Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Foundation

"Sentinel?" Amelia asked with narrowed eyes as she clicked open the software uploaded on her laptop by Ethan.

"A security software I developed. The one responsible for finding those vulnerabilities in your systems in just a couple seconds."

Her neutral expression cracked just a little and her lips parted slightly, but she quickly masked her reaction with a controlled breath.

"You built your own vulnerability scanner?"

Ethan chuckled. "Scanner? Ms. Rhodes, please. Sentinel is a lot more than just a vulnerability scanner."

"Sentinel is a tool that automates security assessments, detected vulnerabilities in real time, and offered clear, actionable solutions."

Ethan enjoyed the change in her expression as she went through the software and saw its capabilities.

He leaned back in his chair, the chibi avatar mimicking him as always. "What I sent you is a watered-down demo, nothing even close to the real deal. But it’s enough to show you what it’s capable of."

"You-" Amelia stuttered as she searched for the right words, "you built this?"

Her surprise was justified, after all, even though sentinel was not at the state Ethan imagined yet, it was years above anything cyber security softwares of 2010 could offer.

"Of course," Ethan replied with a smile before adding, "and I’m offering Google first bid on it."

"What happens if we say no?" She asked quietly.

Amelia did this to gauge their standing in this negotiation, she wanted to see exactly how many options OmniTech had which’ll help them know exactly how much advantage they could gain in this.

But as always, OmniTech proved he was as much a cunning businessman as he was a tech genius.

Ethan smiled before replying "then Sentinel goes to someone else. Amazon, Microsoft. The options are endless, Ms. Rhodes. I’m offering Google first pick and it’s not because I have no alternatives."

Her lips pressed into a line. "I’ll take this to the board."

"Great," The chibi avatar gave her the biggest smile yet, "I’ll give you a month to go through everything the demo version has to offer, we’ll negotiate then."

"You’ll hear from us," Amelia gave a nod.

"Perfect," Ethan said with a smile. "I’ll send over the remaining vulnerabilities. Looking forward to your call in a month."

With that, he moved his cursor to the end call button and ended the call before immediately sending a PDF of the remaining 15 vulnerabilities and their fixes.

As soon as the file was sent, Ethan closed his laptop with a snap and exhaled deeply, the adrenaline slowly wearing off.

He leaned back in his chair again, letting the silence of the room settle in for a moment.

The, he suddenly started chuckling which soon turned into a full blown laughter. Taking his phone, he turned on the screen and brought his phone closer to his face.

On the screen was the confirmation that his offshore account had received the payment from Google.

"This is just the beginning," Ethan’s stopped laughing, while he continued looking at the screen "be ready Nathaniel and Olivia, you took everything from me in my last life, this time I’ll make sure you lose everything."

He clenched the phone tighter causing a crack to appear on its already broken screen.

Ethan let out a sigh before relaxing his grip on the phone, "let’s not get ahead of ourselves."

"There’s no way I’d be able to face Nathaniel with just $5.7 million" He muttered with a chuckle before standing up, "first thing’s first, let’s set-up a foundation."

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