Chapter 83 - A Change in the Numbers
Moretti Capital issued amended information to prospective financing partners after the independent valuation review. The new figures included contingencies that had been absent from the simplified presentation leaked to the press.
Some partners withdrew. Others requested a new timeline. The company survived the correction, though Adrian would later admit he had spent years treating any downward revision as personal humiliation.
“It's better that investors know the actual risk,” I said when he told me.
“Yes.”
“Does that mean the deal is dead?”
“No. It means we decide on real numbers.”
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I thought of every drawing I'd revised because someone had noticed a wall clearance or an unsupported assumption. Revision was not failure. It was often the only route to building something safe.
Adrian ended the call without asking whether I was proud of him. I appreciated that more than praise would have been worth.
