Everything Max had done leading up to this exact, explosive moment was heavily influenced by his way of dealing with business, a ruthless methodology he had learned and perfected in his previous life.
The underlying truth of the world was that, at their core, high-level legitimate businesses and sprawling criminal organizations ran on strikingly similar principles. They both required extreme hierarchy, resource management, and a complete focus on ensuring they kept operating at a high profit margin while crushing the competition. The boardrooms of Wall Street and the back alleys of the underworld were two sides of the exact same coin.
