Chapter 76 - Nick's Effort

And when the man walked up to him, Nick immediately stood up from his seat and nodded his head briefly. "My name is Sebastian, nice to meet you!" Said the man who first introduced his name to Nick while holding out his hand to shake Nick's hand.

Nick also warmly welcomed the outstretched hand and shook it while replying, "I'm Nick! Nice to meet you too." said Nick.

Sebastian chuckled softly and invited Nick to sit back on the sofa, along with himself who was also sitting there, he then moved his seat to be closer to Nick who was now silently staring at him. 

"So, what can I do to help? I heard if you want to run a story that you want to put in our newspaper, correct?" Sebastian asked who was now making sure that what his guests wanted was the same as what the two workers had reported.

Nick nodded his head, confirming this, making Sebastian frown when Nick took out a paper from his pocket. "I want you to make a contest like this!" Nick said while showing a paper that turned out to be a contest sentence and a symbol image that Nick had very well painted.

The man named Sebastian took the paper and was silent when he saw the writing written on it. 

'Wanted, someone who has a birthmark like a picture above! One with skills beyond human limits! For anyone who feels and is right, will get a reward of $ 5000.'

Sebastian looked at Nick and the paper in turn. Then the man laughed loudly and put the paper on the table saying,

"Hahaha... Don't joke with me, sir! I know you're bored right now, but our company doesn't accept jokes of any kind at this time, and we don't want to be in the spotlight of other media." Says Sebastian who apparently thinks that Nick is currently teasing him and working on him.

But Nick, who was really serious, just kept quiet and looked at the man with a sharp gaze. Until Sebastian was silent and looked back at Nick, he exhaled and was about to give a warning to Nick. But before he opened his voice, Nick who felt he didn't have much time said,

"I'm not joking, Mr. Sebastian! I'll pay whatever it costs to put this contest on the front page of your newspaper and all of your media! As long as this announcement can be widely spread throughout the world!" That's what Nick said, which managed to silence Sebastian in front of him. The man who was believed to be a middle-level manager in the company turned to the two receptionists behind him who were now staring at him. Sebastian also gave them a code to call the top-level managers, to discuss this together, because after all, Sebastian would definitely consider the risks of setting up the contest which he feared if it was just a trick for people,

"Then, we will discuss this with the general manager, how about sir...?" 

"Nick!" Nick said, answering Sebastian who forgot his name. Sebastian nodded and smiled then waited for the general manager to arrive.

Nick didn't mind if he really had to discuss this with the top-level management of the company, as long as the plan was actually implemented. 

Waiting for quite a long time, finally, another man came in with a neater dress, and of course, he looked more manly than Sebastian. Nick stood up from his seat to shake the man's hand. The man smiled faintly, then turned to Sebastian to ask what was really going on here. Sebastian also explained everything in great detail, and in a not-so-loud voice. Meanwhile, Nick, who was sitting in front of the two of them, was silent and watched how Sebastian explained everything to the man who had a higher position than Sebastian.

"Oh really?" asked the man who then took the paper on the table and read the writing on it. He also looked at Nick who looked at him with a raised eyebrow, then the man smiled and held out his hand to Nick as he said,

"Ah… I forgot to introduce my name, I am John, the general manager of this company." The man said introducing himself. Nick welcomed the outstretched hand casually and introduced his name to the man.

"Nicholas, I am the CEO of the company I.CO Light." Said Nick who introduced himself to John, which then made the two men in front of Nick speechless with wide-eyes when they heard that Nick was a CEO of a large, well-known company. John turned to Sebastian who was equally disbelieving like him, then John spoke.

"Ah, I didn't expect you to be the CEO of I.CO Light!" Said John whose attitude immediately changed towards Nick who was now smiling at him.

"So you want to make a contest like this?" asked John, when he had let go of their hands. Nick nodded, confirmed this, and looked at John very seriously.

"I just hope that this contest can be on the front cover. And I will pay whatever it costs to spread this announcement." Nick said to John. Seeing the sincerity of Nick, made John finally do what Nick wanted, and of course, it was not done for free. Nick had to spend a lot of money just to advertise the news.

"We'll let you know when we're done printing it, Mr. Nick!" said John to Nick who nodded his head in response to the words that John threw at him, which then made Nick decide to return to his activities as before after he felt that his intentions for the day had been completed.

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According to what Mr. John said to Nick, he actually contacted Nick and let them know if they had printed the newspaper, and he even sent a newspaper to Nick's office, so that it could be said as evidence if they did. and had started spreading the word about the contest that Nick wanted last night.

"Mr. Nick!" a call made by a beautiful woman who is now walking into the CEO's office, making Nick, who was sitting relaxed, now turn his gaze to the woman who walks carrying an international newspaper, which of course makes Nick feel that he will definitely ask about the newspaper.

"What's wrong Susan?" Nick asked Susan, who now looked at the CEO in complete confusion as she showed him the newspaper with the first page which Nick thought was amazing at the time.

"Is the Nick listed in this paper a Nick from the same company as our company name, Mr. Nick?" a question uttered by Susan, made Nick now smile and then nodded his head as he said,

"Yeah... Nick, over there is Nicholas! And that is our company, Susan!" Nick explained to Susan who was now frowning and then said,

"Sir! Are you... um..-

Nick frowned when Susan's words stopped there, which made Nick chuckle now as he asked,

"Crazy?" Nick asked Susan who now immediately turned her gaze and said,

"Yeah… why are you doing a contest like this, and this is on the front page?!" Susan asked Nick who was now waving his hand to let him know if he should approach Nick this time,

"Come here, Susan!" Nick ordered Susan, which made Susa walk up to the CEO, and when Nick held out his right hand, Susan knew that she wanted the newspaper which Susan gave Nick the letter.

"I know... you as my assistant must feel that the action I did was something that was beyond your senses, right?" Nick asked Susan who was now nodding her head,

"But.. this is my wish and my duty as myself, so I beg you… no need to overreact and you just need to close your eyes and ears, everything will be fine… this news will not have a big impact on our company !" said Nick to Susan, which made Susan who heard it now nodded understanding what Nick said.

"You can go back and do your thing again, Susan!" continued Nick to Susan, for which Susan nodded her head silently and immediately left the room.

Actually, Nick knew Susan's good intentions, but because Nick knew that this was not Susan's job, which in the end forced Nick to speak and act like that to his personal assistant.

"Hh… it turns out that having those two tasks is a difficult thing!" Nick muttered to himself, Nick's eyes now turned back to staring at the international newspaper, his gaze was staring at the first page of the news, which made him now expand his smile after being satisfied that the results he wanted really matched his expectations.

"They did everything well!" that's the praise that was given by Nick to the printing press, especially John. After he felt that if he succeeded in the first stage, the next stage would be awaited by Nick and it started from the day the newspaper was spread.

"Hopefully I find you soon, ice bender!" mumbled Nick as his eyes stared at the symbol that was clearly on the first page of the newspaper, Nick hoped that the ice bender would see this news soon and find himself in new york.

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