Life at the Top

How much was the Zion family’s shipyard worth?

The 800-tonne gantry cranes they had imported from Germany were worth 400 million themselves.

There were also the most advanced computer numerical control machines of the day, each of which had a starting price of 100 million.

The members of the Zion family understood that even if the machines were dismantled and sold as scrap metal, they would be worth way more than 50 million.

Which was why Jasper’s offer of 50 million infuriated them.

Yet, did they have a choice?

No!

The Zion family was in shambles both on the inside and on the outside.

When they left the house, they were confronted with people demanding the Zion family to pay off their debts. When they returned home, every person in the family was calculating how they could get the greatest amount of money.

Most importantly, they understood one thing.

Jasper Laine would

matter if there were great benefits or profits

was why he had let Mr. Lambert drop by with

be enough money to divide between the family members. They would not take the

any casualties. If the Zion family decided to take the risk and not accept the offer, it would not fit Jasper’s consistent approach to maximizing

of money was just enough to make the Zion family

hurt them

would hurt them even more if

Brother, I think we should sell

younger brother, Herman Zion, was the

he spoke, his other relatives

face faltered before he yelled, “Are you stupid or crazy? We inherited this shipyard from Old Master Zion. It’s our family business and it’s worth well over a billion dollars!

yelling, he looked at his other relatives but realized that they did not look angered. Rather, they had

he got a bad

I think Second Brother

Another woman spoke.

an angered tiger. The woman avoided his gaze but continued saying stubbornly, “Look at the situation we’re in now. There’s no way the Zion family