At then same time that Jake and Baz began the press conference, as the real manipulator behind all this, Jasper was sitting comfortably in a hotel in Finland opening the United States stock market index on his computer.
The United States stock market was now in turmoil.
JW Foundation’s impact had not yet been ironed out. Ordinary investors could not access the news from the higher-ups, so they could only make random guesses based on their own experience and some gossip from the exchange to make judgments about the future situation.
“In this case, everyone is easily frightened due to their past experiences but everyone also understands that huge opportunities are hidden behind the risks. There will be a process of self-healing when the market undergoes major changes. If you can bet on the right direction, the returns will be much higher than normal.”
Kayden’s relaxed voice came from the computer.
On the video, Kayden was wearing a casual sweater. His gold rimmed glasses gave him an elegant and easy going appearance. At the moment, he was sitting in the study as he connected with Jasper.
“I heard that your family negotiated a one billion euro partnership in the United Kingdom.” Jasper glanced at Kayden and asked.
Kayden smiled and said, “That’s just my father’s intentions. I don’t know much about that business.”
“Your father, as the highly skilled businessman, naturally has the vision and methods, but what sparked my curiosity is that the second largest shareholder of the telecommunications company that your father bought in the United Kingdom is the United States telecommunications giant, Comcast.”
“In the last action plan, you insisted that the Harbor City trading center independently attacked the shares of Comcast. Is there any connection between the two?”
Jasper’s relatively relaxed tone made Kayden smile bitterly. He said, “Before that, my father did give me some advice, but I weighed the situation at the time and recognized that the actions against Comcast did not go against our overall interests.”
“Mr. Langdon, you misunderstood me.”
Jasper laughed and said, “I didn’t mean to criticize you. Besides, in the earliest days, we did have an agreement that each trading center would have a certain degree of autonomy.”
“I know that your father has two major strategic plans. He believes that business in any industry is not as secure as the basic industries of human social activities, such as telecommunications and energy, which are two major strategic plans that your father is optimistic about. Now the result of the telecommunications strategy is evident, should he follow up with the energy plan too?
“I wonder how your father and ExxonMobil’s plan to develop the oil field in South America is going.”
Jasper’s words made Kayden narrow his eyes slightly. He did not know how Jasper knew about the J. Langdon’s highest level secret. Although Jasper was also from Somerland, he had nothing to do with the J. Langdons.
How could he know the secret that the father and son only talked about in the study late at night?
Jasper saw Kayden’s expression and he smiled meaningfully and slyly.
That old fox Half the Harbor Langdon was a national idol. According to the timeline of the praise he got in the country, he was the idol of every citizen, a business genius, and the pride of Somerland before 2015.
However, after 2015, the domestic real estate industry was fully regulated, and Half the Harbor Langdon began to divest and leave. He hoarded a series of land without development and developed properties without regard for the local economic development. After this, his selfish profit making actions were exposed.
With that, Half the Harbor Langdon became a traitor in the eyes of some people.
Half the Harbor Langdon relied on the good domestic investment promotion policy to obtain a large number of benefits and then left after making a fortune. This behavior was in stark contrast to a series of Harbor City business families such as the Laws.
From Jasper’s point of view, Half the Harbor Langdon was a very good businessman, and his traits were something that all businessmen in the world should emulate. However, his character was indeed horrible.
Also, Jasper knew of this energy plan through his memory pre-reincarnation.
In his previous life, Half the Harbor Langdon did have such a plan during this period.
Most people did not know that the core industry of Half the Harbor Langdon and his sons was telecommunications rather than real estate. Real estate was just a means for them to rake in money.
Half the Harbor Langdon had great ambitions. He wanted to dabble in the telecommunications and energy business abroad for a very long time. The cooperation with ExxonMobil was also an important step in this strategic plan.
It was just that the Langdon senior was framed by the people in the United States on his collaboration with ExxonMobil, which caused him to suffer for a few years. After that, he took part in real estate all over the country to rake in more money. After this, it took him three to five years to suck this blood back from the country.
Having suffered a loss abroad, he returned to Somerland to suck the country’s blood to make up for it. Jasper was disgusted by this character when he thought about it.
As a businessman, it was okay to do this, but as someone from Somerland who was also a businessman relying on this identity to get countless privileges and benefits in the country, this behavior might end up leading to his ancestral grave being destroyed if ever discovered.
“Don‘t get me wrong, Mr. Langdon, I don’t have any plans for the J. Langdons. The reason why I know this news is through ExxonMobil.”
Jasper did care about the character of Half the Harbor Langdon so long as he did not provoke him. Right now, he and Kayden were in partnership, after all, so Jasper did not plan to make things too tense.
“ExxonMobil? Mr. Laine, you even have contacts in ExxonMobil?” Kayden asked.
Such a question could be regarded as an acknowledgment of what Jasper had said before.
After all, they all held status and identity. Probing without reason or basis was boring. If one said it out loud, then most of the time they were confident. Hence, it was useless for Kayden to deny this. It would only make him look inferior.
“This time, I want to defeat ExxonMobil.”
Jasper said softly. However, his statement was earth shattering.
Kayden’s expression suddenly changed.
Without giving Kayden a chance to speak up, Jasper slowly opened up ExxonMobil’s stock market information and said lightly, “When the Rockefeller Empire was split up, there were 34 oil industries in the world, large and small.”
“For such a giant monopoly, even the three subsidiaries left behind after the split were ranked in the top three in the world. Through this we see just how terrifying the Rockefeller Standard Oil Group was back then.”
“The Rockefeller family still exists, but the giant that monopolized the global oil industry which could stand against the United States government for more than ten years and the trust that was known as the biggest benefactor of the United States military has fallen.”
“ExxonMobil has inherited its core assets. This is the best entry point for me to fight Wall Street this time. Its value is huge enough and its significance is far reaching. However, it is a true traditional company that has little to do with Wall Street, which makes it enough to hurt them.”
While he spoke, Jasper seemed to have missed Kayden’s dumbfounded expression as be directly entered the commands into his keyboard.
[Buy ExxonMobil (XOM), position, 10 billion US Dollars.]
