Love Comes To Me
Chapter 464: Jumping the shark

The events of the last few days have been enough to wear Eloise down and she leans a little dishevelled on Hector's shoulder. "Hector, I ..."

Naturally, Hector was aware of her discomfort and gently reassured her, "Eloise, now that we've cleared things up, you'll just have to watch how those people die." Eloise nods her head.

When she got home, Eloise went straight into her room and Mrs Matriarch, knowing she was tired in her mind, did not bother to ask what had happened. Public opinion is powerful and even Mrs Matriarch is staying at home, she doesn't want to be pestered by the ladies with questions all the time.

"Mom, take care of Eloise, I'm going back to the office." Hector barked and left straight away.

Mrs Matriarch went up and knocked on the door and Eloise did not answer.

Mrs Matriarch was relieved when she quietly opened the crack and saw a small figure cowering in the bed.

Open your phone and a news item pops up on the screen.

Rogers Group president defends wife against false claims!

Mrs Matriarch hastily clicked in and saw what Hector had said at the Thompson Group today.

A smile crossed Mrs Matriarch's lips as she saw this, knowing that Hector would be able to handle it.

Meanwhile, Arthur sat in the Stephens Group building, a satisfied smile curling the corners of his mouth.

The recent plunge in Rogers Group shares could not have come at a better time for him.

He also knows not to get carried away, so he has been thinking about concrete solutions these days.

"Knock, knock." A sudden knock at the door pulled Arthur back to reality.

Arthur froze and looked at the person brought over by the assistant in front of him and wondered, "And this is?"

"This is Presidente Terrazas, the recent partnership with Rogers Group fell through for some reason and I felt Stephen needed such a partner so I brought him in, what do you think President?" Arthur's assistant is not a minor character, and he knows what Arthur needs now.

Sure enough, Arthur changed his attitude instantly after hearing the introduction and smiled lightly, "Presidente Terrazas, nice to meet you."

The Presidente Terrazas, called Terrazas, was supposed to have a partnership with the Rogers Group.

We were almost done talking about it, but who knew he was a gossip.

A question about Eloise caused Hector to become furious and leave on the spot.

With the recent fall in the Rogers Group's stock, that Presidente Terrazas has gotten into the wrong mindset.

Now that Hector has done this, he has broken his contract fair and square and Rogers Group has paid out a fortune to put things right.

Arthur had heard about this and his concern had always been the Rogers Group's loss this time.

He was not expecting the assistant to bring Terrazas here, which was a big surprise to him.

Terrazas sipped his tea absently while looking out at Arthur's calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.

His strength is nothing compared to Stephen's, naturally.

So he still took the initiative to find the topic, but what he said was a bit awkward, "Mr. Stephen is also a man of elegance, this painting and calligraphy looks like it comes from a famous artist."

Arthur glanced at it as if he had no intention of doing so and said dryly, "Presidente Terrazas overstates the case, and I, for one, am not one to beat around the bush. Now that you're here, you're also interested in working with Stephen. Let's put it this way, let's negotiate the terms and if we can, let's work together directly."

As soon as he finished he glanced at his assistant, who understood and went straight out and brought the contract over.

Arthur gave all the price points, which were much lower than the initial price point with the Rogers Group, and Terrazas looked a little worse for wear.

But now Terrazas has offended the Rogers Group and is on the verge of cutting off his business in the country.

If we don't find a replacement now, I'm afraid the materials we have will go to waste.

With his skills, he naturally wouldn't dare to offend Stephen again, and would have to eat his words.

After all, Arthur is a businessman, not a philanthropist.

Seeing Terrazas's uncomfortable look, Arthur grunted and urged, "Presidente Terrazas, if there's nothing wrong with the contract, let's sign it." Terrazas was embarrassed, but he was quick to write.

A few strokes down the line, the contract was signed straight away.

After Terrazas had gone, Arthur looked at the contract and was satisfied.

This Terrazas is not much of a player, but his raw materials are some of the best in the country.

By losing him, Rogers Group is losing quality raw material.

Hector also had a bit of a headache when the news reached the Rogers Group and had to call a meeting at the first opportunity.

Because, this time, it was Hector's personal reasons that led to the collapse of the partnership, the shareholders were somewhat resentful.

Terrazas and the Rogers Group have been working together for so long and there has been no hiccups.

Hector wasn't about to run away, and simply chose to meet and confer.

At the meeting, Rupert couldn't resist asking, "Brother, what now? Without Terrazas' raw materials, we'll have to settle for second best."

But Hector just shook his head: "No, we can't have a second-rate product, we'll lose our Rogers Group reputation."

"What then?" Concern was clearly written on Rupert's brow.

"Import, with high prices."

This statement immediately caused quite a stir in the room.

In the end it was a respected shareholder who took the lead in affirming Hector's approach.

"Mr Hector is right, if we do use cheap ones, the consumers will definitely feel it by then and we will be the ones to suffer in the end, rather than that, we should have eliminated it in the first place."

"But then the deal would definitely have to be lost, and the price of imports would definitely be quite a bit higher than domestic." One of them opened his mouth to deny it.

Hector volunteered to explain, "Trading a temporary loss of money for word of mouth, I don't think it's a loss."

The crowd deliberated and nodded as they all felt he had a point.

Another shareholder asked, "I heard that Stephen is expanding his business recently, or our old business at Rogers Group, will our market be affected by this?"

Hector nodded and said, "Their technology is immature and what they make must be poor, all we need to do is to outperform theirs and retain our customers."

It's not that he can't feel Arthur's recent movements, he just regrets that he doesn't have three heads and six arms, so he can only suppress them one by one. He could only suppress them one by one. However, Arthur was nothing more than a jumper in his eyes, not a rival.

After the meeting, Hector shut himself up in his office again.

After a few days, Eloise returned to work.

There has been so much going on lately that Hector is always busy and out of sight, often bored in the office and not coming out.

Eloise was distressed but couldn't do much to help, fearing to disturb him, and could only occasionally look in at the door.