Chung-seop Jo sat across from Seong-ho with a haggard face.

"Representative. Have you heard what the market situation is like right now?"

"I've got ears and eyes too, so how could I not know?"

"You know, and yet… how can you be so at ease?"

"Is there some reason for me to be alarmed or flustered?"

Seong-ho smiled softly at Chung-seop and handed him a cup of tea.

"As far as I know, Silla Future Asset has no reason to be flustered either — or am I wrong?"

Taking the cup Seong-ho handed him in both hands and setting it before him, Chung-seop nodded with an awkward expression.

"Thanks to you, we got out ahead of time, so we've taken no damage either… but the market… it's all about to fall apart… so I'm quite worried."

"It falls apart and comes back to life, then falls apart again. Isn't that what the market is? Don't worry so much."

Chung-seop, his cup set before him, gazed right at Seong-ho.

Seong-ho, who'd been savoring his tea, set his cup down and asked Chung-seop,

"Is there something on my face?"

"Is the market really… falling apart?"

Chung-seop asked with worry in his voice, yet on the other hand a voice full of anticipation.

And Seong-ho caught, from Chung-seop's voice, what Chung-seop wanted.

"Looks like you want to buy?"

At Seong-ho's question, Chung-seop answered at once, without waiting.

"Honestly… yes. I want to buy."

After his answer, Chung-seop laid out his candid thoughts.

"It's down thirty percent from the peak now. I think this is enough of a correction. I was wondering whether it might be time to move in and buy around here…"

Chung-seop stated his thinking, then looked at Seong-ho cautiously and asked,

"…Isn't it?"

Seong-ho lifted his cup, drank his tea slowly, and opened his mouth.

"Representative Jo, do you trust me?"

"Of course. If I don't trust you, Representative, who would I trust? I'm your number-one fan, after all."

Chung-seop was one of the few people who'd watched, with his own two eyes, what Seong-ho had accomplished at his side.…