39 On the way to becoming a billionaire
On the first of April, Neurolink was famous for being the most rising stock on the exchange market.
But it was a lot more famous for being the stock, which everyone was bitterly regretting to not possess any stock of it.
The value raised in only 2 months from 200 to 1146 Euro.
The big leap was again enhanced by Ben. Owning the whole stock and seeing it rise so fastly, made many bidders see even more potential in Neurolink.
Coupled with their sky-high ambition, the market demand never ceased to increase.
The value of Neurolink had deeply shocked him. He somehow estimated that he would quadruple his investment, but the value still increased.
´I bought 870 103 stocks with 210 999 977 €.
129 897 stocks with 25 679 400 €.
129 897 * 1146 = 148861962 €
—>Profit1: 123 182 562 €
870 103 * 1146 = 997138038 €
—>Profit2: 786 138 061 €
Adding Profit1 and Profit2 together results in 909 320 623 €.
Taking 28% taxes makes 254 609 774 € loses.
I will finish with exactly 654 710 848 €.
The bid order I made was for 242,5 till the end of January
With 211 million I can buy 870 103 stocks. I never saw the highest value as Elon Musk bought the shares back cheaply after a possible bankrupt was discussed in the news.´
Ben still didn't sell his stocks because his estimation was that it will increase a little bit longer.
Ben didn't plan to wait till the incident of hacking, but at least till the incline slowed down.
In the last two months, Ben programmed with C# on Visual Studio 2030. With the help of Xamarin, Ben developed his first little game. It was a little RPG named Swordland, where you could run, jump and slash through a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures, and devious monsters. It consisted of everything a gamer heart needed:
-Finding powerful weapons, items, and spells to defeat your enemies.
-Venturing into gloomy caves and dungeons to discover powerful hidden swords.
-Gaining experience and leveling up your character.
-Fluid and challenging platforming gameplay
The game was finally published on PlayStore. Ben didn't plan to win money through Swordland as it would just be a drop compared to the millions of fonds he had, it was mainly to improve his skill and realize a little dream of his.
The game story and gameplay was in no way unique, but Ben was optimistic that the no-cost and ad-free coupled with the well-made story & gameplay, would give him good reviews.
There was a store in Swordland, but everything could be bought with only hard work, which was very uncommon in those days.
In the meantime, Ben learned Java and studied for the coming exams.
Ben always had the feeling that hours and days pass by too fast. Most of the days, he had school, then he went to the storehouse, followed by learning Java, and before sleeping he studied four hours. In fact, Ben had on average 19 hours as he only needed 4/5 hours of sleep. Compared to a normal sleeper, who needed between 6 and 9 hours of sleep, Ben was really fortunate. His time management and his sleep duration made him do almost the double work of the average person.
Today, Ben had just finished school and was on the way home. When he was called by Efron, who informed him that the first drug had been made with the required effect. It was STON-AV, which was in Ben's prediction as it was the fewest effect.
Ben ordered Efron to test the drug on humans first and now exactly the process and side effects of the drug. This would take a lot of time, but Ben had time till the calamity and didn't want to risk having mutation or other side effects. Drugs, which awakened special skills or increased stats, were always a bit unpredictable and needed more research than normal drugs.
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On the 11th of April TESLA sold their new autonomous tesla model SS on the market. Every online newspaper had an article about this news.
"US-company sells the first autonomous car!"
"Amerika is still strong.���
"Tesla has again proven its worth!"
"TESLA! Leader of the car industry."
"TESLA brings us to the future."
….
At the end of April, Ben was on the way to school like every school day when he saw 2 strong guys holding a smaller guy followed by 2 other guys going in an alleyway.
Ben just had a few seconds to observe these guys, but he had realized that the group was forcing the smaller guy to come.
Ben didn't know what to do. In his last life he would just turn a blind eye on it, but this time he was stronger. He may not be a hero, but like manners, he would do things that weren't too troublesome. Still, the lack of information was holding him back to act.
Ben followed the group of guys and was trying to eavesdrop on them, but without success.
Then the group stopped, the 4 guys surrounded the smaller guy and began to threaten him.
„So four-eyes, you don't want to do what you promised?"
„It's not like that guys. I promised you the exams in advance and I fulfilled that promise."
The smaller guy argued softly, while he was sweating like a pig.
„Are you taking us for a joke? We wanted the exams with the solution, but you just gave the exams."
„Yeah, who do you think we are? We paid you one hundred each and now you want to scam us, saying that we are lying? Hääh!!!" The biggest said, sounding angry.
„Nobody is lying or scamming, guys. It was just a misunderstanding. I can't give you the solutions as they aren't on the school server. How about I give you half of the price back as I fulfilled half of the deal." The intimidated guy said carefully, trying to calm down the situation.
Ben was closely spying on them from a safe location. He was beginning to understand.
„I always knew that some students were cheating on the exams, but I didn't know that some even hacked the school server. The boy with the glasses made a deal with the other four and now he is being intimidated.
He probably didn't promise the solution as he should know that they were rarely solutions to exams. Even less probable that it was saved on the school server.
Should I try to save him? No, there is no reason. They are just making an illegal deal. I shouldn't make more enemies.´
„Are you joking? There are a few days before the first exam. The exam paper doesn't help in the least. You either give back our money or you hack the grades of everyone and give everyone better grades or we will beat you up till you choose the first option!" The biggest guy said threateningly.
„I don't have your money. If I hack the grade register, we will have to rewrite every exam. Every student that did well will be pissed by that. I can't do that." The boy tried to sound strong-willed and looked up. Just to meet with a fist. He fell on his but and began to cry.
´These guys are looking to die. They have the guts to disturb my progress. I won't do the exams a second time. Now they will suffer.´
Ben sprinted to the group and made a surprise attack. The fight only lasted for three minutes. With Ben's fighting knowledge and his trained muscles, the fight was a one-sided beating.
The group did at most have some boxing training and small fights, their physique was above average, but compared to Ben's powerful well-trained body, it was like comparing a wasp with a giant hornet.
After beating them to a pulp, Ben said threateningly to the group.
„It is one thing if you are too lazy to learn and want to cheat, but if you want to mess with me it is on a whole other level. Next time you threaten or intimidate this guy, I will break at least 20 of your 212 bones. Believe me! This is more than enough to make you suffer for the next few years."
Having finished his business, he addressed the boy with glasses.
„Hey, you! Are you alright?"
„Yes, thank you for saving me." Answered the scared boy, being wary of Ben.
„Follow me!" Ben ordered.
„Yes."
Being back on the main street. Ben asked the boy.
„My name is Ben. What can I call you?"
„Louis. My Name is Louis Burnstow. Thank you again for your help."
„So, Louis. I think you know that it is illegal to hack, so explain me why you even try to make spread exams to students."
„I-I need money. My mother is being treated by the hospital and my father is in prison because of domestic violence. I just wanted to secure a bit of money for the future. You probably think that I should work, but I would only receive the minimum wage and I also need to study for the exams."
„I completely understand that you don't work, but this isn't the right way.
You need money. Ok!? Then I will pay you! You teach me how to hack. How about it?"
„N-No, thank you. I can't take the money of someone who helped me. I.."
„Do you think you have a choice? I won't permit your illegal deals. And like you said I saved you, so you owe me one. I choose to hire you. This isn't a request, it is just a friendly order."
Ben interrupted Louis with a wide smile on his face.
„Hm... So the order is to teach hacking, right?" Louis asked cautiously.
„Yes. I want you to teach me everything you know about hacking and answer some questions I have about computer science. We will meet at your house 2 times a week, every hour I will pay you 200 Euros. How about it?"
After Louis accepted the order. Ben continued with his daily routine.
Hacking was closely related to computer science and Ben was naturally interested in it but didn't know how to begin. He needed a good source and the fundamental knowledge of computer science to improve efficiently. Thankfully Ben found a reliable source and made a knowledgeable friend.
In this era, where everything was connected to the internet and documents were mostly hold on clouds, hacking was an ability that opened all the doors.
Naturally, hacking was illegal and would be highly persecuted. But if you combined hacking with absolute power you would literally have every door open.
