The cold sweat on Dean’s head visibly
oozed from his skin, forming droplets of
sweat as big as peas.
Dean was under extreme pressure at this
moment.
Although he knew that Jasper was only
using this as a pretext to kick up a fuss,
the huge gap in status and power between
them made him afraid to continue to
provoke Jasper..
After taking a deep breath, Dean gritted
his teeth and said, “Mr. Laine, I didn’t
mean that. I said the wrong things and I
apologize for that.”
“No need to apologize.”
Jasper saw Dean turning pale, so he did
not continue to embarrass him.
Jasper was very busy now. He was
required to make decisions and strategies
for all kinds of things. At this moment,
Jasper was the most fed up with people
like Dean who would play cheap tricks
with him.
Hence, he decided to give Dean a warning
with an initial show of strength right
from the beginning. At the very least,
Jasper would let Dean know that he was
the one with the final say here.
Now that the desired effect had been
achieved, he did not need to be aggressive
anymore.
“I understand your worries and concerns
very well. If I can help you, I will
definitely not stand idly by, for example,
with the textile companies. If I didn’t
provide help in the morning, you would
all be finished.
“But whether it was on the forum at that
time or here now, I will still say the same
thing, and that is my ability is limited. At
the moment, we are surrounded by
powerful enemies and the enemies are
stronger than ours in terms of experience
and capital reserves, so it’s impossible to
only count on me to save the market.
“Therefore, by my calculations, even if we
end up defeating Wall Street, we can’t
retreat completely because we will still
have to pay the necessary price.”
Dean tried to calm down. Then, he said, ”
The Chamber of Commerce and I
understand this, but please, Mr. Laine,
you must retain as much of the blood and
sweat of the Haddock Chamber of
Commerce as possible.
“At the end of the day, the Haddock
Chamber of Commerce is not that bad.
Everyone is honest and responsible when i
t comes to doing business. It is not easy
for any of them to support their families. I
f the Chamber of Commerce, which has
been passed down for hundreds of years
collapses, it will develop into a precarious
situation which won’t be good for
anyone.”
Jasper gave Dean a deep look and said, “I
know.”
After speaking, Jasper saw that there was
only a few minutes before the opening.
Hence, he got up and said, “I’m going to
work now. You can come along if you are
interested.”
“Can I?”
Dean looked at Jasper in surprise.
Even fools could see how important the
command center of Nauritus City was.
The security center below and outside of
the entire building, as well as the 24-hour
police patrol was proof that there was no
room for error.
As for the command center, it would be
impossible to enter without Jasper’s
approval or if they were not the core
figures surrounding Jasper.
Before this, Dean had not really thought
that Jasper would agree to let him enter
the command center that was almost
mythical to the outside world.
“Why not? There is nothing shameful
about it. Will you become a spy and
contact the enemies from the inside
again?” Jasper asked rhetorically.
Dean smiled bitterly and said, “Anyone
can be a spy except me.”
Jasper smiled. In a sense, Dean’s words
were not exaggerated.
The Chamber of Commerce certainly had
its drawbacks, but it also had an
advantage. The organization of the Chamber of Commerce deeply binded the
interests of every member to this country.
Doing things that damaged the national interests would not do any good to the Chamber of Commerce and it would do nothing to the members of the chamber. Hence, they tend to have higher loyalty to the country than some individual companies.
This was even more true for the Haddock Chamber of Commerce. In the early stages of the reformation and
opening up, when the national economy was still lagging, the rise of the Haddock Chamber of Commerce was earlier than that of the River City Chamber of Commerce or Canter Chamber of Commerce, and their contributions were even greater. Even Jasper, who did not like the Haddock Chamber of Commerce that much, had to recognize this fact.
When Jasper took Dean to the command center, Baz and the others just glanced at Dean, and then continued on with their business.
Meanwhile, Dean looked at the busy team
with emotion.
To be honest, if it were not for what
happened before, he might have been a
frequent visitor here.
Furthermore, this place could even be said
to be the current financial command
center of Somerland.
The rise and fall of the financial market
could be determined with one word in this
several hundred square meter area.
Moreover, it was the man in front of him,
Jasper, who made these decisions.
There were not many surprises during the
opening this afternoon.
Soros’ attack on the Haddock Chamber of
Commerce continued, but the futures
market was calmer than before. It even
felt like the calm before the storm.
It could be said that the timid ones and
the ones with insufficient funds had
already fled, whether in the stock market,
or specifically, the futures market.
The remaining players were either the ones who were strong enough to fight, not afraid of death, or players who had been trapped in a high position and could only beg for a miracle.
Thus, the entire financial market seemed
extremely calm before Jasper and Soros
started their fight.
Everyone was accustomed to the big fluctuations. It could even be said that they were numb to it.
The two sides of the futures market were standing still, while the stock market was a bit turbulent.
Soros was still pushing the stock prices belonging to the Haddock Chamber of Commerce while Jasper adopted measures appropriate to the actual situation and only protected the life and death of the textile company. As for the rest, he would not even bother about them.
Even so, Jasper’s defenses still seemed too passive and weak under the pressure of Soros’ powerful funds.
So, when the market closed in the afternoon, not only did the traditional
core businesses of the Haddock Chamber o f Commerce, such as wood, furniture, and tea, reach their limit downs, even the stocks of two listed companies in the textile industry were forced to a limit down.
Jasper was helpless even if he had the
intention to help when he looked at the
millions of limit-down orders.
At this time, anyone could clearly see a very obvious situation developing, that was, under Soros’s reckless attack, even Jasper could not turn the situation around.
After all, in the capital market, when the size was large enough and it was this kind of obvious offensive and defensive situation between the two sides, it was not a battle of skills or luck anymore. Instead, they were competing with their backgrounds. To put it more plainly, it was a fight between who had the most money.
If they did not have enough money, they would go short if the enemy went short, and go long if the enemy went long. Even if Jasper was the real stock god in this world, he would not get anywhere without his equipment. Therefore, he could only watch as the companies fell to their limit downs one by one.
