Chapter 503: Cheating
" Yeah? What is it?" Ryder asked, gazing at Alice while standing up.
He had finished eating and didn’t need to keep sitting anymore.
"What I wanted to say is that I-"
Alice started screaming, but she stopped as she heard a phone ringing.
"Excuse me for a minute," Ryder apologized as he looked down at his pocket where his phone was ringing. He brought the phone out and looked at who was calling him.
"Aleson?"
He noticed the name of Aleson, who was the young man he has hired to lead the Medical Research department of his Divine Corporation.
"Hello?"
Ryder placed the phone near his ear.
"What?" Ryder suddenly exclaimed in shock after he heard the words of the other side. "Are you telling the truth?"
"Alright. I’ll be right there," Ryder replied before he disconnected the call.
"I’m really sorry, but something urgent has come up. I’ll have to leave," Ryder told Alice as he started walking towards the stairs. "I’ll come back in the evening, and we will talk."
He hastily went into his room and picked up the car keys, not remembering to control his strength. In his haste, he had broken the doorknob as well as the door.
"God, I can’t even hurry now. Can I really drive in this condition? I’ll crush the steering wheel," he muttered as he stared at the broken door. He didn’t even know how he was going to explain it.
"No time to think," he let out as he stepped inside and picked up the keys carefully before walking down.
"Shu, can I borrow your driver?" he asked Shu, who was still sitting at the Dining table.
"Sure. He should be outside."
Nodding his head, Ryder left the Estate and went to the driver, who was already outside. He gave the keys to the driver and told him to drive.
The driver opened the door of Ryder’s car. He didn’t forget to open the passenger side door for Ryder since he was kind of like the unofficial boss.
Ryder was glad to see the driver opening the door himself. If he hadn’t, Ryder would have to ask him to open, which would have made Ryder look egomaniac.
He couldn’t open himself either since the door was going to be broken very easily.
He sat inside the car and told the driver where to take him.
...
A beautiful yellow sports car stopped before a tall building.
The driver stepped out of the car and gazed towards Ryder, who didn’t step out. Ryder, on the other hand, looked towards the driver, creating an awkward moment.
He couldn’t open the door. He wanted the driver to open it, but he didn’t know how to ask.
The Driver understood the meaning of Ryder’s gaze. Without many complaints, he stepped out of the car and closed the door before he walked over to Ryder’s side.
"Cheh, such a lazy man. Even master Shu isn’t that lazy," he muttered as he clicked his tongue. Even though he didn’t react before Ryder, he was pretty annoyed at this king-like behavior of Ryder.
That guy couldn’t even open the door for himself.
"Sorry for making you do it. Actually, my hands are hurting a lot today. I can’t do anything that needs strength without pain," Ryder apologized, realizing that the man wasn’t happy.
If he could do damage control by giving an excuse, then it was alright anyway.
"It’s fine, sir. It’s my duty," the driver answered. "I’ll wait in the car for your return."
...
Ryder walked towards the glass door of the building, which was opened by the guards who stood at the entrance, so he didn’t need to touch the glass door.
"Good morning, boss."
"Good Morning, Sir."
"Good Morning."
As Ryder walked inside the building, he was greeted by the workers, who all recognized him and gave him great respect.
Some of the staff that were new were still finding it hard to believe. A boy as young was the owner of such a big building and owned a company of his own when he wasn’t even twenty-five years old right now
That wasn’t shocking either since, according to what they heard, one of the biggest companies— the Dream Corporation was also owned by a young man.
That company was like a god in front of this new company. But what really made Ryder special for them was that Ryder was a self-made man.
He wasn’t like Shu Maxwell, who inherited the company from his parents.
Instead, Ryder was an orphan who lived a middle-class life. How did he achieve so much? It was amazing. Many people looked at him like inspiration.
What’s more special was that Ryder always came here without any security. He was so free despite being rich. Most rich people of this level walked with guards for their security, but he was different.
While the workers were praising him in their heads, Ryder walked towards the lift.
Stopping before the lift, he slowly raised his hand and pressed the button as lightly as he could. Fortunately, the button wasn’t broken.
The door of the lift opened, and he walked inside.
...
The lift reached the higher floor, where Ryder stepped out and walked towards the office of Aleson.
He opened the door without knocking and stepped out since he was in a hurry and didn’t care about manners.
"Aleson, are you telling the truth?" he asked as soon as he stepped inside.
"Sir, you’re here. It’s true. I used the data you gave me and added the things that were missing with great research. The first test was successful. I think it can work," Aleson told Ryder with excitement. "I think we should apply for the right to conduct human trials. We’re very close."
"Human trials, huh," Ryder muttered as he rubbed his chin.
Inside his head, he was wondering what he needed to do to get human trial permissions. He was new in this field. He didn’t know the administrative side. The only reason he was even able to help Aleson was because he knew the past.
’I should ask Shu about it. He would know the right people to get me whatever permission I need the fastest,’ he thought as he came up with a plan.
"I’ll arrange that. You prepare the rest," he told Aleson. "Anyway, can I see that test too? I also want to see it working."
"Of course. It could only be possible because of your ideas. The highest credit belongs to you. Please come with me," Aleson replied as he started walking in a different direction.
"Credit to me? Not really. It all belongs to you. Nothing would be possible without you," Ryder answered as he smiled wryly. It was the truth. He didn’t deserve any credit.
"You’re really humble, sir. Even when you deserve the credit, you want to give it to me. I’m so lucky to work for you. Without you, I don’t know where I would be. It was you who helped my grandfather and paid for his treatment. I wouldn’t even know he was sick without you."
"I can’t even begin to thank you after all you did."
Aleson thanked Ryder repeatedly as he left the room, advancing towards the lab.
Ryder didn’t react. He could only be glad that Aleson was leading him so that he wouldn’t need to open the doors and risk looking like an alien.
"This is the lab where we worked on it. These are the documents with the working principle behind it. It basically works the same as the idea you gave me. I only had to expand on the idea and fine-tune it a bit," Aleson told Ryder as he showed him the lab.
...
In a different officer on the same floor, another man of Aleson’s team was sitting on his chair. He didn’t like the fact that Aleson was the leader and head of this branch despite being the youngest.
He felt like that was an insult to him. Moreover, his advice was often ignored, and everyone only listened to Aleson as if he was an Idiot.
The man known as John was sitting on the chair, talking to someone over the phone.
"Hello, sir. That’s right. You know the documents I sent you after stealing from here?"
"That’s right. It’s proven that it works. The test results are here. I’m sure Aleson would apply for human testing. You should take the credit for this for your company before that happens and ask permission for yourself."
"That’s right. Your company is the biggest name in the Pharmaceutical Industry and research. This little new Divine Corporation is nothing before you. After you take credit, you can easily call out Divine Corporation for stealing your research."
"That’s right. So is my position as the head of your research department confirmed?"
"Thank you! Thank you so much! I promise I will work hard for you after joining your company. You won’t be disappointed."
He disconnected the call as he started laughing like mad.
