On the way back to the hotel, Julian turned to look at Jasper. He asked while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, “Should we ask Henry for help on this, Jasper?”
Jasper was stunned. “Why would I do that? He’s busy working on the amusement park project every day. The fact that he’s actually putting his mind to work is rare enough, so I don’t want him to lose focus.”
Julian scratched his head. “I just think it’s best to have a trust-fund child deal with other trust-fund children like Marcus. I’m sure Henry’s got a repertoire of methods to deal with him.”
Jasper smiled. “Why bother? Afraid that I’d lose to him?”
Julian smiled dumbly, “Of course not, Jasper, there’s no way you’d lose. I just don’t like Marcus’ attitude, and I thought that Henry would have a lot of fun stepping over him.”
“Henry won’t be to do anything even if he did come over. After all, Marcus’ family has been doing business in Reed City for decades, their influence here has already surpassed that of any other family.
“This is something that we’ve actually got to deal with ourselves.”
Julian was slightly confused as to what Jasper meant by this, but he did not think too deep much about it. “I don’t understand things like this, but if they’re going to play dirty tricks, I’ll give them a good beating.”
…
Members of Reed City’s upper-class did not seem to care about the fact that Jasper had come to invest in the City.
After all, Jasper’s fame was mainly centered around the Southeast Province, and Reed City was thousands of kilometers away. It was unlikely that stories of Jasper’s exploits had made their way here.
Even so, the fact that someone dared to oppose Marcus had indeed spread like wildfire throughout the city.
Reed City could be considered as Marcus’ territory, and almost no one dared to offend him. People would pay others to keep their mouths shut if it meant that Marcus would not look in their direction.
This was the first time in many years that someone had dared to stand up against Marcus.
This news had caused an uproar among Reed City’s upper-class.
After some investigation, they discovered that Jasper was a businessman from the Southeast Province and had come to Reed City to invest in a plot of land so he could build a factory.
When it came to the conflict between Marcus and Jasper, no one bothered placing bets on the latter.
At that moment, Jasper had received Chad’s office notice at the hotel.
The auction would begin at eight tomorrow morning in the City Hall’s meeting room.
It was natural that the City Government did not want to make the reality of the situation so blatant, so they also called in two other real estate companies to join the bid, for formality’s sake.
Despite this, everyone knew that the main competition was between Jasper’s JW Electronics and Marcus’ Fortune Co., Ltd.
At the same time, in a hotel’s deluxe suite, Marcus was busy smoking and playing poker with a few of his friends when he received the notice.
Smoke creeped around the room and Marcus squinted as the smoke irritated his eyes. He took a look at his cards and folded upon seeing that he had a bad hand. Marcus growled, “Sigh. Seriously guys, it’s almost like my name doesn’t hold the same power here in Reed City anymore.”
The three other young men playing with him had were also trust-fund children like Marcus. Their fathers and grandfathers were friends with Marcus’ and they were also business partners that had worked together for years.
Their relationship was an extension of their elders and came purely from personal connections. It was a tight-knit group made out of people who shared a common interest.
The man sitting opposite Marcus was around one hundred and ninety centimeters tall, a broad and sturdy man who went by the name Ned Adkins. Ned snickered, causing a fierce smile to appear on his tanned and firm face.
Ned lazily folded his cards next. “It’s not like this is the first time we’re dealing with stupid outsiders. Just tell us if you need money, or tell us how we can help.
“All of us have shares in your company. Your problem is our problem too.”
