My bestfriend called, "Leo wtf is going on?"
she invested in my company when it started out, she owns 10 percent.
"Camille, you know me. I know what i'm doing."
Investors and shareholders were restless, i didn't blame them but i couldn't exactly tell them what i was doing.
It was a gamble, but calculated.
I saw the whole board, they could only see pieces.
Me and camille spoke for 10 minutes, i eventually persuaded her. She caved, she trusted me that way.
My God father called, also a shareholder, also with his concerns.
Everyone was acting irrationally.
Twine's board were frantic still but at this point they kind of just gave up, i held 70 percent voting rights.
They couldn't threaten to remove me as Ceo, they'll be fired.
Investors lined up, before the market opened people starting placing long trades on digicorp.
Everyone was expecting this to flourish, i understood them.
By the week, i had established Digicorp as a sole company. I had a new board, i sold 50 percent to a consortium of billionaires headed by a guy named micheal. Old money, young, ambitious, eager to prove himself, i knew what i was doing. I didn't care.
By the second week Digicorp became a 5 trillion company, expected.
My Ai was largely incorporated with the world at this point.
I still kept dumping, i had finally sold 89 percent.
The skepticism rose, the tech world was turning.
Could they have been wrong about me?
was i not the genius they believed i was?
A month later the axe hit, rumours started spreading about a new bill that would severely decimate the use of AI.
At this point i was down to 5 percent,
The UN passed it swiftly, advanced Ai's like mine were banned, heavy restrictions on Ai generally. It became obsolete.
My gamble paid off, ofcourse.
I knew it would.
Digicorp sunk fast, investors clamoured.
This sink dug irreparable holes in their funds.
i was protected, twine was.
If i had left digicorp's ai still under twine, the sudden bill would cause twine to have folded on itself.
I saved it, they began to realize.
Lawsuits came, the government were suing.
Saying i deliberately protected myself against the bill, saying i knowingly rendered people's wealth into the furnace.
Ofcourse i did, they just had no way to prove it.
I had fans and haters, i was a genius and the devil.
Foresight of a god, compassion of a demon.
a quote continuously used to describe me in recent times.
Three months passed and i started buying digicorps shares back, they were worthless at this point, i regained my company and complete rights to the ai.
Now i'm on my way to paris, i'm hungover from last night. Had the best sex in a while and sent videos to jessica.
I didn't have to hurt her, i didn't have to hurt anyone but it was me or them.
I choose me everytime.
i landed in paris, came out of my private jet. The roads i had to take were all but closed, i was afforded the security and privacy of a king.
Went straight to the office of the prime minister, we had contracts to negotiate.
I wanted paris to be my first branch of the new digicorp.
I'm in the lobby of the building, sitting on a bench and someone walks up to me.
"Ass face"
I immediately knew who it was.
"Does paris now allow just anybody in the country or did you have to sneak in, James"
We shared a laugh and a short hug.
"come come, let's go. he's eager to see you"
James was french, came from old money.
Knew the prime minister.
They were basically childhood buddies, we on the other hand met in college.
"By the way i heard you and diane are a thing now"
"Leo if you're a psychic you're a pretty shit one"
I chuckled.
"So you're not?"
"Ofcourse not, we're still just friends"
"You're even worse a liar than i am a psychic"
We arrived at the prime minister's office give James an opportunity to deflect away from the topic.
"Mr Leo, welcome"
"Mr prime minister, it's a pleasure to meet you"
"Believe me, the pleasure is all mine"
The prime minister was dark haired, white, tall.
Really tall. 6'7 i'd guess. He was definitely good looking, it's no wonder why he had such a large amount of female following on instagram.
He continued, straying me from my thoughts and my eyes staring at him which he seemed to take note of.
"So, Mr Leo. James here tells me you're looking to invest in paris"
"well technically i am, i'm looking to buy out a stretch of land."
"James filled me in quite well, but he didn't say how much land you're buying"
I looked over to James and back then i smirked, "100,000 acres with an option to expand 50,000 more"