At the Ilhyeon Securities executive meeting, Executive Director Mun-guk Oh presented the results relating to Buy Korea.

"As of now, the Buy Korea fund has broken past 300,000 subscribers and 500,000 accounts. The pace of subscriber growth is on a steady upward trend, and this trend is expected to continue for some time."

The Ilhyeon Securities executives present listened closely to Mun-guk Oh. Nothing mattered more to Ilhyeon Securities than Buy Korea, so their eyes and ears were fixed on him.

"The fund total has reached roughly 300 billion won so far. Full-scale management of the fund will begin next week, and we plan to disclose the fund's performance daily through public filings."

"We take the fund-management starting point as 100 and announce it every day at 9 o'clock — that must not be forgotten."

"Yes. We'll calculate it rigorously, down to the second decimal place, for the announcement."

Seong-ho nodded and gestured for Mun-guk Oh to sit. Then he addressed the other assembled executives.

"A large sum has gathered in a short span, and the number of accounts has exploded. But we mustn't be satisfied here. I ask you all to focus on breaking one million accounts and one trillion won before the year is out."

"One trillion…"

Along with a short gasp, the words one trillion slipped quietly from someone's mouth. To them, breaking one trillion won within the year sounded like a dream.

But what was a dream to some was reality to another. Seong-ho looked at the executives, who harbored doubts about whether it was possible, and said,

"It is by no means an impossible target. If anything, it's a target set as realistically as it could be."

Seong-ho turned to Managing Director Ji-ho Yu, who was in charge of Ilhyeon Group's public relations, and said,

"The effect Buy Korea is showing will only grow greater from here. Roll out the second advertisement we've prepared, as well."

"Yes, understood."

Managing Director Ji-ho Yu answered with a slightly flushed expression. Others might not, but from the standpoint of Ji-ho Yu, the man in charge of PR, he…