Chapter 419: Doubts, Friend or Foe?
"Are you talking about Sky Technologies? If that is the company, then, even I have heard a few rumors about it. But because I’m not much focused on technology, I did not really pay much attention to it." Francis, a man with long brown hair tied in a ponytail spoke.
"Of course, you would not know about that. Everyday, you are focused on playing the good guy card. Trying to mediate the conflicts between several countries." Gordon snorted as he responded.
Francis did not react at all, as if he had not heard Gordon speaking. Instead, he just revealed a faint smile, which was something that everyone in the room was already used to.
It was almost impossible to find Francis arguing with someone. But of course, that did not imply that he could be underestimated. He might not argue back, but that does not mean that he would not take action when there was a need to.
Gordon simply clicked his tongue at that, but did not say any other word.
"Yeah, that is the one. Initially, I just thought that it might have been some small breakthroughs in their research. But after I asked Christopher for the information about this company, and those involved, it left me puzzled.
That is why I had to bring up this issue, because I am wondering, is someone within this conference room involved with this company?" Jamie, the person who had brought up Sky Technologies elaborated.
It was just that his words left the group in the conference room frowning while others seemed puzzled. Looking at their reactions, Jamie could tell that they were not sure about what was going on with this company.
"Christopher, would you mind talking about the information that I got from you regarding this company?" Jamie looked at Christopher and asked.
Jamie was someone that many top figures in the world new about. He was usually involved in issues regarding technology, and he had the responsibility of deciding what type of technology could be publicly released.
Most of the time, the regulation was based on several factors, including safety and the possible outcomes of each technology that was released.
There were technologies that could be used for destruction. Unless there was a method to counter them, it was obviously impossible for them to be released to the public.
In fact, the level of technology in the world known to the public was obviously not the highest level. The best technology was still in the hands of the top figures or the top governments in the world.
As for Christopher, he was the director of the Global Intelligence Coordination Agency, GICA. It was a private organization, with many methods that could be used to get intelligence.
It usually collaborated with different governments all over the world, and it could be said that it could not be easily shaken.
As the director of this agency, of course, Christopher held a high position. And it was because of this that he was inside the conference room at the moment.
Simply put, every figure within the conference room held a high position outside. They could easily shake the world if they wanted to.
"Okay, the information that I managed to get regarding this company is the fact that just a few months ago, it was a public company. It had several shareholders, but a few months ago, all the shares of this company were acquired.
At first, this young man, Michael Santos, acquired a small amount of shares. But later on, he went ahead and acquired the entire company.
Thereafter, several changes were made within the company, with quite a number of people losing their jobs. According to the information that I got about those that were laid off, most of them were just leeches or useless to the company.
After this, several talents were hired by this company. I managed to get the information on them, which shows that they possess tremendous talent in their field of focus.
Then, about the products that this company has been launching, starting with the pocket translator beacon, you can easily tell that the level of technology used is beyond what the other companies can achieve within the short term.
It is not impossible for them to be able to achieve this level of technology, but it is going to take a few years for them to be able to achieve this.
As for the power bank and this smartphone, the level of technology involved in this is a little higher. Additionally, there is the better version of the other products that they had already launched before.
They have include the efficiency of each product, and when we got our hands on one of the items, from the experts, we figured out that the level of technology involved in each device is also a notch above what the other companies can achieve.
Something that is attention grabbing is the fact that most of the information about this young man, Michael Santos, cannot be found online.
Even within our backup database, the moment that we try to upload the information, it is mysteriously deleted.
We had our experts try to find if there was a hacker who had somehow managed to get into our systems, but they could not find anything.
As we are speaking now, I’m still trying to find out more about him. Because the information that I have on him right now, it shows that he was ordinary a few months ago. Then all of a sudden, it was as if he suddenly became a different person, with a different identity.
Different skills, strength that shows that he is a mutant, and the fact that he has so much control over the information about him that can be found online." Christopher gave a very long explanation.
But the moment that he finished speaking, everyone went silent. In fact, they were all shocked about this. None of them had anticipated that someone like this existed.
Of course, the level of technology that was being talked about was something that, while kind of shocking to ordinary people, to them, it was considered normal.
But even then, that level of technology, it was definitely not something that the private research center linked with this organization had revealed to the public.
This implied, somehow, this young man had access to high level technology, or there was someone within this conference room that was involved.
But the issue was that, the person who could be involved with this was definitely Jamie. Yet, he was the very person who had come over to report about this. Additionally, considering the timing, it was clear that things had not yet escalated to the extent that it would really attract much of their attention.
Most probably, the thing that Jamie was most consent about was Michael’s background. With an unclear background, they needed to really pay attention to him. Unless they could clear his identity, they could not ignore his actions.
"Does anyone have any suggestions on this matter?" Amanda, the chairwoman, asked.
After a few seconds of silence, Linda, a lady with ginger hair and brown eyes spoke up. She was the president of the alliance of the top entrepreneurs in the world.
"Someone within my alliance paid attention to this company. According to the information that he obtained, it seems that there are some experts that are involved in this issue.
The products that were recently launched by sky technologies were all researched by these experts. And the information related to these experts, I believe that Christopher already knows about it.
Maybe, he did not find it crucial to mention. But I will say it, each of these experts is high level figure in their field. It is just that, before they join Sky Technologies, they had been working privately," Linda stated.
The expressions of the people around shifted once again. They understood the implication of what Linda had said.
For a small company to be able to get the services of top notch figures, high-level researchers, it is clear that it was not easy.
By this point, even those that were not interested in this matter immediately became focused. It seemed, this was something that could cause quite some storm within the world if it was not properly handled.
For those that were doing their own research privately, they had their own principles. More than that, they mostly did not lack what they needed. They had permissions to do their research, connections to gain access to some equipment and so on.
Because of this, it was not that easy to be able to convince them to join those big companies, not to mention a very small one like Sky Technologies.
"Okay, I will need someone to go and meet Michael. Remember, we are trying to understand what is going on, because so far, I can assure everyone that Michael does not have any relationship with our organization.
This implies that there is a possibility that there is another organization out there that we don’t know about. And from what has been revealed so far, it is clear that the capabilities of this organization are not to be underestimated.
We have to understand the intentions of this organization, and if they align with our aims, we can find a way of collaborating or even merging.
Therefore, whoever it is that will be in charge of handling this matter, remember what our aim is. Don’t create any conflict or enmity with him, before understanding if he is a friend or an enemy.
So, who is going to be in charge of this matter? If it is properly handled, there is a reward." Amanda explained as she looked around the conference table, waiting for a response as soon as she finished speaking.