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used to my habits.’
    After two days, Gustavo sent a beautiful upgraded plan to Daniel’s office. It showed big changes, but didn’t exceed the budget too much. The enhanced plan demonstrated an achievable dream for Daniel.
    He knew he had to start the project with or without Mikhail. If he wanted investors, he should show them tangible things rather than paper, show them a project in the making, and actually show them the cabins so they would be impressed.
    Land cost was ridiculous and insignificant. There was no need for permits or special procedures, probably because there were nice ski sites in Romania and no one thought land was a big deal. After arranging the land ownership, all that was left was to build infrastructure quickly and put the cabins in place. Daniel needed the money to buy the cabins. One way was to wait for the housing construction to finish then invest it in the bungalows, or take the money intended for the construction of the apartments and go on with the construction of the bungalows with it. True, if something unusual and unexpected happened, then he was risking the project with the Romanian investors, but if everything went well and he was be able to find investors for the resort, then there would be no problem. He bought twenty-five cabins and put them as described in step A of the plan. After that, he contacted several travel agencies and received permission from them to assign sales personnel in order to entice the tourists to purchase cabins. He went to the dock where he first succeeded in selling houses. He distributed to some papers to the yacht owners some papers in English. Attached was the dream plan, but this time it was written at the bottom that a bus would be waiting for them on a specific day to take them to see the site in Brasov, where a lunch would be served. Everything would be at his expense. ‘They won’t turn down a free lunch trip,’ he thought. ‘After all, they are looking for attractions.’
    Daniel was sitting in Mikhail's office, excited, praying the attendance would be high. When he distributed the prospectus, there were lots of people who expressed their interest and thought it might be a good and a cheap solution for them because they were spending weeks at the sea and on cheap housing; European standards could help to change the atmosphere. But now, his heart was filled with doubts. Would he be able to fill the Shuttle? The shuttle was scheduled to leave at ten o'clock. It was already nine o'clock, and Daniel felt the time was not moving fast enough. Mikhail tapped his shoulder to calm him down. "The model looks pretty nice," he said, when he noticed Daniel took the trouble to make a scale model of the project.
    "I hope they will also think the same way," Daniel said. "I need them to invest. Although it’s not a big investment, I have no other way to continue the project without investors. I took advantage of all the resources.
    Mikhail did not answer. He knew what Daniel was talking about. If the resort project did not prove itself, the construction of the apartments would be delayed, to put it mildly.
    At nine-thirty the office phone rang and Mikhail picked up.
    "It’s the bus driver."
    Daniel picked it up gingerly.
    "Listen, I've been full for a half an hour already and there are people outside who have no place."
    "I’ll come to you," Daniel answered and sent a big smile to Mikhail. "Success!"
    If he had known the attendance would be so high, he would have asked them to confirm their arrival, but he had not expected this. Even when he hired the bus, he thought it was a big mistake. He called the bus company and asked them to send another bus and then went to the Marina. He explained to the people who were standing outside the bus he didn’t anticipate such a high attendance, so they needed to wait for the next bus for another half an hour.
    When the visitors arrived in Brasov, their admiration was great, just as Daniel had been thrilled with the place the