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In a city in the state of Anzóátegui-Venezuela. José Luis is the last of the twelve brothers. His father, Alberto, dedicated to steering a roofed boat that transports passengers in the Orinoco Delta, his mother, Antonia, dedicated to the housework, in a house with very spacious rooms. She has an immense patio where she grows roses. Under the shadows of some fruit trees and a backyard where he raises chickens, goats, pigs, to sell them and thus contributes to the expenses of his house.
José Luis, from a very young age when he was playing, was fascinated by making cakes with clay, which he obtained from a clay soil that was close to his house. He made cakes in the shape of the Statue of Liberty, the Tower of Babel, the flag of his country and decorated them with colored pebbles that he crushed and diluted in water, thus dyeing them yellow, blue and red with his stars dyed white. He also designed a variety of other models.
His brother Nelson recycled empty milk cans and made containers for them, to cook them on the stove.
One day Nelson and he had a dialogue:
"Your cakes are very nice, but we don't know their taste, because of the material you use."
The boy, with a very picturesque smile on his face, said:
"Don't worry, one of these days I will surprise you, with a tasty cake I will give you to taste it, when you taste it, you will like it so much that you will know that they don't have copies, they will be unique."
Nelson seeing his little brother's ability, to answer, lets out a laugh. And asks him:
"Where will you sell them?"
The boy answers:
"At first I will go selling them door to door. Then with God's help I will have my own bakery".
Nelson asked him."
"Where will you get the money to make that dream come true?"
He asks:
"When I get older I will work hard with my cakes, the profit I make I will save it, and so I will capitalize, until I achieve it.
"Nelson upon arriving home said to his mother":
"José Luis blew me away, he has some ideas in his head, that if he is given them he will be a man of many achievements."
When José Luis entered high school, the money he was given to pay the bus fare, he saved it to buy the ingredients to make his cakes. He would walk to and from school.
One day, her father was walking down an avenue and saw in the distance that she was walking back home. When she heard her father's voice, she was paralyzed, her face turned pale. Her hands trembled. Alberto asked her:
What is the reason, for you to come walking home? He was speechless, unable to articulate words due to the fear he felt. When he could articulate words, he said:
"Dad, forgive me. The money you have given me to pay for the bus I have saved and bought the ingredients to make a cake."
His father, was surprised by the answer his son gave him. Then he added:
"Son I admire the sacrifice you have made".
José Luis's soul came back to his body. His father replied:
"When the cake is done, what will you do with it?
I will go through the streets, and sell them, I will save money and thus I will capitalize myself, and I will be able to build my bakery".
Alberto, very excited, said to him:
"God bless you and protect you, so that you will succeed in this business".
Over the years he continued with his work of making cakes, which had a delicious taste and were liked by many people, they were in great demand by orders that he made them from his mother's house
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When he came of age, he graduated from high school. His mother took him to the Banco Financier to open a bank account, so he could keep his savings generated by the cakes.
Soon after, he married his girlfriend.
One day he went to the bank to withdraw the money in cash. That day, in order to avoid waiting in line, he took a small cake to the manager of this financial identity. She broke it into pieces and tasted one and could not help but comment:
Ulm, what a nice taste, it's delicious" She ate it and then asked her:
Where did you buy it?
He replied:
"Nowhere, I brewed it myself".
"I don't believe you"
"Well, even if you don't believe it, it's true, I'll leave you this card, if you need an order call me."
He said goodbye to her. A few days later, a loan modality for entrepreneurs arrived at the financial institution.
The manager immediately called José Luis on his cell phone.
Within seconds, he came to the appointment. She explained to him the loan modality that had arrived at the Bank. Then she explained and gave him the requirements for the loan in less than three days. José Luis submitted all the requirements for his financial loan. At the end of the month, he was approved.
He arrived home, very happy, he called his wife and his mother:
"Come here, my two loves, listen to what I will communicate to you."
Today I was approved a financial loan in the entity where I save for a quite excessive amount. With this money I will rent a space and equip it, to make and sell my cakes.
José Luis did what he thought he would do and set up his bakery in a place he called " The cakes of José Luis". The equipment with all the real estate, he hired a baker and the pastry chef is him.
This bakery is very popular because of the delicious taste of his cakes. He recently opened a branch. And with the profits he made, he built a house for his family and bought a luxurious car.
Several years have passed. José Luis has three children. Now they are the ones who manage the bakeries. He also has 6 grandchildren.
At the time of elaborating the cakes, José Luis is the one who is in charge of seasoning them with that taste that has always characterized him.
Those who attend this bakery feel at ease with the staff that attends them and are delighted with the pleasant taste that characterizes his cakes.
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