“No sir… As their husbands, we support our wife's work,” the secretary said quickly.
He got to know something that he didn’t know. Looking at how his boss was behaving, he was astonished that the boss lady owned such a big company. He also saw the need to bootlick her works if he wanted to have an easy way. He vowed to always keep an eye on hat company.
“Boss, should we advertise for our company’s perfumes or hers?” he asked as he wanted to advertise the madam’s perfumes.
“Advertise? Those two girls from that company are enough to advertise for them. When it is known that they work for that company, the selling will shoot. Have you not been looking at how the perfume selling is going?” Octavius asked coldly causing the man to flinch.
He regretted the suggestion as he felt that he was too stupid to forget the reason he had first investigated the company.
“Indeed, when they discovered that the two girls who always bring trophies back for our nation work there, many people rushed to buy. Some to support their works while others to see what the girls had made this time,” the secretary said causing Octavius to nod.
“So their perfumes are selling well?” he asked gloomily.
“Yes sir. At first, we were the ones who were leading and left them in the dust but after just a few hours, they caught up with us. Currently, we are on par and there isn’t any company that's leading,” the secretary said and Octavius mood improved.
Although he was sorry for what he did, that didn’t mean that he didn’t want his company to be the winner.
It was a few minutes ago that he realized what Rhiannon meant by the text she had sent him. Three days.
“How many batches have been sold out?” he asked as he felt that three days were a bit long.
“Half of what we had released. The Ruvens had released a lot of batches than us but the numbers that they have sold out are just like us. If it weren’t for the fact that they released on the same day as us, we would have already sold out. Even if the amount we realized is slightly higher than the number we usually release,” the secretary said as he didn’t see the need to lie to the boss and then to be held accountable when it is discovered he lied to please him just because he could see that the man was in a bad mood.
“If we have already sold half, doesn’t that mean that tomorrow we will have sold everything? The momentum and popularity are high but not that high. If I am not wrong, it would increase tonight,” Octavius said.
“Yes, and most of the people will be sending reviews. This will let us and many people know which perfume is the best. If their reviews are better than ours then boss, I think that they will surpass us in the ranking pushing us to the second place, the secretary said.
“Three days, heh?” he asked mockingly but he was mocking himself.
He had thought but launching the perfumes before the Ruvens, he would be doing a great thing and they wouldn’t be affected. He knew very well how talented both Ruby and Raven were.
His sister Anabelle always talked to him about poaching them. They were also the reason why their company had grown to that level and position. Meanwhile, one of their best perfumers had retired leaving only his sister and two others.
Now that the mistake was already done, he could only hope that they emerged victorious in the battle that he seemed to have financed.
“Who do you think will win?” he asked the man standing in front of him as he was already under pressure.
He could only imagine what the shareholders while say in the next meeting. Just the thought of it made his temple tremble regretting his actions.
If he had remained silent all along and let his wife do her own thing, no one would have had the opportunity to compare the two companies, Yes, yes the perfumes the Ruvens had launched were regarded as best and good, but the Ruven Company would only advance a rank higher becoming number two but now, if it is proved they are better than the Rodriguez Perfume company, they will take the Rodriguez ranking.
He regretted deciding out of anger and at the same time, regretted not asking when they were going to launch the next product.
“Sir, that,” the secretary said as she stammered.
“I believe in our company sir,” he said between his teeth and closing his eyes as he had decided to take the risk and stand on their company’s side since he could know that one misshape and he would be sent to Africa as he didn’t know what the man really wanted to hear.
“I guess we will have an answer in three days!” Octavius said as he understood why Rhiannon said three and not two or one.