Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17: 5.7 Million Dollars

Amelia’s face popped up the moment the call was accepted.

She had on a neutral look, making it impossible to read anything from her face.

Heck, if Ethan hadn’t listened in on their meeting, he would’ve thought she was here to reject his terms outright.

But he did.

Leaning forward, with the chibi avatar mirroring his actions, he put on a mock surprised look and said,

"That was fast," Ethan said, "I thought it’d take you a while to convince the board."

His words might seem like simple curiosity but Amelia knew better.

’Damn it’ she mentally cursed.

Ethan’s words might sound simple, but they basically informed her that he was aware exactly how desperate they were for the remaining 15 vulnerabilities.

After all, the meeting would’ve lasted a lot longer if they were not.

Even with that, Amelia didn’t flinch. At least not if you didn’t closely observe.

But Ethan could see it, the slightest twitch of her eyes and the subtle, almost unnoticeable, tension in her shoulders. That was all he needed to confirm it: she knew he knew.

"I’m good at making compelling arguments," Amelia replied calmly, her voice remained professional. "Now, let’s not waste each other’s time, shall we?"

Ethan smiled, the chibi avatar mirroring his expression, "agreed. So, let’s talk numbers."

"I’ve presented your demands to the board," Amelia started, "given the severity of the situation, we’ve prepared a counter offer."

"Is that so?" The chibi avatar leaned forward, as if curious to hear the counter offer they had come up with.

"We are willing to offer you 4 million dollars for the remaining 15 vulnerabilities," Amelia offered in a calm, professional tone.

Although he expected it, Ethan couldn’t help but burst out in laughter. Not the amused kind either.

"Four million?" Ethan repeated, leaning back in his chair "Ms. Rhodes, I believe you know exactly what threats the vulnerabilities I hold pose to your systems."

He paused for a short while before continuing, "even the original $5.7 million was a grossly undervalued ask."

"It’s what the board believes is reasonable," Amelia replied, her face neutral as ever "especially considering you’re an unknown entity with nothing that’ll convince them to place trust in you."

"Is that so?" The chibi avatar’s blue eyes turned completely cold as he added, "you know, just out of curiosity, I did a quick research on what the black market was willing to for these."

This successfully got a visible reaction out of Amelia as a frown graced her face, but Ethan wasn’t done yet.

A ding sounded on her laptop as a file was uploaded to it.

"What’s this Mr. OmniTech?" She asked.

"Just open it," Chibi Ethan said with a grin on its face.

Since this was a laptop not connected to any of their systems, there was no was for Ethan to hack them through it...or so she thought.

Without hesitation, she opened it and instantly froze when she read the first few lines of the document.

The document contained black market price research specifically on vulnerabilities. The prices of backdoors for smaller companies were not that impressive but for a tech giant like Google?

Even the smallest backdoor was priced high and OmniTech had fifteen of them. Enough to make him hundreds of millions.

Amelia frowned seeing the market analysis before asking, "is this a threat?"

"As I said before, Ms. Rhodes, I only wish to establish a relationship with Google," he answered, "regardless, I’m not desperate enough to allow you to take advantage of me."

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