“Tell me, I’m listening. Let me know what’s going on,” Jasper said while sitting down.John rubbed his face and started to tell Jasper what had happened to him during this period.Gradually, Jasper understood what was going on.The trouble John had run into was indeed directly related to him.Although Jasper had won a huge amount of money after the fight with Hugh in Royce Villa, Hugh never planned to let this matter go so easily.However, after that incident, Jasper was either in the province or Cavern City, so Hugh could not find a chance to seek revenge on him.As such, Hugh, who had lost 50 million dollars, then channeled all of his anger and desire to seek vengeance on John, who was closest with Jasper.Even though John also belonged to the circle, at the end of the day, he was just a president of Commercial Bank’s district branch. He still depended on his salary for his living.Normally, when the firms wanted to take loans, they would need to see if he was in a good mood.
“Are you…” John looked blankly at Jasper as if he knew what he was thinking about.“Hehe, do you think someone like Hugh would have a clean background?” Jasper smiled indifferently. Then, the two of them went to the Securities Commission.As for why they went there, only they and the president of the Securities Commission would know!…The next day in John’s office.Two young people who had just stepped into the real world were shaking in fear.It was obviously their first time in the president’s office and doing personal matters for the president. Damn it, they were being favored by the president now…“Do you remember now?”John’s expression looked solemn.“The account and target shares have been given to you two. When the trading commences in the afternoon, go in and immediately hammer the market. Hammer it as low as you can.”The two young people nodded in haste. “Don’t worry, sir. This is easy, so we’ll definitely do well.”“However, since we’re going to hammer the marke
However, Jasper was not scared at all. He walked straight to the private room without glancing sideways.Behind Jasper, John’s face was pale. He kept swallowing his saliva and did not dare to look at the thugs on both sides.When they got to the door of the private room, John, who wanted so badly to run away from this corridor, took the initiative to grab the doorknob.With a smack, one of the men who looked like the leader of the thugs smacked John’s hand away.“Mr. Lewis said you have to kneel and crawl into the room if you want to go in!”The head of the thugs had a buzzcut and was showing off the sinister-looking tattoos all over his arms. He snickered, and his eyes were filled with sinister glints.John was shaking from anger. However, he did not dare to say anything, so he turned his eyes to Jasper.Jasper glanced at the head of the thugs and increased the volume of his voice to say to the person behind the door, “Hugh, is this how you treat your guests?”The private room
Gulp.That was the sound of John swallowing his saliva with difficulty.At this moment, the air in the private room was extremely tense.It felt as if everyone had been set firmly in place with glue. Nobody dared to do or say anything.John was seriously scared.He was scared that Hugh would be completely infuriated and do something irrational.This place was filled with Hugh’s men, and if he really were to go insane, nobody would guarantee what would happen to Jasper and him.“Heh!”When everyone was holding their breath and did not dare to exhale, Hugh made this sound from his throat.It sounded like a laugh, but since it was too short and cold, nobody felt any benevolence from it.“Jasper, nobody dares to be impudent in front of me. Meanwhile, you have completely enraged me.”While he said that, Hugh stared fixedly at Jasper with his eyes glinting in a hostile manner.“I’ll let you guess if I have the guts to call a few of my men in here, pluck the nerves of your hands a
“Were you the one who caused Zoni to plummet ten minutes after the trading commenced?”Hugh’s furious roars caused everyone’s expressions to change.“Zoni? The one where Lantern Capital is the dealer and has the main holding shares?”“I heard in order to make back the 50 million loss, Hugh put all of his money in it.”“How could it have plummeted? Even though Zoni doesn’t have a huge market, it’s impossible to control the price without a few billion dollars.”“My gosh, they’re seriously taking drastic measures to deal with a situation.”The crowd who did not dare to speak because of Hugh were now like cats on a hot tin roof. All of their expressions started to change.Suddenly, John was no longer panicking in the crowd.He even took out a cigarette and lighted it before taking a puff happily.Looking at the crowd around the table who were overwhelmed with shock, horror, or amazement, John suddenly wanted to laugh. He wanted to laugh at all of them.These people had no idea ho
“Are you Hugh Lewis?”The leader of the team asked Hugh sternly.Hugh looked at him in panic and looked at the corridor. He realized that the men he brought with him were nowhere to be seen.Ineffably, Hugh’s expression turned horrible as if a crisis was going to fall on him anytime.“I’m asking you if you’re Hugh Lewis!” the officer yelled.“Y-Yes,” Hugh answered with difficulty.He knew if these people were able to show up in front of him, then they must already have concrete proof of his crimes.“Hugh Lewis, we have sufficient proof to suspect that you’re involved in illegal fundraising and manipulating the stock prices in the dark. This is your summon. Please come with me,” the officer said in a deep voice.Hugh gritted his teeth tightly and looked at Jasper with rancor. He growled, saying, “Did you arrange all these?”Jasper said indifferently, “You’ve broken the law, so you were simply asking for this.”Hugh roared, “If it weren’t for you, how would it be possible for t
Everyone on the table flushed red when they heard what John said. None of them dared to refute him.“Jasper, you’ll die a horrible death!”When he thought about how his high position and great wealth would end here today and what would be waiting for him was jail time, Hugh completely lost his mind.He pounced at Jasper like a mad dog and looked as if he wanted badly to drag Jasper down with him.However, Jasper stood in his spot without moving. It was because the officers at one side who had been waiting and eyeing covetously instantly tackled Hugh to the floor.“Take him away!” The leader waved his hand, and hence, Hugh was brought away while he yelled and cursed continuously.As Hugh’s voice got further and further away, the officer shook hands with Jasper and said, “No matter what, thanks for your information. If not, we wouldn’t have been able to capture him so easily.”“As a citizen, I should cooperate and help out,” Jasper said with a smile.The officer displayed a smi
“Mr. Laine, Hugh is emphatic and domineering, so we all had sorrows that we couldn’t voice out. Now that the villain has got his punishment, we’ll definitely be well-behaved.”Someone stood up and said with a grin.His words got the approval of a lot of people.Jasper did not want to bother himself with whether this man was being sincere or not.The pond of this city was too small to accommodate his growth and development. These people would be destined to live in a different world than him in the future.“Go now.”Jasper waved his hand and left the room with John.At the hotel lobby, Jasper asked John, “Do you need me to find someone to ask about your loan kerfuffle?”John said quickly, “No need. It was difficult back then because Hugh was watching me. Now that he’s been defeated, I have a great chance to get away with this. I’ve been working in this industry for so many years and there will be some older higher-ups who appreciate me. Plus, this was a trap, after all and I a