"I hope for 80%, but I can leave the management rights to you. This can be written into the agreement. Unless it's a matter of life or death for the company, you two will handle everything," Hardy said.
Hearing 80%, the couple's hearts sank. They had guessed correctly; he indeed wanted a major stake.
"You're asking for too much. I'm afraid we can't agree to that," Mrs. Lauder said.
Hardy smiled and didn't press further on the shares. Instead, he shifted the topic. "I'd like to hear how you plan to operate moving forward."
Mrs. Lauder glanced at her husband and said, "We currently have four main products: cleansing oil, cream, moisturizer, and all purpose skin serum. We plan to heavily promote these four products, advertise in newspapers to increase brand awareness, and once sales improve, continue to develop new products, expand our range, and increase production capacity."
Hardy nodded. "And when do you think you can achieve these plans on your own?" Hardy asked.
