< For the Music Genius - Episode 103 >
“How is it, Samuel?”
Samuel, the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, was speechless after watching the video tape. At first, he thought it was a school play for children. He had no idea why the maestro was showing this video. However, the atmosphere changed when the young conductor appeared in the video.
“earthly.”
There is a saying that the conductor’s touch can change the orchestra’s ability. Just like that, the orchestra in the video was not a group in which each individual’s performance skills were particularly outstanding. However, didn’t the sound change magically with the young conductor’s touch? Samuel felt a thrill run through his whole body from the delicate fingertips that seemed to be playing a huge instrument.
“It seems like a child who has been learning conducting for a very long time. Not only does he have a conducting style that goes through each note, but he also catches the pitch that jumps out due to the skill of the performer like a ghost. Furthermore, the direction of the melody that unfolds without hesitation from his fingertips is so exaggerated that it reminds me of Empress Karas of Austria.”
Samuel couldn’t hide his admiration. Looking at the boy’s fingertips, the names of many great masters came to mind. The joyous ending that went up like riding a roller coaster resembled Germany’s Thielemann, and the way he calmed the members with his soft and refined tone naturally reminded him of America’s Bilstein. Conducting is not something that can be done with mere talent. It must be based on constant experience and a wealth of experience. But this appearance.
“Maestro, what is the piece that the orchestra is playing now? No matter how hard I try to remember the composer, I can’t. Ivanov, Nogel, Chabrier, Antonio. Who on earth is it?”
The names of numerous composers were listed from Samuel’s mouth. Aren’t they all composers who poured out masterpieces at the end of the Romantic era? It’s no wonder, because the music that the orchestra was playing in the video was as great as the boy’s intense conducting.
“It’s that boy’s own composition.”
“yes?”
At that moment, as if time had stopped, the conductor’s movements ended. Samuel couldn’t take his eyes off the screen for a long time. To be exact, he was looking at the boy on the other side of the TV. What on earth was this sound? It was as shocking as the first time he had seen an orchestra play.
“Maestro, who on earth is that kid?”
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“Hyun-ah, are you a fortune teller or something?”
Chairman Wang stopped playing Go and made a questioning expression. However, when I didn’t say anything, he nodded and pointed to the morning paper. There was a headline on it, as big as a door, saying that the IMF working-level delegation had arrived in Korea.
“So far, everything has gone exactly as you said. What do you think will happen next?”
“With my mouth open?”
“Hey, you damn bastard.”
I had no intention of saying more. Even without me opening my mouth, Chairman Wang would have already guessed what would happen in the future. He is not called a business leader for nothing. No wonder it is said that the busiest person in South Korea right now is not the president, but Son Jang-won of Jeil Group.
“Sooner or later, Westerners will come in like a flood.”
It was a policy to attract foreign capital. It was inevitable because the foreign exchange reserves had dried up as if in a drought. Foreign capital would rush in with their eyes wide open, not only for stocks but also for real estate. In order to stabilize the stock market, it was a priority to block the inflow of hedge funds by national law, but the Republic of Korea was currently helpless. In short, it was a situation no different from going through a war.
“Anyway, Grandpa will be the one who catches the best ones, right?”
Of course, not all the good companies will be taken away by foreign capital at a low price. If it were Chairman Wang of Jeil Group that I know, it would have been like that. Chairman Wang made a strange expression. As if he was curious about what kind of insides you have.
“While we were talking quietly, Hyun, no matter how I look at it, you should be holding a ballpoint pen, not playing the violin. I’m really curious about what kind of blueprint your boldness and extraordinary brain will draw. By the way, today isn’t the day to play baduk, so why did you come?”
The reason I came to see Chairman Wang was simple. There was something I had to take care of. I put down my backpack and took out a bunch of documents from my backpack. Isn’t it ironic? In a bag that usually contained textbooks, there was a document listing technical terms. Chairman Wang seemed equally interested.
“I have adjusted the list that my grandfathers invested in in my own way.”
“Did you make any adjustments?”
“You said it was my job to judge whether something was real or fake.”
Chairman Wang received the bundle of documents with a hollow laugh. It wasn’t just an investment of a few pennies, but it was probably too fast no matter how much he thought about it. Chairman Wang’s eyes, which were quickly scanning the list of documents, gradually grew suspicious.
“Hyun-ah, I think you know that the things written on the documents are not just numbers. After all, they are the only assets that Chairman Yoo left to you. But can you explain to Grandpa why you divided the list like this?”
The first thing I did was to gather the investment sites that were divided into several branches into one place. In particular, I focused on foreign stocks. Not the ones that will burst in the future, but the dinosaur companies that will gradually grow. However, it is difficult for even famous investors to look at financial statements and judge everything in a few days, and I understood why Chairman Wang made a strange expression.
“I guess I should ask a different question. Why are you showing this to me? Your grandfather is here too.”
“The chairman was the perfect person to act as my agent. As you know, my grandfather has no experience in this area. The crucial thing is that I have already dealt with the chairman once.”
“Are you a trustworthy agent?”
Chairman Wang let out a sudden exclamation. Of course, it was a difficult task to leave to my grandfather. In the first place, investment involving money tends to become complicated when blood relations are involved. My grandfather was not the type of person to just sit by and watch me lose money. That was the time.
“The commission fee is very expensive. Is that okay?”
Well, isn’t this something I had in mind when I first thought of putting Chairman Wang forward as my agent? I immediately flipped through the pages of the document. There were real estates in South Korea listed there, but they were all places that would later be absorbed by foreign capital. On another page, there was a list of foreign companies that were different from the ones listed before.
Of course, Chairman Wang would not be interested in this. However, he would obviously be curious about what I, a young child, would do. Put options, leverage? Arthur, I already know how to rake up money. However, I did not want to do that. In this life, I just needed to have enough money to protect Dongju.
“Grandpa, would you like to invest here with me?”
First of all, it is important to secure the Nodaji.
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“Director Kim, come in.”
At Chairman Wang’s call, Kim Sang-guk, the head of the strategy planning department of Jeil Group, entered the reception room. He was an impressive man with a sharp jaw and sharp eyes. However, he also had no choice but to be extremely cautious in front of Chairman Wang.
“Did you call, Chairman?”
Chairman Wang silently handed Kim Sang-guk a bundle of documents. As usual, Kim Sang-guk carefully accepted the bundle of documents and began to look through them right away. The reason Chairman Wang had called him to Pyeongchang-dong was simple.
“Most of these are companies worth investing in. However, I don’t think it’s right to focus only on these companies, excluding all the companies listed above. As you know, no one knows when the market will change drastically. We need to calculate accurate data to know, but some places are very risky.”
“It’s not an investment, it’s more like gambling?”
“Yes, Mr. Chairman. From my limited knowledge, that is what I think it is at present. Unless you know the rise and fall of these companies in advance.”
Chairman Wang nodded. The Kim Sang-guk in front of him was an outstanding talent even within Jeil Group. Even if his direct superior was in front of him, he would honestly express his feelings. That is why he was put in the position of head of the strategic planning department.
“Foreseeing the rise and fall in advance.”
Chairman Wang thought of Kang Hyun’s eyes as he took out a bundle of documents from his school bag. Wasn’t he just a young boy who had just entered high school? But as soon as he saw those eyes, he tried to suppress his admiration. How firm his resolve was. Even though so much money was changing hands, he didn’t even blink an eye. Could he have been so calm at that age? Of course, he even put Chairman Wang on the stand. It was safe to say that he had innate guts.
“Director Kim, how likely do you think it is? Compare the list you made earlier with the list you’ve reorganized now.”
“If I were in the position of investing, I would have chosen the former without hesitation, Chairman.”
Kim Sang-guk didn’t understand. The former was a perfect investment list in his eyes. The latter, however, seemed focused and selected at first glance, but there was clearly a risk. A list like this couldn’t have been made without predicting the future.
“Director Kim, could you have known that a foreign exchange crisis was coming to our country? And that the government would hide the bailout funds?”
“If the foreign exchange crisis was right around the corner, I would have been able to predict it. But I wouldn’t have been sure. As I said, the economy is unpredictable, isn’t it? Chairman.”
Chairman Wang recalled Kang Hyun’s voice. The confident voice when he proposed the deal to him. At that moment, Chairman Wang picked up the second investment list and made a strange expression.
“I’m looking forward to it. I wonder what kind of future I’ll have invested in.”
*
“My hands are sore.”
I was drawing notes on the staff all day, skipping lunch. At some point, coming to the studio every morning to think about the score became a routine. New musical ideas kept coming to me, so I couldn’t just sit still. That was when I was there.
“Do you want me to play it?”
It may be my imagination, but doesn’t the Guarneri ‘Fiore’ sound like it’s asking to be played? I haven’t played it properly since I came back from the movie set. I put down the sheet music and got up from my seat.
Jiing―!
The high notes reached the ceiling through the bow. Long fingers moved freely like spiders on the strings that were swaying. Trills and middle notes, and even bowing techniques that resembled Paganini’s Caprice. It was a piece that packed together high-difficulty techniques. It was a piece that pushed the violinist to the limit.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Only after the sharp tip of the bow was pointed to the floor did he let out the breath that had been rising to the tip of his chin. He had been practicing for hours, but ‘Fiore’ still wanted to howl more and kept shining the strings. He was about to raise his bow again with a smirk when he heard a knock.
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“A recital?”
Of course, we had to recognize Director Im Hye-ra’s persistence.
“I haven’t thought about it yet.”
“Hyun-ah, why don’t you think about it again? There are so many fans waiting for you. They found out that you bought Guarneri this time, so reporters come by several times a day to harass Mi-hyeon.”
It seems that the fact that Guarneri was purchased in Italy has become known. Those who love violins will know about Guarneri, one of the three sacred violins. Moreover, I have a Stradivarius, so I could easily find out if I wanted to. By the way, I have already collected two of the three sacred violins.
“There will be a lot of overseas fans waiting for you.”
“yes?”
I didn’t understand. Even though I won the Queen Elisabeth Competition, it’s already been three years. It’s safe to say that I haven’t been active as a violinist since then.
“Take a look at this.”
At that time, Director Im Hye-ra handed me a magazine. It was Gramophone, a magazine famous for its records, and on the cover was a large picture of the eternal maestro Gustav.
“The performance that the eternal Maestro Gustav wants to see the most is.”
Whose performances are you talking about? The Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic. Or maybe you’re talking about the performances of violinists who have already passed away. Even if you had the money, you would never be able to see them again. But Gustav’s answer was unexpected.
“This is a solo recital by violinist Hyun.”
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