“How pedantic!”
When it came to Sawyer, who was the weakest on the surface, Kennedy was not s o polite, so he just scolded him directly.
“Who are we? We are businessmen! Where there are benefits and interests in the world, there are people like us. As long as there are big enough interests, what are national sinners? That’s just an excuse for a loser!
“If we win this time, then all of our previous losses will be recovered and the entire upper class in Harbor City will be shuffled. In the future, there will be no four richest families of Harbor City because there will only be three- the J. Langdons, the W. Langdons, and the Atticus Family.
“Why do we have to stay here now and be disallowed from going back? Why can’t our respective families in Harbor City even leave their houses? Why is no one cooperating with our business in Harbor City?
“It’s not because we did something unconscionable nor we are national sinners, but it’s because we are losers!
“As long as we win, the Laws will fall and there will be people Harbor City who will kiss our *sses. Don’t you understand such a simple truth, Sawyer?”
The more he spoke, the more excited Kennedy became. Although he was speaking to Sawyer, his gaze kept shifting to Half-the-Harbor Langdon.
He knew very well that Half-the-Harbor Langdon was the true decision maker.
The final decision had always been what Half-the-Harbor Langdon insisted on.
Sawyer was particularly conflicted. He looked at Kennedy, then at Half-the Harbor Langdon, and suddenly said through gritted teeth. “I don’t care. I’m not going to take a stand on this matter, you can do whatever you say you want to.”
“How can that be?”
Kennedy was not happy.
“It was said before that if we encounter something that cannot be negotiated, us three will cast a vote. How will we vote if you abstain from it?”
“That’s enough.”
Half-the-harbor Langdon spoke.
Kennedy immediately shut his mouth and stared straight at Half-the-Harbor Langdon.
“We’ll… not do anything about this.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon’s answer
caused Kennedy to turn pale with fright. “Joe, why? Don’t you agree with what I
said?”
“I do.”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon answered.
“Then, why…”
Half-the-Harbor Langdon sighed. This sigh interrupted Kennedy’s question.
“You guys forgot about one thing…
“There have been several times when we all agreed that Jasper’s odds of winning were infinitely small and that it is almost
impossible for him to make a comeback, but what happened in the end? The person who opposes him suffered a big loss every time. Among us, we have no less than two losses against Jasper, and those losses were huge.
“This situation is also very similar to the previous ones. No one thinks that Jasper can succeed. Whether it is from history or data analysis, Jasper is bound to lose, but Jasper seemed to exist only to break through everyone’s experience and what
everyone’s accustomed to.
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