Wasn't it part of the first Austin Powers movie that the evil organization's "legitimate" front business had become genuinely, majorly profitable? And I'm almost certain I've seen a variant on the same theme in some other work, although I can't place where.
It'd be hysterical -- though, alas, almost certainly not fitting with what you've planned for the step -- to show some of Beryl's minions become truly enthusiastic about making a real profit with their "Potemkin" shop ... and succeed. Especially if they also met or exceeded all the goals she'd set them at the same time. Of course, I assume she's a bad boss who'd blame them anyway, on the grounds that the energy they put into making the firm pay for itself could've been devoted to stealing even more life-energy....
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
It'd be hysterical -- though, alas, almost certainly not fitting with what you've planned for the step -- to show some of Beryl's minions become truly enthusiastic about making a real profit with their "Potemkin" shop ... and succeed. Especially if they also met or exceeded all the goals she'd set them at the same time. Of course, I assume she's a bad boss who'd blame them anyway, on the grounds that the energy they put into making the firm pay for itself could've been devoted to stealing even more life-energy....
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.