The Consortium’s Heir By Benjamin Jnr Chapter 82


    Darius frowned slightly at Erin’s words as he wasn’t expecting a visitor anytime soon. However since


    this person hade to see him, he figured that he should entertain the person.


    “Let the visitor in.” Darius said.


    Erin nodded in agreement before exiting the office. Secondster, the door to the office pushed open


    and a man stepped in, with Erin following suit.


    One look at the man showed that the man was an ordinary business man. He was dressed in a w orn


    out ck suit that had several patches on it, and his shoes were equally worn out. Even thou gh Darius


    was sure that he was middle aged, the wrinkles on his face made him seem way older t han he actually


    was.


    “Thank you for agreeing to meet with me, Mr. Reid!” the man greeted in a very polite voice. He e ven


    gave a light bow as he spoke.


    Darius merely smiled in response to his greetings. He had seen his outfit and knew that he was a n


    ordinary, or perhaps even a struggling business man, but there was no scorn in his expression. He


    recently became rich after all. What kind of person would he be if he was arrogant and conde scending


    to someone when he was just as poor before?


    “Please have a seat, Mister…” Darius trailed off. The man had not introduced himself so there w as no


    way Darius would know his name.


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    The man instantly knew what Darius was asking of him and spoke up in a respectful manner


    “Pardon me, Mr. Reid!” He eximed. “It’s incredibly silly of me to not introduce myself to someo ne of


    your status yet.”


    Darius merely smiled in response to his words; however his eyebrows were a bit furrowed. He wa s


    extremely ufortable by the amount of ttery that the visitor offered him. The visitor was very


    observant and noticed that Darius was not interested in his pleasantries; therefore he went s traight to


    the point.


    “My name is Zack Lyle.” The man said.


    Darius simply looked at him in silence, indicating him to go ahead with his statement.


    “Ahem-“the man coughed lightly. When he Darius was beginning to run out of patience, he quic kly


    spoke up and stated the reason for his visit. “Pardon my impudence Mr. Reid.” Zack started.


    “I am the owner of


    a small businesspany. We were doing well recently, and even managed to get a project with a


    conglomerate group. We had already signed the contract and were waiting for our rapid grow th when


    the conglomerate group in question suddenly encountered some troubles.”


    “As a small businesspany, I wanted no part in what seemed to be a squabble between two g iants


    in the business world, so I withdrew from the project.” “However, I had already invested majority of the


    profits and capital mypany generated into the project, so when I pulled out, I was left with n


    othing.”


    “I thought I would be able to handle it, but the bacsh from the withdrawal gave mypany a severe


    hit I tried to contact other several multinational groups in the city to try and invest in iis, but they all


    refused.”


    “In the end, I had to use my personal assets and inoney to pay oil majority of my employees’ sr y as


    they were no longer interested in working for me.” Zack said. There was an undertone of hur t in his


    voice


    “As for the reason for my visit here, I did some research and discovered that this is a rtively ne w


    company. Since the location it is founded is metropolis, city, it would be incredibly tough for y our


    company to gain . foothold in the city” Zack mentioned tactfully.


    Seeing as Darius full attention was ced on him, he continued speaking,


    “For yourpany to be attan in such a metropolitan city, you will need several experience d


    employees.” Zack added


    “And why are you telling me all these?” Darius asked straightforwardly


    “Ahem -” Zack coughed lightly at Darius’ straightforwardness before answering


    “The truth is that I traveled a long distance toe here, and I was fortunate that a good numbe r of


    my employees were willing to continue working for me, even when mypany was only ge nerating


    losses.”


    “I came here to ask for your assistance. Please take in mypany under your wing” Zack concl uded


    and bowed deeply to Darius,


    Darius fell silent once more at his request. After listening to Zack’s exnation, he understood th e


    reasons behind his actions.


    Hispany was on the verge of being folded, and after searching, no conglomerate groups were


    willing to invest in his third ratepany. Desperate, he was left with no choice tha n to seek the help


    of a rtively newpany.


    To be honest, Darius was indeed tempted to employ Zack. He could see the shrewdness of a very


    experienced and veteran business man in Zack’s eyes. He was sure that Zack would be a very gr eat


    asset to his


    However, Darius didn’t want to employ aplete


    stranger. He had to make sure that Zack was a very trustworthy person before he added him to his


    company’s ranks. As such, Darius was very conflicted at the moment.


    Zack stood and watched Darius; his heart beating profusely as he did. Even after being offered a seat


    by Erin, the pretty assistant, he had refused to have a seat.


    He was incredibly tensed at the moment, as his wholepany depended on Darius.


    When he came to search for apany, he only wanted to receive some investment funds from a


    wealthy firm; so when he saw the very imposing and regal building of West Antics Int’l, he w as very


    excited. He quickly took his time and did some research. He was shocked to find out that it was a


    rtively new investmentpany. Yet from his research, even though West Antics In t’l was a very


    newpany, they were able to fork out a huge sum of money for renovations!


    That wasn’t what shocked him the most. Although it was a very low-key transaction, after digging


    around several media outlets, it was mentioned that thepany had forked out over 2 0 billion dors


    to buy a conglomerate group! It was then that he changed his mind. Seeing the r egal and imposing


    headquarters


    of thepany, and coupled with the media reports, he knew that West Antics Int’l was a very


    wealthy group. Now that he was here, rather than asking for investment funds, it would be wiser to be


    employed by the group and grow along with them.


    One could understand the pressure he was feeling at that moment. If Darius refused to employ him and


    his employees, it would be a huge blow for him.


    Just as he arrived at that conclusion, Darius raised his head and looked at Zack with a firm gaze. He


    hade to a decision.