The Princess and the Paupers

“Well, Ben just couldn’t spit it out.

“Spit it out.” Attlee was getting a bit impatient. “Whatever you’ve got to say, just say it! We’ve been working together for years; do you really think I’d fire you over a few misplaced words?”

“Mr. Murphy, of course you wouldn’t! It’s just that they said some pretty nasty things. I didn’t want to upset you.” Ben was too embarrassed to relay the message.

The more he kept his mouth shut, the more Attlee wanted to know.

Ben followed him into the elevator and into his office before finally spilling the beans: “They called you an idiot, said they’ve had enough of your stupidity, and don’t want to work with you anymore! Basically, they’ve thrown a bunch of weird insults your way.”

“Which company said this?” How dare they insult him?

Attlee was instantly ticked off. He got it; they didn’t want to work with him, but why hurl all these bizarre insults?

biggest one being the nastiest.” Ben

a pang of

Yes.”

known as the “God of Venture Capital” and any project she invested in was sure to

were able to expand and strengthen their

develop, he could easily secure funds just by mentioning it to Allbara Investment. Even if the project ended up tanking

other companies assumed he had some powerful backing and

going on

refused to work with him?

ask Allbara Investment

two months ago you secured funding from Allbara Investment to buy IU

high–tech mirror company. People could try on all the clothes in the store just by standing in front of the mirror and touching the electronic system; there was

clothing business, owning their own production company and physical stores. Attlee wanted to install IU Tech’s mirrors in all his stores, allowing customers to try on more clothes without wasting time and hopefully buy

Tech’s mirrors would look different than when tried on by the customers themselves? The difference