Chapter 54

We stood and looked at the scroll. “It looks like an organization chart,” Marco said.

“That’s exactly what it is,” she said. “The names on it are twenty years out of date, but I’ll make the necessary changes. Study it, Marco, and you will have a very good idea as to the management structure of the Conti enterprises.”

She sat down at the desk, retrieved a pen, and pointed to a box on the chart labeled “Conti vineyards.” Using the pen, she drew a line through the name in the box and carefully printed a different name, saying, “His people don’t particularly like him, but they consider him to be fair and they respect him.”

She moved the pen to the next box and repeated the process, writing down the name and giving us her opinion of the employee. Finished with all the boxes, she drew two additional boxes and labeled one of them ‘Winery’ and the other ‘Olive oil factory’ adding names below them. Then she turned in the swivel chair and faced Marco.