Chapter 75: This is above my PayScale
Soon they were led to a hall that was huge and resembled a luxurious conference room. On the other side of the long rectangular granite table sat four people. One looked Indian, while the others were white foreigners.
"Sir, Mr. Aric More is here..." the girl who led them announced as soon as they walked in. The group of people, who seemed to be checking some documents, lifted their heads and saw Aric. All of them stood up, and the man leading them was easily recognizable.
Eric Schmidt, the current CEO of Google. In fact, there was another face Aric recognized. Eric stepped out from behind the chair and walked straight to Aric.
"You must be Aric... You have the same pronunciation as my name... Hahaha," Eric said. This made Aric smile too. Aric didn’t know much about this man who had led Google for a long time and was one of the reasons Google was so huge. Even now, it had started expanding at a rapid speed.
"It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Schmidt," Aric said, shaking his hand.
"I gotta say... I knew you were young, but you look younger than I imagined," Eric remarked.
"I’m glad I was able to surprise you," Aric replied.
"You must be Aric’s father, Eklavya. I’m sorry if I mispronounced that..." Eric shook hands with Aric’s father, who was still trying to process what was going on. He subconsciously shook Eric’s hand. Eric could tell his father was confused and looked at Aric.
It didn’t take long for him to understand that Eklavya had no idea what was going on, so he introduced himself. Knowing the designation of the man he was speaking to, Aric’s father’s heartbeat rose rapidly. He thought they would be meeting some heads of Google, but not the CEO.