On the way back to the hotel, Julian turned to look at Jasper. He asked while waiting for the traffic light to turn green, “Should we ask Henry for help on this, Jasper?”
Jasper was stunned. “Why would I do that? He’s busy working on the amusement park project every day. The fact that he’s actually putting his mind to work is rare enough, so I don’t want him to lose focus.”
Julian scratched his head. “I just think it’s best to have a trust-fund child deal with other trust-fund children like Marcus. I’m sure Henry’s got a repertoire of methods to deal with him.”
Jasper smiled. “Why bother? Afraid that I’d lose to him?”
Julian smiled dumbly, “Of course not, Jasper, there’s no way you’d lose. I just don’t like Marcus’ attitude, and I thought that Henry would have a lot of fun stepping over him.”
“Henry won’t be to do anything even if he did come over. After all, Marcus’ family has been doing business in Reed City for decades, their influence here has already surpassed that of any other family.
“This is something that we’ve actually got to deal with ourselves.”
Julian was slightly confused as to what Jasper meant by this, but he did not think too deep much about it. “I don’t understand things like this, but if they’re going to play dirty tricks, I’ll give them a good beating.”
…
Members of Reed City’s upper-class did not seem to care about the fact that Jasper had come to invest in the City.
After all, Jasper’s fame was mainly centered around the Southeast Province, and Reed City was thousands of kilometers away. It was unlikely that stories of Jasper’s exploits had made their way here.
Even so, the fact that someone dared to oppose Marcus had indeed spread like wildfire throughout the city.
Reed City could be considered as Marcus’ territory, and almost no one dared to offend him. People would pay others to keep their mouths shut if it meant that Marcus would not look in their direction.
This was the first time in many years that someone had dared to stand up against Marcus.
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