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Category: From Rags-to-Riches. He rented a room from his aunt that costs him P He landed a job at a medical company as a clerk then transferred to another company as a medical representative for P8. For two years he only eat galunggong in every meal. Three kilos of galunggong would already take him 15 days of complete meals. To be able to earn more he solicited subscriptions for Reader's Digest as a sideline from his relatives, friends, and nurses.

He won't leave not until they subscribes. He attended a seminar on his first day and the top sales agents was introduced.

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And he said to himself that "If they did it then I can do it! He planned to become one of the top five sales agent and in just one month he was already among the top four and became the star salesman after some months. He was pirated by one company and was given a quote of P6, Finally, he went to Olongapo, the source of the comics that came from American servicemen who discarded their books for some money.

And since comic books were numbered and in sequential order, it was difficult to get them. What was the most popular comic book back then? Fil remembered the bank teller who had a relative who was a stewardess who made routine trips to the United States. He commissioned the stewardess to purchase comics from America and that eventually opened a pipeline to American retailers as the distribution market opened itself to comic book specialty shops.

Manalo Street in Cubao to a high of 25 stores all across the country. He counted a clientele from young students to even the rich and famous. This was the era when comics were selling by the hundreds of thousands fueled by the speculators. He also points out to the year when then superstar Fil-American artist Whilce Portacio made his triumphant return to Philippine soil.

He introduced the loyalty card that allowed patrons, first a free comic, and later a discount, for all book purchased. He held parties for his regular patrons and gave away freebies. He also got to experience the craziness of the industry when he attended the San Diego Comic Book Convention at the time Image Comics first broke into the industry.

I lined up like every other fan. I was like a young boy all over again. Honestly, I got into comics as a businessman. I didn't really know anything about the books storywise. But I also came away a fan of the medium. In the late s, the industry came crashing down due to the weight of the speculator market as well as a world-wide recession, sales slowed down.

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To augment his sales, he brought back his magazines. Although after a while, he decided to call it a day and instead venture into real estate among other things. Today, the comic book industry remains vital as ever more so with the film industry turning out one hit superhero-themed film after another.