Life at The Top novel Chapter 1018

The words ‘ICBS Somerland’ were written clearly on this small card made of unique material that prevented it from being forged.

ICBS Somerland’s Waterhoof City branch was clearly stated as the payment bank.

This meant that this check was verified and filled out by the Waterhoof City branch.

On the most important column specifying the value were the numbers 1000000000.00 in Somer Dollars.

With the words One Billion Only written clearly next to it.

Besides the written words and Arabic numerals, the piece of paper also had the Waterhoof City branch’s verified electronic seal signifying the authenticity of this slip of paper.

This small white paper carried wealth that dazzled people’s eyes and caused their breathing to quicken.

Ordinary people could never accumulate such wealth in ten lifetimes.

This was the year 2000. According to the domestic exchange rate for gold, where 1 gram cost around 100 Somer Dollars, 1 billion would be equal to 10 thousand kilograms of gold!

It would not be wrong to describe this sum as a mountain of gold.

Even Wayne and Jose, who had much more money than ordinary people, felt the corner of their eyes twitch.

This was 1 billion.

With this amount, Abbylon would never have to worry about funding again. At the same time, accepting these funds would immediately turn Abbylon into a large enterprise within the country without them doing anything.

There were few enterprises in the country with more than 1 billion in funds.

Despite Wayne’s personality and Jose’s wealthy familial background, the two still felt their heartrate quicken as they looked at Jasper whilst sharing the same thought. ‘Having money sure is f*cking great!’

Producing a 1 billion Somer Dollar check as if it was nothing.

Not to mention that it was verified too.

There was no refuting it.

This meant that Jasper had already anticipated Echo’s accusation, and thus made preparations to counter it.

‘You claim that I can’t even save myself because you’re holding a siege against my real estate company? That my investment company is short on cash and can’t afford to buy any shares? That I’m trying to scam them?

‘Sure.

‘Then I’ll pull out a 1 billion bank-certified check that can’t possibly be dishonored.

‘What can you say now?’

Wayne finally understood why Jasper could be so calm in the face of Echo’s provocations and clamor. From Jasper’s point of view, Echo must have looked like a clown performing by himself. He was not worth explaining to at all.

This reestablished Wayne’s understanding of Jasper’s tricks, the complexity of his thoughts, and how strong the man was.

Jasper had already predicted every last detail of Echo’s plan since the conference began and had prepared accordingly. There was just no winning against Jasper.

Wayne could not help but glance at Echo when he thought of this.

As expected, he saw a horrifyingly dark expression and the corner of the man’s eyes twitching crazily.

The man did not seem to believe what he saw.

“No way!”

Echo suddenly roared.