Ch. 1711..1720

Life at the Top Chapter 1711

“Reynoldson, you traitor! You lackey! You mutt!”

Reynoldson seemed calm as he was faced with Jodaville’s insults.

Before they had a complete fallout, they were still pretty respectful toward each other, but now they had shed all pretense of cordiality. There was no more mutual affection between the two, but Reynoldson was very calm.

“Jodaville, I’m just standing on the side of the winner. If Nokia is led by a group of people who don’t know anything like you guys, this company will be finished sooner or later. So, I am rescuing Nokia!”

“Nonsense!”

Jodaville was furious. He pointed at Reynoldson and cursed, “You mean and shameless dog! You colluded with foreigners to sell the pride of Finland, but you’re still saying that you are saving Nokia? Why are you so despicable and

shameless?”

“It’s better to sell than to close down.”

Reynoldson chuckled coldly. After speaking, he turned his head straight away, “I don’t want to waste time explaining to you. In short, time will prove everything.” “I like this sentence.”

Jasper chuckled slightly. He looked at Jodaville after interrupting and said, “Mr. Jodaville , your set of ideas is workable, but the world is constantly evolving. Even if Nokia is very strong right now, it will still be eliminated if it can’t keep up with the global pace of development.”

Jodaville had a grim expression and replied angrily, “Somerland punk, wipe away the smile on your face that disgusts me whenever I look at it. It’s so hypocritical and dirty!”

“Don’t think that you can take away Nokia by acquiring so many shares. Nokia will always be the pride of the Finns. In the board of directors meeting, our conservative forces still occupy the majority and no one will implement your

decisions!”

Jasper shrugged calmly and said, “Really? If this is the case, I think the entire board of directors can be reorganized.”

Jodaville said coldly, “Who do you think you are? Do you think you can reorganize the board whenever you want?”

Shaking his head, Jasper replied calmly, I think you are really blinded by anger. My shareholding ratio exceeds the absolute holding line. I can immediately reorganize the board of directors at any time and any where per my wishes. Neither you nor anyone else can change that.”

As Jasper said that, he patted Reynoldson next to him on the shoulder and smiled. H e said, “Right? Chairman Reynoldson ?”

As soon as these words came out, Reynoldson was taken aback and then became ecstatic.

He knew that his hard work and the risk h e took in siding with Jasper during this period had finally paid off.

This return was to turn him from a president to a chair.

There was a flush of excitement on his craggy face and Reynoldson said excitedly, “I will obey all your orders.”

Jasper then pointed at Jodaville and said, ” Look, you are about to become the former chairman. This is the difference between you and Reynoldson, and this is also why he can replace you.”

“Okay, Mr. Laine, let’s sign.”

Dalvira, the director general of Finland National Social Security Fund, felt that his seat was getting hot. He knew that signing this would cause countless people like Jodaville to curse him, but he had no choice because he had to consider his family and his children’s needs.

He had already thought about it, and after signing this agreement, he would immediately file for his resignation next month and leave with the money.

“Dalvira, you can’t do this! Once this agreement is signed, you will be a sinner i In Finland!” Jodaville roared at Dalvira like a dying beast.

“Jodaville, there are many things which you can’t stop and there is nothing I can d o right now. I’m sorry.”

After Dalvira finished speaking, he bowed his head blankly and signed the contract, stamped it, and then pushed it toward Jasper.

Life at the Top Chapter 1712

Jasper looked at the extremely formal agreement document in front of him; He would be lying if he said he was not excited.

Once he signed this, it meant that a transaction worth tens of billions of US Dollars was officially con ed.

It also meant that Jasper’s JW Company would have completed its overall acquisition plan for Nokia.

This acquisition plan involving a total of more than 25 billion US Dollars was the largest acquisition of overseas assets by a domestic private enterprise in Somerland.

Moreover, this acquisition was an acquisition of assets as a whole. It was not some gimmick project of later generations that would increase the number of funds by several tens just to campaign and promote a bunch of empty shells.

After exhaling deeply, Jasper picked up the pen.

At this moment, Jodaville came up to snatch the contract like he had gone crazy.

However, on such an occasion, how could he be allowed to mess around as he pleased?

The moment he got up, Reynoldson quickly held him down, and then, with Dalvira’s acquiescence, several security guards forcibly came over and pressed Jodaville against the chair, immobilizing him.

“Jasper, I will never forgive you!

“If you dare to sign it, I will do everything possible to kill you!”

Jodaville was pushed against the chair as h e yelled frantically and threatened Jasper.

Jasper did not even look at him. He even pretended like he did not hear what Jodaville had just said. With a wave of his hand, he signed his name on the document.

After watching the signing of the contract, the people present at the scene all had mixed feelings.

Reynoldson was excited and thrilled. After paying such huge risks and costs, he had finally succeeded. He recalled how dismissive he was of this man from Somerland when they had first met.

Now, Jasper had proved his ability and put his money where his mouth was.

Reynoldson exhaled deeply. He was glad that he had made the right choice.

As the director general of the National Social Security Fund, Dalvira also breathed a sigh of relief.

This kind of feeling was like an ordinary person committing a crime for the first time. Before acting, they were uneasy and anxious, but after it had become fact, they felt relieved.

He knew that he had become a sinner in the eyes of Finland, but it did not matter.

Soon he would resign and then take his family and children to flee far away with the generous remuneration package. Finland and Nokie would not have anything to do with him anymore.

The most emotional person was lodaville

He was like a deflate.all as he sat dispiritedly on the chair.

Suddenly, he burst into tears.

It was unknown if he was upset because h e would be kicked out of Nokia or because this national brand was going to become history for the Finns.

“Thank you, Mr. Jodaville.”

After Jasper signed the document and exchanged it with Dalvira, they shook hands and smiled at each other.

Dalvira grinned and said, “No need to thank me. At the end of the day, the world belongs to the strong, and Mr. Laine, you’re one of them.

“However…”

With a sigh, Dalvira looked at Jodaville, who was wailing pitifully, and continued, “If possible, please give Jodaville a good ending. Among the many people in the room, he’s the only one who loves Nokia and this country.”

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Jasper said calmly, “I am a businessman and the thing I want to do is buy something that I value, but I am not a robber. After I get something I want, I will not do anything over the line.”

“As the chairman of Nokia, Mr. Jodaville owns a lot of Nokia shares. After this acquisition is completed, Nokia’s stock price will inevitably rise,

“If Mr. Jodaville is willing, I can buy his shares at 1.5 times the market price of the tender offer. If he doesn’t want to, I won’t force him either.”

After Jasper finished speaking, he looked a t Jodaville, who was still crying. He had a cold and merciless smile on the corner of his mouth.

“However, I plan to issue additional shares for Nokia in the near future to strengthen the absolute equity holdings of the new board of directors. At that time, it will be up to Mr. Jodaville whether he wants to follow us.”

As soon as he made this remark, it mentally murdered everyone present and destroyed their souls.

They all took a breath.

Jasper was trying to exterminate all Nokia shareholders who did not obey him.

The way this so-called equity issuance worked was, for example, if Nokia now had a total share capital of 1 million, so Jasper would hold 50% of the shares and Jodaville would hold 50% of the shares. Hence, the two would hold shares worth 500 thousand each.

Jasper was now proposing to issue an additional 1 million share capital. If Jodaville did not follow suit, then Nokia’s total share capital would be 2 million and Jasper’s share would increase to 75% while Jodaville’s would decrease to 25%.

If Jodaville followed, then Nokia’s total equity would grow to 3 million. After Jasper and Jodaville each invested 1 million, their shareholding ratio would maintain at 50% each.

The additional issuance of equity was

simply a trick to hurepeople with the capital. The core gameplay was very simple and there was only one rule, which was to see who had more money,

Was it possible that Jodaville had more money than Jasper?

Impossible.

At that point in time several truly rich holding companies, such as the Finland National Social Security Fund, had almost the same amount of funds as the social security funds across the country. Its capital was extremely strong, so while it was still around, Jasper would not dare to play like this even if his wealth was multiplied ten times. On the contrary, he would have to worry about the social security fund because they might make him lose his life and property.

However, now the several large and rich holding companies had sold their shares t o Jasper and left the market, so naturally, i t was Jasper who had the final say,

Jodaville, who was sobbing, looked up at Jasper in disbelief and said, “You can’t do this!”

“Why not? Which law stipulates that as a major shareholder, I cannot propose a share capital increase? This matter will be decided as soon as it is passed at the shareholders’ meeting. Mr. Jodaville, do you still expect me to let the shareholders who oppose me stay in the general meeting?”

Jodaville roared, “You will get

retribution!”

“Then let retribution come quickly.”

Jasper answered blankly, shook hands with Dalvira again, turned, and left.

Reynoldson glanced at the agitated and grumpy Jodaville, shook his head, and followed along.

The moment Jasper opened the door, the flashes outside flickered wildly, illuminating the hall as bright as day.

The clicking sound of cameras was everywhere and Jasper subconsciously blocked his eyes with his hands. Then countless cameras appeared in front of him like magic.

Reporters from all over the world

frantically tried to push their microphones in front of Jasper’s mouth.

“Mr. Laine, did your acquisition of Nokia succeed this time?”

“How was the negotiation between you and Finland National Social Security Fund, Mr. Laine? Is there any news you can share with us?”

“Excuse me, Mr. Laine, does this acquisition of Nokia by JW mean that JW will enter the mobile phone production industry? But as far as we know, JW is not strong in this industry, so this acquisition is a capitalist act, or is JW really optimistic about the mobile phone industry?”

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One question after another attacked Jasper like cannons.

Jasper felt very troubled.

After a while, Jasper smiled and said, (( Everyone, let’s be orderly. You can’t ask the question clearly like this and I don’t know which question to answer. I’ll pick some of you and briefly take a few questions.”

After speaking, Jasper glanced around and saw a reporter from SCTV in Somerland. H e smiled and raised his finger to point at her. He said, “The beautiful lady over there, you can ask the first question.”

The newly hired female reporter looked surprised.

Although other foreign reporters were disappointed, they were not annoyed.

After all, it was international practice. Under such circumstances, the people that were being interviewed would give

priority to domestic reporters.

Firstly, reporters from the same country would not ask questions that were too outrageous and difficult to answer.

Secondly, it could also be regarded as taking care of their country’s media.

There was nothing much to say about this aspect of human nature.

“Okay, Mr. Laine, my question is, how is the progress of the negotiation of JW’s acquisition of Nokia? In addition to this, since the news of JW’s acquisition of Nokia this time was suddenly exposed, does it mean that JW will officially enter the mobile phone industry?”

“Strictly speaking, these are two questions, but let me answer them together.”

Jasper chuckled and then said, “The negotiations for JW to acquire Nokia are going very smoothly. We have successfully signed an equity transfer agreement with the Finland National Social Security Fund. At present, JW already holds a total of 51.2% of Nokia’s shares.

“This includes 22% from the Finland National Social Security Fund, 9.2% from the National Workers’ Union, and 11% of the Finland National Telecommunications Group. The other 10% of the shares come from secondary markets such as stocks and securities. It can be said that JW now has formal control over Nokia.

“Regarding the second question, I want to explain that although the subject of this acquisition is JW, it does not mean that JW will definitely enter the mobile phone industry.”

As soon as this answer came out, the reporters below became heated.

“Mr. Laine, do you mean that this acquisition is likely to be a pure capital acquisition?”

“Mr. Laine, will JW split Nokia and sell i t?”

“Mr. Laine…”

Jasper raised his hand and said, ” Everyone, I haven’t finished talking.

“First of all, I will never split Nokia, and

secondly, my current preliminary

consideration is to merge Nokia and Blau Mobile… By doing this, I’ll take this opportunity to announce something, the Somerland company Blau Mobiles is wholly owned by me.

“So, Nokia, like JW, is likely to become a property under my name, but it does not belong to the same system as JW’s independent financial system, which neans it will also be audited seperately.

“An important point to consider that Nokia is a native Finnish company and currently the world’s largest mobile phone brand and mobile phone manufacturer. It already has a set of independent and well-functioning systems internally, so in order to respect Nokia’s free system to the utmost extent, I do not intend to force the merger of the two companies.

“Soon, JW will usher in a reorganization. The original intention of this reorganization is to make JW more adaptable to international competition and move toward being a multinational group.

“When that time comes, JW’s entire

organizational structure will change. I independent and it will no longer be responsible for any specific business.

enthe will consider making JW Capital Instead, it will act as the parent company holding its subsidiary companies and will run according to a group or consortium’s modern enterprise operation and management practice.

“Of course, for more details, we welcome everyone to tune in to JW’s official website. We will share this news with you

as soon as possible.”

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Every word Jasper uttered was breaking news.

Today’s JW was no longer the obscure nobody who everyone ignored even if were shouted in the street with a loudspeaker.

JW now had the title of Somerland’s number one private enterprise. Although there was no formal public recognition, J W was obviously more famous than any other Somerland company in the eyes foreigners. of

In addition to this, in terms of size, organizational structure, or overall scale o f operations, JW was already a true behemoth.

JW, which spanned various industries such as entertainment, real estate, internet, finance, and electronics manufacturing, had been able to influence habits attention of countless people at home and abroad unknowingly with their every move.

The news announced by Jasper could be said to be the first official statement from JW that they would be evolving toward being a internationalization to become a group consortium.

Once successful, JW would become Somerland’s first private multinational group in the true sense, and it would be a giant the moment it was formed.

Looking at the excitement of the reporters below, Jasper suddenly realized that JW had grown to this point after him so many of his sleepless nights.

When he recalled back when he had only just got reincarnated, hundreds of thousands could make him so excited that he could not sleep.

With a soft breath, Jasper had a rare chance of being arrogant and he said, JW’s goal is to be the world’s number one i n terms of market value!”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

However, the reporters were more excited.

They were not afraid of the madness of the interviewees, one contrary, madder they were, happier they become. Only in this way could they more eye-catching reports.

On contrary, satisfactory official answer would make them feel Among crowd, there were a media outlets that were very upset.

For example, the reporters from Sunrise Land and United States.

“Mr. Laine, although JW strong, it still from achieving the goal being number one in world market value, right? Is humility of Somerland people absent when comes you?” reporter from Sunrise Land said.

Jasper glanced at and said lightly, seems that you understand the culture Somerland quite well, that is only the surface. When we that nobleman does not fight, means that nobleman will not have the desire to others that they are courteous.

“But Somerland has never been country or nation that willing to behind. won’t give up anything that should Be contested.

“What I or JW want to do is to set an example in Somerland. Either the Somerland people do it best or don’t do it a tall!”

Every word sounded like thunder as it was uttered.

The SCTV reporter almost threw the microphone away and started applauding.

This statement was so amazing!

The Sunrise Land reporter was blushing, but the reporter from the United States saw it and said sarcastically, “It sounds good, but you are far from being number one in the world!

“What’s more, as far as I know, JW Foundation’s funds are deep in the quagmire of the United States stock market, and you had no choice but to apply for a lockdown order to protect yourself. Mr. Laine, you will need to spend at least 25 billion US Dollars to acquire Nokia. Do you really have that much money?”

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After the reporter from United States

The other reporters looked at him with admiration. In addition to that, stared at Jasper with scorching eyes, hoping that he could answer this very difficult question.

Jasper looked at the reporter and met his hostile gaze.

Meanwhile, this reporter was very proud a s he seemed to think that Jasper could not answer his question properly.

He looked at Jasper with provocative eyes and a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

‘So what if you have money? So what if you are a big boss? You’re still stumped by me.’

“My reporter friend.”

Under the gaze of the crowd, Jasper spoke slowly. His tone was calm and his speech and demeanor carried poise.

“I wonder how much your monthly income is?”

Smither was stunned when he heard this question. Then, he subconsciously replied with a little pride, “I am an experienced senior reporter from the BBC, and I can get about 150 thousand US Dollars a year i f I include travel expenses.”

“150 thousand US Dollars converted into ner Dollars is almost 1 million Somer Dollars in annual income. This income is considered part of the high-income group in all walks of life around the world, not t o mention in the journalism industry.” Jasper nodded and said.

“Of course. The United States is the world’s strongest…”

Before Smither could finish his proud words, Jasper interrupted.

“But if I want to make this 150 thousand U S Dollars, I could do so while I’m talking t o you. If the sentence is a little longer, like now, it may be more than 150 thousand U S Dollars.”

Jasper’s words were met with gulps from

Smither’s triumphant expression froze on face. He wanted to refute, but when he thought of the and wealth of the young man from Somerland instantly.

Feeling humiliated, he blurted out, “How can you be so shameless to compare your “Why not? Since you know that your wealth and my wealth are at the same level, why use your 150 thousand Dollars annual salary perspective to determine if can afford a company?” Jasper asked.

“Um…”

Smither’s face turned dark and then pale.. He gritted his teeth and said, “However, the funds of JW Foundation being locked sa fact.”

“Yes, that’s true, and haven’t refuted it. However, do you think the funds of JW Foundation belong to me or JW?

“The vast majority of those funds come from various investors. Even though JW Foundation’s funds are in the United States stock market, JW Capital and the entire JW system are still here. My reporter friend, how can you be sure that I can’t take out the money to complete the acquisition of Nokia?”

Smither’s face was extremely stiff and his expression was also unpleasant. Right now, he desperately wanted to dig a hole and hide inside it.

“Everyone, that’s all for today. More details will be disclosed through official channels later, so please look forward to i t.”

After Jasper finished speaking, he turned around and walked away.

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With Jasper’s departure, this extremely

brief but informative answer to the reporter’s question was released. In an instant, the whole world was in an

uproar.

The financial industry, the mobile phone manufacturing industry, and even the related upstream and downstream industries of the mobile phone industry, were all paying close attention to the news of the successful acquisition of Nokia by this man named Jasper Laine from Somerland.

No one knew how Jasper managed to complete this acquisition of the century involving tens of billions of dollars with the world’s largest mobile phone brand without the slightest knowledge of the outside world.

Washington Daily News stated, “After this young man from Somerland taught the so-called elites on Wall Street a lesson, he once again completed an acquisition that is destined to go down in history without anyone even knowing about it. If Somerland has more men like this, I’m afraid Somerland will soon lead the whole world.”

BBC TV stated, “How much money does the arrogant man from Somerland have in his pocket? His nearly hundreds of billions of US Dollars have been trapped in the quagmire of the United States stock market, and yet he has acquired Nokia with fanfare. Is this the acquisition of the century or the scam of the century?”

The United Kingdom Financial Synopsis stated, “When a man from Somerland who was regarded as the most magical capital genius in the 21st century acquires the world’s largest mobile phone brand, what kind of chemical effect will the combination of the two have?”

Sunrise Land Sunrise Daily stated, “A despicable man from Somerland and his even more despicable enterprise went to Finland and acquired the world’s largest mobile phone brand after sweeping away Sunrise Land’s hard-won wealth. This is simply an insult to Sunrise Land!”

Somerland SCTV News stated, “JW Capital

successfully acquired Nokia. This is the country’s largest private enterprise acquisition of high-quality overseas assets. The success of this acquisition means that our private enterprises have the strength to go abroad and face the world…”

As countless people were shocked by Jasper’s sudden large spending, Jasper had already appeared at the Finland airport.

“You have to be responsible for the follow -up from here on out. Tell the domestic team to come as soon as possible too.”

In the waiting hall, Jasper was carefully instructing Greg on the next moves.

“Blau Mobiles swallowed Nokia. It is not a n exaggeration to describe it as a super ambitious move. Whether it is in terms of system or administration, Blau Mobiles is far inferior to Nokia. Thus, I have two requirements for you.

“First, you are not allowed to interfere in Nokia’s daily management, and everything is subject to Reynoldson’s arrangements.”

After Jasper said that, he looked at the bearded Reynoldson next to him. ” Reynoldson, I’ll leave this to you.”

Reynoldson nodded and said, “Don’t worry, Boss. I know what I should do.”.

After nodding his head, Jasper said to Greg in Somerish, “I’ll leave it to you to handle the issue of the stock increase. This will be a way of muzzling Reynoldson.

“Although almost all of Nokia’s old shareholders will be exterminated once the shares are increased, if you want to truly take over Nokia, you must not use all Reynoldson’s original staff when it comes to internal management, otherwise you will be rendered ineffective by subordinates, and it will become very troublesome.

“But this is something for the future. Right now, what I want is for you and the domestic team to try your best to absorb the essence of Nokia so that in the future, letting you guys into the company serves a well-defined purpose. Otherwise, I will not even let you guys into the company in the first place ”

Greg nodded and said solemnly, “I understand.”

“Okay, then I’ll go first.” Jasper patted Greg on the shoulder and said. “Mr. Laine, how long will you stay in the United States this time?” Greg asked hurriedly.

“I will return to Somerland before the lock order is lifted. I will reorganize JW after I have dealt with everything.”

After Jasper finished speaking, he asked the two of them to go back while he walked toward Celine, who was waiting not far away.

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“I should board the plane now.” When Celine saw Jasper walking over, she said with a small smile.

“Now?”

Jasper replied, “Why don’t you come with me?”

“No way.”

Celine huffed softly and lifted her finger t o point at Jasper’s heart. She said, “Don’t think that you saying that means I’ll be oblivious to the fact that you’re saying things that are not in line with what you’re feeling. Even if dare to go, would you dare to let me follow you?”

Jasper said with a look of terror, “Why would disallow you to follow me? I’m not going there to do anything shady.”

“Is the mainland so open-minded now? You can even go see your lover so brazenly, huh?” Celine asked curiously.

Jasper’s face darkened and said, “What lover? What nonsense are you spewing?”

“Jasper, do you dare to tell me that you’re not going to see Anna?” Celine suddenly said through gritted

teeth. It was as if she had found the chance to vent the anger in her heart.

“But she’s not my lover.”

Jasper was not confident when he said this. “This is so vile.”

“Hmph.”

Celine glared at Jasper and said, “I hate men like you the most. You all appear so sanctimonious but behind the scenes, you’re all the same. You’ll be immobilized the moment you see a beautiful woman, right?”

After she finished speaking, Celine suddenly laughed when she saw the embarrassed look on Jasper’s face.

Her laugh was like white snow meeting the warm sun. All of his previous dissatisfaction and resentment disappeared without a trace.

Her laugh made it impossible to tell whether her previous anger was genuine Or not.

Just as Jasper breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he was able to pass this challenge of the day, he heard Celine ask a question that would cause any man to panic on the spot.

“Between me and Anna, which one of us i s better?”

The corners of Jasper’s mouth twitched. He thought that none of the women he

came into contact with were not ordinary women. This applied to his official partner Wendy, Anna, and Celine, who stood in front of him now,. They would never ask him questions like who would h e save first if both they and his mother fell into the water at the same time.

However, he underestimated the nature of a woman at the end of the day.

“You are completely different types, so how can I compare the two of you?”

Upon hearing Jasper’s opportunistic answer, Celine sneered. “You mean 1 don’t even have the qualifications. compare with her?”

“I didn’t say that.” Jasper was suddenly troubled.

“So you’re thinking about that?” Celine

asked.

“Your flight is about to take off.” Jasper pointed to the sign behind him and said.

“Don’t worry, I am a VIP of the airline. If I don’t board the plane, the plane will not dare to take off without authorization,” Celine snorted coldly.

“… I know why the flight delay rate is so high now,” Jasper said helplessly.

“Stop interrupting. I have nothing to say about Wendy, but how am I inferior to Anna in terms of our bodies, looks, skin, temperaments, and family backgrounds?” Celine asked arrogantly.

“You’re not,” Jasper said quickly.

“Then why don’t you dump her?” Celine asked, tilting her head.

Jasper said with an awkward look on his face, “Stop talking nonsense. What the hell is this?”

“I am just teasing you. See how nervous and anxious you are? You’re no fun.”

Celine’s tone changed again and it became as soft as water. She raised her hand to tidy Jasper’s coat and giggled. “I just wanted to see how you’d react to this situation. It’s fun. Haha.”

“This kind of joke is not funny,” Jasper said with a sigh of relief.

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“Hmph, all right. Hurry and board the plane. have to too. Our boarding gates are different and yours farther away, you should go earlier.”

Celine stared at Jasper and said, “You should get ready. If even know that you’re going to see Anna, then guess Anna must already be aware that you’re with me before you go to see her. was joking when asked you these questions, but can’t be sure if she will be when she does the same.”

“She won’t.”

Jasper took a deep breath, resisting the urge to refund the ticket.

“Let’s hope.”

Celine suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed Jasper on the cheek.

“Was it soft and fragrant?”

Celine asked sweetly when she got close to Jasper’s ear.

At this moment, the only thing Jasper could feel was the goosebumps all over his body. Every bone in his body was tingling and there was a strong impulse to pull the woman who was standing very close to him into his arms and crush her into pieces.

“Yes,” Jasper answered honestly.

He did not even notice that his voice was hoarse and dry. It was as if he was parched.

“When you arrive in the United States remember to tell me whether I am softer and more fragrant than Anna.”

Celine said lightly and turned away without hesitation.

Jasper looked at Celine’s graceful figure. It felt as if the woman’s unique charm was still lingering on his body and cheek.

With a bitter chuckle, Jasper turned and walked to his gate.

What he did not know was that Celine, who was walking toward the boarding gate, was clenching her fists and gritting her teeth while she muttered to herself, “A

m I inferior to that de vixen? You good for-nothing mongrel, you’re actually traveling across the ocean to celebrate her birthday with her?”

Just as Jasper’s flight took off, another flight landed slowly.

An expressionless Echo walked out of the passage with three people wearing the same cold and serious expressions.

“According to the plan, we should go to the hotel first to find out Jasper’s location, and then…”

Echo was mid-sentence when the emergency phone he carried with him rang.

This phone was given to him by Fabian. before his departure. If it was not particularly important, they would not use it, so if they used it, it would mean that there was something extremely important to discuss and they needed to contact each other immediately.

Echo answered the call after stepping to one side.

On the other end of the phone, Fabian’s

voice was heard quicy.

No one knew what Echo heard, the rest of the gang only saw his face that looked like a human skin mask without expression gradually turning hideous and distorted. A t the same time, it also revealed a deep humiliation.

“Why didn’t you tell me such important news in advance? You dumbf*ck!”

Echo, who was tortured by so much hatred that he wanted to annihilate humanity, was so angry that he cursed in his native language directly.

After cursing, Echo hung up the phone.

He turned his head, walked in front of his subordinates, and said through gritted teeth.

“Let’s go to the United States!”

After he said that, Echo turned his head to walk back to the airport.

The three subordinates were also cold – blooded killers, but at this time, they looked at each other and did not know what was going on.

“That damn bastard got on the plane to the United States 10 minutes ago!” Echo sounded like he was roaring.

The plane soared into the sky. Six and a half hours later, it arrived in Los Angeles, the largest city in the western United States. Although the local time was already 3:30 in the morning, as one of the busiest airports in the United States, it was still brightly lit.

The plane descended slowly. After more than ten minutes, Jasper walked out of the aisle with his suitcase. There, he saw a group of people waiting for him while lifting signs with his name from afar.

“Mr. Laine, you are here. Young Master Law instructed us to take you directly to the hotel where Miss Ana is located. Everything after that has already arranged according to your requirements.”

A middle-aged man walked over and said respectfully.

After nodding, Jasper said, “Anna doesn’t know, right?”

“Miss Anna doesn’t know that you have arrived in LA.” The man replied with a smile.

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That’s good.”

Jasper was very satisfied.

Celebrating a woman’s birthday was always more significant than practical. After all, what was the most important

thing for a woman?

Of course, it was surprise and romance.

Jasper specifically approached Henry this time and asked him to help him collude with Anna’s bodyguard. Seeing this, it had come in handy.

“Come, let’s go to the hotel first. I still have to arrange the rest. Remember, don’t leak any information.” Jasper bowed his head and got into the car as he said that.

“Don’t worry.”

If these people could be assigned to be Anna’s bodyguards, they must be the confidants of the Laws and they had also seen Jasper before this. Other than that, they also understood Jasper’s position

among the Laws, so naturally, they were very cooperative.

As soon as the car left the airport and headed for downtown Los Angeles, Jasper received a call.

Jasper frowned when he saw Anna’s name displayed on the caller ID.

Could this woman predict the future?”

Or was there a problem in the process and their plan was exposed?

With a doubt-filled mind, Jasper answered the phone.

“Mr. Laine, you did another earth shattering thing today.”

Anna’s relaxed voice came from the other end of the phone.

When Jasper heard that she did not instantly ask him where he was, he knew their plan had not been exposed yet. He let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, ” I have been busy with this thing this

whole time. Have you also received the news over there?”

“Of course, many people around me are

discussing your acquation of Nokia.”

At a high-end private and custom cocktail party in Los Angeles, Ana leaned against the railing beside a quiet terrace in boredom. She was playing with the decorative flowers in one hand while her other hand held the phone that she used t o talk with Jasper.

“You didn’t even tell me about such a big thing in advance, I was the last one to know.”

“It’s because I wasn’t even sure how successful I would be beforehand, so that’s why I didn’t tell you. Now that I have succeeded, of course, everything worked out. Otherwise, wouldn’t I be utterly embarrassed if the acquisition was unsuccessful?”

Anna had a beautiful smile on her face when she heard Jasper’s voice.

“Hmph, you’re going back to the country after you’re done in Finland, right?”

“Soon. When are you coming back?”

“In half a month I think.”

“I’ll wait for you back home then.”

She truly did not know when she would next see Jasper. Hence, Anna was a little disappointed.

However, she did not display that in her voice. Instead, she said with a smile, Okay, I’ll tell you when the time comes.

“Alright, I’m hanging up now. Someone’s calling me, so I’ll talk to you later.”

After Anna said that, she hung up the phone.

Anna’s face fell the moment the phone left her ear.