My office was huge, it was like having an apartment and then putting a bunch of fancy furniture in it and calling it an office. Never the less it was private and it was quiet, and I could see Kira from where she was sitting right outside, my own personal a.s.sistant. At the very least that"s what the official description of her position says, and quite frankly it was a demotion from her old post, but everyone in this building knew that she now ran the Imperium industries, or at the very least she helped me do so.I"ve had a wild night, and I really wanted to just close my eyes and sleep, but Kira and I had to go over a few deals that I need to approve on, and possibly a few other investments that we could put our hands in. After the disastrous public displays between me and my father"s family during my Baba"s burial, the stocks of the company took a Major hit. Of course it has seen quite a few improvements ever since it was announced that I was taking over as chairman of the company, but it was not yet at a point we would call satisfactory. And for a company as big as this, you can never have too much money.
"Kira you can come in now, let"s get this over with." I sent for Kira through the phone that connected me straight to her desk.
I didn"t have to wait long as she stepped into the office looking very official in her red and black suit. Why she was wearing something like that I don"t know, but it hugged all of her curves and even enhanced her beauty. Obviously Kira had a thing for red, and it was hard to focus on the task at hand when her dressing had my other head standing at attention and my real head lost in his fantasies.
She took a seat in front of me, her work tablet in her hand. Just after a few swipes of her hand, the blinds in the office went out, and the door closed with an audible click. I raised an eyebrow at that, this lady wants to take total control of my life, even my office was totally within her grasp.
"We have a lot to talk about, both the official and unofficial post you seem to hold, and I would prefer if no one is listening in. Ronin sweep the entire office for any listening devices."
{Understood Lady Kira, running scanning protocol...…..a total of 46 listening devices located within the confines of the office lady Kira what would you have me do.}
"Release a controlled EMP blast, I don"t want to shut down the entire building, much less alert whoever is listening."
{As you wish Lady Kira...all devices have been neutralized, including surveillance cameras for the office. Is there anything you need an a.s.sistance with Lady Kira?}
"No that will be all Ronin, go into standby mode and keep an eye out for any invited guests. Now Aaron, let"s talk."
I was baffled, an AI security system was not something beyond my capabilities, but I didn"t expect Kira to have thought of everything and placed one in my office, much less predict that there would be bugs placed within the office. I"m the ex military guy, I"m the one who"s supposed to have all those suspicions, but I seem to have underestimated corporate espionage. It was no different from a real battlefield, only instead of guns and knives, we were using words, spy tech and open smiles while stabbing each other in the back, I can"t trust anybody, not even Kira it might seem.
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"There a few deals that you would have to sign up on, also a few public appearances is needed. First things first, there"s a lot of projects your grandfather left unfinished, and your father has not been too keen on seeing them through, and that"s mainly because it profits others more than it profits him.
Your grandfather had started work on a sky community, a ma.s.sive piece of land floating above Los Angeles to serve as a home for the current homeless and those looking for greener pastures. Problem is, something like that can only be built for the rich, and the amount of money needed for such an undertaking will be sure to out a ma.s.sive dent into the company"s funds, and your grandfather wanted to do it for charity, and what"s worse it technology then is not as advance now as it was then, even if it"s just been about 18 or so years.
I believe we should push forward with that plan, but make a few tweaks to your grandfather"s original intent. This world runs on money and power, but it"s the weak who build and generate that power, whoever wields it is just lucky. The less privileged could be out there as workers, heck they could even help build the community itself. The rich and wealthy would kill for a chance to live in such a place, since the s.p.a.ce stations and even Mars as a whole is not something they can reach. We need to give the deal out to a prospective construction company, so if you agree with me, I can put the deal out there and have the companies interested put our a proposal.
But next the funds to handle the construction is something that could very well leave us bankrupt....except we make our foray into the weapons manufacturing business. But rather than guns and warheads, I believe vehicular warfare is better. Drones, tanks, bikes, and cars outfitted for battle, both on and off world as tension with Mars and the s.p.a.ce stations seem to be rising. War is coming, and I don"t think a pacifist approach to it would help anybody.
I know your "group" of people might not agree to this as war might put a huge dent into their funds, but there"s a lot to be gained from this, it would most of the world government in the palm of your hands, and give you a card to use against your father and keep the board of directors in check. Obviously my dad asked me to convince you to go with this route, but I believe there"s a better option than that anyway.
The world is rapidly approaching a point where governments would turn out to be pointless, and it"s right around the corner as everyone is now looming our for themselves. If you can"t get yourself a significant amount of power, Imperium Industries though ranked 3rd in the world, is still the biggest pie to everyone due to our advancements in Virtual Reality engineering and software design. We"re shaping the future, and you have to make the decision to make that future ours.
Think of it this way, more lives would be lost if we do nothing, than if we choose to act. And the next move is that we need to get rid of your step-mother, permanently!"
"Ehhh! What?"