Adele was angry when she saw the man
acting like a corpse.
The man said lazily, “We expected this, so
what’s there to react? Should I force
myself to be surprised? That would be too
boring.”
Adele pressed her lips together and said, ”
Who was the one who was not optimistic
about Jasper before? How did you
suddenly turn to expect this? You changed
so fast.”
“It is indeed expected, but it does not
mean I’ve changed my mind. I am still
very worried for him.”
The man closed the book and raised his
hand. Then, the aggrieved little parrot
who had been driven to stand on the
branch immediately flew back with
flapping wings. It rested on the man’s
palm and rubbed its head affectionately
against his arm.
“I’ll turn you into stew sooner or later.”
Adele glared at the little parrot and huffed.
The man ignored Adele’s childish remarks and said slowly, “The current situation is actually not as optimistic as expected. Indeed, the subprime mortgage crisis has broken out, but what happens then?
“For the United States government, they need to control the scope and extent of the crisis and then retaliate. For Jasper, what he has to do now is determine how t o expand upon the results and then deal with the United States government’s retaliation.
“The United States has never been a country that suffers a loss and swallows its anger. There are too many lessons and examples for us to learn from in this regard.
“Hence, all you can do now is to pray that Jasper will not indulge in the illusion of victory. What’s more, this victory does not belong to Jasper but to the capitalists i n Harbor City who have ties to the politicians.
“They sacrificed 200 billion and it can be said that Harbor City has been emptied
now. Hence, Jasper needs to consider how to pay back this money and favor now.”
Adele thought for a while and said unwillingly, “They’re willing to do this. What’s more, they are not doing this for Jasper. Even if they want someone to pay back the favor, it should be Swallow Capital. What does it have to do with Jasper?”
“How foolish.”
The man shook his head and said, ” Imagine if it was someone else in Jasper’s position. Do you think the people in Harbor City would be so eager even if it were me?
“Even the seniors at the very top are alarmed by this.
“Have you realized that initially, everyone thought that the biggest backer behind Jasper was the Laws, and it was unknown when everyone started sharing this sentiment? After that, Jasper was valued b y the higher-ups for a series of achievements, and when they decided to list him as a benchmark to cultivate him,
many people thought that Swallow Capital
was the one backing him.
“However, Swallow Capital does not exist to be anyone or any forces’ backing. If they did so, Swallow Capital would only back up its people.
“So now, Jasper’s real backer are the capitalists in Harbor City.”
After he said that, Adele shuddered as if she had been electrocuted.
She only felt that a lot of things about Jasper became clear after these words, as i f she had suddenly been enlightened with perfect wisdom. She had always felt muddleheaded as if she was separated by a layer of glass, but now everything seemed to be incomparably clear.
“I guess it is that way,” Adele murmured.
“So, Jasper can sacrifice anyone, but the Harbor City capital absolutely can’t perish in this battle. Otherwise, do you really think no one will contest Jasper for this position?
“The merit of achieving something big is great, but to set a benchmark for an era is. o loss significant than the general
election. Furthermore, it might be even more influential. Who is willing to lose this identity?
“If a death-exemption plate still existed i
n this time and age, this would be it.”
When Adele heard this, she was
immediately anxious,
“I have to go. I need to take care of
something.”
Looking at Adele’s hurrying figure, the Iman shook his head. An extremely rare touch of worry flashed across his tranquil eyes that normally could never be disturbed.
“Adele, my dear sister, you can marry
anyone in this world, but not him.”
