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Chapter 14. A butterfly flapping its wings could trigger a nuclear storm on the opposite continent. (4)

Chapter 14. A butterfly flapping its wings could trigger a nuclear storm on the opposite continent. (4)

Sook

The person sitting at the table inhaling food was a skinny man.

The person did not even listen to the general secretary Jeong-hwan’s request, and was absorbed in eating the food laid out in front of him as if he was possessed.

If Jeonghwan had a less generous personality, or if there was someone who was a bit picky about party rules, it would be a felony to shoot and kill him on the spot. I had no intention of being so picky.

In fact, considering the momentum of the person sitting in front of me eating right now, even if I shoot him to death right now, I don’t think it will stop him from eating one more grain of rice.

Thing Thing Thing …..

click.

“……………….”

When the meal was finally over and the person put down the spoon, Jeonghwan finally decided he was ready to have a conversation and opened his mouth.

“I feel a little hungry now. Even if it’s not, I’ll be patient. From now on, as long as you follow the instructions I will give you, you will not be hungry in the future.”

“…………!”

The person who looked down at the empty plate and bowl with an expression of ‘Isn’t there any more?’ At Jeonghwan’s words, the man, who had been bowing down while eating (sweeping it would be more accurate), looked at Jeonghwan in front of him. .

And it was only then that Jeonghwan could look directly at him.

The person’s appearance was unique among those who had ever entered this clerk’s office, and how he said it was like a beggar.

He was wearing burnt soup all over the place, wearing footwraps that had run out and hard to even call them shoes, and bandages soaked with blood were wrapped around his limbs.

His lips and face had scars that were sure to have burst, and his eyes were sunken, like those of a hungry beast.

But even in the midst of it, only his eyes were shining almost as if he was deaf, and considering his original occupation and his old face in the photos, it was like a sample of just how much a kyohwaso can change people.

Jeonghwan continued speaking as if nothing had happened to him, who didn’t say anything and stared at him with eerie, flashing eyes.

“Let’s see, name Choi Seung-il, age thirty-two, the youngest student to enter the economics department of Kim Il-Sung University, then went to Peking University and joined the Workers’ Party of Korea Room 39… Two seconds including the answer to division of eight digits at the age of six, including the remainder You saved him inside and showed his genius…”

“…………”

“……And about the crime of going to the correctional center, did you really make a loss while operating General Kim Jong-il’s slush fund? First of all, it says so on the documents, you know, but in the Republic, such documents are absolutely unbelievable. Especially when it was written in the era of General Kim Jong-il.”

“…………”

“Or, while you were at the Kyohwaso, Comrade Choi Seung-il, your friend… There is no proper word in the Korean language, so I’ll just write it in the original language. If there is any damage to your fund management ability, tell me now. The task that I will entrust from now on must be entrusted to the Republic’s best warrior. The difference is that they fight with their brains, not guns.”

“…………”

Seeing Choi Seung-il, the man who didn’t say anything to the end, Jung-hwan was worried for a moment that he might have lost his language ability because he was beaten too much at the correctional center.

But fortunately, his worries turned out to be in vain.

“……….no.”

“What did you say?”

“I said it was not a loss. That’s just an excuse for my purge.”

“…….then?”

“The stocks I invested in General Kim Jong-il’s money were stocks that could guarantee a huge return in the long run, even if there was a loss in the short term.

Fortunately, you can speak, and then of course you will know how to invest.

Seeing Choi Seung-il saying that with full of deaf ears and bright eyes, Jung-hwan thought of Jang Seong-taek’s evaluation of Choi Seung-il, who introduced him to him.

– Are you talking about Comrade Choi Seung-il? In a word, he is a genius. Should I just say that I’m a bit of a pitiful genius…

– I’m sorry…? Why?

– That’s… I’m comfortable saying this because I’m the general secretary, but Comrade Choi Seung-il was a talented person who should have been born in a capitalist society. He stood out from a young age with his innate ability to calculate numbers and a sense of investment, and the President gave special consideration to sending him to study abroad so that he could learn capitalist economics. After entering Room 39, he managed funds like a fish in water, contributing greatly to the general’s slush fund.

– That’s right, but how did you get sent to a kyohwaso?

– If you had been active for 10 more years, you would have been awarded the Order of Heroes of the Republic. However, he made a risky and risky investment all the time and ended up incurring a big loss. It was also at the time when General Kim Jong-il was intent on killing President Kim Il-sung’s people… so his luck was bad in many ways.

‘In a word, a person who should have been born on Wall Street in the United States was born in Pyongyang, North Korea, by accident.’

Jung-hwan now carefully observed Choi Seung-il, who was staring at him, and came to that conclusion.

After his stomach was a little bit full, the new leader, the young general secretary of the party, seemed curious as to why he had pulled himself out of the kyohwaso and brought him here.

And Junghwan immediately filled his curiosity.

“Then you are lucky. The reason I brought you…. Comrade Choi Seung-il is to ask you to make a nuclear bomb that will serve as a weapon for the Republic.”

“…because it’s a nuclear missile… If that’s the case, I’d rather call the nuclear physicist comrades at Kim Chaek Engineering University…”

“The nuclear weapons I am talking about are not the kind that destroy buildings. I mean nuclear bombs that attack the wealth of others, financial nuclear bombs that destroy the country, not buildings.”

“…………?”

“This is what the Yankees use these days to call it, ‘derivatives.’ Of all the things the American imperialists have created, it’s the only weapon with terrible power comparable to nuclear weapons. I believe you are well aware of its power…?”

“……………………”

A flash of light flashed through Choi Seung-il’s eyes again.

However, if the flash just before was caused by anger and hatred for his unfair punishment, this flash was a flash of curiosity and interest in Jung-hwan, and even a slight passion.

“……I heard that this comrade is different from the previous leaders at the Kyohwaso, but the rumor seems to be true. I never imagined that the people who lead the republic would hear stories about fund management and derivative financial products.”

“If it’s different, it’s different. Anyway, speaking of the main point, I want you, Comrade Choi Seung-il, to use your skills and abilities to dedicate yourself to the Party, the country, and above all, to me once again. When I was in Room 39, I’ll give you back the position and authority you had at that time. How are you going to do it?”

Choi Seung-il remained silent for a moment without saying anything.

Then he glanced at Junghwan up and down, and then immediately asked a question.

“How much?”

“What do you mean how much? Are you talking about remuneration?”

“No, it’s about how much initial funds I can manage on my own. It is not that the general leading the republic does not want to give proper bullets to the sergeant when they go to war.”

“Hey, comrade. The person in front of you right now is the general secretary. What rudeness to Comrade General Secretary…!!!”

Yoo Hye-rim, who seemed dissatisfied with Choi Seung-il’s unmanned attitude, intervened, but Choi Seung-il showed his yellowed teeth and smiled.

Still, many of the dogs were empty, either because they were right or because they were malnourished.

“Please understand, comrade female military officer who you do not know. If you go to the kyohwaso once, the person will change too. don’t be afraid of death Because you will experience something worse than death.”

“I hope that experience will help you in your future asset management. The assets you will be managing are 10 billion US dollars. I almost sold out the property in Room 39 and put some of my personal belongings on it. So it would be better not to lose.”

“Ten billion dollars? All ten billion dollars by myself?”

“10 billion dollars. Comrade alone.”

At Jeonghwan’s words of $10 billion, Seungil Choi’s eyes lit up once again.

This time it was a flash of astonishment and astonishment.

“Certainly, Comrade General Secretary is different from the previous leaders. I’ll do it. If not for this opportunity, when would I ever want to spend 10 billion dollars on my own? Even in this Joseon.”

‘Jang Seong-taek was right. This person would have lived a much happier life if he had been born on Wall Street in New York, USA instead of in Pyongyang, the republic.’

Jeonghwan thought so as he saw a strange flash of light in Choi Seung-il’s sunken eyes.

In fact, next to Seungil Choi’s rice bowl lying on the table, the Wall Street Journal that Junghwan had prepared in advance was spread out.

It was a sign of an attempt to check the market situation that had changed while he was imprisoned even while he was suddenly summoned to the office of the secretary of the correctional center.

Junghwan saw that and was convinced that he had found the right person.

“Okay, so the first thing I have to do with you is two things, the first of which is to design and review a bomb. And I want this bomb to be well mounted on my target.”

“Bombs and targets… What are you talking about specifically, Comrade General?”

“My target is the Japanese economy. And the bomb’s name is ‘Stock Market Index Futures’, and now the Nikkei Index is flying high day by day, right?”

“Yeah, that’s how it was written there. While I was in Kyohwaso, I became a world of island monkeys. Perhaps at this rate, it will soon reach 30,000… or maybe 40,000…”

At Choi Seung-il’s prediction, Jeong-hwan shook his head and made a conclusion as if cutting with a knife.

“The Nikkei index will fall soon. It’s not going to just fall, but it’s going to fall really badly, so you have to put a put option on it.”

“…how the hell can you say such a thing?”

“There is a way to know everything. Anyway, let’s design the bomb with that premise. Be sure to time your sell well so you don’t lose money. All the money here is the blood and sweat of the people. Oh, and just in case…”

“Yes, comrade general secretary?”

“If you accidentally damage the property of the Republic, it will not end with going to the correctional center this time. The last time the damage was due to Kim Jong-il’s private property, so it ended up being that much, but this is because you are risking the blood of the nation’s wealth and the people of the republic. If there is any loss, I will shatter you, Comrade Choi Seung-il, with anti-aircraft guns, okay?”

“…………”

Choi Seung-il swallowed his saliva at Jung-hwan’s words, which had the meaning of ‘Forgive for disrespect to Su-ryung, but not for damage’.

And Choi Seung-il, who had shown a slightly disrespectful and twisted attitude toward Jeong-hwan until now, finally bowed his head and shouted out politeness.

“As a proud financial warrior of the Republic, I will surely achieve victory at the forefront against the Japanese imperialists, Comrade General!”

“Thank you. Because it is the creed of the republic to engage in the work of the party militantly. So let’s get started .”