Celine’s statements caused Jasper to sink into deep thought.
At the same time, Jasper made a decision.
When his companies expanded and recruited more employees, he had to make sure he had control over the amount of power his subordinates held.
Else, would he not suffer major losses if he ended up recruiting a woman like Celine Maynard who readily gave away 70 million dollars at every turn?
They enjoyed breakfast together until Celine received an encrypted call.
“It’s from the headquarters. It must be them informing us that we can sign the contract now,” Celine said confidently to Jasper before she returned to her room to answer the call.
Celine returned moments later with an ugly expression on her face.
When Jasper saw the expression on Celine’s face, he realized that the matter he had previously been so confident about must have gone wrong.
“Sorry,” Celine said as she sat down in front of Jasper. She sighed before continuing, “Sena’s listing has run into some problems.”
“Tell me. I’m listening,” Jasper said calmly.
Celine gazed at Jasper. Without taking anything else into regard, his calmness at such a time was already something that not most people would have.
“Headquarters just informed me that members of the board have raised their suspicions regarding this deal. They’re requesting a complete redo of the assessment to determine the possibility of Sena going public,” Celine said.
Jasper chuckled as he sat on the couch and said, “Which means that everything we did before this was for nothing?”
Celine had an apologetic expression on her face as she said, “No, there must have been something we missed. I’ll get to the bottom of this and solve this matter as soon as possible.”
“I don’t know how internal affairs at your investment company are, but it seems odd that an amazing business deal would go down the drain just because several members of the board came forth to stir things up,” Jasper said as he shook his head.
Celine hurriedly said, “Please don’t misunderstand. We just have somewhat of a unique structure at the investment company. Most matters are handled by the president, but the board of directors has the right to voice their doubts for large deals. It’s a form of insurance for the company in ensuring no problems are encountered.
“So, your insurance is to have me, your client, waste my time with you?” Jasper asked.
Celine went silent.
Realizing his attitude might have been a bit aggressive, Jasper softened his tone and said, “Miss Maynard, this has nothing to do with you. Don’t worry, we’ll remain friends no matter what. But in the spirit of maintaining business formality, I hope you’ll pass on a message to the headquarters for me.”
“Please continue,” Celine said solemnly.
“Colossal Investments is not the only company that can be Sena’s underwriter in the stock market. I believe that so long Sena is willing to do so, a simple announcement would be enough to attract major investment companies from States such as Layman Investments, Merlene Investments, Morgan Stanley Investments, and Citigroup Inc. to fly over and fight for the chance to work with me.
“It would do good for Colossal Investments to not think of themselves as such a big deal.”
Jasper did not bother trying to be nice. All this while, he had been involved in many fights. Thus, even his toes could conclude that someone was trying to sabotage him this time.
However, did Jasper care?
He did not.
It was because Jasper was not trying to leech benefits away from Colossal Investments. Both parties would benefit from this deal.
However, what was different was that Jasper could just switch investment companies and continue working happily with whoever it was. However, if Colossal Investments lost him as a client, they would lose out on profits of more than 300 million dollars and also the fame they would gain by helping Sena get listed on the Nasdaq Composite.
Ordinary profits were worth nothing to investment companies like Colossal Investments. However, they had to take on the position of being underwriter for stocks like Sena.
