Jasper nodded and said, “This is a good plan. Send a document in the name of the head office to praise them. Give a good review to the individual or team who was the first to propose this during the year-end evaluation.”
“Okay.”
Wendy got up to take her coat and bag. Then, she said, “I’ll go to the office now.”
“Go ahead.”
Jasper walked Wendy to the door and watched her leave. Then, he went back upstairs to sleep.
Because of the time difference, he would have to stay up late tonight. Thus, Jasper had to catch up on his sleep during the day.
With that, Jasper slept until 9 at night.
After he got up and washed up, he saw that Wendy and Dawson were still busy at work and were not back yet. So, Jasper called Julian to leave the house.
“Did Dean do anything today?”
Jasper asked while they were on the way to Southface River Tower.
“He was in the hotel we arranged for him the whole time. He only went out 4 times from yesterday till today. On two of those occasions, he went to eat in the restaurant in the hotel. He did not interact with anyone aside from the servers.”
“The third time was at 9:20 am this morning. He went to an orphanage in the south of the city and he also bought some daily necessities and some children’s clothes to donate to the orphanage. He left after staying for about an hour. The last time was 30 minutes ago. He was headed to Southface River Tower, and I think he should have arrived by now.”
Jasper frowned slightly when he heard Julian’s report.
Julian asked, “Do we need to bug his room?”
“Did you guys manage to do that?” Jasper asked in surprise.
A normal person was not allowed to use any tapping device unless they had a special permit.
However, the procedure and process of applying for such a thing were very troublesome, so normal people would not be able to obtain it.
Julian smiled. “I have my ways.”
Jasper shook his head while laughing. He said, “No need. He’ll show any plans he has soon enough.”
The car continued onward. When Jasper arrived at Southface River Tower, it was still early. He went to the office, and even though it was after work hours, most of the employees were still working overtime since there was currently a lot of work at hand.
He saw Wendy in a meeting through the glass of the meeting room. After he watched her for a while, he left. He did not plan to disturb her.
After he left the office, he went to the top floor.
“Mr. Laine is here.”
Dean approached him and smiled courteously.
It was not just Dean, Henry and Todd were also here. Jasper shook all of their hands and smiled. “You’re so early.”
“There’s still an hour before we start, but we’re very excited too. Hence, we decided to come early to take a look around,” Dean smiled and replied.
“Damn, you don’t say? I’m a little nervous.” Henry rubbed his hands together and looked excited.
Todd looked calmer. He was staring out at the trading hall that was starting to look busy with a twinkle in his eyes. “How long did it take for you to prepare all of this, Mr. Laine?”
Jasper replied flatly, “About a month.”
Todd lifted his eyebrows slightly and asked, “Did you come across an incident like today back then? The terrorist attack hadn’t yet happened a month ago, right?”
When Dean heard this, he became interested too. It seemed that aside from Henry, the other two were very interested in Jasper’s answer.
“It’s an exaggeration to say that I can predict the future, but I’m used to being prepared for anything.” Jasper grinned and said.
“Always prepare for the worst, so if it really does happen, you won’t be caught off guard.”
As Jasper said that, he pointed to the trading hall and said, “Honestly, even if those things were not being used right now, they would still be put into use one day.
“That makes sense.” Todd nodded and he said respectfully, “There’s a reason why Mr. Laine is where he is today.”
“You speak too highly of me,” Jasper waved his hand.
“Mr. Laine…”
An employee from Terizone’s headquarters approached Jasper respectfully and said, “The connection of the three locations is successful. Also, the website you asked us to build so that it’ll be more convenient to the investors of the foundation to watch the scene of the three trading halls has been set up.”
It was much more complicated to have a remote connection or watch a live stream in this era compared to in the future.
For future generations, any software with a camera and computer could be connected remotely. Meanwhile, a live stream would be even easier to set up. After all, there would be live stream websites all over the place. Now, the technology for the network bandwidth and software was still very immature. Therefore, what was originally simple became very complicated.
Terizone had to send out a team of more than forty people to the three trading centers before they managed to get it done.
“Start the connection test,” Jasper ordered.
With that, the whole team started the connection.
In just a few minutes, the images of two smaller but equally busy trading centers were displayed on the left and right of the huge LED screen.
Naturally, these were Kayden and the little prince’s trading locations.
When Jasper saw them through the video, he smiled and asked, “Is the signal okay?”
“Magnificent.”
The little prince and Kayden nodded.
The two of them seemed to speak at the same time. “Your team from Terizone is amazing. Are you going to consider selling some of their stocks?”
Kayden and the little prince were all smart people. When they saw Terizone’s efficiency, they instantly detected a business opportunity.
It was only normal that they wanted a slice of this cake.
“No.” Jasper rejected immediately.
What a joke. He could not give out Terizone and Abbylon’s stocks so easily, Jasper would not give them any hope.
While they were talking, the digital clock on the top floor struck 10:29 pm.
Thus, Kayden and the little prince did not dilly-daily. The three of them fell silent at the last minute.
The team of more than a hundred stock traders had their heads lifted as they stared at the time tick by second by second. It was getting closer and closer to the moment of truth.
