Chapter 101: Substitution (1)
Time passed incredibly fast.
For those who lost money, it must have been a hellish stretch, but for me, this period of chaos felt like a refreshing chill of ice.
Every day brought new headlines, and each time I returned from my morning jog with a cup of jasmine tea in hand.
Like today, for example.
[President’s emergency order enforces financial martial law on August 13... War against Black Money]
[Where did all the chaebol money go? Government under fire for shielding major conglomerates... Deputy Prime Minister confirms financial martial law as a solid response]
–Rustle.
As usual, I sipped coffee while skimming the papers. A major headline in the Korean press for the first time in a while—usually I didn’t pay them much attention.
I had known the financial martial law would be enforced suddenly. Of course, because I was aware of it, it didn’t feel all that sudden to me.
I had expected some resistance, but since it was the President’s decree, it was easy to persuade Grandpa too.
“Hm, looks like Grandpa handled that side well, judging by the news.”
“Yeah, most of the domestic reserves were shifted into the Alpha Fund, so they moved easily...”