To be honest, Jasper was disgusted when he found out that Fabian was behind this.
He was sickened by people like that the most. Even when they disliked you, they refused to say it to your face and would instead make a move behind your back, grossing you out whenever they could.
This was as gross as having somebody’s snot stuck to your body!
This was uncalled for.
Jasper had not completely run out of options either. He could easily partner up with commercial banks like Pfeiffer and Griffin.
The only thing about them was that their scale and services were slightly limited. These banks generally dealt with businesses more, like corporate loans, deposits, and the like.
They were weaker when it came to personal savings.
Even though things changed in 2020 after Jasper’s reincarnation, it was still not enough for these two banks to catch up with the big four banking companies.
Jasper needed the interface to make payments easier for the players. If they were to take a trip to another city just to open up an account with these two banks, then this was simply putting the cart before the horse.
The players might not buy it.
These two options were not entirely out of the question either. The other party was aware of their shortcomings and would not hesitate to partner up with him when it involved a partnership that could promote their personal savings business in the shortest time possible.
Therefore, this was really not a big deal.
Even so, this was still very disgusting. After all, this was someone else’s snot, and anyone would be grossed out by it.
“Okay, I will handle this. Wait for my update. I might even need your help when the time comes,” Jasper said, standing up.
Vita knew that Jasper was about to leave and stood up with a guilty countenance, saying, “I’ll see you off, Mr. Laine. Sigh, I couldn’t even get one thing done for you!”
Jasper laughed. “There’s no need to take this to heart. I have only myself to blame for not making enough preparations and giving others a loophole to take advantage of me. You have done your best and I will remember that. Let’s have a meal together when John is free. I’ll host.”
Vita said hastily, “Oh, please don’t! We agreed that I’ll buy you a meal. I’ll be the host.”
Jasper smiled when he saw how anxious Vita was and did not insist further.
On the way back, Jasper called Jake and requested him to pull up Harbor City Trade Settlement Center’s file regarding shareholder structure as well as the internal power structure of this company that ordinary people had no knowledge about.
Jake was highly efficient. Jasper had just stepped foot into the hotel when he received the information.
After turning on the computer, Jasper carefully studied the information that Jake sent him.
Like Vita said, Harbor City Trade Settlement Center was owned by three state-owned enterprises that made up 51% of the shares. Of the remaining 49%, Joe Langdon’s family held 25%, whereas Fabian Atticus’ family held 24%.
Strangely, despite being the shareholder that held the least shares, the company’s power structure leaned uniformly toward Fabian’s family.
There were 11 board directors, six of whom were made up of three state-owned enterprises, and three were occupied by the Atticus family alone. The Langdons, on the other hand, occupied only two seats.
According to Harbor City-style state-owned enterprise, state-owned capital only accounted for the controlling rights and decision-making power according to customary practices. The Atticus family had the final say in the company’s daily operation.
That explained why Fabian could mess up his plan so effortlessly.
As he looked at the diagram of the trade settlement center’s shareholder structure, Jasper lowered his head and picked up his phone. He located a number in his contacts that had never been dialed ever since he saved it and pressed on the number without a single hesitation.
After a moment, the call went through.
