Amanda's smile became radiant, a supernova of condescension and confidence. "We only started operations three weeks ago."
The silence that followed was different. It wasn't shock. It was a vacuum, a complete absence of sound as two hundred brains bluescreened simultaneously.
"Three... weeks?"
"Yes. Three weeks and two days, precisely. We're quite new. Our hedge fund just starting. Currently limited to minimum daily returns of only four hundred."
"Four hundred million?"
"Yes, four hundred million daily minimum. Like I said, we guarantee clients five percent returns within first twenty-four hours. Liberation Funds takes only two percent as fee. We expect to remove the cap entirely within six months."
Every person in that room understood exactly what that meant. I could see the calculations crystallizing.
"That's impossible," Elise said flatly, but the conviction was gone, stripped away by the tidal wave of data Amanda had just unleashed.
