The little prince had just finished speaking when his phone rang.
The little prince first looked down and then looked back up at Jasper and said, ” It’s from that idiot Channing.”
Jasper did not think too much about it as h e reached his hand out and said, “Let me answer it.”
The little prince grinned and said, ” Alright, since you insist. Have a taste of how arrogant this Raydon idiot is.”
The little prince had already handed his phone over to Jasper when he finished speaking.
Jasper answered the phone and put it in speaker mode so that everyone could listen in. Then, he said, “Hello, I’m Jasper Laine.”
The person on the other end of the line was visibly shocked. Then, a young man’s voice said, “Jasper Laine? I’ve never heard that name before. Isn’t this the little prince’s phone number? Ask him to answer the phone.”
Jasper was about to speak again when he heard a conversation happening on the other end of the line. Then, the person speaking to him changed to a middle aged man’s voice.
“Good day, Mr. Laine. I’m Weston Habers from Grandland Corporation, Channing’s father. There was a misunderstanding just now because my son didn’t know who you were. Please don’t hold it against him.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly and said, “Mr. Habers, I was hoping you would attend the economic forum.”
“That’s exactly why I asked my son to make this phone call because I wanted to offer the little prince an explanation. It’s even better that you’ve answered the phone yourself, Mr. Laine. I’ll explain it to you myself.
“I have no intention to attend this so called economic forum. Isn’t it entirely self-voluntary? I don’t suppose you can force me to attend, right?”
When Lord Alvarado heard the fake cheerfulness in Weston’s voice, he leaned towards the little prince with a sulky expression on his face and whispered, The older one is even denser than the younger one.”
“How could the older one reared such an idiotic youngster if he wasn’t dense?” Little Prince said with a huff.
However, Jasper ignored their mutterings and replied calmly, “Of course, it’s entirely self-voluntary. No one will force you to attend if you don’t want to, Mr. Habers. However, I personally hope that you can still participate, as Wall Street is currently planning to launch a sneak attack on the domestic financial market…”
Before Jasper could finish speaking, Weston interrupted him and said, “Mr. Laine, I have no time or interest to listen t o this stuff. What does the stock market have to do with us? Grandland Corporation is not a publicly listed company. All we do is sell food. We don’t want to get involved with you guys.”
Jasper, who had not been interrupted in a long time, said calmly, “But the price of grain on the futures market is something that concerns you, right?”
Weston laughed and said, “Yes, it
concerns me a little, but aren’t the prices.
rising now? It’s good news for us
farmers.”
Jasper immediately understood when he
heard that.
Weston was an idiot. At the very most, he
was an idiot who had taken advantage of
the dividends accumulated over time and
used them to make something of himself.
There was no point in trying to talk sense
into an idiot.
“Alright, I see what you mean, Mr.
Habers. So be it.”
Jasper did not bother waiting to see if
Weston had anything to say before he
hung up the phone.
Jasper had a dark look on his face as he
stood and said, “Everyone, please wait for
me. I need to take care of something, and
I’ll be right back.”
Little Prince asked cheerfully, “Are you so
mad that you need a place to vent?”
Jasper replied exasperatedly, “Vent? I’ve
run out of patience. I don’t think I can wait until the forum ends before I cause trouble for the Habers family. If they can’t be bothered with anything, then I’ll teach them a lesson for being so short-sighted about the future.”
Lord Alvarado watched Jasper walk out the door before leaning forth and asking curiously, “Does Jasper have a way of teaching the Habers family a lesson in such a short time?”
“It’s not realistic, is it? The Habers family are virtually unreachable. They’ve isolated themselves in Raydon and don’t partake in anything besides planting crops. It’s difficult for their family to get into any scandals, and it’s even harder for someone else to mess with their family.. Jasper wouldn’t have the necessary tactics, right?”
The little prince huffed before saying, ” Haven’t you gotten a feel of Jasper’s personality yet? Those who offend him don’t know what’s coming until it arrives. Jasper must be confident in himself if he’s said this. All we need to do is sit back and wait for the show to begin. Let’s not talk. about the Habers family’s other faults.
Even I want to mess with them when I see that ignorant and gloating attitude.”
Simson and Moses listened nervously. When they exchanged glances, they saw the look of relief in each other’s eyes.
Thank God Jasper had not been upset
when they tried to act smart and pull
some tricks out of their sleeves.
Jasper raced towards Mr. McNeal’s room.
He did not waste much time in explaining the gist of the entire situation to Mr. McNeal, who did not say much and only told him he knew what to do after he finished listening.
However, as Jasper left, he looked out the corner of his eye and caught sight of Mr. McNeal furrowing his brows together in annoyance as he scrolled through his contacts…
It’s done.
In Somerland, not even the most niche industries could afford to offend the officials.
The agricultural industry was a very niche
and isolated industry that rarely needed t o form a supply chain with any other industries. They could dominate the market on their own.
This was why the Habers family could afford to not take anyone else into consideration. Most importantly, as Wall Street continued raising the prices on the futures market, it was a given that food prices would have a massive rise so long a s the market did not collapse.
This huge benefit was the reason behind the Habers family’s arrogance toward anyone and everyone.
However, the problem was he could ignore the little prince.
He could ignore Jasper too.
What about the officials?
Jasper’s lips curled upwards into a satisfied grin as he walked back to his room.
“Alright, the forum will start in about two hours. I gathered everyone here before that because I have something to inform you in advance about…”
While Jasper began talking to the little prince and the others about matters. regarding the economic forum, Mr. McNeal made a phone call to the Ministry of Agriculture in Swallow Capital.
Several minutes later, the Ministry of Agriculture made a direct call to Raydon’s Department of Food and Drug Administration. At the same time, Mr. McNeal made a second phone call to the magistrate’s office at Raydon.
Then, the key leader at Raydon’s Department of Food and Drug Administration immediately headed toward the Raydon magistrate’s office. The two parties had a short discussion before coming to a decision.
They would launch a comprehensive review of Raydon’s largest privately owned crop-growing and marketing company, Grandland Corporation. All other activities would be halted for the entire duration of the review.
In simpler terms, it meant that they were seizing the company.
Every man had to be held accountable for the country’s greatness!
The order had just left Raydon’s magistrate’s office when the Habers family, who were in charge of Greatland Corporation, received the news.
With that, the family that had spent countless years establishing themselves i n Raydon immediately flew into a frenzy.
