The opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange rang at exactly 9:30 AM.
Inside the glass-walled war room on the forty-second floor of Rebuild Tech, the sound didn't exist.
There was no bell. There was only the sudden, violent plunge of a red line on the eighty-five-inch monitor dominating the far wall.
Ryan stood with his arms crossed over his chest, his bespoke suit jacket discarded over the back of his chair. He watched the digital carnage unfold in real-time.
Vanguard Freight & Logistics had opened at forty-two dollars a share. By 9:34 AM, it was trading at twenty-eight.
