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suffering.’
    ‘ Oh. So you
won’t want a bacon sandwich for breakfast, then?’
    Carlo opened his eyes and
stared at the ceiling, which seemed to be spinning in a figure of
eight formation. He was hungry, having not eaten that much for the
past few days, but he was sure that he would have trouble keeping
food down. ‘Yes please.’ he said throwing caution to the wind ‘And
you better bring a bucket.’
    While Carlo was warily eating
his breakfast Randy mentioned that he was going to visit the
solicitors the next day. ‘…so I’m going to tell them that we are
reverting back to the original terms as dictated by your father’s
will with the agreement we negotiated about my involvement as
acting Managing Director with you as the Junior Managing Director
until you reach twenty one.’
    ‘ Err… yeah.’
Carlo said before swallowing the last bite of his sandwich and
waiting until he was sure that nothing untoward was going to happen
that would require the bucket. ‘What happens after
that?’
    ‘ Well,’ Randy
said, finally putting down his paper, taking off his reading
glasses and looking at Carlo, ‘we need to get a move on. The first
thing to do is try and get Neil and Lucy back on board. Both have
new jobs and families to support, so it won’t be easy, but they
were the Sergeant Majors of the factory, they made it
tick.’
    ‘ Once we have
them back we then need to find as many of the old staff as we can
and fill any gaps we have with experienced new staff. There needs
to be a full audit of the factory, its equipment and vehicles and
then we need to plan a marketing campaign to announce the
re-opening. Once we have that underway we can gauge interest and
start talking to our old suppliers about re-stocking and finally
getting manufacture back underway.’
    Carlo felt his stomach gurgle,
but was certain it was nothing to do with his health. ‘Jeepers.’ he
whispered.
    ‘ Indeed.’
Randy answered with a smile. ‘I’m going to contact Neil and Lucy
after I’ve been to the solicitors. I’ll let you know how it
goes.’
    ‘ Oh, I’ve just
remembered. I promised the others they can work with
me.’
    ‘ The others?’
Randy asked.
    ‘ Ben, Abi,
Newton and Norton.’
    ‘ Oh, them…
well, I don’t know Carlo. This isn’t a game; we’re restarting a
business here. What could they do?’
    Carlo shook his head; he knew
that Randy was correct. ‘Then, what can I do?’ he asked, starting
to feel as if this was going to get much too big for him.
    ‘ You’re the
Junior Managing Director, Carlo. It’s your job to look and learn.
Follow myself, Neil and Lucy around, if they come back. Watch what
we do and how the factory operates, because sooner than you think,
it will be you doing it.’
    ‘ Ooh… that’s
it!’ Carlo shouted. ‘We’re going to have people who look after
people? Yeah? Contracts and firing and stuff?’
    ‘ Yes, it’s
called HR or Human Resources.’
    ‘ So one of
them can be Junior Director of that then, you see? To look and
learn, just like you said.’
    ‘ I see where
this is going.’ Randy laughed. ‘So, we let each of them shadow a
department, say Manufacturing, Sales, HR & Accounts and
Marketing. I suppose they could swap between them after a while
too. OK, you’re on, but we have to remind them this isn’t a game
and you guys go back to school in 5 weeks, so there has to be no
missed homework assignments. That’s one of the rules.’
    ‘ No problem.’
Carlo said. ‘No problem at all.’
     

The Squat Dictator
     
    Ben and Carlo were crumpled
against the wall struggling to breathe and even Newton, who
normally could explain everything, was at a loss for words.
    ‘ OK.’ Abi said
eventually, ‘What have you come as?’
    ‘ I’m taking
this seriously!’ Norton protested as the howls of laughter
continued. ‘I’m a businessman and this is my “Power
Suit”.’
    ‘ That’s fine.
It’s just that it seems a little, err… ill-fitting.’ Newton