
"Look at this!" The team thrust a map in front of Tamara.
"What is this, Boss?" Slowly Tamara grabbed the map and opened it.
"We got a presentation invitation for a large tender with one of the subsidiaries of Hardianto Corporations. But unfortunately the opportunity to get this project is very difficult. We have to compete with a lot of other companies and I'm sure there will be a lot of games under hand in this tender." The team explained the contents of the letter on the map to Tamara.
"But, however .. I want you to be able to get this project, because it will be very profitable for our company! You have to win this competition!" firmly Tim again, put great expectations on Tamara.
Tamara was fixated on reading a letter with details of the tender value reaching trillions of rupiah. Of course the value is very tempting, and if he managed to win it, it is certain Tim will pay a very high bonus for him.
"This is not a big deal, sir. I'm sure we'll definitely be able to get this project" Tamara said confidently.
"Are you sure? Don't be so confident, Tamara!" Tim just smiled wryly. "Getting this project is not as easy as you think. There will be many who cheat, because the company that is our competitor, must also really want this project," he explained a little doubt.
"Do you have any ideas, how to win this project?" Tamara tried to ask for consideration from her superior.
"You're trying to get to this company, Tamara. Meet the new CEO and try to negotiate with him. Before the tender event, we have to steal the start early!" Tim gave us his brilliant idea.
Tamara nodded. "right, Boss! This afternoon too, I will make an appointment to meet the CEO of that company. I hope I can see him as soon as possible." Tamara started to smile. The new tender he was going to work on, made him feel excited again.
"OK! The soner the better and do your best, Tamara!" The team also smiled and was happy to hear Tamara's ability.
Tamara stepped up happily leaving Mr Tim's study. If previously at the time of going into the room, Tamara did feel very tense, but what was last assigned by her superior, it made her very cheerful that day.
"Any way I'll do to get this project. I don't want to lose the trust of Mr. Tim just because I've done so much wrong!" Tamara cheered herself on and really hoped to win the tender she was going to work on.
After lunch, Tamara immediately left her office to go to a large corporate building tender organizer that she would follow. It was not difficult for him to make an appointment with the CEO of that company. With the big name Timothy Thimbleweed, of course, he could easily meet the main leader in the company.
"Good afternoon, Ma'am. I want to meet the CEO of this company." Tamara greeted and asked kindly to a secretary at the company.
"Have you made an appointment?" greet the secretary as well with a friendly smile.
"Already, Ma'am," said Tamara, nodding confidently.
"Who's mom and what company, ma'am?" The secretary raises her hand to ask for an identity card from Tamara.
"I'm Tamara Nagita. I'm here to represent Mr. Timothy Thimbleweed." Tamara presented her identification card to the secretary.
"Oh .. good. Come with me, Mom. My CEO has been waiting for my mom to come." The secretary immediately bowed respectfully after hearing Tamara say her name. The secretary already knew that Tamara was the person her boss was waiting for.
The secretary then drove Tamara into the company's leadership room.
"Excuse me, Mr. Hans. Tamara's mother has arrived!" The secretary bowed in front of his superior's desk.
A well-built man who is the new CEO of the company, the, he was standing behind his desk and facing the window with his back to his secretary with Tamara who had just entered the room.
"All right! You can go back to your study!" The man raised his right hand as a gesture to get his secretary out of the room and left him alone with Tamara.
"Welcome to my office, Tamara!" greet the CEO while slowly turning his body, then smile at Tamara who is still standing because she has not been invited to sit by him.
"Hansel!" scream Tamara as she looks at the face of the man before her.
"Is this really you? I'm not wrong, am I?"
Tamara's eyes widened and felt very surprised. He did not expect that the man who became the CEO of the company turned out to be someone he had known very well.
"Yes, Tamara. I'm Hansel Sanjaya, your old college best friend. I'm so happy that you haven't forgotten me yet" the man continued, smiling and chuckling.
"How are you, Hans? I really didn't expect, you've become a successful person, as CEO of this company now." Tamara immediately stuck out her hand to shake Hansel's hand.
"I'm good, Tamara. And you ... How are you and Pandu? I hear you already have a child," Hansel replied as he grabbed Tamara's hand and embraced his old friend, then the two were torn into each other.
"Yes, that's it, Hans. My son is seven months old." Tamara told me about her daughter. "Yourself, are you married?" sis asked.
"Yes, I just got married a few months ago" Hans replied briefly.
"Oh yes, please sit down, Tamara. Let's just have a casual conversation." Hans sat down in his chair and let Tamara sit in the chair in front of him.
Netra Tamara was immediately drawn to a photo on Hans' desk. "Is this your wedding photo, Hans? How can you get married without inviting me and Mas Pandu," he asked.
"My wedding was held in private, Tam. My wife and I don't want to make our wedding public" Hans said.
Tamara grabs Hans' wedding photo and watches him closely.
"This is Sisca Martina, the daughter of the city's famous and richest businessman, and the owner of many of those companies! Is this serious? You married her, Hans? How lucky are you to marry the sole heir of Hardianto Corporation?" babble Tamara was amazed. His eyes immediately rounded, as if not believing the photo of the bride and groom he was seeing.
"Not wrong, Tamara. I can sit in this chair now, none other than Mr. Hardianto, who is now my father-in-law. The company is also one of the subsidiaries of Hardianto Corporation" Hans said, showing a proud smile and a bit of bragging.
"What's the matter, Tamara? You still can't believe I'm the son-in-law of a conglomerate in this town?" hans grinned.
Tamara only smiled faintly hearing Hans sneer. Since college he knew the man well. An ambitious man and also a playboy. With a million charms at his disposal, Hans is very easy to attract the attention of the opposite sex and get what he wants.
"I believe you, Hans. You've always been the same. You used to aspire to be the owner of a big company, and now everything can finally be realized after you married the only daughter of Sultan Hardianto." Tamara remembered the obsession Hans had always expressed since she was in college.
"I am lucky and I am also grateful for all the things I have wanted so far I can achieve easily. But there's one thing I've never gotten, Tamara." Hans shook his head and smiled wryly looking at his old friend's face.
"Do you know what it is, Tamara?" Hans asked again and Tamara just shook her head.
"You, Tamara!" goda Hans, looking back at Tamara's face with a smile full of meaning.
Tamara lowered her face. Hansel's words made his heart beat very fast.