Chapter 498 - Its A Rubbish Award (1/2)
It was only during the official launch of Holodeck that the directors of Splitz found out who Alaric really was. It was when he came as the new leader of Rhionen-Meier Industries, of which Splitz was one of the numerous subsidiaries.
They never expected the big boss to be this young and mysterious.
Alaric then soon became a topic of conversation among the high-class ladies who hoped to get a chance to meet him or, better yet, date him.
”You are now on the list of the most eligible bachelors in the world after you came on top of the Forsythe's 100 Most Influential Men, which was released last week. This time the list is the Ritz List's version,” commented Aleksis, his digital assistant, when Alaric was reading some files in his house after dinner. ”Luna has already rejected hundreds of interview requests for you.”
”The most eligible bachelor?” Alaric furrowed his brows and spat out with a disgusted face. ”What nonsense. I can't be attracted to regular people.”
Before, Alaric had always disliked humans in general. But when he learned that he was actually an Alchemist, he became aware that he actually did not hate humans. He just hated ordinary people whom he thought were evil for loving warfare and destroying nature.
The world of the Alchemists was a perfect and ideal society, so, for the first time, Alaric felt that he had found his true place. Alchemists had a perfect system; they were never in a rush to get married or have children, and they lived in harmony with nature, not at all interested in warfare.
Alaric agreed with Sophia and Portia that Alchemists should set an example for ordinary people by getting out of their secret lives. Ordinary people should know who the real people behind the scenes were and understand how corrupt their own society was.
Alaric snorted when he heard from Luna that he had become the number one or the most eligible bachelor in the world, the dream guy of so many women, at least according to many versions of business and lifestyle magazines.
He did not have the slightest interest in women from the ordinary bunch. He thought they were not equal to him. Regular humans could have beauty and wealth, but none of what they possessed could buy class, he thought.
Aleksis was an exception for Alaric. Of course, he made this exception because he loved the girl. In matters of love, humans would always make up various criteria to reject the ones they were not interested in. But if they truly loved someone, none of the criteria would matter.
”What's with that snorting? You're the only person who doesn't like getting awards,” Aleksis chided.
”It's a rubbish award,” Alaric remarked, continuing to read the document.
”So you don't want to come to the Ritz Gala year-end party in New York to receive it? It's the most prestigious socialites event in the world. They deliberately invited you to attend and receive the award because they plan to use Virconnect 4D to broadcast the party for the first time.” A while later, Aleksis' voice then turned into a whisper, ”Actually, Pavel's digital assistant told me to persuade you to come because he said it would be very good marketing for Splitz.”
Alaric frowned, ”Aleksis, you should be my assistant, not the assistant of Pavel's assistant. Why are you on his side?”
”Ugh ... because I want to see you appear on stage, and be admired by many people. Your place is there, not here reading documents alone.” Aleksis' voice sounded seductive, ”Master is very handsome, I can't wait to dress you up for the party.”