Yolden had been a broker back in his days on Wall Street, and then an economics professor when he returned to Aurous Hill. The only thing that remotely linked him to the automotive industry was his driving license.

Hence, the keyboard warriors and armchair generals were leaping online to forecast failure, especially with the two families betting everything on Curtis Autos, only to top it all off with a newbie as their CEO.

Some even used the Titanic as an example—it was a marvelous vessel, an