Life at the Top

“Nothing much, but it’s enough to stall your construction for at least half a year. You’ll have to pay for to undergo new evaluations every day and those expenses alone are enough to render any real estate comp any bankrupt.

“You have to know that this isn’t the only issue your real estate company is facing. I heard that an overseas investment bank is supporting many other competitors in Southeast Province to launch a comprehensive attack on JW Real Estates too.

“At such a time, the tallest building in the world, the World Financial Center is JW Real Estates’ most important project. Even if you manage to continue construction half a year later, times would’ve changed. Can JW Real Estate even survive that long?”

Alban had a confident smile on his face as he patted Jasper’s shoulder and said gently, “Rising up comes with a price, young man.

“While the country’s market is huge, there are only so many pieces of the pie. You and your JW are rising too fast and you’re interfering with too many people’s interests. People don’t want another greedy businessman on the already saturated market.

“This is only the first lesson I’m teaching you, so you understand the most important rule in the business world.

“Be humble and keep a low profile when it comes to business. Being too arrogant will only result in everyone working together to get rid of you.”

asked, “I’d like to know who this ‘everyone’ refers to, Mr.

laughed out loud and said, “Is that what’s important? No. What’s important

Jasper’s expression was solemn.

business, excluding the loss he made when Harbor City and Quantum Funds had a conflict. This was also the first time he had made an error in his calculations, which was

and there would always be situations when

he had to make a

the time and chance

Jasper stepped foot into this asset forum conference, he walked himself into a huge net made just for

Henry was currently smoking under the non-smoking sign and ignoring the exasperated gazes of the servers around him. He looked over at

go wrong

that he can’t

dark expression on Jasper’s face. In contrast, there was a silly smile on Alban’s face as he sat next to Jasper and talked to the other. The more Henry looked at that smile, the angrier