
"What the fuck? Why did you make me one of the candidates for the CEO election?!" Rere seemed to protest at Liora, he looked at his best friend with a deep frown. Really he did not expect if his name would be called as the next CEO candidate.
"Only you can I trust to keep the company before Tiara returns or Davi grows up" Liora replied with a gentle smile, until for a moment Rere seemed to be looking at the real Tiara.
"You're crazy, Liora. How could I possibly take care of a company this big? Who's gonna back up your crazy idea anyway?" Rere was still trying to deny the plans made by Liora.
Liora smiled obliquely, while looking back at the front with her chin raised. "We'll see" he replied ambiguously.
"Gee!" Rere was frustrated, the woman really could not guess what Liora would do. Rere didn't even believe what was happening in front of him right now.
"Mr Renata, please stand up!" said the host who was mentioning some of the names of candidates who have been submitted by other shareholders.
"Stay, Re. Show a smile to greet the shareholders," muttered Liora without taking her eyes off.
Rere steadied back Liora's face which now seemed to turn flat. Rere was forced to stand up and greet the shareholders who now turn their attention to him.
"It's too crazy," Rere murmured still in disbelief at what's going on right now.
There were three people who volunteered to be Dery's replacement. First was Dery's own representative. The second is one of the subsidiaries of large and influential shareholders in the company. Third is Rere who was filed directly by Liora.
After showing the profiles of CEO candidates, it is time for the voting of all shareholders and top officials of the company to determine Dery's next successor.
"Alright, this time we have arrived at the top event, which is the election of votes. Please write the name of the prospective CEO of your choice on the paper we have shared before!" The show host returned instructions.
"Ready, Re. In a moment we will see a very surprising performance" Liora whispered as she wrote Renata's name on the paper.
After all the elections, now it is the turn of the host to read one by one the paper containing the name of the CEO candidate to calculate the number of votes.
Midway through the event the vice CEO landed a higher value compared to Rere and one other candidate. Rere smiled seeing all that, at least he didn't have to follow Liora's crazy plan. But towards the end it turns out Rere managed to follow the number of votes obtained by the previous deputy CEO until now they have supporters with the same amount.
"It's impossible." Rere shook his head weakly with widened eyes. He did not expect that the people who supported him turned out to be many as well.
"You're not cheating, are you?" rere asked with eyes squinting at Liora.
Liora smiled again, as if she was not intimidated by all of Rere's words doubting his performance as a former gangster leader. He simply flicked his shoulders without answering Rere's question.
"Alright, now in my hands is one more paper that will determine the position of the next CEO. From the amount obtained by the two strongest candidates, now they get the same points. So this paper is our decider!" said the host while showing the paper in his hand.
However, when the host was about to open the last paper in his hand, suddenly the meeting room door opened wide, distracting everyone.
"Stop all this! I am still alive and can still do my job as CEO of this company well!" shouted the man who had just been present and was now standing in front of the door.
"Dery's? Why is he here?" Rere looked surprised by Dery's presence on the show.
"Calm down, Rere. He is no longer a person in this company.
Byurs!
Dery blinked his eyes with a hunting breath, as the coldness all over his body made him startle and sting that pierced his nose, for water was coming in.
The man raised his head while squinting, trying to clarify his slightly blurred vision. He saw several men in black around him.
The dim lighting atmosphere made Dery unable to see clearly the faces of the people around him.
"Who are y'all? Why are you taking me to this place?" tanya Dery is still with her body rested. His strength was still not enough just to stand up, he was still weak due to the influence of drinking too much alcohol without adequate food intake for several days.
Geck, tok, tok.
The sound of knocking on one side of the room distracts Dery, he blurts his eyes while shaking his head, trying to clear his vision. His eyes then widened when he saw the figure of a man of stout stature who now seemed to be sitting on an iron chair with a dagger in hand. Beside him the middle-aged man he was so familiar with stood up while looking at him sharply.
"T-sir?" muttered Dery with his head lowered deeply.
"Come down in front of Mr. Roxi, Dery! Because of your family's problems, he had to show himself like this! You should ask her for forgiveness, Dery!" said the middle-aged man who had been the master of Dery.
Dery widened his eyes when he heard the slander from the master, all this time he could only meet his master without being able to know the appearance of his great boss named Roxi. Roxi always hid behind her master who acted as a shell to cover the existence of Roxi.
Outsiders would think that Roxi was the master who was always in front to lead all the activities of the drug dealer group. However, actually what happened, the real Roxi is the person who now appears to be sitting on a chair. Men who are around forties with a tall body posture and a charming face.
Dery never thought that Roxi was a man who was only a few years older than him, considering that now Roxi has run a drug dealer business in several Asian countries, including this country.
"Punish me, sir! I'm sorry for the mess!" Dery immediately prostrated asking for mercy in front of Roxi's feet.
"Hhh!" Dery's breath was choked when Roxi's legs were now treading directly on his back head and pressing him hard enough to make it difficult for him to breathe.
"This is your first and last chance! If you dare to do trouble again, don't expect you'll see the sun again!" furious Roxi then stood with her legs still above Dery's head, she made Dery's head as a cushion for him to step on.
Roxi stopped her steps when she was about to cross the door to the outside.
"Solve your problems as soon as possible, if you need to kill everyone who threatens our business, or you yourself will end up dead in my hands!" he said without turning his head a bit, then continued his steps followed by his other men.
The old man who had been Dery's boss had approached Dery who was still in a prostrate position, he then squatted right on the side of Dery's head.
"I hope you don't act foolish a second time, if you don't want to die in vain at the hands of a cold-blooded human like him" he said.
Fortunately, Dery has done a lot in developing their business in this country, so he can be given a second chance by Roxi, so he can be given a second chance, because if it's not possible already from a few days ago they'll hear the news of Dery who has been killed somehow it was.
"Remember, he only gives you one chance, but, this doesn't mean he forgives!" connect the middle-aged man again and then get up and out of the room that feels stuffy left Dery alone with his mind in a frenzy.