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“Jasper really is Jasper. He doesn’t disappoint, does he?”
Conrad smiled’s smiled grew more carefree at the sight of the third official statement displayed on the screen.
Mitch’s eyes flickered beside him as he stared at Conrad with a complicated gaze.
He had claimed that Jasper would have Sena apply for a trading halt when he saw the second official statement, but Conrad dismissed this and replied that Jasper would instead fight back guns blazing.
Mitch did not believe Conrad at all, but following the third statement, Mitch could not help but be impressed by Conrad’s in-depth understanding of Jasper.
The smarter Conrad was and the better he understood Jasper, the more relieved Mitch became. Conrad’s knowledge would increase their odds of beating Jasper.
“So, what do we do now?” Mitch looked at Conrad and asked.
Mitch’s tone and attitude were subconsciously much gentler now.
Noticing the change in Mitch’s attitude, Conrad replied calmly, “It’s currently two a.m. Taking into account the time difference, the trading day should be ending over in New York. We’ll have to wait for the market to open tomorrow to do anything.”
When he said that, Conrad’s gaze flared with determination and decisiveness. “When that happens, our victory will be announced, and he will perish!”
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The market immediately reacted to Sena’s statement.
The most obvious reaction was that Sena’s share price immediately stopped plummeting as it began to pace very closely to the limit down price. While it was very close to the value, the price never hit the limit.
The 1 billion Somer Dollars invested to increase its shares issuance also reignited a bit of hope in the market. Many investors decided that they would watch the situation play out a little longer while some bolder investors decided to buy shares around the lower limit in hopes that it would rise again.
While all sorts of speculation flew about, Jasper got up from the hotel in Nauritus City and got ready to leave.
“There are still fifteen minutes until the end of the trading day, so there won’t be much change for now,” Jasper exhaled softly and spoke.
“You used 1 billion Somer Dollars to prevent Sena from hitting the lower limit today.” Celine was rather aggrieved by Jasper’s decision.
“Tomorrow will spell another battle,” Jasper added with a smile.
“Sometimes I really wish you’d lose.” Celine looked at Jasper and spoke with a subtle smile, “I really want to see how you’d look if you lost.”
“How do you think I’ll look? I’ll still eat and drink to survive; I’ll still sleep and wake up. Even if Sena’s share prices completely crash, I wouldn’t say that it’s a substantial loss. There’s no way I’d let go of my shares in Sena and cash out.
“Only people who might cash out their shares in return for a large amount of money will be afraid of their company’s share price plummeting.
“As far as I’m concerned, Sena itself is a money-making machine with its own business model. Worse comes to worst, I’ll just pull out of the market and go private.”
Jasper’s tone was very calm as he was speaking the truth.
“Everyone’s overestimating how important Sena is to me. I don’t understand why they think that I can’t afford to see Sena’s share price drop.
“In fact, to a certain extent…
“The lower Sena’s share prices, the more advantageous it is to me. I’ll just privatize it and pull out of the market!
“After all, the main reason why Sena went public in the beginning was to use the market and speedily raise funds to ease JW’s tight cash flow .
“Now that the problem’s dealt with, they still think that Sena’s market on Nasdaq is a weakness they can exploit. People see going public on Nasdaq as the ultimate goal, but that’s never been my target!”
