Returning To Earth
The next day Max woke up and started to check all the items in his inventory.
After sorting out his inventory Max realized that he was running a little low on food, it was enough to sell a little bit here and there at the pawnshop but if he wanted to establish a regular network of supplies, he needed a lot more, therefore he decided to go back to the earth and buy a lot more.
Max then remembered that he had almost no money left to buy more food in bulk, at this time Alia came into the room to tell him that breakfast was ready.
Max was currently sitting on the table eating the simple toasted bread and some sort of spread that she had bought yesterday.
While Alia was enjoying eating her breakfast, Max suddenly asked her
"Alia did you gather the gold I told you to"
"Yes I did," said Alia after which she got and dragged a heavy bag from the corner of the room and dragged it in front of Max.
"Here, there must be around 20 kgs in the bag, but what I want to know is what possible use could they have," said Alia
"Don't worry about that, I just need it for some experiment. Today I will have to take them to my superiors, so you are free whatever you want" said Max
"Ok, then I will just scavenge for resources today," said Alia
After which she finished her breakfast packed her gear and got ready to leave, but as she was about to leave the house, she turned towards Max and said
"Don't think just because you brought those guns, you can go back into the trading center, that place is still a lot dangerous"
"Of course I know, that's why I have you to protect me don't I," said Max smiling
As Alia heard this she got a little embarrassed after all, everyone he had met until now had expected to kill them and steal everything they had and that is probably what she would have done, but they would do the same to her, that was how this world was, but then why was this guy like this thought, Alia.
��FUCK OFF, just pay me on time" yelled Alia as walked out of the house slamming the door behind her
Why did she get so angry, thought Max?
Max finished his breakfast and started putting the gold inside his storage, after he had put the gold in his storage, a message appeared in front of him telling him that the storage was almost full.
Max then started calculating all the stuff he had put inside the inventory, after which he knew the estimated size of the inventory.
After he was done with all this, he then pressed the button on his watch and his mind got blank, and after which he was inside his room on earth.
Without even opening his eyes Max knew that he had arrived, the fresh air alone made him feel so much better.
Max was currently sitting on his chair, thinking of where he could sell the gold, after all, he couldn't just go to a shop and shove the bar of bricks in their face, they would ask for the buying receipt of the gold, and it might even alert the tax authorities.
Max couldn't think of anything, so he did what everyone does when they get confused, he called his father.
"Dad it's Max," said Max
"Oh, Max, how are you, how's your job," said his father on the phone, with a bunch of static noise behind him, Max had always wondered how despite having the latest phones, there is always some static in the background when speaking to someone old.
"Fine dad, where are you right now," said Max
"Where would I be except the house, maybe if you called sometimes you would know," said his father
"You can just call me if you want to talk" replied Max
"Forget It, tell me what do you want," said his father
"Well, I have this friend and he has some gold that his grandmother gave him and he wants to sell it," said Max
"So tell him to go to the market and sell it to whoever gives him the best price, what should I do about this" replied Max's father
"In Black," said Max
"Oh, but I only know buyers here, let me ask them if they know someone in Mumbai," said Max's father
"Ok, but do it fast he keeps calling me constantly," said Max
"Yeah sure, I will call you soon, bye," said Max's father
"Bye" replied Max as he hung up the phone
Max's father was a born businessman, and he sold things without bill all the time, and he was sure that he would find someone who would buy the gold no questions asked.
After 2 hours his father finally called back.
"I am sending you the number of a jeweler in Thane, go to him, he is the cousin of my friend Vinod, I have told Vinod to talk to him, he will be expecting you, just take Vinod's name to the reception desk when you get there," said Max's Father
"Ok, thanks dad," said Max
"Yeah sure" replied his father as he hung up the phone
Max received the address and left his home.
He was now standing in front of a tall building, he walked into the building and told the reception what he was told.
After which a man came up and took him to the basement, he took him inside a room and sat down, Max sat down after the man.
"So how much does your friend has," said the man
Max took out the two smallest bricks of 400 grams each brick, which he had already transferred from his storage to his backup.
The man took the gold from Max and started inspecting it. After some time he said
"It's 24-carat gold, the current price is about 37,000 per 10 gram, and after taking my commission it will be 32,000 per 10 gram," said the man
"Really is that the best you can do," said Max after all a deduction of 5,000 seemed a little much
"For you, I will go as high as 32,500 but you must understand this is the absolute best I can do, and tell your friend that to ask his grandmother to give him the bill too," said the man smiling
Fuck thought Max
"Ok" replied
"Ok' the said back after which he opened a drawer and counted the money and gave it to him
Max walked out of the shop, he was sweating very heavily, after all his bag now had 2.6 million rupees inside it.
Max rushed and got to his house as soon as he could and instantly put the money inside his storage. He finally relaxed.
After this, he finally ordered his lunch, as he ate his food he started thinking. He still had a shit ton of gold left to sell and he was sure that the guy he just sold his gold to had already gotten suspicious.
Max was now really confused, so decided to search on google where he could sell gold discreetly and the answer that came was Switzerland. It said there was a law in Switzerland that allowed the business to not keep records if they wanted to. This sounded good to him and after some more research, he decided that he will go to Switzerland and try to sell his gold there, and if it didn't happen, it would not matter after all money was no issue to him now.
Max then called the travel agent and after some tries, he found a one that was willing to take cash and get him the visa very fast for which he asked for extra money, Max agreed to this.
He met the agent and over the next few days, he gathered all the documents and went to the embassy for the interview, after which he was finally granted the visa.
The next day Max left for Switzerland, he booked a ticket in first class, the price for which was mind-boggling, at first he instinctively resisted, but he booked it after convincing that he has to start getting used to living large from now on.
_________________________
Max exited the airport and was greeted with the frigid cold air of Zürich, he had just gotten off a 10-hour flight but honestly, he was not tired at all, he slept like a horse, the seats were just that good.
He got into the car his hotel had sent, he booked a grand suite in The Dolder Grand, one of the best hotels in the country in which only the rich and elite stayed, he had booked a suite and the hotel had sent a car to pick him up.
Max soon arrived in his hotel and his luggage was put in his room instantly, he did not even have to wait, the manager came out as he entered and said
"Welcome sir to The Dolder Grand"
Max nodded at his greeting
The manager continued
"You must be tired sir, your room has been prepared, here is your key, your luggage will appear shortly"
Max was a little surprised and asked
"What about the check-in procedure"
"Surely sir that can be done later, after all, you have just come from a long flight, check-in is just a formality we can do it any time you are free," said the manager smiling
Perks of being rich, I guess thought Max and thus proceeded to his room.
A bellboy escorted him to an elevator, which took him into a floor, there was just a single room on the floor, after opening the door for Max, the bellboy asked Max if he wanted anything and after receiving his reply he left.
Max was currently sitting on the extra luxurious bed, he was flabbergasted seeing the room, it was at least 5 times bigger than his flat in Mumbai, forget the room, even the bathroom was bigger than his entire flat, and the staff was so expertly trained, the bellboy didn't even gesture for a tip, as to not bother him, but the cost of the room had stung him too, it probably cost him more than a year of his salary, and after all the expenses he had done till now, he now barely had 5,00,000 rupees left with him.
As he thought about this he got alert again, he had come here for work, there will be many more days left to enjoy life, but right now was the time to work.
Max got up from the bed and picked up the telephone and called the concierge and asked him to come up to the room.
After the concierge showed up, Max asked him to tell him the names of some gold dealers in the city that were reputed for their confidentiality.
The concierge got his meaning and gave the business card for four dealers and said
"I personally recommend the Loso, many of our guests have dealt with them and have provided good reviews"
"Ok, let's go with them shall we, arrange a driver for me for tomorrow and tell him the address," said Max
"Sure Sir, when you go there just tell them Aiden sent you, he will understand," said the concierge
As he was about to go Max took 500 CHF out of his pocket and gave it to him as a gesture for providing good service.
The concierge was happy with this and left Max's room.
There will a lot of work tomorrow thought Max as he went to sleep.