SWNOVELS Chapter 53
Chapter 53
The next few days were incredibly tough for Darius as there were only two days before the one week leave granted to him ran
out. He had spent the majority of liis time in the study room going over several documents regarding the Reid consortium.
However despite his efforts, he had yet to even finish 10% of the work he was supposed to do regarding the Reid consortium.
After signing one more document, he leaned back into his chair and sighed. There were still several documents arranged neatly
on the table waiting for him to go through them.
He finally understood what his grandfather meant. There was no way he could handle this work alone. He had fully focused on
working during the past few days, yet he had covered so little. He dared not imagine what the case would be when he resumed
school. At this rate lie would not even be able to get 1% of the work done.
Darius sighed once more. He looked at the antique clock in his study room and saw that it was already time for lunch. He had
worked overnight and was so engrossed in his work that the time flew quickly
He hastily took a shower before having his lunch. As soon as he was done eating, his phone pinged, signaling the arrival of a
message.
Darius checked the message and saw that it was from Bruce. It was a message updating him about one of the business deals he
needed to finalize. There was also a file attached to the message
Darius connected his phone to his laptop and opened the file. He spent the next ten minutes reading the documents in the file,
and when he was done he let out a sigh.
He was needed to finalize the deal was between Nix Inc., a subsidiary of the Reid consortium and Numbers Int’l.
Numbers lut’I was a locally acclaimed company which was founded by Rob Bertrand. Rob had founded the company from
scratch and built it into the business empire that it was today.
It was a software based company, just like Nix Inc., and many people had very high expectations for it. They had expected it to
grow into a mammoth business empire that would go head to head with the tycoon that was Nix Inc. in the tech world. It had that
much potential.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Rob Bertrand, the CEO and founder of Numbers Int’l had died suddenly six months ago. It
came as a shock to the business world. Before luis death, he had held a press conference where he promised the release of an
innovative technology that would change the world. Yet not even a day after press conference, he was declared dead.
Many people had claimed that his competitors in the tech world were responsible for his death, however as there were no
evidence even after research to prove their involvement in his death, there was nothing the authorities could do.
Although Numbers Int’l were not as colossal as Nix Inc. which was under the Reid consortium, they still held considerable weight
in their district. Before the death of Rob, the company had a net worth of over $350 million. It was a considerable sum of wealth.
That all changed after Rob’s death. With no genius mind to lead the software based company to glory, the company growth went
downhill.
The stock prices were the first to get hit, with the stock price of the company dropping over 1,000%. Coupled with that, the
quality of tech products released by the company also dropped massively. This resulted in a huge loss of sales for the company.
Unable to bear the weight of the losses, the rising company was finally declared bankrupt. Unwilling to let a company with huge
potential die out, his grandfather had ordered the upper echelons in the Nix Inc. to obtain ownership of Numbers Int’l.
The upper echelons instantly obeyed, and after a series of negotiations and deliberation, Numbers Int’l finally agreed to sell
100% of their shares to Nix Inc for $50 million, a far cry from what the software company was actually worth. With total
agreements between both sides, the only thing left was for Darius himself to sign the agreement. It was something that needed
both his presence and his signature.
The upper echelons were also hosting a meeting regarding the latest technology they developed. Darius’ presence wasn’t
necessary as they would still send the details and conclusion of the meeting to him, but since the meeting was held on the same
day his presence was required, he saw no reason not to attend the meeting.
Despite the fact that Darius found the circumstances surrounding Rob’s death strange, he did not bother too much about it. The
business world was a battlefield, and it was not uncommon for people to die the way Rob did.
Darius leisurely dressed up in his quality office outfit before making his way to his private garage. He had no choice than to put
his search for a suitable personal assistant on hold as he had more pressing matters to attend to now.
He got into his Bugatti and drove off. After a few minutes, he got to the Nix Inc. headquarters.
This time around, the security guard didn’t bother to ask Darius for his identification. Darius visit the previous time had left a deep
impression on him. His background and identity was far too scary for someone of his status. When he entered the main lobby of
the Nix Inc. headquarters, the upper echelons came down to welcome him.
Before his arrival, they had made sure to warn the workers that their superior would be visiting the headquarters for a business
deal and that they were to be at their best behavior, and anyone who didn’t obey the rules would be dismissed immediately. Such
measures were needed if they didn’t want a repeat of what happened during his previous visit. As they guided Darius to the
conference room, each of the workers all bowed lightly as a sign of respect to him when they walked by.
Even if most of them had no idea who Darius was, the fact that the upper echelon accompanied him during his visits not once
but twice proved that his identity was far from ordinary. It was only right for them to pay their respect to him.
After a minute or two of walking, the upper echelon guided Darius to an imperial conference room. When they entered the
conference room, Darius was shocked by what he saw.