When I made 1.24 billion won overnight, I felt like I had the world. However, if you think about it calmly, it is not a large amount of money that can be used for entertainment for the rest of your life.
If you go crazy just because you suddenly have money, you will quickly go bankrupt.
Why are there people who become homeless less than 10 years after winning tens of millions of dollars in lottery?
In order for that not to happen, you have to live with your mind straight.
I thought, but now that I think I have a lot of money, I feel relaxed. I wondered if I should still bother looking for a tutoring position.
Tiriring!
My cell phone rang. It is obvious who will call me.
"what?"
[If you have nothing to do, come visit. Let's play a game.]
I'm just lounging around because I have nothing to do.
I roughly got dressed.
"I'm going to go to Taekyu's house."
* * *
Taek-gyu's room is a studio with a separate living room, so it is quite large for living alone. However, the house was overflowing with all kinds of miscellaneous items such as games, comic books, figures, etc., making the house almost like a garbage dump.
Aside from the sofa and bed, it's hard to find a place to lie down.
When I entered the house, Taekkyu was sitting on the sofa and playing a game.
As originally planned, the results were scheduled to be announced today or tomorrow. But so far there has been no news
"Have you tried contacting Hyeonju?"
Taekgyu said without taking his eyes off the game screen.
"huh. "My sister said the results will come out tomorrow."
"okay?"
If the meeting is taking too long, doesn't that mean something isn't going well?
Something feels a little ominous.
WTI is down another 3 percent since we bought it. I alone have already lost 10 million won, and together we have lost 100 million won.
Was the prediction wrong?
Unlike me, who was feeling upset, Taek-gyu didn't seem to care much.
"Are you okay?"
"What's not to be okay with? "We have our oracle child."
"······."
Since when did i become 'our Oracle child'?
Taekkyu handed me the gamepad.
"Let's play a game. "The answer will come tomorrow."
The situation does not change just because I worry. It's better to be at ease like him.
I sat down next to Taekgyu, holding the gamepad.
* * *
I played games until dawn and fell asleep.
I was lying on the sofa covered with a blanket when Taekgyu suddenly woke me up.
"Hey, wake up."
"Let me sleep a little longer."
"I told you to wake up."
"What? "Wake me up later."
I waved my hand and tried to sleep again, when Taekkyu said.
"OPEC results are in."
"what!?"
My eyes suddenly opened.
I jumped up and asked.
"What happened?"
Taekgyu pointed to the computer.
"See for yourself."
I sat in front of the desk and looked at the monitor.
The Global Economy section was filled with articles related to the OPEC production cut agreement.
-[Breaking News] OPEC production cut meeting reaches dramatic conclusion
-[Emergency] Non-OPEC member countries also participate in production cuts
-Aviation industry in emergency due to OPEC production cut agreement. Hit is inevitable
-Are gasoline prices going up?
-International oil prices soar due to OPEC decision to cut production
I clicked on any of them.
[OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) member countries agreed to reduce crude oil production after a long meeting. At a meeting held in Kuwait, OPEC decided to reduce production by 2.5 million barrels per day starting from the 1st.
OPEC Secretary-General Mohamed Al-Sabah issued a statement saying members would abide by the agreement.
The market immediately welcomed the measures, which were much stronger than expected.
WTI, which had been hovering at $60 per barrel, soared to over $70 when news of the agreement became known, and the Dow, which had been falling at the beginning of the session, rose 150 points.]
Other articles had almost similar content.
I couldn't hide my surprise.
"What the hell is this..."
I never thought an agreement would really be reached to reduce production!
I checked the WTI price. It is currently up to $73. As soon as OPEC announced the production cut, it soared by more than 20 percent in just a few minutes.
"Open your account."
Taek-gyu opened his account.
What I found out was the agreement to reduce production. I don't know what will happen after that.
"I'll sell everything first."
I quickly sold the entire amount.
Taekgyu asked.
"How much did you earn?"
"630,000 dollars."
In Korean won, it is approximately 700 million won.
In an instant, I made money that others would find difficult to earn even if they spent a lifetime. This is without spending any money.
Such is the nature of finance. If an investment is successful, it is natural to receive a profit equal to the amount of capital invested.
Let's see. Is my share worth about 60 million won?
740 million won has now become 800 million won.
Taek-gyu said with regret.
"I only bought $3 million. "I should have bought $10 million like I first thought."
"You tend to think that way after you succeed in investing."
"Should I have placed a full bet on futures options?"
"······."
Do you know what futures options are?
But if he really did that, he would have made tens of billions of dollars.
"Isn't it absolutely amazing?"
"what?"
"All the experts predicted it wouldn't work out, but you knew it would be agreed upon as soon as you heard it."
"Yes, but..."
In fact, if you take out all the details, the meeting would have one of two outcomes. Either there is an agreement or there is no agreement.
So, it wasn't surprising that I got lucky...
"Maybe if it was once or twice, but this is already the third time. Precognition is real."
"omg······."
Do I really have superpowers? Like superheroes in comics or movies?
When we think of superpowers, we usually think of flying in the sky, destroying buildings with our fists, or controlling objects using telekinesis.
Compared to such abilities, foresight may not be a big deal.
However, if you think about it another way, it is not so.
All you have to do is fly to the sky with an airplane, and demolish buildings with a forklift. Such superpowers can be easily replaced by machines.
However, foresight cannot be replaced by anything. Even now that computers and artificial intelligence have developed, it is impossible to predict the future.
What if you could know the election results first? What if you could know the results of games such as soccer or baseball in advance? What if we could accurately predict natural disasters such as earthquakes or typhoons?
This is an incredibly powerful ability!
I calmed down my excitement and thought calmly.
If this is really a superpower, when did it come to me? There has to be some cause, right?
Taekgyu provided the answer to my question.
"I told you. You originally had supernatural powers, but they awakened in a critical moment. "We usually call that 'awakening.'"
"Then why didn't i see anything since the awakening till now?
If I had kept seeing the hologram in front of me, I would have rushed to the casino as soon as I got my vacation.
Sit at the baccarat table and bet 1 million won on the first hand, and double your bet every time you win. If you play just 10 rounds like that, 1 million won becomes 1.024 billion won.
And if you add 10 more rounds, the number is over 1 trillion.
You can make a trillion won just by flipping the cards 20 times.
Of course, this is practically impossible. There is a limit to the casino betting amount.
Well, there are plenty of easy ways to make money, even if it's not at a casino.
But i didn't see anything after the accident. So I thought it was just an illusion and moved on.
"Then when did you start seeing it again?"
Taekkyu folded his arms and was lost in thought. And he spoke as if muttering.
"You saw it when we were talking about Bantcoin, and when my sister was talking about OPEC meeting... Ah! "Could it be the ability to foresee things related to finance?"
"······huh?"
Suddenly it occurred to me that that might be the case.
However, if i believe this, then there are parts that i don't understand.
"Then what about the mortar explosion?"
"That was a situation where life was at stake, so we should make an exception... No, wait a minute. "What happened next?"
"what?"
"After the explosion. "Wasn't that pretty big news?"
"It was like that."
When Taekkyu typed 'KM188 explosion' into the search bar, old articles popped up.
At that time, public opinion about the military was in a bad time due to incidents of abuse of power by military officers and sexual harassment of female soldiers. The accidental explosion occurred and was widely spread through the media.
The opposition party unanimously criticized the military, and an investigation team was formed.
The survey results were shocking. The new mortar was defective from the beginning, and the DAPA knew about it but ignored it.
It was as if the accident had been planned from the beginning.
As a result, three active-duty generals resigned, and the investigation expanded to cover all defense industry corruption. As always, the defense industry is a hotbed of corruption.
Those involved were arrested one after another. and······.
The stock prices of defense companies such as Eunsung Fine Chemical, which supplied KM188, as well as Korea Aerospace Industries and Huaan Defense, plummeted.
"Then isn't that also related to finance?"
"······."
He's not wrong.
But if you think about it that way, isn't everything that happens in the world directly or indirectly related to finance?