Life at the Top

On this ordinary morning, Jasper arrived at the construction site with Julian in tow.

He had not informed anyone of his arrival and came to look around by himself.

The skyscraper had already taken its initial shape and the concrete foundation of the main construction sight had been complete. With that, one-third of the 666-meter skyscraper was already constructed.

The scorching sun shone over the construction site and countless workers were busying themselves in all corners of the site. The quiet rumble of machinery could also be heard.

Construction materials laid about everywhere and there were six tower cranes as tall as buildings operating on the site.

“All of this is money,” Jasper sighed as he looked up at the tower cranes suspended in mid-air.

These tower cranes were rented on a weekly lease. Installation was 200 thousand each and rental was another 100 thousand regardless of whether it was put to use or not. Jasper also had to pay the operators of these tower cranes, and each skilled operator cost him at least 30 thousand a month.

was currently the year 2000

3 million per month on this

of these expenses during such a time where money was

comparison to the profits

hey! Who are you people? This is a construction site, all you unrelated

shout from behind as he observed the construction. He turned to see a worker in charge

Jasper was not angry even though he had been shooed away impolitely, especially considering the man was only doing his job. Instead, Jasper replied with a crescent-eyed smile, “I

if anything happens to you. I don’t understand you people. What’s there to watch

man passed the worker a cigarette from

the worker’s attitude immediately brightened and he

was still fine in the beginning when it was just curious people coming in out of curiosity, but it changed as a group of people soon started sneaking in to take pictures. They don’t say or do anything but take

site is. Rebar, concrete, and structures are all being lifted by cranes. What

of people are already saying that there’s something wrong with the vibes here and that something bad’s going to happen. We’d be

something wrong with the vibes here and that