Paulson could hear the resolute determination in Jasper’s words and looked at him keenly, saying, “I hope you win the bet this time as you’re now responsible for more than yourself.”
40 minutes later, Jasper and Celine exited the office.
Halfway down the stairs, Celine asked Jasper, “Will it really be okay?”
Jasper turned to Celine and saw a worried expression on her face. With a smile, he replied, “I think it’s a bit too late to ask this question, isn’t it?”
Celine complained, “I just didn’t want to give you more pressure. We both know that 120 US dollars per share is a very high price.”
“What’s the point in surpassing it if it isn’t high?” Jasper asked.
Celine looked at Jasper suspiciously and asked, “Why does it seem like you still have a secret weapon up your sleeves? Tell me what it is, at least then I wouldn’t need to worry so much.”
Jasper turned over his palms and smiled, “What secret weapon? We’ve already done the most we can the past few days. Whatever comes next isn’t up to us anymore. Plus, even if I had some secret weapon, there are only 20 minutes until Sena rings the Nasdaq opening bell. It’s too late now, isn’t it?”
Realizing that Jasper’s words made sense, Celine replied exasperatedly, “True. I’m just a little too nervous now, I guess.”
“Relax,” Jasper consoled.
Celine nodded and exhaled deeply before blinking at Jasper, asking, “So if you succeed, how are you planning to celebrate?”
Jasper shrugged and walked forward. “I haven’t thought of it yet. Celebration isn’t the main focus here. We can think about that after we pass this round.”
In the beginning, Sena going public had only been a way for Jasper to improve his cash flow. As the situation progressed, it now became something much more important.
This was something Jasper did not expect.
Retreating was not an option now, so the only thing he could do was walk forward and try to push Sena’s share price as high up as possible.
In all honesty, Jasper did not have the confidence of attaining absolute victory.
After all, the situation was susceptible to many changes. While Sena had also gone public in his past life, he could not compare the situation then to what was happening now. Basing it off his memory of his past life was out of the question.
He only had himself to rely on now.
As he exhaled, Jasper saw Jack smiling widely on the podium and ushering him over to ring the bell. Sorting out his emotions, Jasper strode over.
At the same time, on the second floor. Paulson was standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows with his hands behind his back. William was nowhere to be seen and beside him now stood Franklin, Nasdaq’s president.
Franklin took a look at Jasper’s figure and spoke, “What an extraordinary Easterner.”
“And very crazy too,” Paulson added.
“I can’t help but think that you’ll be wrong this time, old friend.” Franklin laughed aloud.
“120 US dollars? Are you kidding me? No way,” Paulson shook his head and continued calmly, “Or these decades I’ve been working as Colossal Investment’s president would’ve been for naught.”
“The most dangerous thing to do in the financial market is work completely based on your experiences, old friend. Being old amounts to nothing in this industry and the only thing it represents is that you lack, more than the youths, the courage and aggressiveness the market needs,” Franklin spoke meaningfully.
