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?

you could build a big corporation like this in such a short period of time. Yes, the

far from over too. don’t have much to lose-I am old and already have a foot in the grave. I f were to

This old fella…

was too difficult to

did build his Haddock from scratch with his own two hands.

the longest time, the relationship between Jasper and Gale had

but their defenses were always up. They were

absolute enemies nor

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

Hurlbutt, I told you not t o get all worked up.

“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 it’s a huge sum for Haddock, it will not

will return the full amount. Give me half a month. I will return 100 billion, which includes an interest of more than 20 %.

but Jasper continued, “Old Master

for an

as a deposit. But can we discuss it later when the other companies join? There are

are only starting to ask for outside help now? Trading starts tomorrow.

else people might change their mind if they have time to rethink. My method is 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