Chapter 226 - Life in New York (1/2)

Half an hour later, the four of them enjoyed their dinner and talked about their respective activities. Today, Aleksis and Lauriel took a walk to Central Park and fed the swans in the lake, chased rabbits and then returned to read books and play Go.

Caspar and Finland were very happy to see Lauriel's sparkling face as he watched Aleksis tell her parents of today's adventures. They really hoped that Lauriel's sadness could be overcome by Aleksis's presence by his side.

At 9pm Caspar, Finland, and Aleksis took their leave to return to their mansion.

Soon after he waved goodbye to Aleksis, who walked away with her parents, Lauriel's face turned gloomy again.

The sadness he experienced was so severe and deep. He didn't know if he would ever be happy again.

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For the following two days, Finland was still in training and followed Ruth working in her office. However, on the third day, she was assigned the task of managing several projects involving Indonesia.

There were several wind turbine projects and a startup that involved micro-mobility projects in Southeast Asia, starting from Indonesia. Finland had to examine the data related to the industry and the market situation in Indonesia before the company could agree to invest in the startup.

For several days she was absorbed in research. She read various references and contacted many people. She especially liked this job because of the environmentally friendly aspects in it.

Since a few years ago, Indonesia had ramped up massive infrastructure development and as a result now the lives of people in urban areas had become very mobile. Many big cities in Indonesia were able to enjoy a more orderly and organized method of mass transportation. People also no longer relied on private vehicles for mobility.

The startup named Trengginas focused its business on providing e-bikes and e-scooters in urban areas for urban residents who wanted to travel close distances, without having to walk to the nearest bus stops or MRT stations. That way they need not to walk far and could save time.

By using the application, they could find an e-bike or e-scooter closest to where they were located and activate it for use at a certain time. They could use the vehicle to go wherever they wanted to go and park them at the places provided. Users would be billed according to how long they use the vehicles.

This concept was similar to the concept of a shared economy car rental such as Socar or Turo, where customers could rent cars through the application and search for vehicles closest to their location.

The difference was that Trengginas focused on environmentally friendly industries, so they chose to operate an e-bike and e-scooter fleet which could be charged with electricity and thus save energy.

It was also better for nature than businesses like Grab, Uber, and Gojek, whose business caused more cars and motorbikes to fill the streets. They were a big contributor in the increase of pollution levels and the greenhouse effect.

The drawback was that Trengginas would require huge investment funds to provide their own fleet, in contrast to Grab and Gojek who did not need to invest in a fleet of vehicles because they partner with drivers had to provide their own vehicles.

In addition, they also had to make a subscription application software, an additional software to control and track their bicycles and scooters, as well as maintenance of the front-end and back-end. That was why Trengginas submitted proposals to several investment giants to notice their business.