“Yay! Daddy and Mommy are getting married!” Upon seeing a large stack of wedding invitations and Lucian and Roxanne’s beautiful wedding photos, the three little ones began to prance around in excitement.
The wedding was only ten days away, so Lucian had been extremely busy lately. He was constantly occupied with phone calls and WhatsApp messages and also received numerous congratulatory messages from guests, among which were those who hoped to receive an invitation to attend the ceremony.
After all, Lucian had provisionally limited the number of guests to five hundred for this once- in-a-lifetime wedding of his. An unverified rumor circulating suggested that the admission standards for guests invited to the event were strictly limited to individuals from elite families.
Considering the limited number of available spots after including some relatives and friends, Lucian had to be highly selective in choosing additional guests.
“Daddy, Daddy. Is there anything we can help. with?” Archie held the hands of his younger siblings and walked up to Lucian, hoping to do something for the wedding.
Lucian replied, “Yes, of course. There are plenty of tasks you can help with. Archie, go through the invitations and the guest list to cross-check them with the list I have here to see if we missed anyone. We must make sure all the guests who should be invited are included. Benny, take this list and calculate the total amount of the gift money.
We plan to donate all the money to underprivileged children living in remote areas. Essie, since you’re the more artistic one here, could you check if there are any areas where we can improve the wedding outfits, venue, and floral arrangements provided by the bridal agency?”
Upon receiving his orders, the three little children got to work right away. Their help relieved Lucian of the numerous trivial matters involved in wedding planning.
Soon, Elias and Sonya arrived, giving Lucian a few more name lists and discussing more details about the wedding with him. Meanwhile, in the research institute, Roxanne was also busy working in her office. Just as Elektra predicted, the products of the second phase were sold out within three days.
The warehouse’s inventory that was accumulated through great effort including the additional portion produced by the employees who worked overtime was all sold out. They even fell short by two days’ worth of inventory With a post-tax cash flow of two hundred million, the entire company’s financial situation had improved significantly.
However, Roxanne had no desire to keep the money in the company’s account. Instead, she planned to use a significant portion of the funds to reward the research and development team and distribute the remaining amount to all the employees in the factory.
According to the agreement made with Elektra, Roxanne would forgo her annual salary, which amounted to tens of millions. The current issue bothering Roxanne was the number of product units to be launched for the third phase.
Elektra was actively expanding the business on her end. There were already more than ten franchise stores in Horington alone, and they planned to establish a total of three hundred stores in major cities all across the country. Roxanne was concerned that they might not have enough inventory to supply all the stores.
Linda knocked on the door and brought in a report. “Ms. Lane expressed a desire to upgrade the office building. Since the building that Crawford Heights Group had stopped renting still has a couple more years’ lease, Ms. Lane was thinking of taking over the building as it fits our needs perfectly. Anyway, she had negotiated a great deal with the building owner.”
Roxanne froze for a few seconds before remembering Crawford Heights Group was the company established by Lucian’s opponent. She was taken aback to learn that the company had declared bankruptcy despite being in business for only a month. Indeed, the road to entrepreneurship is perilous.
Elektra managed to take over the lease of the building at a sixty-percent discount. That showed how savvy she was when it came to business.
“No problem, Linda. Tell Ms. Lane that she doesn’t need to report the company’s operational matters to me in the future. I give her the right to manage it directly.”
Roxanne wanted to focus solely on product development, as she believed Elektra was far more competent in marketing than she was. After going through the report Linda brought in, she exclaimed, “What? Three hundred thousand units? That’s a lot!”
