Jasper’s current financial situation was not complicated. He had about six billion dollars in funds in his investment company.
He had another billion dollars from his long-term investments in the country’s stock market.
He also had a little more in Harbor City, around four billion dollars.
Moreover, he had around 1.5 billion dollars in cash in his personal account.
Which meant Jasper could procure only 12.5 billion dollars if he did not sell any of his existing assets.
It was already a shocking number.
However, he had to take out 1.5 billion dollars from that 12.5 billion a couple of days later to pay Waterhoof City Hall as a deposit for the 266 commercial properties he had purchased on Golden Pedestrian Street.
Thus, Jasper would only have, at most, 11.1 billion dollars left.
It was still a mind-blowing number.
However, it was far from enough to construct the building that would require at least 25 billion dollars.
It was the first time Jasper was feeling poor since his reincarnation.
It was this sense of urgency from feeling poor that had Jasper in such a rush to travel to Coreana to obtain the agent rights for United Legends and the patent for the MP3 player.
These two projects would generate huge profits for Jasper within the next two years.
“Mr. Morgan, an architect is supposed to stick to the person in charge’s requests as closely as possible to complete the design, not worry about their financial status,” Jasper said as he smiled.
Grant laughed and said, “Mr. Laine, please don’t misunderstand. I just meant that I could come up with an even more radical design if you have the sufficient funds.”
“I wouldn’t want to design the tallest building in the world if I was being conservative, would I?” Jasper asked.
Grant’s eyes lit up. He could not care less about how much money Jasper had and whether he would go into debt by constructing this building. All he needed was a moneymaker who would fund his lifelong dream in architecture and let him work to his heart’s content for once.
“Mr. Laine, I understand what you mean now. I must say you’re one of the most special people of Somer descent that I’ve ever met. I have a feeling that we’ll not only be partners but also friends,” Grant said solemnly.
“That would be my honor.”
…
After four or five hours of bouncing off ideas with Grant’s team, Jasper finally got these western architects to understand how he wanted the building to look.
Grant’s team would stay in Waterhoof City to conduct inspections after this. Jasper could not get involved in this.
Jasper was satisfied when Grant’s team promised him they would come up with a design draft by the end of the month at the very latest. Taking Julian with him, the two boarded the plane to Coreana.
Nearly at the same time when Jasper and Julian were boarding the plane…
In an office in Coreana that belonged to the person who invented the MP3 player, Damond Golding.
“Mr. Conrad Monty, congratulations on obtaining the patent to sell MP3 players within Somerland.”
After exchanging contracts, Damond laughed and clapped Conrad on the shoulder as he spoke.
The patent fee cost 80 million US dollars, and Conrad would have to pay a commission fee of one US dollar for every MP3 player he produced.
These terms were enough for Damond to treat Conrad as his closest business partner.
Although the MP3 player had only recently started gaining popularity, the majority of the people had yet to fully accept this product. Additionally, Somerland’s level of consumption was still extremely low, which was why Damond had not expected to earn much from selling the patent.
However, Conrad’s generosity managed to both shock and surprise him.
