The Winter Promise

Chapter 63: Rebuilding a Company.

I along with Pak Hari and also Mr. Febri went to his old office Mr. Febri who is now unused again. His office is located in SCBD, South Jakarta. When I got there, I was directly aimed at a building that was not too high, maybe if I counted from the outside through the amount of glass that was, this building had ten floors in it.

Yep... When compared to other buildings here, the height of this building is nothing compared to the others.

“You bought this building?”

Mr. Febri fell silent with me watching the building in front of us.

“Iya, I have bought this building from the time my company is in its heyday, and this building was only spacious two months ago.”

Mr. Hari started walking in and opened the door that was there.

“How much money did you spend to buy this building?”

“How ya?... There may be about fifteen billion.”

Fifteen billion?!What did he give all that money? I don't know how much money Mr. Hari had at the time.

“Fixed, fifteen billion is very much.”

Mr. Febri was still watching the building from top to bottom.

“I think the price is still reasonable, considering this building is in a very strategic place.”

We entered the building and it was dark inside. That's of course, because this building is no longer used, but I think there's something strange.

Mr. Hari also turned on all the lights on the first floor.

“Although this building has long been abandoned, why does this building still look clean?”

I also saw that there was no dust on the reception desk in front of me.

“When my company went bankrupt, I rented this building to a company and by chance last month their contract was up. They wanted to extend his contract, but I haven't agreed to it because I intend to use this office again.”

Said Mr. Hari to me.

“Not that it's too much, ten-story building is only for four people.”

Mr. Febri looked into every room that was there.

“When the application has earned income, I will definitely open job vacancies for new employees. I'm sure the app will definitely be famous.”

“I like such an optimistic attitude, as I expect from the person who once led a company.”

“By the way where is the printing machine?”

I was curious about the machine Mr. Hari used when publishing the magazine Universe Komik. Because I can't find it on this first floor.

“If the printing machine is on the eighth floor.”

The three of us started walking towards the elevator.

“Indeed you didn't rent out this building all?”

“No, because they are also a company that is not too big so they only rent from the first floor to the fifth floor only. While the sixth floor to the tenth floor they do not rent.”

We entered the elevator and headed to the eighth floor.

When it reached the eighth floor, the state of the floor was very much different from the first floor earlier. The situation on the eighth floor was very dirty, dust was everywhere, cobwebs were on the walls of the office, and the windows were already covered by dust. I doubt the printing press still works.

“It looks like before using this office, we need to clean-up first.”

“Hahahahaha... For that you rest easy Mar, I'll hire a janitor to clean up this whole building.”

Thank goodness then, I guess he'll have me clean up this whole building as my first job.

Then Pak Hari showed a very large room and inside there was a printing machine with different types.

“Why is this room only clean?”

I was amazed when I entered the room. Because the room was very clean and looked very cared for.

“That's because every time I come home from work, I always come here to clean this room. Because in this room there is a printing press, if I let it get dirty, of course, it will affect the printing press as well. Instead of having to buy a new printing machine, I better take care of the old one. Counting it saves my expenses.”

“Then do it also on all floors!”

Mr. Febri nagged Mr. Hari.

“That's impossible, it would take me days if I cleaned from the sixth to the tenth floor all by myself. If I hire a janitor, I think it is not too necessary because at that time I do not know when this office will be used again.”

I also looked at the printing press. Because I rarely see a large printing machine like this, usually the printing machine I see is the printer in my room.

“Are you done looking at Mar?”

Ask Mr. Hari to me.

“Iya, I'm satisfied to look around.”

“Then there is one place I want to show you.”

We went to the top floor of the building and it turned out that the building had a roof that seemed like this place was used by employees to rest.

“Did it used to be here there was a mini bar?”

Mr. Febri went to a long table and some benches that were there.

“Iya, it used to be here where employees to go relax or smoke after doing his job.”

Although the building is not too high and the view from the roof is not too good because it is covered with other buildings. But to relax, this place is also nice. I guess if this building is active as usual, I will definitely go here often to rest.

I looked into a room on the roof.

“That's what room Mr Hari?”

I pointed towards the room.

“It is a place of prayer. I deliberately made his prayer place on the roof because it makes it easier for employees who want to relax after performing the prayer service.”

“Hmm so so.”

“Then, let's go to the next place.”

It's like just touring.

The next place we went to was the warehouse behind the office, near the parking lot. When entering the warehouse, there were many magazines tied together. It looks like it was a magazine published by Pak Hari's company before it went bankrupt.

“Can I browse through the magazine?”

I asked Mr. Hari.

“Of course.”

I immediately went to see what comics had been published by the Comics Universe. Who knows if there are any comics I have read.

Hmmmm... So this is a magazine ever published by the Universe Comics. Not bad, I think. Each edition contains one chapter from each comic title. I just found out that in Indonesia there was a comic like this, but why I never read it when I was a child.

“How many years has this company been running?”

Mr. Febri also looks through magazines just like me.

“I think until this company goes bankrupt, it's been ten years.”

“TEN YEARS!? Means since graduating from High School you've been pioneering this business?”

Mr. Febri doesn't seem to believe that.

“I didn't know you could be this great. I thought you were just great at lessons.”

“By the way how the fate of the comic since his company Pak Hari broke?”

Ask him.

“There are some of them who go to other publishers and there are some of them still unemployed because of their unpublished comics. There are even some who always contact me when I start again aviatan, according to them my magazine is one place to channel the works of comics in Indonesia. Why are you asking like that Mar?”

“At first I thought that it would be impossible to make an application to read digital comics like that if I did not have an adequate connection with the comics, he said, but since this company has been running for ten years and already has a lot of comic acquaintances, I don't think it's a problem.”

“For a student, your thoughts are quite detailed as well Mar.”

I don't know if it's a compliment from Mr. Hari or not, but I'll take it as a compliment.

“I often get involved in very complicated problems that make me have to think even harder. That's why I can get such thoughts.”

“I like young people like that. Usually they have creative ideas to develop.”

“Is there anything you want to tell Ri?”

“Nothing, tomorrow I want to hold a meeting with you, Amar, and also his friend amar to talk about this application.”

“Well then, how is Mar?”

“I'm OK aja.”

“Then we say yes.”

“Thank you for today.”

Mr. Hari also thanked us both.

Me and Mr. Febri went straight from the office, Mr. Febri also intended to take me first to the nearest Transjakarta stop.

“Mar, how about we eat first? I'm sure you must be hungry too.”

“If paid I want Sir.”

“Calm down, let's just say thank you from me for helping my friend.”

We stopped by the fried rice cooker on the side of the road. Mr. Febri also ordered fried rice for both of us to the brother of the seller, and when the food was so, we

straight away eat it with gourd.

“Mar, do you know about the case when LDKS?”

Why did Mr Febri just say that this time? Come to think of it, during the LDKS event I never saw Mr. Febri was there, did he not follow the event.

“Which case Sir?”

“I was told by one of the OSIS, when LDKS there was someone who took the belongings of female students and at that time you were accused of taking the goods but because there was no strong evidence, there was no evidence,

you can also be free from the accusation.”

 Who did OSIS tell Mr Febri? As I recall OSIS who knows me only Kak Alvin, Kak Deni, Kak Fauzi, and Kak Ayu. The rest I don't know them and they probably don't know me either.

“Oh that problem.”

“Do you know something Mar?”

“What's the matter Sir?”

“In my opinion, what OSIS did to solve the problem was too out of the way, and I also heard from the school that it was used to maintain harmony among the students, he said, but I know the nature of the students who are members of OSIS. They can't possibly make a plan as safe and smooth as this, even Alvin's classmate I don't think it's possible to make this plan.”

For a teacher like Mr. Febri, it turns out that his observations of his students are not bad either. This shows that Mr. Febri is indeed very close to the students in SMK Sawah Besar, especially

the students he taught.

“I don't know about it.”

“Didn't you propose that plan to them?”

Mr. Febri looked at me seriously.

“Murid classmate Kak Alvin alone is impossible to make such a plan, let alone me.”

Mr. Febri was still looking at me for quite a long time.

“Looks like you were right.”

He also returned to eating his food again.

“Then how did you escape the accusation?”

“That's because OSIS can't prove I'm guilty. Using my position at the campsite during the event to search for the trail can not be used as strong evidence. In addition to that during the UKS, there was also a teacher who accompanied me at that time.”

“Actually from the first entry, I was a little suspicious of you. I once thought that you had great powers but you purposely hid them.”

Hearing that made me smile a little.

“If I have great strength, why would I hide it. I better show people to get their attention. Isn't it too dear to hide a potential owned.”

Well... Although I often hide one or two abilities that I have to my friends.

“You're right, I agree with you.”

It seems Mr. Febri's suspicions are gone. It was fortunate that I could finish it today as well, otherwise I could bother later.

“How about your excrement?”

“Ekskulku is fine.”

“Why don't you join the excul baske? I heard from the students who were in the basketball school that there was a good basketball student in my class, and then when I asked Riki, he said that you were the one he meant, and all the male disciples were no one against it.”

You're Riki! Why would he tell that to Mr. Febri? Riki wasn't wrong about this, nor did I tell her to hide it. I don't think this can be hidden any more.

“I just want to play basketball for fun or just move the body. I don't want to compete, it's too tiring in my opinion.”

“Hahaha... I just heard the words of such a person.”

Mr. Febri chuckled at my answer.

“It seems like my guess was not wrong when I saw you in class. Although your aura indicates that you are a lazy person, but I know that you are a different person from the aura you show.”

Do I really emit that kind of aura? If true, it's appropriate that Takeshi and Miyuki always tell me that I'm such a lazy person. But what I need to be aware of right now is his observation

Mr. Febri. The observation I can not look at lightly, I made the slightest mistake maybe my secret can he know all.

“One more time, I want to thank you for helping my friend.”

“That's not a big thing Sir.”

“If I had a daughter, I might have betrothed you Mar.”

“Stop taunting me like that Sir.”

“Hahahahaha..”

And we went back to eating fried rice accompanied by city lights that illuminated the streets at that time.

the End Chapter 63