Veronica is an asset as a dark/grey Edwin play through though.
The gym is the perfect place to have a public testing of any new or updated horny medicine or legal medicine without Edwin’s name tied to it. Just swap out the butt vitamin injections or mix them with the new medicine.
On the money front after Veronica loses the competition and everything in her life. A broken Veronica won’t have any where to go outside of the club. That’s where Edwin can swoop in and be the “hero” and have her work at the club.
Edwin can play on Samsons obsession with Veronica and rake in his Hollywood cash by trickle feeding him Veronica and have a huge pay out with Samson dressed up as John Wayne and Veronica in Native American gear or something when her body ages out sex work.
Just giving a narcissistic bully in Samson what he wants by letting Veronica hook up with him for free doesn’t gain Dark Edwin any money or respect/power. It’s just giving up an asset Willy Nilly. That’s a dumb Edwin play though not a grey or dark Edwin play through.
Pardon, but your plan won´t work! The moment Veronika loses the competition, she is gone. Surely broken, but without the gym, she will go away somewhere else. There is literally nothing holding her in Moorhead Hills.
Using the gym as a place to test new stuff Sophia comes up with is equally dumb. Remember, Abel and Sophia have secret labs to test out anything without risk of exposure. The two "testing" the super Viagra in the Club has complete different reasons.
Why this obsession with Samson´s money? A white or grey Edwin will be well-off either way at the end of the game unless he messes up completely. As I mentioned e.g. Samson´s connections into the movie world are nice to have. He still has these connections., even if he dislikes some of his movies from an actor´s view.
Also hooking up Veronica with Samson might be a dick move giving that Samson is mostly responsible for Veronica´s woes (something she does not know), but it is not dumb! It is soft power approach when you have high friendship scores with Samson and Veronica. It is manipulative, but as I wrote before it brings Samson firmly into your camp. He might not be the most influential or rich club member, but he might come in handy when the true upheaval starts. While not a fighter like Warren or Jacob, it is hinted at that Samson had it rough before becoming a movie star.