Nobody wants to do business with Pierre or his shananigan son Christian.
They screwed over tooooo many locals especially Bill Earll who basically knows everyone in town and is definitely the wrong person to screw....he's got all the connections.
1 of the most important claim owners in the Tunnel who SFMI needs to cut a deal with won't even do business with Pierre or his son. We need new blood and EVERYONE knows it, even Pierre at this stage of HIS GAME.
Bottom line..........Pierre is POISON TO EVERYONE IN MURPHY AND TO EVERY SHAREHOLDER except probably to Jack Ringer (another con artist).
So it comes down to............