Life at the Top

Gale was furious, and whatever Jasper said aggravated his anger to point of hyperventilation.

“Sly child, you are in sticky situation, and you still dare to threaten me?”

“When was handling Haddock Mining Group and doing business all over the country, you were just little child. How dare you threaten me?”

Jasper sighed and replied, “Respectfully Sir, you see, know seniors like you will always bring up age whenever try to discuss issues with you, and that’s what I’m always afraid of.

“Yes, perfectly understand the fact that you started earlier, and salute your ability to have succeeded in your business given the many circumstances during that period. To be honest, you are the strongest out of the Big Four chambers of commerce in our country and no one can ever compete with you, not even the other three.

“If you were ten or twenty years younger,

I would never have told you any of this.

“But the truth is, you are not any younger and I need you to be very honest with me. How big of an impact will JW have if it were to try to bring down any one of the Big Four chambers of commerce in our country?”

Jasper’s words did not come as a surprise t o Gale, and instead Gale replied with a sarcastic laugh.

“Sly child, do you really think you have a say in the business circle of our country? N o doubt JW is a big corporation, but it doesn’t have a stable foundation. How much more tribulation do you think it can handle?

must admit that you are capable. No one would have thought that you could build a big corporation like this in such a short period of time. Yes, the corporation i s big, but it’s just an

old and already have a foot in the grave. I f were to attack your company first, it would mean that am jealous of you. However, here you are trying to challenge me, so who will judge me even if fight

This old fella…

situation was

scratch with his own two hands.

Jasper and Gale had been

advantage of each other but their defenses were always up. They were more like two competitors-two of the strongest competitors in

absolute enemies nor friends

thank Gale for his success. Gale had never treated Jasper as his enemy, and he stayed out of Jasper’s way when JW was still growing. Back then, it would have been so easy for Gale to put all of Jasper’s efforts to dust, but he

you not t o get all worked up.

again. “I didn’t mean for the loan to be free of charge. I know it’s a big amount, but have done my calculations. Although

full amount. Give me half a month. I will return 100 billion,

“Old Master Hurlbutt, no hurry, please let me finish. Of course,

for an 80

you something as a deposit. But can we discuss it later when the other companies join? There are a few more parties who are interested. Shall we get together in a video call to discuss more about

starting to ask for outside help now?

to discuss and make decisions a day before and get everything started the immediately next day. There will be no time to reconsider, and it will