Using the 1 billion Prince got from Conrad, he immediately began to attack Jasper.
This counterattack was immediately carried out in the stock market. Instantly, the quiet class A shares were roped into another storm.
The 1 billion dollar injection would cause a huge change to any stock in the country’s current securities market.
“Someone outside helped Prince.”
Jasper looked at the market trendline and immediately made the correct deduction.
Henry instantly got to his feet and asked, “Is it Clear Seas?”
Jasper shook his head and replied, “Clear Seas and your father have come to a certain understanding. They’re both aware that the moment Clear Seas’ funds are transferred, the Law family will definitely begin their attack.”
“Clear Seas might be owned mostly by the Chavez family, but it’s not a family business. There’s no way other the shareholders would be idiots and transfer Prince their money to be poured down the drain, so it’s not them either.”
“Then what do we do now?” Henry looked at Jasper.
Henry could hold his ground if this was a physical fight, but participating in a battle without actual gunfire or blood was beyond his capabilities.
“No worries.”
Jasper shook his head confidently.
“I initially made the preparations to go into full out war with Clear Seas, but your father and them have come to an understanding to contain my battle with Prince to the three stocks under his name. Since this is the case, then I’ll completely crush him!”
“So what if he has outside help?”
At least 500 million worth of funds had been invested into the three shares. Jasper knew that this money had not been given to Prince for free. There had to be a price for this gift.
What Jasper needed to do now was completely devour these funds.
Jasper pulled out his phone to call Celine, who was far away in Harbor City.
“You guys can make your move now,” Jasper said. Jasper and Celine had already come to an understanding a long time back.
As president of Colossal Investments’ Terra regional branch, Celine was in dire need of a chance to show her ability to earn the company some hefty profits.
Meanwhile, Jasper needed to completely destroy all three of Prince’s listed companies.
Business wise, it was only natural they partnered together.
Personal feelings-wise, well, everyone understood. “But I saw the injection of new funds into the market. Is it another player or was that Prince himself?”
In the brightly lit office in Harbor City, Celine sat in her chair as she played with her freshly done nails and asked lazily.
Opposite her sat a group of Colossal Investments’ high ranking executives. Every single one of them looked at Celine with cold sweat beading on their foreheads.
No one dared to offend this strong willed president in the office. Celine had even gotten the nickname Woman of Steel because of how firm she was in her management style.
While Celine’s high pressure policies had caused extreme agony to the office, employees could see the rapid performance improvements and generously growing monthly bonuses. Thus, everyone was greatly impressed by this ex-general manager, now current president.
However, no one had ever seen the merciless Woman of Steel, Celine, act so casual, alluring, and feminine before.
While the group of Colossal Investments’ Terra regional branch’s high – ranking executives were busy wondering what formidable person Celine was on the phone with, Jasper had already replied to Celine’s question.
“According to the intel I have now, this is money Prince’s acquired from external channels by himself. There’s already 500 million invested in the three stocks, while I place an initial estimation of his total funds to be around 800 million to 1.2 billion. Possibly more.”
Celine harrumphed and replied, “I can make a move right now, but I’ll make it clear first. The investment bank has a bullish view of Soaring Dragon Telecommunications, so I’m going to take it when the time comes.”
Jasper replied calmly, “Since this is an attack on behalf of the investment bank, then there’s no reason for you to help without earning any benefits for your side as well. I have no qualms with you taking Soaring Dragon Telecommunications.”
“Deal. Wait for my good news, then.”
Jasper was about to hang up the phone when he suddenly heard Celine ask, “Hey, how long has it been since we saw each other?”
“…”
Mr. Laine felt exasperated.
“A few months, I think?”
“3 months and 4 days to be precise.” Celine scoffed.
“As expected, all men are trash.”
Beep beep beep…
Jasper put the phone down and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
He was about to say something when his phone rang again.
Seeing that it was an unknown number, Jasper arched his brow slightly.
“Hello, this is Jasper Laine. Who’s this?”
“Chat with me?”
Jasper immediately knew who was calling from those three words.
“On the phone or somewhere else?”
“Peace Church.”
“30 minutes. ”
Jasper put the phone down and got up while asking Henry, “I’m going to meet an old friend. Wanna come?”
Henry shook his head. “No thanks. I’ll wait for Julian to get back. Jesus Christ…”
“Relax. I’ll definitely get you out of this.” Jasper smiled.
“I’ve never been set up like this before!”
Peace Church used to be a rather famous and supposedly very spiritual church in Waterhoof City.
However, with the influx of pilgrims came the construction of the business and residential districts. With time, this area had been partitioned to become one of Waterhoof City’s administrative districts, and was now considered the city center.
Jasper made his way to Peace Church and walked straight into the cathedral. Upon entering the main hall, Jasper looked up to see Conrad sitting on the pew with his hands clasped tightly as he prayed.
Jasper walked over and sat on the pew next to Conrad. Placing his hands together, he prayed as well.
“I thought you didn’t believe in God,” Conrad said with a small smile as he stared intently at the cross.
“I didn’t before,” Jasper replied.
He had indeed been an atheist in his past life, but after being reincarnated, Jasper could not help to think that there might be some larger entity in this world.
“It’s not like I believe wholeheartedly. But that’s how these things are, it exists if you believe and disappears if you don’t. There might not be a God that’s watching over your every move, but a person’s morality is what defines that person’s words and behavior.”
