When Delilah reached Country Z via the underwater railway, the poised lady was picked up by a private chauffeur. The car headed off in the direction that wasn't Gray and Sato's home. Instead, it was driving towards the Central of the country, where large conglomerates have set up their headquarters here.
Delilah's true motive in Country Z was slowly being revealed. As the car finally came to a stop outside of a modern glass building, Delilah was welcomed into the building by the ground staff. She was guided around by a young lady who seemed to be an assistant. The beautiful and talented lady was brought to the top floor, taking a private elevator that could only be used by executives.
The elevator opened to reveal a long and large meeting room table. Around the table sat seven individuals, all dressed up in formal attire. The lighting in the room mainly came from the glass windows that refract light into the space. As the weather today in Country Z was gloomy, the room was dimly lit, almost suggesting ominous energy in the room. However, the situation was not exactly that case.
"Welcome to Country Z, Ms Kouglas." The man sitting at the very end of the table stood up and walked towards Delilah. He was very respectful to the 29 year old in front of him.
"Thank you, Justin. There is no need to be so formal. It is not like we have not met before." Delilah smiled as she shook the man named Justin's hand.
"Alright, alright. I was just kidding. Take a seat Delilah."
"Mm." The both of them took their seats, sitting directly opposite of each other.
"So, the Executives and I have read the proposal you have given to us. The things written in it seemed to favour us far too much, leaving you with nothing. Was there a reason behind you creating such a proposal?" Justin casually flipped through a file that had several pages in it. The file was the proposal that Delilah had proposed to him.
"Yes, there is a reason behind it." Delilah hid nothing from him.
"Oh? Go on."
"As stated in my proposal, I would like to join your company as the Co-Head Developer of your AI system in SYMBOL. You should know that I was the one that created Bapple's latest AI system and had been perfecting it over the years. So, me jumping to your company now could be seen as an anomaly. That was why I suggested a proposal that is favoured to you." Delilah continued, "The reason behind me changing companies is even simpler. I want to seek revenge."
"Revenge?"
"Yes," Delilah sat straighter than she was before, "I want to completely blow Bapple's AI system out of the park. For everything they had done to my team and I, I would like to destroy them with my own hands."
"And for this revenge, you really thought that suggesting such a favourable proposal to our company would mean that we would hire you for sure?"
"Is that a no?" Delilah's facial expression became more complicated, before easing up again when Justin spoke.
"Yes, of course it is a no! How could we accept to only hire you as a part-time contract? Moreover, you are not even asking for a flipping salary? Delilah, what you are suggesting is that we commit robbery on you!" The Executives in the room laughed politely to the side. They were indeed shocked at how naive the lady's way of thinking was. Delilah too, blushed in embarrassment.
"Delilah.. What I am saying is that our company is more than willing to hire you, not just as a Co-head Developer for our AI System, but as our sole Head Developer for our AI System."
"But what about the current Head Developer?"
"Ah, that old man was ecstatic to give up his position to work his last remaining years under your guidance." Justin shooed away such empty problems. He continued to knock some sense into Delilah, "You have to realise that you should never lower yourself below your own self-worth. It is not only an insult to you, but to the company that is hiring you. In regards to you wanting to hire your entire old team from Bapple, I will leave it up to your ability to call them over to SYMBOL. If the pay needs to be raised, just submit the quote to the finance department."
Hearing these words come out of Justin's mouth, the lady could not fathom how uncorrupt such a huge conglomerate was. The proposal previously given to them by Delilah would have immediately been accepted by other technological companies. Almost everyone would not deny the opportunity to gain such a huge profit.
The young lady of the Kouglas Family did not want to rely on the Tobion Family to get into their subsidiary companies. She had her own face to save and was independent ever since she was young. Till now, she had yet to use a single cent from her family ever since she started university. She had built her own empire up using her own prowess and determination.
Today, Delilah realised how great the Tobion family was in regards to choosing successors in businesses. A CEO like Justin Fate was extremely hard to come by, much less a group of Executives that did not scheme against each other. They were all working towards a collective goal in bettering the company's mission.
"Thank you for all of this, Justin." Delilah was touched from the bottom of her heart.
"It really is nothing, Delilah. Rather, I should be thanking you for choosing to hop to our company. From today onwards, our company's growth will be exponential and soon enough, we will crush Bapple in its core."
That last statement was not an over-exaggeration by any chance. What Justin had said was an accurate prediction of future events.