It says on paper that Hommel sold the shop to Vickers but had an oral agreement that Hommel would still receive all profits and they would be deducted as advertising costs. Essentially Hommel was still the owner and Vickers was an employee, but on paper Vickers was the owner. Pretty sure this is some sort of fraud since in reality it isn’t advertising being removed and Vickers would be lying on his taxes. When Hommel later sued, Vickers got out of it by saying they never had an oral agreement and Vickers was always the owner.
It’s possible that this dude is just crazy, but it’s equally as possible that Vickers made a deal with Hommel and then snaked on him. Knowing what a pompous slimeball Vickers is it’s not out of character for him to lie to benefit himself.