or investing directly in some large corporations to pull them in was an example.

Swoosh.

Yoo-hyun handed a chicken leg to Park Young-hoon, who had spared no support in this process.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“I appreciate your care, but I like breast meat, you bastard.”

“What? Just eat it.”

“What kind of treatment is this for someone who worked hard?”

Park Young-hoon, who was whining, was handed a glass of makgeolli by Yoo-hyun.

Clang.

The two men, who had clinked their glasses, shrugged their shoulders as if nothing had happened.

Yoo-hyun and Park Young-hoon sat on a bench with a vending machine coffee in their hands for dessert.

A cool breeze blew under the shade of lush trees.

Park Young-hoon, who was looking up at Namsan Tower, muttered.

“Yoo-hyun, I’m saying this without any ill will.”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t pick a lock and propose at that Namsan Tower.”

Ouch.

Yoo-hyun put one hand on his chest and asked.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Just. You seem like the type to do that. You said you failed once when you opened it. Weren’t you trying to do something like a proposal then?”

Ouch.

He had written a note in the lock he had hung on Namsan Tower, which Jeong Da-hye had told him when they were drinking as a couple.

He had also mentioned that he had stopped by there again before starting River.

But the fact that the confession was in the lock was a secret.

How did he know when Jeong Da-hye didn’t have a clue?

Yoo-hyun shook his head calmly.

“It wasn’t a proposal.”

“Obvious, obvious. You emotionless guy. Anyway, if you really pick a lock and give a ring and say let’s get married, Da-hye will be very disappointed.”

“Really?”

“Is that the only place? It’s obvious that it’s bland if it’s the third lock. The cupid key is also very clumsy.”

Da-hye loved it.

He had a lot to say, but this was not the place to argue.

Yoo-hyun folded his dignity and took a more active approach.

“Then what should I do?”

“You have to fulfill a woman’s dream.”

“Dream…”

“Yeah, dream. Build a skyscraper in Gangnam and say this is yours, just like that. Who wouldn’t like that?”

He sighed as he looked at Park Young-hoon, who was excited.

Yoo-hyun was lacking in emotion, but Park Young-hoon was not much better.

Park Young-hoon tilted his head as he saw Yoo-hyun’s disappointed look.

“Don’t you think so?”

“Bro, forget about that, you can’t buy land in Gangnam and build a building.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Hyunil Motors.”

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Park Young-hoon was startled by Yoo-hyun’s words.

He remembered meeting Kang Bong-seok, the chairman of Hyunil Motors, a while ago.

Chairman Kang Bong-seok had planned to buy land and build the tallest building in Gangnam.

He had asked Park Young-hoon, a recently popular investment expert, about it.

It happened at a quiet drinking party.

What did he say then?

-You’re going to spend 10 trillion won of blood on buying land? Is Hyunil Motors a real estate company?

He didn’t stop there, but said that the world was changing rapidly and that the company would go bankrupt.

He shouted that he was absolutely against investing in land and recommended other investment options.

He was too harsh because of the alcohol.

‘And Yoo-hyun kept egging me on.’

Anyway, Chairman Kang Bong-seok changed his mind and followed his advice.

Even if a customer who entrusted 10 million won called and raged when the stock price fell, Chairman Kang Bong-seok had invested a whopping 10 trillion won.

It was a huge burden for Park Young-hoon, who had recommended other investment options.

But by chance, the company he had recently recommended to invest in had a bad news and the stock price plummeted.

He still thought it was a much better choice than land, but he had no face to see Chairman Kang Bong-seok right now.

Park Young-hoon closed his eyes tightly and Yoo-hyun asked him.

“I have a golf appointment with Chairman Kang tomorrow, do you want to come with me? He said he wanted you to come too.”

“Are you crazy? No way, never.”

Park Young-hoon crossed his arms and made a big X.

His eyes were full of reluctance.

The next day.

Yoo-hyun stopped by a golf course in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do.

It was Chairman Kang Bong-seok’s personal land, and he didn’t accept any other guests when he visited.

Today, too, Yoo-hyun and Chairman Kang Bong-seok walked on the lawn.

The caddy and the chairman’s secretary director followed behind at a distance.

“Is Director Park not feeling well?”

“Yes. He returned from the US yesterday.”

“I see. He negotiated with the New York snobs. He’s very capable, you know.”

“I’ve benefited a lot from him too.”

“Yeah. I wish some of that luck would come to me too.”

“…”

Yoo-hyun swallowed his words at the pointed remark.

Chairman Kang Bong-seok, who shrugged his shoulders, took the driver club from the caddy and took his stance.

His sharp eyes contrasted with his broad face and aimed at the ball.

He had a fairly large build, so his swing was brisk.

Bang!

“Nice shot.”

Clap clap clap clap clap.

Yoo-hyun clapped his hands politely and kept his manners.

He didn’t try to win.

He hid his skills and responded appropriately.

Whoosh!

His swing was concise and his impact was precise.

Yoo-hyun’s ball flew out as if it had aimed and landed exquisitely behind Chairman Kang Bong-seok’s ball.

Yoo-hyun walked with him and talked a lot until he put the ball in the hole.

Vroom.

Chairman Kang Bong-seok, who got on the cart to move to the next hole, said.

“I felt it last time too, but your golf posture is very good.”

“Not as good as you, sir.”

“Haha. I’m just hitting by inertia.”

He brought it up first before spitting out the difficult words, which was Chairman Kang Bong-seok’s style.

As expected, the words he had anticipated came out of his thick mouth.

“I hate to bring up the past, but… I’m talking about the Gangnam building.”

‘That’s why Young-hoon didn’t want to come.’

He understood.

The 10 trillion won investment was a pretty big bet in Chairman Kang Bong-seok’s life.

And he had changed his mind, so he must have been more regretful.

But he made the choice himself.

Why did Yoo-hyun agree with him without arguing?

Because he had invested 5 trillion won of the 10 trillion won as promised to the self-driving venture companies.

And he kept his promise to join the River Alliance.

Yoo-hyun had a condition that he would invest directly in Hyunil Motors, but thanks to that, the River Alliance became stronger around the self-driving ecosystem.

More than 30 companies joined here.

Knowing that Chairman Kang Bong-seok’s decision was not easy, Yoo-hyun answered sincerely.

“Do you regret it?”

“No, it’s not that, but the land price in Gangnam has risen so much in the past few months. I can’t even buy it with that money now. Haha.”

“Hyunil Motors needs to constantly develop to lead the changing world. Burying the future in buying land is never a good direction.”

“It’s better than losing assets. I didn’t want to say this, but the Tesla stock that Director Park told me to invest in has already dropped by 25 percent.”

‘Don’t thank me later and bow.’

Yoo-hyun, who got off the cart, barely suppressed the words that rose to the end of his throat.

The company that Hyunil Motors invested the remaining 5 trillion won in was Tesla.

The value of the 10 percent stake he had acquired would increase by at least 10 times in five years.

He was sure it would be more than that, even though he didn’t know the exact time.

And through this deal, Hyunil Motors was able to transfer some of Tesla’s electric car technology.

It was as if Hyunil Motors had secured the future power for free.

Bang!

Yoo-hyun hit the ball after Chairman Kang Bong-seok and continued.

“You agreed that electric cars and self-driving are the future, right? Tesla is the undisputed leader among them.”

“It’s not because of the technology. Do you trust that crazy CEO, Elon Musk?”

“That’s…”

“Ha. I shouldn’t have fallen for his provocation.”

Before Yoo-hyun could even speak, Chairman Kang Bong-seok sighed heavily.

His expression didn’t relax even though he hit the ball well.

There was a reason for that.

It was because of the genius CEO, who was called the second Steve Jobs, went astray.

Elon Musk, who had recently been criticized for his outspokenness, had now smoked marijuana.

The domestic media poured out articles mocking Hyunil Motors’ reckless investment every day.

It was bitter for Chairman Kang Bong-seok.

His grumbling continued until he put the ball in the hole.