they would try, they would never be able to identify his
face later from the camera footage since the infrared light would
ensure that his face was not clearly visible in any of the cameras.
So he could safely and anonymously cause havoc that
night.
Lucas was escorted to the master
suite by one of the guards. As he entered the room, he could see
Romanovich and Rosmus were having a heated discussion about some
unfinished business. Romanovich ordered Rosmus to take care of the
problem at any cost. Rosmus left the room in real haste while
cursing along. He was not particularly pleased with whatever
Romanovich had ordered him to do. Lucas turned the dial of his
watch to ensure that the tracker was still in place with Rosmus and
was transmitting the signal clearly.
While shaking his hand, he
attached a tracker patch to Romanovich’s shirt. He asked Lucas to
be seated as he prepared a drink for himself. He came back with a
glass of scotch, sat down on the recliner and pulled out a cigar.
‘Well Mr. Adams, how can I help you and your company?’ Lucas had a
really interesting back story prepared for this purpose. His
clientele included not only the big corporations but also
organizations who paid a huge amount of money to use their
logistics for transporting things which they couldn’t do officially
using other companies. That was the USP of ‘Zipline’, they had
normal customers as well as a range of special customers with
special needs. His organization took care of such assignments in
discretely delivering the cargo without getting intercepted by the
law enforcement agencies. Recently, Zipline had setup their
operations in India and Qatar. However the Indian enforcement
agencies were creating obstacles to their operations while
transferring cargo from the Middle East to India.
He planned to setup operations in
Cuba and the Americas in near future with a lucrative potential
clientele consisting of dictators, cartel and the mafia. However
owing to the debacle he was facing in India, and the recent
involvement of security partnership between India, US and the South
American countries, he would need serious connections to set up his
operation. Also he needed help regarding the Indian debacle; he
wanted to get the Indian agencies off his back. He believed that
Romanovich was the right person who could guide him with his
resources, connections and man power to achieve the same. In
return, he was ready to transfer 35% of the shares of Zipline which
would in turn make Romanovich the majority stakeholder of the
company.
Romanovich had presented a grim
face at first, which gradually changed into a wry smile. ‘But why
me Mr. Adams? With your clientele, you are already in touch with
people dealing with things which I would barely call legal; so why
come to me’. Lucas needed to disclose more to convince Romanovich.
So he brought up details on Romanovich’s list of friends and
employees about whom he had heard rumors ranging from Suleiman and
Bakhtiyar to Rosmus. He explained that he had also heard about
Romanovich’s connections in Cuban politics, Kremlin and the White
House. So he believed that he was the only person who could help
him with Zipline’s operational difficulties.
Although Romanovich was pretty
surprised regarding how he had obtained such details, he was
pleased overall with the praise that was heaped upon him. Lucas
also justified his narration by explaining that he too had some
contacts in the Interpol as well as the CIA who had been helping
him out in carrying out his operations. So Lucas’s backstory looked
really convincing. Romanovich rose up from the recliner and went
back to the bar. He pulled out another glass, poured the scotch ad
handed it over to Lucas.
‘ This calls for celebration Mr.
Adams; usually I tend to find the organizations that I would want
to fund. However, yours would be the first case where the reverse
is true. I am impressed by what I
face later from the camera footage since the infrared light would
ensure that his face was not clearly visible in any of the cameras.
So he could safely and anonymously cause havoc that
night.
Lucas was escorted to the master
suite by one of the guards. As he entered the room, he could see
Romanovich and Rosmus were having a heated discussion about some
unfinished business. Romanovich ordered Rosmus to take care of the
problem at any cost. Rosmus left the room in real haste while
cursing along. He was not particularly pleased with whatever
Romanovich had ordered him to do. Lucas turned the dial of his
watch to ensure that the tracker was still in place with Rosmus and
was transmitting the signal clearly.
While shaking his hand, he
attached a tracker patch to Romanovich’s shirt. He asked Lucas to
be seated as he prepared a drink for himself. He came back with a
glass of scotch, sat down on the recliner and pulled out a cigar.
‘Well Mr. Adams, how can I help you and your company?’ Lucas had a
really interesting back story prepared for this purpose. His
clientele included not only the big corporations but also
organizations who paid a huge amount of money to use their
logistics for transporting things which they couldn’t do officially
using other companies. That was the USP of ‘Zipline’, they had
normal customers as well as a range of special customers with
special needs. His organization took care of such assignments in
discretely delivering the cargo without getting intercepted by the
law enforcement agencies. Recently, Zipline had setup their
operations in India and Qatar. However the Indian enforcement
agencies were creating obstacles to their operations while
transferring cargo from the Middle East to India.
He planned to setup operations in
Cuba and the Americas in near future with a lucrative potential
clientele consisting of dictators, cartel and the mafia. However
owing to the debacle he was facing in India, and the recent
involvement of security partnership between India, US and the South
American countries, he would need serious connections to set up his
operation. Also he needed help regarding the Indian debacle; he
wanted to get the Indian agencies off his back. He believed that
Romanovich was the right person who could guide him with his
resources, connections and man power to achieve the same. In
return, he was ready to transfer 35% of the shares of Zipline which
would in turn make Romanovich the majority stakeholder of the
company.
Romanovich had presented a grim
face at first, which gradually changed into a wry smile. ‘But why
me Mr. Adams? With your clientele, you are already in touch with
people dealing with things which I would barely call legal; so why
come to me’. Lucas needed to disclose more to convince Romanovich.
So he brought up details on Romanovich’s list of friends and
employees about whom he had heard rumors ranging from Suleiman and
Bakhtiyar to Rosmus. He explained that he had also heard about
Romanovich’s connections in Cuban politics, Kremlin and the White
House. So he believed that he was the only person who could help
him with Zipline’s operational difficulties.
Although Romanovich was pretty
surprised regarding how he had obtained such details, he was
pleased overall with the praise that was heaped upon him. Lucas
also justified his narration by explaining that he too had some
contacts in the Interpol as well as the CIA who had been helping
him out in carrying out his operations. So Lucas’s backstory looked
really convincing. Romanovich rose up from the recliner and went
back to the bar. He pulled out another glass, poured the scotch ad
handed it over to Lucas.
‘ This calls for celebration Mr.
Adams; usually I tend to find the organizations that I would want
to fund. However, yours would be the first case where the reverse
is true. I am impressed by what I
Similar Books
