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 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 the

why I came

had received a stepper a few years ago, and had also published the most research findings on the stepper. This is why Hoofmorn University will be the best partner for

everyone in the room had already expected the contents of Jasper’s speech, they

then we are very willing to provide

is that such a large research project will require funding of at least tens of billions. Moreover,

money, and effort will be for naught if we fail. This isn’t something ordinary people can

one who said this was a professor of Hoofmorn University’s digital information

would be. Not

and it’s filled with obstacles, after all. To be honest with you, I’ already prepared myself for

In

20 billion!

in an uproar after

still financially normal people who lived on a monthly salary. They might have made more

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

and funding will be prioritized for them and

arched his brow at what Jasper said. “Jasper, you have to think carefully. This

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

affect day-to-day operations of the business, suddenly

there are some things we should and should not do. No matter how difficult, if it’s something

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