The collapse of the Nikkei had made people realize that although Somerland capital and Wall Street capital are now competing, this did not mean that others could sit back and relax.
It was just that, at the same time, there was also a question that lingered in everyone’s mind.
Why did Jasper have the courage to provoke a Softwin when he could not even handle Wall Street alone?
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Sunrise Land, Softwin Cherry Blossom Building.
In the top-level conference room, the high-level leaders of the headquarters who dared to come in a hurry to support Softwin all looked very serious. They were sitting in their positions like someone had died and said nothing.
Everyone knew what happened, but since their superior did not say anything, they did not dare to comment. Yet, no matter what, everyone’s eyes were filled with anger and it seemed that there was an urgent need to vent.
Soon, the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.
A bald old man with a small figure and not very handsome face walked in quickly. Behind him was a beautiful young female secretary with a graceful figure.
One was ugly and one was beautiful, one was thin and the other was plump. They formed a strong visual impact.
Yet, no one felt that this was not right.
In Sunrise Land, women were just vassals of men.
No matter how beautiful a woman was, they were just a man’s plaything. The more capable a man was, the more beautiful his plaything would be.
Since Myles was standing at the top of the Sunrise Land capital circle, he had the strength and qualification to own the most beautiful plaything in Sunrise Land.
He hurriedly walked into the conference room. The executives, regardless of their status, all stood up and bowed their heads to greet him respectfully and solemnly.
“Hello, sir!”
The idea of inferiority or superiority engraved into the bones of the people of Sunrise Land was vividly manifested at this moment.
Myles raised his hand. He sat down at the front of the table and said, “My colleagues, sit down.”
The uniform sound of seating could be heard again.
Myles said with a serious expression, “Everyone already knows what happened more than ten minutes ago. Now the war between Somerland capital and Wall Street capital has spread to Sunrise Land.”
“As the leader in the financial industry of Sunrise Land, we at Softwin are the first target. In this regard, I would like to ask you all to express your views and opinions.”
After Myles said that, a man sitting near him said in a deep voice, “Mr. Shon, my colleagues, this is Somerland’ s provocation against Sunrise Land. It is absolutely intolerable.”
After the man said that, the other executives expressed their opinions and they all had the same ideas.
Myles’ expression was calm and there were not many changes in his expression to be seen.
“Everyone…”
After everyone had expressed their opinions, Myles spoke slowly.
“The current situation is what everyone can see. JW Foundation can’t even support themselves in the face of Wall Street capital, but at this critical point, why do they dare to provoke us?”
This question silenced the conference room for a while.
None of the people present were fools since they could be a Softwin executive or a core executive who can have a direct meeting with Myles.
The truth was simple and anyone could figure it out with a little thought, but these smart people could not get an answer even after they racked their brains.
Why?
Why did Jasper do that?
“In order to answer this question, I decided to add a middle-level member of Softwin to this meeting. He has dealt with Jasper before and he should be able to give us some inspiration.”
After Myles said that, he glanced at the secretary beside him who was lowering her head to take notes.
The secretary immediately got up and opened the door. Surprisingly, the one standing outside the door was Echo.
Echo, who had been notified long ago, took a deep breath, suppressed the nervousness in his heart, nodded to the secretary, and walked into the meeting room while the executives looked at him.
Naturally, there was no place for him at the conference table. Echo stood in the corner, bowed to all the executives, and said, “Everyone, I am Echo Welch of the investment planning department.”
“I was ordered to go to Somerland to negotiate business, and during that, I had several contacts with Jasper, the soul and founder of JW Foundation.”
“Huh? Discuss business?” A voice quickly interrupted Echo‘s speech.
“Back then, the discussion between the chairman and Wayne Marlon was going fine. After they asked you to maintain it, you gave Wayne, a hen who can lay golden eggs, to Jasper.”
“Now Abbylon has occupied 80% of the market share of Somerland’s domestic e-commerce platform. This is a 100 billion-level blue ocean market and you lost it. Is this called a business negotiation?”
Upon hearing these words, the comers of Echo’s mouth twitched.
The person who spoke was an executive. His nephew previously failed in Echo‘s position as deputy manager of the investment planning department. Now, he had seized the opportunity, and naturally, he would bring Echo down.
“That was my mistake.”
Echo did not justify himself. He understood the rules of the workplace in his own country. If the seniors said you were wrong, then you were wrong. Admitting your mistakes could add a little bit of a good impression for yourself. However, if you force an explanation, you would only isolate yourself from everyone.
In the Sunrise Land workplace, being isolated means the death of a career.
Hence, Echo’s attitude of simply admitting mistakes won the favor of some executives.
At this moment, Myles said, “This matter has passed, and what needs to be discussed now has nothing to do with that matter. Echo, you already know what happened before you came, right? Now the company’s senior management needs you to give your opinion.”
Echo took a deep breath, knowing that he was being tested by the highest level of investment banking.
If he did it well, all the bad deeds that were given to him by Jasper before would be gone, but if he failed, even his powerful family would not be able to help him much. After all, although his family was strong, he was not the only heir.
Moreover, he is just a marginal nobody among the younger generation of the family.
Recalling what Fabian told him a few minutes ago in his mind, a sharp glint flashed across Echo’s eyes and he said, “I’ll tell everyone my judgment first. I think it’s not unexpected that Jasper will make this choice.
“And the reason why Jasper did this is to pull us into the battlefield and ignite the fire completely.”
