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00:00:00I am the secret heir of the Whitmore Holdings.
00:00:02I've never told anyone.
00:00:03I had planned to reveal the truth at today's graduation party, but...
00:00:07Oh my god, I am so clumsy!
00:00:11But you haven't tried such a great wine before?
00:00:14Why not give it a try?
00:00:20Don't worry about it.
00:00:22You'll get that washed out, Daisy.
00:00:24And Vivi, watch your hands next time.
00:00:28I'm going to deal with the clothes.
00:00:32I know we said we were splitting this tonight,
00:00:33but considering some of us are on a tighter budget...
00:00:36We'll be covering the heavy lifting.
00:00:48You guys keep eating.
00:00:49I've got to take this call outside.
00:00:53Let's go after we finish eating.
00:00:56Shall we go?
00:01:2125 grand.
00:01:23We don't do payment plans.
00:01:25You're the only one left, so this lands on you.
00:01:29There's no way you can afford that much, is there?
00:01:32Oh, you poor thing.
00:01:34You'll be washing dishes for the rest of your life.
00:01:39You'd better pray there's money in this card.
00:01:45This is 9-1-1.
00:01:47What's your emergency?
00:01:48I need to report a coordinated dine-and-down at the Apex Club.
00:01:51Received.
00:01:54Want to mess with me?
00:01:55Then let's see if you can handle the consequences.
00:02:00They're long gone, kid.
00:02:02Cops aren't going to do a thing without proof.
00:02:04Four wide-angle lenses, full-room audio coverage.
00:02:07Every single thing that just happened in this room is on tape.
00:02:11How could you possibly know?
00:02:14Miss Whitmer, I wasn't aware.
00:02:16My apologies.
00:02:17I want the encrypted flash drive with CCTV footage now.
00:02:19Pull the security footage from the last hour.
00:02:20Every person who walked out of this room is on it.
00:02:22Any questions?
00:02:22No.
00:02:23Right away, miss.
00:02:27Still sitting in the VIP room, Daisy?
00:02:30Bet a $25,000 bar TIG is a lot to take in for a charity case.
00:02:33Daisy, I really didn't want to say this,
00:02:35but taking out predatory loans just to fake being rich?
00:02:38You're so vain, it's sad.
00:02:41Daisy, this is Mr. Pruitt.
00:02:42If you don't settle that bill and stop embarrassing your classmates,
00:02:45I will personally see to it that you get your college admission rescinded.
00:02:49My biological father, Richard Vandergruff,
00:02:51left me this place before he died.
00:02:54And when the Whitmers adopted me,
00:02:55they made sure the deed transferred clean under my new name.
00:02:58These idiots think I can't pay a bar TIG.
00:03:01Let's see who's washing dishes tonight.
00:03:03Look at this setup, chat.
00:03:05Bottle service all night.
00:03:07$25,000 is pocket change.
00:03:08I dropped more than that on a Tuesday.
00:03:10Hey, Brennan, the scholarship girl went quiet in the chat.
00:03:13Think she's crying in the lobby?
00:03:14Crying?
00:03:15She doesn't even have the right to cry.
00:03:17She's a broke orphan who only got into our school on a handout.
00:03:20She really thought she could play at our table.
00:03:22But babe, what if she actually calls the cops on us?
00:03:26Cops?
00:03:26I dare her.
00:03:28My family knows people at the precinct.
00:03:29She'd be wasting her breath.
00:03:31She's got no idea who she's messing with.
00:03:51Yo, chat, look who it is.
00:03:52Brennan called it.
00:03:53She hasn't even started scrubbing the floors yet.
00:03:55Get on your knees, Whitward.
00:03:56Maybe the internet will take you enough to cover the tab.
00:03:58You're streaming this live.
00:03:59Yeah, so the whole senior class can watch you cry.
00:04:02Good.
00:04:03Saves the district attorney the trouble of subpoenaing the footage.
00:04:05What the hell are you talking about?
00:04:06A $25,000 coordinated walkout is felony wire fraud.
00:04:09Brennan ran it across state lines through a digital network, which makes it a federal case.
00:04:13And you two just filmed yourselves enforcing his debt?
00:04:15That's accessory.
00:04:16Five to ten years each.
00:04:17Man, she's bluffing.
00:04:18She's just a broke scholarship kid.
00:04:19Shut up!
00:04:20I'll make you eat those words, you little...
00:04:23Get your hands off her!
00:04:24Take them down!
00:04:29Get off me!
00:04:30You know who I am?
00:04:32I don't care if you're the president.
00:04:34You don't touch a Whitmore.
00:04:42Miss Whitmore, we're going to need your full statement.
00:04:55Captain, I'm filing a formal report.
00:04:57Forty-five individuals.
00:04:58Twenty-five thousand dollar bar tab.
00:05:00This wasn't a misunderstanding.
00:05:01It was a coordinated theft.
00:05:02The drive contains the security footage, the unpaid receipts, and screen recordings of their group chat planning to walkout.
00:05:08That's a steep accusation.
00:05:09Wire fraud.
00:05:09And given the organized nature of the extortion, I'm pressing for reprocharges.
00:05:15You boys want to explain why you're trespassing in a private club with a live feed running?
00:05:18We didn't do anything.
00:05:19We were just looking for a friend.
00:05:21Let's hear from the mastermind.
00:05:23Leave the orphan with the check.
00:05:25Let's see her wash dishes for the next ten years.
00:05:28Make sure you get a picture of her crying.
00:05:30Miss Whitware, pay the bill or your college admission gets rescinded.
00:05:32Your choice.
00:05:33Inspiracy to commit fraud, extortion, and you two are the ones holding the bag.
00:05:36You're looking at federal time.
00:05:37It wasn't our idea.
00:05:38Brendan Banquet sent us.
00:05:39He told us to film her.
00:05:39He's at Neon Lounge right now.
00:05:40They all are.
00:05:41They're throwing a party with the money they saved.
00:05:43We're just plagues, man.
00:05:44We had to do it.
00:05:46Captain Doyle, I am the floor manager here, and I serve this establishment half of Whitmer Holdings.
00:05:49I am prepared to accompany your officers to the precinct and provide a full sworn statement.
00:05:53Appreciate the cooperation.
00:05:55Get these two out of my sight.
00:05:58Let me go!
00:05:59I can't do this!
00:06:00All units, move in on Neon Lounge.
00:06:02Detain all 45.
00:06:06V.A.P. treatment all night, guys.
00:06:09Meanwhile, a certain scholarship case is probably elbow deep in dishwater at the Apex Club right
00:06:13now.
00:06:13She totally brought it on herself.
00:06:15should have known her place.
00:06:20Brendan Banquet!
00:06:22Who the hell are you?
00:06:22Do you know how much this room costs?
00:06:24Captain Doyle, you and 44 others are under arrest for wire fraud and RICO violations.
00:06:28Ryoke?
00:06:29Are you insane?
00:06:30Over a dinner?
00:06:30A $25,000 coordinated theft.
00:06:33Hands behind your back.
00:06:35Get off me!
00:06:36My dad is Douglas Bankwack.
00:06:38You touch me, Riverside Capital will have your badge by morning!
00:06:41Riverside Capital is currently being raided by federal agents.
00:06:43Your father's got his own problems.
00:06:48My bracelet!
00:06:49Watch it, you're stepping on my bracelet!
00:06:51It was him!
00:06:52Brendan planned the whole thing.
00:06:53He told us to leave Daisy with the check.
00:06:54He made us lie.
00:06:55We didn't want to do it.
00:06:57You spinless little...
00:06:58Save it for the precinct!
00:06:59Cuff every single one of them!
00:07:05Whitmore Harding's debts get paid.
00:07:08One line item at a time.
00:07:17You guys are making a massive mistake.
00:07:20You know who my father is, right?
00:07:24Enlighten me.
00:07:26Douglas Bankroot.
00:07:27Riverside Capital.
00:07:28He plays golf with the police commissioner.
00:07:30By tomorrow morning,
00:07:32you'll be directing traffic in a school zone.
00:07:34Let's talk about the $25,000 you stole from the Apex Club.
00:07:38It was a misunderstanding.
00:07:40A joke.
00:07:41My dad will write a check.
00:07:43It was Brendan.
00:07:44He told us to run.
00:07:45He said he'd cover the tab and then told everyone to just bail.
00:07:48That's Vivian Holt.
00:07:49And here's the CCTV of you orchestrating a mass walkout.
00:07:53She's lying!
00:07:54She's just trying to save her own skin.
00:07:5644 people are in holding right now.
00:07:58Every single one of them pointed the finger at you.
00:08:00Wire fraud.
00:08:01RICO charges.
00:08:02You're looking at real time, kid.
00:08:03I want my phone.
00:08:04I'm calling my dad.
00:08:05He'll bury you.
00:08:06He'll bury all of you!
00:08:07Go ahead.
00:08:07But you might have a hard time reaching him.
00:08:09Riverside Capital just got raided.
00:08:11Federal agents.
00:08:12Tax evasion.
00:08:14You're lying.
00:08:16Douglas Bankroot's phone.
00:08:17Who is this?
00:08:17Where's my dad?
00:08:18Tell him Brennan needs him right now!
00:08:19Brennan, listen to me.
00:08:20Do not say a word to the police.
00:08:21Your father is currently being questioned by the FBI.
00:08:24We can't help you right now.
00:08:32You little bitch!
00:08:34You set up my son!
00:08:36Back off!
00:08:37You want to assault a witness in a police station?
00:08:40I'll put you in a cell right next to his.
00:08:46200 grand.
00:08:47Sign the non-disclosure, drop the complaint,
00:08:49and transfer out of Fairview Business Academy by tomorrow morning.
00:08:53You think you can buy your way out of a felony?
00:08:57Daisy Whitmore, do you have any idea what you're doing?
00:08:59The entire senior class is in custody!
00:09:01They made their choice.
00:09:02You're destroying their futures.
00:09:04College admissions are next month.
00:09:05If this hits their records, their Ivy League offers are gone.
00:09:07Drop this right now!
00:09:10Ruining lives?
00:09:11Like how you ruined the scholarship fund
00:09:13after Douglas bought you that new Mercedes?
00:09:15And I can't drop anything.
00:09:16It's out of my hands.
00:09:20I'll write the precinct a check right now.
00:09:22Put it away, Mr. Bankrett.
00:09:23This isn't a civil dispute anymore.
00:09:26Wire fraud in RICO.
00:09:28Federal prosecution.
00:09:29No private settlement.
00:09:30Doug, what does that mean?
00:09:31It means Brennan is looking at federal prison time
00:09:34and a permanent criminal record.
00:09:35No!
00:09:36He's just a boy who did Bernard!
00:09:38You taught him money fixes everything.
00:09:40You built the cage he's going into.
00:09:45Wait!
00:09:46I'm a counselor!
00:09:47You can't...
00:09:47Leonard Prude.
00:09:48Detained for questioning, bribery, and witness tampering.
00:09:50Move.
00:09:56$200,000.
00:09:58That covers the tab, your trouble, and a plane ticket out of this state.
00:10:02Take it and sign the waiver.
00:10:05Put your checkbook away, Mr. Bankrett.
00:10:07You can't buy your way out of a federal indictment.
00:10:09Listen to me, you little...
00:10:11$25,000.
00:10:12That's the bar tail your son orchestrated.
00:10:14It crossed state lines through the payment processor.
00:10:16That makes it wire fraud.
00:10:19Wire fraud?
00:10:19What do you mean, wire fraud?
00:10:20You told us this was a misunderstanding.
00:10:22You said it was just a school prank.
00:10:24Now, everyone, let's just take a breath.
00:10:25Mr. Bankrash is handling...
00:10:27Handling what?
00:10:27My kid is looking at a federal record because of you.
00:10:30You're the class advisor.
00:10:31You let Brennan drag them into this.
00:10:32I didn't know.
00:10:33I swear, I didn't know.
00:10:36Stop.
00:10:37Just stop.
00:10:39Vivian, not a word.
00:10:41I'm not going down for him.
00:10:43My dad said I have to tell the truth.
00:10:46It's an encrypted flash drive with CCTV footage and audio.
00:10:48Brennan made us do it.
00:10:49He recorded himself telling us how to fake the chat locks to frame Daisy.
00:10:51It's all on there.
00:10:52You stupid girl.
00:10:53Do you know what you've just done?
00:10:54I'm saving myself.
00:10:55He used us.
00:10:58I think we're done here, Mr. Bankrett.
00:11:05Daisy, please.
00:11:06I gave him the evidence.
00:11:07I helped you.
00:11:08You have to tell them to go easy on me.
00:11:09Please.
00:11:09We were friends once.
00:11:19It was Brennan.
00:11:20He told us to change our profile pictures.
00:11:22He said if we all match the story, she'd take the fall.
00:11:23My son was coerced.
00:11:25The Bankray kid orchestrated the whole thing.
00:11:27We had nothing to do with the fake evidence.
00:11:30Daisy, I handed over the encrypted flash drive, the CCTV footage, the audio.
00:11:34I proved you were innocent.
00:11:35You have to tell the police to let me go.
00:11:37You didn't record at him because you wanted an insurance policy in case the plan blew up.
00:11:41Don't dress up self-preservation as a favor.
00:11:43They're just kids.
00:11:44They made a stupid mistake.
00:11:45If this goes on their records, their college admissions are rescinded.
00:11:48Their lives are over.
00:11:50We'll cover the $25,000 to the Apex Club right now in full.
00:11:54Just name your price for the emotional distress and we'll write it tonight.
00:11:57The Apex Club will get their $25,000.
00:12:00You're going to pay every cent of that.
00:12:01But there is no settlement.
00:12:02You're going to ruin their futures over a bar tab?
00:12:04Have some decency!
00:12:06They fabricated digital evidence to frame someone else for a felony.
00:12:08That's wire fraud.
00:12:09And since they coordinated it, it's RICO.
00:12:11They didn't care about my future when they set me up to take the fall.
00:12:13I'm pressing full charges.
00:12:15No mediation.
00:12:16Understood.
00:12:27Hello?
00:12:28Miss Whitmore.
00:12:29Your guardian wants to see you.
00:12:31The man who's been managing your estate since your parents died.
00:12:39Before we converge any diplomas today, the board has mandated an immediate administrative action.
00:12:43Effective as of this morning, Leonard Pruder's teaching license has been permanently revoked.
00:12:48Mr. Prude is being turned over to the authorities pending an investigation into gross misconduct and extortion.
00:12:54Wait, no.
00:12:55This is a misunderstanding.
00:12:56You did this.
00:12:57You ungrateful little nobody.
00:12:58You destroyed my career.
00:12:59I didn't force you to take those bribes, Mr. Pruder.
00:13:02You're going to pay for this, Whitward.
00:13:03You hear me?
00:13:09We are not finished.
00:13:10The district attorney's office has formally notified the school regarding 45 students in the senior class.
00:13:16Brennan Bankrake and Vivian Holt remain in federal custody on wire fraud and RICO charges and could not be present
00:13:21today.
00:13:21For every student named on this list, whether in a holding cell this morning or sitting in this auditorium right
00:13:26now,
00:13:27every university acceptance has been formally withdrawn.
00:13:29Your college admissions are ressembled.
00:13:43Speak.
00:13:44Good afternoon.
00:13:45I'm calling to confirm that the families of the 45 students have officially settled the $25,000 bar tape in
00:13:50full.
00:13:50The funds have cleared.
00:13:52Good.
00:13:52Make sure the accounting reflects it.
00:13:54Of course, Miss Whitmore.
00:13:55If I may ask, the board at Whitmore Holdings has been inquiring.
00:14:00When can we expect you to return home?
00:14:02Soon.
00:14:03The real work is just starting.
00:14:12Federal raid currently underway at Riverside Capitol.
00:14:14This follows the viral scandal of heir Brennan Bankwick skipping out on a 25,000 bar tape at the Apex
00:14:19Club, triggering a wider probe into the families.
00:14:24No.
00:14:26My company.
00:14:29My company.
00:14:36Mrs. Gallagher.
00:14:37Massive insomic stroke.
00:14:39We need your signature on the critical condition notice.
00:14:41Fix him!
00:14:42I don't want your stupid forms.
00:14:43I want you to wake him up.
00:14:44Do you know who we are?
00:14:46Riverside Capitol's assets are frozen, ma'am.
00:14:48Sign the paper or we can't proceed with the surgery.
00:14:57My dad's lawyers.
00:14:58Where are they?
00:14:58They were supposed to post bail.
00:14:59You can't keep me here.
00:15:00There are no lawyers, Brennan.
00:15:03IRS and FBI gutted your dad's company this morning.
00:15:06Assets seized, accounts frozen, and your father had a massive stroke watching it happen.
00:15:10No.
00:15:10No, no, no.
00:15:11That's a lie.
00:15:11We have money.
00:15:12We have...
00:15:12You have nothing.
00:15:13The $25,000 stunt you pulled at the Apex Club, that was the thread that unraveled the whole sweater.
00:15:19I'm sorry.
00:15:19I didn't mean to.
00:15:20I just wanted to teach you a lesson.
00:15:21Please.
00:15:21You only ever bullied people weaker than you.
00:15:23That's why you're standing here today.
00:15:32You have to call off the lawyers.
00:15:33Wire fraud, RICO charges, they're just kids.
00:15:36Actions have consequences.
00:15:38The club's legal team does not negotiate.
00:15:39We'll pay the $25,000.
00:15:41We'll pay double.
00:15:41I'll put a second mortgage on my house today.
00:15:43Just please, talk to the owner.
00:15:44Your money is no longer good here.
00:15:46Step back from the entrance.
00:15:47Red carpet, now.
00:15:49Flank the stairs.
00:15:54The boss.
00:15:55The real owner is coming.
00:15:56If we beg the owner directly, maybe they'll show some mercy.
00:15:59They have to.
00:16:14Welcome back, Miss Whipperton.
00:16:20It's her.
00:16:31The real owner is coming.
00:16:31Brennan, that's her.
00:16:32That's actually her.
00:16:34No.
00:16:35No way.
00:16:36It's a stunt.
00:16:36Don't fall for it.
00:16:37She hired these people.
00:16:38She's a nobody.
00:16:39A pathetic little fraud trying to scare us.
00:16:41I'll tear that fake designer coat right off your...
00:16:46You will not speak to my daughter that way.
00:16:49Eighteen years ago, I lost my child.
00:16:51Today, she comes home.
00:16:52And for those of you who thought you could bully her, leave her with the check, and ruin her life,
00:16:55we are done playing games.
00:16:56The wire fraud and Rio charges are moving forward.
00:16:59Every single one of you is going to face the maximum sentence.
00:17:01Miss Whitmer.
00:17:02Mr. Whitmer.
00:17:03Just to update you, our quarterly revenue has already doubled.
00:17:05And the $25,000 bar tip, along with all breach of contract penalties, has been fully wired into the club's
00:17:10account by the Bankrate family's liquid haters.
00:17:12Good.
00:17:13Distribute the penalty fees to the staff as a bonus.
00:17:15Right away, ma'am.
00:17:16You don't have to hide anymore, Daisy.
00:17:18You can step right into the boardroom at Whitmore Holdings tomorrow.
00:17:20Not yet.
00:17:21Then what's the plan?
00:17:22I'm transferring to Fairview Business Academy.
00:17:24Standard scholarship student.
00:17:25No security.
00:17:26No last name.
00:17:27Why go back into the trenches?
00:17:28Because I want to see how many more Brennan bankers are out there.
00:17:31And I want to break them myself.
00:17:38You want to know why your kids are facing wire fraud and Rico charges?
00:17:41Ask him.
00:17:43He didn't just try to stick my daughter with a $25,000 bar tab.
00:17:46He orchestrated it.
00:17:47He threatened the staff, forged the group chat receipts, and ordered the entire senior class to freeze her out.
00:17:51That's a lie!
00:17:52You're just trying to ruin my boy because you have money!
00:17:54Shut your mouth, Diane!
00:17:55Your kids set this whole thing up and used our kids as meat shields!
00:18:01You told me we were just having fun!
00:18:03You told me she was nobody!
00:18:04Viv, back off!
00:18:05My college admission was rescinded.
00:18:07They pulled my scholarship because you wanted to play big shot and humiliate a girl who did nothing to you!
00:18:12You ruined my entire life!
00:18:22Drink.
00:18:22You've had a long morning.
00:18:25They're going to lose everything, aren't they?
00:18:27Yes.
00:18:28They are.
00:18:29Part of me thought, maybe I pushed it too far.
00:18:32Stop right there.
00:18:32You did exactly what you had to do.
00:18:34Fighting back is your right.
00:18:35It is never a sin.
00:18:37Do not ever carry guilt for the people who tried to break you.
00:18:40I won't.
00:18:41Good.
00:18:41Now, about this new school.
00:18:42I can have a security detail.
00:18:43No guards, Dad.
00:18:44I'm going in as a regular transfer student.
00:18:45You're a Whitmort.
00:18:46Exactly.
00:18:47Which means I can handle myself.
00:18:53I've got it from here.
00:18:54Tell my dad I'll call him tonight.
00:19:05Let's see how many more Brennams are hiding in here.
00:19:12On the counts of wire fraud, extortion, and RICO violations, I sentence the defendant, Brennan Bankroad, to five years in
00:19:19federal prison, alongside the immediate furtet of all illicitly obtained assets.
00:19:23Regarding Vivianne Holt, for your role as an accessory and your attempts to tamper with evidence and complete 1,000
00:19:28hours of mandatory was risked to community service.
00:19:30A felony conviction remains on your record.
00:19:33Five years isn't enough.
00:19:35Riverside Capitol destroyed my son's life.
00:19:38Shut up.
00:19:38My boy's going to prison, you vultures.
00:19:40Because of your boy, you dragged our kids down with you.
00:19:42Sit down or clear the room.
00:19:45Let's go.
00:19:46Wait.
00:19:48Brennan, my baby.
00:19:50We'll appeal.
00:19:51We'll get the best lawyers.
00:19:52With what money?
00:19:52It's gone.
00:19:53You told me I was untouchable.
00:19:55You told me a check could wipe away anything I did.
00:19:57You built this cage, Mom.
00:19:59You and Dad.
00:19:59You put me right in it.
00:20:04One night, I just wanted to look like I belonged at that table for one night.
00:20:07Now I've got a federal record.
00:20:08I can't even get a civil service job.
00:20:10It's over.
00:20:12Court is adjourned.
00:20:20Let's see how many more of you are hiding in here.
00:20:34True market leadership isn't about inheriting leverage.
00:20:37It's about having the vision to build it from the ground up.
00:20:40No.
00:20:41No, that's my spot.
00:20:43That was supposed to be me!
00:20:44You stole my life!
00:20:45I'm a banker and I belong up there!
00:20:47Sit down and shut your mouth!
00:20:49It's over.
00:20:50Dad's locked up on wire fraud and RICO charges.
00:20:53Riverside Capital is dead.
00:21:13I'm dead.
00:21:15Q3 financials are locked.
00:21:16Forward the projections to the board.
00:21:18Right away, Miss Whitmore.
00:21:19The town car is idling out front for your trip to Crestfield College of Business.
00:21:22I've also drafted the courtesy notice for the dean's office.
00:21:24Notice for what?
00:21:25To inform them that the secret heiress to Whitmore Holpshings is joining their freshman class.
00:21:29They will want to arrange proper security and accommodations.
00:21:31Shred it and send the driver home.
00:21:34Ma'am?
00:21:34I'm going in as a standard student.
00:21:36No titles, no red carpets.
00:21:41At least let me issue you a proper trunk from the club's collection.
00:21:44That belongs in a donation bin.
00:21:46It belonged to my mother.
00:21:47It's coming with me.
00:21:52Call me a regular cab.
00:21:58Tell me your dad didn't actually buy you the base model rover.
00:22:01Please.
00:22:01Fully loaded.
00:22:02I'm not a peasant.
00:22:09Is she lost?
00:22:10Look at that bag.
00:22:11Did she inherit it from the Oregon Trail?
00:22:13Acceptance letter and photo ID.
00:22:15Daisy Whitmore.
00:22:19Welcome to Crestfield, Whitmore.
00:22:21Try to keep up.
00:22:29Name?
00:22:30Daisy Whitmore.
00:22:33Ah, the scholarship list.
00:22:35Right.
00:22:36Building 5, room 601.
00:22:38It's on the 6th floor and the elevator's been broken since 2019.
00:22:42But I'm sure you're used to roughing it, right?
00:22:44Builds character.
00:22:46Thanks for the heads up.
00:22:53You're late.
00:22:54I took the window.
00:22:55That's fine.
00:22:56And keep that thrift store hazard on your side.
00:22:58I don't want whatever's on it touching my stuff.
00:23:00My dad, Richard Vandergruf, just bought this more than your entire tuition.
00:23:04I'll keep it on my side.
00:23:07Carter!
00:23:07Hey!
00:23:08Yeah, I just moved in.
00:23:09Room 601.
00:23:10It's at whatever.
00:23:11You're still taking me to the mixer tonight, right?
00:23:12Perfect.
00:23:13See you then.
00:23:13That was Carter Ashford, student council VP.
00:23:16He's looking out for me this semester.
00:23:17Look, I don't know how a nobody you got in here, but let's get one thing straight.
00:23:20You have zero background and zero connections.
00:23:23Stay out of my way, learn your place, and maybe you'll survive the year.
00:23:26Got it?
00:23:26Got it.
00:23:32Sienna.
00:23:33The axitone is really strong.
00:23:34Can we crack the window and let the humidity wreck my blowout?
00:23:37No thanks.
00:23:38Just breathe through your mouth.
00:23:44So, Daisy, I've been meaning to ask, what exactly does your family do?
00:23:48Nothing you need to worry about.
00:23:50Clearly.
00:23:50I mean, look at that thing under your bed.
00:23:51Did you dig it out of a time capsule?
00:23:53Seriously, it's depressing to look at.
00:23:54I've got an old Ramallah trunk at home.
00:23:56Last season's color, totally dead to me.
00:23:57I can have my driver drop it off for you.
00:23:59Consider it charity.
00:24:00I'm fine with what I have.
00:24:02Save your charity.
00:24:02You might need it later.
00:24:08Whatever.
00:24:08Enjoy your trash.
00:24:13Sienna?
00:24:14Is the dorm awful?
00:24:15I told your father we should have bought you a condo.
00:24:16It's worse than awful, Mom.
00:24:18I'm stuck with a literal nobody.
00:24:19She brought her stuff in a canvas sack, and she's got this attitude like she actually belongs here.
00:24:23A nobody?
00:24:23Don't let her get comfortable, sweetie.
00:24:25People like that need to be reminded of their place.
00:24:26Oh, I will.
00:24:28Tomorrow is Professor Gerald Fontaine's marketing seminar.
00:24:30The whole department is going to be there.
00:24:32I'll make sure she gets called out in front of everyone.
00:24:34She'll be begging to transfer by noon.
00:24:35That's my girl.
00:24:36Show them who runs things.
00:24:42No phones, no late arrivals, and I don't care whose name is on the building or what your parents do
00:24:46for a living.
00:24:47In this room, the only currency that belongs here is results.
00:24:49First case study.
00:24:50You have zero advertising budget.
00:24:51You need to double your brand premium in a single quarter.
00:24:53What is your play?
00:24:54You leverage legacy brand equity.
00:24:56By optimizing the supply chain to create artificial scarcity, you issue targeted press releases to traditional media outlets.
00:25:01The perceived exclusive premium up without spending a dime on ads.
00:25:04What year do you think it is, Ms. Vandergraaf, 1998?
00:25:06That is a textbook answer from a dead era.
00:25:08Artificial scarcity without paid application is just empty shelves.
00:25:12Traditional media won't touch your press release without a buy-in.
00:25:14Your strategy wouldn't just fail.
00:25:15It would bankrupt a modern startup in a week.
00:25:17Sit down.
00:25:19Anyone else want to try?
00:25:20You, in the back.
00:25:22Name.
00:25:22Daisy Whitmer.
00:25:24Let's hear it, Ms. Whitmer.
00:25:25Save the startup.
00:25:27I wouldn't use that strategy, professor, because your premise has a structural flaw.
00:25:32Mathematically, doubling a premium on a zero budget is impossible if you don't rely on an active viral mechanism.
00:25:37You can't just cut costs and expect hype to materialize out of thin air.
00:25:40Then what is the alternative?
00:25:42You seed the core product to a hyper-targeted group of micro-influencers in a closed beta.
00:25:45You don't buy ads exclusive to VerlLoop.
00:25:47You turn the user base into the marketing engine.
00:25:49Data-driven organic word of mouth.
00:25:50Flawless logic.
00:25:51Grounded in actual market reality.
00:25:53That is how you survive out there.
00:25:54Ms. Whitmer.
00:25:55My office.
00:25:56Right after class.
00:26:01I pulled your admissions file, Daisy.
00:26:04The section for family background.
00:26:06Corporate affiliations.
00:26:07It's completely blank.
00:26:08It is.
00:26:14Care to explain why?
00:26:21I have been teaching at Fairview for a decade.
00:26:24I have never seen a first-year student dismantle a zero-budget marketing model with that kind of precision.
00:26:29The premise of the question was folded.
00:26:31I just corrected the math.
00:26:32It wasn't just the math.
00:26:33Your grasp of market dynamics, your presentation skills, the absolute fluency of your pitch.
00:26:37It was professional grade.
00:26:39You didn't sound like a student.
00:26:40You sounded like a board member.
00:26:41I take my homework seriously, Professor.
00:26:44The National Elite Business Simulation.
00:26:46It's the most competitive roster in the state.
00:26:48Usually, I only tap seniors.
00:26:50I want you on the team.
00:26:51As an auditor for now, but you'll be in the room where the real work happens.
00:26:56I appreciate the opportunity, Professor.
00:26:58I won't waste it.
00:26:59An auditor on the national team over me?
00:27:05Dad, it's me.
00:27:07Sienna, sweetheart.
00:27:08What's wrong?
00:27:08You sound upset.
00:27:09It's this girl in my marketing class.
00:27:10She completely humiliated me in front of Professor Fauntner today, and now he's putting her on the national sim team
00:27:14instead of me.
00:27:15Who are her people?
00:27:16She doesn't have any.
00:27:17She's a nobody, Dad.
00:27:18A scholarship charity case.
00:27:19Her background file is literally blank.
00:27:21A nobody doesn't humiliate's a Vandergruff.
00:27:23I'll make a few calls.
00:27:24We'll have her entire life pulled apart by tonight.
00:27:26Good.
00:27:26Because tomorrow is the alumni networking mixer.
00:27:28Carter Ashfield is coming down from Sterling Advance, right?
00:27:30Carter?
00:27:31I'm going to see how brilliant this charity case looks when she gets blacklisted by the biggest law firm in
00:27:34the city before she even graduates.
00:27:36That's my girl.
00:27:37Leave the background check to me.
00:27:46That's her.
00:27:47The one who thinks she runs the place just because Fontaine gave her the time of day?
00:27:50Her?
00:27:51Let's see how she handles the real Fairview.
00:27:56Hey, what is your problem?
00:27:58Hand slipped.
00:27:59But if you're going to walk past my court, keep your head up.
00:28:02Go fetch it.
00:28:02And apologize for interrupting my practice.
00:28:04You aimed right at her.
00:28:06I'm Carter Ashford.
00:28:07Sterling Advance LAT.
00:28:09If I aimed at her, she'd be on the ground.
00:28:10Now pick up the ball before I make a call and ensure none of you ever get an internship in
00:28:14this city.
00:28:15See?
00:28:15They always learn their place.
00:28:22Balls in the trash.
00:28:23You should really work on your aim.
00:28:27Hey, you think you can walk away from me?
00:28:29The freshman gala?
00:28:30You show your face there, I'll make sure you're done at Fairbix.
00:28:33You hear me?
00:28:42You know, Fairview is all about excellence, which is why I'd love to invite one of our new scholarship students
00:28:47to the stage.
00:28:47Daisy Whitmore?
00:28:48Come on up.
00:28:49Show us what kind of talent gets you into a place like this.
00:28:52Let's see you squirm, Charity Cave.
00:28:54I don't play the piano, but since we're at a business academy, I think a different kind of performance is
00:28:58more appropriate.
00:28:59Let's talk about the Vandergrift portfolio, specifically your flagship retail line.
00:29:02You've been pushing the same heritage branding for a decade.
00:29:05Your packaging is outdated, your supply chain is bleeding capital, and your recent pivot to influencer marketing completely missed your
00:29:10target demographic.
00:29:11You're losing Gen Z market share by 12% a quarter.
00:29:14If you want to survive, you need to gut the legacy packaging, integrate sustainable materials, and shift your ad spend
00:29:19to micro conversions.
00:29:20Otherwise, the Vandergrift brand is a sinking ship.
00:29:23You don't know what you're talking about!
00:29:25Spot on.
00:29:29Keep practicing the piano, you're going to need a backup plan.
00:29:34That was a $3 million consultation you just gave away for free.
00:29:37I consider it a public service.
00:29:39Dean Gallagher, Meridian Venture Partners.
00:29:42I'm putting together a new investment portfolio, and I need someone who can see the cracks in a foundation before
00:29:46the house falls down.
00:29:48Call me.
00:29:48We should talk real business.
00:29:51I'll think about it.
00:30:02I need your contact.
00:30:03That breakdown you just did on the MCB sector wasn't something you read in a textbook.
00:30:13I just call it like I see it.
00:30:14Mr. Gallagher, Richard Vandergrift, an absolute honor to have Meridian Venture Makers at our little campus event.
00:30:19If you have a midnight...
00:30:20Vandergrift, right.
00:30:22You should be taking notes from her, Richard.
00:30:24Your flagship juice line is bleeding market share because your packaging looks like it's from the 90s and your distribution
00:30:28is a mess.
00:30:29She nailed it in three minutes.
00:30:30Well, we're currently restructuring our...
00:30:31Walk with me.
00:30:32We have a lot to talk about.
00:30:33Lead the way.
00:30:37Dad, are you just going to let him talk to you like that because of her?
00:30:43Shut up.
00:30:44You told me she was a nobody on a scholarship.
00:30:47She is.
00:30:48She's just...
00:30:50Nobodies don't talk like that, and they don't get Dean Gallagher's personal sell.
00:30:54Find out exactly who she is, Sienna.
00:30:55I want to know who's standing behind her.
00:31:07Nineteenth-century heritage embroidery.
00:31:10Completely hand-stitched.
00:31:11You don't see this kind of preservation on the open market.
00:31:14It's flawless.
00:31:15The artisan didn't miss a single detail.
00:31:20How did she even get past the door?
00:31:23She's a scholarship nobody.
00:31:26Gallagher's parading her around to make a point.
00:31:28Let him.
00:31:30You're just going to let her stand there?
00:31:33When the bidding starts, we'll see how deep a student's pockets really go.
00:31:38I'm going to bury her.
00:31:40By the time I'm done, she'll be a laughing stock.
00:31:48Next up, the Heritage Silk Embroidery.
00:31:50An exquisite piece of history.
00:31:52We'll open the bidding at $2,000.
00:31:54$2,000.
00:31:57Five.
00:32:03Six.
00:32:05Ten!
00:32:12Ten thousand to Mr. Vandegrift.
00:32:14Do I hear?
00:32:16Fifteen.
00:32:20Twenty!
00:32:22Dad, it's not worth a fraction of that.
00:32:25It's about sending a message.
00:32:28She needs to learn her place.
00:32:33$20,000.
00:32:34Going once.
00:32:39$25,000.
00:32:45Are you still in, Richard?
00:32:58Your move.
00:33:02You think you can bluff me at my own table?
00:33:05$260,000.
00:33:06Careful, Dad.
00:33:08Don't bankrupt the poor girl.
00:33:14$260,000 to Mr. Vandegrift.
00:33:16Going once.
00:33:17Going twice.
00:33:29Here we teach me.
00:33:30Ready to get action.
00:33:33Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been informed that the $260,000 bid is invalid.
00:33:39Excuse me?
00:33:41The bidder's assets have just been frozen.
00:33:43We cannot accept the offer.
00:33:50There's a mistake.
00:33:52My bank.
00:33:53My broker.
00:33:54Banks don't make mistakes on that scale, Richard.
00:33:57The last valid bid stands at $250,000.
00:34:01Sold.
00:34:02To the young lady in the front.
00:34:06This is rigged.
00:34:08You're a nobody.
00:34:09Who even are you?
00:34:13Daisy Whitmore.
00:34:14Freshman.
00:34:20Thanks for the lesson in high finance, Richard.
00:34:23I'll be sure to hang this in my dorm.
00:34:37Meridian Venture Partners.
00:34:38The Summer Analyst Program.
00:34:41I have exactly one discretionary slot left.
00:34:46And you're offering it to a freshman?
00:34:48You showed remarkable initiative at the auction.
00:34:50Dean Gallagher clearly favors you.
00:34:52A rising tide lifts all boats, Daisy.
00:34:54You connect the Academy with Meridian's resources.
00:34:55I secure your future.
00:34:57Win-win.
00:34:57Speaking of which, what exactly does your family do?
00:34:59They invest.
00:35:01Franklin, the Vandegretz allocation is Whitmoreth.
00:35:05What are you doing in here?
00:35:06Professor Fontaine, Daisy and I were just discussing her potential.
00:35:11And the going rate for it?
00:35:12Excuse me?
00:35:13Richard Vandegryph paid $50,000 to turn Sienna's failing grade into an A.
00:35:17I'm just wondering what a Meridian internship goes for these days.
00:35:2020?
00:35:2130?
00:35:22Watch your mouth!
00:35:23That is baseless slander.
00:35:24I can have you expelled for that alone.
00:35:26Let's test that timeline.
00:35:28Meridian Venture Partners, legal department.
00:35:30Hi.
00:35:30I'm calling to report the illegal sale of corporate internship allocations by the Dean of Fairness Academy.
00:35:34I also have proof of academic bribery.
00:35:36Hang that up!
00:35:37Right now!
00:35:39The transaction records are hitting your inbox now.
00:35:42You're finished.
00:35:43You're a nobody scholarship student.
00:35:45You have no idea who you're messing with.
00:35:46You really should run better background checks on your students, gentlemen.
00:35:50You never know when you're trying to sell a Whitmore her own company.
00:36:08Meridian Venture Partners sent their own legal team this morning.
00:36:10They literally escorted Okafad out the back.
00:36:12You hear the rumor?
00:36:13A freshman made it happen.
00:36:15Daisy Whitmore.
00:36:24You!
00:36:27You think you're untouchable because you're sleeping with Dean Gallagher?
00:36:30You used him to frame my father!
00:36:32You ruined my family over a stupid grudge!
00:36:35A grudge implies I care enough to be angry with you, Sienna.
00:36:38I don't.
00:36:39You called Meridian?
00:36:41You had Fontaine fired?
00:36:43Let's do some basic math.
00:36:45Meridian's internal audit on your father's account started last Tuesday.
00:36:49Your father's wire transfer to Professor Fontaine's off-store account cleared three weeks ago.
00:36:53Okafay signed off on your fake internship credentials the day after that.
00:36:55I met Dean Gallagher yesterday.
00:36:58The timeline doesn't work for your little conspiracy theory.
00:37:01Shut up.
00:37:02Shut up, you're lying.
00:37:03Your father bought your grades.
00:37:04Fontaine sold the seats.
00:37:05Okafad rubber stamped the fraud.
00:37:07The only people who ruined your family are the ones sharing your last name.
00:37:09Oh!
00:37:12You were never worth the effort of a personal vendetta.
00:37:15You were never worth the effort of a personal vendetta.
00:37:34Daisy, please.
00:37:36I'm begging you.
00:37:39Get up.
00:37:40You're embarrassing yourself.
00:37:42I was wrong.
00:37:42I'll do anything.
00:37:43I'll publicly apologize.
00:37:44Whatever you want.
00:37:45Just call Dean Gallagher.
00:37:46Tell him to inject capital into my dad's firm.
00:37:48They're liquidating our assets, Daisy.
00:37:50We're losing the house.
00:37:53You actually think this is about me?
00:37:55I know I crossed the line.
00:37:57I know I treated you like garbage.
00:37:58Just make the call.
00:37:59You aren't sorry, Sienna.
00:38:01You're just out of options.
00:38:06And you're completely delusional if you think I have the power to bankrupt your father.
00:38:11But Meridian Venture Partners pulled out right after we fought.
00:38:14Yeah, Meridian pulled out because Dean Gallagher knows how to read a balance sheet.
00:38:19Your family's entire portfolio is a house of cards built on loan shrinking and illegal wire transfers.
00:38:24Dean ran the background check a month ago.
00:38:27He wouldn't touch your father's toxic assets with a ten-foot pole.
00:38:33You didn't come here to repent.
00:38:35You came here to use me as a life raft for a sinking ship.
00:38:39Grab your bags.
00:38:40Get out of my room.
00:39:08Heard the good news, Whitmore?
00:39:10Fontaine's officially out.
00:39:12Move, Carter.
00:39:14The faculty advisor for the National Simulation got swapped this morning.
00:39:17Your little safety net is gone.
00:39:18No more rig grades, no more protection.
00:39:20She didn't need his protection.
00:39:22Get out of the way.
00:39:23I'm giving you a chance to prove you're not just a charity taste, a business plan competition.
00:39:30External judging panel.
00:39:31Real venture capitalists.
00:39:32No school politics, no way to cheat.
00:39:35Get to the point.
00:39:36I'm entering.
00:39:37And I've got the entire Sterling Advance LEP backing my team.
00:39:40Elite analysts, proprietary data, full corporate resources.
00:39:43What about you?
00:39:44You don't even have a team.
00:39:46Dare to sign up by yourself?
00:39:47Or are you going to run and hide now that your backer is in handcuffs?
00:39:49You're bringing an entire corporate firm to a student pitch competition?
00:39:53It's called leverage.
00:39:55Something you don't have.
00:39:56So, you in or are you out?
00:39:58I'll register.
00:39:59Just me.
00:40:04One girl against Sterling Advance?
00:40:05You're suicidal.
00:40:07Tell your dad's analyst to work overtime.
00:40:09It's going to look really bad for the firm when they get wiped out by a college kid with a
00:40:12laptop.
00:40:22Get the whole Sterling Advance team on this.
00:40:24I want her destroyed on that stage.
00:40:37Which brings our total projected ad spend to $20 million.
00:40:41Celebrity ambassadors, primetime spots, and total market saturation for bloom and heritage beauty.
00:40:45Because real impact requires real capital.
00:40:52I'd like to wish the next progenitor luck.
00:40:54She's going to need it.
00:40:58Is she seriously going up there alone?
00:41:01Let's see what a scholarship buys these days.
00:41:07Carter's right about one thing.
00:41:09Impact requires investment.
00:41:10But he's wrong about the currency.
00:41:12My proposed marketing budget for bloom and heritage beauty is exactly $0.
00:41:17$0?
00:41:17What, are you going to draw the ads in Crayo?
00:41:20This is Eleanor.
00:41:21She's 78.
00:41:22She's been doing this heritage stitch work since she was 9.
00:41:24It takes her three weeks to finish one piece.
00:41:27Bloom and heritage wasn't founded in a boardroom.
00:41:29It was built on generational craft.
00:41:31On patience.
00:41:32On things that take time.
00:41:34You don't need $20 million to manufacture a story when the real one is already here.
00:41:38We don't buy billboards.
00:41:40We fund the artisans.
00:41:42We document the truth.
00:41:43Zero ad spend.
00:41:44100% authenticity.
00:41:46That's the pitch.
00:41:53It's a home movie.
00:41:54We can't run a global campaign on a home movie.
00:42:11I have sat through a dozen pitches today.
00:42:14Every single one asked me for millions of dollars to buy fleeting attention.
00:42:18You are the only one who figured out how to earn loyalty.
00:42:21You didn't just understand our brand's heritage.
00:42:24You gave it a pulse.
00:42:27Zero upfront marketing budget.
00:42:295% annual sales commission on the background.
00:42:32It's a massive risk for you and a brilliant deal for us.
00:42:34I'm in.
00:42:43This is a joke!
00:42:44Are you people blind?
00:42:45She played a video of an old lady sewing.
00:42:47Where is her data?
00:42:48Where is her budget breakdown?
00:42:49You're handing the championship to a sob story.
00:42:52I'd watch your tone, Mr. Ashford.
00:42:54I brought you a $20 million fully integrated rollout.
00:42:57I gave you market penetration.
00:42:59You gave me a fantasy.
00:43:00Your proposal threw $20 million at influencer ads that convert at less than 1%.
00:43:03You're buying clicks, Carter.
00:43:04Not customers.
00:43:05It's a paper type.
00:43:05Ray's is being generous.
00:43:06Your financial models are fundamentally broken.
00:43:08Page four of your packet assumes a retention rate that doesn't exist in this sector.
00:43:11Your math is a house of cards.
00:43:13You're telling me this charity case beat a team of professionals?
00:43:17The results are on the board, Carter.
00:43:19You can read, can't you?
00:43:23She didn't write it!
00:43:27Look at her.
00:43:28A nobody scholarship kid doesn't just pull a master class corporate strategy out of thin air.
00:43:32She's a fraud!
00:43:33She had someone ghostwrite the entire proposal!
00:43:41It's a fake!
00:43:42Look at her!
00:43:43You really think a charity case built a zero-CC acquisition model overnight?
00:43:47She had a ghostwriter.
00:43:48There is no way she wrote that pitch.
00:43:49Makes sense.
00:43:50Trash always finds a way to cheat.
00:43:54Is this what passes for critical thinking at Fairview these days?
00:43:57Mr. Ashford, we didn't expect you...
00:43:59You're accusing this young woman of needing a ghostwriter to understand market dynamics.
00:44:03Are you genuinely that blind, son?
00:44:06Sir, I just meant...
00:44:08Look at her background.
00:44:09She doesn't have the pedigree for...
00:44:11Her background?
00:44:12You are standing in a building her family paid for.
00:44:15You want to talk about pedigree?
00:44:17Daisy Whitmale is the sole heir to Whitmale Holdings.
00:44:19Your father, Grant Whitmale, signed the endowment for this auditorium and the library you study in.
00:44:29Are we done here?
00:44:32You handled that circus well.
00:44:34Your father would be proud.
00:44:36I didn't ask for the rescue, Mr. Ellsworth, but thank you.
00:44:40It wasn't a rescue.
00:44:41It was an investment.
00:44:42Your pitch in there, merging heritage craftsmanship with modern retail, that was brilliant.
00:44:47What's the catch?
00:44:49Grant Whitford did me a massive favor when I was just starting out.
00:44:51I pay my debts.
00:44:52I want you to take the lead on a new project at Ether Innovations.
00:44:55Real capital, real stakes.
00:44:57I'll think about it.
00:44:58Don't think too long.
00:44:59The market doesn't wait.
00:45:24Miss Whitmore, please, just a moment of your time.
00:45:31Make it quick.
00:45:33I brought this disappointment here to make things right.
00:45:36What he did at the competition was a disgrace to the Ashford name.
00:45:40Beautiful.
00:45:43I'm sorry.
00:45:44I lied about the debt.
00:45:45I lied about your presentation.
00:45:47I tried to ruin you.
00:45:48He's done.
00:45:49I'm stripping his title at Sterling & Vance.
00:45:51Distribution, hair house in the valley, minimum wage.
00:45:53No safety net.
00:45:54Save the crisis management routine for your shareholders, Howard.
00:45:59Excuse me?
00:46:01You don't care about what he did.
00:46:04You care that he did it to Grant Whitmore's daughter.
00:46:07You're sacrificing the pawn to keep your stock from tanking on Monday morning.
00:46:14Next time you pick a target, make sure you can afford the fallout.
00:46:31The private investigator confirmed it, sir.
00:46:33She didn't just grow up in the country.
00:46:35She was completely off the grid.
00:46:39And Grant Whitfield?
00:46:40She's always been his sole heir.
00:46:41The name, the inheritance, all of it confirmed two years ago.
00:46:44She just never used any of it.
00:46:45Never touched the trust.
00:46:46Never traded on the Whitfield name.
00:46:48She kept her distance on purpose and built her own leverage from scratch.
00:46:53She didn't hide her identity because she was ashamed.
00:46:55She hid it because she didn't need it.
00:46:58We went to war with a ghost who doesn't even need her father's money to bury us.
00:47:21Come in, guys.
00:47:22Come in, guys.
00:47:22That's running down her way.
00:47:36Grant Whitfield pulled my firm out of the fire 20 years ago.
00:47:39I don't like leaving debts unpaid.
00:47:42I'm not my father.
00:47:43His ledgers are his own.
00:47:44I'm not here for him.
00:48:14I watched how you handled the Ashford boy.
00:48:45It's very good.
00:48:45I'll be there for him.
00:48:45It seems to be proud of the Ashford boy.
00:48:48Ether Innovations is facing a severe liquidity crisis.
00:48:51Your server downgrade request is a joke, Ms. Whitmer.
00:48:53Big data architecture isn't a sandbox for freshmen to play in.
00:48:56You're wasting Academy bandwidth.
00:48:57Shut the project down before you embarrass the department.
00:49:00A fully executed service level agreement with a tier one retail chain.
00:49:04First quarter deliverables are locked at $200,000.
00:49:08Does the Academy charter prohibit freshmen from generating positive cash float, Vice-Memint Langley?
00:49:12Or is the board just allergic to actual results?
00:49:15You watch your tone.
00:49:17A piece of paper doesn't fix your immediate server deficit.
00:49:19You have zero capital backing.
00:49:27Mr. Elswood, Dean Gallagher, we weren't expecting.
00:49:32$5 million.
00:49:36I am personally injecting $5 million into Ether Innovations.
00:49:41Zero equity, pure investment.
00:49:43I assume the Academy's bandwidth can accommodate Mr. Elswood's portfolio?
00:49:48Yes.
00:49:49Of course.
00:49:50Absolutely.
00:49:51Next step.
00:49:52Someone's going to come for what you have.
00:49:55Are you ready?
00:50:02Yeah.
00:50:03She just got the funding.
00:50:05Apex needs to move now.
00:50:11Tau is in the building, Mr. Fontan.
00:50:13Aether Innovations is officially bleeding out.
00:50:24Right on schedule.
00:50:25The retail chain just paused the contract, indefinitely.
00:50:28Logistics just pulled their order too, and it gets worse.
00:50:31Tau just cleared his desk and walked out.
00:50:33What?
00:50:34Apex Data Systems poached him.
00:50:36Offered him triple his salary to jump shelf.
00:50:38Today.
00:50:38Rex Fontana is cutting off our air supply.
00:50:40He's trying to strangle us in the crib before we even get off the ground.
00:50:42We have no money, no lead dev, and no clients.
00:50:44He thinks poaching my lead and killing my orders will make me fold.
00:50:47But he forgot how this game actually works.
00:50:49You don't choke out a startup when you've left your own throat exposed.
00:50:52Is this the Apex Cloud Vault 2.0 roadmap?
00:50:54The entire background architecture?
00:50:56Dean Gallagher sends his regards.
00:50:57Turns out alumni connections are good for something.
00:51:00He handed you his entire playbook.
00:51:01He was so busy looking at our board, he told me exactly where he's stepping next.
00:51:05So we're going to set a trap.
00:51:06The retail chain just paused the contract, indefinitely.
00:51:09They think we're just struggling to survive the week.
00:51:10Let them.
00:51:11We're going to wait for his highest traffic poached him.
00:51:13Offered him triple his salary right out from under him.
00:51:18Let me get this straight.
00:51:19You want to take Ather Vault 3.0, our core tech, the thing we've bled over for two months, and
00:51:22just give it away?
00:51:23We aren't fighting a price war, Zany.
00:51:24We're eliminating the concept of price.
00:51:26Apex Cloud Vault 2.0 launches tomorrow.
00:51:28Rex sank $400 million into it.
00:51:29And you're going to turn his $400 million baby into a firework the day before he cuts the ribbon.
00:51:33Our deployment cost is exactly 5% of theirs.
00:51:35The performance benchmarks are higher, so we open source the base infrastructure on GitHub completely free.
00:51:39How do we keep the lights on?
00:51:40We give away the engine.
00:51:41We charge for the premium enterprise integrations.
00:51:43Rex wants to bleed us out.
00:51:44We pull the floor out from under his entire market.
00:51:47Today, Apex Data Systems redefines the industry standard.
00:51:50Cloud Vault 2.0 isn't just a product.
00:51:53It is the defense.
00:51:53How do we keep the lights on?
00:51:54And you're going to turn his $400 million baby into a firework the day before he cuts the ribbon.
00:52:00As I was saying, the definitive...
00:52:02Mr. Fonfield!
00:52:02Aether Innovations just open source Vault 3.0 on GitHub!
00:52:06Excuse me?
00:52:08The benchmarks are outperforming Apex 2.0, and the base architecture is entirely free!
00:52:12Free?
00:52:18Find out.
00:52:19Right now.
00:52:31Mr. Fontaine, the stock is in free fall.
00:52:33Down 30% since the bell.
00:52:34Tracks.
00:52:34Seven major accounts just sent termination notices.
00:52:36Aether Vault 3.0 is completely free.
00:52:38They're charging pennies for the premium integration.
00:52:39We can't compete with Xero.
00:52:40$400 million.
00:52:41We burn $400 million, and we get gutted by three college kids giving away open source code.
00:52:45The roadmap!
00:52:46Someone fed her our exact architecture.
00:52:47Find the leak!
00:52:48Now!
00:52:52I want a name, Claire, who sold me out!
00:52:54Sir, the leak isn't the problem anymore.
00:52:57What did you just say?
00:52:58The board of directors.
00:52:59They just filed an emergency impeachment motive.
00:53:01And the SEC is downstairs.
00:53:02They brought the FBI.
00:53:03They have a warrant for the last three years of our financial records.
00:53:06The FBI?
00:53:07They're citing wire fraud and RICO charges.
00:53:11$400 million in R&D.
00:53:12Three years of Cook ledgers.
00:53:132.5 million lines of code.
00:53:15All of it.
00:53:16Gone.
00:53:18Daisy Whitmerth.
00:53:24She thinks she won.
00:53:26I'm going to show her that nobody beats me and gets to keep breathing.
00:53:36And now we are all paying for it.
00:53:38Pissing off the Fontainas?
00:53:40Apex Data Systems is going to bury us because of your little startup stunt.
00:53:43The Whitmore name is taking a heron in the press.
00:53:45Clients are calling.
00:53:46We can't afford this kind of exposure.
00:53:47Which is why the family is stepping in to save you from yourself.
00:53:49For the preservation of our legacy, you will transfer your Ather Innovations equity into the family trust.
00:53:54Tonight.
00:53:55You want my shares?
00:53:56I will personally negotiate a truce with Rex Fontaine.
00:53:58It's the only way to protect the assets.
00:54:00You're too young to understand the stakes here.
00:54:01Don't be stubborn.
00:54:02Let's talk about protecting assets.
00:54:05The Ather source code is yours, Rex.
00:54:07Just make sure the board blames the girl.
00:54:09Grant's going to protect her.
00:54:10You know that.
00:54:11She's a stray.
00:54:12A bastard Grant dragged in from the dirt.
00:54:15You're doctoring footage to avoid taking responsibility for your own failures.
00:54:18Corporate to espionage, wire fraud, breach of fiduciary juice.
00:54:20The Roth files are already with the SEC.
00:54:22You little brat!
00:54:23I built this company!
00:54:24You think you can frame me in front of my own family?
00:54:25Effective immediately, Article 4 of the Corporate Charter is stripped of all executive titles, board seats, and voting rights at
00:54:30Whitmore Holdings.
00:54:31You have no authority!
00:54:33I am a Whitmore!
00:54:35Security.
00:54:37Let go!
00:54:39Daisy!
00:54:40You think this is over?
00:54:42It's just starting.
00:54:47Fired.
00:54:48Dragged out of the Apex Club by security.
00:54:53Good.
00:54:54Now she has no one left to hide behind.
00:54:59Effective immediately, Whitmore Holderings is spinning up a new strategic division.
00:55:03Daisy Whitmore will take full operational control.
00:55:05With all due respect, Grant, she's a student.
00:55:07Handing over a core division to someone with zero corporate track record, what exactly is she bringing to the table?
00:55:11The basis of taking Outer Innovate in 90 days to a single-handedly vaporizing $400 million of Apex Data Systems
00:55:16is capital.
00:55:17That's the internal leak list.
00:55:18Every wire transfer, every burner phone log, you have exactly three days to walk yourselves into the FBI field office
00:55:23and confess.
00:55:23On day four, I hand-deliver the unredunded files to the Fegs myself.
00:55:28The appointment stands.
00:55:30Meeting adjourned.
00:55:31You didn't leave him much room to breathe in there.
00:55:33They didn't earn the right to breathe easy.
00:55:35You stripped Rex Fontian of his assets and his inside men.
00:55:38He's got nothing left to lose.
00:55:39A cornered dog is going to jump the fence.
00:55:40I'm not worried about him jumping the fence.
00:55:42I'm worried he won't.
00:55:43Explain.
00:55:44If he stays in the shadows, I have to waste time hunting him down.
00:55:47If he lunges, I can put him down for good.
00:55:48I'm setting the trap.
00:55:49Where?
00:55:50Meridian Venture Partners, tomorrow.
00:55:51I'm inviting him to the table for one final negotiation.
00:55:53He thinks he's coming to take his revenge.
00:55:55He's just coming to his own funeral.
00:56:05Full executive proxy.
00:56:07As of midnight, you speak for the board.
00:56:12You're handing me the keys to the kingdom 12 hours before a hostile negotiation.
00:56:15If I miscalculate tomorrow, the fallout hits the main stock.
00:56:18Then let it hit.
00:56:18Make the play, Daisy.
00:56:19You don't walk into a room worrying about the floor caving in.
00:56:22Whitmore Holdings is your foundation.
00:56:23If the market pushes back, I write the check.
00:56:26I won't need your check, but I'll take the proxy.
00:56:30End it tomorrow.
00:56:36We have a blind spot.
00:56:37My people just confirmed what Rex is bringing to the table today.
00:56:40Let me guess.
00:56:40He thinks he has leverage.
00:56:42He has the Whitford Holdings supply chain ledgers.
00:56:44Victor handed him the master files before you threw him out.
00:56:46Rex is going to use your own distribution network to hold you hostage.
00:56:49He's holding a dead hand.
00:56:51Daisy, if those ledgers go public-
00:56:53You can't do anything, Walter.
00:56:54Grant and I migrated the entire supply chain to a new encryption protofile three months ago.
00:56:57Victor didn't have the clearance for the new system.
00:56:59What he stole is a ghost drive.
00:57:00It's scrap paper.
00:57:01You set the trap before he even knew he was playing.
00:57:04Speaking of the dead.
00:57:10Miss Whitmare.
00:57:12Nice of you to host your own surrender.
00:57:14I hope you brought your favorite pen.
00:57:16The conference room is right behind you.
00:57:18You really think you've got this in the bag, don't you?
00:57:21Take a seat, Rex.
00:57:32$500 million.
00:57:33You want Apex Data Systems.
00:57:34That's the price.
00:57:35And in exchange, I don't leak the Whitmore Holdings supply chain vulnerabilities to the press.
00:57:39Apex Data Systems carries $40 million in toxic debt.
00:57:41Your server leases default in exactly six days.
00:57:43The revised valuation is $100 million.
00:57:46Patents, client data, engineering roster, non-negotiable.
00:57:49You have the Whitmore Supply Logs right here.
00:57:50One call to the SC and I tank your father's stock by 20%.
00:57:53You forced me into this corner, Daisy.
00:57:55The logs you are holding were rotated out of our system 90 days ago.
00:57:57You are attempting corporate extortion with expired data.
00:58:00The files are worthless.
00:58:01Just erase 500 million.
00:58:01Extortion with intent to defeat confirmed.
00:58:03The audio recording and evidence chain are now secured for the district attorney.
00:58:09I built Apex from nothing.
00:58:11I'm not apologizing to your little startup.
00:58:12Sign, apologize, or the fraud division gets the server logs at noon.
00:58:16The apology?
00:58:18I apologize to Ether Innovatives.
00:58:19It was me.
00:58:20I used illegal tactics to suppress your operations.
00:58:23I apologize.
00:58:24Transaction complete.
00:58:26You took everything!
00:58:31Weapons secured.
00:58:32Stay down.
00:58:33You ruined me!
00:58:34I'll kill you!
00:58:35I set the board.
00:58:35You walked into the room.
00:58:37You brought the blade.
00:58:38Nobody forced your hand.
00:58:39You think you won?
00:58:39My family will bury you.
00:58:41The Fontaine...
00:58:41Your backers are smarter than you, Rex.
00:58:43They know when to run.
00:58:43The Fontaine network flipped this morning.
00:58:45They are fully cooperating with the federal prosecutor.
00:58:47Your safety net is gone.
00:58:49Rex Fontaine, you're under arrest for aggravated assault and attempted murder.
00:58:58Meridian Venture Partners will hold a formal briefing tomorrow morning.
00:59:01We will detail the complete acquisition of Apex Data Cert today.
00:59:05The ink is dry.
00:59:06What is the directive for Apex?
00:59:07We absorb the engineering team and the core tech.
00:59:10The executive board gets purged.
00:59:12Every last one of them.
00:59:17The board is clear.
00:59:23Daisy!
00:59:24Or should I say, our most distinguished founder.
00:59:26I was just telling the board,
00:59:28Ather Innovations is the crown jewel of Fairview.
00:59:30We are actually revising the senior curriculum.
00:59:32I would love to make your startup journey a mandatory case study.
00:59:35A true Fairview success story.
00:59:3690 days ago, conference room B.
00:59:38You sat in front of three department heads and told me
00:59:41Ather was a delusional distraction that would embarrass this institution.
00:59:44Now, Daisy, the market was volatile back then.
00:59:46I was merely playing devil's advocate for your owners.
00:59:48You can have your case study, Morris.
00:59:50But the Ather partnership runs on my rules now.
00:59:53Ether Innovations is officially launching the AI Data Lab
00:59:56in partnership with Fairview.
00:59:58We are opening 20 internship spots starting today.
01:00:01But let me be perfectly clear about how this works.
01:00:03I don't care what tax bracket you come from.
01:00:05I don't care who your parents play golf with.
01:00:07And I absolutely will not accept a single recommendation letter from the dean's office.
01:00:10No legacy passes.
01:00:11No backdoor favors.
01:00:12You get a seat at my table based on your code,
01:00:14your interview, and your raw telling else.
01:00:15Today, I am officially launching the Daisy Wetmare Merit Scholarship.
01:00:19Let me be perfectly clear about the criteria.
01:00:21No legacy preferences.
01:00:22No donor to your fast tracks.
01:00:23Know Who You Know selection panels.
01:00:28For too long, this campus has operated on a VIP guest list.
01:00:31But I'm not investing in people who already have the road paid for them.
01:00:33I'm investing in the next me.
01:00:35Academic excellence and proven professional grit.
01:00:36That is the only currency we accept.
01:00:40A very spirited speech, Daisy.
01:00:42Truly.
01:00:43But regarding this scholarship committee,
01:00:44as dean of administration,
01:00:46I should naturally hold a seat on the review board
01:00:47to ensure institutional alignment, of course.
01:00:50Institutional alignment?
01:00:51We can't just hand out funds without faculty oversight.
01:00:54You need someone who understands the ecosystem here.
01:00:55Someone who knows the right families.
01:00:57Do you know why the Aether Innovations written exalination
01:00:59is handled by a third party?
01:01:00Your nephew failed the baseline coding test, Morris.
01:01:02He was disqualified from the internship pipeline on merit alone.
01:01:04No appeals, no exceptions.
01:01:05You rigged the algorithm for-
01:01:06The scholarship evaluation will be fully administrated
01:01:08by an independent third party review board.
01:01:09Zero internal override authority.
01:01:11Have a good afternoon, Morris.
01:01:17This came for her.
01:01:18Hand delivered.
01:01:33You made a lot of noise at the academy today, Daisy.
01:01:36I cleared out a systemic liability.
01:01:37You rang a dinner bell.
01:01:38You think Rex Fontone was a threat?
01:01:40He was playing in the minor leagues.
01:01:41The player you just woke up operates on a completely different level.
01:01:43They call him the chess master.
01:01:44Define the threat.
01:01:45He doesn't exist on paper.
01:01:46Layered holding structures, offshore proxies, zero public filings.
01:01:49A real adversary doesn't pull a knife in an alley.
01:01:51He smiles, shakes your hand, and drops the floor out from under you when you turn around.
01:01:53If someone is waiting for me to sit down, it means I'm already in the game.
01:02:02I've run it through everything.
01:02:03SE filings, Delaware incorporation records, the entire Meridian venture part is due diligent
01:02:06data.
01:02:07Show me the endpoint.
01:02:08There isn't one.
01:02:09Every money trail hits a wall at a Delaware shell structure.
01:02:11Three layers deep.
01:02:11The ownership records are completely scrubbed.
01:02:13No names, no tax IDs, just illegal.
01:02:14They aren't just breaking contracts.
01:02:15They're showing us X showing us they can rewrite our reality without leaving a fingerprint.
01:02:18How do we counter a ghost?
01:02:19We lock the doors.
01:02:20Initiate an immediate encrypted or security upgrade across all Ether Innovations core
01:02:23projects.
01:02:23I'll pull the network offline and patch it.
01:02:24Move the core team to encrypted communication monitoring place on every single staff member.
01:02:27If this entity can alter our contracts, I want to know exactly who breathes near my people.
01:02:31Consider it done.
01:02:40I spent my life chasing margins.
01:02:42You're out here rewriting the whole board.
01:02:44Run with it.
01:02:45The entire Whitmore family is back in your play.
01:02:50It's done.
01:02:52The shell.
01:02:53The chess master isn't a guy in a room.
01:02:55It's a Hydra.
01:02:55Global family capital.
01:02:57Interlocked trust.
01:02:57Sovereign adjacent funds.
01:02:58Legacy endowments spanning four continents.
01:03:00They've got their hooks deep into institutional donor pipelines.
01:03:02They practically own the ground Fairview is built on.
01:03:04They're dug in, Daisy.
01:03:05And they're ready.
01:03:06I've been ready for years.
01:03:17Let's wake them up.
01:03:25The game just started.
01:03:26The game just started.
01:03:27The game just started.
01:03:30The game just started.
01:03:32The game just started.
01:03:33The game just started.
01:03:37The game just started.
01:03:38The game just started.
01:03:39The game just started.
01:03:40The game just started.