Horace reached out and rubbed Neo’s small fluffy head.
“Thank you, kid.” Horace smiled. He was so lucky that he still had them with him.
He founded the company all by himself, but now the empire he built was about to fall apart. This stung.
It was impossible for him not to panic.
But fortunately, Clara and Neo were both by his side now. His family was the source of his strength.
“Clara, I’m sorry that this incident ruined our trip…”Horace apologized. This trip was for her. he was afraid that she got too bored at home. He could never expect such things to happen. The last thing that he wanted was to make her upset.
But Horace didn’t know that Clara’s thoughts were all on him now, and she was in no mood for traveling anymore.
Confused by Horace’s apology, she said, “Horace, I’m your wife! Do you think I still want to travel at this point? ”
Hearing Clara’s words, Horace could finally think straight again. He felt helpless when he heard the news from the company. But now he understood how lucky he was to have such a good wife and a wonderful son.
He could not just stand there and watch the company fall. He was gonna fight back! For himself, and for his family!
Having figured this out, Horace started to contemplated on how to solve this.
Soon they arrived at the hotel where they were staying. They quickly packed their things, checked out, and left.
Neo followed Clara and helped carry his cartoon suitcase.
After they arrived at the airport, Horace hurried over to ask if there was any flight back, and luckily there were still tickets. Half an hour later, they got onboard.
After getting on the plane, Horace was absorbed in his own mind palace and began to analyze the situation of his company.
There must be a reason for all of these happening in his company. So what was it? All the faces he encountered in the company flashed across his mind. He went through the profile and personality of each one of them in his head.
Clara knew what Horace was thinking now. She kept silent to leave him space for that.
She closed her eyes and rested beside him.
Clara did not know what happened to the company, and she was unable to help even if she wanted to.
So the only thing she could do at this moment was to stay by Horace’s side, help him and comfort him when he was in trouble.
this was the only thing she could do and could do well now. she thought to herself.
The captain of the flight they took seemed to understand Horace’s anxiety. They soon arrived.
Hope everything else would be as smooth as this flight we took, Clara prayed to herself.
When they got off the plane and walked to the waiting room of the airport, they saw Isaac coming over in a hurry to pick them up.
“You are finally back!” After Isaac finished speaking, he took the suitcase from Horace’s hand.
“Well, tell me what is happening now. ” After he made sure that Neo was beside him, he asked Isaac for further information.
“Now the company has suffered serious losses due to stock price plummeting. Many suppliers have demanded immediate payment and the board intends to sacrifice you.”
Isaac told Horace about the company’s situation in brief. Horace frowned slightly.
It perhaps was not as simple as it seemed. He decided to know more about it before he could make any decisions.
“Then why did those investors of our stock ask for their money back?” Horace asked the most perplexing question.
“Our stock plummeted, so they wanted us to take responsibility for their loss.” Isaac was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but before Horace came back, it would be better for him not to act rashly.
“Are they joking? I never know the stock market works that way!” Horace laughed mockingly.
As they went into the car, the discussion between Isaac and Horace continued.
Although Clara and Neo did not understand some terms very well, they understood the current situation of the company was tricky.
Internally, the board of directors was forcing Horace to give up the position of president; externally, investors were forcing the company to cover their loss for them.
If she were in his position, she would never know what to do. But it was Horace, the man with the ability to handle all kinds of problems. She listened carefully as she also wanted to know whether Horace could solve this one.
Neo listened very seriously because he also wanted to do his part for his father.
“Mr. Kirkland, where are you going now?” After Isaac had reported to Horace the situation, he asked where Horace was going.
Horace looked at Clara and Neo next to him, Clara said that she could accompany him to the office and she was not tired at all.
Because of the current situation, it would be better for him to be there himself before he could decide anything.
“Dad, I want to be with you and Mom,” Neo said. He wanted to help his Mommy and Daddy if it was possible.
“Okay, let’s go to the company.” after Horace saw that there was no problem with both of them, he asked Isaac to drive to the company.
He must get started on this matter now, and the longer it dragged on, the greater the loss.
When they arrived at the company, he saw that a large number of investors had gathered at the gate, protesting against Solrace.
Some of them even took up red banners with slogans written on them.
“SOLRACE IS A LIE!”
“We Want Our Money Back!”
“SOLRACE TO HELL!”
“…”
Looking at these banners, Clara frowned helplessly. This seemed bad. According to what she had seen, it should not be long before reporters arrived, and then Solrace would be famous again.
Only in a bad way.