At that, Jacob forced himself to speak, “Mister… Mr. Laine, this is indeed my and my brother’s fault. Please forgive us this one time. I promise that we won’t trouble you again.”
Jasper smiled.
“I believe you.”
Jasper’s words had Jacob and his brother breathing a large sigh of relief.
“That everything you say right now is the truth, but I can’t be certain that one day you won’t think back to the humiliation you felt tonight and come up with a plan to trouble me. I told you, didn’t I? I don’t like trouble.”
Jasper’s tone was getting progressively harsher.
Jacob wiped the blood from his face and begged again, “Please, Mr. Laine. I promise that we won’t trouble you again.”
“If I tell you to leave the media and entertainment industry, will you?” Jasper asked.
Jacob’s expression changed.
The industry was the Combe family’s main source of income. He earned tens of millions of profit annually from the few companies under his name.
This was not a question of whether he was willing to or not since it interfered with his family’s roots. He did not have the right to decide.
“Seems like you won’t.”
Jasper took in Jacob’s expression and stated faintly.
“Since you’re unwilling to leave on your own, I’ll just have to kick you out myself.”
Seeing Jasper’s firm attitude, Hector opened his mouth to protest by the side, “You’re going too far, Jasper!”
Hector did not hold back. ‘So what if Jasper is formidable? He’s still an outsider and I refuse to believe that the Law family will sever ties with us just because of him.’
They would apologize if that was what he wanted, but there was no way the Combe brothers would agree when told to cut a source of their family’s fortune.
“I’m going too far?
Jasper looked at Hector intriguingly and replied in an unaffected tone, “Out of everyone here, you’re the last person who has the right to tell me that I’ve gone too far.”
Jacob held Hector back before his brother could refute and turned to look at Jasper. “We’ll apologize if that’s what you want, but I cannot agree if you want us to exit the media and entertainment market.
“Leave the Combe family some dignity, Mr. Laine. Let’s just end this here before we pass the point of reconciliation. It’ll do no good to either of us.”
“Good, you’re alacritous. I like talking to alacritous people.” Jasper chuckled and pulled out his phone.
The first call he made was to Easy Media’s general manager.
“There’ll be a meeting at the conference room tomorrow morning at eight o’clock and I want all department deputy managers and above in attendance. It’ll be a video call with Harbor City’s Advent Entertainment Group, previously known as Gladness Movies. Contact the technical department in advance so they can set things up.”
With that, Jasper then made the second phone call without even a glance at the ugly expressions the Combe brothers sported.
“Ryder, it’s me, Jasper. There’ll be a video conference at 8 a.m. tomorrow with Mainland’s Easy Media that I’ve already bought. The meeting will discuss mainly the partnership between the two media companies to develop the entertainment industry in Mainland as well as canceling the three media companies in Swallow Capital.
Jacob looked at Jasper in utter shock.
That moment, he finally knew that Jasper was the hidden owner behind Harbor City’s Gladness Movies!
Harbor City’s entertainment industry was more than ten times more developed than Mainland, and Gladness Movies was one of the top four companies in Harbor City. Naturally, the fact had Jacob stricken.
While the three companies under Jacob’s name did require his family’s resources to develop the way it had today, to compare it to Gladness Movies would be comparing a village community to an urban group.
Incomparable.
That was not all, for Jasper then turned to ask Henry.
“More than half of Mainland’s media companies are in partnership with those in Harbor City, hoping to exchange a spot in the market with resources. Could you help me send the word when you return to Harbor City?”
Henry chuckled and replied, “Sure, their companies in Harbor City will definitely be at an impasse. But I don’t think you need my help though, just having that Ryder dude of yours send word on your behalf should be good enough. Your name hits stronger than mine when it comes to the big shots in Harbor City.”
Jasper laughed and turned his wrist to show the back of his hand. “Alright then. We’re done here, let’s go.”
Henry got up and followed Jasper out. Jim quickly followed after as well.
Just as Jasper got to the door, he heard Jacob roar at him from behind.
“Do you really want to go that far, Jasper?! You won’t get anything out of cornering the Combe family!”
