The Meeting

10:00 am. Sept 17, 2030. AOSIS Investment Co. Ltd. Private Building.

On the 2nd floor of the newly rented and furnished office building, there was a large meeting room with a maximum capacity of 1000 people. At this moment, there were only 6 people inside this large meeting room.

They were all the people who were offered a new job by Zhang Wei. When they came here, the security asked them to wait inside this room with refreshments available at the corner.

Ms. Lim had done her job well, renting this building in a strategic, beautiful location and employing a series of workers for cleaning, security, maintenance, and so on. This is all done in a very packed timetable.

The new building is located in a prime location with easy access to transportation, 15 minutes away from a giant supermarket, restaurants, and Local University. These were some of the conditions set by Zhang Wei in her notebook task to complete urgently.

Even though the building's monthly rent is US$1,000,000 (7m yuan) which is quite expensive. However, it was very well worth it.

Ms. Lim had been asking herself, what kind of startup Investment Company needed a very large office building. Her previous company office size was less than 1-tenth of this rented building.

Nevertheless, she was happy, she knew that the direction of this newly founded company all depended on the young man. She believes and trusts him completely. For the past few days, she had been shocked, amazed continuously by the young man.

There were another 5 minutes before the deadline. Zhang Wei had invited 8 people, so far only 6 came. Ms. Lim was waiting inside her large private office. She could see clearly through the CCTV feed inside the meeting room.

Every new employee's detailed information has been sent to her through email. She read it a few times to evaluate every person's background. With this information, she could decide the best things to say to these 6 people.

A moment later, when the meeting room door was opened by a security, a lady with office suits came in and walked to the front table. Everybody was looking attentively at this lady. They were sizing up from bottom to the top of the lady in front of them.

"Good morning everyone, my name is Ms. Lim. I'm your new employer or people normally call it the Boss." A simple introduction from Ms. Lim, everybody was looking at her, they were expecting an old man with beard to be their new boss, not a young lady.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but before that please read this employment contract. If you are satisfied with the terms and conditions, and you're willing to work with this company seriously, sign at the bottom of each page."

"Or after reading the contract and you still don't want to work here, you can leave this room and have fun with the 100,000 yuan given to you." Ms. Lim distributed the employment contract document to the 6 people respectively.

Some of the people came here looking for a new job, while the others didn't. Like Mdm. Jing, for example, she has an amazing job in a well-known private hospital with a satisfying salary. However, she came here today out of curiosity, nobody so bold enough to give her 100,000 yuan just to attend this little meeting.

All of them were reading the contract carefully. The more they read the contract the more unbelievable it was. This is like a dream job for them, with all the benefits listed, it is almost impossible to find another company with these generosities.

These are some of the benefit listed;

1. Basic Salary 100,000 yuan per month, will increase yearly between

3% - 10% based on your job performance.

2. Bonus salary per year. Depending on the company's overall performances.

3. The contract period is 10 years, will be renewed based on

performance.

4. The company will provide Free Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental

insurance covering the employee and immediate family members.

5. The company will provide free accommodation, a bungalow type of

residential.

6. The company will provide a new car for every 3 years.

7. The company will sponsor 100% of employee's intermediate family

members who are studying at any Public University. NO QUOTA LIMIT.

8. The company will sponsor 1 free trip holiday, any destination around

the world for two. Transportation / hotel expenses will be covered by the

company.

9. And So on…

After reading all the benefits and so on, some of them immediately signed up the contract. Even for Mr. Wong, a lawyer, who had worked at the top of the food chain earning millions in a year, was still surprised by this new company's generosity.

Meanwhile, Mdm. Jing, the 35 years old doctor, signed up immediately after reading all the contract details. She found out that she can leave this company anytime she likes, as long as 60 days' notice was given.

The contract's only problem was, there are no specific job details for them and they were restricted from using or sharing any company information obtained. Failure to do so, they will have to pay a US$100 million penalty. As long as they keep the company secret, they will be safe from any persecution.

"I have a question, what exactly will we be doing upon joining this company?" As an experienced lawyer, Mr. Wong can't really sign up to any contract no matter how good the agreement was without knowing his actual job.

"I understand your concern, basically you will be doing a task based on your expertise, if you are a lawyer, you will be dealing with contracts, law, and so on. If you are a doctor, your job is to make sure the company employees are productive. Sick employees emotionally or physically bring no benefit to the company. The same goes for the rest of you."

After listening to the explanation, Mr. Wong signed up the employment contract documents, it was no brainer not to join this new company. After checking all the documents were signed properly, Ms. Lim put them into her office bag.

"Congratulations on joining The AOSIS Investment Co. Ltd, you just made the best decision in your whole life. Rest assured you will not regret it. For your first and next assignment, check your email. If you have any problems, just meet me at my office or you can just email me your question." Like a boss, Ms. Lim gave them a simple speech.

After that, they were having a light refreshment, while Ms. Lim tried to answer any question asked. All of them were quite satisfied with Ms. Lim's answer even though there were some questions that could only be answered in the coming few days.

All of the six people were provided with a brand new car Toyota Camry Executive Edition. The first task is to move into their new Bungalow House 1 km away from the AOSIS Investment Co. Ltd Private Building.

The company provides transportation for moving from their old house/apartment to the new bungalow house. Even though they already knew it from the contract details, all of them were still amazed by the company's generosity.

Ms. Lim went back to her old apartment, she moved to her new bungalow house 3 days ago in a hurry. Therefore, she hasn't returned the apartment key to the landlord and still has a few personal things left inside her old apartment.

She opened her apartment door and went in. Suddenly, her right hand was forcefully held to her back and her mouth was closed tightly by a big hand wearing a glove. She was shocked and afraid. She can't move or yell for help. There was a big man behind her, holding both her hands and mouth.

Soon, a man appeared holding a hand knife. The man was wearing a mask so she can't recognize the average build man.

"Don't shout, or we will kill you. Nod if you understand." The man was only 1 meter away in front of her.

She nodded and understood that she was in a very bad situation. She calmed herself, panicking at this moment will not help her at all.

"Put her on the chair and tie her up." The man instructed the big man.

After Ms. Lim was properly tied up to the chair, the man with the knife took another chair and sat in front of her.

"We have been waiting for you for 2 days, you wasted a lot of my time. We went to your office, and your colleague said you quitted a few days ago. Luckily you came back. I make it simple, I am in a very bad mood, and we knew that you won the 100m yuan lottery. We don't want much, just give us $50m yuan and we will be gone." Even though the man was wearing a mask, she still can see his evil smile.

It was precisely as her prediction that these 2 guys came into her apartment for the lottery winning. Someone had leaked the lottery winning information, her first suspect was Xu Gounan, the grocery store cashier where she had bought the lottery winning ticket. That guy has a serious issue with her.

"Did Xu Gounan tell you guys I won the lottery?" Asked Ms. Lim, she wanted to confirm it.

"It doesn't matter who gave us the tips. The only matter now is, will you give us the 50m yuan or not?" The man put the sharp knife on the right knee of Ms. Lim. He wanted to intimidate her.

"Whoever gave you the tips, he gave you partly wrong information. I opted for the annuity payment, after deducting the taxes and so on, I only left with 65m. For the next 30 years, the annuity payment will only pay me about 180,000 yuan per month. After signing the agreement, I can never change this payment anymore. I received the first payment of 180,000 yuan. However, after paying the new house deposit and a new car, only a few thousand left. I need to wait till the end of next month to receive the next 180,000 yuan." She explained it as detail as possible with lies to demoralize these two men.

"Brother Long, will we get our money?"

"I told you, don't call my name!" The man sitting in front of Ms. Lim was quite angry.

"How do you prove your words?" The man was still unsatisfied with Ms. Lim's explanation.

"You can go to the Lottery Company and ask. I believe the employees love to talk about something like this." Ms. Lim's lies hit the mark. The man's reaction in front of him started wavering.

"Damn that bastard!" Long Chen angrily kicked the table next to him.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up. He was smoking while looking out of the window. The big guy just stood up behind Ms. Lim without doing anything waiting for Brother Long's instruction.

After finishing 2 of his cigarettes, Long Chen took out his mobile phone and started to call someone. Seeing Long Chen calling someone, Ms. Lim had a very bad premonition.

"Hello Brother Sam, are you free at the moment..." After talking for a while on the phone, Long Chen went back to his previous seat.

"I asked one of my friends to check on your story. I hope you were telling the truth, if not, my big friend here will "educate" you." Long Chen looked at the big man with a smile.

His friend needed 2 hours to check on the story, so Ms. Lim had only 2 hours max to save herself.

30 minutes later...

Ding Dong! Ding Dong!

Suddenly someone pressed the apartment doorbell. This surprised the three people inside the apartment. They never thought someone would come at this time.

Long Chen looked at Ms. Lim and pointed the knife on her neck.

"Did you expect someone to come!?" He asked seriously.

"No."

"Stay here, look after her."

He went to the door and had a peek. All he could see was a cap with a Pizza Delivery logo. He opened the door and saw a young man with a pizza box, wearing a cap and t-shirt with a pizza delivery logo. At this moment, Long Chen already removed his mask and glove.

"Ms. Lim's apartment right? Please sign here and pay 76 yuan sir." The pizza delivery boy shows the receipt on the top of the pizza box.

The man wanted to say they didn't order any delivery but that will create more problems, so he decided to pay for the pizza.

While he was counting his money for the pizza, suddenly the pizza boy moved and quickly kicked his stomach. The kick was so fast that Long Chen was unable to react on time.

As a result, he had fallen behind the door abruptly. Before he managed to take out his knife another quick and strong punch landed on his face twice. The punches were so strong that he felt like he had just been hit by a big hammer on his face.

The punch made his face distorted a bit and he fell unconscious instantly.

After closing the apartment door, the pizza boy took the knife and dragged the man into the living room. The commotion surprised both the big guy and Ms. Lim.

"Well hello there… I believe this guy is your friend? Don't worry he is just sleeping for a while." The youth who dragged Long Chen's body was quite calm.

"Release the girl and you can have your friend back." Ms. Lim was shocked, the pizza delivery boy was none other than his new boss Zhang Wei.

"Boss! What are you doing here?" In a panic, surprised and happy voice, Ms. Lim didn't expect her new boss would come to save her.

"I am trying to save you, what else?"

"You release him first or I snap your friend's neck." Said the Big Man.

"If you kill her, I will have to kill your friend first, then you. However, if you release her, you can take your unconscious friend and the matter will end here." Replied Zhang Wei confidently.

The big man was thinking. He can't believe his brother Long Chen had been knocked unconscious by the young man in front of him. Since they were teenagers, his brother Long Chen had never been defeated in 1 versus 1 in a street fight.

However, in front of him now, his brother was unconscious. He could clearly see his brother's face had been hit severely by the young man. Even though he is a big man, he never won against his brother, don't say against someone his own brother couldn't beat.

"So which one do you choose? Release her or fight with me. But, I am pretty sure you are not my match."