00:04He's not back. He wouldn't actually come back.
00:11Leo, you're early.
00:14I'm exactly on time. You just used to me being late.
00:18I wasn't sure you'd-
00:20Show up. You sent the invitation yourself.
00:23Unless you didn't think I'd bother answering you this time.
00:26That's not what I meant. I just wasn't sure how you'd react.
00:31You already know how I react when people betray me.
00:37Leo, God, it's been...
00:41We didn't actually think you'd actually... It's good to see you.
00:45Is it?
00:46Yeah, you look different. You cut your hair. I almost didn't recognize you.
00:52Yeah, well, people change when they've been burned.
00:59The Particle Sun returns.
01:03Welcome back to Sterling & Sons.
01:05It's not Sterling & Sons anymore, is it?
01:07I heard you rebranded.
01:09Was it, uh, Sterling Enterprises now?
01:13Remove the family part.
01:15Evolution. The company needed to modernize.
01:18Right. Evolution. Or maybe erasure.
01:23Convenient when the inconvenient part is, uh, well, the name, right?
01:30You know, you always had a flare for dramatics, Leo.
01:34That's what made you unfit to lead.
01:36And you always had a flare for pretending to be competent.
01:40That's what made you dangerous.
01:42Leo, before we start, I want you to know, um...
01:45I'm here because I have been formally invited to this board meeting.
01:49And I'm a 30% shareholder. So let's keep this professional.
01:53Of course. Let's discuss quarter three projections.
01:58No. Let's discuss one year ago instead.
02:01Leo, please, I...
02:02One year ago, I was removed from this company.
02:06The company that our father built.
02:09The company that he left for both of us.
02:12You weren't removed, Leo. You took a leave of absence.
02:16We all agreed on it.
02:18Did we?
02:18I remember being told I was too emotional after Dad's death.
02:24That I was making reckless decisions.
02:28That I needed to step back for the good of the company.
02:33What I don't remember is agreeing to any of it.
02:37You were falling apart.
02:39We were losing clients.
02:41The board was threatening to take over.
02:44I had to make a choice.
02:47And you did.
02:48I chose him.
02:50A man who's been with the company for...
02:53What?
02:54Six months?
02:55I stabilized the ship.
02:58Alright? The numbers don't lie, Leo.
03:00No.
03:01But people do.
03:03Especially the ones who hide behind numbers.
03:06No.
03:07They don't.
03:11They really don't.
03:15I spent the last year doing something you clearly didn't think I was capable.
03:24Actual work.
03:25I reviewed every transaction.
03:27Every contract.
03:29Every decision made since Dad died.
03:33And three weeks after I left, you sold Dad's legacy division.
03:38The non-profit arm he spent 20 years building.
03:44To a shell corporation for a fraction of the value.
03:48We needed liquidity.
03:51The company was drowning.
03:53The shell corporation is owned by Marcus.
03:56He bought it, gutted it, and sold the assets for four million dollars profit.
04:05While you told me we were struggling.
04:09That was a sound business decision.
04:12It was theft.
04:13From our father's memory.
04:16From the people he wanted to help.
04:19And you...
04:22You signed off on it.
04:23I didn't know.
04:24Marcus said it was an outside buyer.
04:26He said it was the only option.
04:28He said that it was...
04:29Signed what needed to be signed.
04:31So...
04:32But I don't play victim now.
04:34You lied to me.
04:36Everyone lies in business, Monica.
04:38You just don't like it when it's not in your favor.
04:41You used me.
04:42You used Dad's name.
04:43This company.
04:44Everything we built.
04:45Just to make yourself rich.
04:46I made it survive.
04:48Your brother...
04:49He would've driven it to the ground with his...
04:52Sentimentality.
04:54Better sentiment than corruption.
04:57Monica.
04:58Maybe we should just take a break.
05:00Daniella knew.
05:01She processed the paperwork.
05:03She watched you sign it.
05:04And said nothing.
05:06I...
05:06I thought...
05:07I thought you knew, Monica.
05:08I swear I didn't realize...
05:10You realized enough to...
05:11Stay quiet.
05:12You wanted to keep your job.
05:14You don't understand, Leo.
05:16He...
05:16He threatened me.
05:17He said if I talked, I would be out.
05:19Mmm.
05:20Mmm.
05:20Right.
05:21Well, then you should've walked out.
05:23Not everyone sells their integrity for cheap.
05:27Get out.
05:29Excuse me?
05:30Both of you, get out of this room now.
05:32Monica, please.
05:33Out!
05:37You know, this...
05:39Changes nothing.
05:40I have contracts.
05:41Legal protection.
05:43Mmm.
05:44Right.
05:45Well, uh...
05:45You should read page seven.
05:49As you can see, uh...
05:51Fraud voids contracts.
05:52And...
05:53I have emails.
05:54Recorded calls.
05:55Documentation.
05:57And...
05:58Every...
05:58Lie...
05:59You told my sister...
06:01To manipulate her into signing away our father's legacy.
06:05You can't prove intent.
06:09Uh...
06:10I don't know.
06:11Maybe I can.
06:12I can't.
06:30You think you've won, huh?
06:32Oh.
06:33I don't think.
06:34I know.
06:37Board meets in an hour, by the way.
06:38I've already sent them everything.
06:40By noon, you'll be voted out.
06:43And by Monday, you'll be under investigation.
06:46This company was dying before I got here!
06:49And now it's gonna live without you!
06:52What?
06:53You're gonna let him do this, huh?
06:54After everything I did for you?
06:57You mean everything you did to me?
07:01You'll regret this.
07:02You'll regret it in this room.
07:03It's yours.
07:20I didn't come back to hurt you.
07:21Then why did you come back?
07:25Because you're my sister.
07:27And he's using you.
07:29And I let him.
07:31God, Leo.
07:32I let him.
07:34I told myself it was a strategy.
07:37Survival.
07:38But it was fear.
07:39I was afraid without Dad.
07:42Couldn't keep it together.
07:44You were never weak.
07:46You just were surrounded by the wrong people.
07:49I should've seen it.
07:51I should've protected you.
07:53Protected Dad's work.
07:56I'm so sorry, Leo.
07:58I'm so sorry.
08:00You were trying to save the company.
08:01I know that.
08:03But you let the wrong people help you.
08:05And now everyone will see what I did.
08:07The board?
08:08The press?
08:09Let them.
08:10The truth is cleaner than the lies.
08:13What happens now?
08:14I'm proposing we restructure.
08:16You remain COO, I return as president, and we rebuild the nonprofit division together.
08:25After everything I did, you still want to work with me?
08:28Of course.
08:29Your family.
08:31That's what Dad would've wanted.
08:32He'd be proud of you, you know?
08:35You became everything he hoped we would.
08:37I just stopped pretending integrity and profit couldn't coexist.
08:42What about Daniela?
08:43She stays.
08:44But with consequences.
08:46A demotion.
08:47Probation.
08:48And if she wants to earn back trust, she'll have to prove it.
08:53That's fair.
08:55You've changed.
08:56I had to.
08:58You can't fight monsters by being soft.
09:00Then maybe it's time we stopped pretending to be victims.
09:03Let's fix what's ours.
09:07Glad you came back.
09:09Me too.
09:13Monica, the board is gathering.
09:17They're asking for both of you.
09:20You'll stay on.
09:21Reduced role, reduced salary.
09:23And if you've proved that you've learned what integrity means,
09:27we'll talk about your future.
09:29Clean yourself up.
09:31Then join us in the boardroom.
09:33It's time to fix this company.
09:35You should've fired me.
09:37I wouldn't have blamed you.
09:39Maybe.
09:41But redemption's only real when it's earned.
10:01Started with the 20th斗
10:03We'll just go over the day.
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