Monday
I've been thrown into a fire drill. No matter that John Bonanza is losing control at Du Rite, our (my!) biggest client ever. Nope, prickly Ken Armadillo insists that Donny Drucker and I hop the shuttle to New York and sit down with Groan & Dorsal (the big I-Bank) and our mutual client, Non-Woven Industries. Turns out Non-Woven is attempting a hostile takeover of its biggest rival. Top secret. Very exciting. Staying at the Four Seasons!
Gridlock in Manhattan. Donny fills me in as we swelter in the cab (no air). He's been working with Non-Woven for years and says their new CEO wants to make the front page of the Journal. Doubts the deal makes strategic sense. We're here to make sure Groan & Dorsal puts sensible numbers in their valuation model. The big news: We're getting 0.25% of the transaction fee! Could be ten mill! Doesn't that interfere with our objective financial modeling? I ask Donny, but he's checking voice-mail on his cell phone and doesn't hear.
Tuesday
Outrageous breakfast at the Four Seasons (forty-six bucks for just me!) Groan's 53rd-floor conference room is full of analysts looking young and greedy. Meet Hector Berlioz, the Partner-in-charge and a perfect clich
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