"This is Alyssa Dan Valdez, Mr. Daquis's successor." Pakilala saakin ng supervisor sa wine company namin, "Ms. Valdez, this is our team!" Sabi niya at saka pumunta sa harapan ko to show a group of five people.
Binilang ko ulit sila, "Bakit lima lang?" Takang tanong ko.
"Ah, yung iba po kasi nasa ibang floors, though they are managing another kind of wine!" Said the supervisor which I saw his name, Nikko, on his name tag, "like for example po, sa team natin, we are advertising white wine."
"Which is yung wine na hindi mabenta." Sabad naman ng babaeng naka damit ng kulay puting uniform, "Im Marge Tejada, wala po talaga kaming specific job sa company since tulungan po talaga kami dito..."
"Wait what?"
"Yes ma'am! Kaya po kailangan namin ng bagong boss, because after our last boss resigned, kami kami nalang po talaga ang nag wowork."-Nikko
Tinignan ko sila isa-isa. Lima lang kami, walang kumpanyang ganito! Pero hindi naman na buong company yung group namin. So ganito set-up ng company ni daddy? May ayos siya! Though it's like bawat group nag cocompit for success. I knitted my brows as I stared on the floor, I read the papers already but I didn't believe it, hindi sa wala akong tiwala sa informations saka lang ako naniniwala pag nakita ko na.
"Alright! If lima tayo, nasaan yung isa pa?" Tanong ko.
"Ah, si Laura Lehmann, your secretary ma'am."-Nikko
"Laura who?!"
"Im here!" Sagot ng babaeng kagagaling lang ng washroom. Unti unting bumaba ang kamay niya ng makita niya ako, "Alyssa Dan?!" Gulat niyang tanong.
Pinanlakihan ko din siya ng mata kaya napatingin saamin ang mga kasamahan namin. Maya maya pa'y napa hakbang ako patalikod ng dambahin niya ako ng yakap. Nikko then immediately pulled Laura slightly when I secretly asked him to pull the girl away from me.
"Mag kakilala kayo?" Tanong ng babaeng nakaakbay kay Marge, "Im Abby by the way."
"Hi!" Bati ko at saka tumingin kay Laura na ngayon ay nakatitig lang saakin. "Nikko, Abby, Marge, Laura and me... Tayo tayo lang talaga dito? Wala ng iba?"
They all shook their heads causing me to grin. Mas okay na yung business na nag uumpisa sa kokonti at least hindi siya magulo, and it's more organize in terms of paper works. It surprised me at first but then after a couple of reviewing about our group I feel at ease na rin! Kaya namin to.
After Nikko walked me around the office, we decided to have our first small meeting inside the conference room.
"This is the white wine group the lamest and the most boring alcohol in the Philippines."-Nikko
"Haha, are you joking or what?"
Sumeryoso ang mukha ni Nikko, "no ma'am. Matumal po talaga ang benta ng white wine sa Pilipinas, like hindi siya sikat."
"Really? Ano then yung sikat na wine dito?"
"Red wine." Sagot ni Marge, "hindi sa hindi sikat ang white wine, sadyang may problema lang sa mga tao!"
"Nah, not really!" Laura interrupted causing us to look at her. "I mean hindi lang yan ang problema. Madami pa!"
Napalunok ako ng ibigay niya saakin ang isang long folder, "If I own this company, Im going to merge every kinds of wine and sell it once, hindi yung isa isang floor may kind of wine... I mean, we're not here to compete with each other, right?" Abby asked.
"Right!" I agreed, "I did not actually believe what I read on the papers but now, Im totally confused. I mean, ilang years ng namanage to ni daddy? Yes, it is growing but I don't think organize sila sa mga works."
