Thus, he felt that Cecilia might have been from an influential background, but regretfully, she’d already passed away when he realized this. For that reason, even if he sought out her family, it wouldn’t help matters. Rather, it’d bring trouble upon him instead.
He didn’t tell Selena all this. After all, she was already powerful in her own might now, so if her maternal grandparents were affluent as well, his life would be a living hell. “I’ll try my best to find the buyer.” After saying that, Roland made to leave.
Staring at his head that was full of white hair, Selena blurted, “I’ll give you an idea. With the current condition of the company, there’s no other way left besides severing your losses. Immediately destroy the clothes that can’t sell, and use the remaining production to cover the losses. Let this storm pass first, then hire new designers and shift your positioning to the middle and low-income bracket. If you do so, there may still be hope.”
After listening to this, Roland left without saying anything. When he returned home, he ruminated on Selena’s words carefully. Perhaps it’ll work. He puffed away as he sat on the sofa, a worried frown on his face.
At this exact moment, Jezebelle and Megan came downstairs, talking and laughing. It had been a long time since Roland had heard laughter in the house. Then, Jezebelle pulled Megan over to the sofa and sat down. The first thing she did was to chide him, saying, “In the future, don’t smoke when Meg is at home. You’re going to be a grandfather soon, yet you’re still acting so inappropriately!”
“A grandfather?”
“Yup! Meg is pregnant, so all problems are now solved.” Elation was written all over Jezebelle’s face, and Megan was likewise over the moon.
Never had Megan thought that she’d get pregnant at this critical juncture. The moment she found out that she was pregnant, she immediately announced her pregnancy on Facebook and Twitter. She already had quite a fan base as a socialite before; she also gained a number of followers after getting together with Finneas. Thus, as soon as she released news of her pregnancy, it instantly attracted a good deal of attention.
Since Finneas learned that he was going to be a father from the Internet, he naturally interrogated Megan, but he couldn’t divorce her at this time when the world was well aware of her pregnancy. Furthermore, his parents had long since hoped for a grandchild, so they urged them not to get divorced for the time being for the child’s sake.
“Good, good. That’s just great!” Roland said. To a large extent, Megan’s marriage was also very important to the company.
“What about you? What happened to that unfilial daughter of yours?” At the mention of Selena, Jezebelle’s expression was contemptuous.
Roland could only heave a sigh and tell them about Selena’s refusal to inject capital as well as her idea. “I’ve decided to give it a try since her idea may truly work. Her net worth exceeded a billion in just a few years, so she definitely has something about her.”
“You certainly can’t do that, Dad!” Megan was the first person to object.
Similarly, Jezebelle snorted derisively. “Your daughter is hoping that you’ll go bankrupt as soon as possible. You’re stupid to still make allowances because of your relationship with her.”
“Exactly, Dad. It’ll be a waste if we were to destroy so many clothes. If we launch promotions, we can still sell some out and get back some capital at least. However, destroying it means getting nothing at all. Not only does destroying so many clothes gain us no money, but we’ll even have to put money in!”
Money, money, money! Everything is about money! Nowadays, a headache would assail Roland whenever he heard the word ‘money’.
“And she asked us to change our positioning to the middle and low-income bracket? Those people are destitute and live frugally, so we can’t make much money off them. I think she just wants to see us going bankrupt so that she can laugh at us!”
Roland had initially made up his mind, but when his wife and daughter said all this, he instantly started wavering.
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