After the Divorce, a Treasure Map Made Me a 1,000-Trillionaire Chapter 7
As soon as I got back to the goshiwon, I searched up White Soft.
And just from the search results, I immediately understood what kind of company it was.
It was a company I knew well.
In the past, they'd made a bunch of hit games, but for the last few years, they'd been on a steady decline, releasing one disappointing title after another.
“I used to play so many of their games when I was a kid.”
But would this company really go up...?
Then I noticed an article that caught my eye:
[White Soft’s New Game Set for Release Soon]
So that’s what was driving it up. Their upcoming game was being hyped, and that seemed to be the reason.
Now, how much money do I have...?
I opened my banking app to check my balance.
[Balance: ₩12,870,000]
Along with this, both my severance pay and this month’s salary were due to hit my account tomorrow.
That’ll bring it to about 30 million won.
If the middle-aged guy’s words were true and the stock went up 15%, that would be a 15% gain on 30 million won.
It was a nice sum. But it felt a bit… underwhelming.
I mean, I had already made ₩7.8 million from the lottery. And I’d spent over ₩100,000 just on meals while chasing this treasure.
Just ₩4.5 million didn’t feel like enough.
I needed more capital.
And hadn’t I already seen this mysterious treasure map work more than once?
It would go up. I was sure of it.
The more capital I had, the bigger the profit.
How much can I borrow...?
As I was opening my loan app, something suddenly hit me.
“Oh… right. I got fired.”
That’s right. I’d been fired, so getting a decent loan now would be tough.
“Sigh… What do I do now...”
I opened my stock trading app and looked up White Soft. Because it was a light stock, there weren’t any options or futures contracts available for it.
So that left me with one final choice:
Luckily, it was a margin-tradable stock, and I could trade up to 50% on margin.
“Should I go that far...? What if it drops instead...?”
I hesitated. But the answer was clear.
Screw it. Let’s do this like a real man.
Before the market opened, I applied for as much in loans as I could get.
The interest was a bit high, but strangely enough, it seemed my termination hadn't been fully processed yet, so the loan went through.
Combined with my salary and severance pay that hit this morning, my total balance was now ₩50 million.
Factoring in the 50% margin allowed, I could buy up to ₩100 million worth of stock.
I checked White Soft’s price in the HTS window.
“Am I really going to buy this…?”
Even though I had already made up my mind, I hesitated.
Over the past year, White Soft’s stock had lost two-thirds of its value.
Gamers had abandoned them. Investors ignored them. They were just another forgotten name buried in a corner of KOSDAQ.
In short—it wasn’t the kind of stock you’d bet on going up.
But then I shook my head.
“How long am I going to keep living like this?”
Without hesitation, I pulled the trigger.
I maxed out the margin and bought ₩100 million worth of White Soft stock.
Nothing much happened that day.
The price bounced around a bit before settling at ₩10,000—up ₩200.
Since margin payments had to be covered within two trading days, it had to go up before Tuesday.
Please go up… please...
All weekend, I couldn’t even eat properly.
I mean—come on. I’d just borrowed ₩20 million.
It would be weird if I wasn’t nervous.
But all my anxiety was for nothing.
The treasure map didn’t lie.
Saturday morning, White Soft surprisingly released their upcoming game early. It had been scheduled for next week.
It was a relaunch of a game they’d made two years ago but had pulled from service for various reasons.
At first, the reaction was mostly negative.
Experts scoffed: “Who’d play a remade game that already flopped?”
But once it launched, White Revive went viral.
Cute art. Decent monetization. Charming characters.
Everyone was saying White Soft had come back with a vengeance.
By Monday morning, White Revive had rocketed to the #1 spot in the new mobile games ranking.
The dopamine hit me like a freight train.
There was no way this stock wouldn’t go up now.
I opened my laptop and waited for the market to open.
At exactly 9 a.m., the market opened.
At first, White Soft’s price moved sluggishly.
[White Soft: ₩11,000 — +10%] [White Soft: ₩11,500 — +15%]
Not even 30 minutes in, it had already hit the 15% increase that man had mentioned.
Should I sell now...?
That was the number he told me. 15%.
But this… this surge wasn’t something you cashed out of so early.
Selling now would be plain stupid.
I moved my mouse away from the sell button.
Thirty minutes later, at 10 a.m., the stock started to dip.
[White Soft: ₩10,800 — +8%]
Do I sell now? Panic began to creep in.
Just as I was about to hover over the sell button again, my phone buzzed with alerts.
[White Soft: ₩11,000 — +10%] [White Soft: ₩11,800 — +18%] [White Soft: ₩12,400 — +24%]
This all happened in under five minutes.
A big player had clearly joined the game.
When it hit +24%, I was about to sell.
But I didn’t have to.
[White Soft: ₩13,000 — +30%]
It hit the upper limit.
I did a quiet little victory cheer and sold everything right then and there.
[Balance: ₩132,653,061]
Even after repaying the loan and covering the margin, I had over ₩60 million left.
That meant I’d earned ₩30 million in one day.
I normally don’t swear, but I couldn’t help myself. I screamed it out loud.
This was almost equivalent to an entire year’s salary.
Of course I was overjoyed.
For a moment I worried that someone in the next room might complain like last time, but thankfully, it was the middle of the day, and it seemed nobody was around.
I couldn’t help but let out a giggle—like some kind of weirdo.
Just then, my phone started to vibrate.
I checked the screen and saw the name of the person I hated most.
I thought about ignoring it… but curiosity got the better of me.
As soon as I answered, Hyerin demanded an apology.
“Well? Regret calling me names now? How about apologizing while you still can?”
This bitch really had a talent for ruining someone’s mood.
“If you kneel down and apologize, I might ask Junghoon oppa to cancel your termination and place you in one of our subsidiaries.”
She spoke as if she were offering me charity.
“Oh yeah? So if I just say sorry, you’ll make it all disappear?”
“Exactly. Consider it my final gift to you. Don’t forget—if Daesan Group blacklists you, you’ll never find another job.”
I still can’t believe I survived years with this woman.
I held my breath, then screamed so loud her ears must’ve burst.
“Apologize? Lady, get your head checked!!!”
And I made sure to use the one word that got under her skin the most.
“What… what did you just call me…? Lady?! Hey! KANG CHAN!!! Are you out of your mind?! I swear I’m going to ruin you! You and your stupid... Daesan Group—”
She wouldn’t stop screeching, so I muted the call.
After five minutes, I let out another scream and hung up.
“You crazy bitch! I don’t need a damn thing from you, so don’t ever call me again!”
She screamed something else before the call dropped, but I didn’t care.
Letting that out felt like ten years’ worth of stress had just evaporated.
But unlike the last time I quit my job, I didn’t feel anxious.
Because this time, I had ₩60 million in the bank—and that mysterious treasure map.
Now then... what’s next?
Up until this morning, the map had been blank.
But right after I sold the White Soft stock, new text appeared.
[Treasure Map] [LV002 – Stage 1] [Hint: The last magic drawn on a paper inside the red signboard that secretly rewrites history from within dusty memories.] [Location: Gwanak District]
It was clear now—the treasure had to be liquidated into actual cash before the next clue appeared.
I was starting to understand the system.
Once you find the third-stage treasure, your level goes up. And when your level increases, the search area expands too.
I couldn’t stop smiling.
And the higher your level...
The bigger the treasures get.
Based on the pattern so far, the next treasure was likely worth at least ₩20 million.
Grandpa really did leave me something absolutely insane.