You Thought Cilantro Was Just a Flavor? It’s Actually My FU, Cheater! by Mark Twain 24
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Monday morning, 9 AM. VP’s office on the 28th floor of StarMed Medical.
Dylan was approving budgets while I watched through the glass-today’s cufflinks were 18K gold with diamonds, bought with trust funds.
I walked in carrying an Americano and placed a resignation letter in front of him.
He raised an eyebrow: “Job hopping? What’s the outside offer?”
I spoke calmly: “I’m not hopping. I’m quitting to start my own business-a private equity fund. Initial fund size of a hundred million, I’m putting in ten million, Rex will raise the other ninety.”
He looked amused: “You don’t even have a hundred grand in your accounts. Where’s the ten million coming from?”
I pointed to the reports on his desk: “Early exercise of my 1.5% StarMed stock options, then use them as collateral for financing. Exactly ten million.”
He closed the file, voice soft as a blade: “Honey, option exercise requires board approval, and I happen to chair the compensation committee. I don’t approve it, you get nothing.”
I’d expected this move, so I pulled out the second document-
“Emergency Shareholder Proposal: Motion to remove VP Dylan Morrison from all management positions at StarMed Medical and subsidiaries.
Grounds: Suspected related-party transactions and misappropriation of company assets.”
I signed my name in the proposer section.
His pupils contracted sharply as he finally realized I wasn’t here to negotiate-I was declaring war.
“Stella Parker, do you understand the consequences?”
I smiled: “Sure do. You’ve got four planted votes on the board, I only have two. But don’t forget-minority shareholders can vote in person, and I’ve invited media to livestream the whole thing.”
I checked my watch: “Ten o’clock, presentation hall. See you there.”
Ten sharp, the presentation hall was packed.
I threw my PowerPoint onto the big screen:
Slide one: Ownership structure of Swiss Art Consulting Company-ultimate beneficiary: Dylan Morrison, 100%.
Slide two: Past 12 months, StarMed Medical paid Swiss Art Consulting $48 million in “brand consulting fees” for promotional posters.
Slide three: Payment records versus Christie’s auction records-that 1.18-carat diamond ring, buyer: Swiss Art Consulting Company, paid by Stellar Trust No. 1.
The room erupted.
Dylan sat in the front row, expression unchanged, just gently spinning the diamond ring on his finger like twisting a dagger.
I shifted gears: “Fellow shareholders, this isn’t about me personally-it’s about StarMed’s cash flow. That $48 million could have bought a new production line, could have saved three R&D projects, but instead certain individuals used it for ‘brand consulting fees’ to cash out and buy
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so-called promotional posters.”
I clicked the remote, red text flashed on screen: “Remove the VP, recover the funds, establish employee stock ownership plan.”
Thunderous applause.
Dylan stood and walked over to me, speaking just loud enough for us both to hear: “Stella, you can’t win. Before the board votes, I’ll make sure your ten million collateral plan crashes first.”
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