90 years after the Great Depression, an economist was asked what would happen if the market crashed again but worse, occurring simoultaneously all around the world.The economist reckoned that we would be fine.
A year and a half later that very thing happened. Some people thought that it might have been nice if we had been given a better answer.
In South Korea, a greengrocer named Pak is forcefully recruited for some government program. Rumor has it is that it's purpose is genome experimentation. Little does he know that he has been chosen to be the last member to take part in the GLI project; A plan that if successful, would not only bring the world out of an apocalyptic depression, but give birth a whole new type of economy.