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part thirty nine
POSTING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF USERS IS A SERIOUS TOS VIOLATION. PLEASE DON'T DO IT
POSTING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF USERS IS A SERIOUS TOS VIOLATION. PLEASE DON'T DO IT
POSTING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF USERS IS A SERIOUS TOS VIOLATION. PLEASE DON'T DO IT
Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-07-14 11:53 am (UTC)(link)By some minor miracle, though, SM Entertainment pulls out of its nosedive into bankruptcy. Its stock prices skyrocket, and if Jongin weren't too busy worrying about how fucked his portfolio is, he'd probably have realized he should've been worrying about something completely different. He texts Sehun and arranges a meet-up to discuss their next moves. "Your connections fucking suck, Jongin," Sehun says flatly. "A coffee date isn't exactly going to make it up to me, you know."
"Look, I'm in the exact same position you are," Jongin replies. "I have no idea what happened either."
Sehun sighs sharply and rubs his temples. "Forget espressos, what I really need right now is a shot of good, strong whisky," he mutters. "Anyway -- what are we going to do next, Jongin?"
"SMent is a sunk cost at this point, we should move onto the next ship," Jongin says.
"Yes, I know that much, Jongin. I passed Financial Investment 101 too," Sehun says snippily.
Jongin stifles a sigh and lets Sehun's tone pass without comment. "Kyungsoo hyung said that he had a contact in China making a lot of money right now," he says. "I'm going to go after that and see if it's worth it." There's a pause, and then he adds, "Relax, Sehun. We're both still doing well for ourselves, aren't we? We'll get back on track, even if it takes a while longer than expected."
He doesn't miss the moment of hesitation before Sehun says, "Yeah, of course."
A good friend probably would've pressed the point, asked if something were wrong. Instead, Jongin calls Joonmyun and asks if he's free for dinner sometime that week. "I had a meeting tomorrow, but it was canceled. Shall I schedule you in?" Joonmyun replies.
"Please do," Jongin says. As usual, Joonmyun's idea of dinner is a restaurant that serves dishes that are preposterously tiny and extraordinarily expensive washed down with vintage wines. As usual, Jongin's idea of dinner is the first step in maneuvering Joonmyun into a fancy hotel room bed and subtly stripping away his secrets.
Unlike usual, though, Joonmyun is rather quiet post-coitus. "It's amazing, what happened to SM," Jongin comments, attempting to steer Joonmyun into conversation.
"Yes," Joonmyun replies simply. "It is amazing. I can't believe it myself."
It's all Jongin can get out of him. He tries not to let his irritation show, and settles in for a round two to mask his disappointment.
When he leaves the hotel (after Joonmyun, as always, in an attempt to at least be somewhat subtle), he's intercepted by a pair of men. One is tall, the other short. "Hi," says the short one. "Nice to meet you."
"I don't have conversations with strangers," Jongin says, and attempts unsuccessfully to side-step them.
"But we know plenty about you, Kim Jongin," the tall one replies, smiling very widely as he blocks Jongin's attempt at getting away.
Jongin measures his options carefully. "Since you know my name, it's only polite to give me yours," he says slowly.
"I'm Baekhyun, that's Chanyeol. You can do the rest of the research yourself," the first one says. "We're just here to give you a friendly hello."
and that's all i've got for now but at any rate in my head, baekyeol are on joonmyun's "side" but are also probably attempting to use him, poor suho (or is he using them all? it is a mystery)
Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-07-14 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-07-15 05:12 am (UTC)(link)Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-07-15 07:49 am (UTC)(link)"So we hear you're something of an up and coming hotshot investor," Chanyeol says with a dumb smirk on his face. "We've taken note of your portfolio over the last couple of months, and let's just say we were… intrigued. First quarter earnings were through the roof, but second quarter, not so much…"
Jongin was starting to feel a little hot under the collar. "I made a few bad decisions, I'll admit…"
"Short selling the stocks of SME? Now that's not a mistake an experienced investor would make."
Baekhyun lights a cigarette, and blows smoke in Jongin's general direction. "We were also interested in your remarkable source of captial. 500k doesn't grow on trees, as they say."
"There's nothing illegal about using money from my own pocket," Jongin replies, his voice as emotionless as he can make it.
Baekhyun and Chanyeol fix their gazes on him. Baekhyun continues. "My father had a dream… a dream for a free country that flourishes on the hard work of its citizens, honest and fair trade. An economy that isn't tainted by the corruption of the chaebols…"
"What he's saying," Chanyeol butts in, "is that we eat inside traders for breakfast."
"In that case you have no business with me," Jongin says confidently and pushes past. The two men watch him go.
"Have a nice day, Kim Jongin," Chanyeol calls.
When Jongin makes it around the next block, his phone rings. It's Kyungsoo.
"Hey Jongin, I'm flying to Shanghai tomorrow. Are you in or are you in?"
...lol what is this.
Re: da
(Anonymous) 2013-07-15 11:24 am (UTC)(link)He can almost see Kyungsoo closing his eyes and sighing, shaking his head slightly. "Until the end of this phone call," he replies.
Jongin has always prided himself on being able to think fast under pressure, but the encounter with Misters Tall and Short has left him more on edge than he wants to admit. He pinches the bridge of his nose and wonders if Sehun might still be up for that shot of whisky. "Next time, then," he says. When I don't have a pair of watchdogs following my every move, he thinks to himself.
"Your loss," Kyungsoo says, and Jongin is greeted with the apathetic sound of the dial tone. It's just like him, Jongin thinks, but that doesn't stop it from being annoying.
"I made a new friend," Sehun tells him, cutting Jongin off as he attempts to warn him to watch his steps. "His name's Lu Han, and his connections suck way less than hours."
"That's nice, but can you listen to me for a sec --"
"I'm having a meeting with him right now," Sehun interrupts. "Call me back later, Jongin.
Jongin goes to get drinks by himself that night.
ty other writernon for writing with me ;~~;
also ty to other anons who are reading u///u