This meeting and company restructure was in truth a chance for Jasper to completely comb through and straighten things in JW Capital and its subsidiaries.
Not only had he clarified the authority and responsibilities of each group, but he had also straightened out the system of forces within the companies.
Now that the companies could work together and complement each other, they had finally taken the form of a strong system.
There were also some more secret changes but Jasper did not plan to tell them.
For example, there was now an investment group within the parent company and Jasper planned to have Jake Cullen in Harbor City be in charge of it. Business would mainly be financial operations.
“The company’s only growing larger with each day and I’m likely to reduce my investments under my own name but do it on behalf of the company instead. This is a very important task and I need you to take it upon yourself.”
Jasper’s words had Jake feeling inexplicably excited on the other end of the video call.
He had not expected his relationship with Jasper to develop to such a degree—from being on opposing parties to him following Jasper’s orders to becoming a core member of Jasper’s company.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Laine. I’ll do my best and follow your instructions,” Jake proclaimed his loyalty.
After all, the benefits of being one of the company’s core employees were evident. All he used to get was a commission from Jasper but things would be different now.
A hefty salary and great benefits, as well as company dividends. There was no better job elsewhere.
“I’ve been hosting meetings all day so I’m a little tired now. If there isn’t anything else, let’s end the call here,” Jasper spoke with a smile.
Jasper had put a lot of thought into whether he should appoint Jake or not. After a long period of observation, Jasper realized that Jake was exceptionally talented in his field and his only issue was that he was a little stingy. Still, that was a small issue.
Jasper knew that he was not perfect, so he did not expect others to be perfect.
“There is something else, Mr. Laine. Did you perhaps offend anyone in Coreana?” Jake’s sudden question had Jasper halting just when he moved to end the video call.
“What do you mean?” Jasper frowned.
“I’m not too sure either, but someone sought me out for intel on you. Quite a few people know about you since the Harbor City market rescue plan and that person seems to be aware of our history. But I don’t think they know how our relationship is now and they asked me about your current situation. It seems like they’re looking to trouble you.
“From what I understand, I think his partner over in Coreana tasked him with this.”
Jasper frowned at Jake’s words.
If there was anyone he had offended in Coreana, then it had to be Jonathan Lang.
‘But does he have great enough connections in Harbor City to get someone to deal with me?’
“Who’s the man who asked you about me?” Jasper asked.
“Also someone extremely wealthy in Harbor City. His name is Fabian Atticus!”
‘Fabian Atticus?’
Jasper felt enlightened now.
This man was rich and as much of a flirt as Bob Lancaster. He only began to keep a low profile after he married the beautiful Miss Harbor City, Roxanne Hart.
However, just because he was low profile did not mean he was truly low profile. He still had ambiguous relationships with young models, and there were rumors about how exciting his gatherings were.
As one of the richest men in Harbor City’s construction industry, there should be no reason for Fabian to be ordered around by someone like Jonathan.
Jasper could feel that there was more than met the eye.
“Alright, I got it. Don’t worry about it anymore, but do tell me if you have any new updates.” Then, Jasper ended the call with Jake.
Jasper gave it some thought and was about to call Henry when the man looked for him first.
“Holy sh*t! I can’t f*cking take this anymore. It’s literally just a small issue and they’re looking for me? I might as well just not f*cking do anything at all and follow them every day like their f*cking nanny or some sh*t!”
Henry began to complain the moment he walked through the door. He was pissed in a way that reminded Jasper of a mistreated wife.
Jasper asked curiously, “I thought the amusement park project was done? What more is there to do than pay them?”
Henry replied angrily, “I’d be free a long f*cking time ago if I just had to pay them. We’ve already checked everything and they’ve passed all the safety measures but my dad just had to say something about the importance of safety, so he got another f*cking team from Harbor City to come check and look for problems.
“Who knows what f*cking drugs those stupid f*ckers took from my dad but they pick on the littlest of issues, oh my God. It was fine until they somehow came up with 36 f*cking things to change. It’s so annoying I’m going to rip my hair out.
“F*cking hell, I’m going to kill every single one of them when I get back to Harbor City!”
Jasper frowned. “They’re just doing what they’re paid to do. The fact that they managed to find problems even when facing pressure from you means there really is an issue. Why would you take revenge after all of that?”
Henry slumped in the chair limply with his legs hooking over the armrests. “I wasn’t actually going to do it. My dad would be the first one to get his hands on me if I actually did it. Argh. It’s so annoying!”
Jasper smiled. “How about I take you out for some fun once this is over?”
Henry’s eyes shone and he was immediately energized. He sat up straight in the chair. “Really? Where are we going?”
“Probably Waterhoof City.” Jasper leaned against his chair and smiled. “I’ve got to take a trip to Waterhoof City in a bit. I thought I’d bring you too but you’ve got to finish things for your amusement park first.”
Henry asked confusedly, “The amusement park and your Southface River Project finish at the same time, though. How are you free?”
“I just need to come back on the day of the completion ceremony. It’s just for formality’s sake anyway.”
Jasper then suddenly asked, “Do you know anything about Fabian Atticus?”
Henry scoffed. “Who? Fabian Atticus?
“That f*cker’s the same age as Kayden, he’s ten years older than me. We’re not close at all, but Harbor City’s also very small so I do know a bit about him.
“How should I say this? I wouldn’t be surprised if that guy died one day while he was f*cking a woman. Why’re you asking out of the blue?”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly. “Do you know if he’s got any partnerships over in Coreana?”
“You’ve got to ask my dad about that. But his family is in the construction business, so why would he have partnerships with Coreana? It’d be more believable if you told me he was playing with women there.”
Henry’s mindless comment had Jasper frowning immediately.
‘Now that I think about it, it’s not impossible!’
