Life at the Top

“Losing the Sunrise market means that you’ve lost almost one-third of your revenue.

“I’m impressed at how you can still act so calm, Mr. Laine.”

Yona’s words had Jasper moving his gaze to look at him. The latter asked calmly, “And you are?”

“Yona, The Presidential Assistant of Softwin Investments’ Somerland branch,” Yona introduced himself arrogantly.

“Oh, so you’re just an assistant,” Jasper shook his head. “Sorry, but subordinates aren’t normally allowed to pipe in when I’m talking to your superior. I do remember that Sunrise Land’s rather particular with regulations in the business setting. So I have to ask, is this how you educate your subordinates, Mr. Welch?”

“What are you implying?” Yona shouted, enraged.

Jasper replied casually, “As a Sunriser, not only have you been acting like you’re better than everyone while standing on Somer soil, you’ve also come to my company and caused a ruckus. Do you perhaps think that I’m too kind to kick you out?”

but he did not dare act rashly in fear that it would disrupt Echo’s

nonsense, Mr. Laine. I think I’ve shown you this time that we can

up on Abbylon if you want to continue doing business

as he continued, “You must know by now how powerful Softwin is in Sunrise Land. If we’re able to return all of JW’s goods overnight, then we can also fill Sunrise Land’s department store

at all if we also wanted to make

at Echo and answered, “So if I disagree, JW’s products will never get a chance to enter Sunrise

air, and he replied with a large smile, “Correct. I believe there’s this Somer saying, about how a smart man can read the situation and act accordingly. I’m sure you’re a smart man, right, Mr.

understanding of Somer culture, Mr. Welch. But I wonder if you’ve heard this other saying: amicable until attacked and

looked at Echo calmly and asked, “Are you so confident that you’ll

given that I will. Or are you

that moment,

call. Perhaps you’d like to listen in, Mr. Welch?