My World Domination System

And So It Begins

“I repeat. Violent male on the loose.” said the guard into the radio.“I told you not to touch me” Benjamin said. He could feel his body heating up. Was this the effect of using the system?But he soon felt the touch of a cool hand on his shoulders that seemed to dissipate the heat.

“Benjamin, enough” said Amber. Pleading with her eyes. Benjamin cooled down, but then turned to Mardo. The Bank manager rushed into the scene.“What on earth is going on here?!” asked Mr David.“It’s this homeless dude. He tried to attack this gentleman here!” said one of the onlookers.

Soon the others started joining in.“Yes, see how he dresses and how unkempt he looks.”

“Somebody like him should be locked up! What is he doing in a bank?”

“He’s a scammer. I saw him telling that woman to send him some money!” They all chorused.“That’s not true!” yelled Amber.“Enough!” said Mr David. He looked at Benjamin, and then looked over to Mr Mardo, who had turned white.“Mr Mardo, did this man try to attack you in this premises?” Mr David asked calmly.

Mardo, on gaining back his faculties, seemed disgusted. “Of course, he did! Are you blind with what he just did to your security guards?” shouted Mardo.Mr David did not notice the security guards before, and he was now horrified.

But he still looked to Mardo.“He tried to attack you, and then you called the security guards?” David asked.“Are you tone deaf, David? Yes! Isn’t that right, Claire?” asked Mardo. Claire seemed torn on responding. Will she tell the truth or…

“Yes, dear. He attacked you before you called security” Claire said.“That’s bullshit, and you know it!” yelled Amber again. “You were the one that randomly called security on him!”

“Are you brainwashed, woman? Everybody here saw what happened and what he did!” said Mardo.“Yes, we saw him!” chorused a few others.

David turned to Benjamin, who had been quiet all this time.“You, I’m afraid we’re going to have to report this to the police, and place you under arrest-” started David.But then someone came to David. A tall looking man; the account officer that was handling the unfreezing of Benjamin’s accounts.

He whispered something into David’s ears, and his mood changed.David cleared his throat.“Excuse me, Mr Benjamin. We will have to review the CCTV evidence first to sort this matter.” said David to Benjamin.“I don’t mind” said Benjamin.Mardo noticed the mood change, and was confused.

Mr Benjamin? “Are you not seeing what he did to your guards? Are you that dense, David?” Mardo questioned. But David walked away without paying him any heed.

After what seemed like an eternal silence, David was back. He looked heavily stressed as he approached Benjamin.“Mr. Benjamin, there is no direct way to say this. We have reviewed the CCTV, and Skaling Bank would like to extend it’s utmost apology to you and your companion. For your information, we will be firing the security company that escalated this situation and paying a distress compensation fee to you for what you have suffered her. I should plead with you that you not press charges.”

David rubbed his hands apologetically. He had just seen Benjamin’s account. If he was to lose him as a client, and to get sued, his career in banking would be over! The entire banking hall was quiet.As for Claire, and Mardo, they were shocked!

“That’s not enough. Do you know who this man is, and what he controls?!” said Amber.

Claire was more stupefied. Was Benjamin pretending with her this entire time? Who in their right mind would live like that?David’s eyebrows curled in more stress, but said

“As a final solution, Skaling Bank would cut all ties and dealings with Mr Mardo and the Aircable company. We will also provide evidence of this matter in court, if you wish to sue him directly. Please accept our apologies!” David pleaded.

It was a painful decision, but necessary. Mardo’s net worth in Skaling Bank was only about $100 million, but Benjamin was five times that number! The board will understand when explains the situation directly. And if Benjamin were to initiate a lawsuit, it would avoid Skaling Bank entirely.

Mardo’s lips parted.“Do you know what you are saying, David? You want to side with this fraud?!!” asked Mardo. His heart was beating and his legs shivering. He was only playing hard to get with David. He would have eventually taken the loan of Skaling Bank, but now-

“Do you know how much money you have lost your bank, David?” asked Mardo.

Another emotion stirred within Benjamin. He rather enjoyed seeing Mardo fret like this.“For curiosity, what was he going to buy, Mr David?” asked Benjamin.

“Excuse me, Mr Benjamin. What did you say?” David asked.“What was Mr Mardo here going to buy?” Benjamin asked again.“As I understand it, he was to take a loan to finance the payment of the rights to Supersport on Aircable.”

“I see. How much are the rights?” asked Benjamin. 

“What is going on here? Do you even understand what you are saying?” screamed Mardo. Claire was in a trance. The composure, the athleticism, the confidence; the person standing before her couldn’t be Benjamin….“How-much-are-the-rights?” Benjamin repeated.

“I think they’re on the market for around $10 million, Mr Benjamin.” said David.

“Interesting. I’ll buy it for $20 million then, through Skaling Bank. Use any rates you wish. Consider it a gesture of good faith.”

“What?!” chorused everybody, including Amber.

“You’re an idiot, boy. Other than the fact that you are stealing money from somewhere, how will you buy the rights when you don’t even have a cable company?” asked Mardo, trying to mask his fear. His fear that Benjamin could actually take Supersports from him.

“Easy. I don’t know anything about Cable TV. But I know you want it. I trust your judgment. I’ll buy the rights for myself in the meantime.” said Benjamin, grinning.