It was supposed to be a profitable business, but the first-generation Melody was now completely done for and the money he paid for tens of millions of products was forfeit.
This was all because of Jasper’s Mellow.
The worst part of it all was that Mellow was sold mainly through independent sales with merchants as a secondary supplier. This resulted in the embarrassing situation of Marlon wanting to be one of Mellow’s merchants yet could never be distributed a portion.
Marlon felt his anger rise and all his inhibitions replaced by courage at the sight of Jasper.
“Jasper!”
Marlon shouted.
Jasper looked at Marlon and frowned slightly. “Hi? Do I know you?”
Marlon scoffed. “How could small nobodies like us ever catch the eye of Mr. Laine and his large company?”
Seeing that Marlon was not here for pleasant conversations, Jasper replied calmly, “I’m busy, I don’t have time to waste on pointless conversations with you here.”
Jasper then tugged on Wendy’s hand and led her to the side.
However, they had their paths blocked by two snickering men. “Why are you in such a rush to leave? Mr. Bailey’s not done talking yet, won’t you stay and listen?”
Marlon walked over to Jasper and spoke enviously, “Your business has been doing great lately, Mr. Laine. I can’t help but envy you. You’re earning a lot, aren’t you?”
“Not that it concerns you,” Jasper spoke calmly.
Marlon barked back wretchedly. “How does that not concern me? The public wouldn’t be as uninterested in the first-generation Melody if you hadn’t stepped in and foiled our plans! I invested more than ten million and it’s all gone now!”
It was then that Jasper understood. This man was one of the merchants who had suffered grave losses for betting on Melody MP3 players.
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