"1.9 million? Is that all we have?" Elisabeth fretted upon hearing about it.
If that were the case, they would have to sell part of their position!
Even though the profit from this would probably be exciting, none wanted to get rid of their positions.
"My family has always invested most of our savings in our business." One of them said, trying to make these people understand his dilemma. "We generally keep less than 15% of our profits... That's why I only have a few hundred thousand gold coins."
"Same for me." Another of them commented in a sighing tone.
"So what are we going to do?" Elisabeth asked. "The way I see it, we have two alternatives here."
"Two? What are they?"
"One, we sell half of our position. That sale would give us enough coin to make the mandatory investment that the Ritter Motor Company will soon require of us. But that would mean we would lose a lot of our position.
