MIRACLE: SUPER RICH!!!
Reunion class 12-1 IPS (2)

Half an hour had passed since Tan sat alone in one of the chairs in the Galer restaurant. His first drink was up so he ordered his second drink which was the same as his first and at this time it was half.

WhatsApp group messages of his High School friends have started popping up a lot and most of them have arrived at the Galer restaurant.

Tan was not too far away from the main door of the restaurant, but because he turned his back to the door so he did not know his classmates had arrived.

Although he did not turn his back on the main door of the restaurant, Tan would not know what his classmate looked like either because the classmate he remembered was only Martin.

"It seems like a lot has come, but Martin hasn't come yet." Thought Tan was constantly staring at her phone, waiting for Martin to call her.

He felt like he was waiting for a woman to contact him to give an answer after expressing his feelings to the woman.

"Why did Martin come so long? Was he stuck in a bad traffic jam? What if he doesn't come?" Many questions came to Tan's mind.

He was also concerned that Martin would not come. I wish that didn't happen.

"It would feel very awkward for me to meet them because I'm not too close to them, but if I don't come, it'll be, I would be labeled as arrogant because they already knew that I was in Jakarta and invited to the reunion by .. Gosh, I forgot his name." Thought Tan who had forgotten her classmate named Richard.

While he was pensive while looking at his smartphone, a WhatsApp call appeared on his smartphone screen. The name that contacted Tan was indicated by Martin's name.

Tan has entered Martin's contacts into his contact list so that his name is on his phone.

"Where are you? I've been with friends in the G-5 private room." Martin asked before Tan said anything.

"I'm still at the Galer restaurant, in the usual room." Tan answered briefly while looking around, looking for the existence of the private G-5 room.

He was a little surprised when Martin had already arrived without knowing it.

"Okay, I'm out, don't turn this call off." Said Martin who came out of the private room.

He looks around looking for Tan's whereabouts which he finally managed to find out the whereabouts of his old friend.

"I've seen you." Said Martin who ended the conversation unilaterally.

He immediately walked to where Tan was and when he was near he called the name of his desk friend when he was in High School.

Tan directly directed his vision to the origin of the voice that called out his name. He saw a rather large man on the abdomen, dressed in the stellan of a private office employee with a height of about 168-170 cm and short hair.

"Martin?" Ask Tan to see if the person is a close friend of his in High School or not.

"Yes, my God, Tan, you really haven't changed, you're still ugly." Said Martin shaking hands and then hugging.

After that they separated and stood facing each other with a distance of about 50-90 cm.

"Hahaha, I haven't changed, but you ... It really changed a lot, from ugly to ugly, what happened to your stomach? Is there a baby in your stomach? Where's the muscular body you were proud of me for High School?" Tan asked who was mocking but only to joke around.

"Hahaha, damn you, this is the effect of a married man, you will also experience it when you ... Are you married?" Ask Martin.

Tan shook his head. He thought that if Saras had not decided to part with him, he would have proposed and married Saras when his life began to improve as it is today.

"Jeez, are you single? When will the bird find its nest, if you still maintain your single status, hahaha." Said Martin with his paltry-ceplos style that still exists in him.

Tan just shook his head and saw some people who were close to them both staring at Tan and Martin with various facial expressions.

Although Martin's voice was not very big when speaking, but still the people who were close could still hear him.

The men were just acting ordinary, but the women were staring at Tan and Martin with looks of disdain and contempt.

"Come on, Tan, let's join the others." Take Martin.

Tan nodded his head and before he followed Martin to the private room of the G-5 where his class reunion took place, Tan had to close the table, pay for all his orders.

He had to spend almost Rp.200,000 just for the same two drinks. This is because the cost of servicing the charge is quite large, 15%.

After paying, Tan and Martin walk together to the G-5 private room where their high school friends are. As Martin opened the door of the room by sliding to the right side, the people inside looked at Martin and Tan for a moment, then they ignored the two people.

Martin and Tan did not mind their attitude, even when Martin arrived, the classmates did not welcome Martin.

That's because they see the clothes worn by Martin are just the clothes of cheap private office employees who can be found in the clothing store.

As for Tan, they were more unconcerned because looking at Tan's more very ordinary clothes, there was no impression of luxury like the one they used.

The classmates were dressed in pretty fancy clothes, showing their social status was not their usual social status.

The women use the best clothes they have, of course, it's foreign brand clothing that is quite famous.

The women showed off the bags they put on the table and were of course luxury items from well-known overseas brands, CH, LV, HM, GC and others.

They also show off the jewelry they use such as necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more.

While the men also showed off the clothes they use, but they showed off more smart phones that are mostly the latest Ayphone, car keys, of course European imported cars instead of Asian, and watches.

Of course they do that to show the wealth they have. They do not want to be looked down upon by others.

The private room has an area of about 30 square meters with several landscape and abstract paintings adorning the walls of the room.

There is the only round table that is large and can accommodate as many as 25 seats. The round table also has a round board that can be rotated so that people who use the round table can rotate the board to take the food they want without having to approach the food or bother others.

Tan and Martin took a seat far enough away from the group of people who behaved riya.

Tan shook his head, "Actually I'm a little sorry I majored in law because it doesn't match the character I have, you know for yourself how my character is."

"Yes, I was also shocked when you decided to major in law with your character like that, but you look sure, you look sure, so I'm not saying anything more to make you change your decision." Said Martin.

"Therefore I felt sorry that I had majored in law, at that time I just thought how cool it was to be a lawyer like Matt Murdoch's character in the film Daredevil, but I didn't see or realize that graduate jobs from law majors have to interact with people a lot, if you know that, I prefer IT." Obviously Tan.

"Hahaha, then why don't you go out and move on to IT?" Ask Martin.

"There is no more cost to move majors, entering the law department alone has cost almost 40 million." Said Tan.

Martin nodded his head. He knew the cost of higher education was more expensive than compulsory education.

"So what do you do now? If not a lawyer or something." Ask Martin.

"Nothing, I don't do any work, just spend time at home, despite the online effort but it's not going well and now I'm trying to earn income from forex trading." Answer Tan.

Hearing Tan's words about forex trading made the people sitting nearby laugh.

That person thinks trading is just a futile job because it takes big capital and qualified skills in order to get a lot of profit.

The person also had been trading forex and hoped to get a lot of profit, but the reality slapped him, his capital of 5 million was exhausted in just 3 days.

Of course it makes give up and never again make a trade. For him the job must be in a leading private company, SOE or become a civil servant because income will always be guaranteed every month.

While being a trader does not guarantee that every month will earn income.

Therefore he laughed hearing Tan wanted to earn income from forex trading.

Tan and Martin ignored his classmates who were sitting a bit close to them and laughed.

"So you are currently a trader? I also work in the field of investment, but not trading, stock broker securities in the company PT Indo Investama Sekuritas, you know the company right? That's the company that entered the top 20 securities companies in Indonesia." Said Martin

Tan just nodded his head, even though he knew nothing about the company. He only knew BPS was a securities firm because he opened a securities account at the bank.

"Although I worked as a broker in that securities company, my position until now was only a junior broker for 3.5 years, haaa~" said Martin who sighed.

Although he has worked for a long time, the company has not increased his position to become a senior broker because Martin is always involved in problems with his investors.

He has done a good job as a broker by giving advice on stocks to be bought and sold to Investors who are clients, but his clients no one wants to listen to him.

His clients simply gave Martin orders to buy and sell. When a decision taken by them is wrong that leads to a big loss, his clients will blame him so much that they withdraw all their money and stop investing with his company's securities.

This of course resulted in Martin's performance appraisal that could not keep his clients to keep investing with the company.

He wanted to quit the company and find another job. But he's worried about his wife and son's life when he stops. Not necessarily he can immediately get a new job after quitting the company.

He was forced to choose to stay in the company, until there was a guarantee he would get a new job when he left the company.

While Tan and Martin were chatting, many of his classmates in Jakarta had come and occupied the available seats so that of the 20 seats in the room, there were only five seats left.

Although many of his classmates had already arrived, they were seen ignoring Tan and Martin. No one invited them to talk or say hello.

Even his classmates who had just come were also not greeting the two of them.

If it was Tan, then it was natural that they were not close to the introverted man, even they forgot or did not know that Tan was their classmate.

But things were different for Martin, this man often socialized with them so it was impossible that they did not know about Martin.

They will ignore Tan's close friend, even the men give Martin a look of ridicule just because they see Martin's usual work clothes.

While the women looked despicable and disgusted at Martin for the same reason.

Tan and Martin's classmates have completely changed. They create their own boundaries in socializing based only on the appearance of a person.

If the appearance of the person does not meet the criteria they apply, then there is an attitude of abandonment, humiliation and demeaning.

Even so, Martin and Tan were just being indifferent. For the two of them no matter how their attitude and behavior towards the two of them, as long as no real action was directly shown to the two of them.

A whispery-negative look or sneer won't make Tan and Martin angry.

The introvert man has apathy toward people who are bad at him, while his close friend has been accustomed to being a material in his office because he did not rise despite 3.5 years working as a stock broker in the securities company where he worked, he was not up in office, while the coworkers who entered with him had risen in office for only one year, there were even six months.

Moments later, the main character and also the initiator of the reunion event, Richard Marx appeared.

The man was immediately greeted excitedly by the 12-1 IPS class friends who were in the room.

The men who had business goals stood up and approached Richard to shake hands while giving his business card which was also marked by the name of the company where he worked.

Those who do not have business goals do the same. At least in their minds, should establish a good relationship with Richard Marx who is a member of the conglomerate family, Marx.

The Marx family owns the third largest company in Indonesia, the Marx group with corporate assets reaching 635 trillion per year.

The Marx group company is engaged in culinary, hospitality, jewelry and clothing. Based on the four businesses they own, the conglomerate family has annual revenues of 446 trillion.

Therefore, many of IPS 12-1 class friends tried to establish a good relationship with Richard. Especially the women who worked hard to get Richard as a partner.