Jasper stared at the timer counting down the minutes before the stock market opened and said calmly, “Is the time up yet? How are you sure that you’ll still be smiling at the end?”
Mitch scoffed and said, “Delusional.”
“I’ll let you continue pretending for a couple more hours. When the stock market closes this evening, I’ll wait to watch you crawl out of this door like a sniveling dog.”
Henry and Anna felt much calmer now than this morning when they had been anxious and worried.
“Why do I feel like laughing when I look at how crazy Mitch is being now?” Henry whispered as he leaned toward Anna.
Anna leaned away in disgust and said irritably, “Don’t come so close to me… What’s there to watch about that idiot? I do admire Jasper for not losing his cool. You would probably have told him everything by now if it were you.”
“Damn, you do know he’s the mean one, right? He’s not telling Mitch on purpose so that he’ll be even more gleeful. The more gleeful he is now, the worse he’ll be later. Tsk tsk, I can’t wait.”
As they spoke, the time arrived. It was time for the stock market to open!
The stock market for Harbor City underwent a massive change the minute it opened.
Jasper and Mitch’s men reported everything at a fast pace.
“Sunny Internet’s shares went down at opening!”
“Carefree Net’s shares went down at opening!”
“The crash is massive. It seems that funds are being taken out from the market.”
Shocked, Mitch immediately turned toward the electronic screen and immediately saw that the two shares he had invested in were declining at that moment. It was not because there was bad news from the companies either.
Rather, it was because the funds that had been invested in them were being taken out at the same time.
The stock price was bound to sink when funds were withdrawn.
“What’s going on!? Find out for me where the funds are going!” A bad feeling crept across Mitch as he hollered.
However, he did not have to wait for his team of traders to speak before he heard Zack Jensen’s excited screams from where Jasper was standing.
“It’s growing!
“It’s growing! It’s growing!
“Denson Wintech is growing rapidly!
“A huge amount of money is pouring in!
“It stopped growing!”
“It has stopped growing!?”
“Only ten seconds since the stock market opened and it has stopped growing.
“Sir, Denson Wintech has stopped growing!”
‘Sir’ could refer to both Jasper and Mitch.
However, the two of them had intensely different moods.
Mitch’s face was deathly pale, and his widened eyes were filled with disbelief as his hands shook. He stared at the electronic screen which had already switched to show Denson Wintech’s stocks.
As for Jasper, his eyes shone like stars as he took a sip of his iced coke.
Jasper stood up and walked over to where Mitch was. He gazed at the line that had shot up so rapidly it nearly went out from the screen. He smiled as he said, “The stock market is unpredictable. No one can tell what will happen in the next second, right?”
“No, that’s impossible,” Mitch muttered before yelling crazedly, “This is not normal. How could it stop growing within ten seconds after the stock market opened?! It’ll… It’ll start again soon! It’ll drop for sure!”
“8.9 million dollars worth of stocks are hanging onto this price now, and more than 30 billion dollars worth of stocks were purchased when it stopped growing. Are you going to bet your damned life to get the stocks to drop in price when it opens again?”
As Jasper’s voice rose, his aura changed instantly. He looked like a king as he stared coolly at Mitch, who was wailing in defeat.
“How could this happen… It’s impossible! It must be a fraud!”
