Life at the Top

When Jasper woke up, it was already early evening. He had slept for more than ten hours. Instead of feeling refreshed, Jasper’s head felt heavy. When he came out of the room, Dawson and Wendy had not gotten off work and came back home yet.

The housekeeper, Mrs. Clarkson, saw Jasper and said in surprise, “Mr. Laine, you look unwell.”

Jasper rubbed his face and said, “Maybe I caught a cold. Is there any cold medicine at home?”

There were always some basic medicines at home and a few spares could be found in the first aid kit during an emergency, so obtaining a box of cold medicine was not a difficult task.

Mrs. Clarkson took out a box of cold medicine and gave it to Jasper. Then, she watched him take it before saying, “Mr. Laine, you always stay up late so your biological clock is reversed. No matter how busy you are, you have to take care of your body.”

“As the old saying goes, the body is the capital of the revolution. You can‘t feel it since you are young, but you will have to repay the debts to your body when you’re at. my age.”

Listening to Mrs. Clarkson’s nagging, Jasper smiled and said, “I know, I know. When I’m done with this, I will take a good rest.”

“You people always say the same thing. What do you mean by after you’re done or after you have finished this thing at hand? When will there ever be an end to your work? It is necessary to know how to balance work and rest, or else money will mean nothing even if you have lots of it when you eventually break down.”

As she was nagging, Mrs. Clarkson brought out a bowl of chicken soup. She said, “Miss Wendy specifically asked me to make this chicken soup for you before she went out. It has been simmering for a day. It was made from an old hen that has been raised in the countryside for three years, so it’ll be very nourishing. Hurry up and drink it so that you can eat dinner later.”

Jasper took a sip of the chicken soup. It tasted mellow and rich, and his mouth was filled with the unique fragrance of chicken.

“Wow, it’s delicious.”

When Jasper saw that Mrs. Clarkson was going to cook, he said hurriedly, “You don’t have to prepare my dinner. I’m going out soon and won’t be back tonight.”

Jasper had soon finished the chicken soup and went out in a

the coffee table, Mrs. Clarkson shook her head and muttered, “At least

the centre, and

causing Jasper’s nasal congestion to worsen, but he was now a lot more awake. With the plan that was going to be executed in a few hours occupying his thoughts, Jasper was simulating and deducing the next possible

he had ever encountered, and this time, the opponent was much stronger than himself. This was like throwing a sprat to catch a herring. There was only a small chance of surviving, and there was almost no chance of winning. However, the reality was that Jasper had to fight. Even if the odds of winning were so low that it only existed in theory, he could not give up. Otherwise, he would lose the game, and everything would come to

market over the past two days. Haven’t you been trading

Jasper and the topic they talked about piqued Jasper’s

to talk about it.

the crowd shook his head and said with a solemn expression. “The United States is not at peace during this period. Our representatives are fighting the big shots from the United States stock market and Wall Street, not to mention the domestic class A shares. Even the global financial

peaceful at all. The domestic investment market sentiment is generally pessimistic. They believed that Somerland capital is unlikely to best Wall Street. Once we lose, the domestic capital market will drop by a dramatic margin. The first thing

lost 30%. The director of our department has lost more

“Damn, our country’s capital is really butting heads with the US capital? This is crazy, right? How can we rival them? What are you waiting for? Pull out

wait and see. If

George gritted

it is impossible to win. But what if? If we win, I’ll buy the bottom

also the ones who

“Shut your trap!”

people talked and

out a sigh, and muttered, “Who

trading center, everyone greeted him. Then, Jasper saw that Jake and the teams were already in

the emergency plan. All these things had to be done half an hour before the market opened. This was the most