Jasper smiled at Winston’s words.
One billion US dollars.
That was still an astronomical amount in the year 2001 when all currencies were severely depreciated.
Such money was enough to make an utterly poor man into the top 1% of the world’s richest people.
People slaved away for a better quality of life, yet how many people could ever make so much money their entire lives?
This was certainly a convincing price.
“That’s a very appealing price you’re offering, Mr. Benett,” Jasper commented.
Winston shook his head regretfully at Jasper’s response. “Yet I feel like you won’t agree to this business proposal.”
“Indeed.”
Jasper admitted without hesitation.
“Terizone is very important to me. It’s a major part of my plans for my business career that I cannot afford to lose. So unless you’re proposing to buy my entire future, I apologize as I cannot sell it to you.”
Winston laughed along with Jasper’s words. “That’s a very interesting way of speaking. You managed to reject me without making it too awkward. So, Laine, how much for your future?”
“Do you really want me to make an estimate, Mr. Benett?” Jasper asked.
“Haha.” Winston laughed out loud and spoke, “I hope we’ll have more chances to work together in the future.”
“I’m sure we will,” Jasper affirmed.
Jasper had begun testing online payment, be it for online shopping or for socializing online.
These were the main features that would change the rules the world played by, and Jasper would make sure all of the technology spread across the world.
Winston had made a huge name for himself in the United States and even the majority of the West, so he was one of the most important candidates for future partnership.
That was why Jasper believed that there would certainly be opportunities for them to work together.
“Then let us toast to our future.”
Winston, a great fan of coke, raised his cup of it which Jasper toasted with a cup of coffee instead of alcohol.
It was already evening when Jasper got back into the Maybach Winston had prepared for his return to the hotel.
While the two had not solidified any future partnerships, the conversation today had left the two with a chance for happy meetings in the future.
Both of them anticipated the day they would get to work together in the future.
Upon returning to the hotel, Jasper received a notification from General Motors.
Winston had indeed helped him secure a few advantages when he found out that Jasper had bought a Gulfstream G500.
Gulfstream had prepared a professional crew that would fly Jasper back to Somerland. This team would then stay to help Jasper train his own team of flight crew and teach them how to fly the world’s most advanced private plane.
This alone had saved Jasper 500,000 US dollars.
In addition, Gulfstream would also gift Jasper three years of free maintenance service, which would save Jasper at least two million US dollars.
This was an advantage of making more friends. Of course, Jasper could always purchase such services with money, but it would not be as convenient or attentive.
It had to be known that Winston was a shareholder of both General Motors and Gulfstream Aerospace, so his words were just as powerful as the chairman of Gulfstream.
With his own plane dealt with, Jasper thought of Henry and immediately called the other. He then found out that Henry had left to pick up his own Falcon 2000.
To quote Henry, he ‘could not wait to show off anymore.’
The man had taken dozens of pictures of his new plane, and half of Harbor City’s circle of trust fund babies now knew that Young Master Law had bought a private plane with his own money. If not for the fact that WeTalk Memories had yet to be a thing, the man would have been trending throughout the country.
Now that all this was dealt with, Jasper was left with one last issue.
One last and most important issue of all.
The meeting with Google’s founders.
Google!
It was one of the greatest companies in the 21st century! One could only imagine how powerful this company was.
Due to political reasons, ordinary people in Somerland might not know much about this company’s influence.
Yet outside of Somerland, Google’s influence was sensational.
It was a company that started off through search engines and its status in the search engine domain around the world was comparable to Terizone’s status in Somerland’s social networking domain.
Moreover, Google would soon play an active role in highly advanced industries such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and biotechnology.
It was as if Google excelled in every industry it dabbled in and had never failed before.
For example, Google had also decided to venture into mobile phone operating systems and the product they came up with was widely used.
The operating system went by ‘Andriod’.
87% of the world’s mobile phones in the market used this operating system.
If not for Apple’s Steve Jobs being quite the man himself, Android would have taken over the world.
Thanks to Todd, Jasper had contacted two of Google’s founders, Page and Brin. Both parties had agreed to meet in Hilton Hotel three hours later.
Jasper was confused about this.
‘I clearly remember that Google’s first office was actually one of their female classmate’s garage. They only got an actual company with offices after they received enough funding half a year later.
‘Yet the two claimed they’d arrive at the hotel in three hours, meaning they’re in New York.
‘What are they doing in New York, then?’
…
At the same time, in a luxurious office in another corner of New York City.
A young Westerner in a white suit and leather shoes sat behind his office table. The man’s features were laced heavily with arrogance and indifference as he stared at the uneasy young man in front of him.
“My father is Rogers, the president of Quantum Fund, and I’m the senior investment manager at Layman Investments. How dare you reject me and turn to cooperate with a Somer businessman?”
