Oh, Milestone may have a background in finance, but Pederson personally holds at least 10% of shares in VK Group. He has voting rights and the authority to call emergency meetings, making him a major shareholder who can propose inquiries, investigations, lawsuits, liquidations, or dissolution of the company.
VK Group recently held a shareholders' meeting to discuss various significant events, and he attended. That's why he managed to squeeze in some time to have a casual meal with Li Pan.
Thus, Li Pan hurried back to Night City by shuttle, carrying a small gift worth over two million as a token, and headed straight to Milestone Private Equity Fund's office in the Tower of Night for his invited visit.
The QVN connection was undoubtedly slower than Li Pan's own neural link, but the office was equipped with top-tier encrypted lines, so it was only a matter of blinking a few extra times.