Baek Ji-hwan stood in the glaring white lights of Hanzenith Capital's main conference hall, flanked by executives in tailored suits and his European model mistress, who radiated calculated warmth every time a camera panned her way. The city's financial press, a few select influencers, and hungry young reporters packed the rows, a standing-room crowd that buzzed with anticipation—this was the first public appearance since the divorce was finalized, and Baek intended to make it count.
The opening was pure bravado: Baek outlined Hanzenith's recent string of "unprecedented successes" in the crypto market, describing in careful detail their proprietary trading algorithms and the "strategic partnership" with Arrowpoint Capital out of Singapore, a name that carried real weight with last year's blockchain returns. His smile was practiced, his gaze never quite warm, but the room was rapt as he promised Hanzenith would soon place Korea at the center of the global financial future.
