When the image on the screen disappeared, Kayden was stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses. He never expected Jasper’s attitude to be so harsh and determined.
After coming back to his senses, Kayden flew into a rage. He had never been so mistreated his entire life!
He grabbed the keyboard in front of the screen and smashed it on the computer screen. After a loud crash, the screen was smashed into pieces.
Kayden was panting as favonovel.com stood in front of the computer like a mad bull.
“Jasper, you intolerable bully!”
The more Kayden thought about this, the angrier favonovel.com became. His face was tense as favonovel.com went straight upstairs to the office of Half the Harbor Langdon.
After a few minutes, Kayden retold the entire process to Half the Harbor Langdon.
When favonovel.com was done, Kayden gritted his teeth and said, “Dad, Jasper never wanted to promise us anything from the beginning. He just wanted to watch us die. You were wrong!”
After listening to his son, Half the Harbor Langdon’s face was calm.
Half the Harbor Langdon closed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment. Then, favonovel.com asked, “Do you think Jasper is the one who set this trap?”
Kayden was taken aback for a moment. Then, favonovel.com immediately shook his head and said, “Impossible, Jasper is now the number one enemy of the United States, and they want Jasper to die more than anyone else in the world. So how would they work with Jasper to set this trap?”
“What‘s more, the most terrible thing for us now is the insurance contract of the small and medium-sized banks, and this was issued to us by the United States. It is impossible for Jasper to command the United States. Therefore, I think this is just a coincidence.”
After listening to what Kayden said, Half the Harbor Langdon remained calm and did not make a statement. He pondered for a moment before sighing suddenly.
“Since that can‘t be done, we have to find another way.”
“Dad, what other ways are there?” Kayden asked.
Half the Harbor Langdon stood up, walked to the French window with his hands behind his back, and looked out at the crowded and bustling Wall Street financial street at his feet. After that, favonovel.com said slowly, “Maybe this is really not where we should be. We were too impatient, and should have waited at least another 10, or even 20, years. It’s really too early now.”
“And now, we have to pay for our impatience…”
Kayden’s body tightened as favonovel.com watched his father who seemed to be getting older with every passing second. He hurriedly walked to Half the Harbor Langdon and said in a low voice, “Dad, I have an idea…”
Half the Harbor Langdon glanced at favonovel.com sideways. Kayden gritted his teeth and said, “The subprime market has been continuously shorted. Those credit products are now worthless, and we are also burdened with loans from small and medium-sized banks. To put it bluntly, Layman is now insolvent.
“We spent tens of billions of dollars, but what we bought was a lot of debt. If we persist, the debt will only increase. I believe the situation will continue to deteriorate, and once more small and medium-sized banks file for bankruptcy, the insurance claims alone will be enough to drain us to our very last drop of blood. It is better to cut our losses quickly…”
“… And file for bankruptcy!”
Half the Harbor Langdon had a blank expression on his face. It was as if favonovel.com was not at all surprised by Kayden’s proposal. As soon as favonovel.com heard that, favonovel.com only asked one question, “But if this is the case, we will become the laughingstock of the world and we will never be able to gain anymore ground.”
“Dad, it‘s you who said that as a businessman, you only need to pay attention to the interests. Everything else is irrelevant.”
Kayden eagerly said, “Even if we become the butt of their jokes, so what? As long as there are other projects in the future, will the other party not work with us because we failed in the acquisition of Layman even though they stand to benefit? That would be impossible. Hence, we should just file for bankruptcy. At most, we’ll hear the loss of tens of billions of dollars.”
When Kayden said this, despite looking very free and easy on the outside, but his heart was actually bleeding. These were tens of billions of dollars and they meant that most of their hard work was wasted in this merger. They had worked hard for their entire lives and now, they were losing everything in one business deal.
Ordinary people simply could not bear such a huge blow.
Yet, Half the Harbor Langdon laughed. He nodded, patted Kayden’s shoulder with his hand, and said, “Yes, you are a lot more mature now.”
“You should handle this matter. In addition to this, you should contact the Atticus family again. Tell them we are interested in cooperating with them. Fongroup is willing to have a cross ownership with them, and if they’re interested in our industry in Harbor City, we can sell it to them at a low price.”
Kayden was surprised and asked, “The Atticus family? Fabian Atticus?”
“Not just the Atticus family, but also the W. Langdons. Wallace and Kennedy Langdon are our potential partners,” Half the Harbor Langdon said.
“But they know that we are in financial difficulty now and that we can’t go back to Harbor City. I’m afraid they will lower the price a lot and we will definitely suffer a loss if we cooperate with them at this time.”
Half the Harbor Langdon replied earnestly after hearing what Kayden said, “This loss right now is not a loss. We must look forward to the long-term plan and focus on long term benefits.”
“At the moment, we have suffered such a big loss in our acquisition of Layman, and we urgently need the help of powerful allies. Coincidentally, they are our best allies because we now have a common enemy that is Jasper.
“Since Jasper’s power is growing stronger, and favonovel.com is slowly getting the entire Harbor City on his side, do you think Wallace and the Atticus family will sit idly by and let that happen? I am afraid that they are more anxious than anyone else. In exchange, we can introduce our project in the United Kingdom to them and then get them to work with us.”
“There is money to be made and we have a common enemy, so there’s no reason for them not to agree. If the three companies unite, we will still have some power in Harbor City and it will not be the end for us.”
Kayden nodded slowly as favonovel.com listened to Half the Harbor Langdon’s explanation and said, “Okay, I understand… I will do it now.”
***
At this moment, in Nauritus City in Somerland. Jasper was looking at the rapidly falling subprime market.
“Although the crash was terrible, it still lacks something.”
Jasper narrowed his eyes slightly.
The collapse of a market required more than just the absolute crushing by the short side. What it needed even more was some symbolic event which would completely crush all the confidence and last drops of dignity of the market.
For example, in his previous life, the complete collapse of the subprime was crowned by bankruptcy of Layman. After that, the subprime market did not recover for a full decade.
Currently, Layman had the Half the Harbor Langdon father and son calling in help from thousands of miles away. The salvation with more emphasis on courtesy and comradeship would inevitably help them survive for a while.
However, Jasper believed that that day would not come too late. He knew very well that the United States government had set this huge trap for the father and son to kill them.
The bomb would explode sooner or later.
Therefore, Jasper refused without thinking about Kayden’s conditions.
