New York and the Isle of Man had earned profit as expected. Kim Cheong-Soo and Gillian had proven their capabilities as founders of global asset management firms that dominated the world's economy. There was no corporate tax on the Isle of Man, so all the profits went directly into Jonathan’s and my accounts. The total was a hundred-six billion, excluding transaction fees and incentives. Also, New York’s payout was about eighty-two billion after taxes, and my offshore accounts held another twelve billion dollars. Therefore, we had about two hundred billion dollars now, and these were now available in cash. 

The war had been fierce, and most of the battles had become zero-sum games. Someone had to lose as we won, and the aftermath would be just as cruel. 

In my previous life, Hedge fund LTCM had collapsed with Russia, and it had become the starting point of the 2008 Subprime Mortgage Crisis that had crashed the global economy....