Chapter 11: Getting Allies
Amanda had cut it out clearly and clean.
There was not enough time to get on Alan Martinez's good side, but more than enough to ally up with the other ten majority shareholders.
If these ones turn in his favour before the meeting, others would have no other option than to trust their choice... because of past fruitful votes or successful collaborations. And in the long run, impress Mr Martinez with how everyone went for him.
The first person on the list was Mrs Ava Pate. Thirty minutes were all Kieran needed to meet up with her in a five-star restaurant Amanda had reserved.
Marble, glowing walls. Golden curtains. Vaulting opaque ceilings, and even an instrumentalist playing in the smiling corners. Kieran and Mrs Ava sat to plates of steamy steaks and cups of Screaming Eagle Cabernet wine.
Kieran didn't have to introduce himself. Gregory's team had uploaded his basic information onto the shareholders' main website some hours ago. A little briefing on Mrs Ava was... she owns 2% of the shares in the empire.
But again, she had another company outside the corporation. And this same company was Kieran's main target now.
Her weakness.
Kieran asked her if she would be welcoming any investment offers in her green tech subsidiary. If so, then her company's worsened situation would be helped. Everything was on the internet. Avatek Renewables is in bigger debt, almost going bankrupt, and its stock is falling day by day.