10 The Magic Letter Team II

Aruna was still busy with her phone, arranging food orders when two of her best friends came, Dea and Lili.

Dea looked radiant because of the flower hijab and floral brooch she was wearing today.

'Wow, this girl cares about her appearance.' Aruna smiled and glanced at her. It looked like Dea caught Aruna's intention.

"I'm going to meet my future brother-in-law so I have to give the best impression." Dea whispered.

"Haish... Stop it. It drives me crazy." Aruna replied.

"Look at my presentation. I'm not sure this is good." Lili immediately opened her laptop. It looked serious, asking for an opinion.

Lili was a perfectionist girl with an oriental face. She served as closing customers, especially customers from wedding event organisers.

At first, she was only interested in marketing, the second party that sold engagement, bridal shower & wedding knick-knacks.

Because she often worked on orders together, the girl became more comfortable and ended up managing financial reports and marketing.

Meanwhile Dea, she was the co-founder who started The Magic Letter. In the past, Aruna only had an idea. Since high school, she never realised this idea until one day, her high school friend, who was now a college friend, transformed into a volunteer from the periphery.

Dea was one of the Bunda Mandiri Sejahtera (BISA) program owned by the Social Welfare Institution. After that, Dea asked Aruna to join.

Mothers from low economies were trained in various necessary skills, from cooking to crafts. Unfortunately, not many people believe in their abilities.

For this reason, Dea encouraged Aruna to create a small online business offering handicraft products.

From the ups and down that they fought together, the Magic Letter concept was born.

Now the situation was getting better every week. Some projects and requests could be delegated to the BISA community. Dea acted as the quality control.

After Aruna poured her ideas and work, Dea would transfer it to the BISA community to reproduce as needed. After that, Dea also selected which ones were appropriate and which were not.

Sometimes some items have to be thrown away because they were amiss or damaged.

"Brak..." With the sound of the bag being thrown at the same time, the large body fell.

"Ouch... Tired..."

Agus Eko Budi was the name of the young man who just came. He was anInformatics student with a standard appearance and a common name.

Agus was in charge of handling Instagram insights, advertisements and websites that were currently being built.

"Gus... Where have you been? Did you just run?" Dea brought water for him.

"That damn lecturer again made me do his personal assignment." Agus grumbled. His fate as a killer lecturer assistant became a topic of conversation over and over again by him.

"Are you paid?" Said Lili.

"Yes." Agus softly replied.

"Don't grumble if you get paid." Lili's voice grew irritated.

"Aaargh, I did it but he is the one who got the recognition. Ah, annoying..." He was a typical student when doing research assignments from their lecturers.

"Come here handsome (a joke call for the less handsome), so that your heart is not annoyed. Let's just eat, dear my friend." Damar came with a good smell and neater, bringing Aruna's Okefood food package.

"Uh, that's for guests... Dea, keep the snacks from them." Aruna requested because she was still busy with Lili's PowerPoint.

The Magic Letter team was now complete. Five young men with different backgrounds and different tasks.

The rest of the people hanging around the Magic Letter headquarters must have been one of their friends, especially Damar's friend. Maybe last night he and his friends cleaned this place up.

***

"Are you sure my appearance is appropriate?!" (not in the wrong place). Hendra chirped before opening the car door. It was greeted by Surya's crisp laughter.

"You're still handsome as usual, Sir." Surya mocked.

"Don't tease me." Hendra felt more selective in choosing an outfit after the incident with Aruna's costume taste.

The two men joined forces to open the Magic Letter outlet door.

"Thank you for coming, wait a moment we will be here to serve." The automatic sound from the sensor installed above the entrance by Agus sounded.

Again, Hendra was surprised by new, unique things.

Hendra's first impression when observing the 1st-floor was 'too bad'.

"Why are their works displayed just like this?" Hendra complained.

"Their target market is millennials, not concerned with real display, as long as the social media accounts are attractive, it can be ascertained a flood of orders." Surya explained. Hendra couldn't help but listen to him.

Soon, Aruna came down to greet them. As usual, the little girl was wearing a casual outfit with her hair in a ponytail. Moreover, She wore Jeans and long sleeve t-shirts.

"Please, my friends are waiting upstairs." Aruna led the two men down the stairs.

Previously, Hendra felt strange when he was asked to remove his footwear at the bottom of the stairs. It turned out that the 2nd-floor was full of puzzle mats.

Hendra even felt awkward when asked to sit down. Surya nimbly took a pillow to sit on.

"Let me introduce them. They are the magic letter team. The one with hijab is Dea, which is responsible for production and quality control. Lilian handles promotion and marketing, then Agus website and social media. And the last is Damar, he works on material and content."

Aruna started the meeting.

"Greetings, I am Hendra, pros..." Not having had time to finish his words, Hendra simultaneously got a painful pinch on his waist with Aruna's menacing gaze.

"Pros... Your prospective customer." Hendra haltingly finished his sentence, while enduring the pain from the pinch marks.

"And this is my assistant Surya, he will explain in more detail." Hendra bestowed it to Surya.

Surya was confused.

'How to explain?!? You guys don't even want to be revealed... Aargh is troublesome.' Surya could only swallow his irritation.

Hendra's assistant explained the rest. As usual, he was very good at composing words. He sequentially explained starting from the number of orders, the target date and even the plan to pay double if the Magic Letter would take his boss's project.

"Without paying double we are definitely tempted by your offer, why are you willing to waste money on us? Isn't it strange??" Damar casually asked questions.

"Damar!!" Dea spontaneously called Damar's name, hoping the man was quiet. Among the others, Dea was the one who knew the real condition.

"Well, of course it is because of the amount and grace period. We believe it's beyond your capabilities." Hendra confirmed Surya's explanation.

"For other reasons, please ask your founder directly." Those blue eyes now turned to corner Aruna. Aruna could only be sighed deeply.

"Guys, are you sure you can take it?? If you are sure I will agree too. Otherwise, it won't be a problem." Aruna immediately asked a question to her team before Hendra made another unexpected statement.

"Of course I am sure, this kind of opportunity will not come twice. Moreover, our turnover can increase many times." Since earlier, Lili seemed unable to keep looking at Hendra, of course, because of her interest in foreign men.

What was more, this foreigner was eccentric, had blue eyes and was an Englishman typical. Still, his skin and face were Indonesian masculine.

Lili immediately agreed without thinking much.

"This is our chance to build a better system." (The system was neglected due to finance) Agus added.

"How about you Dea?" Aruna asked.

For Aruna, Dea's most important input was that she could measure production capacity.

"Actually, 2000 pcs in 2 months is not impossible for us. So far, we still transfer it to two mothers groups. If we take it, we can contact other groups." Dea explained.

"If the locations are scattered, doesn't that cost money?" Aruna continued.

"As long as we entrust the work to the BISA community. LKS (social welfare institutions) will help accommodation and even take control." Dea added.

"But I can't say yes, before you feel confident Aruna, you, yourself." Dea's words were personally addressed to Aruna.

Aruna gave a sincere smile to calm her best friend.

"Damar, now is your turn." Aruna asked.

"Everything is okay, I'll just go with it." As usual, Damar wasn't very good at refusing.

"Actually, I'm more curious about both of you. Why are men busy ordering wedding invitations? Aren't complicated things like this, are women's favorite?" Damar chirped.

"Damar!!" The three friends simultaneously shouted as if they wanted to eliminate Damar.

Dea, Lili, and Agus, couldn't stop thinking about what his friend said. This was the basic reason why Damar was prohibited from serving customers. Damar even was the only one who didn't have access as an admin.

Aruna had not yet had time to make a decision. Damar's remarks broke her concentration. Aruna could only swallow her saliva, hoping that he wouldn't get angry with Hendra.

Hendra's face flushed red, and he was really embarrassed.

"Okay, I have to go." Hendra kindly greeted Aruna's friends, before finally the man descended the steps followed by his assistant.

Aruna also participated in escorting them to the car door. Hendra stared at her for a moment, then he disappeared behind the windshield.