Walking with his friends to the station, everyone was still talking about the match.
Amadeus: "Ben, where you always this amazing?"
Tobi: "Hope you don't forget your old friends when you became famous?"
Ben was feeling uncomfortable, people rarely complimented him, but now he was complimented while knowing that he was extremely lucky.
He even pitied Eren for losing against someone less skilled in Basketball before the whole class. The irony of life.
As they arrived at the station, Ben saw his teammate at the match.
Fabian: "I never fought that you would win against Eren. I don't want to know how pissed he is."
Ben: "I myself am surprised, luck must have been on my side. Thanks for choosing me over Timon! You truly saved my life."
Fabian: "No problem. You proved your worth."
TM1: "Yes, you played pretty well."
TM2: "Hope we will have the chance to play again together."
TM3: "We still have 2 years together at school, we should become friends."
Ben was slightly touched: "You were the best mates I could have played with. I also would like to become friends with you. It's a real shame that different groups don't interact often with each other."
TM: "We agree with you. See you tomorrow."
On the way home, Ben is called by an unknown number. Ben was for the moment dazed, he forgot about his message to Efron Wroque.
"Hello, who is calling me."
"Hello, my name is Efron Wroque. You sent my Instagram – account a message with a proposition."
"Oh, I am sorry, I thought you weren't interested in my proposition."
"Please, don't be sorry. It is my fault. I delved for the last days into one of our ideas and forgot about your message."
"No problem! So do you have certain conditions?"
"Firstly, I would like to ask questions if it is alright."
"Sure."
"My friends and I are a bit confused about you wanting to invest in us. How did you learn about our plans to create a company? Why are you interested in us? And do you even have money to invest?"
"Efron, your questions are a bit rude, even though I understand your doubt. The first question shouldn't be important. The answer to the second question is that I am interested to invest in Start-Ups, so now it is your task to persuade me to invest. The answer to your last question is yes, I have and the moment we have an agreement, I can prove it to you."
His answers were too good, Efron wanted to argue but didn't know what to say.
"Now that I answered your question, you should decide if you want to meet me or not! This will make discussion easier and we can sign a contract there. What is your answer?"
Efron felt greatly pressured by this 16-year-old boy, he forgot his skepticism and was thinking about meeting Ben. On the one hand, an investment would make their dream easier to achieve. His friends were all investing and working for the project. At every moment, the group could disband and everyone would have lost time and money.
On the other hand, their Start-up would lose a part of their freedom and would give away shares that would be worth a lot after the company became successful.
Efron decided to at least meet him and see the terms of the contract.
"We would love to present our ideas. So where shall we meet?"
"I don't have much time, so you should meet me in Stuttgart. The sooner we sign the contract the faster your company can become successful, so don't take too much time."
Efron was unwilling to drive all the way to Stuttgart, but it seemed like he didn't have a choice.
"I will discuss it with my friends. When would be the earliest meeting possible?"
"Just meet me tomorrow afternoon. An investment in the early stage is important, so you shouldn't postpone our meeting. I will send you the address tonight, you can bring another member with you, and don't forget to present your future products. See you tomorrow!"
With that last sentence, Ben ended the call as he already arrived home.
´I hopefully can invest tomorrow my money. I already had my millions wait in the bank for a few days.
Will my 15 million be enough for the investment. Probably not! The jackpot of EuroMillions should have recovered enough to win a few other millions. I should play for the next Friday. Other than that, I should learn more about Kyusho Jitsu, so that tonight I can create a skill about it. Can't wait to able to beat up my enemies.´
On the other side of the call, Efron was dazzled.
´How did it come to it? I just wanted to talk with this guy and 5 min later he ends the call with a "see you tomorrow". Should I just not go? First I should inform my friends and they should decide! But if we tried to meet him, then we have to do a PowerPoint presentation with all our ideas. Ah. Fuc*. I hate more work.´
After coming home, Ben read through all the articles and ebooks about Kyusho Jitsu. He undoubtedly found the best martial art for himself, merciless and effective.