Mr. Powers’ expression changed greatly at Jasper’s carefree words.
Jasper had only said that he wanted to buy an industrial plot of land, but he never said anything about building a factory.
The government of Reed City had also done a background check on Jasper.
They knew that Jasper mainly did real estate and financial trades. He had never once taken part in any construction of industrial factories.
That was why the city government believed that Jasper had come to buy an industrial plot of land just to wait for its value to appreciate or something else. They never expected that it was to build a factory.
While the government of Reed City did value the amount Jasper was willing to invest, it had now become a business transaction of 200 million Somer Dollars. Reed City needed funds to further develop as well.
They just did not expect such a large amount.
To have Jasper provide such news out of the blue, Mr. Powers knew that he had to make the proper preparations now.
He was well aware that if Jasper’s words came true, then a total investment of at least 700 million on a plot of land and an electronics factory in Reed City would be an extremely important business.
Ignoring the annual tax received, the most important part of this transaction would be the increased quota for jobs, and in extension, the increased businesses in surrounding areas.
It was normal to have 5,000 to 6,000 workers per factory.
Open positions for 5,000 to 6,000 workers also meant an exponential increase in profits of the food and beverage, transportation, and shopping industries around the area.
Not to mention that with such a huge factory, one would always need to buy components. That meant that the upstream and downstream companies would also shift closer to their core clients to decrease shipping and production costs.
The chain reaction caused by Jasper’s factory would easily turn it into an important weight that would greatly affect Reed City’s future developments.
“Mr. Laine, this is something we had no prior knowledge of. Please wait for a moment, I’ll immediately report this to them,” Mr. Powers spoke sternly.
Jasper waved him off with a smile. “Go ahead, Mr. Powers. I’m still discussing it with a few other cities as well, so take your time.”
Despite knowing that Jasper was trying to raise the price, Mr. Powers had no other choice but to smile. “There’s no reason to search anywhere else, Mr. Laine, since you’re already here and you like this plot of land. Just give me a bit of time. I promise to give you a satisfactory reply.’
Jasper smiled and glanced at the meeting room. “Then could you pass a word for me too, Mr. Powers?”
“Do tell, Mr. Laine,” Mr. Powers spoke politely.
“I came to Reed City to invest, and while I did come to make money, I’m also very willing to help move the economic development along. I came to make legal money through legal means, not to be treated unjustly and forced to deal with someone else’s attitude.”
With that, Jasper then smiled at Mr. Powers who looked rather embarrassed. “Don’t let me bother you further, Mr. Powers. I’ll be going in now.”
With that, Jasper turned and walked carefreely with Julian in tow.
Mr, Powers felt despondent as he watched Jasper leave.
Chad was terrified that Mr. Powers would end up disliking Jasper because of this and spoke carefully, “About that, Mr. Powers, I was there when Marcus sought him out yesterday. To be honest, I’d have left long ago if I were in his shoes. It’s understandable why he’s angry.”
Mr. Powers nodded slowly. “Alright. I’ll report this to the higher-ups first while you go and talk to him. Keep him here and interested. The higher-ups will be very interested in this.”
Marcus had yet to arrive when Jasper did, but the two other real estate companies called over for formality’s sake had already sent their representatives over. These representatives were the ones currently glaring at Jasper.
As far as they were concerned, Jasper was just an outsider Marcus was bound to kick out of Reed City. He was not worth their time to socialize and acquaint themselves with.
