When Eric was informed that Brian and his family would come, he quickly used that as an excuse to escape his busy schedule. All the rest of his meetings were passed on to Lenny. His work was a painstaking process which had lasted two months. He had had meetings after meetings, and it effectively made him sick of any more meetings. Now that it had come to an end, he didn't have to attend any for the mean time. However, as the CEO of Dragon Empire Group, he had to at least show up in some meetings, even though they didn't really concern him directly. So when Brian showed up, his happiness couldn't be matched. Brian truly became his savior!
Evelyn loved to be close to the members of the Long family, so when she saw Eric, she climbed up on him and locked him in her arms and legs. She was like a sloth while Eric was like a tree.
"How long do you still need?" Brian took a sip of the wine and asked.
Eric shrugged. "About one more week." Even though he was taking a small break then, he knew every detail about the company's next move. Since the crisis came too quickly and there had been some unexpected events, Brian couldn't control the plummeting market share. Dragon Empire Group's properties, investments and companies in Australia were badly affected. It would take a long time for the company to recover.
There were a lot of activities following the crisis, and every one of them needed the CEO of Dragon Empire Group, Eric, to sign his name. That was what kept him busy.
"The quarterly report meeting is happening soon. Can you make it?" Brian asked.
"More or less…" Eric just shrugged. The meeting for the quarterly report for the National Congress would begin in a week. If there nothing unexpected came up, he should be able to attend. "If I have time, I will meet Mark as well."
Brian just nodded. He stopped asking more about the businesses, but instead aimed to chat casually. However, even when they chatted casually, they wouldn't talk about gossips, or women… Most of the time, they would just talk about businesses again.
Evelyn's focus was solely on the food on the table. As long as she had things to eat, she wouldn't care about anything else. One store's ice cream particularly fit her taste. She kept licking the ice cream and forgot about all other things.
Since Charlie had no interest in the conversation between Brian and Eric as well, he took a magazine to read. For a boy at his age, it was still hard to him to recognize every word on the paper, but with the help of his cellphone, he searched for the meaning of the words unknown to him. In his world, he wouldn't bother others for things that he could handle himself. This rule also applied for Brian and Molly!
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