"Again," Skater replied, "McKenzie got greedy. He’s been making noises about retiring. But in order to do that now, he’d have to forego a considerable amount of his cash flow. NuGene provided him an opportunity to get around that—as long as he could buy up enough of the stock and use it to help him launder other little nest eggs he’s socked away. If he sold the files to someone else, all he’d get would be a one-time fee, and having two corps out marketing the same product would lessen the price cap. Competition kills the profit margin."