@sdnshouldpaymemore (too much to cram into your inbox, have this instead)
The two could not be more different and yet, Viktor has a fond respect for Dale. Time and time again they had managed to skim past all the terrible PR and convince the public it was not shit being smeared over SDN, but chocolate.
But their was plenty of holes to punch in the stories, if anyone was interested in doing... which he was. It was in his interest to see SDN, specifically the Torrance branch on the negative in the public eye. They were making his side hustle more difficult to pull off.
So when the time came for the Press conference to address the people of Torrance about the Red Ring's war, Viktor was there in the front and center. For some reason the Torrance Tribune was given the exclusive on interviewing them... everyone else was given an excuse not to show up or simply... vanished.
So, here he sat across from Dale, one leg crossed over the other. His notes in order, which he pretended to skim through as if he didn't already know them by heart.
"I was surprised to see we would be speaking again mister Davidson. I'm looking forward to this interview". It was probably the last pleasantries he would offer. His tone was friendly, but he was already thinking a number of steps ahead, no doubt Dale was doing the same, it's what made him good at his job and a worthy opponent in a battle of wits.
"I suppose we will start off with the obvious... the Torrance branch has been the target of a large scale criminal attack. It is believed that the company was not the target so much so as it was one you employ. What kind of assurances can SDN give their subscribers that they are not essentially paying for SDN's safety, when your very employees can have a large enough target on their back, that all of Torrance suffers for it?".