After dismissing the two members of the council, Jasper walked out of the meeting room.
Initially, he wanted to go back to the hotel but when he walked past the reception, someone called out to him.
“Um, M-Mr. Laine.”
Jasper turned his head to look at the receptionist with a smile. The receptionist’s face was red and she looked nervous. Hence, Jasper said, “Hello, can I help you?”
When the receptionist saw how polite and conservative Jasper was, the woman was slightly disappointed. She reapplied her makeup lightly and delicately while Jasper was in the meeting.
After all, the politer he was with her, the more it showed that her beauty was nothing to Jasper.
She sighed in her heart and mustered up the courage to say, “Just now, I saw Mr. Heron barge out of the meeting room looking furious. He was also on the phone but I didn’t hear much, I only heard him saying that he’ll find someone to teach you a lesson, Mr. Laine.”
Jasper was lost for words when he heard that. Then, he smiled at her and said, “Thank you for telling me.”
The receptionist added, “Mr. Laine, you have to be careful. Among the three members of the council, Mr. Heron is a local in Waterhoof City. He’s in the entertainment industry, as in bars and arcades.”
“You should know that he has a lot of thugs under him since he’s in this industry. That’s why the other two members of the council won’t provoke him usually.”
When he saw the receptionist’s nervous face, Jasper knew that she was very stressed and scared when she said this.
Jasper nodded and said warmly, “Alright, I understand. I’ll look out for that.”
The receptionist watched as Jasper left. In the end, she did not muster up the courage to ask him for his phone number. So, she could only sigh in misery and sat back down. She was wondering when Mr. Laine would come to the chamber of commerce next time.
After Jasper came out of the chamber of commerce, he went back to the hotel.
It was already afternoon when he got back to the hotel. So, he decided to have lunch with Julian in the hotel to get by. However, when he went back to his hotel room, he saw Sean coming over to find him coincidentally.
“Mr. Laine, I was looking for you,” Sean said.
“What’s going on?”
Jasper opened the door of the room and asked Sean to sit anywhere he liked. When he saw that Sean was still a little dispirited, he opened the mini-fridge and took out a can of coffee to throw it to him. He laughed and said, “Sean, are you suffering because you’re old? You still haven’t recovered from that all-nighter?”
Sean chuckled bitterly and opened the can of coffee to take a sip. He said, ‘I’m already in my forties so of course, I can’t compare with a strong young man like you.”
“However, my foundation is still fine. Back when I was in the military, I was the parade guard of our company.”
Jasper sat opposite Sean and said, “You have to watch the real estate company, especially the branch in Waterhoof City. There’s been a major personnel transfer recently and there will be people who are unhappy with this. You should confront them as you see fit.”
“After all, we still need employees for the work. We can’t have all of them quit because something happened.”
“I got it. I will supervise and urge for the completion of this.” Sean nodded.
“Right, Mr. Laine, the reason I’m here is to talk to you about the naming.”
“The base of the skyscraper is already finished. According to the rules stated in the document, we have to report to the Waterhoof City’s government about our progress. Also, we have to start preparing for the name registration of our trademark.”
“Mr. Laine, do you need me to ask the planning department to provide you with a few names or…”
Jasper remembered the name Wendy proposed back then and said, “No need. I already have a name. Let’s call it World Financial Center.”
