In 2002, a newspaper article alerted [[Victor Newman] that a hostile takeover was threatening Julia Newman Martin's design firm, Martin Designs, so he dropped everything to go to Lake Forest, Illinois. They met with Maxwell. Max refused to accept Victor's offer to help out Julia with her company by buying all the stock in Martin Designs even at ten percent over the value. Before Hollister could leave, Victor promised to create a similar design division at Newman Enterprises, put Julia in charge of it, attack Hollister's company at its weak spots and run him out of business.