Chapter 47 - 47. Purchasing A Plot Of Land And Building Like A Boss (1/2)
Over the next 3 days, I had managed to create 6 scents altogether in the Essense Extraction Zone in the Realm of Mind and Patricia has gotten used to seeing the blooming fruits and flowers on the sides of Beauty World. So far not one bottle of Shampoo has been sold and what we are doing was to make a stockpile of them first.
”Mummy, Daddy... It would be alright for us to keep producing these shampoo? I mean, you had sold only 5 bottles on the first day and had not even gotten any more sales on them.” Ingles was worried as she looked at the piles of crates in the corner of the house.
”Don't you all worry about it, I've decided to have another 4 more new scents which are lilac, rose, aloe vera and orange. 2 flowers, 1 herb and 1 fruit. I've already ordered it and it should be on it way now.” I said as I would like to make 10 variety of scents and I knew that some people would like to buy all 10 of them since they were afraid that it might be sold off and would be hard to get their hands on it.
”Hmm, that gives me an idea. Let me talk to the Council Chambers and asked if I could acquire a piece of land so that I could build a store just like Joan's and Pointus'. I'm sure it won't hurt if I open a store beside them.” I thought as I excused myself and heads down to the town council.
The Council Chambers was right in the vicinity of the central marketplace and it held Manby departments, just like the Governmental District in Kitakata, Japan. I knocked on the door and asked a petite lady for some pieces of information regarding a plot of land for a single storey building.
I was led to meet a man named Angus and I introduced myself using the new surname i had picked myself as Mister MacLeod.
”Have a seat, Mister MacLeod. What can I help you with? I head from our assistant that you are looking to procure a piece of land here in this district, am I right? What is the purpose of the land in the business district, Mister MacLeod?”
Angus asked me with full interest since somehow he knew I was the man who had awakened from my deep sleep and now venturing as a tradesman instead to avoid the conflicts of war, perhaps?
I saw an unmarked plot of land that had the word 'vacant' on it and I asked what is the size of the land. I said I wanted to have a store, but no production in it, just like Dawood's Decor in the Northern District.
”Ah, I see... We know that you had converted a house near the Great Hall in making some kind of production there. Well, this plot of land here is 120 square meters. 12 meters across and 10 meters on its shorter side. The price for that land is 1250 credits per square meter so it adds up to 150,000 credits. That is for the land itself, Mister Macleod.”
”If you wanted a default fabricated design if a store, we do have some samples and all you can do is to mix and match them together. Like for example, the land size is 12 x 10 meters but you may need a building by a size of 10 x 8 so you have some space at the side and front to decorate them later on.”
”Here, here's a checklist to begin with. Please write down the size of the lot with the reference CBD2246-ING and state the land size as 12x10 or 120 square meters. Also, the price would reflect as 150,000 credits.”
”Does the price include the building itself?” I inquired as I checked my funds and I've got more than 300k, to begin with. ”Hahahaha...you must be joking, Mister Macleod. It is a business area, the price is triple of that a residential plot of land.”
”Although its cheaper but its sales were forbidden from the residential area, such as The White House. I hope you understand that Mister Macleod.” Angus explains and I definitely don't want to brush against the law since I'm now an Assassin cum tradesman and I made killings in both sides of the blade. Hah Hah Hah.
I nodded and first chose the size of the store. It comes default with masonry as the walls and I chose a glass door, and a huge glass front as its window. It's basically a rectangular design and I had a flat roof that was slanted at a 15 degrees inclination. Next, I had a small light yellow coloured canopy on top of its door as part of its decoration.
Inside, I had a long glass display unit that serves as a countertop with a swinging wooden entrance like an entrance to a western bar at the end of it. The glass countertop is about 1.2 meter in height and had 3 glass layers of the display. Both of the sides had a 3-meter wide glass cabinet just like Joan's and had 5 tiers on it at a height of 30 centimetres in between each layer.
The floor was made of stone and both the interior and exterior was painted off white. There would be a 2 long benches faced side by side right before the wide glass window so that customers could sit there and wait for the store to open.
I requested for red and black stencilling for Beauty World and below the name would be 'Brought To You By Audemars For Both Ladies And Gentlemen'. I chose the fonts and their size as well.
I was amazed at its simplicity of use to choose a design of the store and was even amazed that the design would be sent through email and it would be ready within 24 hours.
”Wow...!!! Is it possible to be that fast? By the way, how much for the building since I also made the purchase of the land.” I asked as I hoped it would not over exceed the budget.