RDD 140
April 5, 2000.
Keith's business was doing well. After hiring another worker, their job became much easier. On top of that was the good profit.
Now that more people were in the kitchen, he was confident that they could cook over 700 burgers in a day. And his conjecture was right. In fact, Old Man Jim was efficient in his job. Perhaps his experience in working in a restaurant helped him. He was a mason as well and his hand control is very good. He is fast at flipping the patties.
Because of that, the daily profit of the business went up to PHP 15 thousand everyday, of course minus the Sunday. They are always close on that certain day to rest. Something that some companies didn't give to their employees-- rest day.
His current mission-- earn PHP 1 million, will end on June 26. This means that Keith only has 82 days to complete the mission.
His current profit was PHP 73 thousand after selling burgers for 18 days, erm, 16 days. Honestly, Keith felt like his chances of accomplishing the mission might be hard.
Thankfully, his profit increased after he hired another worker. Even though he had another worker to pay a salary, he felt like it was worth hiring him.
Old Man Jim was quite active and he had a good relationship with the workers. He is easy to talk with. If there's only a problem, well, just like Waylen, Old Man Jim likes smoking as well. In fact he spent ten sticks of cigarettes every day. He would join Waylen with his smoke break to puff some smoke.
Keith couldn't reprimand him in that regard because it was their own choice. He was already thankful that the two didn't smoke while in the kitchen.
Perhaps being an open kitchen made it better. Because the customers can see if the cooks are smoking while grilling their burgers.
On top of that, Kazir didn't want to fire any of his workers. Especially when he needs to finish the mission. Right now, he was already satisfied that their daily profit was around 15 thousand pesos.
Obviously, he wanted to maintain his status quo.
If there were some changes, that would be his mother. His mother visits their house every other day to play with the kids. In fact, Keith felt like his mother was getting closer to Penelope more than him, her own son. Well, he was about it. At least everything was going well... Until next week.
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The family of Castillo usually meets each other once or thrice a year.
Because the first quarter of the year arrived, the men who were responsible for the businesses would meet and talk. Of course, sometimes they use this meeting to brag... Although Sean and his cousin are the only ones who brag and compete.
"I can't believe that all men of Castillo are here! We only have one missing."
Bradley Castillo glared and his second son who kicked Keith out of the family. Ernesto didn't have a choice but to lower his head. He might be a headstrong guy but he couldn't defeat his father. Or to be precise, he was afraid to anger his father who was already old. His blood pressure might rise up.
Sitting next to Ernesto were Sean and Jeremy. They were unusually quiet, afraid of angering their grandfather.
Then, Old Bradley scanned the long table and looked at his first son and his two grandsons. Thomas and Maverick. Thomas being the oldest was responsible for the tire factory. As for Maverick, well, he didn't work and loves traveling around.
"Maverick, my grandson."
"Y- Yes! Grandpa!"
Maverick sat straight.
"I heard you went to Japan. Did you meet a woman?"
"Yes... Four actually." Maverick became dazed remembering his time in there. Being a casanova, he was quite good at rizzing women.
"Then, when will you give me a great-granddaughter?"
"Huh? Grandpa, I'm still 22 years old. I just finished college and I want to take time and live wild for a while." Maverick retorted.
"Live wild my ass! This is the reason why I can't seem to like all of you! Everyone on this table is so stubborn! You are cute when you're babies but now you guys are nothing but an eyesore!"
Old Bradley didn't hesitate to tell his feelings, causing the men to flinch. He knew that he was already old and he was being unreasonable. Still, he dreamed of having a daughter or granddaughter, or great-granddaughter in the family.
When he was young, he hoped to have a daughter. But he was given two stinky boys. He accepted that fate, hoping that his two sons would give him a granddaughter. Yet, even his two sons failed!
Now, he put his trust in his grandsons. However, two of his grandsons were already married and their children were boys as well!
As an old man who knew that his remaining time on this planet was short, all he wanted was to pamper a great-granddaughter! No, he wanted to brag about his great-granddaughter to his old friends!
The men in the family became quiet. Even Sean who was usually talkative was afraid that his grandfather would ask him to marry and have a child. He wanted to remain single, at least a little bit! He knew that he was selfish but he didn't give a fuck. He was already too old to care about it!
Unfortunately, being the remaining single except for Maverick, Sean failed to escape his fate.
"Sean, I heard that you're dating an actress. When can I meet her?"
"T- that's..."
Actually, Mari Mar was interested in meeting Sean's family. But Sean was still sure if he wanted to introduce his girlfriend.
"Next month, Grandpa! I'll take him to your birthday!"
"... Good. Make sure to keep your promise."
Old Bradley was satisfied and nodded his head. At least one of his grandsons was trying to start a family.