The Consortium’s Heir By Benjamin Jnr Chapter 54
They all stood up and bowed lightly as Darius walked in. It showed that they were not ignorant about
the powerful background Darius had. Only when Darius had sat down at the head of the conference
table did the other people in the room sit.
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The senior secretary to one of the upper echelon’s higher-ranking members passed several documents
to Darius before passing them around to the others present. When everyone had received the
documents, the secretary stood beside her superior. It was time fo
The meetingmenced with the unveiling of the new products invented by the various researchers in
the Innovative research department. Darius maintained a stoic face as he scanned the documents
given to him, but he was shocked at what he saw. The Nix Inc. really proved why they were worthy of
being the number i techpany in the country.
The documents contained the list of the products and the details about them, along with starting price
for theirunch. The upper echelons started engaging in various discussions regarding the products,
with them asking Darius for his input from time to time.
After two hours, the whole board present finally concluded the meeting about theunch of the new
products. The date and venue for theunch was already chosen and the documents regarding the
launch signed by Darius.
With the first agenda on the meeting concluded, it was time for the second agenda, which was the
takeover of Numbers Int’l.
Although Darius had already reviewed the files sent to him by Bruce, he still reviewed the documents
the senior secretary handed over to him. The documents this time contained minute details about the
softwarepany Numbers Int’l, ranging from the smallest worker to the employees at the highest
level. It was expected, as any takeover the Reid consortium was involved in was carefully monitored.
They had to make sure that everything was in ce before they took ownership of thepany.
Darius read through the documents leisurely. From the files Bruce sent him, Numbers Int’l was a
company with huge potential, but from what he read now, many of the employees were actually subpar.
He guessed that Rob must have been the one who singlehandedly raised Numbers Int’l to the level it
was at before his sudden death.
Darius frowned as he read through the details of the upper echelons of Numbers Int’l. When he signed
the documents, he would have to dismiss every one of the Numbers Int’l employees. He couldn’t have
such people working for him. He was still mulling over what improvements could be done to the
softwarepany when he came across an employee details on the documents. He read it dutifully as
he did the other details, but as he read further, his look of nonchnce suddenly changed to shock.
When he was done reading the details about the employee in the documents, he brought out his phone
and sent a message to Bruce. Darius: (Look into this person for me and send me every of her detail.) It
didn’t take a few seconds before Darius’ phone pinged, signaling the arrival of a message.
Sure enough, Bruce had replied his message.
Bruce: (Certainly Young Master.)
Darius, satisfied with Bruce’s response, now focused on the meeting. Another hour passed with them
discussing the various ideas that could help improve the softwarepany. After another thirty minutes
passed, the upper echelons finally concluded the meeting.
What followed after was straightforward. The contracts between the twopanies were reviewed
carefully again by thepanywyers before Darius finally signed the contracts.
Havingpleted the tasks he attended the meeting for, Darius waved them goodbye before leaving
the conference room, allowing the upper echelons to conclude the meeting they had today.
His strides were swift as he walked to his car. He had barely sat down in his car when his phone pinged
again. Of course it was a message from Bruce. With how efficient Bruce was, he had already
completed the task Darius requested of him. Excited, Darius opened the file attached to the message
and started reading.
By the time Darius was done reading the file Bruce sent to him, there was a huge smile on his face.
Erin Chrysalis was ady who came from a very poor family who lived in the countryside, an
underdeveloped area. She had gone to the local school in her countryside and bagged a schrship
up to the tertiary level due to her incredible performance.
Due to her poor background, she had to work part time jobs in college so that she could take care of
her basic needs as her schrship only covered her tuition and amodation, a situation Darius
could rte to. However even with her poor living conditions, she made sure to send enough money to
her ailing parents back in the countryside.
When she finished her college education, she had spent a whole year searching for a suitable job.
Unfortunately, no one wanted to employ her without demanding something from her in return.
When she was at herst ends, her savior in Rob Bertrand appeared. Just weeks after he founded
Numbers Int’l, she applied to be an employee at hispany. At that time, they were still sharing a
measly office building in a downtown area.
Rob himself had interviewed her, and because of his upright character, Erin was given the job. Together
with Rob and few other workers, they all worked tirelessly and watched Numbers Int’l grow to the
software giant that it was.
Erin was the happiest of them all when she witnessed thepany’s rapid growth. She had watched
thepany grow from being worth a few thousand dors in a downtown area to apany worth
over 350 million dors. She was even promoted to the position of vice president of thepany.
Sadly, not all good thingssted. It was the case in her story. Just after she built a big house in
the countryside for her parents and was beginning to enjoy the fruits of herbor, misfortune came
knocking on her door.
The founder of thepany she worked for and her mentor, Rob Bertrand suddenly died just after
announcing the release of histest products. When she heard the news, she had gone numb with
shock Howe someone she spoke with clearly on the phone the previous day was suddenly dead?
She found it simply unbelievable.
Before she could even process the shock she received from his death, the shares of thepany
started dropping rapidly. As the vice president of thepany, she pushed her grief away and focused
on keeping thepany afloat.
In the end, all her efforts were useless. She was not a software engineer or a researcher, so she
couldn’t help thepany in that aspect. Unfortunately that was the core of Numbers Int’l. As there
was no genius mind to maintain the quality of the products from thepany, the shares of the
company hit rock bottom.
Stuck between a rock and a hard ce, the board of directors in thepany called a meeting. They
had decided to sell thepany to their directpetitor and the tycoon in the tech world, Nix Inc. for
a sum of $50 million.
Erin was at a loss. Even after her efforts, three months was all it took for thepany she worked
blood and sweat for to be history. Unable to stomach the turn of events, she was now a regr at
Eve bar, an average bar in her district, where she drank away all her sorrows.
Darius smiled again as he recalled the details about Erin. After days of racking his mind on where to
get his personal assistant, he finally found someone who was just perfect for the job.
He looked at the time on his watch and saw that it was just the time the bar would open. He started his
car and drove off speedily.