“Well, Mr. Kersey. That was…something. As unique as it was curt.”Javier was about to get into his car with his documents in hand when Quinna gave the man her review.He laughed. “That’s because you’ve been distracting me with your stunning beauty, Miss Aurum. My mind just got so utterly messed up that I could hardly think straight!”Quinna captivated him with a sweet smile. “Really? You don’t seem messed up.”Javier was about to woo his new target when he suddenly remembered the World Car Award. “Say, Miss Aurum, you’re the expert here. I’d like to know something.”Certain that Javier was just another stereotypical playboy, Quinna had been smiling at him out of sheer decorum, work ethic, and little else. The H7 model would make decent sales if just a few clients with big coffers like him supported it, so there was not much to talk about.Seeing the seriousness in Javier’s features and speech pattern, though, surprised Quinna. Without so much as letting her smile falter, she repl
Javier’s L5 model tore through the freeway and went straight home.It was a smooth ride. His new car was comparable to his experience driving luxury cars with much-touted comfort, like the Bentley. This proved that this country had always been capable of producing good cars, and it was their focus on making cheap cars that had cost them. To make cheap automobiles, one had to skimp on materials and quality, so the cars produced faced enough mishaps and problems that the public distrusted their nationally-produced cars more and more.It was a little past nine by the time he got home. By then, Jade was training in their personal gym. A sexy, toned body needed maintenance after all. All that sweat was just tears of excess fat as it was burned away.Javier did not pay much attention to her activity at first, but the longer he watched, the more he suspected something else. His eyes began to widen in joy as he asked, “Don’t tell me…you’re gonna be a mom soon?”“What? No!” She protested co
Chad’s nominee was a nearly fifty-year-old man named Trevor Hammond. Javier had heard of him before on the news. He used to be the leader of one of the nation’s local car manufacturing companies. He had later been reported for bribery and fraud—charges that had caused him to go on a year-long sabbatical while being investigated.No incriminating proof had ever turned up, but this had cost him his position in the company. His career had taken a nosedive, and he had lost his leadership role.Javier was quick to bring this scandal up, which Chad countered by saying, “Nah. There was a civil war within the company back then. The whole investigation was meant to bring him down…”He filled Javier in. Apparently, Trevor was a stalwart, intrepid reformist. The kind of maverick whose sweeping reforms would sooner or later move some of his colleagues’ metaphorical “cheese”. Unsurprisingly, when a political war had broken out over power and profit, it was his enemies who had won with ease.“I’
Trevor’s honesty was insane based on its sheer audacity. So insane, in fact, that Libby was fuming.“What’s this supposed to mean, huh?! That just because you’re a dirt-poor mother*cker, you have the god-given right to leech off of me?! That just because you’re a dirt-poor motherf*cker, you have the f*cking privilege to demand sh*t from me?! You are a f*cking parasite living in my colon, eating and living off of me, and now you’re announcing your uselessness as though you’re f*cking proud of yourself! You f*cking piece of sh*t, have you no shame?!”Trevor shook his head. “Believe it or not, there’s something else I have even less of: money.”As if to prove his point, he picked up the money scattered across the floor without giving a damn about Javier watching him. If anything, reality had made a strong case of proving Trevor’s shamelessness.History, however, was rife with examples of people who thought having shame was detrimental to their success before they hit their stride. The
Javier did not stay in Trevor’s home any longer. He came to reawaken the titan—it did not mean he was going to stay for the rumble. Solving this imbroglio between Trevor and Libby with her lover was between those two.Javier descended the stairs, got into his car, and waited quietly. He had come here alone but did not intend to go back alone.About two minutes later, the lover clambered downstairs in a flurry suggesting a panicked man running away. One look at that face and one would have thought someone had died inside. Javier doubted that was possible, though. Trevor had been suffering this abuse for years on his end. He did not endure all of that torment, saving money just to be locked up for manslaughter.Reality proved to align itself with Javier’s prediction. Another ten minutes passed before Trevor and Libby came down the stairs in tandem. As the man passed his car by, he informed Javier, “Please be patient, boss. On my way to get a divorce. Will be right back.”His impassiv
Trevor’s rage was palpable.He should be. He used to be the commander, then someone stole it away from him and framed him for more than a year. His life had been plunged straight to the nadir.However, there was more to his fury. He was angry that the nation’s technological advancement had once made it possible to take the lead before every other country. And yet a small cabal managed to stall an entire generation worth of innovation…over their myopic profit.What angered him most was that these were the very same people whose family members enjoyed clear blue skies and fresh, unpolluted air overseas. The same people who drove around in luxury cars and lived in posh mansions while insisting indignantly that they had worked themselves to their *sses to advance the nation’s technology.These were the leeches who had banished Trevor from his position of power. And now, they posed as successful names and the pillars supporting the nation’s automobile industry.Trevor did his damndest
”Where’s the professor? We’ll go meet him now and get the technology in advance—no matter how much is needed!”There must be a lot of people who were after a technology so amazing as well. Javier could already foresee someone else who was there asking for it when he got to meet the old professor!Trevor was quite close to the old professor and had decided to take Javier there. It was just that…“Boss, I need to pick up my kid first and can only go there with you after I take care of the kid.”Javier waved his hands. “No need. Just let me know the address and contact number. I’ll go on my own and call you if something isn’t right. You’ll definitely be free to answer a call.”Trevor was exceptionally delighted that Javier was as passionate as him.“Of course, I’d have the time for that. Don’t worry. I’ll call him now to talk about this.”Trevor pulled out his phone to do exactly that, only to find out that he was unable to make the call. It was only then he recalled that he had no
Javier did not answer that but asked Liam instead, “How much do I need to buy yours and your students’ patent?”Liam pursed his lips. “That’d be costly. I’m guessing probably a year’s worth of profit like what you said—if you sold 20 thousand units per month.”That would be 150 million dollars. They had just talked about the annual profit just now.According to the market rate, it seemed like a high price point to purchase the talents and patent of a technology using 150 million dollars, but Javier replied without hesitation, “Sure. These 150 million dollars won’t include your research lab and the likes as I’ll provide them additionally. I guarantee that they’ll be the most advanced the world has. I’ll have Trevor discuss that with you. He’ll make instant purchases of any equipment you need. Even if you need the Large Hadron Collider, I’ll buy it without a second word!”Liam was baffled. “You really aren’t pressed for money?”“Not at all!” Javier nodded seriously.Liam was curiou