Chan Aetos
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I woke up next day with Sara siting on my bed.
"Umm...what are you doing?"
"I wanted to thank you for telling me yesterday. I know that it couldn't be easy for you. Since you lived through it."
"Uhh... yeah. Yesterday was pretty exhausting. Hey, do you have somewhere to live? I remember that you won't be living here anymore that the semester's finished."
"Yeah, I moved out of my parent's house. I currently have a rented apartment."
"Can I stay there for a week or two? There are some things I need to do before I can rent an apartment."
She eyed me suspiciously, "Sure! Let's go. We can take the bus."
"Awesome!
The apartment was small but it was better than what he had in the past-past. I charged the battery.
"Are you going out?"
"Yeah, Sara. There's something I need to do."
I walked to Ethan's office. Ethan was a billionaire in the old world who got rich by binary trading which is very risky. The office was in a small building since he isn't that successful yet. There was no one in the reception area. I could hear the voices from behind the door and it wasn't even closed properly! I listened intently to them.
"Come on, Chan. You know it won't work. It didn't work last time. You made me lose 15 million dollars that day."
"I'm telling you it will work. If you would just let me demonstrate it, you'll understand."
"You don't want to own me more than you do now, Chan. Pay me with an additional million dollar or make me a program that's actually useful."
Chan stormed out of the room. He saw me, standing near the door. Then Ethan saw me and smiled, "Welcome."
Then he realized that I was a teenager. His fake smile suddenly turned into a sneer.
"What are you doing here? Who are you?"
"Who was that person that just walked out of here?"
"Oh that was a nobody. His name is Chan Aetos."
"Chan Aetos...Chan Aetos"
I said the name a few time before it hit me. He was a very famous programmer during the Apocalypse. If Ethan was working with Chan, that's how he got so rich. I left the building and looked for Chan out in the street. Ethan was left, confused by my actions.
Chan was walking down the pavement, grumbling to himself.
"If he let me demonstrate the program, he would be rich in a year."
I ran in front of Chan and stopped there. Chan was annoyed by me since I was standing in front of him.
"What do you want, kid?"
"If I gave you $100,000, can you get a billion dollar?"
Who was this kid that came and ask him. He had no time for this kid's jokes."
"I don't have time for your jokes, kid. Now go along."
"What? Aren't you confident in your program?"
"You! You are that kid that was outside his office, aren't you?"
"Guilty as charge. Now aren't you confident in your program?"
Of course, he was confident in his program. Sure, he made a mistake but he fixed it.
"I am, why do you want a billion dollars?"
"Because I have too many things to buy."
"Like what?"
"I'm afraid, that's confidential. I just want money to help people."
"Crazy kid, but I like the answer. Follow me."
We went to Chan's apartment. It was even smaller than Sara's apartment. But it was big enough for a bed and Chan's three monitors.
"Now let me show you how this works. You see, there are two lines. The green line and red line.. The green line predict the binary. The red line is the actual binary."
Sure enough, there were a green line and a red line. Green line was going forward when the red line follows it. There was no error.
"Now I won't work with you unless you tell me why you want this."
"Do you really want to know? As I warn someone else, I will warn you too. You will not want to know this. Just know that if you work with me, I will guarantee your safety."
"Ok. Fine. I won't ask. Now what are you going to spend the money on?"
"Fine. I want the money for the sake of humanity. I need it for my plans to work."
"Good enough answer. Let's shake on it."
"For humanity."
"For humanity." We shook hands.
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