The third personality is Kavita Rao - a doctor of science in biochemistry and genetics from India.
She is one of the best specialists in the field of mutation. She also has extensive knowledge in the field of bioengineering and cloning, and is a highly qualified doctor. In the world of comics, she became famous for being able to develop a drug called "Hope".
This drug was able to "cure" mutants, turning them back into ordinary people. Of course, some would be happy to become ordinary, but not all mutants considered it reasonable to lose their endowed powers. Now Dr. Rao is still unknown to anyone. She is a young professor at the University of California at Berkeley. In general, she is a pretty positive person... In the comics, despite the fact that mutants disliked her and even wanted to kill her, she did not stop helping the X-Men, and saved their lives more than once.
I feel that I can trust her... And I am sure that I can convince her to join my team. It will be difficult for her to overcome her desire to study the unknown. And she will not be able to refuse to study Captain America's DNA in order to remove the serum from his blood. In addition, when she finds out that she will be working in tandem with a meta-human who controls plants, she will probably just burn with happiness. Well, the plan is more or less clear…
*Heather," I called my assistant to me. The girl came in and looked at me questioningly. "I have an urgent assignment for you. Please contact a professor at the University of California in Berkeley - Dr. Kavito Rao, and make an appointment for us... Tell her that we will talk about studying the DNA of a superhuman. If she can't come to Gotham, then I'll go to Berkeley myself for the meeting."
"What are you up to again?" Brooks was clearly unhappy. "What research? Are you planning to spend the company's budget on outside projects again? And I, sinfully, thought that you would finally think about expanding the company!"
"Sorry, but this cannot wait," I tried to put a ton of regret into my voice. "Heather, sit down, we'll work together, I can't clean this up without you."
"Okay," my assistant muttered, and sat down at the table with a doomed look. "I'll contact her. So, I should assume that this "Super Soldier" project will require a significant investment of funds, right? I need to manage the available capital wisely."
"Tell me, how are we doing with the company's budget?"
The girl rummaged through the folder and took out a finished report. "Hire a financial director already, otherwise I'm not doing this work anymore! I already have a lot of work on my shoulders!" Heather did not miss the opportunity to express her displeasure.
"Well, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You know that this is a very responsible position. The CFO will essentially be managing all the company's funds. Therefore, I need the right person, someone whom I could trust. In the meantime, I can only entrust the duties of the CFO to you. You have my word that I will try to find the right candidate for this vacancy as soon as possible."
I assured Brooks. Eh, this position is really very important. And how am I supposed to find an honest employee who, while managing such a flow of funds, would remain dispassionate about them and would not try to pocket them? I can't give this job to a stranger off the street ...
Besides, the studio will soon start growing too, and we will need to find someone responsible for finances for it as well. Alison and Vivian cannot handle it alone. Okay, let's wait for this for now. Perhaps in the future I will meet people suitable for such a job.
Well, let's get acquainted with the financial situation in the company and in general. More than two months have passed since the release of our mobile game "Subway Surfers". During this time, the game has been downloaded by more than 159.6 million people. 121 million people bought a subscription… The amount of in-game purchases was $7,864,516. The total operating profit from the game was $68,369,322. If you subtract the money I've already spent in the first two weeks, the amount is around $56,468,784.
At the end of last month, I received $29,615,386 in cash for 4 books that people are actively buying up all over the world. I still haven't received a single payment for "It", since that book came out in the middle of last month. The money should arrive at the end of September, which is in five days.
The album was also doing very well. More than 24 million copies of Mariage d'amour were sold in a month, almost breaking the diamond disc barrier.
Each copy cost $5, and since the music site "Saxophone Music" took 50% of the proceeds, the company's profit was $60 million. And finally, Alison's concert brought in the last income.
If you exclude all the costs of equipment, rent, etc., then we get a sum of $775 thousand. According to the contract, Blair takes 40%, and we are left with about $465 thousand. From this we subtract taxes, and the net profit is - $117 million. Plus a couple of million dollars lying around in my account. And in total, I have about $122 million at my disposal...
Ah, I should be happy about such a sum, but with my far-reaching plans, it is not quite enough.
"Don't forget that there are still five days until the end of the month," Miss Brooks decided to remind, noticing my anxiety. "And that means another accrual for books will be credited to your account. And according to my forecast, the amount will be about $37 million."
"Yes, but…Oh, how complicated it all is! Okay, let's act in order. First, Heather, contact the Security agency and find a woman named Sasha Bordeaux. Explain to her that I want to hire her as my bodyguard. I am ready to pay $300 thousand a year. If she refuses, raise the price until she agrees."
"300 thousand a month?! Isn't that too much? Even the best security guards don't get more than 200 thousand," Heather decided to clarify.
"Trust me, she's worth the money. Next... Set me up for a meeting with a representative of a company engaged in general engineering and technical safety for tomorrow. Choose the best company. I'm thinking of making some changes in the repair shop…."
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Finally, my thoughts were organized and laid out on the shelves. We spent the rest of the day successfully resolving the accumulated problems. Later in the evening, Barbara dropped by to visit us. She was simply glowing.
"So, how are you doing here?" the commissioner's daughter inquired, cheerfully plopping down in a chair.
"Almost finished already," answered Heather, without taking her eyes off another document.
"That's good. Alex, I brought you good news," she smiled. "First, Bruce sent information regarding Arkham Asylum to your hidden email."
"There is one more, no less important piece of news." Barbara made a meaningful pause. "Your spinners are selling like hotcakes!"
Of course, I knew that today was the day when the spinners that conquered my previous world officially went on sale but for such a reaction on the very first day…
"Can you imagine, everyone just went crazy," she began to tell vividly. "I heard that there was a real fuss in Bruce's company! It was too unexpected. All the online stores are already filled with pre-orders. In general, you performed a miracle again! And I do not understand at all how you managed it again."
"To be honest, I myself did not expect such a reaction, especially on the very first day," I said thoughtfully, rubbing my chin.
"And I wonder how much money these toys will bring in total. After all, Wayne Enterprises put them on sale all over the world at the same time. Literally, almost monopolizing the entire market," said Batgirl, while throwing a sly glance at Heather.
"What?" asked my assistant, sincerely not understanding what was going on. "And someone said that they would give their boss a kiss if he could make a huge amount of money," Barbara persisted.
"Oh, he hasn't made anything yet!" Brooks said, blushing traitorously.
"Well, I'm in no hurry. Wayne's company is supposed to transfer the initial income from the sales of these toys to me in a month," I winked at Heather. "Let's see what excuse you have then..."
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