B City Consortium couldn't last much longer.
It wasn't because they had no money. On the contrary, they were very rich and possessed wealth unimaginable by most people. Since the 1950s, they used scientific research from MIT to develop technology in emerging industries and transitioned from the textile industry to the fields of electronics, optics, radars, missiles and even aerospace. If their actual wealth was calculated, even Bill Gates' wealth tenfold would be no match. After all, Bill Gates was only one person and these consortia were controlled by more than one family.
For this monstrous economic giant, the banking system wasn't their source of hematopoietic stem cells so to speak, but rather, it was their more important heart! If there were any problems with the heart, the massive financial and industrial system would face a risk to cash flow.
