Jake immediately understood after Jasper explained. At the same time, he felt a little sad.
He realized that the distance between him and Jasper was just too large.
He had not thought of such an important point at all, and had only realized it after Jasper had reminded him. “Don’t think too much about it. We’re looking at the issue from two different angles, so it’s only natural we understand the issue differently.”
“From a financial trader’s point of View, there’s nothing wrong with your opinion. But Alban and I are both entrepreneurs, so we’ll look at the issue from more than just the financial perspective.”
Jasper seemed to have seen through Jake’s thoughts. His calm words comforted Jake greatly.
“Still, Mr. Laine, my vision is was too narrow. I’ll make sure to do better next time,” Jake replied genuinely.
Jasper smiled. He was satisfied with Jake’s attitude.
As his businesses continues to grow, Jasper would start to demand more of the people around him. If these people could not grow with JW, then they would have to be eliminated eventually.
Jake seemed to understand this concept from the way he behaved.
“Seatreasures Group is Alban’s life blood; his life and wealth all depend on that business. So there’s no way he’ll just stand by and watch as Seatreasures Group crumbles to ruin.”
“The most important thing now is to understand what the government is thinking.”
“The economy of privately-owned enterprises is controlled mainly by the market, this is an absolute law. The government’s goal is just to rectify the shady business practices in the medical treatment industry so that citizens can purchase medication in a relatively fair environment. They’re setting up the framework for future health insurance reformation.”
“Thus, we can see that the government’s goal has never been to destroy privately-owned pharmaceutical enterprises.”
“This is a concept both Alban and I understand.”
“Because of this, the government will allow a large privately-owned enterprise like Seatreasures Group some room to save themselves. They might even give the group some time to deal with their issues.”
Jake frowned when he heard Jasper’s analysis. “Mr. Laine, you mean that the Seatreasures Group won’t fall?”
“Definitely not.” Jasper shook his head.
The truth from his past life was that even though Seatreasures Group had made a huge loss in this incident, they did not close down, nor did they even exit the market. Their market price had only dropped badly.
In this life, Jasper’s vision and knowledge surpassed that of his past life, when he was a mere employee in the financial industry. He had a more unique and deeper understanding of problems now.
Hence, he was certain that the Seatreasures Group would come out of this incident heavily wounded but still alive.
“I’m sure Alban and the government will arrive at some level of understanding shortly. That’ll be the time Alban cleans up this mess and starts to stop his share price from collapsing further. This will happen any moment now.”
“Both Alban and the government know very well that the capitalist market can change drastically within a split second. It’s already been affected badly and there’s no saying how Seatreasures Group’s future is going to end up if they didn’t attempt to save it as fast as possible.”
“No one can guarantee the future of a listed enterprise because no one can be certain of investors’ thoughts.”
Jake’s eyes shone as he exclaimed, “If that’s the case, then now’s the perfect time to open a long account!”
Jasper laughed out loud and replied, “Now you understand. The Seatreasures Group will go to great lengths just to save their market cap. So instead of thinking that I want to win the bet between Alban and me, how aboutl say that I want to some of the money that Seatreasures Group has been accumulating over all these years.”
“I know what to do now, Mr. Laine,” Jake replied firmly.
Jasper nodded and said, “Then let’s get to work.”
Henry who had been in the room, lying on the couch the entire time, glanced at Jasper and said, “What the f*ck. I did not understand a single word.”
“You can transfer your money over now,” Jasper said with a smile.
“No, but how did you know about something big like this in advance?” Henry asked curiously.
Jasper simply replied, “That’s why I told you to read the news more. There’s nothing wrong with being more attuned to current affairs. Important information is always hidden among these seemingly unimportant pieces of news.”
“The country’s been heavy on health insurance lately, which is a matter of citizen’s livelihoods. It’s great that the country wants to make its people’s lives better, but in order to do that, they’d have to put an end to all the shady businesses in the industry. This is the very foundation of their plan.”
“If you link all these details together, the conclusion is pretty clear to see. I just happened to be pretty lucky that such a thing was occurring now.”
No one would know about Jasper’s reincarnation anyway, so the man had no qualms about lying to Henry so blatantly.
Henry felt lightheaded when he heard the man, then quickly transferred the 3.7 million he had saved until now into the account Jasper had opened.
All he knew was the number of the account he needed to transfer his money to. Everything else flew completely over his head.
“What’s with such a complicated number?” Jasper looked at the account and asked confusedly.
Henry’s cheeks flushed. “F*ck you. I only left 20 thousand for myself, I transferred you everything else.”
“I have never seen such an extreme young master like you,” Jasper shook his head and transferred the sum to Jake. He told the other to do additional calculations based on a 5 million principal, then distribute the profits to Henry based proportionately.”
“How much can we earn this time?” Henry asked excitedly.
“I’ve been frustrated, thinking about where I’m supposed to get the money to pay for that stupid plane’s parking and maintenance fee next month.”
Jasper gave it some thoughts and smiled. “Counting your percentage on the principal sum of 5 million, and considering the fact that Seatreasures Group had earned a lot of dirty money over the past few years, I predict that they’ll have to take out at least eighty percent of their capital for this. If we’re lucky, your 5 million will turn into 10 million in two day’s time.”
“F*ck! Seatreasures Group is with 40 billion on the market. What do we have to do to make twice the initial amount?” Henry asked irritably.
“Be grateful we even have this opportunity. Those organizations and hot money traders haven’t realized anything yet, but once Alban makes a move and news of this get out, they’ll all rush over for the grab a piece of Seatreasures Group.”
“We’ll still earn something because we came in early, but soon there’ll be nothing left for the other small investors,” Jasper replied calmly.
People did not compete over who was more stupid in the capitalist market, only who was craftier.
In the blink of an eye, Seatreasures Group had become a slab of meat worth 40 billion that everyone wanted a taste of.
Jasper got up and stretched. Then, he walked to the hotel’s broad floor-to-ceiling windows. He looked out a t the luxurious city view of Waterhoof City and murmured to himself, “This is the appeal of possessing capital.”
