Broken Memories, Intertwined Hearts novel Chapter 301

"Izzy, I suggest we should have a plan B, try to reapply for the acceptance and secretly investigate at the same time. Even if the problem can't be solved, we should minimize the delay of default." Silas suggested.

Ines and Silas shared the same thought. If it came to this, each day of delay would increase the loss, which would be extremely detrimental to the company.

Ines nodded, "Alright, Silas, you start preparing. Let's plan for the worst."

After Silas left, Ines called over the directors of the finance department and the marketing department, asking them to bring over the cost budget for the project and the purchase and sales contracts.

The three of them spent two hours coming up with several plans. Even if they counted the maximum default days, they wouldn't lose money. It was just that the project that could've made a 40% profit would only make a 10% profit now, a significant decrease. "The big drop in our profit isn't the biggest issue, it's our cash flow that's the real killer. If we pay the default money and can't sell the houses, the remaining available funds won’t be able to sustain our operations for the next few months." Gentry said.

This issue was something Ines had considered long ago. The real estate industry's funds could easily get trapped, especially when the houses had met the pre-sale conditions but couldn't start pre-selling. It was a very tricky problem to the point where it was even restricted to get a mortgage loan from the bank.

"I'll find a way to solve the cash problem. The first issue we need to solve is the most important one. Otherwise, this will turn into a long and complicated account, with problems piling up." Ines said.

The two nodded and then left the office.

Ines felt that the Galeana Group's business was still too singular. Despite it already being a leader in the industry, the risk also increased. Once any problem occurred in a project, it would cause a fatal impact.

Over the weekend, Ethan and Ines returned to the Meyer Mansion. They hadn't been back for over a month, and Phillip had been urging them multiple times; they simply couldn't resist.

What Ines didn't expect was to run into Silvia here. Silvia was playing chess with Phillip and smiled when she saw them come in, "You're back."

Ines smiled and asked, "How's your ankle doing?"

"Thanks for asking, Izzy. It's almost better now, just can't walk too much. It still hurts if I walk a lot." Silvia said.

Seeing Ines, Phillip was overjoyed and started urging, "Silvia, take a break and let Izzy play with me. I want to see if her chess skills have gotten rusty."

"Phillip, you're too quick to change your mind. As soon as Izzy comes, you start telling me to leave. I'm not playing chess with you anymore." Silvia complained, limping towards the sofa.

Phillip chuckled and warned, "Watch your step, you little rascal. Don't sprain your ankle again."

Ines' chess skills weren't very good. She even forgot the chess strategy Phillip taught her not long ago, which amused and frustrated Phillip,

"Izzy, is your memory not that good? I taught you so much recently, but you haven't improved at all. You even forgot what you learned before."

Ines chuckled awkwardly, "It might be because of the pregnancy, my memory has been declining."

Lately, she had been noticing her memory getting worse. Sometimes when she left the office, she couldn't remember if she locked the door or not, often having to go back to check.

There was even one time when she was holding the keys but was still rummaging around in her bag for them.