Chapter 7 - Marcus Tries To Rally His Corporate Allies Against Vittorio
Back in a cramped downtown coffee shop, Marcus stared desperately across the table at his former college roommate, Richard.
“You have to back me on this corporate proxy fight, Richard; my father has completely lost his mind,” Marcus urged anxiously.
Richard took a slow sip of his espresso, avoiding direct eye contact with his desperate, disheveled former friend.
“Marcus, your father controls seventy percent of the voting shares and the entire board answers directly to him,” Richard replied.
“If we band together with the minor shareholders, we can invoke the elderly incapacity clause,” Marcus argued frantically.
“Are you insane? The old man is sharper than ever, and everyone on Wall Street knows you tried to sell your daughter,” Richard snapped.
Marcus flinched as the brutal truth hung in the air between them like a suffocating cloud of dust.
“Nobody is going to risk their own career to help a man who traded his own child for real estate,” Richard added coldly.
Marcus slammed his fist against the table, causing the coffee cups to rattle as realization fully set in.
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He was completely alone, abandoned by the very elite society he had spent his entire life trying to impress.
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