“So your target was me all along, Mr. Ball?” Jasper said calmly.
Alban smiled and replied, “I’m a businessman, and I make decisions that benefit me the most I’m sure you understand, Mr. Laine.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes and asked, “Then what role does Old Master Hulbutt play in all this?”
Alban had finally shown his true intentions. The man’s goal was not the Haddock Chamber of Commerce but rather Jasper’s MP5 patents.
Jasper refused to believe that Gale was uninvolved when the man had invited him to attend the forum as the vice president of Haddock’ 5 Chamber of Commerce’s Waterhoof City branch.
Right now, it seemed more like a sinister setup against him.
Jasper had no idea what dirty plan Alban and Gale had plotted out
However, the truth now was that Gale had come up with an excuse to cooperate with Alban and corner him. Meanwhile, Alban had finally shown his true intentions and was about to make a move.
Jasper had only come to this forum conference in return for an asset in the form of Gale’s favor. However, only now did he realize that the old and sly man was backstabbing him.
“We’re talking about a deal between us, Mr. Laine,” Alban sneered and said, ignoring Jasper’ 5 question.
“Deal between us? Is there even a deal to be made? The MP5 patent rights, was it? Sure, 1 billion US Dollars, and I’ll give it to you when you hand me the money. I can give you all my production lines and my factory area too if you want,” Jasper said calmly.
Alban’s smile slowly vanished and he replied forcefully, “It would do you no good to be so temperamental, young man. Being emotional will do you no good, Mr. Laine.”
“Being setup is only normal in the business world and there’s nothing wrong with getting caught. At the very least, it shows you that you’re worth being targeted. It’s truly tragic for people who aren’t even worth the effort for us to scheme against.”
“So I should thank you then, for deeming me valuable?” Jasper commented calmly.
Alban smiled and said, “I understand that you’re unhappy, but I have a way to calm you down.”
With that, Alban waved a hand to gesture to someone behind him. That person approached with a document in hand, which he handed to Jasper immediately.
Jasper calmed down and took the document to take a good look at it.
He knew that this was something important if Alban was so certain it would make him surrender.
As expected, Jasper frowned slightly at the contents of the first page.
“This is the risk evaluation I commissioned Harbor City’s most powerful architectural office to do on the World Financial Center’s main building. We realized that according to your design, the building has a huge construction risk.
“Then again, this is just an evaluation, and this is just some risk. Nothing is certain.”
“The building might collapse before you’re done with construction, perhaps after it is complete, or perhaps it’ll never collapse at all. ”
Alban’s soft voice sounded by Jasper’s ear.
“But who knows and who cares?
“I’m sure you’re very well aware, Mr. Laine, that if I release this statement today, the Waterhoof City City Government will surely call for construction of the World Financial Center to stop. Be it out of precaution, or consideration of actual risk factors.
“After all, it would be great news if this huge construction was a success, but also a huge problem if anything goes wrong. Do you think they’ll let you risk it?”
Jasper looked up at Alban calmly and asked, “What can this document alone prove?”
