His phone rang as they stepped out of the building— Scarlet. He looked at the notifications, five missed calls. The room must’ve blocked out cell reception.
"What’s up?"
"Where have you been? Ignoring my calls, Boss?"
"I’ve been... busy" he quickened his step away from them.
"I just saw the calls, what’s going on?"
"I’ve arranged the secret child, we just need your signature. And, the Madam says well done"
He exhaled, turning to look at them.
"Well, it’s happened. Let’s et tomorrow"
"It might be today" she muttered, "Sobody contacted us to et yesterday— nice business"
"Business? It better not be one of your code blues" he scoffed.
"He said you’ll know him— Zac—"
"Rotschen" he cut in.
"Yeah, that guy. Says he’s got sothing better to sell you"
"And you didn’t tell yesterday" he sighed, "It’s almost noon" he looked at his wristwatch, "Tell him we’ll et in an hour"
"Alright, Boss. See you there" she replied, hanging up.
"Xander" he called out as he walked back to them. "You’re coming with . We leave in an hour"
Xander looked at him, surprised, "Yes, Sir"
"Where are you headed?" Theo asked.
"Reeves Technologies— Business"
"I still can’t believe I’m close to a millionaire" Theo chuckled.
Angela glanced at him and laughed softly.
"Will you guys be waiting while we’re out? And do you really want to stay here" Trent asked
"Staying here... would be nice" Theo answered, looking around, "Just not today"
"I’ll stay here today— there’s a lot of things to study" Angela answered, "I’ll call Mikhail"
"Alright. I’m sorry this was short— this is kind of urgent"
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"I’m ready, Sir" Xander walked in— neatly dressed in a suit and hair well packed.
"You look great"
"Thank you, Sir. So do you"
"What were you doing before you beca a butler?" Trent asked, arranging the cufflinks.
"I worked as an IT guy for a small company— t Mr. Rotschen at presentation. I beca his butler to pay off a favor"
"Favor?" Trent looked at him through the mirror.
Must be sothing tough since he didn’t answer.
"Don’t worry about it"
"Thank you..." he muttered.
"Let’s go— You’ll drive"
"That’s my job, Sir"
"Like a proper businessman" Trent arranged his collar and stared at the mirror.
Let’s go do Business.
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He sighted Scarlet as he stepped out of the car.
"You’re looking sharp, Boss— I think you need new suits tho"
"What wrong with this one?" He looked at himself and glanced at Xander.
"This is the sa suit you wore last ti— I can’t let rumors go around that I work for a miser" she clicked her tongue, "Who’s this cutie?"
Trent turned to Xander,
"Xander Ferte— my butler. He’ll be working with us."
"It’s nice to et you" Xander stretched his hand towards her.
"Yenifer Serta— my secretary"
"It’s nice to et you too" she took his hand and winked, "I hope we get along well"
"Don’t get too close to her" Trent held his shoulder, "She’ll ruin your life"
"I haven’t ruin yours yet, Boss" she huffed
"I see it been ruined soon if I’m not careful. Let’s head in, they must be waiting"
"MISSION COMPLETE. FRAZER LIMITED— BUY. 5TH, JULY" Ave’s voice cut through as he stepped into the building.
That’s in two week. Why was it so long?
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"Mr. Ackerman... It’s nice to et you again" Zac greeted as a staff led them into the conference room.
"It’s nice to et you too, Mr. Rotschen" He smiled, walking towards him, "You too, Mr. Anders"
"My pleasure to et you again, Sir" Anders greeted.
"Miss Serta says there’s business" he said as he took his seat, "I like the sound of business"
"Of course..." Zac chuckled, sliding so papers towards him, "That’s why we called for you"
Called for? Trent scanned his expression. What a cheeky bastard.
"Here I am" he chuckled, flipping through the papers.
"Ten million?" He looked up as he saw the price.
"That’s the evaluation, Sir" Anders spoke up imdiately.
He turned to Scarlet and passed her the papers.
"Why don’t you sit, Xander?" He turned to Xander who remained standing.
"Forgive the late introduction" he turned to Zac, "This is Xander Ferte— he works for "
"It’s alright" Zac nodded with a smile as Xander sat down.
"This doesn’t seem right, Boss— I did so digging and it should be worth eight million at best" Scarlet looked up, passing the papers to Xander.
"That’s what she says— what’s this, Mr. Rotschen?"
"I’d never try to be smart with you" Zac laughed, "We included two more companies into the deal— a million each"
"Why is it not in the papers then?"
"It’s included— here" Anders stretched another file.
Wait— were they trying to be smart and see if he’ll bite? He chuckled as he took the file.
"Frazer Limited and Zion Foods"
What? He looked at the paper properly, Frazer Limited? His eyes widened as he saw the na.
He turned to Xander, who looked equally surprised.
"Is there any big happening soon in the companies?" He looked up, trying to hide his excitent.
"Frazer’s been stuck on developing an AI model for the military— they say they’ll succeed this ti but we’ve had losses. That’s why it’s a million" Zac replied
"It was once worth twenty million" Anders added.
"Is it listed on stocks platforms?" Trent asked, leaning in.
"No— it’s been struggling to stay up"
Damn... They’ll probably succeed since Ave said to buy. What a jackpot...
"What about Zion Foods?"
"There’s too many competitors— we’ve decided to take a step back and develop the other companies" Zac replied, leaning his arms on the table.
"Still—" Scarlet spoke,
"Nine million and it’s a deal" he cut her off, "I’ll have the money wired to any account of your choice" he chuckled.
"Really?" Zac asked, eyes widening with surprise and excitent.
Would you look at him? Trent grinned, hiding his own excitent.
"Boss—"
"We’ve done business before and this seems like a good deal— I can only do nine" he said, leaning back on the chair.
Anders spoke into Zac’s ear and they covered their mouths to whisper.
"Deal" Zac said, wide grin on his face after their talk, "Let’s proceed to sign"
Trent moved Twenty million from his trading account to his bank account, leaving over 400 million left and proceeded to sign the docunts and make the transaction.
"It was nice business, Mr. Ackerman" Zac stretched his hand, standing up.
"Indeed— Thank you for reaching out to " Trent smiled as he took his hand.
"The building, staffs, structure— you can do anything you want with it, Sir" Anders added, carrying his bag.
"You—" She hit him with the file as Zac and Anders walked out of the room,
"What sort of good business was that? You just got ripped off"
"Manners..." He growled, "and it’s good business. Isn’t it, Xander?"
"Yes, Sir" Xander replied, arranging the files, "It’s a jackpot" he chuckled.
She looked at them. Were they high on sothing?
"I ca for an orange and got the tree" Trent chuckled.
While it ans he will not be able to trade stocks due to insiders trading, this was an opportunity to make a bigger move.
"What are you guys saying?" She looked at Xander, "A poor business sense for such a fine face" she clicked her tongue.
"Xander— You’ll be in charge of this place and Frazer Limited" he said, standing up.
Xander gasped, dropping the files he held, "W–What? ?" He looked around.
"Yeah— You. Sc–Serta will be in charge of Zion Foods while tending for the overall company. We should establish a group" he chuckled.
"A sudden promotion" she chuckled, " like... ans I get a bigger pay, no?" She brought her face closer.
"Ugh... Yeah" he scoffed, pushing her face away, "We need a lawyer" he exhaled.
"Mia" Xander answered imdiately.
"What?" He turned to him,
"She studied law— she works as a chef because she has her own favor to pay"
Such a surprise.
"Can the person handle it?" Scarlet asked.
"She helped review files that Mr. Rotschen couldn’t trust to his lawyers"
"Good—" Trent chuckled, "I’ll talk to her when I get back. I’ll increase your pay to a million per year and a car of your choice as bonus"
"What about ?" Scarlet gasped,
"...sa for you" he sighed. There wasn’t any need to treat her unfairly in such a good mood. He glanced at her, still didn’t trust her though.
She held Xander and jumped excitedly. How childish.
"What’s the way forward?" Xander broke free from her.
"You’ll assist Frazer in developing the whole thing. They might be close but just see to it. Pass down word that structure stays as is and they should expect bonuses for working hard"
"What about ?" Scarlet asked, sitting on the table.
"I’ll give you as much as you’ll need to revive the place. I’ve got work to do myself"
"Work?"
"Yeah" he replied with a smirk, "it’s ti to et so snobby rich friends"
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