Ch. 1341..1350
Life at the Top Chapter 1341
Henry was about to ask Jasper what he had in mind when the request for a video conference rang out from the computer.
Henry had no other choice but to swallow the words he wanted to say and wait until after Jasper was done with the call.
It was a video call from Jake.
Jasper did not mind that Henry was present and answered the call immediately.
“Mr. Laine, as per your request, we’ve already begun to increase the number of our positions and funds invested. We have a total position worth 1.89 billion US Dollars, with a 5 million US Dollar increase every hour.”
“And our losses?” Jasper asked calmly.
Jake paused before replying difficultly, “We’ve lost a total of 230 million US Dollars right now. Every 1 million we invest amounts to a loss of 380 thousand US Dollars, and this loss percentage shows signs of a steady increase.”
“The entities targeting us since the beginning have increased their attacks, so most of our losses are going to them.
“Besides this, we’ve also realized that many financial organizations are starting to operate against us as well. Due to our continuous investment of funds, they seem to plan to benefit from us.
“As of this moment, we have sufficient evidence showing that most of these organizations are from Wall Street. A minority are from Europe, and there’s one from Sunrise Land.”
Jasper was unsurprised to know the involvement of Wall Street and European organizations, but he was shocked to find that an organization from Sunrise land was also among them.
However, in no time at all, Jasper could guess who it as.
Except for Softwin, which Jasper had previously had a feud against, no other organization would be willing to involve themselves in this matter while the situation had yet to be made clear.
Jasper nodded calmly and replied, “Keep it up. We need a position of 2.5 billion US Dollars before the market closes today.”
While expecting this, Jake was still shaken when he heard the amount.
Jake took a deep breath and said, “I’ll get to it immediately, Mr. Laine. But I must remind you that according to our current rate, our percentage of loss will become extremely high.”
“Because once we amass a huge enough amount, our operation against market trend will essentially become a flame to the moths in the market. It might not have been tempting enough before this, and the organizations might not have set their eyes on us yet, but once the funds breach 1 billion US Dollars, there will be signs of herd behavior.
“The moment the organizations against us groups together, all our funds will get consumed.”
Jasper waved him off. “Don’t worry, let them consume what they want. Before the day of reckoning arrives, it doesn’t matter even if the accounts show a complete loss.”
Jake sighed and replied, “Alright, Mr. Laine. I’ll get to it right now.”
“Good…”
After hanging up the call, Jasper looked at Henry, who had his eyes wide and his jaw gaping.
“Holy sh*t, so we’re losing hundreds of thousands of Somer Dollars every minute?”
Jasper nodded and replied, “That’s pretty much the rate.”
Henry sucked in a cold breath and asked, “The risks here are huge, aren’t they?”
Jasper smiled and replied, “Short selling is considered a trade of futures, and they have a settlement date. Therefore, everything we and our opponents make are all on paper for now.
“Even if we manage to hold on and not liquidate our accounts, if the situation doesn’t turn around in our favor before the settlement date, then we’ll still lose everything.”
“That is when our money will truly be gone.”
Henry felt lightheaded.
Despite being the next successor of the Law family and having no understanding of the concept of money since he was young, which were just a bunch of numbers to Henry, he still felt stricken when he realized that he was in a situation where he lost hundreds of thousands, or even millions, every minute.
“When’s the settlement date?” Henry asked.
“In three days.”
“Motherf*cker!” The corner of Henry’s lips twitched.
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“What happens if we lose everything and have to liquidate?” Henry asked.
“Then you go back and leech off of your dad, while I live here with my little bit of money in Nauritus City,” Jasper replied calmly.
“So the person targeting us is Fabian?” Henry hit jackpot with his question.
“Most likely.” Jasper sighed.
Jake’s investigation all this while had not come up empty handed. No matter how good Fabian was at hiding himself, Jake could still find a few leads. While there was no concrete evidence, the funds were proven to originate from Harbor City.
With this point confirmed, Jasper could also be certain that the mastermind behind this was Fabian and no one else.
“Who are the other organizations, then?” Henry asked.
Jasper replied, “I can confirm that that the organization from Sunrise Land is Softwin. But as for those from Wall Street, there are too many of them for me to lock onto. And I have absolutely no idea about those from Europe.”
Henry clenched his jaw and said, “ So we’re literally sending Fabian money, then?!”
“This money is pretty much a hot potato.”
Jasper closed his eyes slightly and murmured to himself.
Originally anxious, Henry took in Jasper’s calm behavior and suddenly relaxed.
Throughout their time together, the man in front of him had always been able to turn what everyone believed was an impossible situation around.
The fight in Harbor City alone was something most people would boast about their entire lives.
Henry had involved throughout the entire process back then.
“Are you trying to fish someone out?”
Henry’s question had Jasper laughing out loud.
“While the entire world thinks that I’ve gone crazy, you’re the only one who thinks I’m fishing.”
Henry shrugged and replied, “Maybe I’m crazy too.” Then, his expression turned crazed.
“F*cking Hell, it’s just money, isn’t it? Worse come to worst we’ll just lose everything. We’ll still have enough to sustain ourselves and isn’t that good enough? What’s the point of so much money anyway? We win, then we’ll go to clubs and look for pretty girls, lose and we’ll get back to work!”
“Don’t worry. Even if you lose all the money, I’m sure with your title as Young Master Law, you’d still have pretty girls to sleep with at any club you go.” Jasper chuckled.
“Hahaha!”
Henry guffawed. “You’re not wrong.”
As Jasper and Fabian officially turned against each other, murmurs of a strange financial war were heard. Despite physically being in the mainlands and Harbor City, the two decided to make the United States’ financial market into their battlegrounds.
Funds worth 2 billion US Dollars was like a drop in the ocean in this market, but this drop of water had coincidentally decided to operate against the clear market trend. In this case, it was as obvious as a drop of water in the desert.
2 billion US Dollars was not a small amount either.
A huge short sell order that ran against the Dow Jones Index would appear every 10 minutes, and would also be snapped up immediately.
Everyone knew that this was a blatant gifting of money. Jasper knew that among these purchasers were Fabian and Softwin.
What he did not know, was that Layman Investment Bank and… Colossal Investments were also involved.
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Capone was the office manager of Colossal Investments Headquarters’ advanced investment department.
He was mainly in charge of a sum of funds from the headquarters, and his job was to help this sum of funds grow on the securities market.
The more profit he made, the more his bonus was. There were many advanced investment office managers like himself in Colossal Investments, and they would all undergo a performance evaluation every month. The only metric to this evaluation was the amount each investment manager earned the investment bank, with the most profitable person gaining the largest benefits.
Therefore, Capone was under a lot of pressure to perform.
He was in a great mood today.
“Mr. Morrison, thank you for your information. I’ll make sure to remember your kindness.”
Capone held the phone with his legs crossed. His shiny leather shoe twirled around slightly as he spoke flatteringly.
“You were our closest classmate during university. How could I possibly forget you when there’s such a great opportunity before us?”
Morrison’s tone was calm on the other end of the line. “I’m sure you know this Capone, but I hope you do as you promised.”
Capone smiled in response and replied, “Rest assured. As long as I receive any news from the senior executives about Jasper, I’ll tell you immediately.”
“Thanks to your information, I’ll be able to dominate all my opponents during this month’s performance evaluation. I’ll have much greater chances of being the deputy manager of the investment department, and I’ll be able to source information from the higher ups.”
“There’s a Somer phrase saying ‘take as you need’. I believe that our partnership will be a merry one, but I do suggest that you keep a low profile.
“After all, according to the information I have, the president of Colossal Investment’s Terra regional branch, Celine Maynard, had defended Jasper during the senior manager conference. This caused your senior members to feel rather concerned.”
“Don’t worry, Morrison. You work in the investment bank business as well, and I’m sure you know that when it comes to the senior executives, profit is always the most reliable partner. Any lesser partnerships, for example, when it comes to the defense of a single person, are pointless.”
After ending the call, Morrison, the president of Layman Investment Bank’s Terra regional branch, sat in his office with a joyful smile on his face. The monitor before him showed the overall market trendline for the Dow Jones Index.
Another of Jasper’s orders had been devoured.
Knock knock knock.
Someone knocked on the door.
Morrison called for them to enter and in walked a shrewd looking middle aged man.
“Mr. Morrison, according to our comprehensive investigation, we’ve found no leads at all.”
“The think tank has produced two reasonings for Jasper’s actions. One being that Jasper had gone crazy, or that Jasper believes that the Unites States stock market will suffer a huge blow very soon.”
A dark look flashed through Morrison’s gaze and he replied, “We aren’t the only ones. Many people have been investigating him, but everyone’s come to the same result.”
“Looks like Jasper really is crazy.”
With a scoff, Morrison said, “Everyone is reading too much into this. Jasper’s made a severe mistake in the most fundamental decision. This reason that everyone believes to be impossible just so happens to be the closest to the truth.”
The middle aged man asked, “So what do we do now?”
“Continue with our original plan. We’ve entered the market too late so there’s not much we can profit from him. But as long as Jasper continues to short sell, then we’ll continue to issue buy orders. All of Jasper’s orders now are extremely profitable hot pockets.”
“We have no reason not to profit off such easy money.”
The middle aged man bowed slightly and replied, “Yes, Mr. Morrison. I’ll get to it immediately.”
As Jasper continued to sell, more people also began to enter the market.
No one would reject money when it was handed over to them on a silver platter.
Softwin, Layman, Colossal Investments, and other organizations from all over the world also came to know that a Somer idiot was crazily handing out money in the United States stock market thanks to the exchange of intelligence and the ticking of time.
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Since great opportunities like these were rare, everyone originally wondered if Jasper had an ulterior motive in the beginning. After all, the situation was too good to be true.
However, as time passed, everyone also began to draw their own conclusions.
Jasper had gone crazy.
They no longer cared what the man’s original intentions were, and they took the money he provided on a silver platter.
With that, more organizations began to enter the market to snap up Jasper’s orders.
Every order Jasper listed would be purchased within a few seconds.
As time passed, everyone started to feel impatient.
This situation had, after all, attracted the attention of many.
Jasper’s phone was similarly bombarded with calls. Even Winston Benett called Jasper himself to ask why Jasper did such a thing.
Jasper told him the same thing.
He had a bearish View of the United States stock market. That was it.
“Tsk, tsk. Just how many people have their eyes on us?”
Henry lamented in Jasper’s office, staring at the account’s startling unrealized loss on the screen.
“The total investment already amounts to 2.5 billion US Dollars.”
Jasper looked at the screen and exhaled softly.
While he had always been very confident, Jasper could not help but feel frantic at this moment.
Jasper would truly be screwed if the world played out different after he reincarnated and the two planes did not crash into the Twin Towers.
Jasper sounded carefree when he talked to Henry about it before, but he knew that it was more than an issue of money if he lost this time.
Both Lord Alvarado and the little prince had each invest 5 billion into this.
The two would be the first to come after him if he screwed up.
It could be said that Jasper was betting his whole life on this incident.
It was impossible for him not to feel nervous.
“All of the outside worlds is doubting you. Some of my friends in Harbor City that know of our relationship even called me in the beginning when they learned that you were making a move. They told me to pull them in if I had a chance to make big money.”
“But now they’re all telling me to quickly distance myself from you.”
“I’ve completely lost contact with them now. I don’t think there’s anyone in the world who truly believes in you.”
Henry hit the nail on the head.
Lord Alvarado and the little prince had not questioned any of his decisions.
However, Jasper knew this was because they were waiting.
The moment Jasper screwed up, Lord Alvarado and the little prince might just be the first to hurt him.
After all, this was 5 billion Somer Dollars, and not even the wealthy would just turn a blind eye at such a huge loss.
Jasper looked at the clock and whispered, “8 more hours to go.”
Henry was stunned and asked instinctively, “8 hours?”
“Nothing,” Jasper shook his head and stood up with a smile, “We might not be getting any sleep tonight. Do you want to go out and get food? Only when energized can we enjoy the show to its fullest.”
Henry was stunned for a moment, but Jasper’s expression told him that the man would not reply to any of his questions. Hence, he put the thought in the back of his mind. “Let’s go, time to eat!”
Life at the Top Chapter 1345
Due to the time difference, Somerland was 13 hours ahead of the United States.
It was 1 PM in Somerland, which was around midnight on September the 11th in the United States. The night was quiet, as if needing a shocking change to wake its people.
Jasper and Henry had just gotten out of the office and were about to go eat lunch when Julian suddenly came over with a report.
“Jasper, there’s already a result regarding Calvin’s situation. His sentence will be around 8-10 years and the officials wish to get the victim’s opinion and ask if they agree with the standard sentencing.”
Jasper replied calmly, “Just follow the legal provisions available. We might be the victims, but that doesn’t mean we’re above the law.”
“10 years is long enough. By the time Calvin is released after 10 years, the world would’ve changed as well.” Julian nodded understandingly at Jasper’s reply.
The man’s intention was clear. Any criminal sentence had an upper and lower limit. The final decision on the length of jail time would be affected by the details of the crime and whether the defendant repented.
If Jasper decided on 10 years, then it would be the maximum of 10 years.
There was nothing anyone could harp on.
“I’ll pass your intentions along. Oh, and, Jasper, there’s one more thing…”
Jasper exclaimed in shock, “Jul, you’re even speaking long windedly now. Just get to the point.”
Henry then snickered and made a joke, “Did you set your eyes on a girl and now want Jasper to be your wingman?”
Julian replied awkwardly, “Stop making jokes about me, I’m talking serious business here.”
“After what happened to Calvin, a huge crisis appeared at Penelope’s company suddenly. Her supply channel from Harbor City seemed to have collapsed, but Penelope already signed contracts with many of her underwriters. Now that she can’t provide the goods, the underwriters are stirring up trouble for her.”
“Coupled with the fact that Calvin was caught and sent to prison, Penelope’s under a lot of stress and she tried to kill herself last night.”
Jasper furrowed his brows at what he heard.
“How’s Penelope doing now?” Jasper asked.
Julian replied calmly, “She was discovered in time and she’s already been treated in the hospital. She’s in MidHeart Hospital right now but her suicide attempt was also what pushed the underwriters into a panic.”
“They’re worried that if Penelope dies, they won’t be able to ask anyone to repay her debts… basically, the situation isn’t looking good at all.”
Jasper sighed lightly.
Logically speaking, he did not want to involve himself in Penelope’s matters anymore.
The point of having John arrange her a job before this was so that he could completely let go of her and move on from the past.
Whether she did her job well or if she started her own company had nothing to do with Jasper anymore. However, she ended up being used by Fabian. Even so, Penelope had not sold Jasper out, but instead told the man everything at a crucial time.
Moreover, Jasper was the one who put Calvin in jail, not that Jasper thought he handled the situation inappropriately. Still, Jasper could not help but feel slightly remorseful toward Penelope.
“Let’s go to MidHeart Hospital, then,” Jasper instructed.
“Alright.” Julian immediately turned the car around.
Henry asked playfully, “Lingering feelings?”
Due to the situation with Anna, Henry was very sensitive about the women by Jasper’s side.
No matter how ingenuine Henry was, he still did not want to see other women appear and fight with his sister over Jasper. One Wendy Schuler was enough of a headache.
“Nonsense!”
Jasper glared at Henry. “This is putting an end to any last remaining debts I owe her. She helped me but at the cost of her company threatening to close down. Not to mention, I’m the one who sent her brother to prison as well. No matter the reason, it’s only right I go visit her.”
Henry grinned in relief.
Jasper’s character had always been upstanding in this regard, and he would never lie about this.
In the advanced hospital room in MidHeart Hospital. Seven to eight chubby men were glaring and blocking the entrance to the door. Each of them looked fierce and with a bad temper.
There was also a man in a suit standing sinisterly in the hospital room.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was the sound of a water jug being kicked and shattering within the hospital room.
“Penelope, I’m warning you right now. In the whole of Nauritus City or even Southeast Province, there is not one person who dares to scam me, Martin Monty, of my money!”
Martin stood in front of Penelope’s hospital bed and roared. He ignored the sickeningly pale complexion she had and the fact that tubes were sticking out of her everywhere.
Penelope’s body was extremely weak and the frantic beeping of the monitoring device beside her showed how agitated she felt.
Her blood pressure was skyrocketing and her heartbeat beat erratically.
“Give me some more time, Mr. Monty. I’ll definitely come up with a way to solve this,” Penelope said weakly.
“Solve this? Solve my f*cking foot!”
Martin raged, pointing at Penelope’s nose to scold, “You said you’d solve it yesterday too! And look what happened, you got brave and tried to commit suicide! Is this how you plan to solve it?”
“I’m telling you, Penelope, according to the contract, you have to pay three times the compensation because you don’t have the goods. That’s a total of 6.5 million and not a cent less. Otherwise, I’ll sell you to brothels so you can pay your debt with your body for as long as there is still blood in your veins!”
“Don’t think that dying will solve everything. You still have a bedridden mother, don’t you? I’m sure you don’t want an old woman like her to still get beaten up, scolded, and tortured, right?
“You also have a brother, yes? But I heard he was put in prison. Haha, that’s alright. I’ll just use some money to have the people inside teach him a good lesson.”
Penelope immediately struggled in the hospital bed when she heard the man.
Yet, no matter how she tried, her body was too weak to do so.
Beep beep beep.
The ear splitting alarm rang out from the monitor. Penelope’s heart rate and blood pressure had reached a critical level.
“Don’t you dare, Martin! Otherwise, I’ll make sure to haunt you even after I’m dead!”
Martin said icily, “Dead? I’m not even afraid of you when you’re alive, let alone when you’re dead! Even when you’re dead you’re still going to have to repay what you owe me!”
Penelope opened her mouth widely to pant, but as she tried to breathe, the air suddenly seemed too thick to enter her lungs.
Jat that moment, the alarm from the monitor also changed to become more ear splitting and frantic.
Martin looked at Penelope, who was struggling for her life icily and sneered, “Pretending to die again? F*cking Hell, go ahead then! I’d like to see if you really die this time.”
Just then, an angry roar suddenly sounded from outside the hospital room.
“Julian, throw them all out! ”
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The yell with a wild rage that spooked Martin.
He did not get a chance to turn around and look at the person when he felt someone behind him grab the back of his collar. The next second, his body was being lifted into the air as the world around him started spinning. Then, there was a loud bang as pain started to flood his body.
In the blink of an eye, the muscular Martin who weighed more than a hundred pounds was like a little chick being grabbed and thrown out of the ward by Julian.
As for the several big fellows outside the room, they all encountered the same situation as him.
Almost ten of them were lying down, scattered around on the hospital’s corridor outside the ward. It was a spectacular scene.
“You got something coming, little dumb*ss.”
Martin lifted his head and saw a young face brimming with an aura of stubbornness.
He was familiar with this kind of aura. Second generation with extraordinary backgrounds often possessed this overwhelming aura, himself included. However, the young man who was in front of him was emanating a certain stubbornness that was overwhelming.
Due to the sharp senses the second generation possessed, Martin had managed to stop himself from blowing up in time.
“If she dies, you can’t get anything from her. Haven’t you seen her condition? You’re still trying to make her pay, but are you even able to get a cent from her right now?”
Henry gave Martin a look as though he were an idiot and said.
“You… Who the f*ck are you!?”
Monty grit his teeth and asked while he endured the pain and got up forcefully.
“Who am 1?” Henry smiled broadly, “You’ll know soon enough, dumb*ss.”
At this moment, Jasper had already strode into the ward.
When Julian was throwing Martin out of the ward, he noticed Penelope’s abnormality. He went out and called the nurse immediately without saying anything else. The doctor and nurses had previously been chased out by Martin, and none of them were willing to risk getting beaten up to rescue the patient.
When Jasper walked over to the side of the bed, Penelope had already lost consciousness.
“Penelope?”
Jasper called out Penelope’s name gently, but she was unresponsive.
At this moment, the doctor and nurses hurried in. Jasper immediately took a step to and let these professionals do their work.
Jasper did not blame them for not saving her in time. It was obvious that Martin gave them a warning.
“Sir, can you please leave? We have to rescue the patient, and we might need to undress her… Are you her lover?”
A doctor turned his head and asked Jasper.
Jasper shot a glance at Penelope, who was pale white with her eyes closed as she laid on the bed. Then, he shook his head and replied, “I’m her friend… I’ll wait outside.”
Jasper left immediately after he said this.
“Her blood pressure is 60, her heart rate is dropping, and she’s in shock. Hurry, inject 0.5mg of adrenaline into her veins, it’s an emergency!”
The indistinct chatter of the frantic medical staff in the ward were muted after he closed the door gently.
Jasper turned around and stared at Martin expressionlessly. His finger was raised to point at the closed ward door, and said, “Last night, she tried to kill herself, and she just got saved. Yet, you’re here to ask for money. If she had that money would she had committed suicide?”
“If anything happens to her today, I’ll hold you responsible!”
Martin was stunned for a moment. He would never have thought that someone other than a certain young man could exude an aura that made him nervous. Even so, the unknown man before him was doingjust that.
Martin sneered and said, “Who the f*ck are you to yell a t me? Kid, how dare you interfere with what I’m doing? Are you not afraid of dying?”
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”I don’t give a sh*t about you, but I’m interfering if you’re making her kill herself.” Jasper said coldly.
Martin sneered and replied, “You’re interfering? Well, you can get your money out and pay the debts for her then. I’ll leave right away with the money. Do you think I like being here?”
Martin poked Jasper as he saw his sullen eyes, and scolded, “You don’t have it? If you can’t fcking pay then why the fck are you bluffing here?”
Smack.
It was a loud and sharp slap.
Martin squealed as he took a few steps back, covering his face.
Henry flung his arms and made a spitting sound, “F*ck, what an oily face you got there, it’s disgusting.”
As he said that, Henry gave Martin a grin and said, “You better watch your words, be careful cause you might get yourself in trouble, dumb*ss.”
Martin glared at Henry and yelled while covering his face, “Who the f*ck are you exactly!?”
At this moment, the men that Martin brought along with him surrounded him, each of them eyeing Jasper, Henry, and Julian.
If not for Julian, who had single handedly thrown him out, and Henry, who looked dangerous in his own right, Martin had already ordered his men to tear them apart.
“I’m warning you, you’re all going to die for offending me in the Southeast Province.”
Henry grew excited when he heard this.
It sounded familiar.
“Is that so? How amazing is that? I’m scared.
“Let’s see, tell me what your father does, what your grandfather does. Maybe after I know that, I’ll start trembling and begging for my life.”
Martin looked hideous as he shouted, “The Monty family of Southeast Province! Kids, although I don’t know what your background is like, you should never offend anyone from the Monty family. You’re dead meat!”
“Is the Monty family that impressive?” Jasper asked coldly.
“The Monty family is nothing crazy.” Martin smiled in a creepy way as he stared at Jasper. “But crushing a piece of sh*t like you is still a piece of cake!”
“The Monty family had kept themselves low key this entire time. Didn’t the three of you ever hear about us? It’ s alright, hurry up and go home to your elderly to ask about it. Then you’ll know how scary the Monty family really is!”
Martin believed that it would be the same this time.
He was already thinking about how to punish the three of them.
“As far as I know, Conrad Monty is the family chief of the Monty family. He doesn’t have any children, and his father is Steven Monty. It seems like you had nothing to do with the Monty family at all.”
What Jasper said snapped Steven back to reality.
“How do you know so much about the Monty family?”
Something crossed Steven’s mind after this, and he sneered, “Looks like you’re not dumb after all. So, you heard about us from your elders at home, huh? Hah, if you know that much about the Monty family, then you will know we have an extraordinary background in the Southeast Province.”
“Despite knowing this, you still dare to offend me?”
“Let me give you a little clarity on the situation. I’m Mr. Monty’s cousin while Steven Monty is my uncle. My grandfather and Mr. Monty’s grandfather are brothers!”
Martin thought that right after he exposed his identity, both of them would be dumbfounded and terrified. However, all he heard was an enigmatic voice coming from Henry instead.
“That’s barely related. You have almost nothing to do with the family, yet you’re saying that you’re one of them. How shameless.”
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What Henry said caused Martin’s face to turn a dark reddish purple.
He was embarrassed, angry, and ashamed. Those intertwining emotions caused his eyes to become bloodshot as he so badly wanted to swallow Henry whole.
“Good! Very good!”
Martin turned shame into anger. He pointed at Jasper and Henry as he yelled and stomped his feet, “No one dares to talk to me that way in Southeast Province! You’re looking down on the Montys, huh? Alright! Just you wait!”
After he said that, Martin took out his phone.
When Jasper saw Martin calling for backup, Jasper said insipidly, “Are you calling your elders?”
Martin chuckled coldly and said, “Are you scared? If you kneel, beg for mercy, kowtow three times, and then crawl out of here, I might consider forgiving you.”
“I mean it’s useless even if you call those irrelevant people. Why don’t I help you call them instead?” As Jasper said that, he dialed a number.
When Martin saw Jasper making the call, he was immediately bewildered.
He did not know who Jasper was calling.
He merely saw Jasper talking to the person on the phone before tossing the phone over to him.
Martin put the phone to his ear suspiciously.
Then, he heard a familiar yet foreign voice.
He was familiar with it because he would have the chance to meet the owner of this voice whenever he went to the family gathering at the end of the year. Every time, the owner of the voice would be in the center of attention, and everyone would flatter and fawn over him.
It was also foreign because Martin only had one or two chances to hear his voice a year, and it was always in a public setting. Unfortunately, he was still unqualified to speak with Conrad in a private setting yet.
“You’re Martin, right? I don’t remember you.”
The first thing Conrad said on the phone shook Martin’s heart.
He did not expect Jasper to get through to Conrad with just a phone call.
Before Martin could say anything, Conrad continued.
“From now on, you’re not a Monty anymore.”
This statement caused Martin to feel as if his soul had left his body and he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.
As the head of the Montys, Conrad had the right to remove his name from the genealogical record completely unless the seniors in the family rejected the idea.
However, Martin knew that nobody in his family would offend Conrad because of a nobody like him.
Therefore, Conrad’s statement was equivalent to stripping Martin of his family crest that he was always so proud of.
“S-sir, I… I… Why?”
While he was still reeling in shock, Martin subconsciously asked this stupid question.
“Because you offended someone I can’t afford to offend!”
Conrad, who was initially calm, blew up suddenly. “Who gave you the courage and the balls to offend Jasper Laine? Huh? Tell me! ”
Martin felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
The name ‘Jasper Laine’ was no stranger to anyone who had any semblance of status and reputation in Southeast Province.
To the Montys, this name was also like a nightmare.
Jasper’s presence caused the Montys to suffer more than once. The Montys were like royalty in Southeast Province, so not only did they suffer huge losses, their reputation also plummeted over and over.
If the Montys did not have enough experience in dealing with this kind of matter, they might have suffered horribly in Southeast Province. Right now, Jasper and the Montys were in peaceful coexistence.
Of course, Martin knew Jasper’s name, but he had never met the man in person.
He even fantasized multiple times about Jasper going all out so that his position in the family would increase. However, at this moment, as he stood in front of Jasper, Martin could only quake in fear.
“If you want to die, go ahead. Don’t drag the family into this.”
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Conrad’s icy voice pulled Martin back to reality.
“Sir, I had no idea,” Martin said, his voice breaking.
“Do you think it matters whether or not you were aware of this?” Martin said coldly.
Martin shivered and he was speechless.
“Give the phone back to Jasper.”
After Conrad’s order, Martin did not dare to hesitate. He handed the phone back to Jasper with both hands shaking.
Earlier, he was very arrogant, but now, he was as timid as a mouse as he did not even dare to look Jasper in the eyes.
At this moment, he was feeling extremely remorseful. He just wanted to get out of this scary place as fast as possible.
However, he knew no matter where he ran to, it would all be the same. His life was over!
After he took back his phone, Jasper said with a grin, “How are you going to take care of this, Mr. Monty?”
Conrad said calmly, “I don’t need to do anything. Martin is not a Monty anymore so you can do whatever you want with him, Mr. Laine.”
“Savage,” Jasper said half grinning.
Conrad chuckled and said, “This is just one of the ways I’ve grown after considering your caring pointers.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes. After Conrad’s secret collaboration with Jasper, the latter felt that the current Conrad had become much more powerful than he was back then.
It seemed that Conrad was not the same person he was before.
“I am in Nauritus City now. Will you do me the honor of having a chat with me, Mr. Laine?” Conrad asked all of a sudden.
“I don’t think I have much time.”
Jasper was not evading Conrad.
It would be time for the main event soon, and Jasper still needed to go back and wait.
At this moment, Penelope was still being resorted. Therefore, Jasper naturally did not have the time nor mood to chat with Conrad.
“I just need half an hour. If you’re busy right now, I can wait. It’s fine. I’ll be waiting in Brew Splash Teahouse until you show up, Mr. Laine.” Conrad sounded very sincere.
“I’ll try my best.” Jasper thought about it and agreed.
His relationship with Conrad right now was a little complex.
They were not friends.
They could not resolve the grievances between them, and now that Conrad was on Fabian’s side, so they could only be rivals.
However, they were not enemies.
They had a pretty pleasant collaboration before this, and the only person who walked out of it unhappy was Prince.
Jasper could sense that Conrad had some ulterior motives for asking to meet him.
However, Jasper did not know what it was as he was not a god and he could not predict the future.
He would only know if he went to meet Conrad.
Martin was petrified when he saw Jasper’s gaze. Then, he immediately quivered.
After contemplating about it, he gritted his teeth and knelt in front of Jasper with a sudden thud.
Then, he started begging for mercy as he cried.
“Mr. Laine, I really didn’t know who you are. I was so blind to talk back to you just now. Please forgive me. If I knew who you were, how would I have the balls to talk back to you?”
Henry was disappointed when Martin admitted defeat so decisively.
He still wanted to make Martin dance.
“You idiot, weren’t you pretty arrogant just now? Continue being arrogant! I feel bad for bullying you when you’re like this,” Henry said in a conflicted tone.
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“S-sir, I know my mistake. Please forgive me!”
How would Martin dare to argue with Henry again? At this moment, he only wanted to run away.
Henry scoffed and did not even bother to look at Martin. He was not interested in lowly children of wealthy families anyway.
“Monty…”
Jasper said calmly and walked in front of Martin.
“Do you know why most families aren’t able to stick around for a long time?”
How would Martin dare to answer such a sensitive question? He lowered his head timidly and did not dare to say anything.
“Because there are too many people like you.”
Jasper sounded cold.
“Every founder of a family has great skill and strategy, if not, they would not be able to create a foundation that would be worthy of being called a family. However, there are always good and bad people sprouting up within the descendants. Aside from a surname, what do people like you have that you’re so proud of?”
Jasper’s words caused Martin’s face to burn painfully. However, he did not dare to talk back.
“Yes, you’re right, Mr. Laine. Trash like me is everywhere. One rotten apple spoils the barrel. I deserve to die, and I am trash. I am the rotten apple.”
When Jasper saw Martin’s horrified face, he shook his head and did not want to say anything more.
“What’s with your contract with Penelope?”
Martin shook his head and said, “What contract? I don’t know. There’s nothing like that. Penelope…”
“No, Miss Hunt has a very pleasant collaboration with me, and our contract just ended, so I was just about to extend the contract with her. However, Miss Hunt’s sick so we can only talk about this next time.”
Henry started laughing when he heard Martin’s clever words.
Jasper was smiling as well.
“Don’t worry, I won’t force you. A breach of contract is a breach of contract. How much money does Penelope owe you? Tell me and I’ll pay for her. Not just you, I’ll also hear the compensation of the other dealerships.”
After Jasper said that, Martin shook his head fiercely.
What a joke. He was lucky to be alive, so how could he dare to ask for money?
Obviously, he misunderstood what Jasper meant.
“Mr. Laine, I’m serious. There is no breach of contract. As for the others, I know who they are, so I’ll talk to them. There must be a misunderstanding.
“Miss Hunt’s company is in a bit of a crisis, so we’ll just wait patiently. It’ll be best if she has the goods, but if she doesn’t, we’ll just wait until the day she does.”
Jasper looked at Martin ruminating. This kid was pretty smart when he needed to be.
Martin became more confident after Jasper looked at him. He figured he said the right thing to please Mr. Laine. If Mr. Laine was happy, then he would be safe.
When he thought about this, Martin made a solemn vow and promised, “Don’t worry, Mr. Laine. Leave this to me. You’re an important person and you have so many things to handle in one day. The matters you have to attend to are all of great importance.”
“You don’t need to meet those immature bosses from those lousy companies yourself. You’ll just be lowering your status.”
“I promise no one would cause trouble anymore. It’s impossible to breach the contract, and I guarantee there will be no breaches for the rest of her life. We’ll just wait until Miss Hunt feels better and provides us with the goods. We’ll talk about the goods when Miss Hunt recovers.”
At the same time, the door of the hospital room opened suddenly. Thus, Jasper did not want to waste time talking to Martin anymore.
He did not care whether Martin wanted the money or not.
If Martin did not want it, he would not force the money into his hands.
However, since he was sensible, Jasper would not teach him a lesson while he was being troubled by so many others things.
Jasper turned around to look at the doctor. Meanwhile, Henry turned around to shout at Martin, “What are you still standing here like an idiot for? Scram!”
It was as if Martin had gotten a pardon. He was gleeful as he bowed, nodded, and ran away.
“Doctor, how is she?” Jasper asked the doctor who had just walked out of the room