Breaking Up Is Better Than Divorce

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“It was not easy to get information about Maxwell Griffiths. So I flew to Salt Lake City.”

David posted the report in three days.

“I expressed my intention to invest and asked to see the factories and laboratories, but they were rejected. He said he had no intention of taking any investment. I haven’t met a single employee, let alone the CEO. It’s kind of a weird company. I own a fairly large lot in the suburbs of Salt Lake City… … The real estate there is so cheap it won’t be worth much.”

It was already expected, but to be sure, he had personally crossed the continent.

“ah! Of course, we did not use our company name. I still have a few business cards from the company I used to go to, so I used them.”

David laughed and said. In the first place, he was entrusted with the role as he was a talented person with that level of work.

“Both NT Somerset in California and TBD Ventures in Philadelphia have a strange smell. Both are local small investment firms, which moved to separate private equity funds three years ago. The size of the sale is unknown. NT Somerset was sold to a San Francisco-based private equity fund, and TBD was sold to DL Capital.”

The clue was caught.

DL Capital is a private equity fund to manage Daeyang Group’s slush funds. There was no solid evidence, but Eugene thought it was almost certain.

“What are the funds in San Francisco?”

“The name is United Excellence. The representative is Korean-American.”

Now, Eugene has identified all three private equity funds related to the Daeyang Group.

DL Capital, which was involved in the acquisition of Maxwell Griffiths and Freescale Semiconductor.

Tommy Bakerson involved in the Samho Card acquisition.

And again, United Excellence involving Maxwell Griffiths.

Roughly drawing a picture

United Excellence and DL Capital, which received funds from Daeyang Group, invest in a venture company called Maxwell Griffith, which was founded by an engineer from Tesla automobiles.

And a few years later, Daeyang Motors takes over it at a fairly large price.

In the process, DL Capital and United Excellent will make very substantial profits.

It is probably not without technology at all, and it is also true that Daeyang Motors needs electric vehicle technology.

Eugene remembers that the electric car released by Daeyang Motors about two years later received not bad reviews.

However, the acquisition of an American company called Maxwell Griffiths by Daeyang Motors is not new.

If so, has the acquisition gone in vain? Or did he quietly finish the acquisition?

“Let’s find out a little bit more. It’s very strange.”

David’s nib is like that.

“You can use all the resources you need.”

He instructed them to use all possible means, except for illegal means.

Somehow, if I dig this up, I thought I’d find something useful.

“Come on, let’s start investing again today.”

After the investment in the Chinese stock market ended, and the collapse of the Volkswagen stock market, he took a short break.

It took about a week to form an organization that had never been done before.

All of the employees who received huge bonuses within a few months of joining the company were full of morale.

“I should check the available assets first.”

“I have 50 billion dollars in confirmation or mana. If I don’t have anywhere to invest right now, I’ll have to put it in a bank.”

Joanna said with a smile.

Of its $75 billion in assets, $15 billion worth of investment is in the US stock market through BlackRock, and $5 billion in South Korea.

Of the remaining $55 billion, $5 billion was deposited with William’s wealth management firm, with $50 billion in assets under Joanna’s management.

He gave William some knowledge of the future that Eugene knew as a hint. How it is used is up to William.

“What is the current price of oil futures?”

It’s been about a month since I invested in oil futures last time, but I felt like it was bottoming out around $30.

“It was a little over $50 in the morning and then came back down and is now around $49.7.”

“Put 20 billion dollars in oil futures. Short this time.”

The time you’ve been waiting for has returned.

“Do you expect oil prices to fall again?”

“There is no agreement on production cuts among the oil-producing countries yet. So far, it has risen 30% from the bottom in the hopes of an agreement this time around, but since it has been stagnant for over a month, it is time to drop expectations.”

In her last life, Eugene worked for Myeongseong, where she was involved in the construction of an oil refinery in Qatar.

After winning the competition with other domestic project organization companies and large overseas construction companies, Eugene’s team has been busy visiting Qatar for a while.

At that time, of course, Eugene’s interest was the price of oil. The project performance and oil price were inevitably closely related, so we had to take care of oil prices every day.

Since then, while in office, Eugene has always kept an eye on oil prices.

Oil prices are not just about refineries and oil producing countries. As it is closely related to virtually all industries, it is essential to understand oil prices.

At this time, as Eugene knew, the oil price began to drop dramatically due to the sale gas revolution, hit several bottoms, and then rebounded and then fell.

At first, it drops to the low $40s, then rebounds to the $60s, then goes down to the highs of $30s and then rises to $50s again.

This is the big flow of oil prices that Eugene has recently invested in, and it finally falls below $30.

‘Maybe it was early 2016? After that, it will rise steadily for a while after the oil producing countries agreed to freeze production.’

I can’t remember the exact date or exact price, but I do know that there is one last drop.

You know the future, you don’t have to miss the opportunity.

“Well… … I think I’ve seen such an analysis. But since the boss says it, the weight is wrong. Somehow, it sounds convincing as it must be.”

“I’m not really trying to convince Joanna.”

“Still, I have already been persuaded. It makes me want to put my assets in a short oil price.”

Of course, Joanna has signed a non-disclosure agreement stating that she will not take any personal gain from the information she obtained from Eugene.

Not just Joanna, but all the staff.

Of course, I don’t think a single signature would be completely confidential, but at least Joanna thought she couldn’t.

“$10 billion to buy stocks at a similar rate to the stocks invested through BlackRock. Well… … It will be difficult to include places like Netflix, so put more weight on Amazon, Google, and Facebook.”

Through BlackRock, $7.5 billion was invested in stocks worth $37.5 billion in total return swaps. Having already earned over $10 billion in revenue for half a year, Eugene knows that the stocks he puts in are promising in the future.

And in fact, I didn’t know much about the movements of other sports besides that one.

“Is this the maximum leverage again?”

“Sure.”

“All right.”

“And put $5 billion in currency futures and options.”

“A currency gift?”

“uh. Pound-dollar depreciation, yen-dollar long.”

“It looks like you have some good information.”

Joanna asked with a curious face.

“It’s just an ordinary investment. Currency analysis suggests that the strong yen and weaker pound will continue for a while.”

Of course, the truth is different. We are gradually preparing for another event next year.

“It’s hard to have high expectations for that one, so I only use it 10 times.”

The currency market does not fluctuate much compared to other investment stocks. A 50% drop in one year would be close to a disaster, so there is no choice but to do so.

So, 10x leverage is by no means a big deal.

“Put the rest of the $5 billion in ultra-short-term financial products that you can withdraw right away.”

Eugene gave me instructions on the investment direction of the tens of trillions of won in such a short time.

Of course, Eugene’s instructions were concise, but to execute them, all the employees would have to go crazy again.

“I got a call from Miss Sarah.”

After the meeting is over, Monica comes over and tells Sarah Delvian.

“What’s going on?”

“They said it was a date request.”

Monica said with a smile.

“ah!”

Eugene has never been surprised since returning to the past and starting a new life, but Sarah’s bold dash was unexpected.

“when?”

“If you have an idea, the boss will decide. Miss Sarah intends to stay in New York for a while.”

“Sarah’s apartment is not far from here.”

Joanna, who seemed to pass by indifferently, came back and said.

“The Delvian family used to travel to New York twice a year. It’s a condo on the east side of Central Park, and it’s pretty cool.”

“Did I say Sarah’s father was a pretty wealthy banker?”

“yes. It is also a well-known investment bank in London. It would be in the top 100 of the UK’s richest people list.”

The wealthy British have as many foreign nationals as Russians and Indians as well as domestic ones, so they have the second largest number of billionaires after the United States.

Even in such a UK, if it is ranked in the rankings, it would be almost the same as the head of a chaebol in Korea.

“A museum would be good for a date. Sarah and the boss seem to have similar tastes.”

Joanna was kind enough to even set up a date spot.

“Look at the right time and put it on your schedule. The location is MoMA.”

He instructed Monica to set up a date on her own.

In fact, Eugene’s day was so hectic that he had to borrow Monica’s hand to find time for a date.

“I see. I’ll set a time and deliver it to Miss Sarah.”

Monica did her best to make time for Eugene.

Just two days later, around lunchtime, Eugene drove to the Delvian family home, which Joanna had pointed to.

This time, unlike usual, Eugene drove the car himself, and the bodyguards followed him in other cars.

“You have good taste. It’s a great car.”

Sarah Delbian said as she entered the passenger seat that Eugene had opened.

“I don’t think there is a better car than this for a date.”

Eugene said while sitting in the driver’s seat.

“Also. My eyes are not wrong. You must have been dating women for a while?”

“Not at all. This is the car that I saved with my heart pounding after receiving a call from Miss Sarah.”

“Really? Got DB5 in 2 days? Is that great? It is also in excellent condition.”

“Yes? I was surprised when I received it too. I’ve driven 5,000km so far and there’s no problem in driving. A car that is over 50 years old.”

“There’s nothing like a nice gentleman driving a classic car. I am so glad you did that for me.”

“Miss Sarah is a woman who deserves that much.”

Eugene started the car.

“How much did you give me?”

Sara asked while Eugene drove to MoMA.

Perhaps because he has a father who is a financier, for an aristocratic girl, he is not hesitant to ask such a question. Or maybe it’s just personality.

Sarah Delbaine was originally known for being outspoken.

No, was that a long time in the future?

Although Eugene liked Sarah’s performance, he was not a fan enough to know all about her.

“It would be 900,000 dollars.”

“You bought it cheap. I had 800,000 pounds when I checked it out in my home country a while ago, and it’s in much better condition than that.”

Joanna was passing by and informed me. Sarah likes the DB5, which is synonymous with bond cars.

From Goldfinger in 1964 to Skyfall in 2012 and Specter to be released on Christmas Day, the DB5 is the symbol of a Bond car.

Eugene wondered if Sarah might be interested in the role of Bond Girl.

However, he knows that Sarah has no connection with Young-Young Bond Girl.

“I feel good from the beginning today. I didn’t know you would do this for me. In fact, since the day we met, we hadn’t contacted each other, so I thought they weren’t interested.”

“Are you not interested? I’ve always been a fan of Miss Sarah. And dating Miss Sarah was on my personal bucket list.”

Eugene saw a crosswalk and stopped the car for a moment.

“Really? bucket list?”

Sarah asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

“Really. It’s hard to imagine there’s a man in the world who would refuse a date with Miss Sarah.”

“no. Does your bucket list really end at a date?”

Sara asked, gently placing her hand on Eugene’s thigh.