As the meeting grew warmer, compliments began to pour in for Richard. The atmosphere in the room felt more and more alive as admiration for the young man increased. “Look at him,” several meeting participants whispered to each other in hushed tones full of admiration. He was still young, but his thinking was so broad. He really is an extraordinary figure.” Richard stood in front of the table with a sturdy posture and a confident face. His heavy voice echoed convincingly in the room. Every sentence he uttered seemed to build a bridge to the future, filled with vision and ambition.Around him, meeting attendees seemed mesmerized by his detailed explanations of the social initiatives he had undertaken. Her piercing eyes exuded conviction, while her calm and measured movements added credibility to her every word.The woman who had earlier passionately defended Richard’s opinions continued to stare at him with deep admiration. She seemed completely mesmerized by what Richard had said and

"His attitude is really annoying, what's wrong with him he thinks he's the only person in power what? Argh, damn it!" One of them cursed angrily.He did not accept Richard's treatment that trivialized them, even though they did not have much influence they had high self-esteem and ego, and they were reluctant to be treated like they were nothing.Richard's arrogant attitude really made their egos disturbed, in the conversation that was broadcast to all corners of the country they looked like silly people by asking irrelevant talks about what they were talking about.One of them took a deep nap. "I knew from the start that this would not be easy. This is not an easy situation to handle. Moreover, Richard seems to have good intelligence and word-processing skills. He is not easily trapped by our words and instead attacks us.""You're right. Now it's all of us who look ridiculous in public for trying to bring him down with nonsense." He was getting worried.The man with the glasses gulpe

"This place hasn't changed much." Richard gazed into the distance at the scenery of the place which was still the same as in previous years.Not much had changed in the village near the shoreline. Everything was still as beautiful as before. As far as he could see, only a stretch of beach was not crowded.Maybe it was because the day was quite cloudy, the sky had been cloudy and barely showed any blue color at all. The wind blew towards him, fighting his efforts to move forward. Richard took his time as it blew across his face, seemingly carrying the weight of his thoughts with it.For a while he liked it, riding off road on unfamiliar roads where not many people recognized him became a relief for him, like he was on a vacation to treat himself who was indeed having a lot on his mind.When hard things happened, he found the simple things that were trivial even seemed soothing to notice, many trivial things that seemed even more entertaining than the entertainment he had been getting.

"Hm, alright." Richard disconnected the ongoing phone call. He, wearing a nightgown, got up from his seat with the bottle of wine he had sipped earlier while accompanying himself in his room and looking at the night view from outside his bedroom window. He placed the bottle on another table, then put down his phone, took off him robe, and fell asleep.All day long he had been observing the hotel's surroundings and still hadn't gone anywhere to check further, he was still trying to ask the hotel staff, not just one staff but almost every staff he met to find out their opinions.He wanted to find out if what the manager was talking about was just a normal opinion or the opinion of many people there. He found that it was not just the opinion of one or two staff members he talked to; almost all the staff said the same thing. So he was moved to find out more."If their opinions are bad, I must correct their views first and gain their trust." He knew it wouldn't be good to insist on buildi

Mike, who heard that remark, looked at him fiercely. Naturally, it made the people's guts shrink. He who looked back clearly saw their gazes, which were reluctant to come forward. Most of them were people with low economic backgrounds. Their thinking power was not that high, and they were easily provoked and scared.But not Mike. He was brave and a bit crazy. He didn't hesitate to take a stand and could even be said to be quite impulsive. "Who are you, huh? You think we're afraid of your threats?"Richard continued to walk forward, his eyes exchanging glances with Willson, who took the time to bow his head respectfully to Richard in the midst of the chaos. Richard responded casually and looked back at Mike. "That's as it should be because that wasn't just a threat. Know that I'm absolutely making sure that those of you who ruined this place will be in jail."Richard glanced sluggishly at them, staring at the spies intently and sending fear into them. "So tell me what you're charging u