After Driving Away the Fake Heiress, The Family Went Bankrupt
I beat the head of security in a video game and laughed when I won, and that morning at open bell, every overseas branch hit the daily limit up, with new foreign capital clearing five hundred billion in a single session.
That was how the system worked. No logic, no formula. I'm happy; money shows up. That simple.
The numbers on the display were still moving. The original hundred-billion valuation had multiplied by ten inside a single hour, breaking through a trillion dollars. The CFO called from downstairs, his voice audibly unsteady.
"Miss Connolly... these numbers... I've been in this industry thirty years and I've never seen a chart do this..."
"Get used to it," I said, and hung up.