The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1603

"If a family like that could be destroyed in just a year or two, The Burton Group would have been finished long ago. It wouldn't deserve its reputation at the top. Not even a TV show would dare write a plot like that."

It was a feat beyond even Stella's capabilities, and likely beyond Joshua's as well.

Families like the Williams, the Watsons, the Chapmans, the Burtons, and the Lermans were so established that unless they did something catastrophically self-destructive, bankrupting them would be an immense challenge, even if the head of the family died. Moreover, the power structures within these families were complex and decentralized. To prevent a single leader's poor decision from jeopardizing the entire company and family, almost none of them operated with one person having absolute authority.

Stella nodded. "Exactly. So, instead of wasting time trying to bankrupt them, it's better to chip away at their market share. There's a lot of room for us to seize resources from them. Without the core assets Mr. Burton gave me, I would have had no chance of getting a piece of the pie while The Burton Group dominated the market.

"The Burton family made me, and the Burton family could break me. Ultimately, we started with their resources. Since we can't break away from them for now, we'll create a sub-brand. The advantage is that we can leverage The Burton Group's reputation to get started and expand our operations. Even though we're competing with them, we have Mr. Burton's help, which keeps him out of a difficult position."

"That all sounds great. So what's the downside?" Abby asked.

Stella smiled. "The downside is that we can't just make them go bankrupt overnight. On the surface, it feels like we're holding back."

Abby blurted out, "So what if we are? You can't look a gift horse in the mouth. Mr. Burton is willing to help us out of respect for his old friends, not so we can tear down the family he built."

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