In a crowded private room a man drags a woman and insists she come with him, boasting he's the heir to Johns Textiles. A bystander intervenes and is struck. Another man pushes in, identifies himself—"I'm Edmond James; my dad is Gordon James, chairman of Evergreen Group"—and demands the assailant stop. The attacker offers to free the beaten man if the woman goes with him, but Edmond refuses. Faced with blood and the James name, the abductor backs down but taunts, "Which Mr. James is so powerful?", leaving the standoff unresolved.