CH330 | Heir
President Han Jeong-hoon had returned from the United States.
After spending nearly a month coordinating detailed plans with the Quantum Fund, his face looked noticeably worn.
A meal was arranged at Captain Kang’s Korean restaurant...
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CH329 | Heir
President Han personally led his team and headed to the United States.
For the time being, Vice Chairman Park Mandeuk would take charge of Taewoo Securities, while President Han focused on devising plans with the Quantum Fund to prepare for...
CH328 | Heir
The New Year of 2010 had arrived.
Grandfather still hadn’t returned from Vietnam, so I spent the New Year in Captain Kang’s conference room, cooking and eating ramen with President Han.
“Isn’t ramen a bit much for New Year’...
CH327 | Heir
It was a few days before the end of 2009.
Fukuda, the director of the Economic Research Institute, came to see me.
When I became chairman, I had promoted him from adviser to director of the institute, and he had been submitting reports...
2025-10-05 17:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostCH326 | Heir
The short-selling forces moved astonishingly quickly.
They were the same group who publicly announced the withdrawal of their Tesla short positions to various media outlets.
A major U.S. newspaper ran a front-page photo showing a humbl...
2025-10-05 17:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostCH519 | GSI
After finishing the countermeasure meeting, Seok-won left the WB Bank headquarters, seeing off President Go Youngil and the other executives. He sank into the plush backseat and gazed expressionlessly out the car window.
The faint, pleasant...
CH518 | GSI
The cat family, now fully part of the household, huddled together on the garden lawn, grooming one another and letting out soft meows.
“How can they get along so well?”
Madam Jo Deokrye said this with a fond expression, holding a...
CH517 | GSI
“This matter, handle it as is.”
“Yes, sir.”
After passing the approval folder to Chief Secretary Gil Seong-ho, who sat on his right, Chairman Park Tae-hong leaned back against the plush leather sofa.
“By the way, hav...
CH516 | GSI
A few days later, Moscow, Russia.
Across the river, shrouded in heavy darkness, stood the rugged silhouette of the Russian Federation government building. At a nearby pier, a large black Mercedes sedan was parked.
It was late at nigh...
CH458 | Heir
The next day.
I pressed my temples as I headed into the Finance Tower.
Vice Chairman Han, who knew I’d spent a long time at the Blue House yesterday, brought me a glass of honey water.
“Did your talks with the Blue House g...
CH457 | Heir
I drank with Bin Salman for over ten hours.
At Captain Kang’s villa, after he had finished all his official schedules in Korea, we enjoyed every kind of liquor imaginable.
It wasn’t until daylight that we came to our senses.
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CH515 | GSI
“Deputy Hwang, did you finish the proposal we talked about yesterday?”
Chief Manager Shim Jong-su of Bluehole Venture Capital’s Planning Department, a man with a stocky build, walked into the office holding a document folder in one ha...
CH514 | GSI
Charlie Scalley, team leader of Alcon Korea, the asset management subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, knocked on the door and stepped inside.
Seated at his desk in a relaxed posture was Tom Wilson, the blond-haired CEO, engaged in a phone call wit...
CH456 | Heir
Bin Salman had visited Korea a year earlier.
But his status then and now were worlds apart.
Having been formally appointed Crown Prince, the South Korean government prepared an elaborate state-level reception in his honor.
Thu...
CH455 | Heir
Captain Kang returned safely to Korea.
I breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of him calmly organizing his equipment in the office.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"Contrary to what we feared, the operation went very smoothl...
CH325 | Heir
A week had passed since the Apple Car launch.
Yet, rather than declining, sales were showing the unusual trend of continuing to rise.
The planning director, who had come to report, couldn’t hide the smile on his face.
“App...
CH324 | Heir
The long-awaited Apple Car launch day.
The launch occurred simultaneously worldwide, but due to time zones, sales began first in Asia.
On the large monitor in the chairman’s office, real-time updates of sales by co...
CH323 | Heir
Chanos, known as the King of Short Selling, had founded Kynikos—a hedge fund considered one of the top on Wall Street.
It was also the company at the center of the Tesla short-selling operation, serving as the command hub for the short-se...
CH322 | Heir
The employees of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund were elites.
Most of them had experience working at investment firms on Wall Street, while others were talents cultivated in Saudi Arabia as economic experts.
Perhaps that was why.
...
CH321 | Heir
The next morning at 6 a.m.
I arrived at the office to coincide with the Nasdaq market close.
President Han, who had stayed up all night at Taewoo Securities, rushed straight into the chairman’s office.
“It closed at $24. T...
CH320 | Heir
8,000 in the queue.
That was the number of people waiting on the Apple Car pre-order site I refreshed before leaving work.
It was a queue reminiscent of booking train tickets during a holiday rush, and I arrived at the office early t...
CH319 | Heir
Only the final U.S. schedule remained.
It was a meeting with Musk of Tesla, who was creating an electric car to compete with the Apple Car.
For the electric vehicle market to grow, multiple companies needed to enter, and Musk’s Tes...
CH318 | Heir
Trust meant stability.
To increase trust in Bitcoin, it was necessary to make customers feel that it was safe.
However, Dimon misunderstood Bitcoin itself.
When I brought up the topic of trust, he questioned Bitcoin’s very n...
CH317 | Heir
I spent two full days in idea meetings with Steve.
Steve pressed me relentlessly, as if torturing me, trying to extract every single idea I had in my head.
“Too bad. I’d like to continue the idea meetings for at least another wee...
CH316 | Heir
The Apple Car’s features didn’t stop at collision avoidance.
To be called truly innovative, it needed much more—and the next feature to be unveiled was remote parking.
“When we consulted with insurance companies, they told us...
CH315 | Heir
Every year in June, the Apple Developers Conference was held.
But this year, the schedule had been delayed by nearly two months, and only a handful of people knew the reason why.
Of course, I was one of those few who knew the reason,...
CH314 | Heir
Hyundai Motors.
Before my regression, it had almost monopolized the Korean market.
Now, however, it had been pushed to second place by Taewoo Group.
Still, the gap wasn’t that large, and the Korean market was essentially div...
CH313 | Heir
Today, I didn’t go to the company—I went to Captain Kang’s office instead.
Since we had arranged it in advance, President Han was already there, waiting for me.
“Chairman, this same-day delivery service is absolutely amazing....
CH312 | Heir
Rocket officially launched.
We literally splashed cash on the launch promotion.
Turn on the TV, listen to the radio, search a portal, scroll social media—Rocket ads were everywhere.
The opening momentum was explosive, as exp...
CH311 | Heir
What does it mean to think on the scale of an oil tycoon?
I listened closely as Governor Abdulaziz spoke about the scale of electric vehicle infrastructure investment.
“Through Taewoo Refining, Aramco will cover half the cost of bu...