after graduating, heredia moved back to the island and began fishing with his uncle, francisco arceo . arceo was the father of heredia’s cousin and long-time rival patty arceo. arceo and heredia fished for four months, until he heard of a great opportunity in landyville in the mainland. bowen and brown distributers were planning to build their beer (belikin) factory and were in need of welders. since he had majored in welding, heredia decided to take advantage of the opportunity and made the move to the mainland where he remained for 14 months. with the ball in his court, heredia along with others struggled to weld but in the end they manage to complete the project in time. after the project’s completion, the manager of the factory offered him a job as a maintainace worker but heredia chose to move back to san pedro town.