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.

to achieve a breakthrough on the stepper’s manufacturing technology. This will

why I came to

a stepper a few years ago, and had also published the most research findings

in the room had already expected the contents of Jasper’s speech, they still found themselves excited by the

If it’s possible, then we are very willing

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

for naught if we fail. This

this was a professor of Hoofmorn University’s digital

research, the issue was with just how large the research project would be. Not only was this a huge project that would cost a lot of money,

To be honest with you, I’ already prepared myself

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 and

20 billion!

was in an uproar after they heard the

was an academic expert, they were still financially normal people who lived on a monthly salary. They might have made more money than other families, but their hearts

enough to fill this meeting room, isn’t

“Jasper, are you coming up

will shoulder the full burden of the project. There will not be any other sources of funding, so I will be the only

entire company. All resources and funding will be prioritized for them and they are not to be interfered with

said. “Jasper, you have to think carefully. This is

fails, then JW will face the risk

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 the company in

there are some things we should and should not do. No matter how difficult, if it’s something that should be done, then I’ll get it done as soon as possible. The current

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