After the awards ceremony ended.
Leo sat behind his desk, holding a freshly printed list.
It was the detailed staff roster for the technology and operations team of the Pennsylvania Industry Alliance Trust's notes platform.
He read it, line by line.
Chief Architect: Former Vice President of the Quantitative Trading Division at Goldman Sachs.
Head of Data Analytics: Former Senior Manager of the Risk Control Department at JPMorgan Chase.
Director of Systems Operations: Former technical consultant for the Blackstone Group.
The list was long, and every name was followed by a dazzling resume.
They were all from Wall Street, from the top institutions that controlled the lifeblood of global finance.
They were the technical backbone Evelyn Saint Cloud had handpicked for this platform.
Back then, to ensure this massive and complex financial system could operate stably, Leo had agreed to Evelyn's staffing arrangements.
But he wasn't completely unprepared.
