The grand ballroom of the Harvard Club on West 44th Street was packed with fifty financial journalists, television camera crews, and institutional bond traders. At the podium stood Julian Vance, wearing a tailored navy suit, sweating under the glare of the studio lights, adjusting his microphone with trembling fingers. "Ladies and gentlemen of the press," Julian announced loudly. "I have called this emergency conference to reveal grave systemic safety failures…
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