ICTU 05

Chapter 05

I Got 30,000 Coins Through a Secondhand Trade 

Chapter 2. A Younger Brother with Lots of Money (3)

In the morning, Choi Hyuk took his parents to the house he had been looking around for over the past few weeks.

As soon as he stopped the car, the real estate agent who recognized Choi Hyuk’s car hurried toward him with an employee.

“Hello, sir! Oh my, you must look exactly like your parents! I knew it. I thought you were tall and handsome, and it turns out you got it all from your parents’ genes!”

The moment she saw Choi Hyuk’s parents, she showered them with compliments as if she had prepared them in advance.

Meanwhile, Choi Hyuk’s parents could only look confused, wondering what was going on.

“Son. Weren’t we just going for a drive?”

His mother looked completely bewildered.

Choi Hyuk gave her a gentle smile.

“Yes, we are going for a drive. Since we’re out anyway, I thought we’d take care of something too.”

“……?”

Choi Hyuk’s mother and father tilted their heads at the same time.

That was because Choi Hyuk had never told them that he was planning to buy a house here.

The real estate agent guided Choi Hyuk’s family to a two-story detached house with a stylish exterior.

Choi Hyuk gestured to his parents that they could go inside.

“Go in and take a good look around.”

“Hyuk. What on earth is this……?”

“Just a moment. Yul is almost here.”

“Yul too?”

“Yes. She’ll be here soon.”

If Choi Hyuk simply told his parents, ‘I’m going to buy you a house, so you can move here,’ they would surely refuse, saying they could not accept a house bought with the money their son had worked so hard to earn.

Of course, the only hard work Choi Hyuk had actually done was talking to and meeting the strange man wearing a hat when he bought the hard drive containing the coin wallet.

Still, his parents did not know the whole story, so there was a high chance they would initially refuse to accept the house.

That was why Choi Hyuk had deliberately contacted Choi Yul……

No, to be exact, it would be more accurate to say that he had recruited her.

He thought that if even his younger sister joined in, they could persuade their parents more easily.

And there was one more person.

He had also called a reliable helper.

“Hello. Hyung. Yul says she just arrived. Where are you?”

—I’m walking to the address of the house you gave me. I can see it over there.

“Okay. Then go inside first. The real estate agents and our parents should be there.”

—Okay. I’ll warm up your little uncle a little before you get here.

“I’m counting on you, hyung.”

Whenever the relatives gathered, Choi Yeonwook was always the one who played the role of mood maker.

He was also close to Choi Hyuk’s father.

With both Choi Yul and Choi Yeonwook helping him, Choi Hyuk thought there was a good chance of success.

Meanwhile, Choi Hyuk waved toward his younger sister’s car approaching from far away.

“Over here, little sis.”

After parking nearby, Choi Yul let out a small sigh.

“This is my only day off in the whole week. Did you really have to pick today?”

“Today is the perfect day.”

“Haa.”

Although she sighed deeply, she could not refuse her older brother, who had suddenly appeared with hundreds of millions of won in investment money.

“Let me see……”

Choi Hyuk looked at the car his younger sister had driven.

“How much did you say you paid for this?”

“Five million won. I bought the cheapest used car I could find.”

“Really? If I can get Mom and Dad to agree today that they’ll move into the detached house I bought, I’ll buy you a new car.”

Choi Yul’s eyes changed.

“Really? You promise?”

“Yeah. I’ll get you an expensive one. Go inside and try your best to persuade them.”

“Okay! I’ll do my best!”

She was a simple younger sister.

Still, Choi Yul’s help was absolutely necessary.

Choi Hyuk’s mother and father were especially weak when it came to their youngest daughter.

As he entered the detached house with her, Choi Yeonwook whispered quietly in his ear.

“I think they’re almost convinced. If we say just a little more, they’ll probably agree.”

They needed one strong final push.

Choi Hyuk spoke as if telling him not to worry.

“Yul will take care of the final blow. You can leave the rest to her.”

Just as Choi Hyuk had hoped, Choi Yul immediately got to work.

“Mom, Dad. Oppa said he prepared this house carefully with the two of you in mind. So why don’t you move here, do whatever you want, and live comfortably? Okay?”

“But still……”

“Oppa said he made a lot of money.”

Choi Hyuk curled the corners of his mouth upward and nodded.

“I’ll send you your living expenses from now on, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

All this time, despite living in poverty, Choi Hyuk’s parents had worked day and night so that their two children could graduate from university without problems.

They had worked in restaurants, done construction work, and driven as designated drivers over and over again.

Even when other people looked down on them, they endured all kinds of humiliation for the sake of their family and kept going until now.

The two great pillars of the family.

Mom and Dad.

Now, Choi Hyuk wanted to take care of them and let them live comfortably.

“You have to give me a chance to repay you, too. Okay?”

“Son……”

His father and mother exchanged glances.

The two slowly nodded and spoke to Choi Hyuk with sincere feelings.

“Thank you, son.”

“Mom and Dad are so happy because of you. We’ll treasure the house our son prepared for us and live well here.”

That was the greatest reward Choi Hyuk could have hoped for.

After leaving the house, Choi Hyuk handed his credit card to Choi Yul.

“Here.”

“What’s this card for all of a sudden?”

“Since we’re already here, take Mom and Dad out for a meal and drive them home.”

“What about you? Aren’t you coming with us?”

“I have something else to do with Yeonwook hyung.”

Choi Yeonwook nodded and then said to Choi Yul,

“Your oppa is becoming a company CEO starting today.”

“You’re starting a company?”

“We decided to establish a corporation. It’s more convenient for managing the funds that way.”

They decided to discuss the complicated details later when the three of them could meet separately.

For now, Choi Hyuk decided to return to Seoul with Choi Yeonwook.

They arrived at Choi Yeonwook’s office.

“Hyuk, wait here for a moment. It’s been a while since you came to our company, so I think you can’t find the place. I need to go out for a moment.”

“Okay. Take your time, hyung. There’s no rush.”

“Okay.”

After getting rich, Choi Hyuk had become much more relaxed and calm.

A cup of freshly brewed coffee prepared by an employee for Choi Hyuk was placed in front of him.

“Thank you.”

Just as he was about to tilt the cup and take a sip of the drink,

Choi Yeonwook returned to the office with two people from an accounting firm.

“Hyuk, let me introduce you. This is Accountant Kim Sehun from Daeseung Tax Accounting Firm, and this is Tax Accountant Lee Jieun.”

The two young accountants politely greeted Choi Hyuk before he could even finish standing up.

“Hello!”

“When we first heard that we would be meeting CEO Choi Hyuk, we wondered how we should approach you.”

Choi Hyuk tilted his head in confusion.

The two people exchanged glances and delivered the lines they had prepared beforehand.

“Congratulations on your huge success with coins!”

Choi Hyuk gave an awkward smile and glanced at Choi Yeonwook.

Choi Yeonwook quickly shook his head with an expression full of injustice.

“I didn’t tell them to say that.”

“Oh, really? When you told me to wait here alone, I thought you were buying time so you could coordinate things with them beforehand.”

Kim Sehun and Lee Jieun also emphasized that they had not planned this together with Choi Yeonwook.

There was a reason why the two of them were being so openly enthusiastic toward Choi Hyuk from their very first meeting.

Just as Choi Hyuk was a VIP customer to Choi Yeonwook, he was also a customer of the same level to them.

A man whose enormous wealth from coins was impossible to even estimate.

The head of Daeseung had given the two accountants special instructions to make a good impression on Choi Hyuk from their very first meeting.

To do that, the two opened their tablets to show the presentation they had carefully prepared.

“If you’re planning to establish a corporation for asset management, we recommend setting the business purposes like this.”

Accountant Kim Sehun continued explaining calmly.

“CEO, when establishing an asset management corporation, there are generally three main business purposes that are commonly registered.”

As he gestured toward the screen, Tax Accountant Lee Jieun naturally took over.

“The first is real estate rental and sales. You purchase buildings or land and earn rental income from them. The second is financial investment, meaning using liquid assets such as stocks, bonds, and derivatives. Finally, there is equity investment and startup investment. These days, many VIP clients with plenty of surplus capital, like you, choose this option.”

Kim Sehun nodded and added to the explanation.

“Especially when someone has a large amount of coin-based funds like you, investing through a corporation can be tax-efficient. If you continue investing under your personal name, you may eventually lose money because of capital gains taxes and tax rate issues.”

Lee Jieun brought up the next slide.

It clearly showed the process of establishing a corporation and the asset management structure.

Kim Sehun finished the long explanation with a bright smile.

“For someone like you, CEO, establishing a corporation isn’t really an option. It’s the basic choice. We’ll take care of the entire process quickly, so all you have to do is tell us what you want to do.”

It was an explanation filled with both the two accountants’ eagerness and confidence.

Choi Hyuk quietly listened to them and slowly placed the coffee cup in his hand on the desk.

“I already heard some of this from hyung. And perhaps because you two prepared everything so well, I understand it quite easily.”

Choi Hyuk slowly curled the corners of his mouth upward.

“I have a good feeling about Daeseung. Just as hyung recommended, I’ll leave it to you.”

“Thank you!”

The two accountants gave each other a high five and shared their joy.

Choi Yeonwook was also happy that the accounting firm he had recommended had made a good impression on Choi Hyuk.

“Come to think of it, you’re now the head of a proper company. Have you thought about what you want to do from now on?”

“Yeah. There’s one thing.”

“What is it?”

There was one item on Choi Hyuk’s bucket list that he had always wanted to try if he ever had a lot of money.

Choi Hyuk smiled and answered very simply.

“Building shopping.”