The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 205



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Early morning.

People gathered at the American Trust headquarters.

Financiers who are said to be flying out of New York.

They were all currently waiting eagerly for Lee Kang.

“hey….”

“yes?”

“I’m just saying this because I’m bored of waiting. Can you bring me a newspaper from downstairs?”

A middle-aged man with a full mustache asks a young man who just entered the interview waiting room to run an errand for him.

hereto.

The young man showed the visitor’s card he was holding and revealed that he was also an interviewee.

“Oh! I’m sorry. You look so young that I didn’t think you were the same interviewee. I must have mistook you for an interview assistant.”

A middle-aged man stood up and offered a handshake.

Since this was also meant as an apology the middle-aged man introduced himself very politely.

“That’s James Gyllenhaal. He works at the Bank of Hanover.”

“This is Joseph Kennedy.”

As I just revealed my name and remained silent Gillenhall tilted his head slightly.

This is because it is customary for financiers to mention their own affiliations.

To this Kennedy quickly added:

“I’m still a student.”

“ah….”

The interviewee who was the weakest in many ways entered the interview waiting room.

Everyone was bored while waiting.

The gathered interviewees began to join in the conversation with expressions of approval.

“Kennedy?”

“If it’s Kennedy isn’t that an Irish surname?”

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“I guess you immigrated from over there.”

“By the way I heard that Ireland is a place full of freckled people with bright red ginger hair?”

“That’s right.”

“Ah! I went there once when I was little. It was such a poor place that they only served potato stew. Is it still the same now?”

A slightly malicious sarcasm filled the waiting room.

But everyone was talking about it as if it were some kind of sophisticated black humor.

This era.

Because there was such a perception of Irish immigrants and prejudice against Catholics.

It’s a very natural reaction.

Kennedy sat down without rebutting looking a little resigned.

Then they continued to provoke Kennedy.

“By the way did you happen to get your interview room mixed up?”

“That’s right. I heard that the interviews for general employees are held two floors below.”

As the provocations continued Kennedy decided he had to silence them.

Is that why?

He chuckled and began to open his mouth again.

“I like you am a candidate for the new executive officer of the American Trust.”

Kennedy pulled out the ultimate secret weapon.

“Isn’t it true that this prince the owner of this company invited me a young and fresh-faced person here because he had a plan? Do you think this prince would have accepted me without any plan?”

This is the interview location.

Not a bar.

It meant that while they could joke around while waiting it wasn’t a place where they could gossip about their future employees.

“….”

“….”

The interviewees gathered here also knew this well.

After Kennedy’s last words the interview room became quiet again.

“Good morning thank you for waiting for a long time.”

Just then the interviewer appeared in the waiting area.

He encouraged those gathered inside to stretch and loosen up their bodies.

“The prince has just arrived at your interview room. Everyone please stand up and take your personal belongings. Please check them one more time before you leave as you may lose them if you leave them behind.”

The interviewer handed out name tags to the waiting candidates.

“Oh! And. Here are the name tags. Please make sure to wear them until you leave the interview room.”

This was distributed because group interviews not one-on-one interviews will be conducted.

It was very rare for group interviews to be conducted during executive interviews but it was necessary to do so at the discretion of the prospective employer.

Without a word they began to wear the name tags that had just been handed out on their chests.

* * *

Today I will meet several people.

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Since there was one person I was looking forward to I looked through the documents to see who would be coming in this time.

‘There they come in.’

As the person I had been watching appeared I began to concentrate my mind and put strength into my whole body.

“Please start by introducing yourself.”

As Choi Hyun-woo who was sitting next to me began to speak the interviewees each began to appeal to me about their own resumes.

One by one.

After the self-introductions it was the turn of the young man sitting at the very back.

“Hello. My name is Joseph Patrick Kennedy. I am currently attending Harvard and will graduate this May.”

The man who ranks last on the resume.

A guy who goes to Harvard but has no work experience.

“I have a rough idea of ​​your abilities from the documents you submitted and the reference calls. I will just ask you a few questions.”

It is unfortunate that I was invited to this position despite my lack of experience compared to other executive applicants.

This was because Joseph Kennedy was one of the most famous investors in American history.

‘If history goes by he’ll graduate this year and take over a local bank next year. That’ll be a huge hit.’

Moreover his second son is the youngest man to become President of the United States.

That Kennedy famous as a handsome president is this man’s son.

‘Even if it’s for the sake of the future…’

Like Roosevelt he is one of those people with whom you absolutely must build good relationships.

‘Moreover you are the only one who could answer my question.’

When Livermore was just coming out of the Trust for America I was getting a bunch of resumes to fill in.

At that time the question of how the American Trust should respond was raised as a common question.

Almost exclusively he argued that investors should invest in the oil market rather than short selling and profit from rising oil prices.

‘I didn’t discover it at the time because it was cut out of the paperwork.’

It was a stroke of genius to find out if anyone had answered the question without short selling.

Because I found out that Joseph Kennedy applied to our company.

I exchanged glances with Kennedy and clasped my hands together.

After that I started asking him personal questions.

* * *

“That’s all.”

A year ago.

All the financiers in New York recommended shorting Standard Oil.

But Kennedy who was only a college student was different.

I asked him why he expected Standard Oil’s stock price to rise.

I was genuinely curious but I also wanted to let the interviewees gathered here know that Kennedy was the only one besides me who predicted this so that his reputation could spread a little on Wall Street.

“I heard you well.”

I nodded my head up and down with a satisfied expression on my face.

“That’s all for the questions I’ve roughly prepared. Oh let me change the position. Is there anything else you’re curious about?”

quiet.

Americans have a very developed debate culture so they seem to be willing to ask questions like crazy.

They are also human so they are very attentive to their employer’s opinion.

That’s why everyone made expressions as if they weren’t going to ask any additional questions.

Joseph Kennedy broke the silence by raising his hand.

“Mr. Kennedy. Ask me your questions.”

“Your Majesty the decision in March of last year forced Standard Oil to split up creating several subsidiaries.”

Kennedy asked me with a look of genuine curiosity on his face.

“The prince took over Sokal at that time.”

“That’s right.”

“If US Steel is also forced to split up would you consider acquiring one of the resulting subsidiaries again?”

Investment strategies are not something to be shared carelessly with others.

Because the price of the item I want to buy could go up unreasonably.

‘Look at that quiet thing.’

Those gathered in the interview room were all powerful practitioners on Wall Street.

The words of those who work on Wall Street are as light as a feather so what I say here today will surely leak out.

That’s why I had to speak very carefully.

“Well if it comes out cheaply… In my home country there’s a saying that people would even drink lye water if it was free. If it’s available for free there’s no reason not to take it over.”

It’s best to humor this question.

I had to accept it as a given and express that I wasn’t particularly interested.

That way when you really want to acquire them you can buy them cheaply.

“Oh it’s not like I’m really drinking lye. Then I’ll die. Don’t misunderstand.”

“Hahaha. That’s true.”

“Surely your Majesty would not do that?”

After bursting out in laughter.

I shared a glance with those gathered here.

Fortunately no one seems to misunderstand this strange thing.

I quickly opened my mouth and blurted out the following words.

“Does anyone have any additional questions for me?”

quiet.

The time has come to truly end it.

“Then let’s end the interview here for today.”

* * *

“This prince.”

“You…..”

“This is Joseph Kennedy. He was also the candidate for the position of Trust of America officer whom I had just interviewed.”

The interview ended a long time later.

Because there were more applicants.

Naturally I thought Kennedy had returned home.

“Yeah. I remember.”

I squinted my eyes and stopped in place.

“You didn’t go home right away so that means you have something to tell me. Yes. What business did you have waiting for me for? Since you have time ask me now.”

“Your Majesty you have chosen me as an unusual candidate for the executive position. First of all I would like to thank you for that.”

Kennedy nodded once and continued speaking.

“If we look at it objectively I’m not as competitive as others. I’m a Harvard student Irish and Catholic.”

There is no denying it.

Because the Irish were discriminated against in the early 20th century referred to as white blacks.

“I was told that the results would be out within the next week but if you don’t mind I would like to ask you Prince. What do you think of me?”

“Hmm. I guess you get the general idea.”

I spoke honestly.

“You’re out.”

“….”

“I think they’re going to pick someone else for the new executive position at American Trust.”

“Why?”

“Well he’s white he graduated from a prestigious university and his father is a federal senator. He’s a rare person to be the next executive director of America’s Trust.”

Kennedy is extremely disappointed.

I patted his shoulder and comforted him.

“Don’t be too disappointed. Instead I was thinking of offering you another position.”

“What position did you intend to offer me?”

“Have you ever heard of Chemical Bank?”

“Chemical Bank?”

“okay.”

“Isn’t the Chemical Bank one of the many American banks owned by the Rothschild Barons? It’s a fairly old investment bank established in New York.”

“Yes. Recently due to the Standard Oil short-selling scandal they have suffered a lot of losses and have been selling off a lot of valuable assets reducing their value significantly. They acquired it before I moved here.”

“Your Majesty?”

Because the news hasn’t fully spread through New York’s financial world yet.

Kennedy looked surprised.

“I’d like you to work there for a while… You could start out as an executive in corporate investment.”

“….”

“Why? Are you curious?”

“Yes. I never thought about it.”

I guess so.

I nodded as well and explained the reason to Kennedy.

“I am an occupying force. I need to give a fresh shock to the places where the Baron’s men are still abundant.”

“ah….”

“First of all Chemical Bank is nothing but an empty shell. In order to turn around the current situation where it is just a nameplate hanging there it needs to receive the full attention of public opinion.”

The American Trust is getting a lot of attention as the media reports that it had a large stake in Standard Oil.

Because the results prove that we are making good investments.

So there is no reason to go to extreme lengths to hire Kennedy.

But Chemical Bank was different.

“That’s true.”

“I’m going to promote you as the next Livermore because while everyone else was predicting the decline of Standard Oil because of the antitrust laws you were the only one who didn’t.”

Kennedy made a slightly sullen expression.

It could be because he’s surprised.

This may be because nothing concrete has been presented yet.

I quickly added some further explanation.

“Oh are you upset that I didn’t give you the representative position? I don’t think you can do it yet since you don’t have any experience yet.”

“….”

“In return I promise you this. If you show results I will give you the position of representative within a year.”

Our company’s unconventional personnel policy is already known to the world.

Didn’t I pick up a Livermore rolling around on the street?

I put strength into my throat and emphasized that Kennedy could have just stuck it in too.

“Let’s teach the market one thing together: the ability to make money is not a matter of race or religion but of vision for the future.”

Kennedy clenched his fist at this.

“Of course. Trust me and leave it to me.”

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