Life at The Top novel Chapter 456

Dawson nodded in satisfaction when he saw how confident Jasper was.

“If you’re in the business world, you’ll meet all sorts of people, including royalty and smugglers. Competition among your peers is inevitable.

“It might be healthy competition among businesses, or it might be malicious competition with intent to suppress. There’s no way you’ll be the only person in an industry. Competition exists as long as you have peers.

“Competition itself is not scary, but you should always ensure you never underestimate your enemy and confuse yourself. No matter who the competition is, you must make sure you have a thorough understanding of them before fighting against them. Your mindset is the most important thing here.”

Dawson gave his diligent advice and said kindly, “If you’re going to take matters into your own hands, I can help by contributing ideas, but most of it will be up to you to handle.”

Jasper understood that Dawson was giving him a chance to gain more experience in fighting business battles, which was why he did not modestly decline. He smiled and said, “Alright, you should take this time to rest up. I’ll come to you if I face any further problems.”

Dawson smiled and said, “You’ve already proved your ability and vision in making money. You’re much more powerful than anyone I’ve ever met, but you still need a little practice in business battles. I’ll help keep an eye on things while I still can. You don’t need to worry.”

Dawson’s phone rang while he was still talking.

It was a phone call from the executives at JW Real Estate.

A moment later, Dawson hung up the phone. He had a grim expression on his face.

“The people from Waterhoof City are quite aggressive.”

Wendy hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong? What did they say?”

Dawson said, “The person in charge from Nauritus City’s government just called. Something about how the company that wants to develop the south bank intends to have contact with me because they plan to build a bridge across Southface River that will connect the south and north banks.”

“Build a bridge? Isn’t that what the city government is supposed to do? Since when were companies in charge of that? Our main goal as a real estate company is to earn money, and a bridge would cost a billion dollars at least. Why should we fund this?” Wendy asked indignantly.

Dawson smiled as he said, “Nauritius City’s government thinks it’ll definitely be a good thing if the south bank is developed as well. Not only will it build a better image for themselves, but they’ll also be able to boost the economy on the north bank, which is relatively backward as of this moment. There’s no reason why they wouldn’t want us to collaborate.

“This bridge is probably one of the things the real estate agents at Waterhoof City used to tempt the city hall.”

Jasper laughed lightly as he said, “How calculating of them. They’ll be the only ones gaining benefits from this bridge, but they want us to fund a portion of it as well. In the end, we’ll have paid for nothing while they get all the credit. Do they think everyone else is a fool?”

Dawson nodded. He was deeply impressed.

He said in a low voice, “But either way, developing the north bank is a project that neither Nauritius City’s government nor the Southeast Province City’s government can reject as it will boost their economy. We’ve already gotten the shorter end of the stick.”

“It doesn’t matter. They can approach us all they like. When will that happen?” Jasper asked.

If Ian and Norman were going to drive up to his door, there was no reason for Jasper to cower behind the door.

Thus, Jasper had never considered rejecting the approach.