The Retired CEO's Guide To Being Spoiled-Chapter 96: A Starlit Legacy

"Wow, originally I still had a surprise reserved for you, but I did not expect you to bring a surprise to me first." Julian Sterling spoke while stretching his body, half-seemingly and half-not teasing Ethan Caldwell. Then he asked again: "How is the matter of your negotiation with The Olympus Group going?"

"They have temporarily agreed. Waiting until we have a concrete plan, including which details need to use optimized technology, then they will send people to negotiate officially with us."

"Optimized technology? That means they only provide the core technology, while we have to handle the other technical aspects ourselves."

"You could understand it that way. Actually, this issue was mentioned by me first. If we let The Olympus Group have full authority to handle the technology, it would be quite risky for our side. However, if that is the case, then our side needs an additional party specialized in technology to assist. Although the Caldwell Empire has a department for processing issues related to data, it is not certain that they will be able to assume the entire volume of necessary work."

After all, this was also a new sector. Previously, the Caldwell Empire had focused heavily on the financial market and related fields. The gaming market, especially panoramic gaming, was truly a market that was excessively new for their company.

However, this was a step forward that sooner or later the Caldwell Empire would also have to set foot in. Of course, the matter of developing a game was not too mandatory. It was essentially just a stepping stone for this entire massive conglomerate to begin probing deeper into the technical sector with the superior evolution from current holographic technology.

"If I say that I have found a technical side to back us up, does General Director Caldwell have anything to reward me with?"

Hearing that, Ethan Caldwell made a "hmm" sound, and suddenly remembered that before he went on the business trip, Julian Sterling had also once mentioned finding an additional company related to technology. It was just that this technical issue was not something every house could do. Famous companies would not necessarily be interested in a tiny little game title about to launch.

That was why it is said, in the initial stage, the Sterling family, especially Aaron Sterling, being able to connect with the Harrington family’s company, truly made people surprised. It was unknown how he managed to pull the leading technical company in the country to act as an assistant leg for himself. Moreover, it seemed Gabriel Cole also supported quite a bit, because according to Julian Sterling’s words, that man also knew a part of Seraphina Cole’s previous project.

However, when Ethan Caldwell asked Julian Sterling about which side he had negotiated with, Julian did not answer immediately, but only used his foot to kick him once, telling him to go turn off the lights.

"Turn off the lights? What for?"

"If I tell you to do it, then do it." Julian spoke while pushing Ethan. Reluctantly, he had to get off the bed to press the switch. During that time, Julian reached his hand into the headboard shelf to take a chip to hold in his hand, while pressing the remote on the small table to close the curtains by the window.

The automatic curtains ran quite slowly, and the light of the sky outside was also gradually covered and lost. Inside the room, it was dark to the degree of not seeing the shapes of things clearly. The mattress beside Julian sank down slightly, and the familiar breathing of the man also lingered around his ear.

"Tell me so I can hear what you intend to do, huh, you naughty brat."

Julian did not answer; his fingers clattered on the keyboard, and within just a few seconds, it seemed there was a crackling voice full of mechanics emitting from his machine. It was just that Julian adjusted the volume quite low, so Ethan could not hear what it was.

"Welcome to AETHERIA, where the legacy still remains with the stars."

Julian’s voice was very light. In the split second when his gentle sound rang out, the blurry dark shadow of the room was gradually replaced by a vivid 3D hologram.

The normal black color of the night was gradually replaced by a kind of cold darkness, thick and dense to the point of suffocation. It created a freezing sensation from inside the heart, chilling on the body, making Ethan shudder slightly. He was the one who adjusted the air conditioner in the room, so he himself knew clearly the temperature right now was only about 25 degrees Celsius, completely normal. The coldness that felt like it was cutting on the flesh was actually just a kind of visual psychological effect, like a preemptive strike deceiving the brain for a moment.

It lasted for only a mere split second - a fleeting heartbeat of disorientation - before the illusion dissipated and Ethan’s sense of touch quickly reasserted itself, returning completely to normal. Almost simultaneously, as the phantom chill faded away, the oppressive darkness yielded. A faint luminescence began to kindle in the void, and light slowly appeared, growing steadily brighter.

It was not glaring as if it were a brilliant sunlight. The thing emitting that light came from thousands, tens of thousands of metal fragments floating in the air like a giant belt, massive and imposing. Amidst those fragments, a metal block resembling a ring was revealed; it was broken in half, the jagged broken line exposing the structure of mechanics full of complexity inside, and occasionally there were still sparks flashing up and then extinguishing completely.

Ethan still had not figured out ultimately what this hologram was wanting to describe. However, he appreciated highly the operation technique of the 3D blocks; they operated very smoothly, and even the accompanying graphics were sharp. This was a very harmonious connection between the technical side and image creativity, ensuring the graphics when operating had no flaws.

"Come on, my hubby, do not think randomly, it still has not ended yet." Julian’s voice pulled Ethan back to the giant model being projected out in the middle of his room.