What Ilhyeon Heavy Industries had shown the world astonished a great many people.

Building a vessel on land by means of a Goliath crane lay far beyond anything anyone had imagined.

Faced with a reality that not even industry insiders had conceived of, the whole of shipbuilding was left reeling.

At Ilhyeon Securities' Myeongdong branch, the crowd gathered before the quote board could talk of nothing but Ilhyeon Heavy Industries.

"So the rumors about Ilhyeon Heavy Industries were all false, then?"

President Song tapped ash into the tray and opened the subject.

Sitting beside him, President Do nodded.

"That's what they're saying. There was a reason they bought that Goliath crane after all."

"Isn't that a rumor too?"

"Rumor, my foot! The Daehan Ilbo published the whole thing with photographs. They say it made an extraordinary showing at the trial run."

"Come on…"

President Song shook his head, still unconvinced.

"Is it the first time a company and a newspaper have joined hands to tell a lie?"

President Do gazed steadily at his emphatic friend.

Feeling the side of his face begin to sting, President Song turned.

"Wh-why are you looking at me like that?"

"I think I finally understand why you lose so much money in stocks. You're a man who shouldn't be in the market."

"What about me? Why shouldn't I be in the market?"

President Song bristled.

President Do answered calmly.

"You think negatively about everything. How can you possibly make money that way?"

"I'm not thinking negatively, I like to go safely. Is that a crime?"

President Song shifted in his seat and launched into his defense.

"They say tap the stone bridge before you cross it. Should you cross without knowing whether it's stone or rotted wood?"

President Do's pointed gaze continued, but President Song went on.

"A man should always be thinking about the worst case. That's how you're able to respond when the worst arrives. How can anyone think positively about everything? That's not optimism, that's idiocy."

Finished, and still not entirely settled, he put a cigarette in his mouth.

President Do kept…