Lee Chung stood at the window of his office on the forty-second floor, overlooking the city he had dominated for three decades, and he watched his son move through the building below like a predator surveying territory; Chui walked with too much confidence lately, spoke to employees with too much authority, made decisions without consultation, and Lee Chung's instincts, honed by years of corporate warfare and survival, told him something was wrong.

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