, ▁thus ▁pulling ▁himself ▁out ▁of ▁pover ty ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁He ▁would ▁later ▁emb ark ▁on ▁a ▁business ▁career , ▁the ▁first ▁steps ▁toward ▁building ▁his ▁own ▁company , ▁X an atos ▁Enter pr ises . ▁Despite ▁his ▁father ' s ▁belief ▁that ▁X an atos ▁did ▁not ▁des erve ▁the ▁gift ▁that ▁had ▁launched ▁his ▁career , ▁X an atos ▁continued ▁to ▁claim ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁one ▁day ▁prove ▁himself ▁a ▁self - made ▁man . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁X an atos ▁took ▁on ▁O wen ▁Burn ett ▁under ▁his ▁wing , ▁a ▁former ▁employee ▁of ▁business ▁rival ▁Hal cy on ▁Ren ard , ▁as ▁his ▁assistant . ▁Event ually , ▁Burn ett ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁actually ▁P uck , ▁a ▁Child ▁of ▁Ober on , ▁ ▁and ▁offered ▁X an atos ▁a ▁tempt ing ▁choice : ▁a ▁single ▁wish ▁( which ▁could ▁grant ▁the ▁imm ort ality ▁he ▁sought ) ▁or ▁a ▁lifetime ▁of ▁service ▁as ▁the ▁mort al ▁O wen ▁Burn ett . ▁ ▁Again st ▁P uck ' s ▁expect ations , ▁X an atos , ▁confident ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁achieve ▁imm ort ality ▁through ▁other ▁methods , ▁chose ▁O wen ' s ▁service , ▁and ▁the ▁decision ▁deeply ▁im pressed ▁P uck ▁to ▁keep ▁his ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁b arg ain , ▁with ▁the ▁inference ▁that , ▁should ▁X an atos ▁achieve ▁his ▁goal , ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁guaranteed ▁P uck / O wen ' s ▁services ▁for ▁et ern ity . ▁