The Spendthrift Show Begins
It had started. A full-blown money-fueled rampage.
The moment my hand slipped under Love’s underwear and touched her breast, the whole mood ignited in an instant.
The woman on my brother’s side wanted me too.
On one side, soft warmth. On the other, breathy little pleas.
If this wasn’t the Peach Blossom Spring, then where in the world was Peach Blossom Spring supposed to be?
This is nice...
Embarrassed, I kept my eyes on the woman across from me, but my fingers never stopped fidgeting.
How the hell was I supposed to stop this?
I had no idea.
“Where do you think you’re looking?”
Now she was climbing onto my thighs, trapping my face between both hands.
I was getting hit with so much stimulation that I honestly couldn’t think straight.
“How much cash do you even have? Wow. You really were something.”
“N-no, not really.”
“Don’t stutter. I’m serious, this is the first time I’ve ever seen this much cash.”
...
For a split second, I nearly nodded without meaning to.
What a fox.
With superhuman restraint, I shook my head and dragged my reason back into place.
Get a grip.
I didn’t mind spending this money.
But in this kind of atmosphere, it was a problem.
Even the woman on the other side had drifted over toward me, so hadn’t my brother been getting neglected?
“This isn’t my money.”
“Huh?”
“My brother told me to bring cash.”
“...Oh, really?”
“He said you need a lot of cash if you’re running your own business.”
“Ah... that’s it? No wonder there was so much. Fair enough.”
Love climbed down from my thighs and smacked my arm.
“You should’ve said so sooner. That was embarrassing.”
“...You didn’t exactly give me a chance to talk.”
“Well, for that much money, you’d be better off going to a Ten Pro or a Grade Five place.”
“Ten Pro? How much does that cost?”
“Interested? That cash could disappear in a month, easy.”
“I’m just curious.”
“Snap out of it. That’s a place where you spend money and don’t even get to go to a second round.”
“...What about Grade Five?”
“You really loaded, huh, oppa? That one’s doable. But you’d still be dropping millions of won.”
Millions of won? That was nothing.
For a moment, I was tempted.
“Ten Pro was only impressive back in the day. These days, the quality’s gone way downhill.”
“Why?”
“Why else? If you can make money while flattering customers, then young pretty girls are better off doing cam shows.”
“Oh.”
“At least then you don’t have to drink, and you don’t have to deal with a bunch of people at once.”
“That’s true.”
“And if you fail, you can always come back.”
I understood immediately. Making money through camming was definitely easier than grinding yourself to death for it.
At the very least, there was no face-to-face contact.
And even if there was, it’d only be with one person.
“Doyun, let’s go to the bathroom.”
“Yes, hyung.”
I picked up my bag and stood.
Honestly, I was nervous.
***
“Hey! What the hell is going on here?”
“Yes?”
“Where the hell did all that money come from? That’s got to be at least tens of millions of won!”
It made sense that he was shocked.
Until just a few days ago, I’d been nothing more than a part-time worker he’d been working beside, and now I was suddenly bringing in a pile of cash worth tens of millions of won.
On top of that, I’d been the one always saying we had to succeed, pinching every won and even saving time wherever I could. So bringing in bundles of fifty-thousand-won bills to a place like this must have been even more startling.
“Actually... something I invested in before went up a lot.”
“Invested in? What?”
“Bitcoin.”
“Ah... yeah, Bitcoin really has shot up. Still, isn’t this a little much?”
“You think so?”
“Kid, save your money. If you splash around the second some big money comes in, you’ll go broke in no time. Saving money to make even more money—that’s real skill.”
It was sincere advice.
When I thought about it, he really was the kind of older brother who cared about his younger sibling.
As someone who liked nightlife himself, it would probably have been better for him to just persuade me to spend it all.
“What are you going to do by spending money on those girls? You’d be better off going to a Grade Five place with that money.”
“...That was your goal?”
“I’m just saying. Saving it would be the best move.”
“So what?”
“Should we just leave? I’ll figure out a way to tell them nicely so you won’t be embarrassed.”
“It’s fine.”
At worst, it was only a few million won, maybe a little more.
This wasn’t money worth squeezing myself over just to save it.
So what if it wasn’t a Grade Five place?
He’d given me advice from the heart, and besides, at least he was prettier than the sort of people I expected to meet on an ordinary day.
“I should thank him, right?”
“Thank him? What the hell for? Still... I guess it’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone give that kind of advice.”
“Or should I show you, hyung? How you’re supposed to have fun spending ten million won right here.”
...
At my suggestion, he stopped talking and stared at me silently.
Was he about to scold me?
Since he liked nightlife so much, I’d figured he’d be delighted if I offered it first.
“Ha... you little...”
He let out a breath.
“You’re a complete lucky charm!”
And then he wrapped his arms around me so tightly I could hardly breathe, his face looking like he couldn’t tell whether this was a dream or reality.
Just how happy did you have to be to make a face like that?
“I’ll pay for the drinks and everything, hyung.”
“Hey, say it properly.”
What? Did I hit some last shred of his pride?
“Say it again.”
“Pardon?”
“Why are you calling me hyung? You’re the hyung, idiot!”
...
He hugged me again, even tighter this time. Since we were in the bathroom and he couldn’t exactly shout, I could hear him struggling to hold his excitement in.
Maybe the one who should be getting that ten million won wasn’t those girls at all, but my brother.
Though if I gave him ten million won, he’d probably just turn around and give it to the girls again.
“But seriously, you’re okay with this? I mean, I’m happy as hell, obviously. I feel like bowing to you right now.”
“It’s fine. I made quite a lot, actually.”
“Did you put your entire net worth into it or something? Jeez, even if I had a hundred million won, I don’t think I could spend ten million here.”
“Well... it’s fine.”
For most people, even spending one million won would feel wasteful if they had a hundred million in the bank.
Our standards were just different.
That didn’t make him unlikable, though.
He’d never borrowed money over something like this, and he worked harder than anyone.
He was just a brother who liked nightlife a little too much.
And I was just a younger brother with a lot of money who’d come to like nightlife too.
“Oh, right. Come to think of it, are you sure? I checked before we came in, and Bitcoin looked like it had dropped pretty hard.”
“What?”
“What? Don’t tell me you spent money on entertainment without taking profits first.”
“No, I bet against it.”
“You little bastard... you really are a genius!”
“I just got lucky.”
“Wow... and humble too. That’s why you can spend ten million so casually. I respect it.”
“Respect is a bit much...”
“I’m serious. I sold my position earlier too, because you said it felt like it might drop.”
“That’s a relief.”
Hearing that from him made me a little curious.
How much had it dropped?
“But seriously, investing is terrifying. I could never do it. It really seemed like it would just keep going up forever—how does it flip overnight like that?”
“Did it drop a lot?”
“It’s chaos. The Kimchi premium is collapsing right now.”
“Really?”
If the Kimchi premium had collapsed too...
I had no idea how much it had fallen, but this didn’t seem like a temporary dip.
I wanted to check right away, but I could afford to stay calm.
Well...
It wasn’t like I’d invested pocket change, after all.
It was lucky it had dropped. If it had climbed just a little more, the money would’ve been as good as gone.
“Shall we go in? They’ve probably been waiting a while.”
“Sure. Want me to give you five million won?”
“Y-you’d be okay with that?”
“Of course. It’d look weird if I handed it over inside.”
“...Do me a favor, then.”
“Anything.”
It really wasn’t much money.
And if Bitcoin had fallen...
What I spend today is nothing compared to the profit I’ve already made.
Even while all this was going on, I was still making money.
From the way my brother was talking, it hadn’t just dropped one or two percent.
Even if it was only three percent...
That’s basically like investing one hundred billion won with leverage.
Just for today alone, I was looking at three billion won in profit.
I already had money to burn.
Whatever hesitation I had left vanished completely.
***
My brother came into the room right after me, carrying himself like a general returning victorious from war.
“What? I thought the oppas had run away.”
“Run away? Please.”
My brother took the bag from me, set it on the table, and unzipped it.
“See for yourself.”
“...I didn’t notice at a glance, but this is way more than just a few million won.”
“Whoa. You’re really just leaving it out like that? Wasn’t this money needed for your business?”
“Well. I guess how much of these fifty-thousand-won bills are left depends on the two of you.”
“...Huh? Oppa, what do you mean? We can spend this?”
“That depends on you two. For now, let’s start small. I’ll buy one bra for three hundred thousand won. First come, first served.”
Even if a bra were expensive, it would probably be under one hundred thousand won. Especially the one she had on right now.
By my rough calculation, that was two hundred thousand won in profit.
Just for taking off a bra.
The second my brother finished speaking, they rushed to get their bras off.
The woman who’d been my brother’s partner tried to remove hers without taking off her top, but Love saw that and decided she’d lose if she hesitated. She yanked off her bra under her shirt, then slipped her top back on again.
Whoa...
Insane.
That was the only thought in my head.
“Hah. Oppa, I worked this hard, so you’re not going to be done that quickly, are you?”
“That depends on both of you too.”
It had begun. The money show had begun.
“I’ve never actually taken my clothes off in a club before... but I’ve got a good feeling about today.”
Brother, brother!
Hurry up and spend more!
I was the one getting a better feeling by the second.
The Bitcoin plunge had long since vanished from my mind.