Getting A System In A Modern World - Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Going To The Office
Howard Street, San Francisco.

In front of a 30-story office building, a group of people dressed in office attire stood quietly, seemingly waiting for someone. They were important staff members of the company that owned the building.

The ‘passersby’ were very surprised to see them standing outside, and the most surprising thing about the situation was that the company’s beautiful and well-known female CEO was also standing outside with them.

This got them curious, especially those who were monitoring the company and trying to get information on it.

The ‘passersby’ got curious and decided to wait and see the reason for the company’s staff gathering outside.

The company’s staff waiting outside the building were all smiles and filled with anticipation. Every one of the company’s staff was told by the CEO that the President of the company, who was also the owner, would be coming to the company today.

This was before she took the most important staff of the company and went outside to wait for the President’s arrival.

As they stood outside, they waited quietly and calmly. They were curious to know who the company’s President was and what he looked like, but even though they had questions, they knew better than to ask.

As they waited, a black Camaro pulled up in front of the building, and a handsome young man stepped out of the car.

When the CEO saw the young man, she walked towards him with a smile. The rest of the group saw the CEO’s action and followed suit with smiles, and their curiosity heightened.

“Hello President Silas,” the CEO, Kim, said as she gave a shocking bow to the young man.

The staff behind her were shocked and the ‘passersby’ even more.

They felt like they were dreaming.

‘Wow! So handsome,’ they thought to themselves, but that wasn’t the most shocking thing about the whole situation.

‘Did the CEO just bow to that kid?’ they all thought to themselves, confused.

The staff who had already been informed by the CEO herself, knew that the only reason why she would bow to the kid in front of them was because he was the company’s President, and this realization gave them even more shock.

It’s not that it’s unheard of for someone so young to own a company. They had heard of it, but there’s a difference between hearing about something and actually seeing it for oneself.

The staff outside and those inside, especially the females who saw Silas, were excited when they saw how handsome and young he looked, and some of them couldn’t help but have wild thoughts.

The ‘passersby’ who knew this were left confused and curious as to what the kid’s identity could be.

Silas was surprised when he saw Kim standing in front of him with some people also standing behind her, and even more surprising to him was the bow she gave.

He didn’t need to be told as he knew that the reason why they were outside was because they were waiting as he had already informed Kim that he would be coming to the office after dropping Alex off at school.

As for the reason why Kim bowed to him, he knew that she did it to establish his position in the hearts of the staff standing behind her, but Silas felt that there was no need for her to go that far.

Even though he had these thoughts, he decided to put them aside and act along with Kim.

“CEO Kim,” he replied with a nod and smile, and walked into the building followed by Kim and others.

When he walked into the building, he was met by a large number of the company’s staff, lined up at both sides of the door.

“Good morning, President Silas.”

Silas, who was new to experiences like this, took it with a smile, as he waved at them and walked towards the elevator with Kim following behind him.

Inside the elevator, Silas let out a sigh and looked at Kim strangely.

“Was the bow really necessary?”

“I think it was. You’re very young in age and appearance. If I didn’t bow to you, we might see a case of you having to prove yourself to the staff before they can believe in your capabilities. Even though you’re the owner of the company and their employer, they are still human and they will have their own thoughts, something we have to avoid at all costs as we are still a very relatively new company. Also, I like to keep my work life and personal life completely separate,” Kim replied.

She understood Silas’ thoughts but she did what she felt she had to do.

As someone who has worked in a corporate organization for more than two decades, she has been able to effectively separate her work and personal life.

At home, she’s his stepmom but at the office, she’s nothing more than a worker to him.

Silas heard Kim’s response and didn’t know how to respond.

It would be a lie if he said that he didn’t understand what Kim said, and he knew that she was right.

Silas thought of this and shook his head lightly to shake the thoughts out of his head. He decided to focus on the reason for coming to the office.

When the elevator got to the top floor where Kim’s office was situated, it stopped, and Silas and Kim stepped out of it.

Kim took the lead and walked into her office with Silas following behind.

Inside the office, Kim took her seat on one of the visitor’s seats, and Silas did the same.

After taking his seat, Silas decided to get things underway.

“Kim, please get me the two individuals on this list,” Silas said as he passed a piece of paper to Kim.

Kim collected it and saw the names on it. She was surprised and was curious as to the reason why Silas would be looking for the people on the list, but she didn’t ask questions as she pressed the office landline, gave the names to her secretary, and told her to send them up.

The two names that Silas gave to Kim were names of people that he got from the second man he interrogated the previous night. Names of people that were also placed by his employer in the company to get inside information.

Silas could have done it discreetly, but he felt it would be better to do it in Kim’s presence so that she could understand the reason for the feeling of uneasiness she had been feeling.

It took a few minutes before a male and a female arrived at the office.

They walked into the office with a smile on their face as they greeted Silas and Kim.

Silas saw the smile on their face and nodded in satisfaction at their level of acting. He knew that under that smile of theirs were very complicated emotions and he could see right through their smiles, and he saw the nervousness that was almost perfectly hidden behind it.

“Wipe the fake smiles off your face, I don’t like it. I spoke to your colleague yesterday, the one who’s in charge of getting information outside of the company, and I must say that I find it very funny that your employers are fine with treading the line of corporate espionage. They’re not actually treading it at the moment but they have crossed it,” Silas said with a smile.

The two of them were initially nervous when they got the message from their boss, telling them to go up to the CEO’s office.

The other staff were envious of them when they saw this as they felt that the two of them might have caught the President’s interest.

The female was the one who got the most envious glares as her fellow females in the office, especially the young and hot-blooded ones, were staring daggers at her.

Unlike what others thought, the two of them knew that it wasn’t because they caught the President’s eye but because they were fucked.

They got a message late the previous night from John, their boss and the person who was in charge of getting information from the company on the outside.

The content of the message was the emoji of someone running and that of a skull.

A message that left them confused. They tried contacting John but their call was busied, making them have a feeling of unease.

To make matters worse, they came to the office this morning to get the news from their CEO that the company’s President would be visiting.

You know that time of your life when things are going downhill for you and very bad shit keeps happening, making things worse, and making you feel like you’re falling into an abyss.

When they really knew that they were fucked was when they got the message to come up to the CEO’s office.

Looking at Silas, the false composure they had when they entered had completely disappeared and was now replaced by nervousness, evidenced by the cold sweat on their foreheads.

“So, what do you think?” Silas asked with a smile.