Businesswoman Chapter 269

Boards broadcasted the electric grid. Men and women carried cups of coffee to their desks. Their scurrying and music in motion permitted them to express their abilities.

“Businesswoman, thank you for coming here,” Ken Gollen mentioned, almost out of breath.

“The pleasure is mine. And what do we have here?”

“There’s a decrease in energy usage. People are using solar and wind. They’re not getting much from those methods, but that hasn’t stopped them from going off our grid. How do we get them back?”

Loreen looked serious. “What we do is run ads saying that those systems are unsustainable and irrational. We take the time to inform your former customers how they’re customers again.”

“How? When environmentalists keep pounding away at our customers, they’re aggressive. An ad campaign might do something of negligible measures. Negligible.”

“No, an online presence and other targeted places will demonstrate that the coal that powers the factories, shops, and homes which you transact with are far more powerful than any panel or turbine.”

Gollen shook his head half in astonishment, half in bewilderment. He looked down at Loreen but it seemed she towered over him with her petite frame and spiky verbiage.

“I—” Gollen started. “I don’t know how to thank you.”

Loreen grinned. “Yes, you do. Your deposit is a great ‘thank you.’”

“Well if it was that easy? Why didn’t we get you before?”

“I go where I am called. Never mind the past. We must march with precision and ensure that this company produces even more power based on fossil fuels. Coal being the most important, of course.”

“I must say I’m glad I chose you. I don’t know how you pack all of that into your little self.”

“It’s fine. I just know how to enunciate and project. That’s all.”