Demon Lord's Reincarnation Chapter 1041: 30% - Can I be brutally honest?

As I said that, everyone from this camp was more or less convinced to be under my wing though we did discuss the rest of the specifics while my builders started to co in droves. It was to patch up the hole in the wall for this afternoon and build its new solid gate then eventually mounting it first thing in the morning.

Other than that, my old truck also ca in driven by Unc Zardon and it carried a top-up of sorts for the items they'd need moving further.

Granted I said that once we divvied up Mr. Crisologo's stash, they'd have enough for five months to a year, but that doesn't an that they'd only need food to "live" like normal humans.

To further supplent their supplies, we parted with so fruiting bags, different varieties of seedlings, a couple of vermicomposting bins, miscellaneous tools, toiletries, cleaning products, a few sets of clothing, footwear, a cage of rabbits, books, electronics, etc.

But in addition to these people whom we had just taken in, I gave so goodie bags and minor upgrades—in regards to their loadout—to the soldiers that belonged to Mr. Garciano, who were on the inside when it all went down. And last but not the least, I handed over Mr.

Garciano a few boxes of specialty products that I thought he'd very much appreciate and I thought that he damn near lost his mind when he offered a handshake.

"THANK YOU SO MUCH! I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D HAVE THIS! I-IT'S INCREDIBLE!"

Quinn had to chi in, "That… moisturizer?"

Mr. Garciano had never nodded so fast, "Yes! And this soap! This perfu! This aftershave! Everything!

I'm a huge follower of this product line! I-It's made with all-natural ingredients and it still baffles to this day as to how they could grow a business this big with barely any advertisents at all! Well— They're not as big as the top brands but they could be bigger if they do it the right way!"

'The Rivas Family's that good, huh?'

Quinn rolled her eyes, "Why'd you need advertising for if the product could speak for itself? Fuck them comrcials if you already have top shelf—"

"You took the words out of my mouth! To be honest, I started saving up on all my products and had to supplent them with the riff-raff but this couldn't have co at a better ti! I really did wish they expanded so they'd have more of this stuff on the shelves in the malls but alas, I'll treasure these products until the lost drop…"

Tatiana then ca up from behind as she rested her elbow by my shoulders, "You gotta tell him now, correct?"

Mr. Garciano turned to us while testing one of the moisturizers, "T-Tell what?"

Long story short, we further secured our relationship with Mr. Garciano and we already brokered a deal with him on the spot.

Because with the people we had just taken in, our deal was to take a 30% cut among their harvests and scavenged goods until they paid for the top-up we gave them, then it would lower down to a 10-15% in the months right after.

However, they would now be required to learn various skills to survive these tis and send daily, weekly, and monthly reports all the while a representative should be attending our etings bi-weekly.

In Mr. Garciano's case, the deal we made was that aside from supplying him the sa thing I gifted him from the Rivas Family's product line among other necessities they might need and vice versa, his soldiers in this community would be required to stay with a few of my own to buff up this place's security.

Furthermore, I'll be sending another group of people over to their place to further relations with his group and mine.

Like with Mauricio and the Intercity, they weren't necessarily under my wing but we were more like business partners who had a mutual benefit with each other.

'My initial goal was to occupy cities along the coast but the city he's in is right next to the dam where Ilana is so that's a good thing still… All that's left is to occupy the City of North Caloocan and we'd have a general hold of almost a third of the National Capital Region and a bit of the Central Region, Region III…'

With that said, even if we had more things to talk about, we thought that it'd be best if we could also sit down with Mauricio since the two were closer to each other, location-wise, and introducing him to Iskoh, Oscar, Ferdinand, Morales, and even the president should co at a later date.

"He's… He's one of the rchants in the Intercity, right?"

"You know him?"

"Not personally, no… but we purchase rice from the sa place"

"What did you trade in then?"

"We're known for being the highly-urbanized city around our parts but we can't just carry around houses, can't we?"

"Not with that attitude, no."

"Hah! In any case, even now, we have a huge surplus of building materials from the several projects that got halted when you know… all this started—and I know, I should've told you before you sent people fixing everything already but it could be part of our deal too if you needed a lot of I-beams, cent, and whatnot."

I shook my head, chuckling, as I decided to be blunt, "You have this habit of keeping so things left unsaid, huh?"

"Ah—"

Then I suddenly smacked his shoulder and started laughing, "Don't look too shocked, alright? How could you have known that we work this fast? Don't worry about it."

"Ahaha… You scared there for a mont, truly…"

"Just a friendly reminder though."

"Hmm?"

"I'd rather be hurt by the truth than to be lied to. Omitting so stuff doesn't work that well with too. Do you understand where I'm getting at?"

He nodded solemnly, "I do understand that but I'm not like you."

"Oh? Do tell."

"Can I be brutally honest?"

"Now we're talking. Go ahead."