The weekly leadership assembly was in full swing inside the boardroom of Meridian Holdings. The HR Director stood at the head of the long glass table, pulling up a detailed file on the central wall screen.
"Miss Ivy, regarding our strategy to undermine the Dreamscape line… we have hit a major wall trying to poach Silvercrest's head perfumer, Joseph. Adrian is personally enforcing a fifty-million-dollar non-compete clause. Joseph's legal counsel informed us this morning that Adrian refuses to release his contract under any circumstances, even if we cover the financial penalty."
The board members hummed in quiet frustration. Joseph was the legendary scent alchemist who had refined the base notes for Dreamscape; acquiring him would deal a fatal blow to Silvercrest's production timelin
