My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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“Nice to meet you, Tae-sang Hyuk.”

“Ah, yes… Nice to meet you too.”

Fifteen-year-old Tae-sang Hyuk shook hands with Son Jinho, recalling the past rapidly with trembling hands.

Just a few days before meeting Son Jinho.

– JH Foundation?

How bewildered he had been when he heard that the team he had signed a professional contract with was acquired by an unknown company from a leading conglomerate in South Korea.

– Uh… I haven’t heard of that company. What kind of company is it?

Even his father, who had been actively supporting him to pursue what he wanted, had a bewildered expression.

– It’s the one run by Son Jinho from Dortmund.

But with the following words from the corporate employee, he let out a sigh of relief. While not as grand as a conglomerate, hearing the name of a world-famous football player was enough to make his father sigh in relief as well.

Of course, it was true that he still felt uneasy about what the employee said. In a ruthless capitalist society where the slightest opening could lead to betrayal, wasn’t it South Korea where even conglomerates could be scammed?

Just because someone is a celebrity didn’t mean they wouldn’t be scammed.

‘They could be impersonating Son Jinho…’

With a face full of suspicion, Tae-sang Hyuk entered the café and was genuinely surprised.

“…Wow. It’s really Son Jinho. Is this a bug?”

There was Son Jinho right there.

“So, what would you like to drink?”

Despite the club owner’s words to make himself comfortable, Tae-sang Hyuk felt uneasy in his seat.

There was an awkwardness that exists between employer and employee…

‘More than that, it’s just…’

The atmosphere felt completely different.

Though there was only a year age difference, there was an oddly mature aura about him.

“When I was your age, I never thought of making money through games…”

‘What? Is he being condescending?’

The two chatted for a while.

Mainly Son Jinho talked, while Tae-sang Hyuk listened.

“So, what’s your dream?”

‘Definitely condescending.’

*

“Let’s meet again next time. Be careful on your way home.”

“Yes, hyung. I’ll contact you from time to time.”

I nodded watching Tae-sang Hyuk leave.

In fact, e-sports wasn’t a suitable place for investment.

Like most sports in South Korea, e-sports was filled with deficits.

However, in the early stages, the deficit in e-sports wasn’t that large. In 2014, around the time they won the LoL Championship, their monthly expenses were about 300, and the lowest salary was 20 million won.

Back in 2012, during a time when there were no minimum wages in place.

In the future, compared to Tae-sang Hyuk’s star quality, he was practically worth nothing at the moment.

If it were that little, it would be a problem easily resolved by getting some “friend fees” from corporations.

The higher-ups received voluntary “friend fees” from companies, so why couldn’t I?

Of course, since I lacked power, I simply returned the favor with product promotions.

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Corporations loved the cleanly made product review advertisements without back advertising.

– Uh… Do I really need to include that phrase?
– Since I was paid for the advertisement, not including that phrase would be a scam, right?

I wanted to keep it clean without controversies. I knew the drama surrounding back advertisements and didn’t want to get caught up and slammed by the media.

And the public cheered for my honest self. The sentiment of the public was on my side.

– That’s right, our hyung!
– He’s so honest and straightforward!

My unique, blunt and sincere review advertisements received high praise from netizens.

Review: Durability is decent.

One-line review: Seems good for the price. But if the price goes up, who knows?

└ T_T I bought it after seeing Son Jinho’s review, and I really like it.

└ LOL The quality is crazy ;;

└ Even budget items aren’t bad? Seems like the evaluation standards are a bit high.

└ I can’t believe an 18-year-old has such good taste.

└ Huh? 18? I thought I read he was 17 in an article last time?

└ That’s his age in international years.

Before long, the products I rated favorably became valued to the point where people would willingly pay extra for them.

Advertisements poured in from companies that were confident in their products but lacked promotional means.

By the way.

The team I founded was also a type of friend fee.

In place of advertising fees, I was able to acquire a team that was about to be founded by a famous telecommunications conglomerate in December 2012 for a low price.

It was possible because they were unaware of Tae-sang Hyuk’s future.

‘Only I know Tae-sang Hyuk’s future!’

If I were to exchange Mario Götze, Mbappe, or Haaland, Dortmund would laugh at me.

But wouldn’t someone who knew the future have a different reaction?

Anyway.

There was no special reason for me to go to such lengths to invest in e-sports.

It was simply for fun.

And while the purchasing power of today’s teens in their teens and twenties lags behind those in their thirties and forties, as time goes on, they will inevitably grow older, making e-sports a league with excellent potential.

After all, most of the businesses I was involved in were primarily driven by the current teenagers and those in their twenties, so I figured it wouldn’t be a great loss.

Though I might not know what would happen once wages began to rise sharply due to the influx of Chinese money after 2018…

Until then, operational costs weren’t high, so there was nothing to be concerned about.

‘If I sense something’s wrong, I can just sell by then.’

Honestly, I wasn’t too worried about money.

I had crypto.

Was it because I started coin mining in earnest? The halving of coins came about six months earlier compared to the original history.

That period, said to have had the largest surge in coin history in 2013, arrived early.

As of now, the price per coin was $1200.

Well.

Compared to the future, it was just pocket money…

But anyway.

I had become the god of the capitalist world.

“Coins are invincible, and I am God!”

*

[Son Jinho founds an e-sports team, named ‘Two-Witch Ho-woo!’]

└ ???

└ What’s with the suddenness?

└ The team name having an exclamation mark is seriously annoying LOL

[Son Jinho invests in Two-Witch, saying, ‘I will actively communicate with fans through personal broadcasts from time to time.’]

└ Where is this unheard-of company from again?

└ It’s an American personal broadcasting platform, they say?

└ Is it the American equivalent of Paprika TV?

└ It’s only been a year since it started, right? He invested in this?

└ Wow LOL At this rate, my hyung is really serious about gaming!

└ I thought Son Jinho was unlucky, but Internet broadcasting? Looks like he knows something.

└ For real LOL

[Son Jinho establishes the agency and production company ‘Ho-woo! Entertainment.’ ‘I will promote K-culture widely.’]

└ Hyung;; please just play football if you’re a football player;;

└ I can understand the e-sports team, but a talent agency and a production company is a bit;;

[Son Jinho reveals his vision: ‘To become an entertainment company leading the cultural industries such as sports, games, and Kpop.’]

[During an interview, Son Jinho possessed by Mansour declares, ‘Now I will show you real wealth.’]

└ What’s going on? Why is my hyung suddenly like this?

└ Was he weak?

└ He’s happy because the investments have skyrocketed.

└ Oh. How much profit did he make?

└ They say it’s 4000 times?

└ What the freak;; 4000 times? What sector is that in?

└ Wow, with that kind of profit, he must feel like his brain is soaked in dopamine.

└ If it’s 4000 times, it must be coins, right? You’d have to invest in the early stages to see that level of profit.

└ What’s a coin?

└ It’s some kind of virtual currency, I think?

└ Huh? What’s going on? Why are coins suddenly soaring like this?

└ Ah LOL It seems once my hyung’s investment profits were disclosed, everyone flocked in.

└ What’s this kimchi premium nonsense?

└ Seriously, those Koreans LOL They rush in like crazy when there’s money to be made.

└ This is climbing steeply in Korea, but it seems like it’s not just limited to them?

└ No way. Is it over 2 million won each? How much did my hyung make off this?

└ The god of investment;;

└ Hey guys, let me give you a tip: Buy in America and sell in Korea, it’s quite profitable for a side income.

└ Hey, don’t touch my bowl of rice.

└ Student^^ If you don’t want to die, better take that down^^

└ Ah you brat, you annoying pests that don’t raise the price enough, keep it reasonable!

*

At that moment.

Han Gyeouri was furious.

She quickly typed a message full of pent-up rage inside her.

– Gyeouri: What’s up with Son Jinho?

– Ho-woo: What do you mean?

– Gyeouri: (Son Jinho planning to make a girl group in the agency.jpg)

– Gyeouri: What is this!!!!!!!!!!!

– Gyeouri: (Roaring teddy bear meme.)

– Ho-woo: Why? If you start a company, you should work; what’s the problem?

Feeling like she had been betrayed by Son Jinho’s indifference made Han Gyeouri tremble.

She had come all the way to Germany, holding onto only Son Jinho.

‘You’re thinking about someone else besides me!’

Imagining Son Jinho laughing discreetly with a girl group in a secret place made her feel nauseous.

– Ho-woo: Seriously, are you really going that far?

– Jinho’s Father-in-law: Son, I’ve apologized several times, but I’m sorry once again.

– Jinho’s Mother-in-law: Gyeouri, when did you last get your period?

– Gyeouri: Huh? Why is that suddenly relevant?

– Jinho’s Mother-in-law: I was just wondering since you’ve been unusually sensitive lately. I thought maybe you were pregnant.

– Gyeouri: …Huh?