The situation around her was silent, deadly and frightening. Feeling insecure and anxious had destroyed the essence of her existence, leadership, and confidence. She sat in the silence with clenched her fits, it was hard to take a breath now.
Aiden glanced blankly around her workplace at the 82nd floor of The Emporium Building of Asia branch in Shangsai. Only by one phone conversation with the President of International Emporium Corp, in New York, Mr Kent Lim, her beloved father had ensured that their company had been aqcuititioned through a brutal way by the biggest enemy of them, Feng Empire Corp, FEC.
What she feared finally happened...!!! It was started around six months ago with the betrayal of her father's trusted man Mr James Wang, Director of Finance by resigning form his position due to the health condition.
She called him uncle Jim. 56 years old, round face, a bit fat, a cold manner but warmful, meticulous, and his nickname among the employees was 'Mr In detailed' because he was very detail in whole things.
He liked a biological uncle to her, gave her a lot of attention, guided her patiently as a CEO of Asia branch based in China, pampered her in many ways and adored her in any chances.
Suddenly, his resignation suprised them... There was no rain or wind, no sign or hint, he submitted all documents of his health examination which proved that he got cardiovascular problem, kidney demaged and must do regular dialysis. That's why he had to resign and took care of his health properly.
Her father put alot of consideration of ucle Jim's resignation and with a carefully decision in the end he approved it with a heavy heart.
As she knew that both of them are super duper best friend since young age. They built the company from the beginning through many challenges. Both of them were they strong pillars.
They looked like an eagle which fly high into the blue sky with the both mighty wings. The left and right wings were her father and uncle Jim indeed.
She never thought even in the worst imagination that uncle Jim anyhow would betray her father in the most slipperry and smoothest way.
After three months of his resignation, the company's situation became worsened, stock price declined drastically, balance sheet of company showed an unussually odd deficit. There was something went wrong in New York HQ.
Her father as the president of the company used all the best efforts to identify, analyse, even examine whole situation of the company. The best resources were fully optimised to pull the company out of the crisis.
All CEOs from 5 regions or branches: Asia, USA, Europe, Australia and Africa got the "Commander Call" including the main shareholders . This was a sign of emergency calling from HQ with the highest confidential status.
As one of the top 5 Corporate in the world, The Intl' Emporium Corp had a huge spider web of different type of business such as mining, oil and gas, hotels, agriculture, etc and certainly in handling the situation the company used all measured steps, fast and precise.
However, what they expected not the same with the final result at the end.
She recalled in the time, in the emergency meeting in New York, only half of the main shareholders who still loyal to The President and high level management attented the meeting. The atmosphere of the meeting felt so depressed and tensed up.
Her father opened the meeting directly to the point of the problem based on proven data that uncle Jim had leaked out the secret of company to the FEC, persuaded the main shareholders to sell their stocks five times of the normal price and made a huge fraud in financial report system through double financial jurnal report.
The meeting run for fifteen hours since 9 am with only one time break with fully uproar, laudly debate, restlessness and eventually questioning her father capability as the president.
She must be stated her objection several times like a floor leader to support her father to control the flow of the meeting.
Unconsciously, the first day of the meeting was suspended almost dawn at 3 am. Finally they could be mapping the problems and result the solutions eventually after all individuals got the bigger view of the critical situation.
The worst fact was the main shareholders who did not attend the meeting were those came from Asia branch and the most from China.
The information they got from the world investment circle that the main shareholders already had a golden deal with the FEC to sell their stock. 'Whats the hell, it's really terrible'... !!!
Aiden gazed one by one of all brach representatives, shareholders and top level staffs walked in the beeline out to the elevators in front of the executive meeting room in gloomy face and destressed.
Suddenly, the room was silent remained she and her father sit face to face. He stood up slowly, looked so exhausted. Aiden stood directly, approached him right away and hugged him tightly.
"Daddy, don't ever give up. I stand by your side until the end of the world even if nobody be with you. I, your daughter will fight with you hand in hand !"
He looked sharply to her eyes and said firmly "My beloved daughter, Aiden Lim !!! Whatever happened in the future... Remember what I said, Be strong like a sunflower, keep standing strong despite hit by the rain or heat of the sun". He caressed her hair gently then said "Ok, let's go home". She nodded and pulled his hand to go home.