answer: #Person1# and #Person2# find the sales figures are pretty depressing. #Person2# is optimistic at first but realizes the seriousness after #Person1# analyzes the market.
documents: #Person1#: Give these sales figures a look. It's pretty depressing. We're way in the red this year. We can't afford to keep going like this for much longer.
  #Person2#: You're right, we need to start making money soon, or at least manage to break even. But I think that the market is slowly beginning to heat up--sales are bound to pick up any time now.
  #Person1#: Demand is dropping. The problem is our competition. They are monopolizing the market!
  #Person2#: Maybe we should rethink our marketing strategy to include the possibility that our new line of cosmetics could be a big seller.
  #Person1#: It's really too early to tell, but a lot is riding on the new products. If we don't do better after the product launch, we may have to go bankrupt.
  #Person2#: Do you think it's that serious?
  #Person1#: Look at this numbers and see for yourself. Read'sm and weep.
  #Person2#: My goodness, I didn't realize it was that bad.