When in Barcelona, in the spring of 2017, he found, among other old papers, a letter. With a slender handwriting that was difficult to decipher, Florenci Pujol warned his son that he was not on the right path. “I give you a very serious warning, because I know you, Jordi, and I know that after this one there will be another, and another, and another…” Florenci had amassed a fortune for his family. First, with the illegal exchange of currency from Tangier (Morocco) during Franco’s autarky. Later, taking control of some laboratories that made gold thanks to a highly successful ointment for irritations. The man was afraid that his son would squander his assets on the altar of his political project. The letter is not dated, but it alludes to the investments that the future president of the Generalitat was undertaking in cultural institutions linked to Catalanism through Banca Catalana.
