Chapter 316

• Francis listened to the breakdown and gave a slow nod. “But this so‑called new height gives me the creeps. It’s cold at the top. In just one night, I lost more than eighty billion Atharian currency. And today might bleed more.”
• “So you have to steady the ship. Tell me how I can help?”
• “I currently hold two giant companies—Netflix and Penguin Corporation. I can mortgage one, take a loan, and pour it into Open Intelligence, then ease the repayment…” He paused, then went on, “I’m planning to pledge the other one too and pull in over a hundred billion in loans.”