Life at the Top

Jasper and Wendy were locked in conversation when Henry arrived upstairs cooly.

“Were we too rash just now, Jasp?” Now that they were alone, Wendy could not help but voice her concerns.

“They are part of Softwin, after all.”

Jasper smiled. “It’s alright. Our true conflict with Softwin is over Abbylon’s shares. Either we give up, they relent, or we become enemies. Those two only got what they deserved, it’s the consequences of their actions.

“Not to mention that the fundamental conflict between us and Softwin wouldn’t have been solved even if we treated those two well and sent them off politely.”

Wendy sighed and replied, “Everyone’s just trying to do business. Why can’t we all get along?”

“Sure, small businesses can still be nice to each other, but it’s not the same when your business reaches a certain size. There are only so many resources and everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie for themselves. How are we supposed to get along?” Jasper consoled.

At that moment, Henry walked into the room proudly.

“F*cking Hell, I met a Sunriser on crack downstairs. He kept spouting sh*t, so I beat him up,” Henry immediately boasted once he walked through the door.

“I saw,” Jasper told him, “Quite the slaps you gave him.”

Henry’s eyes widened and he asked, “Those two can’t possibly have come from here, could they?”

“Relax, they’re enemies, not friends.”

recounted the situation

shone as he looked at Jasper and said, “Not bad. Your opponents are getting more and more formidable. You’re even

I’ve never met the man but I’ve heard of

know

I’ve only heard of his name… Do you have anything to drink? I want something cold, I’m thirsty… Wait, what’s with that shocked face! You don’t think I’m qualified to know people like that, right?” Henry barked out

out loud as he pulled out a bottle of Coca-cola from the fridge in the office for Henry. “Tell me

Financial Group’s extended family in Sunrise

was Welch?” Jasper asked with

be related to one of Sunrise Land’s four major conglomerates, the Trider Financial Group. This was hardly

Trider, Triton, Sumotomo, and Mizuha, have been around for centuries. Their familial relationships are weird and complicated, so there’s

has more partnerships with Sunrise Lan,d so he knows them better than I do. However, I’ve heard him talk about how the Trider family’s support played a part in Echo assuming Softwin Investment’s

on his face, “What

from Trider’s extended family, so what if you hit him? They still

think about it, Grandpa and Trider’s Foster used to know each other. Then something happened and their relationship turned sour. But that was decades ago, so no

spoke, “Do I look like that kind of person? I’m just thinking about

cares? Didn’t you say you two were fighting over some company? If that’s the case, then anything they do will either be to attack you

as he thought about it. While Henry was unreliable most of the time, Jasper realized that

the main goal attacking JW and trying to get Abbylon to choose them. If that was the case, then

and Jose. I’ll treat them to a meal in the afternoon,”

nodded and left