Chapter 1284 – ##09_Young And Rich
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1.
One of the major changes in Gehenna after the war.
It was probably the spread of communication.
The Hessed Society successfully repaired the ‘Gate,’ creating a path for data to flow within the isolated otherworld barrier.
“Hehehehehe.”
Sharon giggled, looking at her phone.
“Heeheeheehee.”
She rolled around on the sofa, laughing again.
“Yohohoho.”
This time, she did a strange dance, even making odd laughing sounds.
Unable to watch any longer, L’Rie said with a displeased tone.
“Green hair. You’ve been staring at your phone all day. And giggling. It’s annoying, so stop it.”
L’Rie was always finding fault with things, but this time it wasn’t just pointless nitpicking.
Sharon had indeed been glued to her phone all day, giggling every time, which was indeed annoying.
“Sorry, sorry, I’m just too happy, I can’t help it. Ah, I wish I could have good things like this for the rest of my life?”
“What is it?”
“Hmm? Curious? Are you perhaps interested? Ah, I shouldn’t tell just anyone about this. Should I tell you? Or not? Ah, never mind.”
“Hmm, that’s strangely irritating. If you’re going to show it anyway, just show it quickly.”
Sharon reacted immediately to L’Rie’s response.
It was as if she had been waiting for someone to ask.
Her eyes sparkled like stars, and she twisted her body as if she had taken some strange potion.
“Okay, I’ll show you, especially for you? You can’t tell anyone!”
“I’ll see what’s so important that you’re making such a fuss.”
On the screen of the smartphone Sharon showed, there were graphs, charts, and numbers.
It was all filled with red.
“What is this? Corn, wheat, gold, silver, nickel…?”
“What do you think? It’s why I’m in such a good mood these days. I’ve been having some fun with futures trading lately.”
L’Rie, who had asked reluctantly, was deflated.
It was a boring screen that L’Rie, who liked superficial pleasures, wouldn’t be interested in.
Still, Sharon was a good friend who usually listened well, so L’Rie decided to be patient.
“I understand the basics of investing. So how much did you make that you’re being so dramatic?”
“100 million.”
“Oh, that’s quite….”
“Dollars.”
“……?”
“In three months.”
“?!??!?!?!?!”
L’Rie’s jaw dropped.
L’Rie was incredibly wealthy.
Among her lovers, she was probably ranked higher than Dorothy, who had sold her assets at a bargain price, after Cybele and Odile Odette.
Her ancestor, Salit Nukelavi, had foreseen that marine resources would be worth a lot of money in the future and had secured them in advance.
But that was old money, inherited wealth, in other words.
It meant that L’Rie herself had never earned anything.
100 million dollars was enough to build a small amphibious assault ship.
And Sharon, the icon of the common people, had earned that much? In just three months?
Even L’Rie couldn’t help but be amazed.
“How did you do it!”
“Ah, it’s a bit of a long story.”
After the war, Sharon had thought.
The stable income she earned as a professor at the Hessed Society was good, of course.
But Sharon’s elemental magic always required expensive offerings.
Without investment, it always ended up being a zero-sum game.
You could never become rich with just earned income.
You had to invest to increase your wealth.
That was the truth Sharon had realized.
So, what was the best investment?
What was needed to escape the hamster wheel of earned income?
It was courage.
“I put all my savings as collateral and took the plunge. Of course, it wasn’t easy. I lost a lot at times. If it had been the old me, I would have been scared and given up.”
But Sharon didn’t give up!
She had been tossed around in the coin market, where you could go from heaven to hell with a single tweet.
Although she hadn’t actually invested, she had always kept an eye on the charts and market trends.
Maintaining the sharp senses of a wild beast, she had brilliantly traded buy and sell contracts with 20x leverage (all-in).
Her return rate exceeded five digits, achieving a crazy feat that would make Wall Street traders’ cheeks burn a hundred times over.
Sharon, with her nose in the air, was proud of her performance, which would be remembered in history for its short-term return rate.
“Hmm.”
L’Rie, who had been watching her, felt a chill run down her spine.
It was like an animal instinct, you could say?
That was only for a moment, and then a bit of greed arose.
If L’Rie squeezed out all of her assets, she could easily build a self-actualization aircraft carrier fleet and still have money left over.
But while she could build an aircraft carrier fleet, maintaining it would be too much.
But what if she succeeded in making money?
L’Rie, who had been clearing her throat, quietly sat next to Sharon.
“Sharon, could you tell me a little about that futures trading?”
“Ah, no way. It’s dangerous, dangerous. Futures trading isn’t something just anyone can do. It’s a battlefield that only someone like me, who can coldly control and manage their emotions, can enter. Using leverage means the risk is also multiplied. Of course, I can control it all!”
“…….”
It was very annoying.
But L’Rie was the one who was in need.
The fact that L’Rie called Sharon by her name was proof of that.
“What is futures trading?”
“Simply put, it’s buying or selling a commodity in advance for a certain period of time. For example, let’s say I promise to sell you one corn for 100 won in a week. But a week later, the price of corn is 90 won. Then I make a profit of 10 won. See? Easy, right?”
“Oh, that’s quite an interesting system. So if corn becomes 110 won, then I make a profit of 10 won and you lose 10 won?”
“You really understood?”
“I understand that futures trading is a financial tool to manage price fluctuation risks or pursue speculative profits through contracts to buy and sell assets at a fixed price at a specific point in the future.”
“Huh? Uh….”
L’Rie nodded.
Sharon was slightly intimidated by L’Rie, who quickly understood not only the principle but also the essence.
Sharon was sure it had taken her quite a while to understand this….
But theory wasn’t that important.
If theory worked in actual trading, wouldn’t all the PhDs in economics around the world be the richest people?
Actual trading was a completely different realm from theory!
“It’s good timing since I was bored. I have quite a bit of spare money, so I’ll give it a try.”
“Then…. I recommend this one. Don’t make too many contracts at once, and you know you have to be careful not to get a margin call, right?”
“Corn?”
L’Rie scoffed at Sharon’s stock recommendation.
“Hmph! Isn’t corn a food for the common people? It’s too low-class for me to invest in.”
“No, no! You’ll be in big trouble if you approach it like that!!!”
“Enough with the advice. I will decide my approach.”
Sharon was dumbfounded.
Didn’t she just say she understood it well?
Had she perhaps taught L’Rie something she shouldn’t have?
2.
About two weeks later.
“Hehehehehehe.”
Sharon giggled, looking at her even fatter bank balance.
She had made a lot of money in this trade as well.
At this rate, Sharon Super Rich Evergreen might not be far off.
Even after taking out just a little bit of the collateral to realize profits, she had secured enough research funds for ten years and could afford a certain level of luxury.
Like this, for example.
“Sharon, you seem to be in a great mood these days? What’s going on?”
“It’s a seeecret.”
“Huh? When did you buy this? I haven’t seen it before.”
“I splurged a little.”
“Wow, isn’t that a bit much?”
“Ahem, I’m not the same as before, you know?”
Siwoo was amazed by the refrigerator that had appeared in Sharon’s room.
It was a mini-refrigerator exclusively for Häagen-Dazs, which she had bought for 372,000 won (5% discount).
Inside, there were small cups of Häagen-Dazs in every flavor.
Every time Sharon looked at the colorful cylindrical ice cream through the clear glass, she felt her wealth.
It was a luxury she could never have dreamed of before.
When she used to scan barcodes at the convenience store, she would see customers buying this and think, ‘Wow, they must be really rich.’
Now, she had set up a display case in her own home.
Of course, she couldn’t just buy it without thinking, and she had bought it after much deliberation.
“Siwoo, open this.”
“What is this?”
Siwoo opened the paper box that Sharon handed him.
Inside, there was a fountain pen that looked very luxurious at first glance.
“I thought you’ve been using the same fountain pen for a while, so your sister got you one.”
“What? What’s the occasion? How much is this?”
“I’m not going to tell you?”
“How much is it? It’s making me uncomfortable.”
“What’s so uncomfortable about this?”
It was actually a somewhat burdensome purchase.
It was a fountain pen made by the best craftsman in Gehenna, worth ten million won.
The nib was 18k gold, and it was very flashy with small diamonds studded in it.
Even for Sharon, who had become young and rich, it was a considerable amount of money to give away as a gift on a whim.
“Thank you, Sharon. I’ll use it well, always thinking of you.”
“If you’re thankful, give me a kiss!”
But it wasn’t a waste at all for Siwoo.
Seeing how happy he was made her feel sorry for not being able to give him a proper gift until now.
“I’ll do better from now on, Siwoo.”
“Huh? Uh. Is something really going on?”
“Hey, I told you, it’s nothing?”
She would make more money in the future and give Siwoo lots of gifts.
Sharon clenched her fist and vowed to herself.
