Chapter 7: God Of Investments

Due to losing the bet, I had my entire salary for this month taken away.

However, as a reward for achieving great investment results, I received a bonus several times that amount.

If it were someone else, they would have been grinning from ear to ear, but naturally, I wasn’t happy at all.

‘How can I get f*cked over three times in a row like this…?’

They were rationally planned.

All of them went down the drain due to irrational variables that no one could have predicted.

It was unfair.

And that unfairness led to a rampage.

With the feeling of ‘Let’s see who wins this,’ I started buying random stocks indiscriminately.

If a company name simply caught my eye at the exchange, I bought its stock.

“Coca-Cola is delicious, if it’s delicious, I’ll drink it again……Okay. Y Industries.

I’ll buy 2,000 shares of Y Industries.”

“Oh! The president of K Corporation is very beautiful~ Let’s buy K Corporation too.

I’ll buy 3,000 shares.”

“C Company? I don’t know what kind of company it is, but I’ll buy C Company stock too. About 4,000 shares?”

“X Shipbuilding?

The price isn’t great, but the name is cool!

Let’s buy X Shipbuilding stock too.

For this one, let’s go big with 5,000 shares!

I’ll buy 5,000 shares.”

It was like gambling, not investing.

‘The end of gambling is always ruin…’

Becoming a madman.

To be precise, becoming ‘a madman who lost a lot of money by doing something akin to gambling with royal funds.’

That was my goal.

***

Marlon, the president of X Shipbuilding, let out a deep sigh.

The ledger lying before his eyes clearly showed how much deficit X Shipbuilding had currently accumulated.

Marlon, who had made a fortune in the trading business at a young age, established X Shipbuilding with that money and jumped into the shipbuilding industry with the ambition of building ships superior to any other.

Having had a romantic notion about ships and the vast sea since he was young, he had a dream of making his country a shipbuilding powerhouse.

Although everyone opposed it, saying the risk was too great, he couldn’t give up his dream, so he didn’t bend his will.

For years, he moved silently yet passionately towards that dream.

However, continued failures, and the resulting snowballing deficit, gradually wore down even Marlon.

Every time the company faced a financial crisis, he poured in his private fortune, and before he knew it, his assets were also hitting rock bottom.

‘Was it too much after all…

Should I just give up now?’

‘I should have just comfortably played and eaten with the money I made from trading, why did I jump into the shipbuilding industry…….’

As he sat there powerlessly, lost in negative thoughts.

The company’s finance director burst open the door without knocking.

“President!”

At his urgent action, Marlon momentarily wondered, ‘Was there a loan maturing today?’

But for that, the finance director’s expression was bright.

So Marlon asked in a voice tinged with faint hope.

“What is it?”

“The Royal Assets Management Bureau has bought a large quantity of our X Shipbuilding’s shares!

A whopping 5,000 shares!”

“What? Is that really true?”

“Yes!

Thanks to that, rumors are spreading that the royal family will invest heavily in fostering the shipbuilding industry in the future, our stock price is rising, and banks have also contacted us saying they will extend the loan maturity dates!

Some banks even said they would lower the interest rates!”

What a long time since such good news!

Marlon clenched his fists.

‘Yes!

It’s still too early to give up.

I will definitely achieve my dream of building ships superior to any other!’

Marlon’s fighting spirit was reignited, and X Shipbuilding began to move forward vigorously towards higher goals once again.

***

I thought it was impossible for all the stocks I bought to rise.

The industries were so diverse, and the domestic economy wasn’t even good, so how could such a thing happen, common-sensically?

But that actually happened.

“Hey everyone, did you hear the news? The president of Y Industries has fully recovered from his illness.”

“Really? Then Y Industries, which was faltering after the president collapsed, will revive again.”

“Probably. Because of that expectation, Y Industries’ stock price is rising significantly.”

“Wait a minute. Didn’t Dominic invest heavily in Y Industries?”

“What? Is that really true?”

“It’s certain. I remember because I wondered why he invested in a company like that.”

“No way…….”

***

“You know the young female president of K Corporation, right?”

“The only daughter of the deceased founder?”

“Yes. She’s reportedly going to marry the heir of W Bank.”

“Really?”

“It’s true. The president of K Corporation is famous for being very beautiful, isn’t she?

It seems the man fell in love with her at first sight when she visited W Bank to get a loan, and rapidly pushed for marriage.

Because of that, K Corporation’s stock price is now breaking through the ceiling.”

“…Didn’t Dominic also invest in K Corporation?”

“That’s right. According to an exchange employee, he invested because the president of K Corporation was pretty…….”

“No way, did he predict everything up to her marrying the heir of W Bank……”

“I don’t think he could have predicted it that accurately, but it seems he predicted that the president of K Corporation would marry into a prestigious family that would be of great help to her business.

That’s why he said that.”

“Whatever it is, a talented guy is a talented guy….”

“Indeed.”

***

“To think C Company would participate in a project led by Q Corporation, one of the top five in the Bransia Empire…

People who bought C Company stock must be happy.

It’s already up 10%, isn’t it?”

“Wait a minute. I think C Company was among the companies Dominic invested in?”

“What? He invested in C Company too? Does this even make sense?”

“Y Industries, K Industries, and now C Company…

Is that guy Dominic a regressor from the future or something?”

Only the companies I bought stocks in experienced surprisingly good news.

[X Shipbuilding Rewrites Ship History]

X Shipbuilding has succeeded in developing a ship with 5% improved speed and 10% improved fuel efficiency.

It is rumored that the investment from the Royal Assets Management Bureau played a major role in X Shipbuilding overcoming its business slump and achieving such results.

X Shipbuilding was established with the ambitious goal of making the Kingdom of Amelia a shipbuilding powerhouse.

However, the development of ships superior to existing ones repeatedly faced setbacks, and to make matters worse, a financial crisis also occurred.

Until recently, the atmosphere at X Shipbuilding was nothing short of gloomy.

According to some sources, they were even considering withdrawing from the business internally.

The entity that completely reversed that atmosphere by 180 degrees was the Royal Assets Management Bureau.

The Royal Assets Management Bureau purchased a large quantity of X Shipbuilding’s shares.

When that news spread, the executives and employees of X Shipbuilding reignited their challenging spirit.

And finally, they reaped the fruits of their efforts.

Marlon Esque, the president of X Shipbuilding, said, “For reasons unknown, I express my deep gratitude to the Royal Assets Management Bureau for making a large investment in a company that everyone considered hopeless, and added,

“Thanks to the royal family, the Kingdom of Amelia has taken a step closer to becoming a shipbuilding powerhouse.”

Meanwhile, in response to the achievements shown by X Shipbuilding, the Ministry of National Defense……]

Even things like this happened.

In an instant, I became a celebrity at the exchange.

Fearing that stock prices would skyrocket just because I bought them, I stopped investing in domestic stocks.

I decided to invest only in foreign stocks.

I wrote down the names of numerous foreign companies and threw darts to decide which companies to invest in.

‘Even with this, it doesn’t go negative?

Even with this?’

***

It didn’t.

Not a single stock went negative.

[S Publishing, Sales Double Year-on-Year Due to Hit New Novel]

[M Industries, Large-Scale Export Contract Signed]

[G Mining, Discovery of Largest Diamond Mine in History]

[P Industries, First to Develop Synthetic Dye… Opening of Synthetic Dye Era]

[A Industries, Development of New Cement with Superior Quality to Existing Ones]

[D Construction, Wins Sumeru Galaxy Construction Project Bid]

Even with foreign stocks, the phenomenon of only the companies I invested in experiencing good news repeated.

And…..

Every time that happened, the employees would gather at my desk and start their so-called “fangirling.”

“Everyone! This time too, a company Dominic invested in has experienced good news! The stock price has risen by over 20%!”

“Waaaaah!!!”

“As expected of Dominic!”

“You’re the man!”

“Dominic! Dominic! Dominic!”

Their numbers grew day by day.

“Sir Dominic, please shake my hand just once!”

“Kyaaak! Sir Dominic shook my hand! Now I too will become a ‘Hand of God’ who only picks rising stocks!!”

“Me too! Please shake my hand too, Sir Dominic!”

“Me too! I’ll grab it too!”

Even the haughty Benton joined in.

“Ahem! Even cold water has an order! Dominic. Shake hands with me, the Director, first.”

Even the Director had become one of them.

‘Why are you guys naturally joining in there too……’

Their outrageous behavior didn’t end there.

Later on…

They started calling me the God of Investment, and even created a culture of making wishes while looking at me before starting work.

“Now, let’s start the day by praying to Dominic, the God of Investment.”

“I pray, I pray. Please let the stocks I invested in hit the upper limit……”

“Please let me find good real estate……”

“Please let the harvest of the King’s domain increase greatly……”

Like that, all the employees of the Royal Assets Management Bureau became one and did those things.

Almost every day.

[In recognition of his significant contribution to expanding the royal finances, Dominic Rosenfeld is appointed to the 4th Grade-Junior official position.]

A familiar decree fell before me.

Just like that, I was promoted again, greatly breaking the shortest record.