Jake lowered his voice and said, “Mr. Laine, the rumors were not in our favor. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have to pay at least 1 billion US Dollars in deposit for this heavy stock which costs 2.5 billion.”
“Are you afraid?” Jasper laughed.
Jake forced a smile and spoke honestly, “I’m kind of nervous.”
“Don’t worry.”
Jasper who just walked into his office looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, and said, “3 hours till the market opens, and we’ll see who the winner is.”
The trading hours of US market stock opens from 9:30 AM. until 4 PM. every trading day without closing in between. However, that incident occurred at 8:40 AM, so it would happen in less than 2 hours.
It was already nighttime in Summerland.
Jasper asked his men to get him a television equipped with a satellite receiver in this office. He would be able to watch the US live broadcast in this place.
After adjusting the channel, Jasper threw a bottle of drink to Henry, sat down, and said, “Let’s wait for it.”
Henry could not hold back, and asked, “You’re still watching the news? Is there any breaking news today? One that can influence the stock market?”
Jasper stared at the news anchor who was live broadcasting, and replied calmly “Yes, there must be.”
Henry suppressed the impulse to ask for more answers and waited patiently.
“Things have come this far, just relax and wait.”
***
Far away in Harbor City, inside the chairman’s office of Law’s Corporation, Zachary spoke blandly to his assistant who was looking worried.
“But Mr. Law, a few shareholders disapprove that you’re releasing funds for Jasper.”
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