America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 372 The Turbulent Peninsula·End

December 9, 2001.

Friday.

Seoul has a population of nearly 10 million. The total population of the area around Seoul (the capital area) is 20 million, which is close to 50% of Hanguo's population.

Located in the Gwanghwamun area in the center of Seoul, it is close to the Blue House.

Whether it is a CBD or a business district, it has always been a long-established facade in Seoul, and it has always been at the top of various lists.

The Gwanghwamun area is located north of the Han River, in a high-end office building.

Thirty-year-old Xu Dongbi, the first-generation Hanguo programmer, works in this office building.

This afternoon, it was obviously almost three hours before get off work.

But at Actoz Soft Game Company, people from several departments stopped what they were doing.

Among them is Xu Dongbi and his game UI screen design department.

The entire 15 employees in the design department were no longer in the mood to work after 2:30 this afternoon.

Under the leadership of the department head, Director Park.

Everyone in this game design department gathered together.

They were in front of several computer screens, looking at the colorful numbers, lines and frames.

"Ah, Dafa! Samsung products are over 10,000 yuan! I should buy more!"

"Hey Yigu. I shouldn't have bought Jeju Pharmaceutical! They are all pharmaceutical stocks. If I had bought Modern Pharmaceutical, I would have made at least 5 million more now!"

"Dong Bi is still great."

A senior in the department praised Xu Dongbi with a smile, "He has almost earned 100 million now! Apart from Director Park, he is the most powerful!"

"Yes, yes." Even Director Park praised Xu Dongbi, "Actually, Dongbi is more powerful. He only has a capital of more than 80 million, but he has already made almost 100 million. I am not the only one, my capital is all We have already invested 700 million yuan, but we have only made 200 million yuan now.”

I heard Director Park’s Versailles-like speech.

And he has actually invested 700 million into the stock market.

Everyone praised and praised Director Park for his strength.

Manager Park, who was praised by his subordinates, couldn't help but smile and wave his hands——

"No, no, I don't have that much money. I mortgaged my house to get so much money."

"Mortgage the house?"

Some people suddenly realized, yes, if the principal is not enough, you can get a loan or sell your house!

As an Internet practitioner, the prospects of the Internet were so good in the past few years.

Even though there was a financial crisis in Hanguo a few years ago. But they, the Internet practitioners in Han State, are living pretty well.

Like Xu Dongbi, he lost tens of millions during the 1998 financial crisis.

If this were the case for an ordinary Hanguo person, he might have been seriously injured and might even go bankrupt.

After all, at that time, the house prices in the better places in Seoul were less than 1.8 million won.

Tens of millions of won is already the value of 1/3 of a good house of 100 square meters in Seoul.

But Xu Dongbi still managed to bear it and paid off the debt in more than a year. In the third year, he saved enough for the down payment and then bought a house.

This is because he is one of the earliest programmers in Han Dynasty.

It happened to catch up with the overheating of the Internet in the past few years, and the wages and remuneration were frighteningly high. It was considered a group of people in Han State who had the best life at that time.

Although the Internet bubble burst last year, everyone's life was much more difficult.

But it's just a slight salary cut. Those who haven't been fired are still treated much better than in other industries.

In other words, everyone here is from the middle class and above who are living a relatively good life in Han State.

To put it simply, most of them, including Xu Dongbi, are homeowners...

Even if they can't afford the full payment, taking advantage of the lower housing prices in Seoul after the financial crisis, many people have put down down payments to buy homes in Seoul.

Now I heard that Manager Park actually sold houses and traded stocks, making nearly 200 million won in one week.

According to the current average house price in Seoul, which is about 2.5 million, it is equivalent to about 5 days a week for Director Park.

I have already earned a house of about 80 square meters in the Hanguo stock market.

Earning a house in five days, this rate of making money immediately made many people excited.

Even Seo Dong-pil.

Not to mention Actoz Soft company, people's hearts are floating.

That day was Friday, and after 4:30 pm that day, the Hanguo stock market closed.

That evening, the Ministry of Planning and Finance announced that Hanguo's economic GDP growth rate in 2001 was 4.9%, which was expected to be 4.5% and the previous value was 4%.

The department also announced that it expects economic growth in Hanoi next year, with an expected value of 7%.

This is lower than the 7.5% growth forecast given by Hanguo Bank and the 7.2% growth forecast of the Hanguo Development Institute, a national research institution.

But for all the people of Han State, this expectation given by the Ministry of Finance and Economics is actually a shot in the arm.

There are also multiple data that show that Han is the country with the fastest economic recovery after the Asian financial crisis among the member countries of the World Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Ernst \u0026 Young, a global accounting consulting company, also believes that Hanguo ranks 10th in the world based on the maturity of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M\u0026amp;A).

The news reported that night excited all the people of Han State.

It seems that the goal of joining the developed countries can be achieved right before our eyes.

But these reports made the owner of the blue house anxious.

"Yin Maoxi, what are you doing!!"

After the GDP forecast figures from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance were released.

Commander Jin immediately called the head of this department and the finance minister of Han State, Yin Maoxi, over and scolded him.

"You don't know that the Hanguo stock market is now overheated, and investors' enthusiasm for investment has exploded, which is already very dangerous. Don't you know?"

"At this time, you are actually announcing such good news? Do you want to create a stock bubble this time? Do you know how dangerous this is!!"

Yin Maoxi felt aggrieved because according to the original plan.

Since the 1998 financial crisis, in order to boost national confidence and increase foreign investors' enthusiasm for Hanguo.

Since 1999, the Ministry of Planning and Finance has been accustomed to making public the GDP figures for the year, which are usually released in the second year, at the end of that year.

By the way, the expected GDP growth figures for next year have also been made public.

This has become a habit and is a practice to promote the country's economy.

This year’s plan, like last year, is to be announced in early December.

However, due to special circumstances, Commander Jin requested that the announcement be postponed this time.

When the time is right, we will announce it to the public.

Wait until the Hanguo stock market calms down before announcing this great good news.

Yin Maoxi also obeyed Commander Jin's orders. Of course he would listen to the boss's words.

Based on this, the Ministry of Planning and Finance probably won’t announce it as planned today.

But many times, many things cannot be done according to the ideas of those in power.

Like now, the Ministry of Planning and Finance has released this information to the outside world according to the original plan.

This is not because Yin Maoxi is disobedient, but because the people under Yin Maoxi left alone.

His deputy, the deputy director of the Ministry of Planning and Finance, and Kim Jong-soo, the president of Hanguo Bank, announced this information together.

But they did so, and Yin Maoxi couldn't blame them.

Because according to the plan, these two people were supposed to announce the news today.

Yin Maoxi's mistake was that he did not execute Commander Jin's order in time and allowed these two people to succeed alone, resulting in the current situation.

After listening to Yin Maoxi's explanation, Commander Jin looked at this guy.

He was guessing that this guy might also be involved.

Commander Jin knew that the things were probably done by those chaebols!

They were the only ones who could get Yin Maoxi and Jin Zhongxiu to cooperate like this.

"It's obvious. Yin Maoxi, your deputy and Jin Zhongxiu left alone! They took refuge with those insects!"

Commander Jin said angrily.

He can't fall out with Yin Maoxi yet unless he finds a new replacement.

Commander Jin can only endure it a little now.

Yin Maoxi asked cautiously: "What should we do now? Everything has been announced. Kim Zhongxiu and Park Pyongra have finished their press conferences."

Commander Jin thought to himself, what else could he do now?

Can it be taken back? If it is taken back, who will believe the government next time it announces data like this to boost the economy?

What's more, these data released by the Ministry of Planning and Finance are all real predictions.

They were indeed very helpful in boosting Han's national confidence and stimulating the morale of the people.

It just shouldn't show up at this time.

When such news appears at this time, it is equivalent to airdropping another 1 million tons of gasoline on the Hanguo stock market, which was originally a crater.

The temperature will only get higher, or even explode. At this time, it will be impossible to lower it.

I have been working hard for a week and done a lot of work.

However, many tasks were secretly distorted by the chaebols. As a result, Commander Jin, who did not get any good results in the end, just felt very tired.

"With this group of insects, how can you be a good manager of Han State?"

Looking at Yin Moxi, Commander Kim, who has only been in office for more than a year, has always had a bad relationship with the chaebol.

At this time, he had some thoughts in his heart that were very dangerous to the Han people.

And when Commander Jin was thinking of a plan.

In a high-rise residential building in Seongnae-dong, Seojiangdong District, the capital of Han Kingdom.

Seo Dong-pil was in a happy mood after just watching MBC TV's financial program.

Received a call from his immediate boss, Director Park.

"Dongpil! Did you see it? Hahaha, this year's GDP is 4.9%!! Next year it is expected to be 7%

! ! Dafa, our Dahan country is about to become a developed country! ! Ha ha ha ha……"

On the phone, Director Park laughed loudly.

The smile on Xu Dongbi's face here is also big.

Both of them, who had already invested heavily in the stock market, knew that after such news was announced.

The Hanguo stock market will definitely be inspired by this and burst out with greater enthusiasm.

The country's economy is so good, shouldn't the stock market also become stronger?

If you look at the United States or Neon, both countries' economies are doing well, and the stock market is also doing well.

Is the Han Congress an exception? !

This is what Seo Dong-pil thinks, and so does Manager Park.

The vast majority of stock investors in the world think so...

"No more. Dongbi, I'll treat you to dinner next time. I want to go back to my hometown in Busan and see if I can borrow some money from a private bank!" Manager Park said.

"Ah, Director Park. Do you want to borrow a loan shark?" Xu Dongbi said in surprise.

"Dafa! Borrow more and land it directly this time. If I make enough 1 billion won, I will quit my job and start my own business!"

Manager Park said enthusiastically.

"Forehead……"

Xu Dongbi was speechless.

He felt that compared to the brave and decisive Manager Park, who only dared to invest his savings, he was a scumbag.

No wonder someone who is not much older than me can still be a supervisor.

But I can only be a programmer.

"Dong Bi, that's it. When I open a company, I'll ask you to come over and be the supervisor! I bought a ticket for nine o'clock in the evening, and I'm going to take the train! Bye~~"

Manager Park hung up the phone.

Xu Dongbi, who was already excited by the news, looked at the TV screen and scolded Fang Qiu's financial experts.

Xu Dongbi gritted his teeth, found the phone book, and quickly found a number in it.

"Hey, Mr. Kim? Hello, I'm Seo Dong-pil. The year before last, I was the one who bought a house from you. The one who bought a house in Seongnae-dong, Gangdong-gu."

"You remember? Yes, that's me. That's right, I..."

Under the continuous stimulation, it was mainly due to the leadership of Director Park.

Xu Dongbi was frightened by the 1998 financial crisis and regained his composure.

This time he also decided to try his best!

The next day, December 10th.

Saturday.

The Hanguo stock market is closed.

The three major newspapers "Joongjoong Ilbo", "Chosun Ilbo" and "Donga Ilbo" founded by the Hanguo chaebol have good news one after another.

[...In order to realize comprehensive digital broadcasting and high-quality communication services, Hanguo Communications Company KT plans to launch the Olleh1 communication satellite from a space center in South America on the 30th of this month. 】

[...Hanguo STX Group has begun construction of 200,000 houses in Ghana, Africa. This is an infrastructure construction project worth US$10 billion. 】

[…Hanguo Xiandai Heavy Industry has received an order to manufacture 10 13,100-ton containers from Hapag-Lloyd, Germany’s largest shipping company. 】

On the two days of the 10th and 11th, a large number of Hanguo financial programs were also optimistic about Hanguo's economy and Hanguo's stock market.

For example, SBS's "Maeil News Broadcasting" program invited expert Uhm Seo-soo from the investment strategy department of Hana Investment Securities.

Please ask this expert to comment on the current Hanguo stock market and Hanguo economy.

On the show, expert Yan Shuzhu said:

"Hanguo's stock index once fell below 500 points in October 1998. But that is history. Now, driven by the investment boom of foreign investors, Hanguo's stock market has risen to 1,850 points this Friday. .Creating a new high since 1998..."

Expert Yan Shuzhu is very optimistic about the Hanguo stock market, both internally and externally. He ultimately believes that the Hanguo stock market should be able to maintain a level of around 2,000 points for a long time.

It was also said that this was decided based on the national economic level and development of Han State.

This means that based on the current economic situation of Han State, the stock market should be this high.

It would be abnormal if it were not this high.

In other words, expert Yan Shuzhu believes that the Hanguo stock market can at least rise by more than 100 points in the future.

Of course, in the sound of applause, which is good for the Hanguo stock market.

It is not that there are no discordant sounds.

Like Jin Xiaozhong, the beloved leader of the Han people.

He believed that Han people should be more cautious and not take too many risks or invest too much. The current stock market situation is too irrational.

You can invest, but stock market investment should not be your main business.

If you want to truly live a good life, you should work hard.

The state media follows the lead of the Blue House.

These two days also went against the general trend of the entire Han Kingdom.

They have been persuading people in Han Dynasty in many aspects not to blindly invest in the stock market, saying that overheating of the stock market will be dangerous and so on.

The appearance of this voice calmed down some of the Hanguo stockholders who had already gone crazy.

But other media soon came out, saying that this year’s GDP is 4.9% and next year’s expected 7%. Such exaggerated figures were also said by Qingfang House itself.

Qingfangfang and Commander Jin gave such super good news.

Now I’m here to remind everyone not to overinvest.

What does this mean?

How can any country with such a good economy lose money in the stock market?

Under the guidance of some people.

Hanguo investors generally believe that.

Either the GDP figures announced by Qingfangfang are fake, and they are all lies. The national economy and stock market are not as good as they seem.

Either Qing Fang Fang is cooperating with the chaebols and wants to monopolize most of the benefits brought about by Han Guo's economic development!

For a while, the green house was put up on the wall, and it was not good to say anything.

The two sides have been bickering online, in the media, and in real life.

Finally, on Saturday and Sunday, two days of emotions brewed.

Stimulated by various news and sounds.

December 12, 2001.

As soon as the Hanguo stock market opened in the morning, it took less than two hours.

Hanguo's most important stock index, the KOSPI index, instantly exceeded 1880.50 points.

The KOSDAQ index also exceeded 400 points for the first time.

This number marks the first time since the Nasdaq bubble burst last year that the Kosdaq index has returned to a peak of 400 points.

At a glance, it can be said that the situation in Hanguo stock market is booming.

In various sectors, the market has hit new highs.

There were some concerns at first, but the Hanguo investors who were frightened by Qing Fang Fang's reminder and voice no longer hesitated.

As the saying goes, everyone adds fuel to the fire, you invest 1 million and I invest 5 million.

With the support of millions of Chinese leeks.

The KOSPI index exceeded 1900 points that day and closed at 1909.9 points, setting a historical record...

Before the 1998 financial crisis, the KOSPI index was at its highest at 1901.5 points.

That night.

First, in the Gwanghwamun area, in the busy commercial street nearby.

In a bar.

Actoz Soft Game Company, 15 employees of the game UI interface design department plus the supervisor gathered in the bar to celebrate.

"Dafa! I wish everyone a prosperous stock market, make money, make money, and make a lot of money! Hahahaha - I invite you tonight!"

Manager Park put his feet on the seat and shouted excitedly.

Including Xu Dongbi, everyone greeted him happily and everyone was happy.

Everyone drank a lot tonight, ate a lot, and didn't leave until late.

So much so that when Manager Park was checking out, he swiped his credit card——

Click, 2.79 million is gone!

This amount of money is almost equivalent to about half of Director Park's salary.

According to the current market situation, if converted into US dollars, it would be more than 2,000 US dollars.

Even in the United States, consumption can be said to be a bit high.

Mainly because there were a lot of people tonight, the drinks everyone drank were not cheap, and they also ate a lot of Korean beef barbecue.

But Manager Park looked at the credit card statement and didn't care at all.

It’s less than 2.8 million won. He made more than 30 million in one day today!

Totally affordable.

The next day, Tuesday, December 13th.

Tuesday was originally a working day, and Director Park had to go to work.

But last night, he drank too much.

I can't wake up at all today.

I slept until about 10 a.m. when I was woken up by a call from the general manager of Actoz Soft Game Company and the legal representative Choi Suxiong.

As soon as the call was connected, Cui Zhuxiong, as the boss, naturally cursed.

Manager Park waited for him to finish scolding, then said lazily:

"Hey, President Cui, why are you so anxious...I drank too much last night and went to bed late. Everyone may be like this."

Manager Park didn't say it was okay, but he became even more angry when he mentioned boss Choi Suxiong.

It turned out that Park was in charge of their entire department, fifteen people. Only 5 people came to work on time today, and their mental state was particularly bad. They stayed up late and didn't sleep well at first sight.

There are still 6 people who are late, and the other 4 people, including Director Park, have not gone to work yet.

Hearing that Cui Suxiong was still cursing on the phone, Manager Park got angry and yelled back. His attitude was fierce and his words were very unpleasant. He almost pointed at the boss's nose and told him to die.

After a fierce scolding, Manager Park heard Cui Suxiong's cold and angry voice on the phone - "You're fired!"

Manager Park, who had long disliked Choi Suxiong's behavior, wanted to scold him back.

The phone was hung up over there.

"Huh, I didn't want to work for a long time! Now I can earn four or five months' salary in one day, who wants to continue to be a dog!!" Manager Park was indignant.

But he felt a little weak after all, and now he couldn't sleep.

Just turn on your computer and take a look at your stock account.

It shows that in less than an hour today, his account made a profit of 5.75 million won.

After reading it, Manager Park breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmph, you can earn a month's salary in half an hour! Who has to go to work? Hmph!!"

After reading it, Manager Park turned his cell phone into silent mode so as not to be woken up.

Then he continued to lie back on the bed.

I drank too much last night and felt uncomfortable, so I continued to sleep.

When he woke up again, it was already past three in the afternoon.

Manager Park woke up leisurely, went out to the living room, and turned on the TV first.

Then he went to brush his teeth and wash up. In the bathroom, he felt extremely relaxed after having had enough sleep.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Manager Park felt happy.

"Dafa! This way of sleeping until you wake up naturally, and counting money until your hands cramp, is how you behave like a human being!"

All she needs to do is marry a girl from a wealthy family and reach the pinnacle of life!

After finishing the personal hygiene work, Manager Park returned to the living room and wanted to turn on the computer to see how much money he had earned.

When passing by the living room, I saw a beautiful reporter from SBS TV station on the TV, holding up the microphone and exclaiming:

"...This looks like a disaster!"

"It took just over two hours in the morning and half the afternoon. The KOSPI index has fallen below 1750 points, a drop of more than 18%, and has triggered two circuit breakers! The value of the stocks on the All Korea Exchange evaporated in just two hours More than hundreds of trillion won!! This reminds me of the stock market crash in 1998, when all investors holding stocks suffered huge losses."

When she said this, she heard a muffled sound of "Bang!" coming from behind her. She was standing outside the Hanguo Securities Exchange building.

"Jesus, did someone jump? Oh, it was a massacre!"

The beautiful location host shouted in shock.

It's a pity that the massacre has only just begun to show its signs.

Near 4 p.m., the KOSPI index fell to 1,710 points.

The single-day drop reached 20%, triggering the final circuit breaker protection mechanism of the Hanguo stock market, which closed the market directly.

The Hanguo stock market implements a three-level circuit breaker mechanism, with circuit breaker thresholds of 8%, 15% and 20% respectively.

When the 8% and 15% red lines are triggered, trading will be suspended for 20 minutes; when the 20% red line is triggered, the market will be closed directly.

In other words, circuit breakers have been triggered twice and trading has been suspended twice.

Manager Park stared blankly at the TV screen and couldn't believe it.

At this moment, he was still in heaven in the morning, but he felt that he had fallen into a cold nightmare.

Manager Park reacted, ran back to the bedroom frantically, and picked up his cell phone.

He found a series of missed calls on it.

There are bosses, relatives, friends, subordinates, managers of investment companies, and... private banks.

Director Park found the phone number of the manager of the investment company and called... but didn't get through.

I called again and kept calling for half an hour.

It took a lot of effort to get through to the manager of the investment company.

Before Director Park could roar, the other party asked him why he had called him so many times without getting through.

Without Director Park's authorization, the other party could not trade Director Park's stocks. So much so that in a short period of time, Director Park’s stock price has plummeted by 48%.

After hearing that there was still more than half the value, Manager Park returned to the computer and found that about 90% of the principal was left.

It lost tens of millions of won, and all the original profits of several hundred million won were in vain.

But Manager Park, who was still in shock, no longer cared about that much.

He immediately placed all orders to close his positions, and even if he lost some money, he would leave the market.

He completely forgot about his arrogant look when he faced the call from his boss Cui Zhuxiong in the morning.

But is it useful?

Han Guo's local chaebols and Wall Street jointly set up a leek harvest trap.

It's easy to get in, but not so easy to get out.

Unless you are not greedy, make a fortune and leave early.

If greed has not left yet, it will still want to leave when the trap sets off.

Then it's not that easy.

On this day, all the stock exchange markets in South Korea went crazy.

The leeks who lost miserably faced the same situation.

Either cut the meat and leave the market, or continue to lose money!

But at this time, under the avalanche, not a single snowflake was innocent.

Even if most people want to cut their flesh like Director Park.

It's too late.

Once the stampede wave appears, it's not as easy as cutting off the body and leaving the field.

But some people grit their teeth and hold on, thinking that the stock will continue to rise.

The stock market is so weird sometimes. Why don't you leave even though you know it's going down?

Some cannot leave.

Some are gambling heavily, betting that green houses will definitely save the market.

If the Korean stock market is allowed to collapse beyond repair, the Korean economy will also fall into a terrible depression.

The president who just announced a GDP growth rate of 4.9% may also step down in despair!

Their judgment was correct, and the helpless Ao Fang Fang would indeed take action.

But this is a stock market crash, an artificial bubble!

Unless the bubble is completely burst, the decline will not end.

And when Director Park and Xu Dongbi of Hanguo, some chose to jump off the building, others chose to go back to work in despair.

While the owner of the green house was furious, the chaebols were toasting to celebrate the receipt of goods not far away.

The culprit who caused all this has already hidden his merits and fame.

He took his sister-in-law Han Guo and sat on the "Smith" Boeing 747, far away from the center of Seoul where he jumped 56 times a day...

December 15, 2001.

Around 10 a.m. East Coast time in the United States.

At New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, a convoy of Cadillac cars or SUVs left the airport.

Inside the cabin of the Cadillac Monster.

Abel was holding Li Xinyu in his arms, and in the other hand he was reading a copy of today's latest "Wall Street Journal" that had just been delivered to him.

"Wall Street Journal": [...As Asia's major economic powerhouse, stock market turmoil triggered demonstrations. Its KOSPI index fell by 25% in three days, and the KOSDAQ index fell by 33.5%. More than 100,000 people took to the streets in the capital, demanding that the authorities step down and apologize...]

"What a big fuss."

Abel was reading the newspaper seriously.

A fragrant whisper came to my ears, it was Li Xinyu speaking.

Since that night, Abel was "semi-forced" by Li Fuzhen and expressed his feelings.

That night, Li Xinyu was half forced, half deceived by her sister, and gave in with a trace of helplessness.

What's more, Li Xinyu was originally a die-hard party member, plus there was some strong recommendation from her family.

She had nowhere to run if she wanted to, and ended up like this.

My sister continues to stay in Seoul to raise her child and become her son, Queen Smith.

My sister followed her brother-in-law back to New York.

By now, Li Xinyu could be so close to Abel as a matter of course.

Abel shrugged and said, "The main thing is greed. If you weren't greedy, you would have stopped earlier, and things wouldn't have turned out like this. After all, there are too many greedy people in the world."

Li Xinyu nodded, knowing that Abel was right.

But how many people in this world are truly not greedy?

Maybe not even 0.001% of the human population.

Most of those who say they are not greedy just do not find the opportunity to be greedy.

Just like Abel, before he was born again, he also said he was not greedy.

As long as he is given an annual salary of one million and a girl with a gentle, well-behaved and good-looking appearance of 7 or above will be fine.

But when the Chinese youth becomes Abel Smith, he will stand in a different position and see different resources.

He wants more and more.

Redneck rich guy from the beginning.

Later, he became a billionaire, and later became a Wall Street celebrity.

to the Wall Street tycoons of the present, and the masterminds behind the imagined future.

What he wanted, and his ambition, was never there from the beginning.

It was greed that made him more and more ambitious, and eventually he became more and more like a capitalist.

So much so that now, just for the sake of a few billion dollars in profits, a stock disaster of this scale has been triggered.

It killed hundreds of people indirectly or directly, and broke countless families in Han State.

In the past, he would have felt guilty even thinking about such a thing.

But now...Abel can hold Li Xinyu in his arms, kiss her, and say with emotion:

"Maybe, this is life."