What were trust fund babies?
Henry was the epitome of one.
‘Work for me, and I will reward you.
‘Yet the moment you’re unable to do your part well, I’ll screw you over.’
While it may sound like a simple piece of logic, it was in truth filled with bossiness and arrogance.
They did not fear revenge. In fact, revenge was welcome. ‘Go ahead. Let’s fight, shall we? Let’s compete to see who has the more formidable parent.’
There was no way Colin could compete with Henry’s parents, so after a moment of pondering, he smiled bitterly and replied, “Mr. Law, what else can I do but listen when you’ve already made it so clear?”
Henry’s expression finally brightened as he laughed out loud. “There we go. Here, come, Mr. Walter, let’s have a drink. As for tonight, don’t be in such a rush to return, okay? Let me make preparations.”
Colin immediately raised his glass and replied, “Next time, Mr. Law. I’ll treat you next time. The issue now is to make a stand, isn’t it? So I’ve got to go back and make preparations in advance. I’m not the only employee in the office, after all.”
Henry was very understanding and nodded. “Sure. I like your attitude toward work, Mr. Walter.”
After eating their fill, Jasper and Henry sent Colin off.
“Mr. Laine, Mr. Law, there’s no need to send me off any farther. I’ll be getting into the car now,” Colin told the two.
Jasper smiled and reached out to shake Colin’s hand. “There’s something else I would like to discuss with you, Mr. Walter.”
After the dinner, Colin could tell that Jasper was someone whom Henry held in extremely high regard.
Even if it was not the case, Jasper was not someone he could afford to offend considering the former’s prestige in Southeast Province.
Thus, Colin replied courteously, “Do tell, Mr. Laine. I’m listening.”
“It’s for your sake as well, Mr. Walter,” Jasper smiled and spoke, “If I’m right, Conrad must’ve been contacting you over the past few days, right?”
Colin smiled bitterly.
To be frank, Colin would undoubtedly choose Conrad if it were a choice between him and Jasper. It was Henry’s existence and his hold over his only daughter’s family that he had to concede.
“Indeed. But don’t worry, Mr. Laine. I definitely won’t contact him in the future anymore,” Colin promised.
Jasper shook his head instead and replied meaningfully, “Actually, what I wanted to say was please feel free to agree to whatever requests Conrad asks of you, Mr. Walter.”
“The Monty family is very prominent in Southeast Province and I fear for your position should you end up offending him.”
Hearing Jasper, Colin was stunned.
Honestly speaking, if possible, Colin was very much open to the idea of not taking the dangerous role of being the mining company’s general manager. Being a simple chief in some other company was a much better option.
However, Jasper’s words swarmed Colin with a feeling he had never once felt in more than half his life of working in the system.
“What do you mean, Mr. Laine?” Colin asked dumbfoundedly.
Jasper smiled. “You’re a smart man, Mr. Colin. I’m sure you understand what I’m trying to say. Two days, at most. Two more days and all of this will be over. I promise to return the favor once all of this is over, Mr. Walter.”
Colin looked at Jasper with a deep gaze. Before this, the reason why he had agreed to stand on Jasper’s side on the Skyward Aluminum incident was that he was terrified of Henry’s threats.
However, Colin now truly believed that the so-called genius from Southeast Province that appears once every half a century might truly be thrown off his high horse by Jasper.
No matter what, Colin still had to decide. Naturally, he would stand on Jasper’s side since the odds were in his favor.
Colin clenched his jaw and spoke, “I know what to do, Mr. Laine.”
Jasper smiled as he opened the car door for Colin who thanked him with a bow before getting into the car.
Watching Colin’s car vanish into the distance, Henry suddenly sighed.
“What’s wrong?” Jasper asked.
“Motherf*cker! Seriously, if not for the fact that it’d obstruct your plans, I really wish he’d say no. The number of people who’d risk disrespecting me now is dwindling. What a bunch of cowards.”
Henry did not seem to realize how arrogant and irking his words were.
Then, Henry turned to ask Jasper, “You said that you’ll finish it in two days. You mean it?”
Jasper smiled. “Why? Are you interested in this too?”
Henry snickered, saying, “My dad has actually told me so many times before that the most important thing I should learn from you is not how to make money but how to fight people.
“That’s more important than making money. My family’s rich, I don’t even need to work and it’d still be impossible for me to spend all of our money. There’s no need for me to make more money, but it’s a different story with fighting people. I want to be the number one young master in Harbor City. Do you know how cool that’ll make me?”
Jasper hummed noncommittally at Henry’s very outstanding ambition. As he walked to his car, he said, “I’ve already bought 15% of Skyward Aluminum’s shares. Conrad has been fighting with me the entire time and he bought another 5%.
“Now that I have the support from Southeast Province Mining Co., Ltd, their 30% will then belong to me. That leaves both 45% in both mine and Conrad’s hands.”
At that, Jasper opened the door and glanced back at the brightly lit restaurant. Bending his head, he got into the car and continued calmly, “Therefore, the fight for another 5% of shares tomorrow will be the most important battle of all. But Conrad doesn’t know that.
“Conrad’s lack of knowledge on that will be enough to secure his loss.
“Think about it, we’ll be fighting the battle tomorrow with the courage and commitment to end it all, while he’s still contacting Colin and receiving a verbal promise from the man. Conrad will think that victory is in his hands.
“In that case, what reason do I have to lose?”
Henry got into the car with him. After hearing Jasper, Henry felt enlightened.
Then, he turned around to look at Jasper weirdly and said, “Just hit me if you ever get pissed at me in the future, okay? I promise I won’t fight back. Just don’t plot against me, please? I won’t be able to sleep normally if you do.”
“Your dad’s rich, isn’t he? Think you could ask him to buy you a bit of intellect?” Jasper commented.
It took Henry a long while before he understood what Jasper meant and he shouted, “What the f*ck, man? Who the hell talks about their brother-in-law like that?!”
…
In the blink of an eye, it was already a new day.
At 9:30 a.m., the country’s share market A opened as usual.
Jasper sat before the computer at nine that morning. He would do the work himself today and claim victory in this battle.
