At a Mercer Group board meeting, Damian Mercer warns that choosing the wrong chairman will doom the company, but the family's uncles ignore him and unanimously elect Rowan Mercer as the new chairman. Rowan thanks them and vows to lead the company to the top, while board members mock Damian and dismiss his threat. Damian retaliates by ordering a market attack: within three minutes he instructs traders to short every tradable Mercer Group share and drive the stock to zero. The episode ends with Damian's timed sell-off set in motion, leaving the company's fate immediately and dangerously unresolved.