15 Grand Trading V
Arc, on the other hand, has no idea that those kinds of things are happening around him.. the moment he gave Eve the job he never bothers with any of the details he trusted Eve, he wasn't a control freak who wants everything under his control.
Arc was lying on the couch, and he was thinking about what to do next. The first step is complete now, and he was just waiting for Eve to complete the rest of the procedure. After that, the real game would start, With a smile on his face, he imagined what the future would be like for him.
He's not an idiot he knows the value and the capability of the factory System. If used correctly him ruling the Galaxy is not just a pipe dream. but it comes with a lot of danger as well, if this secret comes out he would be facing a lot of danger. But it is also an opportunity.
The problem is how to get from where he is now to him ruling the galaxy.
"Everyone gotta start somewhere, I guess," He said in his mind...
While he was daydreaming, Eve was busy laying the foundation of his future empire.
Creak.., he heard the door open and listened to his sisters talking excitedly on the door.
"Hey, you guys are back. I bought lunch. It's in the kitchen, go ahead and eat it.."
"what about you, big bro?" asked Amy.
"I've already eaten so don't worry about me"
"Okay!" said Amy and Anne.
"Alright, you two, I'm going out for a bit. I'll be back later ok, eat up"
"Oh, and before I go, I plan to replace both of your beds since it's getting smaller for you two. Choose a design you want online, then send me the details. Don't worry about the price."
"And be sure it's comfortable for you both. "
"We got it, big brother, be careful outside." both his sister giggles.
"Sure." Arc put a thumbs up.
"Is it just me, or something different about big bro?" asked Anne...
"hmmm, I know I just can't put my finger on it" replied Amy.
Arc had an appointment with builders who would renovate the warehouse to his needs, he already said what he's planning to do in the warehouse to Eve, and Eve showed him some rendering on what the warehouse would be like, Eve showed him a lot of designs. Finally, he picks one that can accommodate all that he needs at the moment.
The warehouse he bought from Mike is not very big, but it has a lot of undeveloped land area, and he plans to utilize all of it.
He hails a cab, and sat at the back,
"Driver take me to Diamond Builders on 85th ave."
"Alright!" said the driver, 15 minutes later, he was in front of the diamond builders office.
He entered the building and walked into the reception area, "good afternoon sir, how can I help you?" said the cute looking receptionist.
"yes, I have scheduled a meeting with Ms. Graft can you tell her I'm here.."
"Oh, then you must be Mr. Grand."
"I am.."
"she's already waiting for you."
"Please wait a moment."
She calls another lady, whispers something to the lady, and goes back to face Arc.
"Mr. Grand, this is Lila, she will take you to Ms. Graft's office."
"Hi, Mr. Grand, I'm Lila. Please follow me. I'll take you to Ms. Graft's office."
"No need to be so formal, call me Arc..."
"Lila smiled and said, ok Arc, follow me."
"Sure, lead the way."
In front of the door on the second floor, Lila lightly knocked twice and said "Ms. Graft, your guest Mr. Grand has arrived,"
"come inside," said the cute sounding voice from inside.
Lila opens the door and gestures to Arc to go inside after Arc went inside, she closed the door lightly and left.
Inside, Arc was greeted by a gorgeous bombshell. Mia Rain A.Graft, the owner and founder of Diamond Builders, was once a beauty queen.
She won many beauty pageants during her college years, after graduating from an architecture course at the young age of 21, she founded Diamond Builders Inc.
Unfortunately, she came to know the dark side of the business, as most of her clients only wanted to sleep with her.. and didn't care about her capability. Some are brazen enough to tell her they will only hire her if she sleeps with them.
Of course, she rejected them all. It has been a couple of years already since she founded the Diamond Builders, but all projects they got are all small-time business, like building a small office or small house or something like that.
Unfortunately, those kinds of projects are not enough to make them float.. in fact, if they don't get a big project, they may go bankrupt or closed after the end of the year.
She came from a wealthy family, but she ran away from home when her parents tried to arrange a marriage for her.
She doesn't like other people controlling her life even if they are her parents.
This is her last chance to be in control of her life. If she fails, she may not be able to refuse the arranged marriage set by her parents.
She was surprised when she saw Arc as she received a call from a mysterious girl who claims to be the secretary of the one called Mr. Grand. She assumed her client was another old Foggie or middle-aged guy.
"Hello, Mr. Grand, I'm Mia Rain Graft you can call me Mia, I didn't think you would be this young."
Arc smiles "Haha nice to meet you, Mia, I'm Arc Grand call me Arc.-"
"Alright, please sit Arc, would like some drinks?"
"Thanks, Mia, water would do."
Sitting down, Arc said: "Let's talk about the proposal, my secretary has given you. What do you think about it?"
"Straight to the point I like that, I've read and saw the design I would have to say, you have an outstanding architect, as an architect myself I can tell how good it is, every detail is well thought of, it was amazing."
Inside his mind, Arc thought, of course, it would be good as a 2 star-rank military-grade AI designed it... it would be a surprise if there's a mistake in it.
"Well, I'm glad you like it, so do you think you're capable of building it in exact details Mia?"
Mia looked at Arc and was a little disappointed as she didn't see any interest in her in his eyes, it was a rare experience for her.. but at the same time she was intrigued, "did I lost my sex appeal?" She thought. She could see Arc was very young, maybe two years or so younger than her, guys at that age are full of hormones, especially rich kids like Arc, but she didn't see any of that arrogance that came from typical silver spoon kids.
"She looks at Arc and smiles, it will be difficult, but I'm 100% sure we can do it."
It was at this time Lila came to the office and brought a bottle of water for Arc.
Arc looked at Lila and said, thanks, Lila.
Lila smiles back at him and says, "no problem.."
Mia looks at Arc and asks, "you know each other?"
"Just now, when I came to your office," Arc replied.
Arc looked at Mia and said, "are you sure you can build it exactly like in the blueprint?"
Mia was about to joke around, but when she noticed Arc's serious face, she swallowed all that and answered, "I am.. so what's the time frame?"
Arc smiled and said. "cool! I don't have a time frame per se, but I would like for it to be built as soon as possible."
"Alright, I can accept that.. can I ask you why you want to pay in cash?"
"hais! well, it's a long story."
Arc pick up the bottle of water open it and drink a mouthful,
"But I can give you a short version or should I say a brief reason."
"I just don't want to let a certain someone know of what I'm doing, as for who that someone is I can't tell you, but I can promise you it's nothing illegal."
"If it's going to be a problem for you, I can understand it, and I'll go somewhere else."
Mia smiled and said, "it's nothing like that. I'm just curious that's all, forgive me for that."
"There's nothing to forgive mia, so do we have a deal?-"
"Yes, we do," said Mia, offering her hand for a handshake.
Arc grab her hand shook it and laughed, "excellent!" he said
Mia laughed too afterward, and made some phone calls, "I'll have someone write a contract after you sign it, and we're good to go."
The truth is Mia has already prepared the contract beforehand and gave it to her secretary, as she didn't keep it in her office as she doesn't want to look too eager to her clients, especially the one called Mr. Grand by the mysterious secretary.
The reason she calls it mysterious is that there was no number when she got the call.. in this day and age all calls are controlled by UNITED TELECOMMUNICATION OFFICE, and they make sure all calls are monitored, safe, and transparent, meaning criminals can't hide their phone numbers when they call.
Since their phone numbers are linked to their citizen id, all citizens will receive a permanent phone number, and changing it is a very long process.
They chat about some small details while waiting for the contract to be made, and they didn't have to wait long, a few minutes later another beautiful lady enters the office, and delivers the documents, she didn't linger though after she gave the documents as she smiled at Arc and left.
Mia handed the documents to Arc, who pretended to be reading it while in truth, he was conversing with Eve for verification of the documents a few minutes later Arc signed the documents and handed it back to Mia, who was watching him with a smile on her face.
"Excellent,'' said Mia, and gave him a thumbs up."
Arc laughs and takes out the backpack from his shoulder and hands it over to Mia.
"500k, my initial down payment."
"Mia was surprised, didn't we agree that the initial deposit would be 200k?"
"yeah, my secretary informed me of that, but since we already agreed here, and you look trustworthy, might as well give you one-third of the agreed price."
Initially, the price for the renovation of the warehouse is only about 50k credit, but with all the addition and expansion, the price went up to 1.3m credit, Arc decided to upgrade the walls and many other things, and expenditure rose to 1.5 million credit. Eve didn't even bargain about the price when she contacted Mia. Likewise, Mia believed that the one going to do the bargaining with her is the one called Mr. Grand, and so she was prepared for it.
But to her surprise, not only Arc is easy to talk to, he didn't even bargain.
She looked at Arc and was intrigued.
Editor: King of Mortals