“The Langdons’ business has already started moving out of Harbor City, hasn’t it? You’re everywhere in Southeast Terra, so what are you afraid of?” Rogers did not care.
“But there’s nothing wrong with you going. At least then we’ll get some insight on how Harbor City’s four major families plan to save the city. With intel on our side, how will they ever win us?” Rogers stated plainly.
Rogers clapped Kennedy’s shoulder when he took notice of the other’s calm expression. “There’s a saying in the United States that capital only makes friends with winners, Langdon. Harbor City’s still too small, not to mention that it has already returned to its previous state now. You have to know that the west is where true heaven exists for people like you.”
Kennedy smiled. “I know. We will always be friends with Quantum Funds.”
Rogers laughed aloud. “Of course, as one of its founders, I can promise you that Quantum Funds will always be willing to be friends with intelligent people like you.”
…
The night slowly darkened, and Zachary had much to do. In addition to the shock the stock market had suffered, people were very volatile right now. That was why he left the house after the market closed.
It was especially in times like this that celebrities like Zachary and Michael became busier, for most people expected the rich to provide them with rescue measures.
Meanwhile, their companies also needed to show their presence to calm the civilians’ hearts.
Jasper, on the other hand, now had a lot of free time.
Watching the situation with the United States stock market, Jasper realized that its development was fundamentally different from his past life.
Perhaps it was his participation in Harbor Stocks, but the strength and speed of this storm had been greatly increased.
Harbor Stocks had only dropped 10,000 points three days after the storm began in his past life, yet it had dropped more than 9,000 points in one day this time. Today’s daily decline had hit an all-time high.
It was the first time for any stock market worldwide to drop 10,000 points in one day.
The night was cold, and Jasper pondered over tomorrow’s plan.
Anna had walked over before Jasper realized. She said to him, “You haven’t been resting well these past few days. Won’t you take the time to give yourself a break?”
“I’m not actually that tired. Plus, there are a lot of things that I haven’t planned yet,” Jasper replied with a smile.
Anna sighed. “Bystanders only see how brightly successful people shine, yet not many of them know that success has never come easy to begin with.”
“That’s the idea. You’ll have to put in the effort if you want to reap rewards.” Jasper agreed.
Anna gave it some thought before she suddenly invited Jasper, seeing as he did not have the intention to rest. “How about we take a walk around Victoria Harbor?”
Jasper was shocked. “Now?”
“What, are you afraid I’ll sell you off?” Anna joked. “I told you when you first arrived in Harbor City, didn’t I? That I’ll be your tour guide and bring you around Victoria Harbor? You’ve already been in Harbor City for so long and you still haven’t stepped foot there yet.”
Jasper smiled. “Alright. Let’s go, then. I’ll take the chance to relax.”
The two walked to the garage together, tacitly choosing to ignore Henry’s car with large headlights this time.
Sitting in Anna’s Porsche 911, Jasper felt his nerves unwind after the past few days of accumulated stress as he watched Harbor City’s night view zoom past him.
“Are you saving the city tomorrow?” Anna asked while driving.
Jasper thought about it and replied, “As a businessman, my main focus is business. Everything else is secondary to me. That’s why I did what I did today.”
“But being a businessman means you have to look at the bigger picture. And the crashing of Harbor City’s stock market is bad news to me and the whole Harbor City!”
