Jasper met Hector, who was waiting for him patiently in the hotel reception room.
“What happened?” Jasper got straight to the point.
“Sebastian Walker is dead,” Hector said in a courteous tone.
Jasper was only just learning about this news. He frowned and asked, “He died just like that? Was it suicide?”
“Yes, I received the news half an hour ago. His body must have been transported to the morgue by now,” Hector replied
“What a weak man,” Jasper remarked. “Since he’s dead, let it be. What does this have to do with what you told me?” He asked.
“I didn’t expect for him to commit suicide just like that. I guess he didn’t want to feel tortured. After receiving this news, I realized that we could do a lot in this situation,” Hector replied hurriedly.
“Previously, Sebastian Walker held all the company’s shares under the name of a distant relative last year in order to avoid loan risks. I know that relative. He listens to our orders well. Now that Sebastian is dead, Kaymaroon is fully owned by him in a nominal sense.”
Hector’s gaze flashed with glee as he lowered his voice and said, “I can transfer all those shares to your name, Mr. Laine.”
Jasper sat on the sofa and looked at Hector with a small smile on his lips. “Kaymaroon’s market value is around 4 billion dollars. Although it is now debt-ridden, there will be at least 2 billion in assets left after paying off the debts. Are you going to give it away just like that? Are you not tempted yourself?” He questioned.
Hector immediately explained, “We believe that maintaining a long-term cooperative relationship with Mr. Laine will bring much greater benefits than Kaymaroon.”
Hector then continued to speak in an awkward tone, “Besides, to be honest, the two of us may be able to operate a company in the entertainment and media industry due to our family relations. However, we have no idea how to operate a company in the supermarket industry. Furthermore, Kaymaroon is such a large-scale company.”
Jasper stared at Hector without responding. He seemed to be gauging the legitimacy of his words.
Hector’s heart lurched as he felt Jasper’s intense gaze fixated on him.
The truth was, before they came over, the Combe brothers and their father had discussed how best to deal with Kaymaroon.
The brothers had initially proposed taking the entire company for themselves. Even if they did not know how to operate it, they could still earn a large sum of money by selling it off.
However, this proposal was firmly opposed by Hendrik Combe.
From his perspective, this was an investment, or an entry permit. It was a ticket to board a big ship in the form of Jasper Laine!
The Combes would obtain greater benefits than this in the future.
Hendrik was quick to reject their proposal as he had way more experience than both of his sons. Furthermore, he was in a sensitive position, thus he had access to a lot of information that others did not.
Therefore, he understood just how terrifying the power that Jasper wielded was.
Hector also did not tell Jasper about something more important.
Jasper simply wanted to bring down Sebastian Walker. However, nobody knew about his true intentions when it came to Kaymaroon.
If the Combes angered Jasper by keeping Kaymaroon for themselves, what could they do?
Hector had thus decided to look for Jasper due to his worries and considerations.
“I’ll give you two choices,” Jasper said.
Hector raised his head to look at Jasper. The heaviness in his heart gradually vanished. It seemed like he had made the right move this time.
“Firstly, I could invest 1 billion dollars to acquire Kaymaroon’s shares. Although its market value is at least 2 billion dollars, it won’t be easy to sell the company off. Since this is the case, you guys won’t lose any money.
“Secondly, you can merge the entertainment company under the both of your names into Easy Media, and I will allocate 30% of the shares of Easy Media to the two of you.”
Even a fool knew that it would be wiser to choose the first choice. It was a cash transaction whereby they would gain both money and goods.
Nevertheless, Hector responded without hesitation, “I choose the second choice!”
If he chose the first choice, it would be a one-off transaction between both parties. After the transaction, they would both go their separate ways.
However, things would be different if he chose the shares. The Combes appeared to have lost out if they took the second choice, but Hector knew that Easy Media would become one of the country’s largest entertainment companies in the long term.
When that time comes, owning 30% of the company’s shares would be beyond valuable.
