Life at the Top

“Mr. Laine, do you mean what you said? It’s not a joking matter once I report it,” Victor asked as he tried to hold back his excitement.

Jasper shrugged and replied, “I’m not a renowned individual but I do, at the very least, possess some assets and credibility. I wouldn’t gamble away my future. What good will it bring me to trick you?

“A businessman never does things that aren’t profitable.”

After hearing Jasper’s words, there was a little more credibility to his plans even though there was no guarantee.

Victor nodded and said, “Alright then. I’ll inform the deputy mayor in charge of this immediately. Could you lend me a quiet space, Mr. Laine?”

Jasper smiled and pointed toward the study. “It’s quiet over there.”

Victor went ahead, and when he returned in front of Jasper again after three to five minutes, the look he gave Jasper had softened incomparably.

“Mr. Laine, the deputy mayor has invited you to pay him a visit now. He has rescheduled his meeting and is waiting for you in his office.”

stood up and said, “Let us go, then. We shouldn’t keep the old

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Hall since the early evening for negotiations that lasted about five or six hours. He had even taken his lunch with the 60-year-old deputy mayor

rewards from

landed an investment of at least 16 billion and had to complete the project proposal within a month. This was, of course, just a demonstration of his intentions as Waterhoof City would then give him the green light and offer

be submitted within three months and the construction of the building had to begin within six

were the requirements made by Waterhoof City and Jasper had

for the transfer of ownership of the remaining 266 commercial properties on Gold

of Waterhoof City. He had pretended to be hard of money and expressed that the 16 billion investment was

commercial properties and each of them cost 20 million? That’s daylight robbery! And you still agreed to that? They must have taken you for

had now fully considered himself as one of Jasper’s subordinates, Jasper’s loss was

in the long run. In your opinion, 20 million is too expensive for a

commercial property in the busiest part of Nauritus City in the

this?” Jasper asked in