My Destiny (on hold★)

Chapter 3: Goodluck

Angela

Kasama pala siya sa mga bagong investors. I think I saw him somewhere. Hindi ko lang matantya kung saan and kelan pero talagang... Ugh! Forget it. Hindi naman kelangang malaman kung sino siya diba?

Let's get back to business. Maalala ko siya kung importante siyang alalahanin. Mas importante tong ngayon!

Nasa loob na kaming dalawa ni Bea. Ngayon siya ang nagdidiscuss at ipinakita niya ang ilan sa mga scenes sa ongoing manga niya. We also agreed na ako ang magtetake ng mga questions for the backup para maging success ang plan if someone will contradict or question the ideas we have.

After all, kami ang may-ari at first time namin tong i-pursue kaya talagang ipupush namin to kahit magkaron ng problema. That's how eager we are right now.

"Questions? Miss Angela here will explain if there are." Sabi naman ni Asela as I walked in front to be with her.

"I know both of you are good, Miss Angela you have three bestselling trilogy books, and Miss Asela you are a good illustrator in your own manga and comic strip, but are you really sure na tatangkilikin yan ng target market natin?" Asked by the other lady in front of Bea.

She looked at me and signalled that I will be the one who will answer the question.

"Thanks for the complement, Miss Guevarra. That's why we are going to try this project. After all, business as it is. We need to take risk. Maraming katulad ng babaeng nasa tabi ko ngayon na naadik sa anime and there are millions of them. Not only in the Philippines but in the whole world, I suppose. The target market for now is here in Pinas muna to know nga if we will reach the target we wanted. And we have succeeded hindi impossibleng magsusupply na tayo sa ibang bansa. I guess it answered your question?" I smiled triumphantly after answering as Asela smirked kay Miss Guevarra. Sa lahat ba naman ng investors siya ang parating kontra pero pinagkakatiwalaan pa rin kaming dalawa.

"Another question?" I asked, smiling.

Kinabahan ako, yes. Kasi saka-sakaling kung magtatagumpay kami, kaming dalawa ang unang Pilipino ang gagawa ng isang manga na ginawa mismo ng pure Pinoy and that is another pride or the country kahit pa originally ay yung mga japanese talaga ang nagsimula ng manga. Dito kasi sa Pinas puro lovestory na lang ang mga pinanggagawa, too cliché. We wanted new style, and introducing a fantasy manga made by a Filipino would be a great choice. Isa pa, walang publisher ang magtatangkang gawin yon dahil masyadong risky. Kami lang siguro ni Bea ang may guts to risk.

"If ever you're going to going to fail this. Our money is at stake, miss. Pano niyo mapapatunayan na magiging successful ito? When we know hindi natin alam ang mangyayari sa project na to? Why don't we stick to the plan? You write a new novel, your bestfriend will illustrate a new comic strip and siguradong bebenta at papatok. Why gamble the money when there is an easy way to earn this? And yeah, isa na ang technology sa mga rason kung bakit magiging problema natin to. Plagiarism, maraming naplagiarized ngayon kahit pa copyrighted."

Actually I wasn't expecting this kind of question from everybody and it shocked me bigtime. As I think of better way to explain this, I took a deep breath then I felt the hand of my bestfriend na sinasabing "kaya mo yan!"

"As the illustration of my bestfriend showed earlier, hindi ka naniniwalang magiging successful to? Talented and taong nasa harap natin ngayon, she will grow pa. Mas malilinang ang experience niya through this, we basically did this project plan it's because we want to challenge ourselves. Why? It's not only because I write this and that, she draw this and that but the fact that we wanted to finish our very own manga is an accomplishment for everybody." I looked at that man who became annoying to me because of his question. I continued what I'm saying.