Few people knew that, by this point in the Nanomedical Machines affair, the Alt Conglomerate had bought back nearly fifty percent of the shares.
And that also represented an enormous amount of profit.
After all, less than a week had passed, and that was without even accounting for the tremendous impact public opinion had had on sales.
Even under those circumstances, the Nanomedical Machines project had brought in tens of millions of credit points.
One could only imagine the staggering returns it would bring the Alt Conglomerate once public opinion had completely turned around.
Those profits were enough to make any leading conglomerate in District 25 green with envy.
After all, the capitalists in District 25 had only held on to their positions because they possessed, to varying degrees, a keen nose for business.
Naturally, the Nanomedical Machines project's valuation had skyrocketed to more than ten times what it had been when the incident occurred.
Jonas had also successfully earned a place among the legendary figures featured in District 25's Times Yearbook.
After all, District 25 had not produced a project with a projected valuation exceeding a billion in many years.
What did a valuation of over a billion mean?
Without exaggeration, provided the project did not fail along the way, any company that controlled it could potentially join the ranks of District 25's upper-tier conglomerates, or even its very top tier.
In other words, Jonas might well have been one of the most consequential figures the Times Yearbook had interviewed in recent years.
Precisely for that reason, the reporter conducting the interview could not help feeling nervous.
Despite having interviewed many members of District 25's upper echelons, she still felt considerable pressure when faced with the young and accomplished Mr. Jonas.
And so, at the Times Yearbook interview:
"Could