All Chapters of Rebirth: Turning Hush Money Into Billions: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

Caleb's POVMason Lund, who was standing beside Sierra Shepherd, rolled his eyes after hearing my demand. He looked at me condescendingly and scoffed. "What did I tell you, Sierra? These kinds of lowlifes are all the same. He's been after the money from the very beginning!"Mason put an arm around Sierra's shoulders, flashing me a mocking look. "You should learn when to quit while you're ahead, Mr. Zimmer. You see, 1.5 million dollars is enough money for trash like you to live off for lifetimes."I looked up at Sierra. She was staring at me with a furrowed brow, looking like she couldn't believe what she just heard. "You really just want the money? You're not coming back with me?"I calmly repeated my terms. "That's right. I'll leave as soon as you give me the 4.5 million dollars.""How are you going to survive without me?" Sierra asked coldly, sounding completely sure of herself.I smiled faintly and shook my head slightly, knowing that nobody was irreplaceable. I had learned th

Chapter 2

Thea was startled by my sudden appearance. She glanced at the check before scoffing. "You're clearly another opportunist looking for a bargain! I'd rather burn my core algorithm than sell it cheap to clueless people like you who only want to make a quick buck!"I dragged over a chair and sat down. "Those investors didn't turn you down because they're greedy. They turned you down because they simply don't understand your work."Thea was caught off guard for a moment.I leaned forward slightly and looked straight into her eyes. "They have no idea that once your core architecture integrates with the new photonic chips launching next year, it'll break through the current limits of computing power and completely change the industry."Thea stiffened instantly, her voice trembling while asking, "H-How on earth do you know that?"She had never shared this idea with anyone before, so she couldn't help but wonder how this seemingly ordinary man in front of her could hit the nail right on th

Chapter 3

It wasn't long before the auction officially kicked off with an opening bid of seven million dollars.Mason held up his paddle. "8.5 million dollars."I raised my paddle without any hesitation. "11 million dollars."Mason glared at me, clearly offended that someone he looked down on dared to challenge him. He gritted his teeth and raised his paddle, yelling, "14 million dollars!"I put on a confident expression, as if I were certain to win, and called out loudly. "17 million dollars!"I turned and flashed Mason a sharp, challenging glare after calling out the bid.Mason took the bait instantly. He held his paddle high and looked down at me as if he had already won the bid. "21 million dollars!"That bid was three times higher than market value, prompting the whole crowd to gasp and the auctioneer to freeze up.I raised my glass toward Mason from across the room. "You've certainly got money to spare, Mr. Lund. Congratulations on buying such a great piece of land."Hearing that,

Chapter 4

It was then that the negotiation officially got underway. Sierra regained her composure and presented Shepherd Group's acquisition proposal with full confidence.I couldn't help but chuckle under my breath as I took one glance at the presentation slides. It was nothing more than the discarded initial draft I stayed up three nights straight to write for her in my past life. I ended up ditching it back then due to serious loopholes, though.I got to my feet as soon as she finished her presentation. "Your proposal sounds impressive, but it's actually full of flaws, Ms. Shepherd."Under Sierra's furious glare, I pointed out the three fatal flaws in her proposal in front of everyone, laying out everything clearly and mercilessly. I then presented my own refined acquisition proposal, which solved Everstone Heavy Industries' core problems seamlessly, from capital support to industrial modernization.Ms. Chase nodded approvingly as she listened and made the call immediately. "Everstone Hea

Chapter 5

In that instant, everyone in the office fell silent. Sierra snatched the tablet from her assistant in disbelief. She stared at the screen, which showed stocks hitting their daily limits down and the wave of breaking financial news about the Lund family being investigated.She felt her blood run cold. She suddenly turned to me, her voice trembling while asking, "D-Did you do all of this, Caleb?"She demanded through gritted teeth, "The information about the Lund family's tax evasion and the Shepherd Group's shady overseas backing is confidential. How could you possibly get your hands on classified information like that?"I quietly watched the woman in front of me, her face twisted in rage. I suddenly recalled my memories from back then. Sierra had been targeted during the Shepherd family's internal struggles in my past life, causing her to lose all of her funding.She had sat in a disordered office, looking defeated. She had held my hand at that time and said, "I have nothing to be

Chapter 6

Inside the server room at Skyforge Technologies, the server indicator lights flashed wildly. Thea sat before her computer, looking at a line of unusual data traffic on the screen with a mocking smirk. "They took the bait, Mr. Zimmer. That programmer, Jessie Lister, just copied the core code onto her personal flash drive."I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking over the nightscape, before saying indifferently, "It's all going according to plan, then. Just make sure not to alert her and let her deliver the goods to Mason without any trouble." I had already instructed Thea to set up a honeypot in the firewall two weeks ago, so that 300,000 dollars didn't buy him the photonic chip's source code at all.…Third-Person's POVMason, overjoyed to get his hands on the code, handed it over to Sierra right away.Sierra was drowning in stress over the collapsing stock market, so this code felt like her saving grace. She brought in Shepherd Group's elite tech team to test i

Chapter 7

In the main hall, Sierra stepped onto the stage brimming with pride. She painted a dramatic picture of Shepherd Group's ambitious roadmap in AI before smiling and welcoming Mason up to the stage. "I'd like to invite my fiance, Mason Lund, who will demonstrate the core algorithm behind this groundbreaking chip." Mason stepped up to the console and smirked down at me in the front row before speaking loudly to the audience. "I want to address something before we begin. I heard that a shady shell firm called Skyforge Technologies has been trying to leech off Shepherd Group's name lately. I'll show you all today the difference between true cutting-edge technology and a worthless scam."He hit the enter key amidst a flurry of camera flashes, but right as the code reached halfway, an error occurred. The code froze mid-run, the display flickered twice, and the whole program turned straight into a Trojan virus.Just then, a blaring alarm went off, and three huge words flashed across the

Chapter 8

Third-Person's POVShepherd Group's stock crashed completely following the tech summit disaster. Then, when official investigations started, Sierra's self-serving uncles didn't think twice about turning her into the scapegoat to save themselves.In the end, the once-high-and-mighty heiress of the Shepherd Group was left buried under tens of millions of dollars in debt.Mason was sentenced to seven years behind bars since the evidence for trade secret theft was rock-solid.In just a single month, Sierra tumbled from her high horse as a wealthy heiress to a total outcast everyone hated.Sierra wandered aimlessly, wrapped in nothing more than a thin jacket as the biting winter winds whipped through the streets of Brightcrest. Her accounts were frozen, and all the fair-weather friends who had once treated her like family now dodged her like the plague.She was left with nowhere else to turn, so she unconsciously walked to the projects. She stood at the entrance of the dilapidated b

Chapter 9

Caleb's POVIt was two years later, and Skyforge Technologies officially went public. Its stock surged right at the opening bell, and its market capitalization quickly approached the hundred-billion mark.I stood front and center in the spotlight while wearing a high-end suit. I was just 24 years old, and I had become the world's youngest multi-billion-dollar CEO. I had finally reached the top that belonged to me, leaving all those who used to look down on me beneath my boots.The celebration banquet dragged on until late that night, and by the time I stepped outside the hotel in Novaria, a torrential rain greeted me. My assistant held a black umbrella over me as I headed to the Rolls-Royce waiting at the roadside.Just as I prepared to board the car, a shadowy figure burst through the sheet of rain. My bodyguards instantly reacted, wrestling the person down and holding them tightly to the ground.In the dim glow of the streetlights, I finally recognized who that person was. It wa

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