Welcome back to the corporate gossip podcast. Before we thank all the people who bought us coffee,

I just want to give you guys a heads up that starting next season, these shoutouts are going to be

during the episode rather than at the start of the episode. Okay, this week we have He-Man Kim,

Eric T, Chris, Alex, Laura Kay, Maisie, at Strictly Goats. I love that username. And friend of the pod,

Frank. Thank you guys so much. All right. Here's the show.

It's a cold December night in an airport outside of Osaka.

Michael Taylor and George Zyak are waiting to board a private jet headed to Lebanon.

The two classical violinists had just wrapped up the Japanese leg of their tour

and were closely guarding their music equipment as they impatiently tapped their

thighs. From across the room, a gate agent eyed them warily. Something about them seemed off.

For starters, they looked more like soldiers than classically trained musicians. Taylor and Zayek were

both tall and bulky, with closely

cropped haircuts. In fact, Zyak had on his face would appear to be a battle scar, and was

that a guitar case on top of the big music equipment box? Didn't they say they played violin?

The agent watched as the ground crew escorted the men to the tarmac to board their private

jet.

Under the bright airport lights, she could see several crew members straining to hoist the heavy

equipment box onto the cargo hold.

At one point, Taylor and Zayek ran around the side of the jet to help them.

People who fly private generally don't load their own luggage,

but these guys must be in a big hurry, the agent thought to herself, before returning to her

duties. It wasn't until the next morning that she realized what she had witnessed.

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