Dark Capital · DC-049
WE ROLLED A TRUCK DOWN A HILL. GORDIAN MOTORS TOOK AN 11% STAKE. THE VIDEO WAS IN THE DECK.
I have a video on my phone I am not supposed to have. It shows a Helion truck on a desert highway, which my company used to justify a $2 billion investment, only for analysts later to expose the truck as unpowered and the video as a fraud.
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