I said with a smile.
"Byung-chul, when you make some money in this store, invest in stocks, too."
"Oh, I don't do stocks. I've been scolded once for going into the stock market.”
The Virgin Mary has dried up.
"Yes, Byung-chul, don't stock. Make money by doing business."
"I have to pay my store debt first rather than stocks. Of the investment here, my only money is 40 million won earned in Vietnam."
"The location of the store is good. Business looks like it's going to be good."
"Thank you."
We were talking about these stories, and there was news coming from the TV on the wall of the store.
The list of Sung Wan-jong, chairman of Keangnam Enterprises, was being leaked.
When Yang Sung-mo carefully watched the TV news, store owner Hwang Byung-chul said.
"I haven't been here long, so I don't know. What's that about?”
"Before Sung Wan-jong died, he left a note saying he bribed eight politicians."
I pretended to know.
"God knows that the dead gave it to him, and the eight never received it."
"But Keangnam Enterprises also had a nephew of Ban Ki-moon. That was good enough. But Sung Wan-jong must have gone crazy because Keangnam Enterprises was under investigation for its involvement in resource diplomacy during the MB era and was transferred to court receivership."
"What happens when you go into court receivership?”
"You will not be able to exercise any managerial control until you are revived."
"Really?"
"I think it's because the construction industry is going bad, but M&A could take the company away.”
"Hey, let's get a drink. You guys should make chicken by dating and I'll sell draft beer to get married.”
The next day I had a throbbing headache from the drink I drank yesterday.
Even though I woke up late, I turned on my computer and entered HTS, a securities firm.
"Did the GT&T I bought go up a bit today?”
What the hell is going on here? I almost screamed. It was announced that it would suspend the trading of shares of GT&T companies.
[The KOSDAQ Market Headquarters of the Korea Exchange discloses the reason for the delisting of GT&T due to the half-yearly rejection of the audit opinion by the certified public accountant.]
"What is this!"
GT&T meant that due to poor management, certified public accountants would not give an audit opinion on accounting data. This was the reason for the abolition of a listed company.
"What happens to my money if I don't make a deal!"
I couldn't withdraw money now. It was because after a certain period of time, stocks went into liquidation.
"They say that if you go into liquidation, the stock will be put to waste and it's worth the shit!"
I've come to a mental breakdown. I sat idly at my desk all day long.
My family was nervous as I sat down like a madman eating ramen without talking for a few days.
At last my father said.
"You should either get a job or follow your dad around and learn about Sha-shi. What the hell is this! Because you're sitting like a man with a swollen head and no beard!"
Still, I just sat there blankly.
I searched my pocket for cigarettes, but I didn't have any money.
The money in the bank account was invested in GT&T, but it was all tied up, so I couldn't do anything. I could work part-time, but I didn't have that kind of motivation either.
I said to my mother who came back exhausted after working at a restaurant in the evening.
"Mom, just give me 10,000 won!"
The child, who went to college and served in the military, sat in his room like a waste, and asked for only 10,000 won, which made his mother look pathetic. He said in a tone of voice, giving 10,000 won.
"Jun-sik! Please shave your beard. People upstairs have been chatting these days, too."
"Say talk!"
My mom seemed to have guessed whether she was nervous about my sudden change.
There were many old conventional houses around the Samsung market in Sillim-dong, where the mother works. It was a so-called readjustment promotion zone. Maybe that's why there were some fortune tellers and shamans in the alley around here.
The house with white or red flags hung was the home of these shamanists.
They were operating under the signs of Yaksuam, Ryungtongam, Gobosal, and Seonnyeo Palace, and I used to wonder who would go to such places whenever I passed by.
The shaman seemed to have asked Park's shaman about his son, who was known to be good at his mother's restaurant. I think I asked because I was frustrated because I've been stuck in my room these days.
Mom told me the story of the jumbo.
"Jun-sik! When I asked Mr. Park's shaman that you are good, he said you become very rich. So cheer up, shave your beard and work part-time."
"Huh! What do you know about shamans? But don't go!"
I spoke nervously and closed the door.
I just sat on the computer and looked at the securities firm HTS.
Other stocks repeated going up and down today, but GT&T remained as if they were invoiced, with trading suspended.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Why am I so bad at stocks!"
In the meantime, I studied stocks as if I were studying for the exam at the Goshichon reading room in Sillim-dong, and I learned the sense of practice several times, but now that all my money was gone, I felt like I wanted to commit suicide.
"All the 3 million won I had and the 12 million won loan from MG Community Credit Cooperative were lost. I bought the wrong frozen tower and it flew away because of the wrong stock exchange. Black, black, black."
I had tears in my eyes.
After crying for a long time, I logged on to the Internet again.
"Who is the best stockholder in the world?"
I searched and found it. It was Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in the U.S.
[All the investors in the world would like to meet once! a man of a fortune of 99 trillion won The one who earns $1.5 million an hour! He is the wise chairman Warren Buffett!]
I wanted to meet Warren Buffett even in my dream.
"Hey, how much is it in our money if you make $1.5 million an hour? It's 1.592 billion won. Warren Buffett's one hour's worth of money is what happens to my family. In this Sillim-dong, you live by the sound of the rich!"
I thought how good it would be to learn stocks from these people and I wanted to run to meet Warren Buffett even in my dream.
However, I kept searching for Warren Buffett and found that he had lunch with Chairman Warren Buffett and that 4 billion won was sold at auction. (Lunch auction price in 2019 was 5.4 billion won).
"Hick! Four billion for lunch together! This is the money that takes place not only in my house but also in my family. It's money that can get up, even the uncle's, little father's houses!"
I don't know what kind of advice you get for your investment while you meet Warren Buffett for lunch, but four billion! I couldn't shut my mouth.
"Can't you meet Chairman Warren Buffett in your dreams? Those who believe deeply in Jesus dream of meeting Jesus in their dreams, and those who believe deeply in Buddha dream, Buddha is brilliant and stroked their heads!"
I've had this kind of delusion.
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