With a 6hrs drive from the bus plus a 2 hrs drive from the jeep, Bats arrived at his hometown. He went directly at home.
He saw his mom outside doing a laundry then he hugged her.
His mother was surprised.
"Welcome home my son, have you already eaten? I'll cook for you."
"It's ok mom, by the way is that dad inside?"
Bats smiled and said.
"Yes he's inside and watching news."
His mom replied.
"How about we go inside first mom. I have something to discuss with you and dad."
His mom then turn on the washing machine for 12 minutes wash and then followed inside.
Bats thoroughly explained to his parents about the plan,his parents couldn't believe at first and questioned why their son has too much money. Of course Bats lied and said that he won in an online casino and started buying and selling stocks . After a few minutes talking with them, they finally believed him and gave him permission to bargain with his uncle.
"Ok son, we trust you but promise me to tell us in the future your real reason for this, ok? Go for your uncle and discuss about it."
Bats was happy but he know that he doesn't want to waste even a second so he went directly to his uncle's house which was a 4-5 minutes walk.
Bats knocked the door,
-Tok, tok, tok-
"Uncle, are you there? It's me Bats."
A man in his Forties opened the door, it was his uncle.
"Bats, long time no see! Come in.Come in."
Bats entered his house, then his uncle gave him a chair.
"Here you go, make yourself at home. So what is it?How come you're here?"
His uncle ask with curiosity.
"Your land near our house, I want to buy it."
He said straight to him.
His uncle laugh at him.
"Hahaha, are you kidding? Do you have money for that? Even if you have money, that's not for sale. I used that land to plant vegetables."
Bats went near to him and put around his right hand into his uncle's shoulder as if it was like they're brothers.
"Uncle, you're my father's brother so how about this. If you want a land to plant vegetables, let's exchange lands plus I'll pay you a Php100,000($2,000 in USD). Our land which just happens right above your house and is bigger in area, what do you think?"
After a few a minutes of talking with his uncle, he finally convinced his uncle. After that, he also went to one of his neighbor. He wants to rent his neighbor's land just beside his uncle's land. His purpose for this land is to install solar panels for him to supply his fortress.
"Good day aunt Delin!"
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It took him at least 2 hours to bargain with his neighbor.
Next day, Bats, his uncle and his neighbor went to the Barangay Hall as their witness for their agreement.
After making their contract, Bats was waiting for the last trip jeep to go in the city. Now that he got the land, it's time for the construction of his fortress.
He went to the city, and a few moments later.
"Excuse me sir, is this right address of Apocalypse Construction and Security Company?"
Bats said and showed his cellphone to the guard standing in the entrance.
"Yes, yes little brother but I wasn't sure if that was on 6th or 7th floor. To confirm it, please head to the reception area."
The guard replied and pointed him the reception area.
When Bats was walking towards the reception area,
"Good morning sir, are you here for an appointment?"
A beautiful girl said while smiling.
"I do have an appointment at Apocalypse Construction and Security Company, here's my appointment confirmation ma'am."
Bats replied nervously while seeing her eyes.
"Okay sir, confirmed. Please write your name first onto this logbook and here's your temporary pass. The elevator's right in front, head to 6th floor. Once reached the floor, just go right and you will see the signage of the company's name. Have a good day sir."
The receptionist hand him over a temporary pass ID and smiled while bowing to him 45°.
As he went into the elevator,
"Damn, that girl sure is beautiful. I wonder if she has a boyfriend."
Bats thought with a smile all over his face.
He already got on 6th floor and went right to the company. When he opened the door, a voice suddenly came.
"Good day sir, are you here for an appointment?If yes, please sit on this sofa for a bit."
A girl with an eyeglass and wearing a white dress said.
Bats remain seated for a few minutes then the girl returned with a cup of tea.
"Sir, have some tea first. The manager's already on his way.
When Bats was about to sip the tea, the manager came.
"Good day, you must be Bats right? I only have one appointment for today so there's no doubt about it. I am David Bautista, the manager of Apocalypse Construction and Security Company."
Bats put down his cup of tea and got up then shake the manager's hand.
"Yes, I'm Bats. I made an online appointment yesterday for today's schedule."
The two seated then talked about the design.
"Let's get straight to the point, I want you to build me a Safe Fortress. I know your company is a top notch when it comes to something like this."
Bats said while both his hand were on his chin and his elbows on the table.
The the manager started laughing and replied,
"Hahaha, that's what I like for costumers, straight to the point."
The manager called for his assistant to get his iPad. He then gave it to Bats.
"Here, how about you check our design and specifications. Take your time."
The manager said.
While Bats was checking, it was like a treasure for him just by seeing the specifications, 30cm thick steel alloy wall, bullet poor glass, surveillance cameras, etc...
"The specifications is all what I want, but the design plans are for houses, do you happen to have a building design maybe?"
Bats said with a poker face.
"Well, we do have a newly released design plan for a building, if I may borrow the iPad for a moment."
The manager took the iPad for a few seconds then gave it back to Bats.
The manager is explaining it while Bats is checking the details.
"This is a newly released design Sir. A 7th floor story with 1000 square meter each floor. 8 rooms per floor with 2 bedroom each. Also, with 2 basements....."
Bats suddenly interrupted him and said,
"Make me this, but with the same specifications and put some fence around the building. For the source of electricity, I plan to use a Solar Power using the land near the building. And for the source of water, our village has free source of water given by the nature so I'll show the location. It's better to have someone from your company to visit the site. I'll send you the address though it's rural area."
The manage was a bit surprised when he heard about this,
"Ok, I'll send someone tomorrow to make the survey. Then we can start constructing it the day after tomorrow or the next day. But I'll say this, it will take at least 10 months to a year for making this project finished and if you want to finish it early it takes a lot of money, I mean expensive."
Bats already know this and replied with his sinister smile,
"You know, money is not a problem. If you want I'll pay a deposit first in cash right here on this day. You can send me your Progress Billing every last week of the month. How about you finish this within 7 months or the last week of November. I'll double the price. And if done early than that, I might reconsider giving you a bonus, making it triple."
The manager showed a greedy face when he heard this and then went near to Bats patting his shoulder and replied,
"My, my, good costumer! Let's not waste time, let's get the contract settled!"
They continued talking with laughter for a moment. Of course money is not a problem for Bats, though he was worried if someone might question where he got his source of money, he already made a rumor that he won in an online casino and made huge money from stocks. Because at that time, many people were addicted to online casinos, and also many were buying and selling stocks.
Next day, two surveyors came to visit the site. Bats showed him the location for the source of water, and for the land to use for installing Solar Panels.
Bats entertained them both before they leave, making him more excited as he was thinking of his fortress to start constructing tomorrow.
---Next Day---
The people in his village were murmuring when they saw lots of construction vehicles coming.
"Is it true? Bats is making a building here?"
"I heard he won big time from an online casino."
"Really?I thought he made money on stocks, maybe he used the money he won on an online casino on buying and selling stocks, then he made more?"
"How about we confirm it to his parents first?"
"Yeah, good choice"
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The villagers keep murmuring and murmuring....