Game Changers

Barbara had messaged Lucious that Oliver was on the way. Lucious went to his secret R&D lab to check on the project, after Bruce's death it fell to the wayside. He couldn't remember how far along he had gotten with it.

The uber ride to Wayne Industries was a long and quiet ride. The driver seemed to like the current music but Oliver was to focused on his own problems to say anything about it. He nervously rubbed his fingers as he hoped to see the light at the end of his dark tunnel.

When he received notification of his visitor Lucious went to greet Oliver. "Come with me, Mr. Queen." He led Oliver to his personal lab. "Your arm is ready to go. It just needs your final approval." Once Oliver approved the arm. "To get best and most use of this there needs to be a small surgical procedure." He held up the plate the arm attached to. "This needs to be surgically attached." He held up a sealed vile with small sensors. "These need to be attached to your brain. With proper maintenance and calibration, you will be able to use that arm like you were born with it. Bruce has already funded the surgery at Gotham General. I will send over the specs to Miss Smoak so she can perform regular maintenance."

Oliver looked the arm over and read up on the specs. He held back his tears as he was a bit overwhelmed by Bruce's promise, even after his death. He hated that Bruce was not the one to be there with him. He owed him a big debt and was not sure how to fill it out.

He sat everything down. "As for providing Queen Industries with financial assistance, the board will need to approve it, and the new CEO has the majority vote, you will need to get her approval. I can step up regular purchases made from Queen Industries without approval. In the short term to keep Queen Industries afloat, my best recommendation is selling assets and divisions, downsizing the scale of operations, and laying off people. In the end, you might have to sell the entire company to keep the business from going under."

Oliver nodded at Lucious as he replied, "There is a lot to consider at this point. I don't want to get overwhelmed so I wish to focus on my arm first then deal with my company afterwards. Perhaps I may find some shred of wisdom down the road." Then Oliver worked with Lucious to schedule the appointments at Gotham General for his preliminary visits since the surgery was done in stages to ensure success. It was definitely not something to rush through. After that Oliver bid Lucious thanks and farewell as he took an uber to Gotham General to meet Miss Smoak for his first of many visits.

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