Life at the Top

Ecen if Jasper had not gifted Hoofmorn University such an unrefusable present, Mr. Marshman would still have welcomed Jasper grandly on behalf of Old Master Law’s introduction and Jasper’s strengths.

However, such a grand greeting would only be out of common respect.

After all, Old Master Law had put in a word, and Jasper was no longer the nobody he once was.

As the owner of JW Capital and its subsidiaries, Jasper was quite a formidable man.

However, Jasper did not want a courteous greeting for the sake of respect.

Jasper hoped to establish an even deeper relationship with Hoofmorn University so that it could become a place that nurtured JW’s future talents.

“Mr. Marshman, Department Chiefs, since we’ve already brought up the matter, then allow me to go straight to the point.”

In the small meeting room in Hoofmorn University’s administrative building, Jasper cleared his throat in front of a group of professors and cleared his thoughts before he started slowly.

“You are all experts in your academic fields, so I won’t make a fool out of myself by introducing what the stepper does and how important it is. I trust that all of you know it better than I do.

“Its importance is the reason why the West has imposed a major blockade on this technical project, preventing it from reaching our shores for the past few decades.

“But does this mean we’ll have to sit and wait for the West to overpower us just because they’ve sealed off the technology?

“No!

“Coincidentally, my JW company has business in just such a field.

technology. This will need more

why I came

ago, and had also published the most research findings on the stepper. This

expected the contents of

Mr. Laine. If it’s possible, then we are very willing to provide you the support

is that such a large research project will require funding of at least tens of billions. Moreover, there’s no certainty

effort will be for naught if we fail. This isn’t something ordinary

one who said this was a professor of Hoofmorn University’s digital information field. He had voiced out what almost

the research project would be. Not only was this a huge project that would cost a lot of money, but its chance of failure were extremely

understand. Research isn’t easy and it’s filled with obstacles, after all. To be honest with you, I’ already

gaze swept over everyone in the meeting room before he continued decisively, “I’ll invest at least 20 billion within one year. In return, I want a team of the best technicians in the country who will research

20 billion!

in an uproar after they heard the

seated in the room was an academic expert, they were still financially normal people who lived on a monthly salary. They might

enough to fill this

at Jasper and asked, “Jasper, are you coming up with this funding yourself, or are there other

the project. There will not be any other sources of funding, so I will be the only one in charge of the

within the entire company. All resources and funding will be prioritized for them and they are

Jasper said. “Jasper, you have

then JW will face the risk of

be frank with all of you. JW’s currently has a very tight cash flow, and while it won’t affect day-to-day operations of the business, suddenly taking up such an important research project will surely place

for a moment before he continued, “But as far as I’m concerned, companies are like men, and there are some things we should and should not do. No matter how difficult, if it’s something that should

considered funding research after some time, perhaps once your company’s financial situation is stable and you have the funds comfortably