The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 53

The next few days were incredibly tough for Darius as there were only two days before the one week

leave granted to him ran out. He had spent the majority of liis time in the study room going over several

documents regarding the Reid consortium. However despite his efforts, he had yet to even finish 10% of

the work he was supposed to do regarding the Reid consortium.

After signing one more document, he leaned back into his chair and sighed. There were still several

documents arranged neatly on the table waiting for him to go through them.

He finally understood what his grandfather meant. There was no way he could handle this work alone.

He had fully focused on working during the past few days, yet he had covered so little. He dared not

imagine what the case would be when he resumed school. At this rate lie would not even be able to get

1% of the work done.

Darius sighed once more. He looked at the antique clock in his study room and saw that it was already

time for lunch. He had worked overnight and was so engrossed in his work that the time flew quickly

He hastily took a shower before having his lunch. As soon as he was done eating, his phone pinged,

signaling the arrival of a message.

Darius checked the message and saw that it was from Bruce. It was a message updating him about one

of the business deals he needed to finalize. There was also a file attached to the message

Darius connected his phone to his laptop and opened the file. He spent the next ten minutes reading the

documents in the file, and when he was done he let out a sigh.

He was needed to finalize the deal was between Nix Inc., a subsidiary of the Reid consortium and

Numbers Int’l.

Numbers lut’I was a locally acclaimed company which was founded by Rob Bertrand. Rob had founded

the company from scratch and built it into the business empire that it was today.

It was a software based company, just like Nix Inc., and many people had very high expectations for it.

They had expected it to grow into a mammoth business empire that would go head to head with the

tycoon that was Nix Inc. in the tech world. It had that much potential.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Rob Bertrand, the CEO and founder of Numbers Int’l had died

suddenly six months ago. It came as a shock to the business world. Before luis death, he had held a

press conference where he promised the release of an innovative technology that would change the

world. Yet not even a day after press conference, he was declared dead.

Many people had claimed that his competitors in the tech world were responsible for his death, however

as there were no evidence even after research to prove their involvement in his death, there was nothing

the authorities could do.

Although Numbers Int’l were not as colossal as Nix Inc. which was under the Reid consortium, they still

held considerable weight in their district. Before the death of Rob, the company had a net worth of over

$350 million. It was a considerable sum of wealth.

That all changed after Rob’s death. With no genius mind to lead the software based company to glory,

the company growth went downhill.

The stock prices were the first to get hit, with the stock price of the company dropping over 1,000%.

Coupled with that, the quality of tech products released by the company also dropped massively. This

resulted in a huge loss of sales for the company. Unable to bear the weight of the losses, the rising

company was finally declared bankrupt. Unwilling to let a company with huge potential die out, his

grandfather had ordered the upper echelons in the Nix Inc. to obtain ownership of Numbers Int’l.

The upper echelons instantly obeyed, and after a series of negotiations and deliberation, Numbers Int’l

finally agreed to sell 100% of their shares to Nix Inc for $50 million, a far cry from what the software

company was actually worth. With total agreements between both sides, the only thing left was for

Darius himself to sign the agreement. It was something that needed both his presence and his signature.

The upper echelons were also hosting a meeting regarding the latest technology they developed. Darius’

presence wasn’t necessary as they would still send the details and conclusion of the meeting to him, but

since the meeting was held on the same day his presence was required, he saw no reason not to attend

the meeting.

Despite the fact that Darius found the circumstances surrounding Rob’s death strange, he did not bother

too much about it. The business world was a battlefield, and it was not uncommon for people to die the

way Rob did.

Darius leisurely dressed up in his quality office outfit before making his way to his private garage. He had

no choice than to put his search for a suitable personal assistant on hold as he had more pressing

matters to attend to now.

He got into his Bugatti and drove off. After a few minutes, he got to the Nix Inc. headquarters.

This time around, the security guard didn’t bother to ask Darius for his identification. Darius visit the

previous time had left a deep impression on him. His background and identity was far too scary for

someone of his status. When he entered the main lobby of the Nix Inc. headquarters, the upper echelons

came down to welcome him.

Before his arrival, they had made sure to warn the workers that their superior would be visiting the

headquarters for a business deal and that they were to be at their best behavior, and anyone who didn’t

obey the rules would be dismissed immediately. Such measures were needed if they didn’t want a repeat

of what happened during his previous visit. As they guided Darius to the conference room, each of the

workers all bowed lightly as a sign of respect to him when they walked by.

Even if most of them had no idea who Darius was, the fact that the upper echelon accompanied him

during his visits not once but twice proved that his identity was far from ordinary. It was only right for

them to pay their respect to him.

After a minute or two of walking, the upper echelon guided Darius to an imperial conference room. When

they entered the conference room, Darius was shocked by what he saw.