Early the next morning, Rowan washed up, suited up, and stood in front of the mirror, adjusting his collar.Today was the day he would negotiate for the acquisition of shares.After receiving confirmation from Jasper yesterday, he immediately contacted the sellers.Thanks to the help of Warwick from the Elvis family and Assange, his image in that circle had a high degree of credibility.So, the other party did not think much and arranged to meet him directly.Moreover, he also put a lot of effort into selecting negotiation partners.Everyone he planned to meet had gone through strict pre-investigation and financial background checks to confirm that the other party genuinely needed money and had no other option.Another point was that he had to confirm that the other party truly had a strong motive to continue running the company rather than fleeing after getting the funds.No wonder Rowan was so cautious. After all, Qari was different from Somerland. It was much worse than Some

This trip to Qari was not something trivial, nor was it purely commercial.From the beginning, this action was given a meaning far exceeding commercial value.It was part of Jasper's business landscape and part of Somerland's efforts to break the double blockade of technology and energy that the United States may continue to implement in the future.Despite Qari being a small and seemingly weak country, its global significance was not solely determined by its size.It was not as big as a certain province in Somerland, but it had the fifth largest oil reserves in the world.The crucial factor was Qari's apparent oil reserves. Due to war and technical constraints, Qari's oil exploration had consistently been acknowledged as far from reaching its storage limit.In other words, if one considered its actual reserves, Qari would have a much higher ranking in the world.So, this was a strategic location for which military strategists had to compete.In modern economic strategies, the

Although Jasper was raining on Rowan’s parade, Rowan did not feel anything wrong at all, nor did he intend to take it up with him.Whether it be their experience of working together or the things they saw and heard during the time they worked together, he trusted Jasper completely now.Since Jasper pointed out an issue with his idea, he must be right.“Jasp, I understand what you’re getting at. Qari is a country full of warlords, after all. They’re unique in their own way, but they’re all essentially the same in terms of economic activity. There can’t be too big of a difference.”Meanwhile, Celine was unconvinced.She had discussed those plans with Rowan day and night.With her employment history and professional experience, she believed that she had considered every detail when devising the plan.Plus, she was aware that Rowan had never dealt with an unstable market due to war.For investment bankers like them, risk meant huge opportunity, and this especially applied to countr

They walked into the general manager’s office together.The office's interior was extremely lavish, with antiques and murals everywhere.As the son of a noble family, Rowan could recognize most of the antiques at first glance.The grandeur of this office alone was comparable to that of presidents of third-world countries.However, this was just the office of the general manager of a processing plant owned by the Kurt family.Not to mention, the processing plant was one of the Kurt family’s least profitable projects.This proved how much money the Kurts have made from oil over the years.However, Rowan could not help but doubt.How could such a big family, who raked in that much money every single day, have a cash flow shortage in their processing plant?Although there was a long payback period in oil trading, the amount of funds they received in the past should be astronomical. No matter how he looked at it, there was no way they could not afford to cover the cost of daily ope

For some reason, Rowan suddenly recalled Jasper’s hesitant words before leaving.Celine almost fought with Jasper about this back then.“But, Rowan, you have to remember that everything you do now has a major prerequisite, and that is a normal and orderly trading market.“And Qari is not one of them.”Although Rowan was sincere at the time, he felt like Jasper was making a fuss out of a molehill, just like Celine.However, he now understood why Jasper had told him this.Qari was indeed different from Somerland in terms of market conditions.This was something so crucial, and yet it was like child’s play to Amir.His secretary had full authority while he was playing around as if this was nothing.It was as if he was selling his inheritance without a second thought about how hard his forebears worked for it.No.Even if Amir was just a collateral relative, he was still a Kurt.He was responsible for these transactions, and the results would also affect his future in his famil