“Forget the fact that you’re dominating everything, Jasper, but you’re not even going to give others a chance to make money? Aren’t you afraid that your ruthlessness will come and bite you back in the *ss?”
Conrad’s gaze darkened as he roared. He felt the urge to punch Jasper in the face.
Jasper looked at him confusedly and asked, “What do you mean? You’re making this into more of an issue than it is, Mr. Monty. I don’t think I follow.”
“Stop f*cking pretending to be clueless!” Conrad roared.
“We’re all intelligent people here, what’s the point of this clueless act of yours?
“What’s the meaning behind the official music library, huh? Tell me what MP3 player doesn’t need to download music! You’re just trying to make the entire market yours with that official music library and wanting to attack pirated sites, aren’t you?!”
Conrad was infuriated when he thought about how the mountain of goods in his warehouse was done for and could not be sold. It was a loss not even the Monty family could endure.
Coupled with the aluminum mine incident, Jasper had struck the Monty family hard twice.
‘The Monty family is rich, but it can’t take such a series of attacks.’
At that train of thought, Conrad felt like his heart had been pierced through with needles.
“Weren’t you the one who kept saying I have to do things legally, Mr. Monty? Supporting the official version and ownership, correct? Or perhaps you don’t agree with me attacking pirated music?” Jasper asked with a smile.
Conrad took a deep breath and spoke sinisterly, “You’ll anger a lot of people like this, Jasper.”
“That’s alright. After all, the official music library is free to everyone who buys Mellow. As for imported MP3 players, sure, as long as the consumers pay. After all, I need to pay my employees in the entertainment companies salaries, and who wouldn’t take money served on a silver platter?” Jasper spoke calmly.
Conrad scoffed and replied, “Fine. So this is what you have in mind then, making money? You’re a cruel man. Fine, I admit my loss. How do you want me to pay you?”
“You’ve misunderstood, Mr. Monty.” Jasper shook his head. “I meant those with imported foreign MP3 players are allowed to pay for access to my music library. But as for competitors within the country, I’m sorry, we’re ultimately still rivals. There’s no way I’d let my competitor steal my market quota, right?”
Conrad was stunned for a moment when he heard Jasper. The next second, he felt blood rush to his head.
“So you’re just killing me off, then?!” Conrad spoke coldly.
“The market is a battlefield, Mr. Monty. I’m sure you wouldn’t have let me live either if our roles were reversed,” Jasper spoke calmly.
Conrad chortled. “Good job, Jasper! What a scheme you’ve plotted here!”
“But I heard that you spent tens of millions on your manufacturing lines, Mr. Monty? In addition to the storage warehouses, oh, and that license, you must’ve spent a lot, haven’t you?” Jasper asked.
“What are you trying to say? The Monty family doesn’t need you to pay for such a small loss.” Conrad spat out coldly as he suppressed the flames of fury within him.
“I was just thinking that if you don’t want them anymore, Mr. Monty, I wouldn’t mind acquiring all your factories and equipment. It just depends on whether you’re willing to part with them or not, Mr. Monty,” Jasper suggested.
Conrad widened his eyes. He could not believe such a shameless man existed in this world!
“You just screwed over my investment of almost one billion Somer Dollars and now you want my factory and manufacturing lines as well? How greedy can you be, Jasper?”
“It’s precisely because I’ve caused such a grave loss to you, Mr. Monty, that I was thinking of a way to make up for it. There’s nothing wrong if you don’t want to accept my kind proposal, Mr. Monty,” Jasper stated.
“Don’t worry. I’d rather lose out on all that money than ever benefit you!” Conrad sneered.
Jasper shrugged and spoke regretfully, “That’s a shame, then. Well, if that’s the case, please excuse me.”
Jasper turned and was about to leave when he heard Conrad speak behind him.
“Wait.”
Jasper turned and looked at Conrad.
Taking a deep breath, Conrad tried to speak in the calmest tone possible, “I can give you my factory and my equipment for free.”
Jasper looked at Conrad but did not speak. He knew that Conrad was not done speaking.
As expected, Conrad paused for a moment before speaking again, “But I want shares to JW Electronics.”
Jasper chuckled. “Sure.”
Conrad looked up and stared at Jasper, asking in disbelief, “Really?”
“Really, but on one condition. I want shares to Monty Group!”
Monty Group was the Monty family’s core business. All of the Monty family’s properties were controlled by Monty Group. It was a parent company, just like Jasper’s JW Capital.
Conrad flew into a rage when he heard Jasper’s condition. “No way, in your dreams! You could sell the entirety of JW Capital and you still wouldn’t be qualified to touch a cent of the Monty Group’s shares.”
“Exactly, that’s what I wanted to say as well.” Jasper had never intended to be a shareholder of Monty Group. It was just as impossible as him allowing Conrad to be a shareholder of JW Capital.
Conrad glared at Jasper and ground his molars. “You’ll get karma for being so merciless, Jasper!”
“If there’s nothing else, Mr. Monty, I’ll get going now.” Jasper shook his head. He was no longer interested in arguing with Conrad anymore.
Conrad glared at Jasper’s retreating figure and fell silent for a long while.
He clenched his jaw as a gust of humiliation and hatred surged in his chest. He did not understand why he could not win Jasper no matter what he did. Not even when he struck first.
Just then, Valentine rushed over to him. Seeing that Conrad was alone, he walked over carefully and spoke, “Mr. Monty, where’s Jasper? What should we do now?”
“News has already gotten out and the merchants already know what’s going on. The merchants have come to find us at the company and they’re requesting a refund. What do we do?”
“What should we do, what do we do… All everyone knows is to ask me what to do next. How the f*ck am I supposed to know?” Furious, Conrad suddenly pushed Valentine and the other felt his back knock against the wall.
“I got you people to work for me, not to ask me what to do!”
Seeing how Conrad seemed to have lost all rationale, Valentine sighed. He knew that he no longer had a place beside Conrad.
Someone had to take responsibility for the failure of Melody’s products. There was no way Conrad would take the responsibility, so it had to be him.
