It was a guest list with more than 100 guests, most of whom Jasper did not recognize. Fortunately, their identities were stated beside their names.
It was just like Jon had expected. There were only a couple of small fries and no one formidable on the guest list at all.
Ted felt a little embarrassed. “Mr. Laine, these are all we could contact. They’re mostly presidents from chambers of commerce here and there, and some of them had also applied for an invite with us. After sifting through, these are who we have left.”
Jasper glanced at the screen and suddenly raised his hand to point at two names. “Ben Hull and Lisa Gardner, how did they get in?”
Ted immediately replied, “The Turner family brought them in.”
Watching the change in Jasper’s expression carefully, Ted asked, “Should I remove them?”
Jasper gave a small smile. “Leave them, they’re the children of the president and vice president of the Haddock Chamber of Commerce in the Waterhoof City branch. I’d say they borderline qualify.”
Ted let out a sigh of relief.
After reading the guest list, Jasper then spoke, “It’s mostly alright, but there are too many of them. Excluding the people we’ve all decided should remain on the list, cut down two-thirds of everyone else and leave around 70 to 80 of them.”
Ted was stunned. “Isn’t that too little people, Mr. Laine?”
Jasper then pulled out two sheets of paper. “Then add the names on these two papers.”
Ted took the paper and projected the first list to the screen.
It was still quite an ordinary list with Jacob, Hector, Wendy, and a few of her classmates’ names. They were all children of renowned families and were considered outstanding if compared to the others on the main list.
The entire meeting room fell silent for a few seconds when the other list was projected, and everyone gasped in shock. Ignoring the fact that their big boss, Jasper, was present.
A shocking list of names appeared on the screen.
“Old Master Law, his son Zachary Law, and his grandchildren Henry and Anna Law!”
“Spencer Boyle and his son Eustass Boyle!”
“Joe Langdon and his son Kayden Langdon!”
“Wallace Langdon and his son Kennedy Langdon!”
In addition to the four household surnames were more than a dozen other densely packed names underneath. The fact that they appeared after the four rich families meant that the rest all held some form of high status in Harbor City.
One might even think that this was a national leaderboard of rich families within the country if they did not know better!
Everyone knew that those first four surnames belonged to the four rich families in Harbor City.
Even though it had only been three years since the handover of Harbor City, the other three families, excluding the Laws, had already done much business with the Mainland.
That was to say the three families had their eyes on the Mainland and were uncertain whether it was worth their trust and investment.
Yet Jasper was planning to invite all four families?
It was something that had never happened since the handover.
It would be earth-shattering news should it come true.
Everyone was speechless as they looked at Jasper with utter surprise in their eyes.
Ryder was the only one grinning silently. Having come from Harbor City, he was well aware of how influential Jasper was in Harbor City.
The mere fact that he had saved the city had put Jasper at a spot where he was worthy of inviting the four rich families.
“Mister… Mr. Laine. Won’t the higher-ups tell us to redraft the list if we hand those names up?” Ted asked carefully.
He did not believe that Jasper would be able to invite people of such caliber, so he assumed that Jasper merely suggested these names in hopes that the higher-ups would invite them.
That was the only way it made sense.
The other senior executives let out sighs of relief. ‘Exactly, that makes much more sense. Or this would be an utter exaggeration.’
“Why would they tell us to redraft it? I’ve already contacted everyone, so just hand the list over to them.”
Jasper’s words struck everyone again.
“Just follow as I say and it’ll be fine.”
