“Do what?” Wendy asked curiously.
She did not even notice that Jasper had said ‘Mom and Dad’ instead of ‘my mom and dad’, giving Jasper the chance to take advantage of her.
When Wendy noticed Jasper’s smirk, she realized what was going on. She said angrily and embarrassedly, “Ugh, stop it! Can you judge the situation before you get into mischief?!
“Your son needs to be disciplined, Aunt Sally, Uncle Charlie!”
When Sally saw Wendy protesting like a child to her, she chuckled and said, “Jasp did a great job this time.”
Wendy was both embarrassed and mad, itching to punch Jasper, that idiot, to death.
“I’m serious about the things I say. I’m not joking.”
Jasper stroked his chin and said, “Actually, Mom and Dad, you’re not that old yet. Besides, you have been busy working all these years and probably don’t feel comfortable having so much free time all of a sudden. So I’m just thinking if I should bring you to Brac County?”
Wendy was a quick-witted woman. She reacted instantly, asking, “Are you referring to the shipyard in Brac County?”
Jasper laughed. “Not bad. You know me best.”
The shipyard was the Zions’ property that Jasper had previously acquired for 50 million. Jasper sat by the bed and explained it to his curious-looking parents.
“I acquired a shipyard at Brac County previously. It’s a factory that makes ships. I have too many businesses to handle right now so I don’t plan to focus too much energy on that for now. But it’s still a factory with huge assets, so it’ll be such a pity to abandon it!
“Therefore, I’ve decided to send you there to take care of the shipyard. Doing so will keep you busy and it’s not even that tiring to do. You’re mainly supervising production and managing workers. It’s not going to be tedious work.”
Jasper liked his arrangement, though as soon as Charlie and Sally heard what he said, they quickly shook their heads in unison.
“No way, I don’t know anything about that.” Charlie refused.
“That’s right. Your dad is used to being supervised by others and has never supervised anyone. If you send us to a shipyard, we won’t know what to do and will only mess things up for you,” Sally added.
Seeing how his wife was looking down on him, Charlie hastened to explain, “Who says I’ve not supervised anyone before? I was the deputy captain of the production team when I was a young lad!”
“Mm, and you got kicked out in two weeks. Don’t you feel embarrassed to say that?” Sally exposed him mercilessly.
Jasper and Wendy exchanged glances with each other, smiling. Jasper said, “You don’t have to worry about your managerial roles. I’ll send you helpers. Let them do the complicated stuff. You just need to watch them and keep an eye on the products, that’s all.
“I will be the one to make the orders, and when things slowly begin to settle and you’ve also learned a thing or two, you can then take over completely.”
In fact, Jasper did not care about the shipyard at all.
It was mainly because Jasper had realized a problem after this incident.
His parents were simply too bored.
Things were still fine when they were in the countryside. They knew their neighbors and had a few plots of land to manage. Even though work was tough, they had no time to laze around doing nothing.
Jasper would never let his parents go back to farming, but it would be damaging to a person’s physical and mental health to suddenly become idle when they were already used to a hectic life.
Therefore, Jasper decided to send his parents to the shipyard near the sea to manage it. Jasper did not care if the factory was not managed well. He just wanted his parents to be happy.
Of course, persuading them required skills.
“Therefore, I’ll assist you in getting businesses this year but you still need to make a few trips yourself. This shipyard means a lot to me and I’m worried about leaving this to someone else. See, I don’t have the time to manage it, but at the same time, I find it a pity to just let it lie idle. I’m too busy.”
Sally and Charlie immediately changed their minds after hearing what Jasper said.
In their opinion, they were doing something to help their son.
As parents, nothing could stop them from helping their children.
“That’s true. The factory is pretty big. It’s not safe to leave it to outsiders.” Charlie agreed.
“If that’s the case, we’ll go over once you’ve made the arrangements for us.”
Jasper laughed. “Okay. Get some rest first, Dad. I’ll send you over immediately once you’ve recovered. I’ll leave everything there to both of you, then. Be sure to watch over it for me.”
“Don’t worry. We’ll manage it well,” Charlie said heroically.
Half an hour later, Jasper and Wendy walked out of the hospital together.
As she was worried about her husband, Sally decided to stay behind and take care of him.
As soon as they left the hospital, Jasper noticed that Henry was still lecturing his subordinates with a sullen expression.
A bunch of professional elites in suits and leather shoes stood obediently in a uniform line at the hospital yard as Henry lectured them like a father lecturing his sons.
Upon seeing Jasper, Henry finally let the matter drop and drove the group away.
“How embarrassing.”
Henry said to Jasper.
Jasper laughed. “This has nothing to do with you. You can control your subordinates but can you control your partners? Don’t be too hard on them.”
Henry gnawed on a cigarette and said thankfully, “I’m glad that this project is ending soon. I’ll soon be released from this agony.”
“Are you going back to the hotel right now?” Jasper asked.
“Hehe, I know where to have some fun. Don’t worry about me.” Henry chuckled.
“Don’t mess around,” Jasper reminded before climbing into the car with Wendy and driving off.
In the car, Wendy could finally spend some time alone with Jasper.
“You must’ve been really busy in the United States, right?” Wendy asked softly.
“It’s alright. What’s most important is that everything went well,” Jasper said, holding Wendy’s hand with a smile.
“That’s good to hear. Initially, I thought you couldn’t make it to the Southface River Project’s topping-out ceremony,” Wendy said.
Jasper suddenly recalled something and said, “Give your father a call and tell him that everything here has been settled. Ask him not to worry.”
Wendy rolled her eyes at Jasper and said, “I would have grown old by the time you recalled this. I informed him a long time ago. He asked you to drop by when you’re free.”
“Sure. I have to go, that’s for sure. The Southface River Project is close to completion, and I still have many things to discuss with him. Is there anything else happening in the company recently?” Jasper asked.
“I have to tell you something,” Wendy said in a deep voice.
“I’ve been discussing with Chad a lot lately about integrating the job title system of state-owned enterprises. We put together an idea and plan to implement ranking posts within the company.”
