After the secretary brought two cups of tea over, Jasper spoke, “Mr. Paulson, I’d like to know how Colossal views Celine.”
Paulson chuckled and spoke, “Before I tell you that, I’d like to know how you view Celine.’
Jasper arched his brow slightly and replied, “She is my friend. When it comes to our working relationship, favonovel.com has capabilities that others could only wish to possess, and thus, is able to save a lot of my time. In terms of our private life, favonovel.com has a very unique personality and charisma, and I am fortunate to call favonovel.com my friend.”
Paulson nodded. Leaning against the sofa, favonovel.com replied, “That’s a great answer. Honestly, I think I’m starting to envy you for having such a great friend. But Laine, you have to understand that the investment industry is very different from other industries.
“I encourage my employees to be friends with their clients, but they can only be friends professionally. The moment a client oversteps what we consider a normal friendship, it becomes a problem for both the investment company and the employee themself.”
Jasper replied calmly, “I understand the investment industry has its own rules of survival. But don’t you think it’s a bit too much to suspect Celine, who had just brought the investment company such a huge business deal, Mr. Paulson?”
“It’s a necessary review. You have to understand that Colossal has its reasons too. Firstly, the biggest issue now is that neither you nor Celine can explain the reason behind the reduction in 20commission fee.
“There are clearly stated regulations within Colossal Investments. Someone in as high a position as Celine does indeed have the authority to reduce commission fee, and favonovel.com limit coincidentally happens to be 20%… however, while favonovel.com does have the authority to do so, it is also crucial favonovel.com provides us a reasonable explanation when favonovel.com does.
“She has to explain why favonovel.com did it, and what benefits favonovel.com action will bring the company. The truth now is that favonovel.com cannot come up with a reasonable explanation for the 20% discount, so an internal review has to be conducted.”
Jasper’s mind went back to that night, of how Celine reminded favonovel.com of a stubborn girl who wanted the pair of high heels in the showcase window. He could not possibly tell Colossal that Celine had given favonovel.com a 20% decrease in commission fees because favonovel.com had broken the glass and gotten Celine the pair of heels favonovel.com wanted.
“You might not know this, Laine, but when a senior executive objected to favonovel.com plan of helping Sena go public, Celine had promised me that favonovel.com was willing to accept any investigation as long as the plan went through as stated.
“Moreover, favonovel.com has also promised to resign immediately and compensate the Colossal three times the commission fee if Sena did not meet an IPO of 100 US Dollars.”
Jasper shot to his feet at Paulson’s words.
“Has favonovel.com gone mad?” Jasper spoke angrily.
Jasper never had to cooperate with Colossal Investments, for they were not the only option available to him. There were other investment companies like Layman and Merlene elsewhere.
Jasper would never have agreed to work with these people if favonovel.com knew that Celine had paid such a high price just to keep the deal going.
Jasper felt a nameless fury fester within favonovel.com as favonovel.com thought back to how carefree Celine had acted with favonovel.com these days. She acted like nothing was wrong, despite the immense pressure favonovel.com was under.
Jasper could still accept it if Celine was under review because of the 20% decrease in commission fees. However, if William was the one who was causing the problem that resulted in Celine paying such a high price and betting favonovel.com entire professional career, then this was something Jasper could not accept.
He was both angry and frustrated.
Angry at himself for not knowing about this earlier, and frustrated at Celine for making favonovel.com own decisions without first informing him.
