This announcement looked sentimental and righteous no matter who read it. It was an announcement to help friends in difficult times and it was full of morality and humanity.
It was a touching move of lending a hand t o help Fongroup, Hope Group, and Atticus Group when they were in trouble.
Nobody knew how many people cheered the fact that JW Company was so powerful and kind-some even claimed that JW Company was a model for the business community of the next generation.
However, when the announcement reached New York and the eyes of Half-the -Harbor Langdon and the gang, they were so disgusted they wanted to throw up.
“That rascal!”
Sawyer’s eyes were red as he stared at the announcement on the screen. He was so angry that he wanted to pull Jasper out of the screen and skin him alive. “F*ck…”
Kennedy, who had always prided himself a
s an elite from the upper class, could not
help but swear at this time.
Meanwhile, Half-the-Harbor Langdon’s
eyelids twitched, and he said, “The
announcement that cost him nothing has
turned a lot of our efforts into jokes.”
The reason why the three companies
collectively released negative news was
that they thought their company’s large
share of stock value could affect the
market trend to a certain extent.
Therefore, they strived for their own
value to plunge and so that the market
would plunge with them.
When the stock price of their company
had fallen, their value would certainly
fall, but these were all book losses. If the
company’s stock price rose in the future,
these losses would be completely wiped
out.
The most important thing was that they
could get money in exchange for a decline
in the market, which was also the
fundamental purpose of their painstaking
efforts to do so many things during this
period.
However, as soon as JW Company’s announcement was made, the ever changing Harbor Stocks market immediately rebounded.
With JW Company’s foundation in making various big moves and cooperating with giants before, its name had been very popular in Harbor City so no one would doubt its strength.
So, when JW Company expressed its willingness to help the three companies wholeheartedly, the stocks of the three companies that had fallen sharply were lifted by speculators who tried to make a profit from them.
Half-the-Harbor Langdon slowly rubbed his old Citizen watch on his wrist.
He deliberately presented his watch in front of the media countless times to establish a frugal image in front of others. He understood that in this society, the poor were always the majority, and for the rich, the best way to make the poor become willingly exploited was to make them think that the life of the rich was actually how it was presented and not much better than themselves.
Therefore, everyone knew that Half-the Harbor Langdon had a piece of Citizen that had been worn for decades, but few people knew that he was one of Patek Philippe’s biggest customers in Terra.
Half-the-Harbor Langdon, who had played with people’s hearts for most of his life, suddenly discovered that there was a young man who was no worse than him in this regard.
“That announcement only had a few words and it really played with the human heart.” Half-the-Harbor Langdon sighed quietly and said.
This thoughtless sentence confused
Sawyer and Kennedy.
Sawyer, who was more impatient, frowned and said, “Joe, it’s not the time t o sigh about these kinds of things. We should come up with a plan quickly. We can’t just sit here and wait for our deaths.”
“There is no better way.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon said slowly, “N o matter how much we say or do, our intentions will be more obvious. Once we truly expose our purpose of emptying Harbor Stocks to everyone, do you think we will be able to stand tall in the global
business community of Somer descendants, let alone Harbor City and the mainland?
“This is tantamount to a fall-out, and this is exactly what Jasper wants to see most.”
Kennedy could not keep his cool after he heard what Half-the-Harbor Langdon said. He asked, “So we should just sit here and do nothing?”
“First, we’ll announce the name of each company rejecting Jasper’s so-called help. Then, I will take you to meet Half-the-Harbor Langdon said after hesitating.
Kennedy and Sawyer looked at each other and asked, “Who?”
“Soros.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon seemed to have made up his mind as he said, “It’s not that we betrayed them, but they betrayed us first. Since we want to do this, we should do it thoroughly. What’s wrong with cooperating with Wall Street? After w e take down Jasper, all of the fame, wealth, and status will return.”
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