The Quanter Family wasn't entirely pleased about this, but in the end, they had no choice but to accept Donnie's arrangements. After all, their shares in Trident Shipyard left them little alternative but to comply.
In fact, this was done to better align with the current financial practices in the United States.
George Olympia felt a bit helpless now. He understood Donnie's plan of leveraging the funds from Trident Shipyard's IPO for acquisitions and expansions. Logically speaking, as the president of Trident Shipyard, he had every reason—and even a legal basis—to be fully informed of these plans.
Yet Donnie clearly had no intention of disclosing them to him.
As a diligent employee, George Olympia could only swallow his dissatisfaction and move on.
After George Olympia left, Jesse Livermore said to Donnie, "Are we going to continue selling off Venus Bank's shares in Trident Shipyard?"