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.

my idea is to build my own team and try to achieve a breakthrough on the stepper’s manufacturing technology. This will need more than an astronomical amount of funds, but also the technical support from

why I came

ago, and had also published the most research findings on the stepper. This is why Hoofmorn University will be the

contents of Jasper’s speech, they still found themselves excited by the man’s

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

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

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

a professor of Hoofmorn University’s digital information field. He

their research, the issue was with just how large the research project would be. Not only was this a huge

easy and it’s filled with obstacles, after all. To be honest with you,

year. In return, I want a team of the best technicians in the country

20 billion!

room was in an uproar after

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 still shook in

billion. That’s enough to fill this meeting

turned to look at Jasper and asked, “Jasper, are you coming up with this funding yourself, or are

There will not be any other sources of funding, so I will be the

and funding will be prioritized for them and they are not to be interfered

his brow at what Jasper said. “Jasper, you have to think carefully. This is 20 billion. If

it fails, then JW will face the risk of going bankrupt,” Jasper

cash flow, and while it won’t affect day-to-day operations of the business, suddenly taking

do. No matter how difficult, if it’s something that should be done, then I’ll get it done as soon as

time, perhaps once your company’s financial situation is stable and you have the funds comfortably available?”