- pres ident ▁Case y ▁T ch ol ok . ▁Qu ill an ▁Gor nt ▁is ▁lo os ely ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁composite ▁of ▁two ▁real ▁life ▁Sw ire ▁ta ip ans ▁John ▁Kid ston ▁" J ock " ▁Sw ire ▁and ▁William ▁Know les . ▁In ▁the ▁min is eries ▁he ▁is ▁played ▁by ▁John ▁Rh ys - D av ies . ▁Lincoln ▁Bart lett ▁- ▁American ▁million aire , ▁head ▁of ▁Par - Con ▁Indust ries . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁dev ote e ▁of ▁Sun ▁T zu ▁and ▁views ▁business ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁war . ▁ ▁He ▁bel ieves ▁in ▁corpor ate ▁esp ion age ▁and ▁mis leading ▁his ▁partners ▁as ▁he ▁v ies ▁for ▁advantage . ▁ ▁But ▁he ▁is ▁an ▁honest ▁business man ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁rules ▁that ▁he ▁accepts , ▁and ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁eng age ▁in ▁illegal ▁activities . ▁He ▁is ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁his ▁Executive ▁Vice ▁President , ▁Case y ▁T ch ol ok . ▁Case y ▁T ch ol ok ▁- ▁Kam al ian ▁Cir an ous h ▁( K . C .) ▁T ch ol ok , ▁vice - Pres ident ▁of ▁Par - Con ▁Indust ries . ▁Case y ▁is ▁charged ▁with ▁putting ▁together ▁a ▁partners hip ▁deal ▁with ▁Str uan ' s , ▁a ▁deal ▁which ▁is ▁critical ▁to ▁save ▁Str uan ' s ▁from ▁ru in . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁Bart lett ▁is ▁expl oring ▁doing ▁the ▁deal ▁with ▁Str uan ' s ▁rival ▁Qu ill