Chapter 52:Money and Talent Pour In
Chapter 52: Dokdok Coin (3)
The coin café was still closely watching the informant‘s every move.
**Title:** Informant sold Dokdok Coin!
**Post:** He said he‘d keep an eye on it after 9! But will it really drop? Curious lol
**[Comments]**
PhonePro: Just chatting right now!
ㄴYeonYoung: What kind of chat?
ㄴPhonePro: Something about Liar Coin behind-the-scenes?
ㄴYeonYoung: Whoa, I‘m curious lol Gotta check it out!
GamiGak: When are you buying again? Lol
Soul: If it drops right at 9, that‘d be creepy af?
Amid all the growing interest, 9 AM arrived.
The exchange‘s daily gain/loss percentage reset. Every coin’s return rate went back to 0%.
Right after that, something unbelievable happened.
Dokdok Coin started plunging much harder than expected.
**Title:** Holy shit, the informant was for real?
**Post:** This is actually insane ㄷㄷ The moment the percentage reset after 9, Dokdok Coin started dropping. Is this even possible?
It‘s already down 5%.
**Title:** -5% right now ㅠㅠ
**Post:** I didn‘t sell this time and just held… Sigh, the buying pressure looked strong so I held on. What the hell is this ㅠㅠ
**[Comments]**
Informant‘s Lackey: Dude, you should’ve just sold when the informant did!
ㄴWonderful: I thought there was no way it would actually drop…!
ㄴInformant‘s Lackey: You don’t get it even after watching his scalping? He reads the chart. It might not always work, but still lol
ㄴWonderful: Ah, so that‘s how it is… ㅠㅠ
ㄴInformant‘s Lackey: Sell now and follow the informant back in!
ㄴWonderful: Got it lol
A little more time passed.
Dokdok Coin was still trending downward.
**Title:** Dokdok Coin profit proof!
**Post:** *Burp* Thanks for the meal~
**[Comments]**
Fighter: Seeing the proof post, looks like it won‘t go up. Straight down from here.
JaeSu: Haha, look at this guy posting proof lol
SamSu: So fucking annoying, the way he writes lol
By 9:55 AM, it had dropped to -9%.
People who failed to sell started grumbling and posting.
Not long after, news broke that the informant had bought Dokdok Coin again.
**Title:** Dokdok Coin, buy now! Hurry!
**Title:** Informant just bought Dokdok Coin!
**Title:** Breaking! Breaking! Dokdok Coin buy alert!
Updates about him poured in nonstop.
**Title:** He said he‘s ending the stream ㅠㅠ
**Title:** But he‘ll be back tomorrow evening!
**Title:** Gotta watch tomorrow lol
**Title:** Me too… I‘m at work right now, damn…!
**Title:** Can‘t wait for tomorrow ㄷㄷ
**Title:** His viewer count is pretty solid tho lol
**Post:** 700 people in the morning isn‘t bad, right? Coins usually have fewer real-time viewers anyway?
**[Comments]**
YeopMun: True, weirdly lower than stocks lol
KoreanIsHard: It is strange. There are so many coin traders.
WonSu: I don‘t watch coins much.
ㄴYeopMun: Then what do you watch?
ㄴWonSu: Mostly futures.
ㄴYeopMun: Ah, futures…!
ㄴWonSu: Don‘t do futures tho, I only recommend it to my enemies lol. And no, that doesn’t mean recommend it to me either haha
ㄴYeopMun: Okay okay lol
Even after the stream ended, talk about the informant kept pouring in. Because after he bought at 10 o‘clock, Dokdok Coin began rising steadily.
**Title:** Wow, seriously… what the hell?
**Title:** Drops right after he sells, rises right after he buys?
**Title:** This guy‘s insane ㄷㄷ
**Title:** Is he even human?
**Title:** Looks like he got blessed by heaven or something?
After all, Dokdok Coin was just following global market trends.
That made it even more amazing.
No matter how many people traded coins in South Korea, influencing the price of a globally listed coin was nearly impossible.
**Title:** This is just skill. Or his luck is actually insane lol
**Title:** Agreed ㄹㅇ
**Title:** Can‘t wait for tomorrow evening lol
And so the day passed.
*
While Ryu Seong was relaxing and rubbing Lucky‘s belly, an absurd news article caught his eye.
“Huh, what‘s this now?”
He read the article carefully.
**[Subway Assault Case Charged as Simple Assault?]**
As shown in the video, the perpetrator was clearly holding a Zippo lighter in his hand. The object was a large steel item that would completely fill an adult man’s palm. If gripped tightly and used to strike someone, it wouldn’t be surprising at all for bones to break. Despite repeatedly hitting the victim’s head with it, the prosecutor charged the case as simple assault. In response, the law firm Choi & Kim, which took on the case, immediately filed an objection and announced they would resubmit clearer evidence…
Just reading it made curses slip out involuntarily.
“Fucking idiots.”
The comments section was flooded with rage.
- Are you kidding me?!
- Who the hell is that prosecutor?
- Dox him, seriously.
- Ugh, if I see him in person…
- Does this even make sense? It’s clearly visible in the video, and they call it simple assault instead of aggravated?
- Wow, they’ve lost it ㄷㄷ
- What’s the difference between simple and aggravated assault?
- It’s whether a weapon was used or not. The sentence is completely different.
- Ah…!
- And with aggravated assault, even if you reach a settlement, it’s hard to get a suspended sentence.
- Oh?
- Plus, it’s not a crime that requires the victim’s complaint, so the perpetrator gets punished even if the victim doesn’t want it.
- In short, the prosecutor went easy on the attacker!
- Holy shit, that’s what it was? Fuck!
Public opinion boiled over even more fiercely than expected.
Charging it as simple assault instead of aggravated assault looked, to anyone watching, like the prosecutor was clearly shielding the perpetrator.
Perhaps because of that, an even stronger wave of backlash began to form.
*
The deputy chief prosecutor called in the chief prosecutor in charge of the case.
“Hey, you idiot. Do you not understand the current situation? Do you think everyone’s stupid? Why are you pulling this shit on something so obvious!”
“Well, that is…”
“And of all firms, it’s Choi & Kim! Are you deliberately trying to make enemies with them?”
“It’s not that…”
“Save your excuses. If you don’t want to be sent off to some rural countryside branch, fix your attitude.”
“…”
“Get out.”
After leaving the deputy chief’s office, the prosecutor frowned deeply.
A secretary trailed behind him.
“Sir, this seems…”
“Fuck. Is Choi & Kim that big a deal? Really? They’re not even disrespecting prosecutors!”
“This isn’t just about Choi & Kim anymore. We’ve already lost the public opinion war.”
“That’s the problem! They created that opinion! It wasn’t even a knife—just a slightly blunt lighter—and they’re calling it aggravated assault?”
“Prosecutor-nim…”
“Goddamn it…!”
“You know how scary netizens are these days.”
“I know, I know!”
That was exactly why he was losing his temper like this.
Damn it.
The perpetrator just so happened to be a relative of an acquaintance. He had gone through some trouble to take the case, but with the current public sentiment, maintaining the simple assault charge seemed nearly impossible.
The benefits were too small.
He couldn’t afford to get caught over something this trivial.
Honestly, he was scared too.
It was *that* Choi & Kim.
A law firm with enormous power across politics, business, and the legal world.
He had naively thought that since it was a minor case, they might not bother filing an objection. He had charged it as simple assault somewhat complacently, but the other side responded far more aggressively than expected.
This case was already over.
He had his future to think about.
He absolutely could not be transferred to some rural backwater.
“Tsk. Change the charge to aggravated assault.”
“Understood, sir.”
Shortly after, a corrected article was published.
[Simple Assault Charge Was Not Finalized.]
[The prosecutor in charge of the case stated that he was merely handling it with caution and had not confirmed the simple assault charge as final. He had naturally anticipated an objection and explained that his goal was to fully understand the situation based on the clear evidence and statements submitted. He immediately changed the indictment to aggravated assault and promised to handle the case as fairly as possible…]
- Crazy bastard, guess he got scared lol
- ㅋㅋ Of course, it’s Choi & Kim
- I knew he’d fold, ugh
- Tsk, there’s always one incompetent guy everywhere
- I almost doxxed him but held back
- Just wait and see. I memorized that prosecutor’s name
- Same here lol
Fortunately, the heated public opinion calmed down a little.
Aggravated assault charge.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the criminal proceedings were more or less wrapped up with this.
However,
The civil lawsuit was only just beginning.
*
September 11th, 8:40 PM.
Before starting the live stream, Ryu Seong checked today’s journal.
[September 11.]
[At 9 PM KST, Nikola Corporation’s CEO mentioned the cryptocurrency Dokdok Coin again.]
[Dokdok Coin’s price exploded upward.]
[Reached its peak at 10 PM.]
[Continued downward trend afterward.]
In twenty minutes, the Nikola CEO would mention Dokdok Coin.
“I can just enjoy the profits together with them.”
He planned to sell at 10 PM and end the broadcast.
Then he could go straight to sleep.
Having set his plan, he put on his mask.
[Live Broadcast ON.]
Thanks to the promotion from the past two days of broadcasting, today’s viewer count was noticeably higher. After about ten minutes, 500 people had joined. As he chatted a bit more, the number quickly surpassed 800.
“Welcome everyone, come on in. Did you guys make good money copying Dokdok Coin over the last two days?”
AlTang: It was super sweet!
SoySauceDish: Only problem is my seed money was too small… lol
Noel: How’s it looking today?
“Hmm, this coin is clearly rising because of Nikola CEO’s comments acting as the trigger, so charts and technicals don’t really matter here. What I’m doing right now is purely based on feel. Sort of an intuition thing. Still, my luck’s been decent lately, so we should make decent profits.”
Ryu Seong opened the Dokdok Coin chart.
“The current flow looks good. As long as the Nikola CEO doesn’t post anything weird, it should be fine. On the other hand, if he drops another positive comment, it’ll probably explode even more?”
AlTang: Nikola let’s gooooo!
JjakBal: Wonder what’ll happen lol
SemiconductorGod: I’m just following you, hyung-nim!
RisingTrend: I believe in you, Master!
Before they knew it, it was 8 PM.
He didn’t bother searching for Stargram first. He figured the viewers would bring it up themselves.
[‘AlTang’ donated 10,000 won.]
[Masked Man-nim! Nikola CEO just posted! Check it ASAP!]
Just as expected.
“Ah, thank you. The Nikola CEO posted something?”
He pretended to hurry and opened Stargram.
“Let me check it quickly.”
As soon as he clicked the post, the content appeared.
He turned on auto-translate, and the text popped up on screen.
[Dokdok Coin. The name is pretty. Should I just buy the whole coin?]
Ryu Seong stayed silent for a moment.
In that short time, Dokdok Coin shot up with massive green candles, soaring into the sky.
AlTang: Crazy, insane, this is fucking insane!!!
AoSeong: Let’s fucking gooooo!
PanSori: Changing my panties, brb ㄷㄷ
The upward momentum was incredibly strong.
585 won.
590 won.
595 won.
600 won.
It shot up 10% in the blink of an eye.
The rise showed no signs of stopping.
650 won.
655 won.
660 won.
By 10 o’clock, the price had kept climbing without pause, leaving Ryu Seong momentarily speechless.
He finally snapped out of it and forced out a sentence.
“33 million won in profit. Thank you.”
The current status appeared on screen.
Coin: Dokdok Coin (DDC)
Purchase Amount: ₩894,063,928
Return Rate: 36.89%
Realized Profit: ₩329,820,183
Total Valuation: ₩1,223,884,111
He pressed the sell button.
“The rise feels excessive, so I’m selling here. I’ll end today’s stream now. Not sure about tomorrow, but since the day after is Saturday, I’ll go live in the morning.”
Ignoring the rapidly scrolling chat, he ended the broadcast.
Thump. Thump.
Maybe it was because he had just made 330 million won in one go.
His heart was pounding hard.
“The important thing is…”
This wasn’t the end.
It would drop tomorrow.
And on the final day, the 13th, it would definitely rise at least as much as today, if not more.
“Whew.”
Just imagining how much he would end up earning sent a pleasant shiver down his spine
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