Life at The Top novel Chapter 17

Hugh requested a checkbook immediately after speaking. He wrote out a check for 15 million dollars and signed it. He then slammed it onto the table.

“If you win, take everything. All this money will be yours! However, you need the skills to win first,” he said.

“Wow… Mr. Lewis actually agreed to it…”

Everyone burst out into an uproar instantly. This bet was reaching up to 100 million dollars!

In 2000, even someone with just a million dollars would be put up onto a pedestal and be known as a millionaire, let alone 100 million dollars!

Even to the high-status people present right now, a bet worth 100 million dollars was shocking!

Furthermore, the person joining the bet was Hugh Lewis. This made everything even more interesting.

Looks of excitement appeared on everyone’s faces. They all could not wait for the round to begin.

Right then, the afternoon trading session began.

The stocks were continuously fluctuating. The market changed every second. There was no way to guess what would happen in the next second.

Jasper and Hugh stood in front of their respective computers and focused on their screens.

Jasper was going through his memory in search of something. Not long after, he picked a company’s stocks.

Horizon Shares.

When he opened the interface of Horizon Shares and looked at the downward trend of the stocks, Jasper grew confident.

According to history, this stock first fell to the limit and rose all the way up to the limit. After that, nothing much changed. This was why Jasper did not choose it as one of his investment targets before this.

It was the perfect timing to use this as a bet.

The stocks of Horizon Shares had almost fallen to its limit.

“I’ll pick Horizon Shares. I bet that it’ll rise to its limit,” Jasper announced.

The audience was composed of bosses within the financial industry. Naturally, they were all familiar with stocks and knew a lot about Horizon Shares. They instantly burst out into laughter upon hearing Jasper’s choice.

“Is he joking right now? This stock has remained stagnant for three months. The dealer isn’t renewing the market or suppressing it on purpose. This can only mean that the company isn’t doing well and nobody wants to call dibs on it. If the market rises, it’ll continue falling. You’re telling me that a stock like that will rise to the limit?”

“Alas, young people are young people. It’s already about to fall to its limit. I guess he’s closing his eyes and taking a gamble. Otherwise, how would he be able to win Mr. Lewis?”

“He’s doomed. He’ll have to give up his date and his assets. Sigh, Mr. Lewis is right. Young people nowadays are too way too rash. They’ll have to lose something one way or another.”