Who is the chess master?

  For the first time, Jack felt himself being old. Sitting on the sofa, he took a photo frame from the shelf beside him.  What in the frame was two people, him and his daughter. Thinking about his daughter, he managed to remember his daughter is in another country now, working in a big company.  He hasn't and hasn't been contacted by his daughter for five years. However, time wasn't a problem earlier, he was always so busy with his own bussiness.

  He opened up several big companies, and he donated money too, but he didn't get much honour. Most merchants knew the reason, he did too, but he just couldn't stop it. He couldn't start his enterprise without kidnapping a rich man, and it was the first crime he commited. But it is worth it, he thought, as long as I reached my being-rich dream.  Committing different crimes like smuggling, kidnapping for so many years, he knew the trick not to fail. Imagine you are a chess master, then everyone who works for you is your chessman. Surely, in order to get your job done, you need sacrifice.

  But somehow his enterprise's progress now was disappointing him, and his companies were facing more and more challenges and problems. What is worse, he didn't even know who the enemy was, and his workers kept disappearing.

  This disaster began last year, when his right-hand-man was kidnapped by an unknown organization. Though he did this deception before, he was too afraid to lose his intelligent worker. He lost 50 million (ransom) and a very good man. Then everything just got worse.

  His phone beeped, a new message from his assistant.

  Emergency, it read, a strike happened outside our headquarter in America. Our enemy has successfully convinced most of our best workers to work at their company because they will be paid at a higher salary and better working condition.

  Fuck! he cursed under his breath, everything was failing him.

  Tell them, we will pay a higher salary. He sent.

  According to our current financial condition, it is somehow impossible to pay them a higher salary. Came the ruthless reply.

  He calmed himself down, and thought deeply, our enemy has successfully convinced most of our best workers to work at their company... Suddenly, the sky was clear. He immediately messaged his assistant:

 Who is behind all these? Who is our enemy?

 Very soon, his phone beeped.

  Well, I didn't want to tell you that as you must be angry after knowing it.

  Just tell me.

  Okay, our enemy is a new but large company called The New Century which owns many stores around the world. Their main source of income are selling high-tech electronic devices, mostly for communications. Yesterday they brought down Samsung and Apple and signed a contract with them. The contract provided those who work for Samsung a tremendous amount of money, but everything originally belonged to Samsung belongs to The New Century now.

  After reading it, Jack jumped. Actually jumped. He felt his bead-like sweats trickling down his face, he felt his hands trembling, and he felt his eyes blinking fast. How could I have missed it? He grabbed the remote control and turned on the TV. Every news was talking about this matter. He couldn't believe it, if he couldn't bring down Samsung and Apple, then no one could bring down them. Now, something impossible turned possible.

  No, he screamed in his head, I need to bring down that new company before I am brought down.

  He closed his eyes and thought. He would have to have a plan to completely obliterate this company.

  He picked up his phone and texted his assistant.

  Arrange a meeting with the leader of the company in the Golden Crown hotel. Tell them I want to sell them some stocks. Bring 20 assassins to lurk in a right position. When you see me go to the toilet, take those bastards out.

  About 15 minutes later, his assistant replied him, they are okay for the meeting, assassins at ready. I arrange the meeting at 3:00 p.m., is it okay?

  Jack checked his schedule and answered. Okay.
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  When he arrived at the place, he walked into the room. A man he did not know was sitting at the opposite side of the long table accompanied by two guards. He had only one guard though, but he was the best, and he was his assistant. He originally had two guards, the original-right-hand-man, but you all know what happened to him.
 
  A silent moment dragged by. He broke the silence first, greeting the man.

  Inside the hotel, 20 people were paying attention to the room's door at their secret position.

  The meeting continued smoothly, and Jack would be too happy to see a plot-twist. Who would be the winner in the future? It is me! He thought joyfully, tomorrow you will disappear from this world and I will be the king! Hahahahahahahaaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  They must be in position now, then I will just...do it. He stood up and said, "Gentlemen, may I go to washroom please?" The man looked up from the 'contract' Jack had given him and said with a broad grin, "Sure."

  Jack went to washroom and waited for the helpless scream. However, he really wanted to go to pee, so he pee. When he was washing his hands, his assistant came in. There is no screaming, how come?! He thought, then he corrected himself, maybe they are sedated. It would be fun torturing them back at his home!

  He said joyfully, " How fast!"

  His assistant replied, "We haven't got our job done."

  He stared at his assistant and thought, is he insane, if he hasn't got his job done, then why come here to talk to me.

  He said with a stern voice, "Then do it now!"

  His assistant nodded and said as if he was laughing, "Of course, sir!"

  It reminded him something, it is... it is...

  Then a million things happen very quickly.

  20 assasins walked into the washroom, each pointing a tranquillizer gun towards him, and the one leading him was...was his own assistant.

  Then his ex-assistant laughed, "Old man, you surely will be more shocked afterwards."

  But the old man's head couldn't compute what his ex-assistant said and it would be too late when he figured out its outest meaning, because he would already be sedated.

  And he was sedated.
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  He woke up in a dark room, two men sitting beside him. He tried to move, but he was tied to...something.

  He squinted. His ex-assistant and someone were sitting beside him.

  His ex-assistant clapped his hands and said gleefully, "Now, our guest is awake. Let's do some self-introduction, I am Rony Mark, the vice-president of The New Century. It is our honour to have you to listen to our stories."

  Jack barked, "I want to see your president, not vice-president."

  "Then try not to get heart attack." Rony smirked and turned his head towards the door of the room, "Let's welcome our president!"

  Handclaping was heard from outside, at least 100 people outside the room. The person came in with a mask. When the person took off the mask, it revealed a face that was horribly familiar to him.

  The president was a she.

  Jack screamed as loud as he could. He really didn't see that coming.

  It was...it was his...his own...own daughter!!!!!!!!!

  " Jack, don't panick, I am going to tell you great stories." Came his daughter reply, too sexy and too unfamiliar. She talked like a stranger, Jack thought bitterly.

  Her daughter dropped herself into Rony's hug and began her stories.

  Jack, still remember your ex-right-hand-man kidnapped-and-killed incident. Yes, it marked your downfall. He was an intelligent and alert man which made him very hard to get rid of. However you were so absent-minded and arrogant at that time, and you didn't listen to his advice. We let more and more men into your company, and one of them became your ex-assistant. Though your ex-right-hand-man was smart, but my Rony was smarter. Rony managed to kill him without being noticed. And what made me laugh was that you couldn't identify the fake one and paid a large amout of gold to him. Then, Rony was the only assistant, and all your information and daily schedules will be collected by Rony. Everyday he pretended to be your good assistant, and when we know everything of
you, our victory comes. Jack, you are too old to do bussiness, I will do it for you, don't worry.

  His daughter tapped him playfully on his forehead, which was a disgrace in his view.

  Then his daughter showed him something like a scroll. To his terror, it was a contract and it was signed by him. No way, I wouldn't have signed it.

  His daughter smiled and said, " we forged it, we have experts. So tomorrow, all your stocks and companies, the whole enterprise belonged to you will belong to me. Then I will be the one to control the whole market. Rest, Jack, then you will leave this world peacefully." Her daughter chuckled before she headed for the door.

  When his daughter was going to exit the room, he asked broken-heartedly, "Why do you do this to me?"

  " I learnt from you, and I am the chess master, not you, I control everything, men and resources." His daughter answered with a cold voice.

  So, he thought, the thing that kills me is bacause of my own motto. My death will be caused by my own motto. He laughed, laughed as a lunatic. He sinked himself too deep in his painful thoughts, and he just couldn't remember what happened next.