Unexpected to be a Son-in-Law

Chapter Six: The Martinez

Lander’s POV

10 months ago

“Good Morning, Mr. Martinez.”

“Good Day sir Martinez.”

“Sir, Mr. Lux wants to have a meeting with you, he just called 5 minutes ago and he want to meet you immediately.”

“Mr. Martinez, I already put your morning coffee on your table.”

The people and the workers who works with me greeted me with their pleasure smiles on their face, knowing that it is all fake or some may be real, but I know they are scared of me afraid of me, in things like this, once the elevator open in the building and when I starts walking on the hallway towards my office, this would be the expected routine of mine. I don’t know why they are acting like I will eat them, they never saw me get mad when someone doesn’t greet me a good morning, I don’t know what makes them think that I am worst, just like my father….

Oh, speaking of father, maybe that was the reason that made them ended up acting like this towards me.

As soon as I reaches the door of my office, everyone went back to their desk to do their job, like nothing happens.

My secretary walk towards me and prepared everything that I needed from the documents I had to check to the foods I had to eat.

“Mr. Martinez, can I help you with anything else?”She asks me, I just looks at her and smile. “Call Jeremy and ask him if he could visit mother after his school. I am busy right now to asks him. And please reply as soon as he texted you back. Thank you.” She nodded and smiled, like she always does. “Ms. May.” I called the secretary before she left the office. “I do really appreciate your help, and if you can help me with our solar project, if you have anything in your mind, just tell me, alright?” I said. “Yes. Mr. Martinez.” She said before she left me alone.

I just sigh and walk towards the desk and sat there, like a man. I look around, in the office, wondering my eyes to the beauty of this room. The light is coming from outside the window where you can see the buildings in the city, where you can see the city. I take a deep breathe and look at the picture frame that is standing on the desk. I stared at it, like I am lost to it.

It was a man who is wearing a black and white suit in the picture frame. He was smiling, but his smile is intimidating. His eyes are very shallow and his lips just looks like the lips of Mr. Martinez. His gray strand of hair is starting to be noticeable than his natural black hair.

“Father. I hope you are proud of where we are right now. I am sorry if our business is falling, but I promise you, I will do my best to make this business back to its knees, like how it is standing before you left us.” I whispered.

He left me this company in an early age, I mean, an 18 year old? Handling a family’s company?

You’ve never seen one except for me.

Sam Dalton Martinez, the richest man alive in the world, is now dead. Now I do believe that no matter how much money you have, it could never save one life. No one can really saves one life we are all going to die in the end. That is what I believed.

He developed the WG Company, means, Wireless Gadgets Company. It may seems like a cheap name for a business brand, but, who cares? People loved the gadgets, they don’t look at the name of the product, they look at the product itself. We don’t just own this company, we build it, along with the other Martinez’s business, such as The Neo Vis. The largest Hotel that was built in the city.

New Vision, in a long term of words.

He died from cancer when he was only 54, and left me this huge responsibility, the company, all the business.

I was only 14 when he died, young man to make this company bigger than your ego.

No wonder why he trained me to handle a business company ever since I was a kid, because father knew that one day, it will be my turn to follow on his footsteps, not just the part where his day will come very soon.

Everything changed since then, my happy social life faded away…

No one likes me for my attitude, they just like the look of myself, I mean, I am hot, I’m sexy, I am me… It is just a Martinez thing…. But I intend to ignore people, apathetic, ignorant or something like that. I barely talks ever since I was left with this huge responsibility.

You may ask, why am I like this? Why don’t I just get a hot chick out there since I am hot myself? Believe me, I am not interested to be in a relationship, I’ve never been into any relationship before, I have no clue how, just like I have no clue on how to handle this company, this business. People may see me as the smartest man alive, smarter than Reed Richards who spoils Wanda how to defeat the Illuminati, but no… I am not… Because of this fierce looking, people thought that I am smart, I am responsible, since never did one day this company failed while it is in my hand… But the truth is…

It is failing….

I just continued what my father is doing, now that his work is done and it is finally my time to introduce a new deice using my mind… it is now where I will fail.

“Mr. Lux.” I speaks his name when he walks inside the office. He walks towards my swivel chair and sat there. “Someone in my team said that you desperately wants to see me.” I added after I called him through payphone. Mr. Lux smiles. “How’s the new project?” He asks. “it is doing fine, I guess.” I answered.

“Look Lander. The WG company is falling. We have to make this project get done as soon as possible. It cannot take 10 years before your new projects happened.”

“It won’t happen. I promise. And I know the company is failing, that is why I am making this solar product become possible.”

I tend to look confident by using every words that I am giving, but the truth is, I am not so confident myself.

“Make sure it happened. Your solar gadget could fail, so you have to do anything you can, to make your project work, to make this work. We can’t waste millions of dollar for nothing, for a confidence or a what if. Your father trusted you with this. He believed in you, so I believe in you.”

I just smiled at him and raises my eyebrow, he seems desperate, which I know he is…

“Speaking of failing. How’s the Madden?”

He looks to be surprised, since I’ve never speak about the Madden ever since. The family considers them as the threat, as the enemy, which they are… But I don’t consider them as the enemy, a threat maybe.

“What about them?”

“Are they getting better at their stocks? Their investments in their hotels and resorts, is it higher than us?”

Mr. Lux take a deep breathe and nodded.

“We are failing, and they are upgrading, year by year.” He answered. “Then if that’s the case, I won’t let this project fail and will make sure that it will be the talk of the city, talk of the world, talk of the country.”

I sigh… “My dad won’t let them win in this battle.”

“If that is the case, good luck then.” He said.