“Just send Cathy a message that I trust her judgement and that she has my approval Da’grass” said Alex.
She also doesn’t need to ask my permission every time , she has far more experience than I have , as long as she does her research she may do as she pleases.
If I want something specific I’ll ask her directly.
I’ll send the message Alex.
She responded that she is happy with the trust you place in her and that she will deliver the best games possible.
He stayed another 7 days visiting ruins of ancient Greece and different museums while on the last day before the trip back he relaxed on the beach.
The following day he took the plane back and again it went without any problems if you don’t count the strange looks his cuff bracelet received .
Alex went grocery shopping and afterwards he took a cab back home.
He sent a message to Helena that he was back at which she responded that they would come by tomorrow at noon.
With nothing else to do he started cleaning his house , he wasn’t a clean freak but some things just have to be done just like laundry.
At around 11.00 hrs he awoke feeling refreshed and hungry so he made something to eat while waiting for Sam and Helena.
RingRiing (doorbell)
“Alex” shouted Helena and gave him a big hug.
“You look tanned , must have been a good place where you went” she said.
I went to Greece for business and the last week for sightseeing but yes the weather was nice.
“I wished we could get a vacation but we are still busy we can only come over for today , mom is taking over our workload for this afternoon” said Sam .
“Yeah we’ve been swamped but thanks to Da’grass we didn’t have any major problems” said Helena .
Mom set up a headquarters in an office building and hired a bunch of people for coordinating our chain business , she bought several locations in the country to set up shop.
Thanks to you we even have several contracts with companies who are going to produce the vr equipement but it’s still busy as hell.
Mom wants to thank you personally for what you’ve done for us , she said you must be a genius for making so much money on the stock market.
We convinced her to keep quit about it but I’m afraid that people will start asking questions.
“We’ll worry about that if it pops up , if people ask how she did it let her tell them she had a rich benefactor” said Alex .
“She still wants to meet you when things calm down a bit” said Sam.
We’ll have dinner in a restaurant when the time comes said Alex .
You told me that you wanted to have a break , how about visiting the Nexus with the time dilation you could have 2 days off and do nothing else than watching movies and eat pop corn .
“That’s a great idea and also the reason why we were so eager to come over here” said Helena.
And I who thought you guy’s were happy to see me and he winked at Helena .
Upon hearing that remark , Helena’s face immediately turned crimson.
“That too , of course” she said .
They went to the bedrooms and after Alex confirmed they were comfortable they logged in.
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“So what do you guy’s want to do with your free time?” asked Alex.
“We better check in on our business first , it has been a long time that we’ve been here and with the time dilation it’s even longer” said Sam.
“I’m afraid he’s right” said Helena.
“You can message them and ask for updates or let the managers come over to your place and let them explain in person” said Alex.
If it was me I would let them come to my place so that we could have a chat.
“That’s actually not a bad idea” said Sam .
That way we don’t lose to much time of our few days off.
Lets do it as you said.
Alex sent a message to El’Anor and Cathy while Sam and Helena sent messages to their managers.
“They’ll be there in 30 minutes” said Helena .
“Same over here” said Sam .
“Well , we better get going and meet afterwards at my place” said Alex.
Cathy was the first to arrive at Alex’s place and he let her in the house while she was already excitingly telling about her plans.
Apparently things like inventory and levels were new concepts for fantasy games as was the use of guilds like the books she had read.
The different racing games also piqued her curiosity and she had already plans for those too.
The first person shooters where already done but the concept of zombies was new so she was thinking of making one at a setting of an apocalyptic world , she was inspired by a movie she saw she claimed .
She asked me to release her from the government position because she wasn’t doing anything there anymore .
She had her hands full while working for me , so I obliged .
Alex told her he was curious how the games would turn out and asked if there was anything else she wanted to tell or ask.
She asked what the working hours should be like , for the moment she copied what she had read about my home country.
Alex reassured her that the current situation was satisfactory and explained that every employee could take up to 25 days of vacation per Earth year , calculated in time dilation time .
At that time El’Anor arrived and Cathy left assuring me that if there was anything else she would send me a message.
El’Anor started with apologizing that she was late but Alex told her she wasn’t , it was just that Cathy was early but it worked out perfectly.
She started telling Alex that they had made city plans for most of the tier 2 city cores and that there were enough credits to make them all skeleton city’s which could be fleshed out as time passes or build 2 complete cities.
Alex was startled by this news he hadn’t expected that there were enough credits for 2 cities.
El’Anor explained to him that the higher the tier of city the more expensive they were at which she implored him to lift the lock so that they could purchase tier 1 city cores.
They had enough tier 2 cities to boast about to the rest of the universe.
However , she told him that development would proceed too slowly if they could only acquire tier 2 city cores .
Da’grass protested but Alex convinced him to lift the lock and make the purchase of tier 1 city cores possible.
She asked him to put a lock on the cities design in fear that the new government would tear the cities down and ruin their hard work.
And told him that all major attractions of the capitals were included in the designs to preserve the culture of said nations.
El’Anor also asked him to automate the fleshing out of skeleton cities so that their designs wouldn’t go to waste.
She assured him that all buildings were carefully selected for an optimum ratio of balance between work , entertainment and living space .
Da’grass told him that he could do it , but it would require credits that Alex would have to pay .
Furthermore he could only do it for 150 earth years ,which was longer than usual , thanks to Alex’s clearance level.
“You can do so Da’grass , you’ve got my permission” Alex said.
You’ve got to touch a government core for this decision Alex .
“And I would appreciate it if you made it a delayed order until all designs are finished” said El’Anor .
Ok , we’ve still got some time to hop over , I guess .
I’ll do so immediately , El’Anor .
Is there something else I should know or you want to ask me ?
No , that’s all Alex , thank you for doing this !
They stood up and Alex let El’Anor out of the door.
Well let’s do this , can you bring me to the Capitol building Da’grass ?
After giving the delayed order and paying the credits for 150 Earth years continuity of his and El’Anor’s legacy he hopped back to wait for Sam and Helena .
Suddenly remembering that the games were visited by humans already he sent a message to both Cathy and El’Anor telling them to keep their people out of the 4 state owned games until humans entered the Nexus itself.
They both answered that he shouldn’t worry that most of their people had accounts on different games but they would relay the message.
He still had to wait for 20 minutes until Sam and Helena arrived with their managers who were carrying samples of their businesses .
Helena said excited that they were already producing and selling so they asked for samples of what they were selling.
After unloading everything on the table their managers left and they started taste testing what was brought .
They especially liked the elven wine as Sam called it , it was brewed by using a juicy berry that originated from the Ea’Thell’s home world .
Both Helena and Sam said that the berry and wine were a keeper in their business .
The food was excellent and they ate it all , it even got bonus points from Helena because she wouldn’t gain weight eating here in the Nexus at which Alex and Sam laughed .
They spend the next day and night relaxing at the pool , drinking elven wine and watching movies.
At the last day while watching movies and all off them lightly intoxicated on wine Helena’s and Alex’s hand intertwined and they kept holding hands .