Chapter 39 - 39. Setting Up Beauty World (1/2)

The abandoned house had got a new name now on the minimap. I had also paid 25 credits to register the business and had left all the other details empty since I hadn't gotten any employees yet.

The 'Beauty World' has been properly christened and had already undergone its renovation of the patches on the roof and the birds had been relocated to a place to properly roost. The Piped Piper of Hamelin, Germany had been called in and all the rats were following him wherever he went and played the pipes and brought all the rats out of Ingmery as well.

The furniture had been burnt outside since it was already been infested with termites and bed bugs. One of the connecting walls of one of the bedrooms had been torn down to make it as a single room.

One of the doors had been taken down and replaced with a glass window with a film of a one-way mirror. A set of louvres were installed all around the room and the house to let the draft in and was covered with a mesh chicken wire so no birds and rodents would be able to enter the premise anymore.

The roof had 2 sunroofs of light blue colours to let in the sunlight and eliminates the use of any lighting during the day. With the louvres installed around the external walls, the house seemed airy and fresh.

The exterior of the house was painted with a water resistant, enamel type of off white coloured paint. It took 4 men about one day just to complete the whole works of renovating the house and this labour was paid and provided by the City Council.

Once everything was done, the next thing is furnishings and the only place that I need to buy furnishings from was either in the Northern or Southern District and they were all equally priced.

Patricia had prepared lunch earlier and we invited the workers to have lunch together before they head back to their office. After lunch, Patricia and I walked over to the decor shop in the Northern District and enters a place called Dawood Decors.

”Good day, sir, ma'am. What can I help you with? We have 3 ranges of furniture, the basics, contemporary and exquisite designs. Three levels of class and three levels of prices.” the owner greeted us as we enter.

”I need a basic long table with 5 chairs and 10 square cushions that are filled with Ceiba Pentandra Do you have those?” I asked and as a furniture man, he should know that Ceiba Pentandra is a Kapok Tree that has cotton-like seeds.

”Oh yes sir, we do have in abundance. Its the 2nd cheapest material fillings for cushions, pillows and mattresses. The first I think you would be smart enough to know because it's filled with air...” replied the owner named Dawood.

I was shown to a long table that would be used as a production table and several chairs and cushions as I paid them after haggling with the prices with delivery on the same day.

”Don't you need any other furnishings? Just a table with 5 chairs and 10 cushions?” asked Patricia after looking at the minimalist needs of mine.

”Yeah, that house is normally meant for production, other than that it would not need anything else. Furthermore 'Beauty World' has quite a large space on both sides of the house and I intend to grow some flowers which would be used for the production. Lavender and citrus would do just fine.” i said as I had marked out 4 plots on both sides of the house for both of the plants mentioned.

”So you would still be staying with us right? And how about the children?” she asked since I do not buy any beds or any equipment for the kitchen.

”Those children would be the employees and you would be supervising their work. Is there pottery or glassblowers here that makes small bottles?” I asked and Patricia led the way towards a pottery store.

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”Good day, what could I help you with?” Paul the owner greeted us as we entered. ”I'm here looking for samples of your pottery pieces and was wondering if you mass-produce them,” I said as I looked at his pieces of pottery the at was displayed around the store.

There were quite a lot of variants and types of curing these clay and since I had the knowledge in the past series, I am able to differentiate the methods of curing these pottery clay pieces.

”Oh, the available pieces are here. What do you need it for?” Paul asked as I held a piece and placed it back again and started to peer around for the kind of pottery bottles that I need. Some were of fine porcelain while some were of finer clay with all the glazing and such.

Then I found one, a very simple small-mouthed jar, almost flat and it looked like the modern everyday shampoo dispenser shape without the dispensing unit of course. In place was a stopper.

It was greyish white in colour and looked like an ornamental piece since it was beautifully glazed and had a design of small flowers at its sides near the bottom. ”Is this piece porous or non-porous?” I asked since we would be using it to hold the product in there.

”Ah... It is non-porous sir, it is our last piece here, and we don't really mass produce for these pieces. Its an offer for you sir, 75 credits.” Paul said as I haggled the price down to 50 credits which he eventually agreed.