27 Wife or Money?

I didn't know that the minimum was $100,000 to start until I got to the table. Ron wanted to show everyone how strong he was, so he bought $20 million worth of chips at once. I sat uneasily next to him. Frade sat across from him. He got the same amount of chips.

Paul, the Plutocrat Federation representative, and his daughter were also at the table, along with three other strange men. Sarah purposely sat next to Frade, whose eyes hovered between Ron and Frade with a look of amusement.

Ron whispered to me that there were other family representatives at the game. Now I understand why he had to exchange such a large amount of chips at once. This looks like an ordinary game, but in fact it is a hidden game between families.

It's all about the merger case. This is about a European gas merger. The interest is not in natural gas, but in the energy trading rights behind it. Everyone at the table had their eyes fixed on the cards on the table, like a pack of hungry wolves on a piece of fresh me