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We’ve been discussing it for months, and now they’ve finally made a decision. Personally I think we should have a vote and get all the shareholders involved before any new factory is built. It’s all very well diversifying into new areas, but it’ll involve a huge investment. And getting bigger doesn’t always bring proportion that rewards. Everybody seems to think that going over the finer details is very boring. So we’ve ended up making these decisions without any proper research. I’m not very pleased about some of the agreements we reached. Certain matters don’t seem to be looked into properly at all.

I’m not sure it’s realistic to expect us to achieve those sorts of figures. I mean it hasn’t been on the market all that long. It can take ages for this sort of product to get established. Bill really didn’t under stand the problems. And I always seem to end up arguing with him. He got annoyed, as usual. But he’s been unrealistic about what’s possible. I managed to stay calm, but because of our enormous difference of opinion, no decision’s been made yet.