“Losing the Sunrise market means that you’ve lost almost one-third of your revenue.
“I’m impressed at how you can still act so calm, Mr. Laine.”
Yona’s words had Jasper moving his gaze to look at him. The latter asked calmly, “And you are?”
“Yona, The Presidential Assistant of Softwin Investments’ Somerland branch,” Yona introduced himself arrogantly.
“Oh, so you’re just an assistant,” Jasper shook his head. “Sorry, but subordinates aren’t normally allowed to pipe in when I’m talking to your superior. I do remember that Sunrise Land’s rather particular with regulations in the business setting. So I have to ask, is this how you educate your subordinates, Mr. Welch?”
“What are you implying?” Yona shouted, enraged.
Jasper replied casually, “As a Sunriser, not only have you been acting like you’re better than everyone while standing on Somer soil, you’ve also come to my company and caused a ruckus. Do you perhaps think that I’m too kind to kick you out?”
Yona clenched his jaw immediately. The urge to curse Jasper out was strong, but he did not dare act rashly in fear that it would disrupt Echo’s plan.
Echo frowned slightly and interrupted them, “Let’s cut the nonsense, Mr. Laine. I think I’ve shown you this time that we can make doing business in Sunrise Land difficult for you.
“Our request is simple: give up on Abbylon if you want to continue doing business in Sunrise Land.”
Echo had a small smile as he continued, “You must know by now how powerful Softwin is in Sunrise Land. If we’re able to return all of JW’s goods overnight, then we can also fill Sunrise Land’s department store shelves with JW’s goods if we so please.
“Of course, it wouldn’t be difficult at all if we also wanted to make JW disappear completely from the Sunrise market.”
“That sounds like a terrifying threat.” Jasper looked at Echo and answered, “So if I disagree, JW’s products will never get a chance to enter Sunrise again. Is that it?”
Echo clapped once, the clear sound cutting through the air, and he replied with a large smile, “Correct. I believe there’s this Somer saying, about how a smart man can read the situation and act accordingly. I’m sure you’re a smart man, right, Mr. Laine?”
“It seems like you’ve got a very in-depth understanding of Somer culture, Mr. Welch. But I wonder if you’ve heard this other saying: amicable until attacked and ruthless in our counters.”
Jasper looked at Echo calmly and asked, “Are you so confident that you’ll manage to crush me, Mr. Welch?”
Echo chuckled and replied, “I don’t need to be confident about crushing you when it’s already a given that I will. Or are you telling me that you still have a plan to counter Softwin in Sunrise Land? Are you daydreaming?”
At that moment, Jasper’s phone rang.
Jasper glanced at the number and chuckled. “This will be an interesting call. Perhaps you’d like to listen in, Mr. Welch? Something tells me that it’ll be of your interest.”
Echo frowned despite feeling proud of himself. He watched confusedly as Jasper accepted the call; He had no idea what the man was planning to do.
A moment later, the call connected.
Chad’s excited tone echoed through the speakers.
“Mr. Laine, we’ve successfully signed the contract.
“Sentel Corporation has agreed to partner with us. They’ll construct a new branch in Coreana and Sunrise Land, and use their channels to manufacture and sell our licensed MP4s and future MP5s. All that is left for us to do is to wait for our cut of the profits to roll in.”
Jasper chuckled at these words while Echo’s expression changed dramatically.
