Life at the Top

“Jasper, I don’t think I need to explain

anything to you.”

On the other end of the phone, Emil

displayed a very stout attitude.

“We are just partners working together

and we can’t continue to cooperate now, s

o such results are only to be expected,

right?”

Jasper sneered, “Partners? Do you still

acknowledge that we are partners?

“Does it mean that so-called partners just

abandon their comrades and run away at

the most critical moment in Sentel’s

corporate culture as well as also Coreana’s

national culture?

“I don’t have any opinions if Sentel got

scared and wanted to quit, but what you

shouldn’t do is withdraw the capital

unilaterally without prior notice. Do you

think this is reasonable?”

On the other end of the phone, Emil was

silent for a while. Then, he replied, “I

admit that Sentel made a mistake in this,

but you can’t blame me.

“Sentel is a multinational company. We have too many industries and businesses a t home and abroad, so we needed to make big-picture considerations based on the current situation. Now, the potential losses we might bear far outweigh the benefits of working with you, so we must divest.

you frankly that before the decision to divest was made, 70% of Sentel’s global business was affected. The United States Ministry of Commerce even considered

United States government directly pressuring Coreana through official

me three hours to make a choice, so I could only decide

quietly listened to Emil’s words. After a long time,

controls all aspects of Coreana society. You acknowledge this fact, right, Mr.

know why Jasper suddenly changed the topic, but he still patiently replied, “Yes,

similar consortiums are also found i n Sunrise Land, such as Trider Financial Group and Sumotomo

He continued, “But Mr. Emil, have you ever thought about this question? Coreana and Sunrise Land have the same national background. They are both resource-poor but economically developed small countries with small land masses. Trider Financial Group and Sumotomo Corporation are top

could the

the West Gate Consortium lower

reparations in

Financial

international arbitration lawsuit that

lasted 10 years?”

Sentel have the

“You don’t.

weakness

bones. Even if I have always

Sunrise Land,

both have to

Land are forced to

heads to reality, but

the surface,

intrinsic stubbornness, courage, and

to refuse

deep into

Coreana is a

body and soul makes

even

that you

could clearly hear Emil’s

more rapid

phone as his

was going to

anger, but he

After this

speaking, he hung up

decisively.

knew that all communication

him and

wiped out

they interacted, they would be doing so as

he was now, Jasper had always sought revenge when he was wronged and expressed gratitude when someone had helped him. I f he could seek revenge on Christmas Eve, he

because he would not

Christmas dinner until