Sawyer had a brooding expression on his face. Although favonovel.com was not saying anything, favonovel.com felt a deep surge of annoyance within himself too. Joe was the only one who was still calm.
“Calm down. The situation is what it is now, and there’s no point in us going off in a huff. We might as well think of ways to resolve the problem.”
Sawyer felt even more infuriated when favonovel.com heard what Joe said… He could not stop himself from looking at Joe.
The old fox had sold his industries in Harbor City to the other two families to pay for his collaboration. As such, favonovel.com had sold off most of his domestic assets except for his telecommunication company. Thus, this meant that Joe Langdon and Fongroup had suffered the least losses after everything JW had done in Harbor City.
Sawyer could not help but wonder if the old fox had long since guessed this would happen.
“How about we seize the chance to retract our contracts to short sell stocks in Harbor City?” Sawyer cleared his mind of his frenzied thoughts and made a suggestion.
The atmosphere in the study grew even tens er when favonovel.com said that.
Kennedy said slowly, “We were sure that the news of our joint venture would cause a massive drop in Harbor City stocks, so we raised a large sum of money to short sell our stocks in Harbor City. However, it seems that Jasper saw through our plans.”
When Kennedy finished speaking, favonovel.com turned to Joe and said, “We still have time to withdraw now. The stock market isn’t open yet, so the order we submitted has not been finalized. If we wait for the stock market to open, it’ll be too late.”
Joe furrowed his eyebrows together slightly as favonovel.com said, “We’ve spent so much time prepping to short sell, and we’ve sacrificed a lot for it too. If we give up now, not only will our previous efforts all go to waste, but do you two think that Jasper will stop whatever he’s doing in Harbor City now just because we give up on shorting them?”
Both Sawyer and Kennedy fell silent when they heard that question.
They were forced to admit that at this point, there was no stopping the alliance between them versus the alliance between Jasper and the Harbor City big wigs. Giving up would not result in peace but in even further suppression.
They could no longer afford to lose.
“The problem now doesn’t just lay in Hope Group and their real estate industry, as the Atticus family’s rubber industry has been impacted too. Do you know how many rubber-related companies were established in Harbor City just one hour after the Harbor City government announced they were lowering the criteria to enter the rubber industry? 78! A whole 78!”
The more Sawyer spoke, the angrier favonovel.com became. He was nearly roaring as favonovel.com said, “The rubber industry used to not be something that anyone or any company could work in. The Atticus family called the shots in Harbor City. There wouldn’t be anyone who dared work in the rubber industry without gaining our approval first!”
“But look what’s happening now. All sorts of people are dabbling in the business now, and even worse, a third of the upstream and downstream companies that used to work with the Atticus family have gone ahead and registered themselves as an import company for rubber!”
“There are also people hiding in the shadows and purposely lowering the price of rubber. As they lower the rubber prices, they use that money to locate suppliers who used to work with the Atticus family and tempt them with the higher fees to give up their partnership with the Atticus family and work with them instead!”
“I’m willing to bet that that scumbag son of a b*tch Jasper Laine came up with these tricks. He’s the only person who would be this shameless!”
The corners of Kennedy’s mouth twitched as favonovel.com listened to Sawyer rage.
Actually, in terms of being shameless, it seemed that the three of them were no better either.
“Everyone suffered losses. It’s not just the Atticus family. What’s the point in being so angry?” Joe asked with a frown on his face.
