Recently, Fredmann Co. has approached Bann Mercantile Group with a deal: an investment in…parachute pants. Sale thinks selling parachute pants in Greece is profitable. The problem is that Sale has no footholds there; that is where we come in. By acting as a local store to Sale-supplied parachute pants, both companies stand to make enough profit to clear the American debt.
I detest the idea of handing money to Sale. Unfortunately, he produces the pants in-house, we cannot cut him out.
Sale and I have already committed our resources: while we contributed a larger percent of our total assets, Sale committed more raw capital. This is his weakness. We shall buy up Fredmann Co. shares beforehand. As soon as we pay Sale for the shipment, his share price will rise.
By selling these shares, we can cause a massive price drop. This will scare Sale’s investors. As they panic-sell, the share price will crash. Without investors, Sale cannot raise enough cash to continue the deal, he will have to withdraw. Meanwhile, we have secured healthy profits from selling Sale’s shares and pants.
We need money to buy Sale’s shares, but most of it is tied up in the deal. Loans are difficult to acquire with this risky project active, but selling our shares opens us to a counterattack.
This is where you come in, Mercantiles. Find the money. I don’t care how you get it, fill our coffers. Steal, gamble, cheat, work for free, I don’t care. Capture the capital! Get that money, Mercantiles! I promise you, it will be worth your while.