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We have had the births of Felicity and Gordon Junior. Yes, he does not have a Jr. after his name. His second first name1 is Junior. You know we are calling him, Junior, right?
Dingdong's family finds itself sandwiched between the suit by Malaysian authorities and the possibility that the fuse they had lit under me might go off under them. They decide to sell off all their holdings and literally leave the country. I gather most of them have already gone to Indonesia. It seems they left three weeks after my call. Three of the men have stayed back to sell off their stock and then they say they will be gone too.
Who is buying their stock? A corporation, the Pilipino Universal Sales and Supply Incorporated. These guys don't know it but, that corporation is owned by FUC.
If Dingdong's family had just licked their wound and gone about their lives, they would have saved themselves a great deal of grief.
However PUSSI is now the prime competitor to Zelle's family. Her family doesn't know anything about this until we sit down and tell them. I am expecting a mess and hoping for the best. I see the value in us controlling the market with them. Will they see it, or will they scream bloody murder?
They are laughing and drinking to our good fortune. We talk about how we handle this. We come to agreements about carrying exclusive brands, splitting things between the operations and sharing some stock in a special warehouse. FUC creates another separate operating company, named once again by Dian. Consolidated United National Trading is formed and I am once again the CEO. I make Dian the temporary COO of CUNT. It's only fair.
CUNT, as an importer, will consolidate all import orders from Zelle's family, PUSSI and FUCME along with other wholesalers. Acting as an importer only, its activities end at MICP in Manila Bay. The distribution warehouses on other islands will depend on who CUNT is importing for. Our stuff gets handled by GLS by Sea. For items our companies have ordered, we will have tracking that starts in China, Malaysia and Thailand. It allows all our companies to order via the same importer without outward collusion and allows CUNT to consolidate the purchase orders when it can to get better prices.
While CUNT will sell to any large wholesalers. We will have an advantage as port handling fees will add one percent to what it handles for others compared to our costs.
Many things, rebar, (both regular and deformed,) angle bar, flat bar, square steel tube, galvanized sheet metal, nails, (both common and concrete), and steel furring will be affected by the consolidated purchasing. All three companies, FUCME, PUSSI and Zelle's Family can pull inventory out at the same price. Nothing could be sweeter.
We are using the same software GLS uses to track cargo CUNT imports. Not only does that extend the awareness of our own delivery chain but we are learning about the buying patterns of companies that do not use GLS.
I give the GLS staffs on the islands the job of finding the locations for the additional warehouses needs. If I was just dealing with the average employee, this would be a dumb idea. But the raw intelligence of women we have allows us to project out into the field a capability to solve problems that is a little humbling.
But with the addition of PUSSI and CUNT we need more staff, more women and that means another call to Joy. I need to steal a couple staff from GLS and FUCME to train the new women. It's time to add twenty more families. I have Maria call Joy and ask for the folders with the understanding that I will not be bedding the women but, the children would stay here and go to our school while the mothers were out in the field.
Soon I will never have to call for more women as the daughters will fill positions for us as they age into the program. From all I have seen, this is making all very happy. All know they have a real future. There has been no blowback.
I decide to bring Aniezar, whose nickname is Anie, back from Cebu to train the new women on their role as the hub of our national distribution network. They will have to understand both the interface with GLS, and PUSSI. FUCME and Zelle's family's operation will buy from PUSSI.
CUNT as an importer will sell to PUSSI and others, releasing its goods at the port but, adds that one percent that does not get billed to PUSSI. PUSSI gets everything coming into it via CUNT and sells to any distributor. But it also adds 1% when selling to any distributor other than FUCME or Zelle's family's operation. GLS charges based on a standard rate scale but, discounts 1% to our companies. All that ends up giving us a hefty margin to work with.
I bring a woman in from FUCME I haven't mentioned here before. Her name is Sharrieca but her nickname is Ricca. Ricca was in the first group we trained for GLS, and then stole from, to staff FUCME. She was exceptional at GLS and has become exceptional in her understanding of how to get the most from FUCME. As the CEO of FUCME, time and again, it has been her insight that has lead me to modify how we get things done. She was not seen initially to be at the top, during the first training phase. Yes, we noticed Janella and Anie as special but, not Ricca. She was good but, she didn't stand out, until we got her in the field. And then she started to shine. She continues to shine.
Between Anie and Ricca, we have the perfect pair to train our twenty new women. The older dorm and school will be filled with women for the ferry operations next but, these two can get started figuring out what we need to teach these gals and they can also help Vy and Shann2x with the first group.
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I get a call from the same guy at the PNP, who warned me about the death threats, that word is, no one is looking to hurt us anymore, as there is no 'value' to doing it. They figured out that there would be no one here to reward them.
GLS Trucking is now operating in Cebu, Negros, Bohol, and southern Luzon. We are building out to Northern Luzon at present.
With the help of a bank we use, BPI, we have purchased the bankrupt cargo ferry business from Malaysia. The boats have been refitted and properly equipped with our monitoring systems. Shann2x and Vy have proven to be invaluable for a number of reasons. What one has not done before the other has. In the rare case where neither has, they have a deep well of contacts to draw on for information. With their help and the good will of the local Muslim community, we have been able to get very favorable rates to dock and refit the ferries. We are using our own labor to do the work on the ferries as we will always have repair and maintenance issues with the fleet.
We have dipped into Jake's folders to get staff to help staff our remote operations but, not completely. Vy and Shann2x pair our new girls up with girls that used to work with their old employer. As we have informed Joy about the families for CUNT, I am not dipping my toe into this group.
Janella, Anie, and Ricca are also receiving training on port operations, as are the new girls. Janella does it because she is Vy and Shann2x's supervisor. Anie and Ricca, because as trainers for the new teams that will be the primary interface for the ferries, it only makes sense. Plus I have ideas about their future with me that mandates they learn all this.
I can't offer anything of value. So I keep out of their way.
Between Janella, Vy, Shann2x and Cynthia, the software is whipped into shape. Janella works with the developers that Jake involved regarding the ship displacement matter, and with the fabricators we use in Guangdong, to create a complete package for each ferry. The results are just what we have hoped they would be.
The thirty women we have trained, are sent out in teams of three. Ten groups, and ten initial port operations. We will open up eight more later stealing eighteen of these gals and leaving one back in the port they opened. But for now, we will have ports on Luzon, Cebu, Negros, Bohol, Letye, Samar, Mindoro, Palawan, Panay, and Mindanao. In the second round we will add a port in Zambangao on the western archipelago of Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro on the northern part of Midanao, Laoag on the northern end of Luzon, Masbate, Catanduanes, Polillo and Biliran.
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The port operations are ready. Our women are waiting for the ferries.
We are ready to launch the fleet. We set up the tent again and invite all but one crew to join us, along with officers from the PNP, AFP, PCG and the PN. These crewmen are veteran sailors but, while we have told them about the systems we are deploying, they haven't seen how it works.
Vy and Shann2x take everyone through the matter of RFID tag reading on the ferries, the GPS, engine and other readings, a few of the camera views, (but not all,) and displacement and estimated weight of the cargo and crew. The crew names are displayed on the screen. A few of the sailors joke that we won't know shit about displacement once underway. My girls do not rise to the bait.
All have now seen the ferry get loaded and are watching it get underway. It will take a bit for it to clear the bay and so we serve some lunch. The screens are up but, all pretty much socialize and eat. Well, all do, with the exception of the group from the government.
They have clustered around Shann2x and are asking questions nonstop while keeping one eye on the screen. And then one of them, sort of, gasps in amazement. The cameras are showing very choppy water but, the displacement indicator is stable. He mentions it. A colleague comments that in her opinion, it is a false read. Vy insists it is correct. The woman says, No way. Vy says, Just wait. I don't want you to be embarrassed later! That gets a lot of laughter.
Shortly after lunch, Shann2x calls all to note an approaching vessel. An alarm sounds as the vessel gets close. Shann2x acknowledges the alarm and silences it. We all watch as the vessels tie up and new cargo is loaded on to the ferry. We see the displacement change. Then we note a crew member has left the ferry, not because we can see him but because his display info leaves the screen and an alarm goes off. Shann2x acknowledges the alarm and silences it. We also note the displacement changes a little bit. The ferry is still heavier than it was before the vessels tied up. We note that two boxes that had been loaded at the port are now removed and they show up in a portion of the screen saying “missing.” Another alarm has been sounded and is acknowledged.
The ferry is now a bit lighter than it was before the two tied up. But the sea is getting very rough and the vessels part.
The cameras are showing large swells but the displacement does not change. Once again our doubting PGC officer is questioning what she is seeing. But we have two huge containers of water lashed down amid-ships. We radio the crew, please dump the water overboard. They do and the displacement adjusts in the heavy seas. The PCG officer admits defeat.
What she didn't see, because she was watching the monitor, was that the men we have hired to crew these vessels were watching what approximated a smuggling operation that was observed completely. While Shann2x has been talking to the officers, Vy has been watching those that we have just hired.
Vy gets up and speaks. In reality, an alarm will sound on the ship immediately as well as the one here at our command center for all these alarms. We know where our ships are and what is happening on them at all times. This is to protect the crew, the cargo and the ferry. We will be loading the ferries to the limit of their weight capacity but never in excess. We will know the weight of the crew and the weight of their possessions. All weight on board is accounted for. Changes of weight are recorded, based both on time and location added and removed. Questions?
I lean over to Janella, who is standing at the back with me, I bet you will lose a bunch of them now.
That was exactly what I was thinking.
A fellow gets up and asks, You will know if we need help?
Yes.
Why are these officers here?
They are interested in our technology.
How much weight allowance do we get?
Ten kilo per crew member.
The questions go on for another fifteen minutes before Vy calls it day and thanks everyone for attending. Our new crews leave. If they are still with us, they need to sign papers tomorrow. The officers stay with us and we meet on the lanai.
First off, they want us to give them the code and technology. I explain that the code and the technology is proprietary. Plus it is tied into other software that we have a license to use but do not own. So, no, they can't have it.
The PCG folks are more than happy to take our calls, and the Navy is fascinated over the ability to see smuggling activity, in essentially real time. In the end, all leave with the clear understanding that we want to run a clean operation, and if something comes up, we want to be on their side. They have gotten that message.
That's about as much involvement as I have, in this part of the business. I gather the crews do not quit in large numbers. Yes, some don't follow through but, most do. The concept that we will never overload a ship and put them in jeopardy, is a good thing. We will see.
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We bring in another group of families and start training for CUNT. We stole two staff from FUCME to run PUSSI and have to back fill a bit now. We are seeing problems when our women are not on site at the FUCME locations.
My consulting business is becoming a bit overwhelming. GLS customers who don't have the San Jose code can't link to the core software that provides them what others, including the competitors, have. Cynthia's sales/marketing staff's presence points that fact out. Those customers aren't getting all the benefits that are there for the picking. It has created a massive demand for our help.
I have Eve, Giselle, Joo, Jiecel, Taciana, Cri2x and Jassel assisting me in this now. I need all of them.
Cynthia's business is going well. She is making obscene amounts of money, and she is pregnant again. Her staff of ten has grown to a staff of fourteen and these gals are also making good money. Cynthia has the entire Philippines under her control with San Jose. No one can poach and there are no meaningful competitors here yet.
I need to move some of my responsibilities to others and I ask for a board meeting of FUC.
The board approves creating a COO positions for FUCME, PUSSI and CUNT. We make Ricca the COO of FUCME. She also functions as the COO for PUSSI until Renelyn turns twenty-one. In the meantime, Renelyn is her assistant.
We make Anie the COO of CUNT. When I tell Anie of the board's decision, I have one of the oddest conversations any CEO has ever had with a COO.
Bakit? I not one of the girls you bed all the time. Why you pick me?
Anie, are you one of my girls?
Of course, yes.
Have I used your ideas to improve GLS and FUCME?
Yes.
So, can you see that I value you?
Yes, value. But why not you reward a girl who wants in your bed more?
What does being a regular bed partner have to do with getting promoted here? I do not understand.
But I thought that...
Yes? What did you think?
I confused. Never mind. Sir?
Yes?
Am I supposed to be in your bed more now?
That is up to you Anie. It is not part of the job of COO.
But, you want me to do this because I am your girl? Di ba?
Yes and because you are very good at the job.
You OK with me if I not in your bed?
Anie, some women just don't want that much sex. Do you love me?
Oh! Yes Sir! You make my life very good. I always love you.
Do you have another man in your life?
Never! No!
So, just be my girl and run the CUNT operations. We will both be happy. OK?
OK, Sige.
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Alona is sitting down in an office chair. Husband, I have a problem.
OK tell me.
I need more buyers. Maybe double what we have now.
Can you absorb that many new ones all at once?
No, not without stressing us badly. That why it is a problem!
OK so add one at a time. Call Rose and work it out. Where will the new ones live?
With us! At the house.
Do you have enough room?
No, but, if me and my kids move out we do.
Where do you want to live?
Here, of course!
Where here? There is no empty pavilion. When we added Anie and Ricca we had to make them bunk with Janella.
Here in the house. There is a bedroom suite on the first floor that is not used. Di ba?
Yes, OK.
Good!
What about your need to be with women?
Gordon! Your other wives live here. I love them and they will love me! I am supposed to live with my husband. I am coming home now.
OK, Alona. When do you want to move?
Today.
I have my Rose and my Joy. I know when Jake hears this, he is going to have a very good laugh. As to Alona's perceived need, I know she is right. Buying for as many stores and types of materials have stretched her staff to the breaking point. None are leaving but they are exhausted. Going from four to eight buyers will fix the problem. Rose will be happy to place four more of these women.
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There comes a time when what I have done, has generated enough steam, that things just sort of move on their own. Janella, Anie and Ricca do come to me to approve expansion plans but, that is becoming pro forma.
So I am CEO of GLS, FUCME, PUSSI, and CUNT but, I do not get involved in day to day issues. I allow the COO's to carry the load. Each of the COO's will become the CEO's in the not too distant future. CUNT and PUSSI now are housed in what were the empty office pavilions.
FUC sees the balance sheets but, doesn't get involved with any day to day issues. I concentrate on my consulting.
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Wenelyn has a child by me. Gordon Three is the poor guy's name. I am not kidding when I tell you, we call him Three. She is pregnant again.
Alona now has two of my children. She claims she wants another!
The nursery is getting filled.
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Our fears about smuggling were either overblown or our technology scared everyone off. We have had more trouble with maintenance than with anything else. Vy and Shann2x have been marvels. Their work with San Jose is now being used in many other parts of the world. San Jose has benefited handsomely from the investment they made here.
I got an email from the corporate attorney from Cynthia's company asking me what I did to get Cynthia here with a legal visa. The answer is actually a case of sleight of hand. Cynthia does not and has never received a salary as an employee. She gets commissions. As far as the Philippine government is concerned, that makes her an independent contractor. Who are we to argue the point? That's what eventually got her the visa she holds now. In the beginning, she was here on an extended stay tourist visa, as she wasn't selling but, only just observing. And, yes I know that it is a prevarication but, that's how we played it.
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In the next two years we have a cadre of girls who will be eighteen and ready to leave here and take their places in our stores and operations. All the operating units need this as they all need to grow.
All parts and pieces of the build out, I envisioned for Bayan Na, are functioning. The store that once was, now exists in just about every province in the nation. Profits are embarrassingly good. And to that end I am now formally out of all the details of all the operating units. Those who were COO's under me are now CEO's of their respective units. I retain the CEO position in FUC and the position of chairmen as well.
My life has changed dramatically. I stopped taking Social Security as my salary here is so great, dealing with that piddly check was more a hassle than it was worth.
Princess finally has gotten old enough to climb into my bed. She is the very last I will allow to enter it.
Dian remains my trusted associate in the office, though calling her an assistant does not do justice to what she does here. She did knock down a wall between two bedrooms and created a suite but visits mine frequently.
I have done what I set out to do three years ago. The Bayan Na store that I first walked into then still exists and I guess from the outside it might not look very different. Zelle still runs the place, though she is rarely there.
Tonight, I am with Zelle and Wenelyn. Both have given me children. My will makes sure that the children will inherit value far greater than they ever would have received if their mothers still owned the businesses. The other girls receive inheritances from the value of GLS, FUCME, PUSSI, CUNT, other holdings of FUC, and of my accumulated wealth from the consulting business which is now substantial.
I have kept my promise to all the girls. Maria came to me the other day, after we distributed the YTD and balance sheets for the last quarter. She just asked me to sit with her for a while, and hold her. She is a wealthy woman now. She knows this. She could leave here, build her own house and hire her own maids. I kid her about it but, she cries when I say it. She loves me and the thought of leaving is the last thing she wants to hear from me.
But tonight, I am with these two dynamic powerful business women, who in my bed are simply my mistresses and the mothers of some of my children. Zelle has yet to turn thirty-one.
Along with Dian, Eve is my essential partner in the consulting business. She is running much of it. I only parachute in when needed. She is also and will always be a deep and true love of mine.
Other than Maria, Anja, Pia and Shamcey are probably with me more than anyone else. They are my shadows.
And Jana? She's here. She is my wife, my love, and she always will be. Didn't I say that at the very beginning?
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1 - A middle name in the Philippines is a matronage name. The last name is the patronage name. All names before the middle name are first names.
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