After boarding the plane, we took off almost immediately. It's good to be rich, to have a private plane, good booze... I couldn't afford it a couple months ago, how quickly things have changed. Starting my own company was a good idea... Our designs started to sell well. Of course some of them were stolen and changed a bit, but who cares? Our product was cheaper than our competitors, and so were the resources to create it. For example, the processors, which we are mainly engaged in creating. There are no such giants as AMD or Intel in this world, Star Labs doesn't know what they do or what the Flash team lives on. After the gas pedal explosion, I keep wondering how they still exist. But that's not the point. In this world, although there are no AMD and other companies that develop GPUs and other hardware, there are other companies. Like Queen Consolidated, which later merged with Palmer Technology. Hartex Technology, Izaria Technology, MSI, Lirp, and my main competitor at the moment, aside from Palmer Technology, of course, Mercury Labs. In Central City, they're the only ones above my company. You might think that they develop special devices like the Tachyon Accelerator and do all sorts of research. But it's not quite like that. Research has to be paid for and not always funded. Sometimes scientists need to create a mass produced product and make money from them. I was surprised myself, I thought that since they are a lab, they should do their "lab stuff". Maybe Star Labs does something similar... In general, Mercury Labs has many departments, one of which makes good graphics and central processing units. They also make motherboards and video cards. Roughly speaking, you can buy almost everything you need to build a computer from them. Their parts are quite good and their prices are not bad. In some ways, they are similar to the ones Palmer designs, but with a slightly different structure. They, and Palmer's company, make a lot of things for computers in this world. There are a few other companies, but they are lesser known and of no interest to me. I may even absorb them in the future, I already have plans for a couple of them. A new staff and everything they have wouldn't hurt.
So far we have only focused on different kinds of processors and motherboards. Of course, the drawings were taken from several companies and thanks to them, we were able to create our own product. And it was no worse than those of our competitors. We got rid of many shortcomings and combined all the best. They started to buy from us and it brought good profits. And from the defeat of several gangs, we had the money to hire staff and buy better equipment. Thanks to my talents, we were able to do a lot of things that other manufacturers didn't have. I think in six months, a year tops, we could reach Palmer Technology's level. Especially considering their company is run by Felicity Smoak and a bunch of shareholders. They only care about their wallets, not product availability. Felicity in general, works two jobs and has too little experience. Although, I don't have that much either.... I'm interested in money too, but right now it's all about establishing your power and earning authority. So we will sell the product cheaper than the competition and make it even better. I may not have much experience, but I don't mind a bunch of rich people owning part of the company's shares. I got rid of the unnecessary elements in time. Of course, they can also be useful, financing and so on. But in my position, I can do without them. I need good branch managers and excellent talent. Of course, the competitors will certainly not sit still and let us occupy the market, so we will see how long they will last.
In a month's time, two branches will open, where other equipment will be produced. We'll be making consoles, which for some unknown reason are not very popular in this world. And of course, monitors and televisions. In this world there is only one manufacturer of monitors, which by the way, so bad. I'm sure the military has better equipment. We'll make the best products, I'm sure. Everyone will know the name of our company.
Soon I'll have new opportunities, and I'll be able to acquire blueprints and equipment from other lands. Well, the blueprints are just an appetizer. In fact, I'll be able to take resources from another world and not just take them, but steal them. Why should I care about their problems? I'm the one keeping a low profile here, since I'm still living here. I appeared in this world, so I will develop in it. As for the others, they're just places with a lot of resources that would be nice to work on. Being able to travel to other lands would open up a lot of opportunities. The only problem is that I don't know much about them. The world of Supergirl is unknown to me, I don't even know how things work there. I'll have to study and then act...
I'm getting much better at engineering and genetics. Of course this is still not enough to become a great inventor, but I aspire to have a good brain. Because of my strength, I can't just become a good scientist or inventor. I can become a real professional at it, as good as Palmer or the same Wells. With all my enhancements, I can easily remember things from my past. Like books I've read or music I've heard. It might seem like it's no big deal, but it's not. If you apply this knowledge correctly, you can get rich too, I know that for a fact. I wish I had the time right now....
I was pulled from my thoughts by a voice:
«Hey, what's wrong with you?!
I looked up and saw Thea. What did she want all of a sudden? I glanced down at her slender body and grinned:
«What do you want, little one?
«M-small?! Are you out of your fucking mind? I'm quite normal height and actually... - When Thea saw my bored look, she stopped. I thought she was ready to lunge at me and tear my throat out. But I guess she still had some sense in her head.
I grinned:
«You're too hot-tempered, you're so easy to piss off.
«Plenty. I came to talk to you.
I nodded at the chair in front of me and said:
«Go ahead.
The girl immediately understood and sat up, looked at me and asked:
«You're helping us for a reason, aren't you? - When the girl saw my grin, she added: - So what do you want?
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