Ch. 1551..1560
Life at the Top Chapter 1551
“We have all opened positions. After all, we are relying on the gold to win back what we lost on the Dow Jones today.”
Kayden was in a good mood.
After this incident, he appreciated Jasper more.
Ever since Softwin’s entry, the Somerland companies listed in the United States Stock Market that he had previously invested in had suffered heavy losses. It was impossible not to feel bad.
However, Jasper had already arranged a way for them to recoup their losses, and that was to invest large amounts of gold.
The global financial system was complex and complicated, but it could also be simple. There was a rule that was the eternal truth.
When the stock market was booming, gold went cold. If the stock market plummeted, then money would flood into hard currency, which was gold.
When the economy was good, one would collect antiques, but when the economy was bad, one would choose to keep gold. This was the reason behind the mechanism.
When the situation was chaotic, people would fall back to their belief in gold.
“I have to ensure that we have reserve strength, or else we’ll have to leave when the funds are used up,” Jasper said softly.
At this moment, Jake had united the three major trading centers and started to hammer the market. Once he did that, it was like a meteorite crashing into the river.
Under the huge waves, the Dow Jones Index was like a graceful but exposed woman.
When she was faced with the shameless gangsters of JW Foundation, even if Quantum Fund and Softwin, who played the role of guardians, rushed to stop them, they could not make up for JW Foundation’s determination to disrupt her at any cost
“Dow Jones Index, 7410 points!”
“Dow Jones Index, 7401 points!”
Hundreds of billions of dollars worth of funds were hammered regardless of the cost. This was a feast that all economic theorists around the world were eagerly waiting for.
This kind of thing had never happened before.
At this moment, it was playing out right before their eyes.
In the School of Modern Economics at the University of Cambridge, Greenton, an 80-year-old global modern economics leader and the current vice dean of the University of Cambridge School of Economics, was now staring at the changes in the Dow Jones Index with his team.
“It’s about to break the 7400 defensive line!”
Greenton growled in a low voice. Suddenly, he raised his voice and said, “Record this! Record every detail! Don’t miss out any number!”
“My fellow colleagues, we are witnessing history at this moment. This moment of history will be admired by countless future generations!”
“Every number at this moment carries an extremely precious meaning. It will bring us countless inspiration and help us better establish modern economic theories!”
“Sir, it’s all recorded,” his assistant said. Then, they confirmed worriedly, “Sir, the doctor said that you can’ t get too excited, your heart…”
Greenton interrupted his assistant with a wave of his hand and exclaimed excitedly, “It broke! It broke! Oh my god, a plunge of 50 points! 7351 points! What happened?”
The Dow Jones Index fell by 50 points at one go on 13:20:06, 23 September 2001 United States time, making history.
This was the largest single index drop in history. According to the wealth of the Dow Jones Index, these 50 points meant that 89 billion US Dollars had evaporated from the United States!
Life at the Top Chapter 1552
“Who can tell me what the f*ck is going on?”
In the trading center of Quantum Fund, Rogers stared at the 50 points on the Dow Jones Index that was chopped in half with red eyes. He felt his scalp turning numb.
He understood what this 50-points drop meant.
The situation was initially at a stalemate, but this 50-points drop meant the complete loss of the 7400-point defensive line, and also meant that panic selling was inevitable.
However, all of this was almost impossible according to the previous budgeting he and his team had conducted.
“At least 200 billion dollars is required to drop the current Dow Jones Index by 50 points at one time. Jasper doesn’t have that much money even if he sells everything he has. Who can tell me what just happened?”
Under tremendous shock and astonishment, Rogers completely abandoned his previous gentleness, refinement, self-confidence and calmness.
At this moment, he was like a male lion who was out hunting. Instead of eating the readily available prey, he returned to the den and found that his lionesses had all been tarnished by the prey.
He lost his dignity and all reason.
If Rogers himself was like this, then the rest of his team was even more confused.
Nobody could believe this. What was happening in front of them was truly magical.
No one dared to say anything, and they also did not know what was going on. Therefore, naturally, they did not dare to attract Rogers’ attention, lest they be used as a punching bag.
Under such silence, panic selling appeared. Then, the Dow Jones index fell again by 30 points!
7321 points!
Rogers took a deep breath. He felt a pain in his chest and he almost lost his footing.
“My friend, you have lost your mind.”
A hand patted Rogers‘ shoulder. He turned his head and saw Soros’s burly figure.
Rogers’ face was so dark that it looked like ink.
“Impossible!” Rogers gritted his teeth and growled. He was like a coward who did not want to admit his failure.
Soros shook his head, motioned to his subordinates to bring up the data, pointed to the screen, and said, “Maybe this will give you the answer.”
Rogers looked up. He was silent for a while and then he screamed, “How is it possible? How could we lose so much retail funds? What are those idiots thinking?”
“They are thinking about how to save their souls in this war of the century. When each and every stock is at risk of being hammered, the only choice they can make is to sell, and then divest while waiting out the battle.”
Soros stared at the screen with eyes as wise as a falcon’s and said.
“And all this happened after Softwin joined. Now we understand why Jasper was so courageous to deliberately provoke Softwin while he was facing us. We thought we were plotting against Jasper, but Jasper was plotting against the retail investors.”
Rogers staggered backward, his face pale.
“No matter how big the money and investment is, at the end of the day, the game of capital is still a game of people’s hearts. You’ve lost to Jasper in the first stage of this game, old man.”
Soros’ words made Rogers almost lose his breath. Rogers looked at the screen. The Dow Jones index market was blood red. Bleak blood red lines that represent decline crept all over the screen.
The shocking red looked like blood as they pierced Rogers’ eyes.
“B-But then, Jasper’s own funds are going to run dry while he is simultaneously fighting to pull down the Dow Jones Index? What’s the point of all this?” Rogers murmured.
Soros said faintly, “You will know soon enough.”
“Sir…”
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A confidant ran over and whispered to Soros, “We verified that over the past few days, hundreds of funds from all over the world have been building long gold positions in batches. The total funds are conservatively estimated to be at least 30 billion US Dollars.”
“Just now, the Dow Jones Index crashed by 50 points and subsequently, people started panic selling. Gold is currently skyrocketing. If the same person shorted it by 30 billion US Dollars, he has now made at least double the profits.”
“Plus…”
The confidant glanced at Rogers, who was turning pale, sighed and said, “If the panic selling continues, according to our estimates, the Dow Jones Index will continue to fall at least another 200 points.”
“The 200-point loss is reflected in the skyrocketing value of gold. The 30 billion US Dollars is conservatively estimated to turn over to at least 120 billion US Dollars or more.”
Soros glanced at Rogers and said faintly, “Look, Jasper gets richer as he fights.”
This level of ridicule made Rogers feel terribly uncomfortable.
With a muffled snort, Rogers felt his chest getting tighter. It was like a huge boulder was pressing down on him, making him unable to breathe. There was a faint sweetness in his mouth and he felt as if a mouthful of blood was almost gushing out from his mouth.
“Hahaha!”
Rogers suddenly laughed maniacally.
“Okay, okay, we are worried that Jasper will run away with his funds and we limited the number of his offshore funds, but we didn’t expect him to do the complete opposite. He started a superficial fight and was secretly buying gold!”
“The most ridiculous thing is that almost 80% of the funds that made the price of gold soar were bought by investors from the United States who withdrew their funds from the stock market!”
“They are giving aid to the enemy! Those idiots are funding the enemy!”
“Their purchasing of gold is increasing Jasper’s funds. Jasper will then use these funds to push the entire United States capital into the abyss!”
“Those idiots! They are passing the enemy a shovel to dig our own grave!”
Soros calmly said to Rogers, who was almost hysterical, “You should rest.”
“What about this? Should I leave it to you?” Rogers asked coldly.
Soros chuckled and said, “What’s the use of handing this place to me? Am I God? Jasper’s layout has been formed and panic selling has become the general trend. Unless Greenspaner authorizes me to mobilize the reserve funds of the Federal Reserve, I can’t stop this.”
“That’s it for the second trading day. We can only swallow the grievance and turn the situation around tomorrow.”
Rogers said coldly, “But now there is still an hour and a half before the market closes.”
“No need.”
Soros shook his head and said, “The Dow Jones Index will soon have a trading curb.”
A trading curb!
Those words made Rogers’ calm heart race wildly again. He felt his face turning hot. The flame of hatred in his heart surged again. He did not expect that he, who had an absolute advantage in strength, would be blown to the trading curb by Jasper.
The so-called trading curb referred to a system of halting trading that was only triggered when the stock dropped and reached a certain threshold within one trading day.
In the entire history of the United States stock market, there had been only two trading curbs so far. These had all occurred during the time of the global stock market crash.
Even so, this time, a man from Somerland who was under thirty years old, forced them into that desperate situation through his own efforts.
The last flag of the United States had been torn down by this man. It was thrown onto the ground and trampled fiercely.
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Meanwhile, Rogers, who was acting as the nation’s sentinel, was guarding the dignity of the great country of the United States.
However, Jasper did all of that in front of him.
Rogers felt that the boulder on his chest was getting heavier as the tightness of his throat became more obvious.
Sunrise Land, Cherry Blossom Building.
Echo, who just took office and had not yet had time to fully understand what it was like to be in power, was also stunned by this sudden situation.
“How did it crash?”
Echo felt that what happened before his eyes was a fantasy. It was so unreal.
“Who can tell me what happened?”
Echo’ s roar echoed in the operation room.
Although it was called an operating room, it was actually a standard-sized trading room.
All of them were the most elite team members of Softwin. In other words, the top securities operation team in Sunrise Land was here.
“Rich, what happened?”
After Echo’s roars, a balding middle-aged man stood up instantly. He was the head analyst of this team. Rich lowered his head and said respectfully, “Sir, according to our analysis, it was JW Foundation who used the opportunity of us entering the fray to trigger panic selling. This is not good news for us.”
Echo looked ferocious and he roared, “I’m not blind! I can see the current situation, so I don’t need you to tell me that. What I need to know is how Jasper did this!”
“I have most of the Softwin Investments funds on hand and I can completely crush him at any time. I haven’t really started to play with him yet. Quantum Fund is also watching him. Jasper has absolutely no possibility of a comeback! What’s his reason in doing this?”
Rich looked embarrassed and said with an awkward expression, “Sir, the securities market is very complex and prone to change. Especially with such a large amount of funds, the outcome cannot simply be determined by the number of funds.”
“The outside world is always paying attention to the changes in the situation, and if JW Foundation desperately wants the Dow Jones Index to be buried next to them, neither we nor Quantum Fund can stop it.”
“After all, JW Foundation also holds at least 100 billion US Dollars in his hands. So, he can recklessly hit the market.”
“Once such a situation occurs, retail investors and small institutions must withdraw from the market in advance to protect themselves, otherwise… They will be wiped out if they get hammered.”
“Under such tyrannical deterrence, retail funds fled and triggered the collapse of the Dow Jones Index. Once the index collapsed, a wave of panic selling formed such that we were unable to stop it.”
“We can’t?”
Echo laughed angrily. He grabbed Rich by the collar and dragged him to eye level. He gritted his teeth and looked bloodthirsty, as if he was going to eat Rich alive.
“So, you’re telling me that Jasper still won even though I also have no less than 100 billion US Dollars worth of funds on hand and Quantum Fund is backed by the entire Wall Street Capital and the Federal Reserve?”
Rich inwardly scolded Echo for being a stupid pig who did not know anything. However, the stronger his contempt, the more obvious the humility on his face.
“No, sir!”
“This is just Jasper’s suicidal desperation. Even if he survives this period, Jasper is like a candle in the wind. After losing his last bit of strength, he will not have any room for resistance. When that happens, you can do anything you want with JW Foundation, sir.”
Hearing this, Echo’s expression finally relaxed slightly. He released Rich and watched the changing of the Dow Jones Index on the screen. It fell by 32 points again while they were talking.
The corners of his eyes and the corners of his mouth twitched.
As he suppressed his anxiety and unhappiness, Echo gritted his teeth and said, “Okay, I’ll see how long Jasper can feel pleased with himself. He executed this kind of suicide attack that squeezes everything dry in exchange for a momentary victory. Jasper is truly a stupid pig who doesn’t know anything at all!”
Rich’s face turned pale. He almost thought that Echo had read his mind.
Life at the Top Chapter 1555
“7180 points.”
Jasper looked at the Dow Jones Index that was falling wildly on the screen and finally relaxed for a moment. At this time, panic selling had started. All stocks were being sold in large quantities and everything was falling.
Under this general trend, no one could stop it. The decline of the Dow Jones Index had become an inevitable outcome.
Its power was so great that after the Dow Jones Index broke through the 7400-point defensive line, it did not even stay there for 3 seconds at the support levels of 7300 and 7200 points.
To penetrate the 7400 points, Jasper worked hard for a whole trading day and spent tens of billions of dollars. However, right now, Jasper only needed to bring Softwin from Sunrise Land into the arena to grip the people with fear. By grasping the hearts of the people, He achieved this goal so easily.
It could be seen from this that the general sentiment was still king.
“7150 points.”
The decline continued.
Everyone in the trading center in Waterhoof City, Harbor City, or Nauritus City were cheering.
Every time the Dow Jones Index fell by 10 integer points, people screamed and vented their inner excitement.
They were like the thugs who successfully broke into a family and overthrew the matriarch. Now, they were admiring the matriarch’s desperate cries and begs for mercy.
Hundreds of decades ago, this was the way the patriarchs of this house humiliated their ancestors from Somerland. Now, they were finally able to hold their heads high.
In the complicated eyes of countless people around the world, the Dow Jones Index was like a leaking kettle and its points were dropping little by little.
“6999 points!”
After the Dow Jones Index experienced repeated struggles for more than ten minutes, it eventually fell from an integer point of 7000 to 6999. This one-point gap brought about a tsunami-like effect.
“We broke the 7000 integer points! The Dow Jones must reach a trading curb today. I dare say that even God himself can’t stop it!”
With great excitement and emotions, Jake jumped onto the computer desk and shouted wildly. Below him were the excited cheers of countless people.
Jasper put his arms across his chest and watched this scene with a chuckle.
The boys had been depressed for many days and today, so they could be a little unbridled today.
In the end, after reaching 6669 points, everything stopped abruptly.
It was not a bottoming out, nor was this an exhaustion of the general trend.
However, 6669 points was 741 points down from the previous 71.10 points. A full 10% of the market value had evaporated, triggering the trading curb.
All trading stopped on the Dow Jones Index.
The dense and constantly refreshing data stream suddenly stopped when the index reached 6669 points, as if a movie had been paused. All transactions were forcibly interrupted and could no longer continue.
This day was over regardless of if you were selling or buying. At this moment, there was still a full hour before the closing.
A drop of 741 points was a 10% drop. This was not the drop of a certain stock, but the evaporation of 10% of the value of the entire Dow Jones.
This meant that trillions of dollars of wealth had been spurred by Jasper today.
This shocked the world!
“Today, the United States experienced its worst decline in the financial field. It shows us in simple terms that the United States is no longer sacred or invincible. Today, that man from Somerland used his means to tell the world how terrifying a single person’s strength can be.”
The Chief Financial Critic of The Voice of the United States, John Smith wrote this passage on his blog.
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When the trading curb happened, an undercurrent was surging globally.
Countless pairs of eyes were staring at the Dow Jones Index. Almost all of them showed expressions of shock and consternation.
No one expected that the end of this second trading day would be triggered by the trading curb and the United States would walk away in embarrassment and defeat. The trading time ended one hour early.
A drop of 741 points was a 10% drop and was an unbearable pain in any securities market in any country in the world, much less the United States, the world’s largest economy.
The evaporation of trillions of dollars could be recovered, but after the last image of the great United States was torn off, it would be difficult to get it back again.
Countless big wigs from the Federal Reserve to Wall Street in the United States cursed furiously. They might not have much patriotism, but what they cared about was the loss of their own interests.
The United States’ financial sector had been hit so hard, and who was the first victim?
Them.
A call was made from the Federal Reserve, and the top capital group on Wall Street immediately rushed to the headquarters of the Federal Reserve. A closed-door meeting was held immediately after the trading curb. At this moment, in Swallow Capital. Although it was late at night and it would be dawn in two hours, the lights were still on in the villa.
The young man in the wheelchair gently picked up a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard. Then, he raised his head and smiled at the old man with a pensive look on the opposite side of the chessboard, “Mr. Nelson, you lost.”
The old man called Mr. Nelson laughed. He admitted defeat and scrambled the chessboard. Then, he said, “I’ve been defeated. I have no choice but to admit that I’m old.”
“It’s not that you’re old. In terms of skills, we’re almost on par so it’s common for US to beat each other. It’s because you’re absent minded that I can plot against you easily.” The young man in the wheelchair smiled lightly.
The old man smiled and said, “When you were seven, the Chess King, Christopher Manning, said that if you were aspiring to do this professionally, that he can stay with the Browns and teach you for ten years. After ten years, he promised to return to the Browns an amazing talent in chess that would not be inferior to the Chess Saint, Reginald McCann.
“Although you didn’t agree to be his disciple, you have such impressive talent. You spoke too highly of me when you said our skills are on par.”
The young man smiled and said, “There are a lot of rules in chess, and there are 204 squares on a chessboard. To me, it is just entertainment for leisure and relaxation. There is no essential difference between this and fishing or scrabble. If I make this my job, then I’ll be stressing the incidental over the fundamental.”
“I didn’t say that chess is bad, but my ambitions lie elsewhere.”
After speaking, the young man looked at the old man and said warmly, “Mr. Nelson, do you have something on your mind?”
“How can I not?”
The old man glared at the young man and sighed, “What that guy in the south did was unexpected.”
“A trading curb. He caused a trading curb!”
The old man slapped his thigh and cursed, “I don’t know what that kid is thinking when he took this step. He didn’t even consider the consequences.”
“Such a trading curb is tantamount to holding the Federal Reserve and the United States on the ground while slapping their faces. We have reached the point where it is irreversible, and the nature and severity of the situation has risen by more than one level.”
“While we were playing, four reports were handed over to me. Soon, I will go to Purple Forbidden City to report to them. Isn’t he blowing this whole thing out of proportion?”
“How old is he? And yet, he has done so many remarkable things. He alone caused more trouble than the three of you combined.”
The young man listened with a smile without interrupting.
Although Mr. Nelson was cursing, his eyes were filled with relief and smiles.
The young man knew that Jasper’s abrupt nature was destined to make a lot of big shots sleepless at night, but this was a good thing for them.
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Judging from Mr. Nelson’s expression, this was a response from the higher-ups. He was scolding Jasper, but he was feeling joyous in his heart.
It was as if his child went out to fight with the child from a local tyrant family and his kid drew blood after they punched the bad kid on the nose. Even though he would scold his child, he would still feel proud inside. This was always the case when parents educated their children. They were always stingy with praise, but their satisfaction never really diminished.
How did Mr. Nelson’s attitude reflect the response from the higher-ups?
It was because, for 99.99% of the people in Somerland, Mr. Nelson held one of the highest positions they could ever imagine.
There were only a few seats in the sector, but he headed the core decision making function of the national financial policy making team.
Since Mr. Nelson was going to put on a show, the young man was also happy to play along. He pretended to be surprised and said, “It’s almost dawn and you need to go to the Purple Forbidden City? Are those people not resting?”
“This is such a big thing, so you’ll get called up even if you’re already asleep. The significance of this matter is enough to warrant such behavior.”
Mr. Nelson said and stood up.
“Kid, how long are you going to keep watching and doing nothing?” Mr. Nelson asked profoundly.
The young man chuckled lightly and put his hands in his sleeves like an ordinary man from Heaven City.
“If I can’t watch, do you think I can go and perform the show myself? This is not my role. so I can’ t go. Instead, I can only watch the show with peace of mind.”
“Very good.” Mr. Nelson nodded. Then, he thought about it and said, “Originally, you could still go up and say a few words. After all, the more lively this drama, the more it proves that our big family is prosperous. If you don’t show up, I keep getting the feeling that something is missing.”
“But now, it’s not appropriate anymore, understand?”
“Yes.”
The young man nodded and said, “Then I won’t join, as I didn’t want to do so anyway.”
“Everyone has their own stage and role. There is no place for me on this stage, so it’d be better if I sit under the stage and act as the audience.”
“You can’t say that”
Mr. Nelson sighed again. This time, the solemness in his expression was not fake. He said, “After the kid from the south made this huge mess, the situation that was originally clear is now becoming more confusing.”
“There is a high probability that the United States will be driven to desperation. If so, this matter will become very tricky. It is possible that the first major diplomatic event between the East and the West in the millennium and 21st century is about to come.”
The young man also became solemn. He said, “Are the higher-ups so determined?”
“Determined?”
Mr. Nelson laughed and said, “It has only been 50 years since the founding of Somerland, and the resolute group of founding fathers is not dead yet.”
This time, the young man‘s face really changed.
“Even the founding fathers…”
“Otherwise, why do you think that guy from the south could be a candidate? It‘s just that the founding fathers like his strength, especially after he caused a trading curb in the United States stock market. I wonder how many elderly people would jump out of the nursing home bed with joy. That aside, how many times has your grandfather asked about this during this period?”
“Three times.” The young man smiled bitterly.
“In so many years, have you ever seen your grandfather care so much about something?”
Mr. Nelson seemed to realize that he was talking too much. Thus, e waved his hand and said, “Okay, I’m leaving. Don’t let that lass Adele overhear these words, or I will really have to spank her
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Mr. Nelson left.
In the quaint little room, the crippled Brown slowly cleaned up the scattered chessboard after Mr. Nelson left.
He sorted the black and white chess pieces one by one and put them in their respective slots. As he was doing this, he said lightly, “What are you still doing at the door? Don’t stand there if you’re not coming in.”
The door creaked as it was pushed open. Adele walked in with dissatisfaction and sat down opposite him angrily. She said, “You punk, did you install a surveillance camera outside?”
“Surveillance camera?”
The crippled Brown chuckled and said, “I am not you. I am not so brave to install a bug in the car of the Policy Institute. If the second uncle hadn’t said something, you would have been arrested.”
Adele’s face became stiff, and she said replied guiltily, “You know everything?”
“After you install your bugs, there are people removing them one by one after you leave. If Lieutenant Colonel Zangara, who handled this matter, was not the second uncle’s subordinate and he did not spare you when he found out, do you think you could sit here and talk to me?”
Adele stuck out her tongue and patted her chest as if she was afraid. Then, she asked carefully, “Does Dad know?”
The crippled Brown said angrily, “The second uncle treats you even better than he treats his own daughter. He forcefully suppressed this, if not, dad would have known a long time ago.”
“Wow, I’ll give him two of dad’s finest collectible Brandy tomorrow to thank him properly.”
The crippled Brown frowned and said, “It’s fine if you occasionally fool around, but this kind of thing is very sensitive and taboo. Don’t do this anymore.”
Adele snorted, a little guilty and a little unconvinced. “Yeah, yeah, you’re so annoying. I just want to know more inside information about this matter right now.”
“You’re pretty concerned about Jasper’s affairs,” The crippled Brown said meaningfully.
Adele grinned and said, “I know what you want to say, but don‘t overthink. I’ve only met him twice. He’s just like a present day Alexander the Great. He doesn’t necessarily have the ability, but I’m just moved by him.”
“I am just curious. By the way, he is a nouveau riche now. Maybe there is some news that I can sell to him at a good price.”
The crippled Brown smiled, “So that’s why you stayed up late tonight and did not go to sleep? So you could eavesdrop at the crack of the door? Is it to satisfy your curiosity or to make money?”
Adele pouted and said aggrievedly, “I get so angry when I talk about this. That old fart came to our house and sent a group of bodyguards to keep watch so that I couldn’t enter this yard. What is the meaning of that? This is my house!”
“With his status, it’s reasonable to have a lot of bodyguards with him.”
The crippled Brown said faintly, “Stop snooping around this matter anymore. This is no longer a joke between the children of the residence and the common folks. It has risen to the level of national policy, understand?”
Adele asked with bright eyes, “Just now, Jasper brought the Dow Jones to a trading curb. What’s the higher-ups’ reaction to this?”
“You’re still snooping.” The crippled Brown glared at Adele.
Seeing that the crippled Brown’s was being secretive about this, Adele said angrily, “You won’t tell me? I’ll go to Grandpa at dawn and tell him that the stallion he raised died of exhaustion because you forced it to breed three years ago!”
The crippled Brown looked at Adele in shock and said in a tone of disbelief, “Why do I have a sister like you?”
Adele chuckled, took a chair to sit next to the crippled Brown’s wheelchair, and said, “Hurry up, pick some news that you think I can know and tell me. Otherwise, you know that I follow through with my threats.”
The crippled Brown snorted and said helplessly, “Today, Jasper brought the entire United States stock market to the trading curb, so who do you think is the most annoyed?”
Adele immediately replied, “Do you think I need to time to think this through? The United States, of course. They have never suffered such a big loss.”
“So that’s it. Tomorrow will be the United States’ full counterattack It will be quite strong.”
“Jasper is no longer the little pawn they once despised. Before, their goal was to enter the domestic class A shares market if they managed to destroy Jasper, but now it is different. Destroying Jasper has become their primary task.”
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“No matter how much they boast and how sophisticated their methods are, no one can resist the wrath of the United States in terms of raw power. This is an indisputable fact. If you attempt to deny this, it is merely self-deception.”
“So, we’ll see whether Jasper can stop this next attack.”
“Everything else will be easy for him if he manages to stop it.”
“If not, it will all have been for naught.”
“Okay, I’m done talking and you have finished listening. Go out now, I’m going to rest.” The crippled Brown kicked Adele out.
Adele looked disappointed, but she knew she could not be dissatisfied with small gains. Hence, she stood up anxiously and decided to go out.
“’Wait.”
The crippled Brown stopped her suddenly.
“If you plan to sell him some news, tell him that if they want to seek a little bit of spare change, the common neighbour of Somerland and Sunrise land would be a good choice, and they are also interested in participating.”
Adele’s eyes lit up and she said hurriedly, “Wow, I know you can’t stand loneliness. You must have been thinking about how to solve this when no one was paying attention to you. You’re outwardly cold but deep down you’re passionate, huh?”
“Get out!”
The United States stock market had reached a trading curb and the trading that day came to a natural end. Regardless of the huge waves rolling outside, after Jasper communicated with the trading center of Harbor City and Waterhoof City and had a small celebration with Jake and the others, he walked out of the office building while the sky was gradually turning bright.
He still chose to walk back home. After experiencing a day of high tension and excitement, Jasper was completely mentally and physically exhausted. This kind of exhaustion could not even be blown away by the cold wind in the early autumn morning.
“Hello, give me hotdogs, two with ketchup and two without, and a cup of soy latte to go.”
Standing in front of a breakfast shop that was already open, Jasper shouted from in front of the steaming coffee machine.
The shop owner responded and packed the things smoothly before handing it over to Jasper.
Jasper hardly carried any cash now, so Julian would usually pay for such small amounts of money.
However, Julian went to handle his tasks today and did not follow Jasper.
Jasper felt embarrassed as he held the food and his latte. In this era, a hotdog that was about the size of his palm was just 50 cents while a huge cup of soy latte was also 50 cents a cup.
The total was 2.50 bucks, yet Jasper could not find the money after riffling through his pockets.
The shop owner could tell that Jasper was not an ordinary man from his dressing, and he did not look like he came here for a free meal. So, he said, “You don’t have it now, right? It’s fine. You can owe me the money for now. It’ll be the same if you give it back next time.”
Even though the shop owner said this, he was prepared to treat Jasper to this meal.
“It’s fine. I’ll call someone over to pay.”
How could Jasper, a man worth so much, eat this food for free? Thus, he decided to not take this home and just sat down in a chair in the shop. At the same time, he took out: his phone to call Jake or Baz so that they could help pay if they were nearby. However, his phone rang at this moment.
“Adele?” Jasper was surprised by the caller.
Life at the Top Chapter 1560
Even though he was surprised, Adele’s call was not worth fussing over.
Jasper answered the call as he sat in the shop.
“Mr. Laine, I know you’re still awake. Let me guess, you must be celebrating with your team right now, correct?”
On the phone, Adele’s cheerful and naturally charming voice could be heard.
Simply put, it was very feminine.
“A celebration at five o‘clock in the morning? My old bones can’t do this anymore. Where would I get such energy?”
Jasper took a bite of the hotdog, feeling the satisfaction of tasting the sausage between his teeth.
Everything was conscientious in this time and age. Unlike those hotdogs he ate in the later generations, which were only buns and no meat.
“There is no celebration, but if you want to eat hotdogs, I can treat you to some. Where are you?”
As Jasper said this, he did not even think that he bought these hotdogs on credit.
There was a chuckle on the other end of the phone, Adele said, “I don’t think I have the luck to eat hotdogs. I’m at Swallow Capital now.”
The mere mention of that place made Jasper raise his brows as he drank his soy latte. Jasper smiled and said, “Swallow Capital? And you’re calling me so early, so I presume you didn’t call just to say good morning.”
“Of course. I am looking to do business with you.” Adele’s words interested Jasper.
From the previous understanding, Jasper knew that Adele only did one kind of business, which ordinary people would never encounter throughout their entire lifetime. Anyone who could had access to such a thing had to be at least in the top five positions at the provincial level in their respective industry.
It was intelligence.
A piece of information was just ordinary news for those who did not need it, but it would be priceless for those who needed it.
Now, Jasper happened to need a lot of information.
Based on Adele’s background, it was no small task to obtain the information he needed just to sell it to him. “Okay, how much is it?”
“Aren’t you going to ask me what it is?” Adele asked curiously.
She specialized in the intelligence business, so naturally, she would have many old customers. Unless it was a genuine relationship in which she knew the other party inside out, she would not be so straightforward.
“Miss Brown, you’re in the intelligence industry. If you want to do business with me, then naturally, you’ll be selling me information. Did you switch careers to sell slippers?” Jasper joked.
Adele laughed and said, “When I switch to selling slippers, I will make you buy them from me.
“It is indeed a piece of information, and it should be very important to you. I don ‘t want much, 100 million.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly and said meaningfully, “100 million? This price is not cheap.”
Jasper was sitting in the shop eating hotdogs. However, he did not deliberately lower his voice when answering the phone, so this sentence was clearly overheard by the busy shop owner and his wife.
The wife of the shop owner could not help but laugh out loud.
She was kneading the dough with her lead lowered when she poked her husband next to her with her elbow. She said, “Look at that young man, he looks young, but he doesn’t look like an ordinary person based on his clothes, but why do I feel like he’s not right in the head when he speaks? He can’t even pay for the food, yet he’s talking about a business of 100 million.”
The honest and straightforward boss shook his head and said, “Don‘t worry about other people’s business.”
Even though he said that, his eyes were rueful. Youngsters nowadays were getting more and more unreliable. They did not even think before they lied. He could not even pay for the food, but he was talking about 100 million. Did he not worry that he would be made a fool of?
Of course, Jasper did not know that the couple was viewing him as a scammer who was here to cheat them out of a free meal. Then, he heard Adele’s voice.