Restructuring

Hollen gave a thoughtful nod.

The last three years had been profitable beyond anything either of them would have considered realistic when they first started experimenting with soap recipes behind the forge.

Most merchants saw Helmarte Soap Works.

Some knew about Helmarte Machine Works.

A handful understood that the personal care division was quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing businesses in the kingdom.

Very few people understood what all of them looked like together.

Ernest walked toward the blackboard and began writing figures beneath each company name.

Helmarte Soap Works generated roughly four hundred eighteen million riels in annual revenue and retained nearly two hundred million in profit.

Helmarte Machine Works brought in another seventy-six million in revenue and twenty-seven million in profit.