The next day, when I arrived at the company, Carolina spoke to me and told me to go immediately to Leonardo’s meeting room. When I entered, I was surprised to see all the company’s investors present. None of them reacted to my presence when I opened the door. Carolina motioned for me to sit next to her. The atmosphere seemed quite tense, and Leonardo looked very angry. “What’s going on?” I whispered to Carolina. “Everything is chaos. Spinter Enterprises’ shares plummeted last night. All the European investors resigned, and many of those here want to withdraw their investments. Others are demanding a change in the CEO,” Carolina said quietly. “The decision to buy that other company in New York was abrupt. It was clearly just a retaliatory move,” one of the investors said. “Buying that

