Life at The Top novel Chapter 1954

The cold sweat on Dean’s head visibly

oozed from his skin, forming droplets of

sweat as big as peas.

Dean was under extreme pressure at this

moment.

Although he knew that Jasper was only

using this as a pretext to kick up a fuss,

the huge gap in status and power between

them made him afraid to continue to

provoke Jasper..

After taking a deep breath, Dean gritted

his teeth and said, “Mr. Laine, I didn’t

mean that. I said the wrong things and I

apologize for that.”

“No need to apologize.”

Jasper saw Dean turning pale, so he did

not continue to embarrass him.

Jasper was very busy now. He was

required to make decisions and strategies

for all kinds of things. At this moment,

Jasper was the most fed up with people

like Dean who would play cheap tricks

with him.

Hence, he decided to give Dean a warning

with an initial show of strength right

from the beginning. At the very least,

Jasper would let Dean know that he was

the one with the final say here.

Now that the desired effect had been

achieved, he did not need to be aggressive

anymore.

“I understand your worries and concerns

very well. If I can help you, I will

definitely not stand idly by, for example,

with the textile companies. If I didn’t

provide help in the morning, you would

all be finished.

“But whether it was on the forum at that

time or here now, I will still say the same

thing, and that is my ability is limited. At

the moment, we are surrounded by

powerful enemies and the enemies are

stronger than ours in terms of experience

and capital reserves, so it’s impossible to

only count on me to save the market.

“Therefore, by my calculations, even if we

end up defeating Wall Street, we can’t

retreat completely because we will still

have to pay the necessary price.”

Dean tried to calm down. Then, he said, ”

The Chamber of Commerce and I

understand this, but please, Mr. Laine,

you must retain as much of the blood and

sweat of the Haddock Chamber of

Commerce as possible.

“At the end of the day, the Haddock

Chamber of Commerce is not that bad.

Everyone is honest and responsible when i

t comes to doing business. It is not easy

for any of them to support their families. I

f the Chamber of Commerce, which has

been passed down for hundreds of years

collapses, it will develop into a precarious

situation which won’t be good for

anyone.”

Jasper gave Dean a deep look and said, “I

know.”

After speaking, Jasper saw that there was

only a few minutes before the opening.

Hence, he got up and said, “I’m going to

work now. You can come along if you are

frequent visitor here.

Furthermore, this place could even be said

to be the current financial command

center of Somerland.

The rise and fall of the financial market

could be determined with one word in this

several hundred square meter area.

Moreover, it was the man in front of him,

Jasper, who made these decisions.

There were not many surprises during the

opening this afternoon.

Soros’ attack on the Haddock Chamber of

Commerce continued, but the futures

market was calmer than before. It even

felt like the calm before the storm.

It could be said that the timid ones and

the ones with insufficient funds had

already fled, whether in the stock market,

or specifically, the futures market.

The remaining players were either the ones who were strong enough to fight, not afraid of death, or players who had been trapped in a high position and could only beg for a miracle.

Thus, the entire financial market seemed

extremely calm before Jasper and Soros

started their fight.

Everyone was accustomed to the big fluctuations. It could even be said that they were numb to it.

The two sides of the futures market were standing still, while the stock market was a bit turbulent.

Soros was still pushing the stock prices belonging to the Haddock Chamber of Commerce while Jasper adopted measures appropriate to the actual situation and only protected the life and death of the textile company. As for the rest, he would not even bother about them.

Even so, Jasper’s defenses still seemed too passive and weak under the pressure of Soros’ powerful funds.

So, when the market closed in the afternoon, not only did the traditional

core businesses of the Haddock Chamber o f Commerce, such as wood, furniture, and tea, reach their limit downs, even the stocks of two listed companies in the textile industry were forced to a limit down.

Jasper was helpless even if he had the

intention to help when he looked at the

millions of limit-down orders.

At this time, anyone could clearly see a very obvious situation developing, that was, under Soros’s reckless attack, even Jasper could not turn the situation around.

After all, in the capital market, when the size was large enough and it was this kind of obvious offensive and defensive situation between the two sides, it was not a battle of skills or luck anymore. Instead, they were competing with their backgrounds. To put it more plainly, it was a fight between who had the most money.

If they did not have enough money, they would go short if the enemy went short, and go long if the enemy went long. Even if Jasper was the real stock god in this world, he would not get anywhere without his equipment. Therefore, he could only watch as the companies fell to their limit downs one by one.