Chapter 6: After All, It’s You

The bureaucracy of the Kingdom of Amelia classifies officials into a total of 18 ranks.

There are grades from 1 to 9, and each grade is further divided into Senior and Junior levels.

Like 1st Grade-Senior, 1st Grade-Junior…………9th Grade-Senior, 9th Grade-Junior.

Among them, those up to 5th grade are called High-Level Civil Servants, and those from 6th grade onwards are called Ordinary Civil Servants, and they are recruited through separate exams called the High-Level Civil Service Examination and the Ordinary Civil Service Examination, respectively.

Comparing it to South Korea, where I lived before transmigration.

The High-Level Civil Service Examination could be said to correspond to the 5th-grade civil servant exam, commonly called the administrative bar exam, and the Ordinary Civil Service Examination to the 7th/9th-grade civil servant exams.

Among them, if you pass the High-Level Civil Service Examination, you are appointed as a 5th Grade-Junior.

And to be promoted to 5th Grade-Senior from there, at least 4 years must pass.

But the king promoted me, who had only been appointed for a month, to 5th Grade-Senior.

Even though I told him that buying a large amount of Canin before its efficacy was revealed was just a coincidence.

It might be my misunderstanding.

But it seemed the king didn’t believe that in the first place.

Because his reaction didn’t have a shred of sincerity.

For some reason, he seems to think that it wasn’t a simple coincidence, but that I had some special secret and that’s how things turned out.

It’s truly unfair.

How could I have known in advance, common-sensically, that the root of Canin had an excellent effect in treating Malus?

Of course, I am the author of “I Will Revolutionize” and the creator of this world, but how could I possibly know things that I didn’t even set up?

I was dumbfounded by the absurd false accusation, but I decided to think positively anyway.

As I got promoted, the scale of my operating funds also increased.

Looking at it differently, it meant the risk of getting fired had increased.

My first attempt to get fired failed, but because of that, a bigger opportunity arose.

Is this when the saying ‘A crisis is an opportunity’ is used?

…Or not?

Anyway.

‘What kind of investment should I make to lose money…’

Today too, I read the newspaper while thinking something that no one would ever think in a normal situation.

Thoroughly, without missing a single article.

Since there was no TV or internet in this world, the newspaper was almost the only way to get various information at once.

Therefore, there was nothing better than the newspaper for choosing investment targets.

I picked out a few companies that caught my eye.

After writing down their names in a notebook, I went home and asked my father and brother if they knew anything about these companies.

Thus, by combining the investment skills I honed in my previous life with the information network of the Rosenfeld family.

I selected companies that seemed highly likely to go bankrupt if invested in.

The two companies chosen like that.

J Bank is a bank in a country called Rus, located in the eastern part of the continent, and it was involved in an interesting incident about 3 years ago.

The third son of the J Bank owner family fell in love with the second daughter of Duke Capulet and they became lovers.

When both families vehemently opposed their relationship for various reasons, the two eloped, that is, they ran away in the middle of the night.

Naturally, both families were in an uproar and tried hard to bring their children back.

But they ultimately failed.

The place the two fled to was the Bransia Empire, which had officially abolished mésalliance.

The princess of that place happened to hear their story and was moved, saying it was a truly beautiful love, and actively supported their asylum and marriage.

Since they couldn’t forcibly bring the two back, both families had no choice but to just watch them get married and settle in Bransia.

After that, both families disowned them.

And they became mortal enemies.

Saying things like, “Your daughter seduced our son~” “Your son tricked our innocent daughter~”.

In such a situation, Duke Capulet was about to become the real power behind the next government.

Unusually, Rus doesn’t really have a clear rule of royal succession.

The king simply designates the next king.

Therefore, the current king’s five sons had fiercely competed to become the successor since they were young.

As the king’s health rapidly deteriorated recently, the competition intensified, and currently the most likely candidate is the youngest prince.

Originally, he was considered to have the lowest probability because he was the youngest and the only son of the second queen.

But a few years ago, he rapidly rose to prominence by demonstrating academic and martial arts skills that surpassed his older brothers.

The father-in-law of that youngest prince, and at the same time his teacher in academics and martial arts, was Duke Capulet.

If the youngest prince was designated as the successor, Duke Capulet would undoubtedly become the real power of the next government, and if that happened, J Bank would……I will omit further details.

The probability of the youngest prince being designated as successor was over 90%.

In other words, the probability of J Bank’s stock price plummeting through the floor and into the basement was also over 90%.

There was no reason not to invest.

And H Construction.

H Construction’s profitability was already deteriorating due to intensifying competition in the construction industry.

In the midst of that, they recently suffered a large deficit because a large-scale historical site was discovered on the land they purchased to build a housing complex, and it was designated as a cultural property protection area.

Furthermore….

According to my father, who had done business with H Construction before, the president of H Construction has a good personality but is incompetent.

Therefore, H Construction was highly likely to see its situation worsen rather than overcome the current crisis.

Again, there was no reason not to invest.

First, I went to the Amelia Stock Exchange and bought shares of H Construction.

Then I headed to Veil Bank, the royal family’s main bank.

Since H Construction was a domestic company listed on the Amelia Stock Exchange, I could directly buy and sell its shares at the exchange.

However, since J Bank was a foreign company, I had to use a bank’s brokerage services to buy and sell J Bank’s shares.

Because I couldn’t go directly to the exchange in Rus.

It was a moment when I particularly missed my pre-transmigration life, where I could buy any amount of foreign stocks with just a click on a computer or phone.

As I was returning after completing the investments, a thought suddenly occurred to me.

‘Something like what happened with Canin won’t happen again, right…’

An uneasy feeling arose, but it quickly subsided.

‘A bolt from the blue wouldn’t strike twice in a row, right…’

***

Youngest Prince of Rus Kingdom Ascends Throne Three Days After Being Named Successor

Prince Petar announced that he would inherit the name used by his royal father and use Victor III as his royal name……

This was an article published in the newspaper a week after I received news from the broker that the purchase of J Bank shares was complete.

‘Now J Bank’s stock price has nowhere to go but down.’

But within a few days, the situation flowed in a completely different direction from my expectations.

[Lovers of the Century Finally Receive Families’ Blessings]

The two who had to flee their families and homeland to protect their love.

The two protagonists of the love story of the century that moved many people, Robert Jelonte and Julia Capulet, have returned to the arms of their families.

This is thanks to their son, Mateo Jelonte, who was born recently.

On the 3rd, Robert and Julia visited their homeland, the Kingdom of Rus, with Mateo, and the parents of both families, who saw their young grandson for the first time, had their ice-cold hearts melted by the grandson’s cuteness and decided to formally approve their relationship.

Accordingly, the two who had defected to the Bransia Empire were able to return to their homeland with their son, and they were also able to formally hold the wedding ceremony they had postponed, saying they would wait until their families blessed them.

Meanwhile, as this news spread……

‘Wait a minute.

If this continues……’

An ominous premonition flashed through my mind.

I immediately rushed to Veil Bank and asked them to sell J Bank’s shares as quickly as possible.

But…

Before Veil Bank’s message even reached Rus, the news that my ominous premonition was not wrong arrived first.

[J Bank Selected as ‘The King’s Bank’… Stock Price Soars]

J Bank of the Kingdom of Rus has been selected as the royal family’s main bank, the so-called ‘The King’s Bank’.

The market speculates that Duke Capulet, who is considered the real power of the new government as the father-in-law and teacher of Victor III, was behind J Bank, which was only third in the industry, surpassing the first and second place holders to become the King’s Bank.

It is said that Duke Capulet showed consideration for the Jelonte family, with whom he formally became in-laws, and helped J Bank to be selected as the King’s Bank.

In connection with this, rumors are even circulating that Duke Capulet demanded that his son-in-law, Robert Jelonte, be appointed as the next bank president in return, and J Bank’s stock price is rapidly rising.

‘Does this even make sense……’

The false accusations didn’t end there.

A few days later.

As soon as a senior colleague returned from lunch, he rushed over to me and shouted in a booming voice that everyone in the bureau could hear.

“Did you hear the news?

H Construction discovered a large-scale hot spring near the site where the historical ruins were found?”

At that, people instantly gathered around.

“Is that really true?”

“Is that reliable information?”

“It is!

The water quality is said to be the best ever, and the location is fantastic as it overlooks the historical site.

H Construction just announced that they will create a large-scale hot spring complex with the catchphrase ‘Enjoy hot springs with the breath of ancient civilization’.”

“If they link it with the historical site, a huge number of tourists will flock there.”

“So now H Construction’s stock price is rising like crazy.”

As soon as those words came out, everyone who was talking looked at me in unison, as if by prior agreement.

“Don’t tell me you predicted this too?”

“J Bank, and now H Construction…….

Investing in Canin in the first place wasn’t just a simple coincidence after all!”

“It wasn’t luck, it was skill!”

The people who had bet that my next investment would also succeed were beaming and patted my shoulder.

“You’re the man!”