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.

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

I came to

and had also published the most research

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

If it’s possible, then we are very willing to provide

will require funding of at least tens of billions. Moreover, there’s no certainty

for naught if we

a professor of Hoofmorn University’s digital information field. He had voiced out what almost everyone

research project would be. Not only was this a huge project that would cost a lot of money,

isn’t easy and it’s filled with obstacles, after all. To be honest with you, I’ already prepared myself for failure before

billion within one year. In return, I

20 billion!

in an uproar

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 still shook in excitement when faced with the prospect of 20

That’s enough to fill this meeting

Patrick turned to look at Jasper and asked, “Jasper,

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

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.

face the risk of going bankrupt,”

won’t affect day-to-day operations of the business, suddenly taking up such an important research project will surely place the

words 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

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