Ch. 1271..1280

Life at the Top Chapter 1271

The following day, since Julian had taken Jasper’s Bentley in for periodic maintenance, Jasper sat in Wendy’s ordinary and low profiled BMW to work. They two were chatting happily and were a few hundred meters away from the office when a few men suddenly ran out from the roadside to stand in front of Wendy’s car.

Wendy gasped. Thanks to her quick reflexes, she managed to turn the steering wheel and avoid knocking into these people.

However, the BMW still ended up crashing into the foliage by the roadside.

There was a loud bang, and a dent appeared in the bonnet of the car as smoke simultaneously began to pour out from the hood. The car’s engine then turned itself off automatically.

Jasper shielded Wendy with one of his hands to protect her. Without caring about himself, he quickly asked Wendy, “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

Wendy shook her head and replied shakily, “I’m fine. Just shocked.”

Jasper’s gaze sharpened. Those men who ran out must have a death wish.

He was about to get out of the car angrily when he heard those men shout.

“Wendy! Get the f*ck out right now!”

Jasper narrowed his eyes at what he heard.

From the way the men acted, this incident was not accidental. They were blatantly targeting Wendy.

“What do you want her for?”

Jasper alighted the car and asked directly.

Considering the current situation, as a man, Jasper had to come out and deal with these hooligans while keeping his woman safe behind him. Regardless of what conflict Wendy had with them or who was in the wrong, there was no way Jasper would let them hurt Wendy.

If he did not do this, then he might as well not be a man at all.

“What for?!”

The man in the lead was a rather skinny person in his forties. He scoffed and replied, “That stupid b*tch screwed my business over, so I want her to compensate me for my losses!”

“Keep your stinking mouth clean.”

Jasper narrowed his eyes and looked at the man icily. “I am not against beating the stupid teeth out of your mouth.”

Ward’s burned at Jasper’s words.

“Who the f*ck are you, brat? Who are you to jump in front of me and cause trouble?”

At this moment, Wendy got out of the car as well.

“Do you know them?” Jasper asked.

“No.” Wendy shook her head, the shock still evident on her frightened expression.

Ward’s eyes lit up when he took in Wendy’s beauty.

“Yo, who’d have thought that JW Capital’s pretty female president was so beautiful?”

Wendy frowned in disgust at Ward’s distasteful words and asked in annoyance, “Who are you? Are you not afraid that I’d run you over when you suddenly rushed onto the road?”

“Who am I? I’m here to f*cking look for you!” Ward scoffed.

“You’re the btch that rejected the car purchasing proposal, weren’t you? I gave your company’s employees more than one hundred thousand Somer Dollars! You better fcking pay me back!”

The man’s claim told them his identity.

This must be the car agency June and Hannibal had conspired with.

Jasper looked at Ward like he was stupid.

‘Both June and Hannibal should be in detention centers now. Yet, instead of hiding away, this idiot actually came here to seek out compensation?’

“I don’t think you know giving and taking bribes are equally severe crimes, do you?” Jasper said calmly.

Ward laughed out loud and replied, “You’re talking about the law with me, stupid?”

“I’ve been dealing cars for more than a decade here in Nauritus City! You think I’d be able to stand my ground in this industry without some skills? At least ask around who Ward Benson is first!”

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“Oh? So who are you?” Jasper asked calmly.

“Hmph! All you need to know is that I’m not someone you can afford to offend!”

Ward glared at Jasper fiercely, not wanting to waste his time on him. Then, the man turned to look at Wendy and sneered evilly, “Ms. Schuler, was it?”

“I already heard about the whole incident. The purchase contract would’ve been approved and signed long ago if you minded your own business, btch. I spent so much fcking money on this and now it’s all gone because of you!”

“Either pay me 300 thousand for compensation now or…”

Ward snickered and stared at Wendy avariciously. “You could spend a few nights with me and I’d take that as payment.”

The moment he finished speaking, a leather shoe had lodged itself in his stomach.

Ward did not expect such a seemingly calm person to get physical.

Let alone start with such a painful attack.

The kick landed square in Ward’s stomach, causing him to shout in pain. He felt his insides get squashed and his organs intertwine.

The subordinates he brought over immediately ran forward to support him.

“Are you okay, Mr. Ward?” The subordinates asked in concern.

“Motherf*cker!”

Ward looked up and glared at Jasper harshly before shouting, “How dare you kick me, brat! You’re screwed! “I’ll kill you today!”

“What are you guys waiting for? Get him!”

Ward ignored his pain and flung a his subordinates off before pointing at Jasper and shouting.

The few subordinates immediately stared at Jasper unkindly as they began to surround him and prepared to attack.

Jasper’s expression was calm, but he was prepared to fight. Jasper was no match for Julian when it came to fighting, he was not even as good as Henry.

Coincidentally, Julian was not present today and his senior, the bodyguard Jasper assigned to Wendy, Fallon, had taken a leave today as well.

Still, as a man, Jasper refused to remain silent when another man had set their disgusting eyes on his woman.

Some opponents could be quietly tolerated and later dealt with through plans and schemes. Like Jasper’s enemies, Conrad and Prince.

However, as a man, some things simply could not be tolerated. For example, Ward’s behavior.

This was not because Ward was stronger than Conrad or Prince. In terms of status, a mere car agent did not even have the right to shine the other two’s shoes.

Despite this, Ward had crossed Jasper’s boundaries.

If this were not the case, then would have had no need to fight Ward right now, especially considering his status. Doing so would only lower Jasper to the other’s level.

Wendy saw how the situation was about to get out of hand. There was no way she would watch as Jasper fought a good number of opponents without Julian by his side. After all, Jasper would surely lose and get hurt.

“Enough! JW Company’s main entrance is right ahead of us! What do you think you’re doing?” Wendy looked at Ward icily.

“JW Company’s security guards will arrive right away, and if you dare touch a single hair of his head, I’ll make sure you regret it!”

Wendy’s air of dominance at this moment was incomparable to any other woman’s.

Ward and his subordinates were stunned by it.

Ward narrowed his eyes and stared at the office entrance not too far away. He knew that this was the entrance to JW Company, which was why he had waited for Wendy here.

Weighing his options, Ward ignored the pain he felt and sneered. “Fine! I won’t hurt your stupid f*cking boy toy today, but you have to pay me every single cent of compensation!

“It was 300 thousand before, but I’ll need at least 350 thousand now! Not a cent less or I’ll kill him!”

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Wendy’s expression grew even colder at Ward’s words.

“You’re the one that acted criminally by bribing the company’s personnel!”

“How can you ask for compensation after you got caught?”

“I’ll tell you right now, not even in your wildest dreams!”

Ward’s gaze was icy as he said, “You’re going to have to give me the money whether you want to or not!”

“My brother’s the president of the Southeast Province Lawyers Associates and he’s currently entertaining someone very important from Harbor City! One call is all it takes for me to spread what happened in JW Company all over the place. when that happens, my brother will sue you until you’re broke!”

Ward proceeded to arrogantly reveal to them why he was so fearless.

“I heard that you and the owner of JW Company have an affair, Wendy. I might not be able to offend a powerful person like him, but for you to protect this boy toy next to you, this kid must mean a lot to you, doesn’t he?”

“Haha! And you’re not afraid that your boss will find out about what’s happening between you and your boy toy?”

Ward’s expression was sinister as he snickered. “To be the CFO of JW Company at such a young and beautiful age. Tsk tsk, do you think I don’t know how women like you get to this point to possess status, fame, and money? Everything you have now is all gained from spreading your legs!”

“If you don’t compensate my loss, then I’ll destroy your reputation!”

Both Jasper and Wendy’s expressions changed when they heard him.

‘Not only did this idiot have no idea of JW’s internal personnel relationships, but he also doesn’t know how Jasper looks?’

However, it made sense since he was just a simple car agent. He was the owner of a small business with a total asset value of a few million at most. After all, current economic conditions did not allow every family to own a car, and the car dealing business had yet to flourish as much as it would in the future.

The owner of a small business like him had no right to know who Jasper was.

Ward did not realize Jasper and Wendy’s pitiful gazes a she continued to talk pridefully. He spoke as though he had caught onto Wendy’s weakness.

“Wendy, when someone as important as JW Company’s owner realizes that you’re cheating on him, you’ll lose a lot more than 350 thousand! It’ll be your life that’ll be on the line!”

Ward snickered and replied pridefully, “Of course, I don’t want things to have to get to that point either. All Iwant is money, so pay me or spend a few days with me and I’ll let you go this once.”

“Well, choose now!”

At that moment, a few security guards rushed over.

As the company’s employees who were responsible for greeting and sending people, the most important part of these men’s work was to remember their bosses’ cars.

Wendy’s BMW was one of the most important ones. The security guards’ attention was attracted after the car crashed over here. By the time they gathered a few colleagues, the issue had already developed to this point.

“Ms. Schuler!”

The leader of the team of security guards immediately came to greet Wendy.

Their eyes widened when their gaze flitted around and fell on Jasper.

“Mr…”

Not wanting the security guards to expose his identity, Jasper waved and interrupted them.

“These people harassed Ms. Schuler. Throw them out.” Jasper instructed before pulling Wendy away.

Before he left, Jasper glanced at Ward and said calmly, “Go ahead and use whatever tricks you have. Try to be as interesting as possible, because you’re only going to have one chance.”

Then, ignoring Ward’s shouts, Jasper brought Wendy away.

They left the car there as well since someone from the company would naturally come to deal with it later.

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‘The company’s owner and his partner are being harassed by thugs?’

This was the security guards’ first thought. They were immediately pumped up as they stared at Ward and the rest unkindly.

“Didn’t you hear them? Get lost right now!” The leader of the security guards was a veteran. When it came to employing security guards for the company, Jasper would always consider these veterans first.

Not only to give these virtuous people a chance to assimilate back into society, but also because they were much more reliable than most regular folks.

This coupled with JW Company’s extreme employee benefits meant it was not at all unkind to employ them to be security guards of the company.

Ward stomped his feet in frustration when he saw the few burly guards.

He shouted at Jasper’s back, “You b*tch and boy toy! You two won’t surrender until the last moment, huh! You really want me to blow this thing out of proportion, huh? Fine then, just you wait!”

He had just finished shouting when the leader of the security guards began to instruct his team to manhandle these people and physically move them away from the company.

“Motherf*cker! Let go of me! I can walk on my own!” Ward struggled out of the grasp of the security guards before ducking around the corner of the street with a dark expression on his face.

The leader of the security guard looked at Ward and sneered. “At least take a look at where you are. How dare you come and cause trouble here? Just who do you think you are?”

The leader of the security guard then led his team away.

“F*cking Hell. That was too shameful, Mr. Ward. What do we do now?” A subordinate asked darkly.

Ward replied harshly, “We might not beat them when it comes to playing dirty, but don’t worry. I’ll call my brother.”

“He’s the president of the province’s Lawyers Associates, and a renowned barrister. He even has a meeting with the former high official of Harbor City’s Anti-Corruption Bureau today, so I’ll blow up this matter as much as possible!”

“To the point that JW Company’s owner knows about this. I’d like to see how that b*tch’s going to explain herself to the man when that happens!”

Wendy was upset as she took the elevator upstairs.

“I even crashed my car today. What bad luck!”

Jasper consoled, “It’s just a car. I’ll buy you a new one later. I promised to buy you one long ago but never got the chance, right? Looks like this is an opportunity to get you a new car.

“But this car was fine as it was… what about those people just now? Won’t they cause more trouble?”

Buying a new car was no big deal since all it took was one word from either Jasper or Wendy to do. She was more worried that Ward and his men would cause more trouble for them in the future.

“It’s alright Just focus on work, I’ll deal with it,” Jasper said with a crescent-eyed smile.

He did forget how Ward said that his brother was the president of the Lawyers’ Associates. This was nothing much since it was still a relatively minor position.

What Jasper was more interested in was that off handed statement Ward made about the entertainment of an important person from Harbor City.

The news Mortimer gave him last night coupled with this Lawyers’ Associates… Jasper had a feeling that his meeting with Mortimer was about to be brought forward.

This was also a great chance for Jasper to observe Mortimer’s character.

As the person in charge of the supervision department, the man’s character was much more important than their capabilities.

Jasper would not be completely assured just because Zachary had recommended him.

Ward did not make him wait too long.

In a little over an hour, while Jasper was still going through a backlog of documents, he received a report. Apparently, a group of people currently waiting in the legal department wanted to sue the company.

“Let’s go take a look, then.” Jasper got up and went toward the floor of the legal department

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“Stop f*cking acting stupid with me!”

“It’s written in black and white on the purchase contract! Not to mention that it’s signed by your company’s employees!”

“Don’t think that just because JW is some famous enterprise that it means we’re afraid of you!”

“I, Ward Benson, will be the first to complain!”

“It’s written in black and white on the contract, and it’s signed by your employee. Either follow the contract and buy the cars according to the contract or pay three times the compensation amount! Do it or I’ll sue your company until you go bankrupt!”

Jasper had not even walked through the doors to the legal department when he already heard Ward’s familiar shout.

Just then, the general manager of the legal department also received news of Jasper’s arrival and walked out to greet him.

The manager of the legal department was a man called Eugene Rowse. He was a capable person, had a Law degree, and was extremely knowledgeable in public and commercial law.

However, the man’s expression seemed rather sour right now.

“You’re here, Mr. Laine,” Eugene greeted Jasper.

“What’s the situation now?” Jasper asked.

Eugene smiled wryly, “That Ward Benson person is the car agent who we apparently signed a contract with for the allocation of cars for employees of and above the rank of deputy manager.

“He brought his brother today. I know that man, Edie Benson. He’s a renowned lawyer in Southeast Province, and the president of the Lawyers’ Associate.”

“I already know all that,” Jasper replied calmly, “Tell me the legal issue the company’s facing now.”

Eugene sighed and replied, “The most troublesome part of this is that the fired employee, June, actually did sign her name on the contract. This puts us in a precarious position.”

“Does it count even though there’s no company seal?” Jasper asked with a frown.

“This is only a small blunder we can pick on, but it won’t hinder the legitimacy or validity of the contract. And June did sign the papers on behalf of the company, so it falls under apparent authority this complicates the situation a lot.”

“The contract’s never been approved by the company in the first place and June signed it at her own volition. Now, she’s being fired for corruption and our company’s about to sue her. The corporate world would be lawless if such a thing could be pulled off.”

“I’ll go inside and review the situation first. But remember that our company will not concede on this lawsuit no matter what. We’ll go all the way to Swallow Capital if we have to.”

Eugene nodded at Jasper’s reminder. “I understand.”

After speaking to Eugene, Jasper then entered the legal department’s meeting room.

Inside the meeting room was Ward and another man that looked like Ward but was much more gentlemanly, Edie.

Finally, there was another middle aged man with a curious look on his face as he took in the environment around him. This man seemed elegant and there was a special aura about him.

The man seemed gentle but was actually fierce and firm. There was a certain ferocity hidden deep within him that sent shivers down others’ spines.

With one look, Jasper could see the unique aura people from Harbor City possesed.

… No matter how much a mainlander wanted to act cool, it was still rare to see them putting a white pocket square in the fake breast pocket of their suit jacket.

Mortimer Higgins.

Jasper immediately recognized the man.

It was likely that he came over so he could understand JW Company’s business in advance.

The two locked gazes and despite this being their first meeting, they recognized each other as if mentally connected.

“Mr. Laine?”

Mortimer stood and asked tentatively.

Jasper smiled and extended his hand. “Mr. Higgins. I thought it’d be another few hours until we met.”

Mortimer shook Jasper’s hand and smiled. “I heard Mr. Benson say that he had to come to JW to deal with a few things, so I thought I’d come with to better understand the company. I’m not intruding, am I?”

“Not at all,” Jasper shook his head, “Since they’re also here, then I’ll have to trouble you to give me a moment first, Mr. Higgins. We can talk more after I’ve dealt with this issue.”

“Alright,” Mortimer naturally agreed.

Still, this first meeting had left both of them a great impression of the other.

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Their conversation stunned the Benson brothers.

No one expected anything from Ward since he was an idiot anyway. The same could not be said about Edie.

As the president of the Southeast Province’s Lawyers’ Associates, he knew which enterprises he could not to offend within the province.

Thus, he had come today for two reasons. Firstly, Ward was his brother, and secondly, Ward had guaranteed him that he had evidence of JW Company’s owner’s woman cheating on him behind her man’s back.

The second reason was the most important piece of information since Edie wanted nothing more than to use Mortimer’s identity and status to climb higher up the social ladder. He also wanted to use this opportunity to show his ability in front of Mortimer.

However, not only did Jasper, the owner of JW Company, appear in person, but the man was also acquainted with Mortimer?!

This had Edie’s heart thumping erratically.

At this moment, Ward still had no idea of the deeper implications of their little ploy. He was just confused about how Jasper and Mortimer knew each other.

“Mr. Higgins, don’t let this stupid f*cker lie to you! He’s just a boy toy and a piece of trash that relies on his woman’s paychecks!”

“You might not know, but he has an affair with Wendy, JW Company’s owner’s mistress!”

“JW Company’s owner will definitely kill him once he finds out!”

“He’s nothing more than a liar and a b*tstard!”

Ward felt refreshed after scolding Jasper, thinking that he had exposed the man’s true form.

He looked at Jasper and was waiting to see a frantic expression on the man’s face before he realized that everyone in the room was looking at him like he was insane.

Jasper’s gaze was the most unique of them all. It was playful but also carried a hint of pity.

“Why are you guys looking at me like that?!”

Ward’s chest tightened in fright, and he turned to a pale faced Edie as he repeated, “Ed, I said that boy toy over there is a f*cking idiot!”

“Don’t be afraid of him, I told you before already. We won’t offend JW’s owner at all. All we have to do is tell him the news and he’d even thank us!”

All he got in response was a huge and heavy slap.

Edie slapped Ward harshly across the face.

Taken aback, Ward’s entire face was twisted sideways by the force.

“F*ck you, stupid moron!”

Furious and frantic, Edie opened his mouth to scold Ward. He did not have the mind to keep up the demeanor befitting of the president of the Lawyers’ Associates.

“Do you know who he is? That’s Jasper Laine, the owner of JW Company! If you have a death wish then go kill yourself somewhere else, don’t drag me into this with you! I don’t have a stupid f*cking brother like you!”

A slap and a harsh round of scolding. This was a metaphorical bolt of lighting.

It metaphorically struck Ward right on his head. The man was stunned, and he felt half his soul get shocked out of his body upon hearing the news.

“How could that be?!”

Ward shouted raspily.

Ward pointed at Jasper and said frustratedly, “How can he be JW’s owner?! He’s still so young! You’re lying to me!”

“You’re really an imbecile!” Edie’s tone was frigid. At this moment, he even felt the desire to eat Ward alive.

No one dared to offend Jasper in Southeast Province. He truly regretted being tempted by Ward into coming to cause trouble in JW right now. He even pitifully wanted to showhis capabilities in front of Mortimer, and perhaps become acquainted with Jasper too.

All his plans were screwed now.

Ward also felt screwed.

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Ward sat on the chair limply and looked at Jasper with fear.

His mouth twitched a few times as he wanted to beg Jasper for mercy, but nothing came out despite the words being on the tip of his tongue.

In the end, Ward simply looked at Eddie and said with a sob.

“Ed… Save me…”

Edie clenched his jaw. He wanted nothing more than to beat Ward to death now, but despite all this, the man was still his brother.

At this thought, Edie mustered the courage to tell Jasper, “This is really a misunderstanding, Mr. Laine.”

Jasper sat at the front of the meeting room and placed his interlocked fingers under his chin. He replied with a crescent eyed smile, “A misunderstanding? I thought you two came to file a lawsuit against JW?”

“After all, as you said before, it’s written in black and white on the contract. Either JW pays the compensation according to the contract, or you’ll sue us until we’re broke. What misunderstandings can there be?”

The comer of Edie’ s lips twitched twice at Jasper’s words.

He chuckled wryly and replied, “There’s no point in hiding this from you since it’s gotten to this point, Mr. Laine. My brother was the one who urged me to come here, and we did discuss it among ourselves. However, we only did that to seem threatening. There’s no truth behind the statement.”

“We thought that you’d compromise because didn’t know about what happened and wouldn’t want to blow up the issue so as not to affect your employees.”

“Still, this incident was caused because my brother and I were tempted. My brother’s told me about this before and I’ve been thinking that since it’s just a bit of rebate, perhaps we could all just turn a blind eye and move on. I didn’t expect this incident to develop to this point.”

After hearing so much from Edie, Jasper asked calmly, “Then are you going to sue us or not?”

Edie quickly replied, “No, definitely not. ”

Edie kicked Ward harshly and scolded, “Mr. Laine asked you a question! Did you go dumb?”

Ward replied to Jasper with a sob, “I was blind, Mr. Laine, I’m sorry for starting a conflict and offending you. Please forgive me, I promise I won’t dare to sue you anymore. I’ll stay far far away, and I’ll never anger you again.”

Jasper took in the sight and turned to Eugene, “Send them out, Mr. Rowse.”

At the end of the day, Edie was the president of the Lawyers’ Associates, and the company would have to interact the Judicial Bureau many times in the future.

Jasper would gain nothing out of offending the legal industry.

Jasper’s company did business, and peace was a key aspect in that.

Not to mention that this was never a huge problem and Jasper had planned to let them go to begin with.

Ward and Edie were elated when they saw how Jasper decided to forgive them.

They thanked him and followed Eugene out.

After they left, Jasper got up and smiled at Mortimer. “Let’s talk in my office upstairs, Mr. Higgins.”

Mortimer got up and replied with a smile, “Since you’ve invited me, then please lead the way.”

Jasper called Wendy over too once he arrived at his office upstairs.

Since this was an interview of the first person to lead the supervision department, Jasper did not plan to involve the opinions of Malcolm, Chad, or the others. Only his and Wendy’s opinions mattered.

After a brief introduction, Jasper sat on the sofa in the reception area and told Mortimer straight forwardly.

“To be frank, Mr. Higgins, I am in great need of outstanding talent like you to build a supervision system for the whole of JW.

“If you’re willing to join us, then I’ll be open to giving you what you need, be it subordinates, money, or authority. You will only answer to me within the entire company and you’ll work independently of the administrative system. You will not be affected or

disrupted by anyone else.”

A few sentences were all it took for Mortimer to feel Jasper’s determination and sincerity.

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His eyes lit up and he replied, “I also wish to continue my career in a position where I can best show my strengths. But before that, there’s a lot of questions I need to discuss with you, Mr. Laine.”

“Do tell. Let’s not leave any thought unsaid today.” Jasper smiled.

Two hours later, Mortimer walked out of JW Capital with a wide smile on his face.

In the presidential office, Jasper told Wendy, “Call Malcolm, Chad, and all other decision makers of large departments over for a meeting. We’ll start transferring suitable employees from the whole company and start employing new ones too. The supervision department will be officially established once Mortimer starts working.”

The establishment of the supervision department meant that JW was taking another big step in developing into a more modern group.

This was a significant step to take, be it for the development of JW Capital or JW as a whole.

JW Capital’s decision makers were in a meeting for the entire afternoon.

The establishment of the supervision department would surely infringe upon everyone’s interests. Some people would be forced to give up much of their authority, which would undoubtedly lead to conflicts.

All the departments hoped that the supervision department would be laxer with them. After all, no one hoped to have the guillotine dangling over their necks.

Meanwhile, Jasper, the most important decision maker, remained silent and watched.

Leaving Chad, Malcolm, and the others to flush in agitation and fight amongst themselves.

This was quarrel and compromise between small interest groups in the company. It was a virtuous circle so Jasper would not interfere.

Not to mention that this was the appearance of a new system, and a supervisory one at that. Too many moving parts were involved, and by the time the meeting was adjourned and everyone came to a mutually agreeable decision, it was already seven pm.

“Alright. Since everyone’s fine with this, then we’ll do it this way. People from the presidential office will draft out the document tomorrow and it can be officially sent to all the subsidiaries after I sign it.”

Jasper clapped his hand to announce the end of the meeting.

Everyone left except for Chad, who remained unmoving in his seat.

There was something he wanted to tell Jasper personally.

“What’s this, Chad? Do you not want to hand some of power over to the supervision department?” Jasper chuckled as he asked Chad.

The supervision department’s authority overlapped with the human resources department’s right to review employees. Chad had made a huge concession on this point, so Jasper understood if the man was displeased.

Despite this, Chad chuckled wryly and replied, “The decision’s already been made, I won’t disrupt the company’s natural development because of my personal desire. The supervision department will do the company more good than bad, and it’s worth losing a bit of my human resources department’s authority to pursue it.”

“The main thing is… Do you still remember Baz Willis, Mr. Laine?”

This question Jasper stunned while the latter gathered his meeting documents alongside Wendy.

‘Isn’t that my past life’s superior that I sought out in Waterhoof City?’

Jasper left Baz alone after he arranged for the man to learn about investments in the company. Jasper was busy with work, so it had been a long time since he heard anything about Baz.

“Yeah. Why, is he not doing well?” Jasper asked.

Chad replied weirdly, “Not exactly, it’s just… he’s creative and I arranged for him to work under Albion. It’s only been a while but Albion’s already sent me two reports.”

“He handed in a proposal directly today and Albion didn’t know what to make of it so he threw it to me. I thought about it but I thought you should be the one to decide on it, Mr. Laine.”

“What proposal? If he’s under Mr. Harper, then Mr. Harper should still hand the proposal to the head of the Investment department if he couldn’t decide. Why did he give it to you?”

Chad smiled wryly and replied, “That’s the thing. Even the head of the Investment department couldn’t decide. Since this is someone you especially employed, Mr. Laine, none of us feel right making the final decision. Baz requested that we acquire a business with a market value of 30 million Somer Dollars!”

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Chad immediately pulled out the proposal in question.

After handing it to Jasper, Chad continued to say, “According to normal protocol, Baz is still no more than a small employee in the investment department. He doesn’t have the qualifications to lead a team yet, and this proposal would’ve been discarded by the manager once it was handed in if he was anyone else.”

“But everyone knows that you especially approved his employment Albion also checked it out and found that this proposal actually seems pretty legitimate, so preliminary market research was also done. Therefore, he didn’t really dare to reject it outright”

“He gave it some thought and handed it to me, most likely so I could pass this to you, Mr. Laine.”

Jasper looked down at the proposal in his hands. After a short moment of thought, he chuckled out loud. History sure does repeat itself.

Jasper wondered that Baz would end up living a new life due to him employing the man. He did not expect Baz to retrace the steps he did in his past life, be it by coincidence or due to fate.

This superior of his had accumulated his first big sum of money through the stocks and the financial market when he was young.

What truly started the man’s business and changed him from a common retail investor to the president of an investment company, and gave him the chance to climb the ranks of the social ladder, was the acquisition of Tefa City’s Downstream Investment Company.

‘It was a profitable purchase.’

That was what Baz frequently told Jasper in his past life.

Thanks to all sorts of boasting from Baz, Jasper came to understand the process of this acquisition as well.

Downstream Investment Company was the first investment company in Tefa City funded by the state. However, due to horrible management and the Tefa City City government deciding to reduce state owed liabilities, the company decided to be put on sale.

No one could see into the future, so while many people knew of this offering, not many people were actually willing to acquire it.

Baz had then taken all his savings, back then a total of 11 million, and acquired Downstream Investment Company.

Then the economy in the mainlands skyrocketed and the stock market faced a bullish trend. Downstream Investment Company’s market price grew tenfold in just a few years.

This was how Baz joined the line of top notch wealthy businessmen in Tefa City and became a true multimillionaire.

“Is he still in the office?” Jasper asked.

Chad nodded. “He should be. I heard that he’s a workaholic who always does overtime. He’s the most diligent and hardworking person in his department. This is something Albion told me many times. He’s got great potential.”

“Tell him to meet me at my office.”

Jasper stood up and said.

Wendy then spoke to Jasper in dissatisfaction as they rode the elevator, “How important is this matter that we have to deal with it today instead of tomorrow? It’s already very late and you still haven’t had dinner yet. You’re going to get a stomach ache later.”

Due to a long history of irregular eating times, Jasper had recently suffered from stomach aches. It was nothing severe, but it had gotten Wendy attention. Therefore, Wendy could not accept Jasper not eating when he should.

“It’s fine. It’ll only take around half an hour. Just wait for me for a while and we can go eat together,” Jasper comforted.

Wendy glared at Jasper but had no other choice than to conform.

She understood Jasper the most, so she knew that he did not care about something as insignificant as eating once he was in the business headspace.

Jasper had just entered his office when Baz arrived as well.

Opening the door for Baz to walk in, Jasper first gave the man a good look before he chuckled, “Not bad. You’re skinner but you look much more energized.”

In comparison to how Baz looked back in the audio rental shop then, the man looked completely different. He was now with vigor and energy.

Baz chuckled and replied, “Now that I have a goal to strive for, it’s only normal that I’d look different. After coming to work here, I found that I really like the investment industry. I was wasting my life away before this.”

Baz was truly grateful to have met Jasper.

Life at the Top Chapter 1280

During this time, Baz had come to know just how wealthy Jasper was. He also understood the full extent of Jasper’s influence in JW Company and even the whole of Southeast Province.

This made him even more grateful to Jasper. This man was of extremely high status, yet was willing to help his ordinary self.

Afraid that dallying would evoke Wendy’s nagging, Jasper moved on from small talk and waved the proposal in his hands. “Did you do this proposal?”

Baz replied embarrassedly, “They already handed it to you? I was the one who wrote it. Am… am I being overzealous?”

Baz knew his current level within the company, and how inappropriate it was to hand in a proposal on such a huge project.

He regretted it once he handed the proposal in, thinking that he would have to face a harsh scolding.

After all, JW Company had a strict employee hierarchical system and he had overstepped the boundaries of his position by handing in that proposal. Like a security guard doing the task of a director general. It would be weird if he was not chided.

“I’m more curious about why you think so well of this Downstream Investment Company. It’s in Tefa City, but most of JW Company’s main business is in the provincial capital, Nauritus City,” Jasper said.

Baz’s eyes lip up and he began to speak without stopping.

“Trust me, Mr. Laine. This Downstream Investment Company’s definitely been undervalued. If the company acquires it, then it’ll definitely be a profitable purchase. I’ve done market research too and I found that…”

Baz spoke for a whole ten minutes.

Jasper listened quietly while he looked through the report in his hands.

After Baz was done, Jasper replied, “You’re right. But did it occur to you that companies and owners local to Tefa City also have their eyes on this cash cow? We’re from Nauritus City, and to suddenly enter the competition would surely evoke hostility.”

Baz was stunned for a moment before he replied solemnly, “All I see is that this is a worthy investment. It might cost more than 10 million but it’ll definitely bring even bigger returns. I didn’t think about the other factors, but doesn’t every business have competition?”

Jasper did not say anything after this.

Baz was a little nervous as he stood in place.

He realized that his words were too impulsive.

‘Would this invoke Mr. Laine’s ire?’

Baz felt unsettled.

He was just a normal employee, after all. He had no right to tell Mr. Laine how to do business.

While Baz simmered nervously, Jasper spoke up. “Prepare your things and come with me to Tefa City tomorrow.”

Baz was overcome with joy when he heard Jasper.

“You agree to the acquisition, Mr. Laine?” Baz asked excitedly.

“Don’t look so happy just yet,” Jasper said with a crescent eyed smile, “Since we’re interfering with the purchase of Downstream Investment Company, we’ll surely be attacked by Tefa City’s local powers.”

“I’ll keep an eye on your performance and if I realize that you’re performing below standard, then I’ll give up on this investment and you alongside it.”

“Yes, Sir! ” Baz knew that this was a great opportunity and he immediately shouted.

A moment later, Jasper pressed his palm against the proposal as he watched Baz leave the office happily.

He knew that it had not been easy for Baz to acquire Downstream Investment Co., Ltd. in his past life. Back then, the man had almost been tossed by Tefa City’s huge family, the Convingtons, to feed the dogs.

However, as Baz had said just now, Downstream Investment Company was a profitable acquisition and business had always been filled with competition.

Jasper had no reason to give up on a business that would bring him ten times the profit in the future.

‘So what if you’re the Covington family?’