Good information, Cassandra. Yes, in the real world contracts like XNRG's are never used. Agreements of that size and duration use progress payments. I know because I'm a lawyer and longtime business owner.
But I also know that I'm probably the only one here who made it to the end of your post. Many of the .000 crowd were gone at the 2nd or 3rd sentence. Shame to see a good post wasted.
The fabulous news is that signs point to the death of dodgy pennyland, amid broader malaise in all markets. The public seems to have fallen out of love with stocks. Twice bitten, many "players" limped away around 2009. It's no fun watching others get rich. The survivors got smarter and moved into better stocks which have mostly thrived.
There plenty of evidence that the public's lost interest in investing. For several years ratings have declined for investment TV programs such as Cramer. Google searches related to stocks are way down. Investment club membership peaked at about 400,000 during the late '90s Dot Com idiocy. Membership's about 35,000 today. So there's a dearth of fresh meat in the market, a monumental problem for XNRG.
So what must "Jerry" and XNRG do? Jerry should offer to merge with the likes of an Exxon or Chevron, thereby saying adios to pennyland, a great service to Xun shareholders. Maybe those firms need an interim CFO. Jerry seems to have a knack for that.
Anyone know who awarded that honor to Jerry? He never says.