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We came out of Jangsu Bank in Myeongdong.
I exchanged my housing lottery ticket for cash.
My mother’s hands trembled when she saw the amount printed on her bankbook.
“Wow, that’s really ten million won.”
The deposit that was returned to me by my grandmother, and the savings that my mother had been saving up over time.
The total amount is about ten million won.
It was money to buy an apartment.
‘Look, Mom. Dad’s watch is much more expensive. It’s not worth ten million won.’
I stroked my bulging pockets.
My father’s watch, which I secretly brought, is here.
‘I heard that apartment prices are skyrocketing these days. Can you buy an apartment with just 10 million won?’
To be honest, I brought it with the intention of selling it if necessary.
If you leave it in a guest house, it’s easy for it to get stolen.
I took a quick look around the pawn shops lining Myeongdong Street.
‘There should be a pawn shop for the master in the corner of this alley. Why don’t you go and check it out?’
A big shot among the big shots known in the underground financial world.
Also known as Myeongdong Songolmae.
He was my teacher.
‘If it were that gentleman, he would have swept up all the nice apartments in Gangnam by now.’
Why was the teacher called the Myeongdong Songgolmae?
That’s because he has eagle eyes.
The teacher’s specialty was to carefully pick out only the best items.
It took exactly 10 years to learn that eye.
* * *
The street of Bokdeokbang was filled with women.
A housewife is a wealthy woman who seeks to make a lot of money through real estate speculation.
The representative new words that emerged as Gangnam became popular were Bokbok-in and Premium.
The concubine was usually the wife of a high-ranking official, and she swept the Gangnam real estate market based on high-level information secretly provided by her husband.
So, these days, Gangnam can be said to be the hottest real estate speculation area in the country.
“Hohoho, I heard that the price of Hyunmu Apartment in Apgujeong-dong has gone up so much recently? The premium has already reached 800. I heard that the commercial district is being expanded.”
“But I’m still planning to buy an apartment in Cheonma, Daechi-dong. Thanks to Korea University moving from Yeongeon, private tutors are flocking to Daechi-dong.”
“Banpo-dong is better. My husband said they’re planning to build another road there next year.”
Every time the abductees opened their mouths, a flood of high-level information that was difficult for the general public to access poured out.
‘No, how far is it from there to here? Why can I hear the ladies whispering so clearly?’
The grim reaper rose up like smoke from the ground, gave a thumbs up, and then disappeared again.
I pulled at my mother’s sleeve.
“Mom, let’s go to the fortune teller’s house.”
“Huh? There are so many women with stomach problems over there.”
“It also means that there are a lot of delicious items.”
It was a time when people would frequently visit real estate agents because of rumors that real estate was a money-making business.
If you have a monopoly on good properties, you will make a lot of money.
Because they didn’t want to lose customers, real estate agents in this area didn’t share their properties.
It was worth a visit as it was a place where many fortune tellers gathered.
“We’ll probably have to wait quite a while until it’s our turn. Is that okay?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
If you can find a good property, it’s worth waiting.
Anyway, what’s left is time.
“I want to watch what the ladies are looking for. I’m so curious.”
“Would that be so?”
I held my mother’s hand and went into the Bokdeokbang, which was crowded with people.
On one wall of the Bokdeukbang was a large map of Seoul.
The old man at the fortune teller shouted loudly.
“Yeongdong is really good these days! Do you know Maljukgeori? As soon as you wake up, the land prices are rising!”
The fortune teller circled the map with a red pen.
I even drew three stars.
“If you buy it, it will increase at least two-fold, no, three- or four-fold in a year!”
The attendants rummaged through the objects lying on the table in front of them.
It was to choose and buy a property that I liked.
‘Hey, this is Nodajin.’
From ones with only a thin gold rim to ones that are completely covered in gold.
Real estate documents of all kinds flashed golden.
‘It certainly seems like there’s a lot of good stuff here.’
A woman in a suit held up a gold-rimmed real estate document.
“How much is this apartment?”
“It’s one hundred and four million won.”
“Oh my, it was nine million won just two months ago?”
“Are there any apartments that don’t have premiums these days? They can’t be sold because there aren’t any. Those are smaller, so the price went up less.”
The premium was increasing rapidly day by day.
“The price is okay. I’ll buy it. It keeps going up these days, so I think I’ll regret it if I miss it now.”
“I’ll take this. Two thousand three hundred for the royal floor. Right?”
My mother looked back at me with a puzzled expression.
The funds we prepared were only ten million won.
From Apgujeong Hyunmu Apartment, Daechi-dong Cheonma Apartment, to Banpo-dong Geumjo Apartment.
It seemed like we would need to have at least 20 million won to buy the apartment we were looking for.
“Jeonghyeok, what should I do?”
My mother leaned over and whispered in my ear.
“What if I only have 10 million won? I might not be able to buy an apartment.”
Gangnam apartment prices were skyrocketing.
‘You can’t even buy an apartment with the 10 million won that is the first prize in the housing lottery? ······Huh?’
Among the items listed as extras rather than recommended items, there was a document that flashed a particularly bright gold color.
‘That one here shines like an incandescent light bulb.’
I wondered what kind of thing it was.
* * *
“Thank you for waiting for a long time. What are you looking for? A lease, a monthly rent, or a sale?”
It’s finally our turn.
“I want to buy a house.”
The old man at the fortune teller looked us over from head to toe with his sharp eyes.
“How about this?”
The place that the real estate agent recommended was a shack in Guro-dong.
That place is scheduled for forced eviction. Is this guy kidding me?
“I’m looking for a small apartment. About 24 pyeong.”
“Apartments are so expensive these days. It doesn’t look like you have much spare cash.”
The old man at the bookstore laid out the documents one by one on the table.
This is a shack, that is a shack, they are all shacks.
He didn’t even ask my mother how much her budget was and just offered her a shack.
“The prices of houses vary depending on the area, road, and size. Not all shacks are the same.”
Oh my, this guy is for real!
widely!
I put my father’s watch on the table.
“The recommended properties here are really Fuji. Are these the only things they have for sale?”
The old man at the fortune teller’s shop opened his eyes wide as he looked at his father’s watch.
Because it’s a top-of-the-line luxury watch that looks incredibly expensive at first glance.
The old man at the store looked back and forth between his father’s watch on the table and us.
“Okay. Show me that. It’s the thing you just pushed under the table.”
“this?”
The thing I want is among the bundle of documents that the fortune teller picked up.
“Yes, that’s it.”
Let’s take a look at some of the bright, flashy, and colorful items on sale.
I held out my hand.
But the fortune teller raised his hand.
He said he had no intention of showing the items.
“How much is the total budget? This is real estate that is only shown to the upper class wives among the concubines.”
I guess so.
Even if it’s just a fancy item to make things look nice, if you bring in something that’s too cheap, your concubines will be upset.
“Would you understand if I told you that all these are luxury houses in Hannam-dong, Seongbuk-dong, and Pyeongchang-dong?”
Now is the perfect time to make a threat.
This is a pity.
Daughter.
At that moment, the door to the fortune teller’s shop opened and a tall, middle-aged man came in.
Neatly slicked back hair and a suit with not a single collar out of place.
He was a man who looked great in silver-rimmed glasses that hid his fierce gaze.
He spotted us and strode over to us.
“It’s been a while.”
He bowed to his mother.
The mother couldn’t hide her puzzled expression.
“Isn’t there still quite a bit of time left until the appointment? And the meeting place isn’t here either······.”
“It’s the chairman’s order. I don’t intend to interrupt you, so please finish your work. I’ll tell you separately later.”
The tone was cold but very polite.
A body that is as straight as a ruler and an attitude as sharp as a blade.
‘Who was it?’
My eyes narrowed without me knowing.
“Who are you, sir?”
“My name is Kim Young-geol, the chief secretary to the Chairman of Taesung Group.”
The old man at the fortune teller took a deep breath.
“Tae, Taesung Group!”
Whatever.
It was only after I heard the name Kim Young-geol that I realized who the man was in front of me.
‘He was one of Chairman Cha’s closest associates who secretly assisted him. He was said to take care of even the dirty work.’
Secretary Kim silently picked up the clock on the table.
After examining it carefully, he politely returned it to his mother.
“It’s definitely Master Seongjun’s. Did you say his name was Cha Jeonghyeok?”
“How did you know our Jeonghyeok’s name?”
Secretary Kim did not answer her mother’s question.
Instead, he examined me carefully from head to toe.
The gaze is quite fierce.
But I didn’t avoid those eyes.
There is no reason to avoid it, and I have no intention of avoiding it.
‘The one who avoids first is the coward. I am a person who does not avoid fights that come at me.’
A momentary spark of color flashed across our eyes.
Secretary Kim knelt down on one knee to be at eye level with me.
“Master Seongjun, you look exactly like you did when you were young. You take after your father.”
Secretary Kim took a business card out of his pocket and handed it to me.
“Master Jeonghyeok, please contact me this way from now on.”
It was the phone number of the secretary’s office of the Taesung Group chairman, which directly connected to Secretary Kim.
But my mother stopped it with her palm.
“Okay. What use would a seven-year-old have to write a business card?”
“It’s hard to guarantee the future. Isn’t it better to have it and not use it than to regret not having it?”
“I will never see you again.”
“Well, there are times in life when you feel like you’re missing the Joker. For example, when you have to deal with trash who doesn’t know what they’re doing and just irritates you.”
Secretary Kim looked at the fortune teller coldly.
“Would you do it by getting your precious hands dirty, young master?”
The old man at the fortune teller’s face changed completely.
He immediately put his hands together politely and smiled cowardly.
“Will that be okay? If there is any real estate you want, just tell me the conditions! I will search the entire country and find it for you and give it to you!”
I don’t care about anything else.
All I’m curious about is this.
I picked out a document that was shining like an incandescent light bulb from among the real estate items that the real estate agent was holding and pulled it out.
There was a reason why that document was flashing like a lightbulb.
“The most luxurious single-family home in Hannam-dong with a 114-pyeong building on a 700-pyeong lot, and even a swimming pool!”
How did such a luxury home come to be available for such a cheap price?
This was a windfall that is rarely seen.
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