On a sunny Thursday morning, Beni sits on the terrace of the house enjoying a cup of coffee while smoking a cigarette. Beni looked so relaxed enjoying his Thursday morning. Suddenly the cell phone in his trouser pocket rang. Immediately Ben picked up his cell phone.
From across the phone, a 60-year-old man spoke to Beni, "Ben, I'm currently in Jakarta. Can we meet tonight?"
Beni replied, "Okay, old man Harto, I will meet you tonight at the Nelayan restaurant in the central district."
Beni immediately turned off his cell phone and continued enjoying his coffee and cigarettes. Pak Harto is a textile entrepreneur in the city of Bandung. It can be said that Pak Harto is the top and richest person in his area. Pak Harto wants to invite Beni to collaborate with his business.
At night, Beni said goodbye to his wife, "Tonight I will meet someone at Nelayan restaurant, please don't lock the door later".
"It's a five-star restaurant, lots of executive people eat there, who are you going to meet Ben?".
"He is Pak Harto, the biggest textile entrepreneur in the city of Bandung," replied Beni, smiling.
Beni's wife immediately stood up and pulled him into the room to change his husband's clothes. "Don't you dress formally once to meet someone important?"
"It's okay dear, I'm more comfortable like this. After all, Mr. Harto is like my grandfather. I've known him for a long time"
Beni's wife sighed and said, "Okay, take care of yourself and be careful on the road".
Beni kissed his wife on the forehead, then went to the Nelayan restaurant on his scooter. Even though Beni is also a successful businessman and entrepreneur, he doesn't want to stick out too much of himself. Beni has five major companies and 30 subsidiaries under his wing. But the appearance Beni wears every day doesn't look like a businessman. People think of Beni as a poor farmer from the village.
Arriving at the Nelayan restaurant, Beni parked his scooter among the luxury cars. The parking attendant in black ran over to Beni and said while shouting, "Don't you see this? This is a five-star restaurant, only high-class people come here!"
Beni was surprised by the parking attendant's statement. He scratched his head and asked, “Then what?”.
"Why did you say! If you want to hitch a ride, you better get out of here!" The parking attendant got angry and glared at Beni.
Beni casually replied, "calm down friend, I'm here to eat and meet someone at the same time."
The parking attendant laughed and said again "Hey poor farmer, don't be kidding. This is where the rich and honorable are! How do you become an important person with clothes and a vehicle like this?"
The parking attendant continued to laugh condescendingly at Beni. "Okay, if you want to know how important I am, I hope you don't regret it" Beni smiled slightly and called the restaurant manager.
"Hahaha! Even your cellphone is old and cheap. You better stop joking with me". The parking attendant kept laughing at Beni.
After Beni finished calling, the restaurant manager came to the parking lot in a hurry full of worry. Immediately the manager saluted Beni and asked "Excuse me, sir, is there a problem here?"
The parking attendant was silent with his mouth open. Seeing the manager being so respectful to Beni, the parking attendant was surprised and rubbed his eyes. He saw an extraordinary incident. How can a poor farmer be honored by a five-star restaurant manager? Very impossible.
Beni casually said, "This parking attendant won't let me in to meet someone inside, please sort it out soon".
The parking attendant's face immediately turned pale like a ghost when the manager looked at him sarcastically. The manager immediately swung his hand towards the parking attendant's face, slapping him repeatedly "You idiot, why don't you let an important guest like this in!"
"I'm sorry mister manager, I was wrong, I was so stupid, I'm sorry"
Immediately the manager and parking attendant apologized to Beni while kneeling. However, Fishermen's restaurant is a business that is under the wings of Beni's company. Even Beni has a 51% stake in the restaurant. A few months ago, this restaurant was almost bankrupt so Beni helped them with an $800000 loan and was able to become a five-star restaurant thanks to Beni.
After the incident in the parking lot, Beni entered the restaurant and sat at Pak Harto's table. Everyone in the restaurant knew the figure of Mr. Harto because the old man was very honored for being the richest man in the city of Bandung. But they were really surprised to see Pak Harto being so respectful to Beni. No one knows Beni's real identity, and even though he is the richest person in Jakarta, his simple appearance does not show that Beni is the number one person in their city. Whenever, Beni will remain like that, no need to show who he is.
The end.