Chapter 222 - Meeting Ethan Grey
Rudra changed into proper a proper suit , while he stayed five extra minutes in the changing room , to calm the raging thunder in his pants.
He came out and tried to act as normal as possible around Naomi , and to his delight she seemed to be unaware of what transpired.
Rudra sighed in relief as he helped her complete her shopping and went his way to the Grey tower.
As usual when he entered the Grey tower , all employees stood up from their work station to come greet him. He had apparently became a celebrity around the tower.
He had came unannounced and without a scheduled meeting soo he was worried he would have to wait , however to his pleasent surprise he was able to directly meet Ethan in his office , without waiting at all.
Ethan was as usual fidgeting with his crystal ball , when he saw Rudra and smiled.
Rudra could see the dark circles under Ethan's baggy eyes , he understood quickly that Ethan was under a lot of stress lately.
Ethan said " My brother visits unexpectedly , come , I hope you bring good news with you ".
Rudra wanted to cheer up Ethan soo he said " Ofcourse , I do , I am happy to announce that the guild has won the management rights of Purplehaze city , according to my reincarnation knowledge it is the most significant achievement we have made in the game soo far . And if my estimations are not wrong , if we properly manage the city , we can easily make over 3 trillion dollars in a year . With you owning 30% stake in the guild , that would translate to an additional revenue of a trillion dollars for you this year".
Had anyone else told him about such ridiculous numbers , he would have probably fired them on the spot here , however coming from Rudra's mouth , these words were credible .
He arched an eyebrow , the Omega market seemed to be more lucrative than his wildest imaginations , he was very happy to have invested in the Elites soo early in the game , the returns the guild was generating was beyond his scope of expectations.
Ethan laughed " Good , good , just the kind of news I wanted to hear , hahaha , you are my true brother , always here with solutions , rather than problems ".
Rudra just smiled , after a while he gaugingly asked " is something the matter ? ".
Ethan sighed as he said " That Mithun Ambani is stirring trouble , he would probably wage a war on japan should his demands not be met".
Rudra knew little about world politics , but it seemed like a major problem , however with the VR Olympics coming soon , Rudra was reminded of an important event that would take place in the future.
UN was currently under a lot of pressure , as multiple countries were asking for VETO rights , and the demand to be added as a permanent member of security council was increasing immensely , especially from countries like South Korea , Japan and India. Under immense pressure they needed to pass a reform soon.
This reform would come with the launch of the VR Olympics , UN would declare a important decision in the coming future , that the top 5 countries in the VR Olympics with the most medal tally , would gain VETO rights for that year in UN.
It would be a yearly event , and winners every year would be given a spot in the security council with VETO rights for one year.
Hence not knowing if it would help Ethan or not , Rudra blurted this piece of information to Ethan.
Ethan was shocked for a while, but his brain got to thinking real fast , and he said .... " So you are telling me that if Japan somehow manages to land a top 5 spot in the VR Olympics, we would have VETO rights in the UN? ".
Rudra nodded , that was about right .
Ethan , went into deep thoughts as he said " We need to win anyhow then , if we can gain VETO in the security council , then we can make Pakistan be placed in a very unfavourable position, we will have all the bargaining power once that happens, however explain to me why did the UN place soo much importance with the VR Olympics and not the real Olympics for this ? ".
The real Olympics was also a event that carried great meaning even till date. Countries would participate with the spirit of sports and showcase their best talents and efforts to win medals.
Ethan's question was very valid , as he genuinely did not understand the importance of VR Olympics.
Rudra said " Even I do not know the deeper meaning , however my understanding is that , OMEGA gold has became the defacto currency of the world , toppling dollar. The convenience of conversion of in game coins to any currency in the world without any processing fee , has made it the most popular choice ".
" Second reason is that the deaths in game are not real , hence events such as large scale warfare can be staged in a way that countries can fight wars without destroying terrain and loosing lives, hence reducing victims of war , while having a conclusion to the fighting ,?"
" The most important reason is that , the laws in Omega are above all countries , the cuber corporation is not curated by any government , hence they provide an unbiased platform for the event to take place and there is no chance of using unfair means to one's advantage .?Also the contracts in the game are binding and impossible to break , hence without choice the loosing side has to obey the rules of the victors ".
Ethan nodded in understanding , while vague , Rudra's answer held merit , while in Olympics the hosting country will always have an home ground advantage , as well as referees and officials could make mistakes and could be bought off , in real life , same could not happen in Omega.
The fairness of contest was gauranteed , hence it was a superior option for a decision of such a scale.
Ethan had a lot of thinking to do , Rudra had dropped a lot of important information on him at once.
Before he got to thinking however he asked Rudra about the reason behind his visit as he said " Sooo , while I'm glad about the good news and the VR Olympics , I'm sure you came here with a different agenda ..... Soo what is it that you came here for ...".
Rudra realized that he almost forgot his reason for visit here as he said " The reason I came here is because , I want to create an academy ... ".