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Life at the Top Chapter 1831
On the other end of the phone, Celine sounded relaxed.
Jasper chuckled. “Say, I really have something special which can only be
solved with the power of the Maynards.”
Celine frowned. She was initially sortingsome things out, but now she sat back inthe office chair. She asked, “What is thisthing that can only be solved by myfamily? Tell me, but I can’t guarantee itwill be done.”
Jasper told her about the Boyles’granddaughter.
Celine frowned as she listened. “Normally, this will be solved with justone phone call, but in this special period,the reason they did this was to teach alesson to the Boyles or the entire HarborCity capital… So, I am afraid it will bedifficult,” Celine said bluntly.
“If we were not in this special period, Iwouldn’t ask for your help to findsomeone, and I could take care of thismyself. It is precisely because it is noteasy so that I called you.”
Jasper paused for a moment and then said, “As long as the United States government can give her back, I can make some concessions on interests, I think your father knows what to do.”
“But there’s nothing in it for the Maynards, so he may not agree,” Celine sighed and said.
“There is, and I will give the Maynards a gift which he will like.” Jasper chuckled.
Celine was Celine and the Maynards were the Maynards. Jasper could distinguish this clearly.
Although the cooperation with the Maynards was achieved through Celine, they were still in a cooperative relationship where all accounts had to be settled clearly. They would do it if there was interest and would stop if there were none.
Jasper never expected the Maynards to help him unconditionally because of his relationship with Celine as this would be unrealistic.
“Well, I will contact my family as soon as possible and I will get back to you once I have an answer,” Celine said.
“Thanks for the trouble,” Jasper said sincerely.
The corner of Celine’s mouth upturned into a faint are in her office. She lazily said, “It’s good that you know you’ve been bothering me this whole time. You’ll need to pay back for this in the future.”
After speaking, Celine hung up the phone when she saw that her office door was being pushed open.
As soon as she hung up, someone walked into Celine’s office.
“Miss Maynard, I didn’t expect you to be here. Why? Do you need an hour to pack your things? Or are you very reluctant to leave this position?”
The woman who came in was a well dressed middle-aged woman. This Latina’s looks, figure, and temperament were nothing like Celine’s. When she stood in front of Celine, she was more like a clown, and because of this, she looked at Celine with hatred and animosity.
Celine looked at the woman coldly and said insipidly, “Gaia, should I congratulate you once again for getting something I don’t want?”
Gaia’s face turned pale, and she said angrily, “What did you say?”
“Don’t you know what I’m saying?”
Celine scoffed and continued slowly, ” Ever since you joined the company, you’ve been treating me as your rival, and you’ve always been jealous of me. You pursued the men who pursued me, and you used the things that I’d use. Furthermore, you even bought the same clothes I wear and did everything you could to get the position I was in.
Gaia smirked and replied, “Stop feeling so pleased with yourself, Celine. I am replacing you as the new president of the Terra regional branch while you’re being fired by the bank and can only get kicked out of the company with your tail between your legs.”
“Right, perhaps this job means that. you’re at the pinnacle of your life, but to m e, this is just a normal job. I don’t care about it,” Celine said coldly.
“Hehe, continue your act. You were fired because you leaked commercial secrets. Who will dare to hire you once news of this gets out? You will never be able to find another job!”
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“Your face right now makes me pity you.” Celine stood up and walked straight
toward Gaia.
Facing Celine, who was exuding a strong aura as she walked over with her head raised like a queen, Gaia stepped backsubconsciously.
Celine smiled even more sarcasticallywhen she saw Gaia taking a step back.
It also made Gaia feel so ashamed and angry. She hated herself for being such adisappointment.
Even if she thought that she was thewinner in front of Celine at this moment,the innate inferiority and lack ofconfidence still made her subconsciouslyfear Celine.
Standing in front of Gaia, Celine proudlyraised her chin slightly. She said, “To me,you are just a poor woman who picks upthe trash I don’t want.”
After speaking, she chuckled and spoke
without looking at Gaia’s humiliatedexpression, “Since you like this office so much, congratulations, you picked up another piece of my trash. It’s yours now,”
After speaking, Celine walked away.
After she heard the sound of the door closing, Gaia gritted her teeth and cursed, “You b*tch, just you wait! I want to see how much longer you can remain arrogant.”
Jasper had no idea what happened to Celine.
He received a call from Celine’s father,
Alan, half an hour after he spoke to Celine.
“Celine told me what happened. Tell me, what can the United States get in this transaction, and what do I stand to gain.”
Jasper was relieved by Alan’s words.
He was not afraid of Alan’s greed, he was afraid that there was no room for greed in this matter.
As long as Alan confirmed his interest, it would mean that he had the space he needed to operate.
“I can turn a blind eye to the Fed’s plan to give up Layman Investment Bank,” Jasper
said.
Jasper’s words made Alan laugh.
“I’m afraid the United States government may not be willing to accept your condition.”
Jasper said calmly, “They will accept it regardless of if they want to or not. I know they are seeking to promote the overall sale of Layman Investment Bank, but at the same time, they must know that I am the largest creditor in the subprime loan market in the United States right now.
“The vast majority of Layman’s debts are caused by the collapse of subprime loans. I f I don’t agree or release Layman’s money, Layman’s debt remains with me. How can this transaction be successful without my consent?”
Alan was silent for a while. Then, he said, “Jasper, it seems that you know more about the United States than we thought.”
“Are you talking about my knowledge of Layman’s sale, Mr. Maynard? This is not surprising, and I also have my own channels. In short, I think the United States government should accept this condition unless they are willing to risk universal condemnation forcefully emptying my position.
“But if they do, I bet that there will no longer be any institutions or individuals i In this world who dare to invest in the United States financial market.”
With a chuckle, Jasper continued, “Who will dare to sit down at this gambling table when they know that they are facing a banker who may play a rogue at any time and unreasonably confiscate all the players’ chips? This is the rule of the game in this world, as well as the rules. the United States created, right?”
Alan said flatly, “Okay, so what can I get from it?”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly as the plan of killing two birds with one stone was achieved.
Giving benefits to the United States, but what benefits could Jasper give to the United States now?
Divestment? Impossible.
Even if Jasper was willing, other individuals and capital who had followed Jasper to the present point would not. The most dangerous period had passed, and now was the time to harvest the fruits of victory, so who would be willing to divest for the sake of Boyles’ granddaughter?
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Jasper’s life was not worth the money, let alone the granddaughter of the Boyles.
Hence, Jasper came up with this plan at the last minute.
Originally, Layman was a sinkhole, a pit that lured Half-the-Harbor Langdon and his son into the game. However, he could
now take advantage of the situation and put on a performance to pay back the favor. After he succeeded, the
granddaughter of the Boyles could come
back, and Half-the-Harbor Langdon and
his son would be smoothly pulled into the
game.
Right now, Layman was a bomb disguised as a cake that Jasper and the United States government had baked with a tacitunderstanding.
The victims of this cake were the J.Langdon father and son.
The United States government would not care. They only needed someone to eat this poisonous cake.
However, Jasper was the one whoappointed the victim of this cake.
Hence, they could cooperate in this matter.
As the saying went, there were no absolute enemies or absolute friends in this world. As long as the interests were the same, I could fight with you with my left hand and shake your hand with my right.
Of course, the United States government did not know about Jasper’s plans, let alone his eagerness to sell Layman quickly so he could poison Half-the Harbor Langdon and his son.
However, it would be fine even if they did find out. Their interests were aligned anyway.
“Mr. Maynard, if I tell you there is a person who is very likely to become the 44th president of the United States, would you believe me?”
Jasper’s words quickened Alan’s breathing on the other end of the phone.
“No way.” Alan’s first reaction was not to believe it.
It was only 2001. According to the term and time, the election of the 44th president would be in 2007. The political arena would change drastically in 6 years, so how could anyone know who this person was in advance?
However, if what Jasper said was true, then this knowledge would hold immense value.
Especially for a family like the Maynards,
as it could even influence the Maynards’
standing for at least another 20 years.
This kind of knowledge provided greater returns than any other form of investment in the world.
Therefore, even if Alan was someone deep and shrewd, he could not stay calm at this time.
“Mr. Maynard needn’t be too shocked. I have channels to get some very secret information. Presumably, Mr. Maynard knows better than me that the world is far more complicated than it seems, and the more important something is, the more controllable it is, right?”
Jasper purposely said these words to pretend to be dumb and to hide his ability t o predict the future.
The more mysterious, the better. Alan would not have a way to verify the authenticity of this thing anyway.
Yet, Alan’s reaction was beyond Jasper’s expectations.
“It seems that you have already had contact with that organization. We
thought you didn’t even know about it.”
Alan’s words made Jasper’s heart beat wildly.
That organization.
Those two words made Jasper’s scalp tingle.
He did not expect to catch such a big fish b y playing dumb.
Could it be that the novels he read in his previous life were true? Were there really mysterious organizations in this world that could control the world?
Jasper thought it was unlikely.
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The higher Jasper’s level, the deeper his understanding of the world and the more sophisticated his worldview.
Jasper knew very well that a so-called mysterious organization or some random bigwig could not manage a country, much less society as a whole.
It involved military, politics, culture, technology, finance, people’s livelihood, and so on.
When he was reincarnated, and even before he was reincarnated, Jasper often wondered whether this world was really controlled by a mysterious organization. After all, there were a lot of similar conspiracy theories about this matter.
Now, he understood that this was
impossible.
If an industry or a region were controlled b y such an organization, he might still believe it because it did not require that much power to influence.
However, if it was the world’s number one power like the United States, or even all of Western society, it was absolutely
impossible.
“But even for that organization, it is impossible to appoint the forty-fourth president so far in advance. This requires the cooperation of the candidates themselves and the compromise of various forces. Everything will involve conflict of interests, so I don’t believe
what you said.”
Alan’s next sentence gave Jasper a better understanding of this so-called organization.
At the same time, it also made him
understand how to deal with this.
What was certain now was that such an organization did exist, but Jasper had no idea what it was called, what it was like, o r who was in it.
Therefore, he should not expose himself i n this regard.
Furthermore, from what Alan said, even this organization could not decide who was the next president of the United States.
This made Jasper breathe a sigh of relief because he felt this was pretty normal.
After all, that was the president of the United States. Once in office, he was the most powerful person on the planet with the most advanced military weapons and the most powerful economic power. How could such a person be the puppet of an organization?
Or perhaps it was some kind of compromise on interest.
This system was similar to the political contribution system of the United States,
which was open and legal.
The businessmen of the United States would look for candidates who could bring them interests before the general election, and then provide funds to the party to support the election. Once the election was successful, the candidate would reciprocate and give the businessman some preferential policies or bills in the company or industry.
“But there are already several candidates, right? The one I told you of is the one I think is the most likely candidate.”
Jasper worked hard to prevent any flaws and loopholes in his language. After all,
the person on the phone was not an ordinary person, but the patriarch of the Maynards in North America, and he was a
very smart old man. If Jasper revealed even the slightest flaw, the man would catch him.
Upon hearing Jasper, Alan did not say another word. It seemed that he had tacitly agreed to this.
This also made Jasper breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that he did not say anything wrong.
“I can tell you who the candidates, but as for whether you choose to invest in them i s entirely up to you. I believe you have a set of evaluation methods and standards t o determine whether this person is worth
investing in.”
Jasper’s words made Alan completelyabandon the last trace of doubt andhesitation in his heart.
Indeed, Jasper was right. As long as he gotthe list of candidates, he could investigateit secretly and observe slowly before deciding whether to invest in them.
For the Maynards, political resources were not scarce. Even if they made a mistake once or twice, the possibility of them losing something was not too big.
Moreover, in this deal, the Maynards would get huge benefits once it was completed, and nothing would be lost if it failed. Now, what they needed to do now was to act as a lobbyist between the United States government and Jasper.
This was completely acceptable.
“You can tell me the name of that
candidate now,” Alan said.
“What a coincidence. He is now within your sphere of influence. He is the Senate of Illinois in the Midwest, Breck… Hossein … Omar.”
Jasper said the name directly.
He was not worried that Alan would become hostile and not own up after he got his hand on the goods.
With Alan’s status and position, it would b e near impossible for him to do such a thing.
“Him?”
What surprised Jasper was that Alan knew
the name.
“It seems that you already know
something about him, Mr. Maynard.”
Jasper laughed.
“I may not have any impression of the person if you mentioned someone else, but when it comes to him, I know that he has a very wide voter base in the local area, and some of his ideas are also in line with the needs of the current political environment… It’s just that…”
Alan obviously had something to say, but
he did not continue.
“Well, just wait for my news. She’ll be able to return home safely within two days at the earliest.”
Originally, the deal between the two would be concluded successfully now that they were at this stage. However, when Jasper was about to hang up, Alan spoke again.
“I plan to ask Celine to come home, but she is unwilling. The world outside is not peaceful now, so I hope you can take more:
care of her.”
Jasper was taken aback.
“Isn’t she working in Harbor City?”
These words stunned Alan.
After the two recovered from their mutual
shock, Alan immediately exploded in rage.
“You don’t know?
“You don’t know anything?”
Jasper was indeed startled by Alan’s
sudden fit of rage.
“What do I know?”
It sounded like Alan was mad because hisprecious baby had been tarnished bysomeone and then the person was evenplaying dumb after they took advantage ofher. Hence, Jasper asked while feelingslightly guilty.
“Hmph!”
Alan scoffed coldly and replied, “That disappointing thing has been fired by Colossal Investments because of you! It’s because she leaked the company secrets. She did so many things for you, and yet, you have no idea!
“Listen to me, Jasper, if you treat my daughter as an idiot whom you can take advantage of whenever you want, then you’re wrong!”
After he said that, Alan slammed down the phone.
Meanwhile, Jasper was very confused
after he had been screamed at for no
reason.
However, he was not in the mood to split hairs over this. Now, he only wanted to know how Celine was.
Without any hesitation, he asked Jake, who had just came in to report some work -related issues, to wait. Then, he called Celine’s number.
However, he was told by the automated message that the call could not be connected.
He tried three more times, but met with the same result.
Jasper gritted his teeth and immediately called Henry.
“Use all of your connections in Harbor City to find Celine Maynard, the president of the Terra regional branch of Colossal Investments. I want to know where she is and if she’s safe. Also, find out how she is right now.”
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Henry, who rarely heard Jasper speak in such an urgent and serious tone, did not hesitate and decisively agreed.
Seeking out Zachary for other things was definitely more useful than asking for Henry’s help, but if you needed to findsomeone in Harbor City, it was clear that Henry, the overlord of Harbor City, would be the better choice.
After an hour, Jasper received a call from
Henry.
“I found her. She is going to the mainland from Lowe District. She’s alone and doesn’t appear to be threatened or
coerced. My boys didn’t bother going up t o disturb her when they saw this. As for what happened during this time, I still
need some time to figure it out.
“So do you want my boys to go over now, or?”
Jasper frowned slightly and glanced at the time. It was 30 minutes before closing. “Don’t. I’ll go over now.”
Jasper’s words stunned Henry.
“What? Are you going there?”
Jasper said, “Yes, this matter is very important, so I have to do it as soon as possible. I will arrange the rest of the matters, so don’t worry. How are your plans with Conrad?”
When Jasper finally asked the important question, Henry said with a smile, “What else can happen? Of course, everything went well. We are negotiating with Layman and waiting for the Langdon father and son to enter the game. They are already anxious now and they are contacting Layman’s executives closely. It seems that they are afraid that we’ll take this piece of fat first.”
“Layman’s requirement to provide insurance to small and medium banks in the United States have not changed?” Jasper asked.
As someone who was reincarnated, Jasper saw through the dirty tricks of the United States government at just a glance.
This was also the fundamental reason
why he realized that he was
unconsciously cooperating with the Uninst Statis government to make a poisonous cake.Providing an insurance policy to the smalland medium sized banks in the United
States would be digging one’s own grave. Jasper knew very well that this subprime mortgage crisis would cause 10% of the United States’ small and medium sized banks to go bankrupt while the savings and financial compensation involved
would form a super sinkhole of more than 100 billion US Dollars. Even all of Somerland capital and thecapital from the people of the UnitedStates could not fill it up, let alone Halfthe Harbor Langdon. Otherwise, whywould they look for someone to take thefall.
Right now, Jasper just wanted to wish Half-the-Harbor Langdon and his son ajoyous downfall.
“It hasn’t changed, and they were veryfirm regarding this. It seems that if theydon’t agree to this point, there is no need to discuss things further.”
Henry’s answer further confirmed Jasper’s internal guess.
“One was willing to fight, and one was willing to endure the pain, so it just depends on who gets the bait.”
After hanging up the call with Henry, Jasper looked at Jake and said, “There are more than 20 minutes left before the market closes. In this time, release Layman’s money market on the subprime market. They will take it away.”
Jake was taken aback for a moment, wondering why Jasper did not take advantage of such a good opportunity to completely destroy Layman.
However, since Jasper had decided so, Jake could only obey.
“Got it, Mr. Laine.”
“Okay, then you should help me keep an eye on things here. I am going out now, and I will be back before tomorrow’s opening.”
“Then should we continue the action against the United States financial market tomorrow?” Jake asked.
“Yes.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly and said, “Continue to short the financial market. The collapse of the subprime market is just the beginning. We have to take this opportunity to crash the entire financial securities market of the United States. We have to strike them where it hurts as only then will they be scared. Not only that, but by breaking the stock price barrier, we have the opportunity to acquire high-quality assets at low prices.”
Why did the United States like to play financial wars and destroy a country’s economy through stock and securities markets?
Not only could they plunder a large amount of wealth from other countries in this process, but it was also because once. the stock market crashed, the stocks of those high-quality listed companies in the country could be acquired with the lowest stock prices.
This was a really profitable business moddl.
In fact, Trider Financial Group in Sunrise Land could be regarded as the top five
plutocrats in the world with the rise of the
Sunrise Land economy, but why was it so
low-key now?
It was because the Plaza Accord back then made the accumulation of several generations of wealth under Trider Financial Group disappear overnight. Not only that, a lot of people in the United States own a large proportion of stock rights in many core asset companies belonging to Trider Financial Group.
Jasper laughed at the thought of acquiring Apple, Qualcomm, Weresoft, and General Motors, the countless companies that held the intellectual property rights of global high-tech core industries.
After explaining Jake’s next job, Jasper got up and left the company.
On the way to the airport, Jasper asked his people to prepare his plane. Once he arrived at the airport, he would fly directly to Cavern City.
Two hours later, Jasper landed at Cavern City Airport.
Since Henry’s men had been following
Celine, Jasper found her easily.
When Celine, who was wandering aimlessly on the street, saw Jasper appearing in front of her suddenly, she was so surprised that she could not speak.
“You… You… You….”
Jasper chuckled softly when he saw the
speechless Celine. “What? Are you
surprised?”
At this moment, Celine came back to her
senses, and she said in horror, “Why are
you here?”
Jasper said, “I heard someone has been fired by the company, so I quickly came over to ask them if they are interested in working for me.”
People were coming and going on the street. However, in Celine’s world, the bustling flow of people and cars seemed to have suddenly disappeared at this moment, leaving only the warm smile of the man in front of her with stars in his eyes.
“But shouldn’t you be in Nauritus City now? How can you leave your post willy nilly at this critical time?” Celine asked. She was struggling to control her voice and hold back her tears.
“There is no special situation happening
today, so I took off work half an hour
ahead of schedule and took a two-hour
flight over here.”
Jasper chuckled and continued, “So? You haven’t answered me yet. Are you interested in working for me?”
“But I don’t know anything else,” Celine said aggrievedly.
“I’ll start a bank. I’ll start one for you to manage.” Jasper’s tone was unquestionably firm.
“This time, no one can fire you. Also, let’s come up with a trap and make Colossal regret their decision of firing you dearly. What do you think?”
Looking at Jasper, who had a smirk on his face like a kid conspiring to steal candy, Celine could not hold back her tears anymore and she threw herself into
Jasper’s arms.
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Is it really okay for you to leave Nauritus City and this time to come here like this?”
Celine asked with a fork in her hand as she tilted her head to look at Jasper as the two were seated in a restaurant.
Jasper chuckled, “I have a team for the specific operation. I have already made arrangements and deployments for the
decision-making process, and there are people under me who can solve some small problems. Even if there is an
emergency, the network is so developed
now that I can just find a computer to take care of it at a moment’s notice, so there won’t be any big problems.”
Celine nodded; The feeling of guilt in her heart was only slightly relieved.
“I contacted your father before this.”
Jasper said, “The cooperation is not a big problem, and it has been negotiated. Moreover, I learned about you andColossal from him.
“You should not have hid this from me.”
Jasper’s tone was obviously accusatory in the following sentence
Jasper figured that Celine was not treating him as a friend. She was fired from Colossal because of him, yet she did notsay anything.
Celine smiled bitterly and said, “Actually,
even if this matter had never happened, I would have still left my current position sooner or later. The headquarters has long
been very dissatisfied with my stance and some choices I made, so they would have
eventually found opportunities for my
dismissal.”
“The preparation of the bank will takesome time, so you can take a good restduring this period. After the bank goesonline, you will be busy.” Jasper did notcontinue to delve into this topic, and hesaid gently.
Celine replied, “Do you really want toopen a bank? It won’t be easy.”
“There have been prior banks whichoperated with private capital in Somerland, but those are also special cases. For example, Pearson bank and People’s Bank cannot be used as a reference. According to my judgment, Swallow Capital will gradually deregulate the banking industry in the future, such a s allowing the local government to become the major shareholder to establish a local commercial bank.
“This is an opportunity for us, but the bank I want to start does not have any specific offline or physical outlets. I will rely on Sena’s gaming business and Abbylon’s online shopping platform business to develop online banking.”
Celine was very familiar with JW’s business system, and immediately said, ” You mean the online payment system used in Sena’s gaming industry?”
Jasper was really surprised this time.
“I didn’t go into details, and you related it to online payment? Indeed, when I started the online payment system, it was to accumulate and prepare for the opening o fa neobank today.”
Celine looked at Jasper like she was looking at a monster. She said, “When was that? Did you already think about this back then? Are you a man or a god?”
“I am human, of course.”
Jasper laughed and said, “Actually, the business map is like a big tree. First, it has a trunk, and then the branches and leaves are drawn according to the direction and shape of the trunk and main branches. From here, everything will have its veins and traces.
“The bank’s main business in the future i
s divided into three sections.
“The first section is the savings business. Users will transfer money to the bank’s virtual account through online payment, and I will pay the user a higher interest rate than commercial banks.
“The second sector is the payment business. This one is easy to understand. This one will be the easiest to establish because it’ll be relying on the gaming industry and online shopping industry within the JW system.
“The third sector is the financialbusiness. We have absorbed our usersdeposits, so we must use the money tomake even more money. This is nodifferent from traditional banks.”
Considering that Celine would be theperson in charge of the bank that was stillin Jasper’s mind in the future, she had tounderstand the concept of the bank as awhole. For the first time, Jasper told herthe concept of him starting a neobank.
“In these three sectors, the first sector isthe foundation, the second sector is thederivative, and the third sector is thefuture. The three are complementary toeach other. Without the first savingsbusiness, everything will just be emptytalk. After that, the payment business willfacilitate all internet users in JW, andfinally, the financial business is the core of the bank.”
Following Jasper’s description, the basicframework that a bank should havegradually appeared in front of Celine.
This bank was born out of a traditional
bank, but it was completely different from the former. It had fewer functions, but it was lighter and more flexible, while the remaining functions were the core business model of the bank.
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“The most important thing is that once this bank is set up, JW will never have to worry about cash flow again because of its huge capital pool. You have also considered this, haven’t you?”
Staring at Celine, who was looking at him with twinkling eyes, Jasper chuckled.” According to financial policies, neither I nor JW is allowed to embezzle these deposits.
“The higher authorities have policies, and the localities have their countermeasures. It’s impossible for banks to never give out loans, so you can give yourself a loan.”
Celine had been toying with financial concepts for half her lifetime. Thus, she was very familiar with this kind of operation.
“See? This is why I must leave the position of CEO of this bank to you.’ Jasper laughed.
Just as the two of them were eating and chatting, Jasper’s phone rang just as they were starting to enjoy themselves.
It was Reuben.
Jasper’s heart froze when he saw this call.
Reuben would not take the initiative to contact him unless there was an emergency.
However, there was no movement on Jake’s side, indicating that the United States market was not the one with the problem.
After answering the call, Jasper’s expression gradually became serious as h e listened to what Reuben said through the phone.
Celine also fell silent when she saw this. She stared straight at Jasper’s expression and did not speak.
“Are you sure?”
Jasper asked.
Celine did not know what the other person said. After that, she then heard Jasper say, “Got it.”
Celine hurriedly asked when she saw Jasper hanging up the phone, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
“It’s fine.”
Jasper smiled and replied, “Just some small problem.”
“However, we have to go back to Nauritus City immediately after we finish eating.”
“What are we waiting for then?”
Celine quickly tossed her fork away and stood up.
“Let’s go now.”
Jasper did not hesitate when he saw that.
After they got up, he paid the bill and left
the restaurant alongside Celine.
The two rushed to the airport and found
the plane already waiting for them.
After they went through the special terminal, Jasper called Jake as the plane was gliding down the runway.
“Notify all investors of JW Foundationthat there will be a meeting in threehours. Those who can come to NauritusCity, please do, and those who can’t comewill be connected via video conference.Just today, more than 200 overseasaccounts have been opened in thedomestic A-share market. The amount of funds involved in this overseas account exceeds 100 billion US Dollars.
“In other words, the counterattack of Wall Street capital is here.”
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What were 100 billion US Dollars like in the domestic A-share market at this time?
In 2001, the total share capital of the Somerland A-share market was 4352.2 billion Somer Dollars.
Based on the current exchange rate, 100 billion US dollars would be 780 billion Somer Dollars.
Therefore, for this attack, Wall Street Capital had gathered wealth that was more than one-sixth of the total market
capital of the entire A-share market.
This meant that if no measures were taken, the 100 billion US Dollars alone could completely destroy the entire A share market.
This was something that Jasper and the Somerland government never wanted to see.
“It happened.”
After Jasper hung up, Celine sighed.
“Neither Wall Street Capital nor theUnited State government will give up. Ifyou destroy their subprime market, theywill destroy your entire financial market,and this time they are being aggressive. Ifthey don’t get something out of it, I’mafraid they won’t give up.”
Jasper nodded and said, “In truth, Ialways intended to avoid such a situation,so the main battlefield has always been inthe financial market of the United States.Even if it is not good for JW Foundation tofight in a different location, it is betterthan fighting it in my own home.
Unfortunately, Somerland’s finances are
still too fragile to withstand the effects of
such a big war.
“I originally thought that as long as I keptthem in the United States financialmarket, then they wouldn’t have theenergy to attack the Somerland financialmarket.
“But now that the subprime mortgagecrisis has erupted, Wall Street Capital hashardly any countermeasures other than tohelp themselves over the past two days. It
seems that this crisis has also caused
them to continue in the direction that will bring more disadvantages to them, while also dragging Somerland down at the risk of this huge loss.”
“This will be a huge loss to you.” Celine was worried and said, “The United States financial market is the world’s largest economic center, and Somerland, which has only just been reformed and opened u p only a decade or two ago, can’t compare to them in terms of history and foundation.
“Moreover, such a subprime mortgage crisis would have broken out sooner or later. If it broke out early, it would only benefit them. It is equivalent to removing the tumor before it festers. It’ll only cause some pain at this moment in time, but if it is delayed until the points where it gets so bad it finally bursts, it will cause even greater losses for the United States.
“They obviously understand this. It’s just some losses and they can afford to lose 100 billion or more, but Somerland doesn’t have the same luxury. Just the 100 billion US Dollars in funds is enough to
completely break Somerland’s finances.
The fruits of reformation and opening up after so long will completely collapse.” After that, Celine looked at Jasper
worriedly and said, “So you must figure out how to deal with this matter. Now I a m afraid that it is not only your investors, even Swallow Capital is waiting for a plan from you.
“If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. This immediate crisis is the biggest and most important challenge for you before you can wear the crown”
“I know.”
Jasper nodded and looked at the sea of clouds outside the window. He could have been saying it to Celine, or perhaps to himself. Then, he continued softly, “I don’t care about the crown, but I will never allow the United States to treat Somerland as Sunrise Land. A Plaza Accord will set back Somerland’s economy decades, and Somerland can’t. afford to lose.”
“Somerland can’t afford to lose.”
This was what Jasper said to all the investors in the meeting after urgently
returning to Nauritus City.
At this moment, all the large investors who invested more than 100 million Somer Dollars into JW Foundation attended the meeting.
Most of them could not get there in person because they were out of town, but even so, they canceled all their plans to participate in this video conference.
At this time, dozens of small windows gathered on the huge screen in front of Jasper.
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In every window was a man or woman, from young to old.
It also included the bosses of the top ten venture capital companies, the five major domestic securities companies, the founders of private equity firms, and the founders of large chambers of commerce and large conglomerates. These people could be regarded as the top elites in Somerland’s economic and financial circles today.
Everyone’s expressions were very heavy after Jasper briefly told them what had happened.
No fools could participate in this conference. Everyone understood that when the nest was overturned, with no egg left intact. No matter what industry they were in and how good the relationship between them was, no one could stay away from the tumultuous attack of the Wall Street capitalists right now.
“Mr. Laine, everyone understands what
you said, but the question now is, what
does Swallow Capital think?”
The boss of Vast Mountain Capital asked.
“Right now, the heads of Swallow Capital should be in the same meeting as us to discuss countermeasures. After that, they will definitely communicate their plans with us accordingly. So, before that, you have the right to know what is happening now. Please make preparations
immediately after the meeting is over so
that you will be prepared for the
upcoming stock market crash.”
Jasper’s words made the faces of the
people present more serious.
“Mr. Laine, has it really gotten to this stage?”
The boss of the country’s largest daily necessities group asked this question. He was an industrial man and did not know much about finance, so Jasper could understand when he asked such a layman’s question.
“Mr. Charles, I’ll put it like this. If we lose
this fight, your industry will become
abandoned factories tomorrow.”
Mr. Charles’ face changed when Jasper
said that.
He could not understand why his well run industry would suddenly devolve into abandoned factories, but he understood the truth. There were professionals that handle professional matters. If one did not understand it, one should not question the opinions of professionals.
Besides, he did not dare to question what Jasper said.
“Once the stock market crashes, all listed companies in all walks of life will be the first to suffer. Stock prices will plunge to the bottom and the company’s market value will shrink, resulting in companies not being able to obtain cash flow for production and operation. If a foreign company in the same industry comes into the market and uses a lower price to dominate the market, what capital and confidence do you have that can beat those foreign companies?
“This is a big social and environmentalissue. This is why they say the country isour home, and without it, we’ll behomeless. If the country’s economy isdestroyed, we’ll become fools that otherscan take advantage of. We won’t have anyroom for resistance-none at all.”
After Jasper provided some further
explanation, he got the third question.
This question was from a rich man in
Waterhoof City, Quarterman.
“Mr. Laine, has JW Foundation ever
considered divesting from the United
States market and coming back to the
domestic market?”
Upon hearing the question, Jasper looked at Quarterman.
Quarterman was very low-key, but Jasperknew that his son was not. Right now,Quarterman Jr. was in his teens, and inthe future, he would be called the topsecond generation of Waterhoof.
However, right now, his old man stillneeded to politely address Jasper as Mr.
Laine.
“No,”
Jasper’s calm answer caused huge stormst o form in everyone’s hearts
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Indeed, Jasper had consideredwithdrawing funds from the United States
capital market.
As for why, he did not explain.
It was not that he did not understand thatwhen there were many people, therewould be many differing opinions, as wellas the chance of side issues arising. Moreimportantly, he needed to reach a tacitagreement with Swallow Capital for such an important decision.
However, at least for now, Jasper’s
opinion was that he must not divest.
If the capital was withdrawn, thedestruction of the United States financialturmoil that was personally set off by JWFoundation would decrease too much.
Aside from the previously lost funds,Jasper’s subsequent plan of searching forshares in the United States domestic hightech heavy industry and companies wouldalso have to be aborted.
This was obviously what the United States government would like to see most.
You could regard the United States’
actions against Somerland’s financial market as a fight against them. They were eager for Jasper to divest and come back t o consolidate the domestic financial market.
Naturally, Jasper absolutely would not do something that the enemy wanted.
This meeting, which was not planned to g o on for long, was forcibly interrupted by a phone call to Jasper.
“Swallow Capital is contacting me. Everyone, the meeting will stop here for the time being. I have already said everything that needs to be said, anyway.”
Jasper stood up and said seriously, “No matter what, I sincerely hope that everyone will be united to overcome the national crisis.”
It was unknown if they were influenced by Jasper’s aura, but everyone in the meeting suddenly felt emotional.
After this meeting, Jasper answered the phone. About half an hour later, he met Tony in his office.
However, this time Tony came as a guest.
He accompanied a middle-aged man with extraordinary bearing. He looked like he was in his early fifties, and from his gestures, one could tell that he had held a n eminent status for a long time, to the point where it could not be concealed.
“Jasper, this is Mr. Mason, and he will be chiefly responsible for the response to Wall Street capital’s attack on the mainland financial market this time. You can directly discuss anything with Mr. Mason.”
After hearing Tony’s words, Jasper immediately understood.
If they were in ancient times, Mr. Mason was probably similar to a minister or imperial envoy who would go on patrols and tours on behalf of the emperor.
If Jasper had been more concerned about politics, he would know that the Mr. Mason in front of him was the vice
president in charge of national financial affairs when he was reincarnated.
It was a pity that Jasper remembered the highest authorities, but never the deputies.
However, this did not prevent Jasper from being polite to Mr. Mason at this moment. “Mr. Mason, please sit down.”
Jasper personally led Mr. Mason and Tony into the office to sit down.
The huge conference was to decide on the trivial matters while the small conference was used to decide on the huge matters. O n the other hand, everyone needed to attend the huge conference, while only a few people were needed to participate in the small conference.
This sentence clearly explained the true essence of both of Jasper’s meetings.
“Although I have read Mr. Laine’s information a long time ago, but I still have to say that you’re so young now that I am seeing you in person. When I was about your age, I had only just joined the workforce and was just a senior staff
member. I can’t compare to you at all.”
It could be seen that Mr. Mason was very easy-going. Even if the situation was tense right now, his calmness in the face o f calamity was able to make them unconsciously feel relieved.
“Mr. Mason is too polite. If I may boast, it’s because of the good policy, but if I have to put it humbly, it’s actually all thanks to the cultivation of the country.” Jasper laughed.
With a wave of his hand, Mr. Mason said, “You slick talker, I am not here to exchange courtesies with you today. The policies given by the state are equal to all, so how come you’re the only one who’s successful?
“As for cultivation, it is even a bigger load of poppycock. What the country can do now is to guarantee nine-year compulsory education, but the rest of it will depend on individual efforts.
“So, this is your intrinsic ability to succeed. You can’t be arrogant, and you
also can’t be too modest, otherwise it will make others feel that you are too vain and
unapproachable.”
Jasper nodded approvingly and said, “Mr. Mason, you’re right. If someone talks to m e about a similar topic in the future, I will just say that I am a genius and not shirk responsibility.”
“This little slick talker is really interesting. Haha.”
Mr. Mason pointed at Jasper and laughed alongside Tony.
Tony echoed, “Mr. Mason, he may act like this, but you will be pleased with his work.”
“Yes, it’s good to be reliable. Right now, what we need the most are people who can and know how to get things done.”
Mr. Mason stopped laughing and looked a t Jasper seriously, then began to delve into the important topic.
“Jasper, tell me the truth. Do you have the confidence that you’ll be able to defend against Wall Street coming to our A-share market with 100 billion US Dollars this time if I let you?”
Mr. Mason’s directness did not just stun
Jasper, even Tony was shocked.
According to Somerland’s tradition of not expressing something too directly because they were good at reasoning and speculating, such straightforwardness was obviously not suitable for such serious occasions. However, Mr. Mason said it out loud.
Jasper took a few seconds to recover, then immediately replied, “No.”
As soon as he said this, Tony’s face turned dark. He felt his blood turning cold from his head to his toes, and could not help but angrily say, “Jasper, what is this attitude? We need you to help with this, yet you’re giving all sorts of excuses.”
Jasper looked directly at Tony and replied, “Mr. Pratt, I’m not shirking the responsibility, nor am I unwilling to contribute. How much is the total market value of our A-share market now?
“4.3 trillion.”
“And Wall Street is taking out 780 billion
this time. Sure, I can defend against them.
If you give me half of the country’s foreign exchange reserves, not only can I prevent this attack from Wall Street, but I can also directly crush the US Dollars! international debts.
“However, what will happen as a result of this? World War Three. “Do you think you can make this decision t
o start a war with the United States? Do you think I can?”
When Jasper said that, it was not just Tony’s face that turned from dark to pale
with fright, even Mr. Mason appeared to become more serious.
“Jasper, you’re speaking too seriously,” M r. Mason said in a deep voice.
“Mr. Mason, I may be young and inexperienced, so I might not know the severity of this, but the way I see it, if Swallow Capital does not have the courage and determination to burn their boats, it will be impossible to resist this wave of attacks.”
“But you just said that if they burn their
boat, we will face the risk of war with the United States.” Mr. Mason frowned.
“This is a question of scale. We want to bully them, but not bully them intolerably. If we want to defeat Wall Street, but not completely destroy them, w e must leave this difficult decision to the United States government rather than take it on ourselves.”