Giving up is the greatest failure, they say.
However, whatever I do in life, be it by just making a decision, the outcome has always been a failure.
Though, I've learned from the mistakes that causes the failures in life, why am I still not successful?
Failure is the key to success, they say. Screw that!
These were the thoughts of a drunk man feeling dejected as he sways through to his apartment.
This man was Di Lan. He is already thirty-three years old. Still single and a hopeless romantic. He works as a supervisor in a call center industry.
In the morning, Di Lan who was laying down in a sofa was sweating as the temperature of the room slowly rises as the sun hangs high in the sky. His eyebrows suddenly twitched, slowly regaining his consciousness as he felt the heat.
A massive pain suddenly smacked his head making him dizzy and groggy, waking up with a hang over.
With slightly opened eyes, he stood up and walked to the kitchen like a zombie. He opened a drawer and took out a medicine kit and searched for a pain reliever pill. He did it very casually as if it was a part of his life's daily routine ever since.
After drinking the pill with a glass of water. He sat on the sofa with his eyes closed, turning on the television, feeling the pain slowly subside.
"Breaking news: The first ever full dive virtual reality game developed by Allan Musk is selling like hotcakes!"
With a sudden jolt, his eyes snapped open, strangely touching his face then his body as if he remembered something.
"What the?!" Di Lan uttered as his eyes swiftly looked at the wall clock. It was already quarter to eleven in the morning.
The news in the television continued..
"A hundred million stocks of the Game Console have already ran out while half of the ten million stocks of the Game Console Pro is already sold, and a quarter of a million stock of game console pro max has been reserved already."
"Fuuuu~!!!" Di Lan screamed in panic.
"Damn it! I should not have drank last night!" He scratched his head hard in regret. "I can't afford the Game Console Pro unless I sell some of my assets."
"Statistics shows that by the end of this week, the Game Console Pro will be sold hence Earth's New Era the first ever massively multiplayer online role playing crypto game will be launched in advanced. Hurry and buy yours now!"
"Shit. Shit. Shit!" Di Lan stood up in fright as he stared hard on the television.
"Selling assets takes time to be sold and processed. What should I do?" He started to walk back and forth as he thought of the steps that he will take.
"Let's see..Game Console Pro cost for $50,000. I can sell my car and my motorbike for this price within three days..that's it!" He directly grabbed his phone on the sofa and posted his car and motorbike for sale. Thankfully, he was able to post it before his phone died due to battery empty.
While charging his phone, knocks suddenly sounded on the door rhythmically.
When he opened the door, a woman with a sleek undercut hair and an ash-colored hair young woman were standing outside. The two were holding some paper and plastic bags. As they were about to greet, they were shocked to see the appearance of the young man.
The two women chuckled as they saw the man with a ragged appearance. "Good morning, TL!"
The woman with a boyish cut was Lovely Mae. She was a co-worker under supervision of Di Lan. The two were very close to the point that they have no respect for each other.
"We haven't seen you for a week and look at you! You've became more awful to look at. Haha!" Holding at the man's skinny shoulders, the woman with a boyish haircut happily praised.
The man only rolled his eyes from the antics of this woman. "What are you two doing here?"
"We brought food." Smiling, the ash-colored hair young woman held up the two paper bags that she was holding.
This woman on the other hand is Farissa. She is a co-worker as well under a different supervisor. Farissa and Lovely Mae are in a romantic relationship.
At first, the one that Farissa really liked was Di Lan. When she was introduced to him by Lovely Mae back then, she was intrigued to this quiet man. The two of them were trainees under Di Lan. As the three started to hang out more and more, her feelings for Di Lan started to blossom. As her feelings started to bloom, it also wilted as time passed by when Di Lan was hopelessly in love with another woman who only played with his feelings.
Seeing the bags that they were holding, the man's stomach growled. Hearing this, the three can't help but laugh as he gestured for them to enter, "Haha, come in you two."
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As the three had a good time, dusk already passed by, Lovely can't help but sigh as he exited the door. "So, you'll be really retiring, huh?"
After seven straight years of working, in their company, one can already retire and get a monthly pension.
"Yes." Di Lan nodded as he was looking at the two fine women.
"We'll miss you, TL." Lovely hugged Di Lan as Farissa was tearing up looking at them at the side.
Di Lan jolted slightly as he smiled warmly, patting her head. "It's not like I'm going away, silly."
The three chuckled as they realized how dramatic they were.
"What are you going to do once you've retired?" Farissa asked.
"Well, I'll just live my life to the fullest." Di Lan simply answered as he spread his arm.
"Please do." Farissa replied as she approached and gave Di Lan a warm hug as well. "You deserve it from all the things that you have experienced."
"Thank you." Di Lan smiled as he hugged her back.
"You two have a good life." He looked at the two precious friends that he had. "Take care always."
"You as well." The two women bowed as they left.
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Three days after.
"Fuuuu~!!" A curse can be heard throughout the neighborhood on the quiet Sunday morning.
Di Lan has been looking on his phone ever since and even now, even one online user on Alivava which is a online buy and sell platform did not view his post about selling his car and motorbike. On this day, ten thousand stocks of Game Console Pro was only left in the market.
"Gaddammit!!" He can't help but curse loudly. "Game Console Pro Max cost for $85,000. Where am I going to get this kind of money?"
Di Lan's eyes were going red at this point as he was panting hard. "Sell. Sell everything! Hahaha!!"
Di Lan stared hard on his phone for a long five minutes. Eventually, he finally made a decision to contact his bank which is the only way to fork out a huge amount of money fast.
Ring. Ring.. Ring...
"Good day! Thank you for contacting Banco de Mundo. My name is Swan. How may I help you today?" A feminine voice answered.
"Hello. This is Di Lan. I would like to sell all my assets as soon as possible. Thank you!"