Life at the Top

That night, in a coffee house in the province, Jasper met with John after a long time.

“You’re finally back. I’ve called you to meet up so many times but you weren’t in the province.”

John laughed as he spoke, pulling Jasper into a hug when the two met.

Jasper chuckled. “I was working on something in Swallow Capital for a while, so it took me some time to get back… But I have to say that I was surprised to hear that you’re also in the province when I called. I thought you were still over in the towns.”

At that, John smiled. “Thanks to you, I got transferred to the city branch as their vice president in charge of the credit system. I just came back to the province to participate in the provincial ICBS presidential study meeting.”

“You got promoted? That’s got nothing to do with me. I’m pretty sure it’s all your hard work.” Jasper smiled.

John shook his head. “You know how it is with banks, we’re evaluated by deposit indexes. The accounts you opened with me alone already doubled, tripled our outlet’s indexes.

client like you, it’d be another five to six years before

to raise more deposits. I

implicit, for he could indeed move at least ten billion worth of cash. Even if he had invested in something and it took up quite

in his personal account, Jasper

don’t want to bother you about this. Plus, you know how it is with target indexes, they change it every year. If we meet it this year, then they’ll just raise it for the year after. I’d

on topic. I came to look for you today because there’s something I’d like to

that and replied, “How can I help you? Tell me and I’ll do my best

how the social system worked, John had long learned to speak according to the

it came to Jasper, John had no plans

the very beginning when the two were still using each other for mutual benefits, then the difference in their social standings and identities would now be miles apart with the rapid

had not once looked down on John even when the other was no longer useful to him. If anything, Jasper would still take the initiative to contact John every three to five days

Jasper had played a huge role in his promotion, though it was not by putting in good words for John. The bank’s system worked by focusing on