＜ Leap 01 ＞
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– I think we’ve arrived.
The voice of team leader Kim Pyeong-san is heard quietly.
Meanwhile, the foreign man who came into Hyun-jun’s field of vision is a tall white man wearing a black suit.
Age mid to late 30’s.
Somewhat sharp eyes.
As an American characteristic, there are many wrinkles on the forehead.
It has sharp eyes that curve upwards very sharply.
He came leading a group.
A curly-haired, bespectacled man in the group spoke to Hyeon-jun first.
“Mr. Eonjun Choi?”
Did you even practice?
He seemed to pronounce Hyun-joon’s name most accurately among the foreigners he had seen so far.
“yes. you’re right. Are you Malcolm Jr.?”
Hyeon-jun got up and asked.
Then the curly haired man looks a little surprised. I had secured Hyun-joon’s picture in advance, so I recognized it right away. Unlike them, that Korean man was aware of his existence only with his voice.
“Yes, it is.”
“So this must be Director Gary Grubbs?”
The white man in the middle of the group laughs at this.
But it’s a very dry laugh.
“And others, hmm! I think you are suitable for a bodyguard or something?”
Gary Grubbs nodded.
“You have good analytical skills.”
However, Hyunjoon smiled as if it was nothing.
“First, sit over here. And why don’t we send the bodyguards to the table over there? My bodyguards are also sitting quietly, and that would be better.”
At the same time, Hyun-Jun pointed his eyes at the bodyguards belonging to the [Special Special Security Guard] who were sitting a little further away.
In other words, it revealed that Hyeon-jun also had a bodyguard.
Then Gary Grubbs looked left and right, grinning and winking at his bodyguards.
The white bodyguards fell aside.
Soon, the place seemed to be getting organized.
Meanwhile, director Gary Grubbs and Malcolm Jr. sat in front of Hyun-joon.
Hyunjoon sat quietly in his seat.
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Director Gary Grubbs, who was seated like that, looked at Hyeon-joon again with an obsessive gaze.
In particular, the job of a Korean man in front of him, unexpectedly, is a university professor.
Of course, he couldn’t be an ordinary university professor.
Among American university professors, there are not a few who do investment work at the same time.
Aren’t there quite a few people who have made a name for themselves as great investors?
So it doesn’t matter that the other person is a university professor.
What ability did you make such an enormous profit?
Director Gary Grubbs was more curious about that.
And after a while, the conversation finally started in earnest.
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“We have suffered a great loss because of you. Do you know about it?”
As such, the conversation was proceeding with rather hostile questions from the beginning.
Hyeonjun gestured as if he didn’t know and immediately asked.
“When you say damage, what the hell are you talking about?”
“Well. The revenue figures we were aiming for. It fell significantly short of that target. That’s because of you.”
“But you have no idea whether I was involved or not. Whether it is a stock or an option, the buyer and seller are not revealed.”
Then, director Gary Grubbs’s eyes are getting fiercer.
This is when Malcolm stepped in.
man with curly hair.
On the other hand, at first glance, Hyeon-jun glimpsed the possibility that he might be a Jew. The characteristic Jewish face shape, eyes, etc., and many other conditions were almost identical.
Meanwhile, Malcolm, a young man with a soft yet piercing gaze, took out something from his briefcase and held it out to Hyeon-jun.
“What is this?”
“These are the abnormal point positions detected by our internal investment system. These are the data that we analyzed again through our system after detecting anomalies during the stock price crash and stock price surge of [American NPS].”
Hyeon-jun first glanced through the documents quickly.
And I raised my head.
“So?”
“At the time, there was an explosion of buying and selling in some single accounts. Among them, your real-name account stands out.”
“However, my real name account is not mentioned in this document. Then you are saying that there are other documents besides this one, so why don’t you show them?”
“Ah, you sure are sharp. But it’s not our data, so we can’t disclose it. However, the reason we are doing this is to verify the facts.”
“yes?”
“At first we saw you as part of a price-fixing group. I thought he might be the leader of such a group.”
“So what? But when you talk about the FBI on the phone, and you see that he came to me in person like this, you think otherwise?”
“Ah, you got it right. You’re smart, I admit. But that doesn’t mean all my doubts about you are gone.”
“Why?”
“From our data, you became a billionaire in a matter of months. Isn’t that true?”
So, unlike director Gary Grubbs, who kept his mouth shut, Malcolm seemed to be admitting that he had illegally collected Hyun-joon’s personal information. Because of that recognition, Hyunjun’s right corner of his mouth went up slightly.
In fact, the conversations we’re having right now.
All of these conversations are being recorded separately by Hyun-jun through his smartphone recording function.
This is because recordings of conversations between these parties are generally recognized as evidence in Korean courts.
“good. Then what do you want to ask me?”
Meanwhile, director Gary Grubbs spoke up about that question again.
“I ask. How on earth can an individual investor read very accurate investment points every time? That is absolutely unbelievable.”
So you can’t believe it?
Well, the average investor would never be able to get that precise timing. It’s because you can’t even know the future ahead of you.
Whether the stock price will rise or the stock price will fall, it is a 50/50 probability, but isn’t it a really difficult question?
If someone knew just that one flow in advance, there would be absolutely nothing to lose.
But isn’t the reality really cold?
At some point, the stock price will plummet. Also, at some point, stock prices skyrocket.
In particular, it is almost impossible to accurately predict the flow in a rapidly changing market.
In the absence of inside information.
But if you’re a market manipulator, that might be possible.
They are able to hold onto the creature that has never been caught.
And the Koreans in front of me also held the slippery option creature in their hands. And the astonished creature poured out a bundle of excellent water.
“Then I ask you one thing.”
On the other hand, instead of answering, Hyeonjun was immediately asking a question.
“I heard that the recent returns of [Golden Invesco MRC Fund] are the best ever. If so, how can you achieve such a rate of return? Isn’t that just unbelievable?”
Then a very ferocious voice flew right in.
“puck! Do you dare to compare with our fund?”
For a moment, Hyun-joon smiled and replied coldly.
“puck! I’ll return this. Then why did all these proud people come to me? Doesn’t that make more sense?”
Director Gary Grubbs was frowning slightly embarrassed.
Hyunjoon spoke again.
“This is Korea. The profits I earn are mine. Some have already transferred to Korea. And from my point of view, you seem to be more of a market manipulation force. How would you explain this?”
If you think about it, in fact, what is different about being in the US?
There have always been those who moved the US stock market with large funds.
Also, isn’t it the bare face of global hedge funds to do all kinds of things in the name of hedging strategy?
about 30 years ago.
The ‘Black Wednesday’ event caused the collapse of the British pound.
After all, isn’t it a kind of market manipulation war waged by hedge funds under the guise of legitimacy?
“Mr. Gary Grubbs!”
Hyunjoon’s voice was getting heavier.
“I have heard your stories well. Again, I have notified the National Tax Service of all earnings I have earned. Do you know what this means? It means that I will no longer tolerate such comments that damage my reputation.”
Like that, Hyeonjun said as if he was warning.
From then on, the atmosphere became very heavy.
And after a moment of silence, Malcolm Jr. sneaks in.
“Professor Choi. How about calming down for a while?”
“…”
“Actually, we were surprised too.”
What were you surprised about?
“It’s almost a mystical thing for an individual investor to make such a return. So we did a little bit of research on this and that. But it got more and more surprising. It is supported by the American Lone Black Chain, and it is familiar with Korean conglomerates and current Korean legal circles. Anyway, we apologize for such non-public information.”
But at that moment, Hyeon-joon can’t help but feel displeased.
How far have you been researching yourself?
But isn’t that statement itself too detailed?
“Malcolm, let me speak now.”
“yes. boss.”
Director Gary Grubbs, meanwhile, frowned and opened his brow, then leaned forward and opened his mouth again.
“Professor Choi. Can I call you like this in the future?”
“…”
“Anyway, we’ll give you some credit for your great talent. There are some parts that cleverly avoided the charge of market manipulation. So, in a different way, I want to make this proposal.”
proposal? what suggestions?
“We intend to make a direct request to the FBI to investigate this [American NPS] case. We’ve got enough evidence. However, we do not know who the real manipulator is.”
Then he continued talking.
“Currently, what we have confirmed is the form of diversified purchases that have appeared in thousands or tens of thousands of accounts. Until now, because of such camouflage, attention has been focused only on big investors. But now it’s different. Since we were focusing on heavy investors, we learned a lot of things that we had missed so far through this opportunity.”
At this time, Hyun-joon sneakily asked.
“So, are there other people besides me who have made significant profits?”
Then director Gary Grubbs smiled quietly with his mouth raised.
Like a sign of positivity.
“So I make an offer. can you help us out a bit? In exchange, we will assure the FBI that there is nothing wrong with you.”
so please help?
Instead, it was a promise to evade the FBI investigation.
However, Hyunjoon did not respond right away.
“First, after hearing what kind of proposal it is.”
Then Hyun-joon crossed his arms and looked at him.
Director Gary Grubbs smiled bitterly at the sight and opened his mouth immediately.
“If there is a situation where a specific flow inflection point appears in an individual event in the future, can you tell me immediately?”
But at that very moment, Hyeon-joon immediately shouted inwardly, ‘You crazy bastard!’
Isn’t that the best information in investing?
Predicting that an inflection point will appear is just a huge amount of information.
You can make maximum profit with the ‘Call’ strategy.
You can also make the most money with a ‘put’ strategy.
But do you just want to know that?
“In return, if you help like that, we will also hand over advanced information later.”
So, information versus information, is it a kind of deal?
However, clever Hyeon-jun tilted his head and asked a different question.
“But is it really necessary? If the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or FBI conducts an investigation…”
Then director Gary Grubbs grins.
“They are nerds. In the investment world, no one is as loyal to their instincts as we are. There is such a thing as a sense. There is such a thing as instinct. Me too, Malcolm too, and you too.”
“…”
“Those who know that instinct become discerning. A clear flow that someone is moving. Of course, you don’t understand why I care so much about them. But whenever these people move, strange things always happen. ah! I still can’t understand in a narrow place like Korea. However! My grandfather and my father said things like that in the past…”
For a moment, Hyeonjun frowned.
what the hell are you talking about
I can’t understand at all.
However, director Gary Grubbs did not explain further, and after making the proposal, he stood up while handing a business card.
Director Gary Grubbs, who had a really bad impression when I first saw him.
However, when he made the offer and handed over his business card like this, Hyeon-jun felt a bit strange.
Let’s hold hands suddenly!
It sounds like something like this.
It was something I still can’t understand.
