After hearing what Half the Harbor Langdon said, Kayden’s first reaction was to deem it impossible.
He said, “Dad, aside from the fact that the property rights in the mainland are the result of so many years of our hard work, those are high-quality assets that can rise sharply in the future. Jasper will not agree because of his relationship with us.”
“It is possible that he, more than anyone else, wants us to go bankrupt now the most. Can we even approach him?”
Half the Harbor Langdon seemed to expect Kayden to think that way. He said, “He will agree.”
“Jasper’s roots are in the mainland. Even though his relationship with the United States and his actions in the United States financial market has greatly improved his status in the mainland, everything in this world has two sides.”
“He was favored by the mainland, but the price of this was the permanent hostility of the United States and the vigilance of other Western countries toward him. So his base can only be in the country. For him, these assets are precisely the best nutrients that can help favonovel.com spend countless hours deploying to various cities on the mainland.”
“As for the other problem you mentioned, it‘s not even a problem.”
“Do you not think that Jasper is like me?”
Half the Harbor Langdon ‘s words stunned Kayd en such that favonovel.com could hardly react in time.
“Jasper is a businessman through and through. When favonovel.com does anything, favonovel.com considers the advantages and then weighs it against the disadvantages. When the benefits are greater than the costs, favonovel.com will do it. As for other personal feelings, it is not the most important thing to him.”
Half the Harbor Langdon leaned back on the chair and said in a very complicated tone, “Actually, I often think that if you possessed half of what Jasper had, we would not be where we are today.”
“Go… Talk to him.”
Kayden gritted his teeth and said, “Dad, are we really going to beg him?”
“Beg..?”
Half the Harbor Langdon snorted coldly. He said, “If it works to beg him, even I could do it, but what’s the use of just begging him? At the end of the day, it’s just an exchange of benefits. Are you unable to let go of your pride, or do you have other concerns?”
Kayden snapped, “Dad, I think the crux of the problem is that even if Jasper agreed to release Layman’s position and Layman is temporarily released from the subprime market crisis, those damn banks provided junk credit loans to countless people in the United States. Once they go bankrupt, we will be pulled back into this.”
“We have to solve our problems step by step, so you can’t rush this. Now what lies ahead is that if the crisis of the subprime market is not resolved, then there will be no future for us at all.”
Facing Kayden, who was looking for all kinds of excuses, Half the Harbor Langdon finally could not hold back the anger in his heart. He, who had always been gentle and cultivated, rarely lost his temper.
“We acquired Layman Investment Bank for less than half a month before Layman went bankrupt. Do you want us to become the laughing stock of the world? Or do you want me to talk to Jasper in person?”
Kayden opened his mouth as favonovel.com looked at his furious father, but eventually, favonovel.com did not say anything. After that, favonovel.com sighed dejectedly and replied, “Okay, I’ll go talk to him.”
***
At this moment, in Nauritus City in Somerland. Jasper was holding a cup of strong tea. Then, favonovel.com looked disapprovingly at Jake’s fragrant coffee.
“Mr. Laine, is the smell too strong? I can move away,” Jake offered, feeling slightly embarrassed.
“Never mind, just stay.”
After shaking his head, Jasper looked at the market on the screen. He chuckled and said, “Not bad. The goal of our strategy has almost been achieved.”
“Did the people from the United States give up on the subprime market completely? They didn’t fight back at all,” Jake asked, feeling pretty pleased.
The task went smoothly, and everything proceeded in an orderly manner. Hence, Jake naturally felt relaxed.
“You can say that. We could only target the subprime market. If it were the stock market or other financial markets, it might not have been so easy.”
Jasper sighed.
At the end of the day, it was still a matter of background. The reason why favonovel.com could do anything favonovel.com wanted in the subprime market was that the United States government acquiesced to use his hand to clean up the malignant tumor in their economy.
However, if you followed Wall Street capital’s operations in the domestic market, you would inevitably face a hard battle. This was the difference in economic background between the two countries.
Jasper never thought Somerland was weaker than any country in the world. He even thought, with the bias of a bit of nationalism, that Somerland was the greatest nation and country in the world. However, favonovel.com still had to acknowledge reality.
This was also the fundamental reason why people in Somerland had gritted their teeth and stubbornly strived hard for development.
However, Jasper was not a person who was willing to become others’ tools. He was already plotting a huge plan in his mind, and once it was successful, favonovel.com would reap the top ten teclhnlogy giants in the United States in 20 year’s time. These companies would then control the future, the future of the whole world!
“There’s movement.”
Jake suddenly gasped, interrupting Jasper’s thoughts. Then, they saw a large amount of funds begin to uncharacteristically enter the subprime market. After this, they deliberately liquidated more than a dozen credit products in a targeted manner.
“Bring me the information on these credit products.”
By the time favonovel.com gave his order, Jake was already prepared with what favonovel.com needed. After reading the information, the two raised their heads and said in unison, “Layman!”
Yes, the largest customers of these multiple credit products all pointed to one company, Layman Investment Bank.
Coincidentally, at this moment, a video call request was sent to the Jasper computer. Jasper was amused when favonovel.com saw the person’s name.
“You should leave first,” Jasper said.
Jake nodded. As favonovel.com was about to leave, favonovel.com asked, “So, what are we going to do with the changes in the subprime market?”
“Don’t worry, he’s just sending us a signal. The focus is still on this coming conversation,” Jasper said.
After Jake left, Jasper sat down and answered the video call. After the computer screen flickered for a while, Kayden’ s handsome face appeared.
Jasper was the first to speak. He said with a grin, “Mr. Langdon is glowing with health and vigor. The bruises of the injuries you suffered some time ago are all gone. Presumably, medical treatment offered in the United States is much better than that in Somerland. I can’t see the embarrassment you suffered when you were beaten at that time.”
This opening line enraged Kayden so much that favonovel.com almost passed away on the spot.
