I'm the Newspaper Seller
28. Back to the Present

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The sound of a horn sounded made Bastian gasp in shock. He looked back where some riders even shouted to tell him to run the car.

He looked up at the light that had now been changed into a green light. The boy whom he had given fifty thousand had also run away making Bastian smile after recalling his painful childhood memories. There was laughter, sadness, crying and happiness all mixed into one.

The story of the newspaper seller really brought him in a lot of learning.

He drove out his car as he smiled at the small children who struggled so hard peddling the newspapers in his hands.

Bastian looked at the pile of newspapers beside him. Since then when he saw the newspaper sellers who came and offered his newspaper snacks made Bastian always stop one by one the children of the newspaper seller and give him money.

He also took the newspapers that the children were selling and gave them with far more money than they should have. He didn't want the newspaper-seller's children to think he was begging. He wanted the children to earn money from his hard work not by begging or getting pity.

Bastian was so grateful to have been born into a poor family that he also knew what it would be like to have no money. What if he had to fight alone. What would it be like to live without someone who loved him so much.

Today the work was exhausting. He had to take care of the company of Mr. Dewantoro who stood in several centers. Fortunately he had a representative who could help him to lighten his load.

Melinda's sister reportedly fell ill and no one kept her in the hospital while Reno is now a market thug who finally Bastian got the news if Reno was arrested and entered the prison for theft and Melinda's brother was pronounced dead the day before Reno was put in prison.

Yes, so very sad about their lives. Bastian knows that good people get good and bad people get bad.

After the death of Mr. Dewantoro and in accordance with his promise Bastian continued his studies majoring in management and after graduation he then preferred to take care of the company of Mr. Dewantoro.

And what about his friends? Yes, his friends are like Mandra, Joy, Badrul and Sodiq. Don't ask them because they've all been as successful as Bastian.

Yes do not want to succeed alone Bastian also invited his friends to work in the company owned by Mr. Dewantoro. Mandra, Joy, Badrul and Sodiq are now among the company's employees.

Bastian deliberately sent his friends to college and everything was financed by Bastian. Not getting money just like that but Bastian offers some jobs to his friends such as being a sweeper or coffee maker in the office and the salary Bastian gives is used for tuition.

This is Bastian's desire to make those around him smile. Bastian does not want to be successful himself he also wants to achieve success together with his friends the newspaper seller friends who are also the same fate as himself first.

And now look what Bastian got after hiring all those friends. Mandra, Badrul and Sodiq could have big houses, the big house that they always point to when entering the residential area owned by Joy is now the desire of those who expect to have a large house and luxury cars become a reality.

Then the man who was born indeed from a rich family now how? Joy! Joy also works at Dewantoro's company. Bastian also never asked what the opinion of Joy's parents after knowing that Joy had always worked as a newspaper seller. Bastian was not curious, afraid of laughing.