Life at the Top

Jasper immediately raised his guard when he heard Gale say this.

“Do tell, Old Master Hurlbutt. I’m listening,” Jasper spoke.

Glare harrumphed when he heard Jasper clench his jaw but not promise to deal with the matter.

Any of his countless students in the Haddock Chamber of Commerce at this moment would be promising and swearing on their lives to deal with the matter well if he gave them the chance to work for him.

Yet, Jasper always acted as if Gale was ready to hurt him at any given time.

“An asset forum conference will be held in two days and I need you to attend it as the Haddock Chamber of Commerce’s representative,” Gale went straight to the point.

“The Teo Chamber of Commerce is holding the conference. Though based over at Cavern City, they decided to hold the conference in Waterhoof City, in Haddock’s Chamber of Commerce’s territory. They even sent invitations with great fanfare.

“That is why the Waterhoof City Branch will have to send out someone powerful to represent us.”

I have given it some thought and you are

slightly at

to take the role as Vice President of the Chamber. I’m just here in name and I won’t interfere or participate in any of the specific businesses of the Chamber. I’m not a businessperson from Haddock, after all. It wouldn’t be right of me to

fight between the Teo and Haddock Chambers of Commerce, it wouldn’t be

also agreed that you would take on the responsibility and work of a Vice President of the Chamber. I would not have asked you to assume

Chamber of Commerce would dare to hold an asset forum conference in Waterhoof City is because they realized that the Haddock Chamber

only a handful of successful ones in the next generation, none of

why the Waterhoof City Branch must send someone to attend, and the representative must win as well. You are the only one

want to charge into this battle as Gale’s pawn,

before

a favor after

his mind after

man, but he kept his promises. This was evident from

it risked others mocking him for shamelessly bullying