Life at the Top

Looking at this scene, Kai pursed his lips slightly and asked John, “Is… is Mr. Laine always this laid-back?”

John gave a wry chuckle. “Perhaps extraordinary people have extraordinary traits.”

As he spoke, John lay down on another sofa and advised, “You should also rest for a little. We still have business to handle in the afternoon.”

Kai grimaced and replied, “I’m not in the mood for taking a nap. Both of you go ahead and rest; I’m going to look up some news on the internet.”

Kai sat down in front of the computer as he said this. He began checking through and scrutinizing every bit of news related to the poor cotton harvest.

When the groggy Jasper was woken up by Kai, it was already 1.29 pm, just one minute away from the markets opening.

At practically the same time that Jasper woke up, the office door was pushed open, and Samuel walked in with a sneering face.

He took out a cheque from his breast pocket and slapped it down onto the table noisily, saying with lofty arrogance, “Open your sorry eyes wide and take a good look at this. It’s a cheque worth 6 million dollars. Take it if you think you have the chops.”

spoke, Samuel then sneered at Jasper. “It’s not too late right now for you to admit defeat and beg for mercy. If not, when you lose

look at

Jasper’s questions, he immediately responded, “The market’s open. It’s gone up by 20 bucks.

an increase of20

“There’s a long green line—it’s rising. A large buy order just came in—it’s still rising! It’s 17000

at present, the price of cotton futures had surged to 17050

futures had finally stopped at a price of 18980 dollars. It was then followed by an announcement and a sudden drop. The closing price that

Jasper ordered, “Use the profits to keep buying in and adding

morning. If they were to do it again, the

the profit they made from

merely bided his time patiently and waited

and shares would not dare play in the market. Did a callow youngster like Jasper

17000 dollars to 17500 dollars, and then to 18000 dollars. It was like

capital had gone