Banks and commercial companies are much busier than securities companies. As it approaches nine o'clock, the elevators in the North Tower are still crowded with people waiting to go upstairs, mostly young women with beautiful faces.
After Lu Jianchao and the others squeezed into the elevator first, when the next elevator came, Cao Mo, Cheng Xi, Chen Chang, and Yu Jing finally squeezed in.
Cao Mo thought to himself that in the eyes of outsiders, he and Li Xiaodong were just casual acquaintances. What excuse would he find later to go to Li Xiaodong's office and watch the excitement?
He then thought again, Lu Jianchao and Lu Jiancheng brothers knew in their hearts that he had come over to watch the fun, just to see their embarrassment, so it was perfectly normal for him to find any lame excuses.
"Would you like to have dinner together at noon?"
When the elevator reached the floor where Yinguang Plaza Commercial Group was located, Yu Jing squeezed out of the elevator while discussing lunch with Cheng Xi and Chen Chang.
The elevator was really crowded, and there were other people coming down from this floor at the same time. Yu Jing was squeezed and her center of gravity was unsteady. She bumped into Cao Mo's back unexpectedly, and she put her hand on Cao Mo's shoulder to regain her footing.
My chest felt a little painful from being squeezed.
She was a little embarrassed, and before Cheng Xi and Chen Chang could reply, she waved her delicate little hands, shouted "Bye", pushed Cao Mo out a little, and got off the elevator directly.
After a few people got off, the elevator became more relaxed.
Cao Mo didn't think much about it and moved to stand in the corner, holding his chin while thinking about an excuse.
There were many colleagues from the industry in the elevator. Cheng Xi didn't want to be too intimate with Cao Mo just now. Now he put his chin on Cao Mo's shoulder and asked, "Why are you smiling so weirdly? Is it just now?"
Are you still thinking about taking advantage of Yu Jing?"
"ah!?"
Cao Mo thought that no one cared about Yu Jing's chest hitting his back just now. He was too embarrassed to think about it, so he answered Cheng Xi sternly,
"What are you thinking? What advantage did I take of her just now? I'm still thinking about Lu Jianchao and Lu Jiancheng brothers. Now they went to Xinhai United Bank to find Li Xiaodong and beg him to save Taihua for the last time - you
At this time, wouldn’t it be particularly satisfying if I walked into Li Xiaodong’s office and watched this scene?”
"Can you have some noble pursuits in life?" Cheng Xi glanced at Cao Mo and said coquettishly.
"To add insult to injury and beat up a drowned dog, these are all the fun that one should pursue in life. Otherwise, why should I join in the fun?" Cao Mo joked.
The elevator continued to rise and stopped at the floor of the International Department of Xinhai United Bank. Several people stepped out of the elevator at this time, but they all turned back to look at Cao Mo curiously.
As a regional joint-stock commercial bank, Xinhai United Bank is not comparable to the four major commercial banks, but any major department is overcrowded.
However, even in the headquarters of Xinhai United Bank, where there are many beauties, Cheng Xi looks very eye-catching. How could she not attract the attention of others when seeing her standing intimately with a strange young man in the elevator?
"You go directly to Li Xiaodong. His office is on the 32nd floor. I won't accompany you there."
Although Li Xiaodong, Lin Yunshan, Zhou Bin and other senior executives of Xinhai United Bank knew about her relationship with Cao Mo and were usually very polite to her, Cheng Xi did not want to attract too much special attention among ordinary colleagues; she would now
I just wanted to say goodbye to Cao Mo directly.
"It's too blunt for us to just rush in and watch the fun - how can we do something so unskilled? Chen Chang and I will go to your desk and sit down first. If we happen to meet Chen Tianxin or Zhou Bin, we will
They accompanied me to find Li Xiaodong to watch the fun, so it's only natural!" Cao Mo shamelessly followed Cheng Xi out of the elevator and walked to the floor gate inside Xinhai Lianxing Bank.
"Didn't you just talk about the acquisition? We have to keep it strictly confidential at the moment. Are you afraid of appearing too malicious if you just force yourself into it?" Cheng Xi took out his work card from his bag and took Cao Mo and Chen Chang through the turnstile together.
, there was no outsider around at this time, so he asked curiously.
At this moment, a colleague passed by. Cheng Xi stopped the person and asked, "Where are the others, Minister Chen?"
Cheng Xi didn't want to bring Cao Mo to her workstation and attract onlookers, so she wanted to find Chen Tianxin, the deputy director of the International Department, and ask Chen Tianxin to take Cao Mo and Chen Chang directly to Li Xiaodong's office.
"Minister Chen and the others just entered the conference room - who are they? Do they have anything to do with Minister Chen?"
People who work in bank headquarters are born with a superior psychological advantage.
The man who was stopped by Cheng Xi looked at Cao Mo and Chen Chang with vigilant and scrutinizing eyes. He thought it was some kind of client who wanted to see Chen Tianxin and asked curiously.
"Oh, they want to see Minister Chen, so I'll bring them in. I don't know what's going on with them," Cheng Xi didn't bother to explain too much, so he perused the man and took Cao Mo and Chen Chang directly to receive customers.
He sat down in the VIP room and asked, "You haven't answered my question yet!"
"In addition to being able to watch every move of the Lu brothers from close range, this opportunity is not to be missed; also, I just want to show my bad intentions!" Cao Mo looked at the reception room of Xinlian Bank. The leather sofa with fine leather seemed to be
It was quite high-end, so he sat down and talked to Cheng Xi.
Although the Lu brothers have become lost dogs, and several merger and acquisition funds have jointly set up to compete for the control of Taihua Group. The main opponents are Han Shaorong and Huamao Capital, but this does not mean that they can ignore the movements of the Lu brothers.
In fact, even if many of the debts owed by the Lu family defaulted one after another, and the property rights and control of the collateral and assets gradually fell into the control of the creditors, the creditors would still be happy as long as the Lu brothers could repay these debts.
Continuation of the previous lending agreement - not to mention, there are still some outstanding debts, theoretically no default has occurred, and control of the mortgage assets has not been transferred.
No one is really willing to go through the trouble of dealing with collateral and assets whose valuations will be severely discounted.
The claims formed by supplying goods or contracting construction are more complicated to deal with.
Whenever possible, even if part of the debt is forgiven, creditors would definitely be more willing to get cash directly from the Lu brothers.
The management of Taihua Group are all direct relatives supported by the Lu family brothers.
If the Lu brothers are not willing to cooperate, even if another family obtains a controlling stake in Taihua Group, it will not be easy to rectify the management and restore the group's operations to normal.
Although they are still hiding under the water, at least until several companies formally sign the agreement, they cannot directly reveal their acquisition intentions. However, he unexpectedly met the Lu family brothers at this time, and with ill intentions, he stimulated them to seize the Thai throne for Han Shaorong.
Isn’t it natural that Hua Group’s controlling stake creates more obstacles?
"By the way, when Lu Jiancheng said what he said to you in front of the tower just now, was he also considering that you had a deep grudge with Han Shaorong and wanted to stimulate you to come in and interfere?" Chen Chang usually interacts with Cheng Xi, Yu Jing and the others.
Together, I have had a lot of contact with Cao Mo. In the past few days, I have taken over the tasks assigned by Ge Jun. I have concentrated my time on studying the complex creditor-rights relationships involved in Taihua Group and New Taihua Holdings. At this time, I can vaguely guess that Lu
Complete the purpose of what he said to Cao Mo in front of the tower just now.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This is often an unbreakable truth!" Cao Mo said with emotion.
Cao Mo was not a hateful person.
If it weren't for Zhou Han, he might not have considered letting the Lu brothers go, or giving them something left in the end - after all, that would maximize Tianyue's interests, and even if they were left to contain them, it would be better to target Han Shaorong.
Kill them completely.
However, now, naturally the Lu family that is completely dead is the best Lu family.
"Manager Xiaocheng, are these the guests who are looking for Vice Minister Chen?" A middle-aged woman wearing a professional suit with a somewhat bloated figure opened the door of the reception room, her scrutinizing eyes hidden behind thick black-rimmed glasses.
, first glanced at Cao Mo and Chen Chang, and asked Cheng Xi, "What do they want to see Minister Chen for?"
"..." Seeing that Cheng Xi was at a loss in front of the middle-aged woman with a mean face and a somewhat aggressive attitude, Cao Mo stood up slightly and answered the middle-aged woman's question, "We actually want to find Mr. Li Xiaodong."
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"If you are looking for President Li, you can directly contact the President's office on the 32nd floor!"
It was a bit strange that Cao Mo came to see Chen Tianxin first when he was looking for Li Xiaodong, but the middle-aged woman guessed that they might be acquainted with Chen Tianxin and wanted to be introduced to Li Xiaodong through Chen Tianxin to talk about something. She didn't ask any more questions, but asked Cheng Xi sarcastically,
"Xiao Zhou has informed Vice Minister Chen. Vice Minister Chen will come over after the meeting. Don't get in front of Vice Minister Chen's guests again. Minister Gu just asked you for the report you made last week! Have you finished it?
?”
Cheng Xi was not as flamboyant as Chen Chang. Although he didn't want to pay much attention to the woman, he responded perfunctorily.
Seeing that Cheng Xi didn't move, the middle-aged woman walked away unhappy.
Cheng Xi stretched out his hand to pinch Cao Mo and said angrily: "I told you to go directly to the 32nd floor to find Li Xiaodong!"
"Who is this person? How can he still make you angry at Xinlian Bank?" Cao Mo asked curiously.
"She is Wang Chaoyong's aunt. She has just been transferred from the branch below to the International Department as the deputy director of the office - in the International Department, she is the one who dislikes me the most now." Cheng Xi turned around and glanced at the door, which was tightly closed.
How dare you speak ill of that person.
"ah!"
Since there was absolutely no pleasant class reunion a few years ago, Cao Mo thought that he would never have anything to do with people like Wang Chaoyong from now on, but sometimes the world is such a small place.
In other words, even in Xinhai, which has a population of more than 20 million, the social circle of the middle and upper classes is relatively narrow.
He remembered that Wang Chaoyong only had one uncle, and he was a promising director in Qingshan District.
Aunt Wang Chaoyong is supported by her husband, the director, and Cheng Xi has mercilessly rejected Wang Chaoyong's passionate pursuit before, so it's no wonder she dislikes her. In the eyes of Aunt Wang Chaoyong, Cheng Xi's "superior" family background can only be regarded as
Can it be considered “ordinary”?
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After a while, Aunt Wang Chaoyong and Chen Tianxin opened the door again.
She opened the door and saw Cheng Xi still sitting inside. There was a trace of anger in her wrinkled eyebrows. It was obvious that she thought Cheng Xi was deliberately trying to get angry with her and challenge her authority, so she deliberately did not return to her own.
Go to work.
She didn't care about being in front of Chen Tianxin and strange customers, and asked sternly and almost hysterically: "Xiaocheng, why are you still waiting in front of Minister Chen's customers? Don't you have any work to complete? Let outsiders see,
Or do you think that all the girls in Xinlian are so frivolous that they can’t even move their legs when they see a boy? What’s that like?”
"Ahem, Director Zhang, please pay attention to your words. Do you speak like this?"
Many employees at the headquarters have connections with unusual backgrounds. Whether these people are fighting openly or secretly or being jealous, Chen Tianxin will pretend to be deaf and dumb. At this time, he can't cover his ears and run away, so he can only calm down a little.
, "openly" stopped Zhang Juan from saying even more unpleasant things in front of Cao Mo.
"..." Seeing that Chen Tianxin, who usually pretended to be a good guy and was full of scheming, actually scolded her today, Zhang Juan wanted to act rude but was worried that Chen Tianxin was the deputy minister. Her face turned red and she was a little at a loss.
"Director Zhang is inexplicably stern. Did he see that I couldn't move my feet, and did he deliberately attract my attention like this? It's a pity that I like young and beautiful ladies. Director Zhang, at your age, the pink on your face
If I wash it off, I might be as good as my grandma, and it really doesn’t suit my taste!” Although Cheng Xi is not a character who is easily manipulated by others, it is always difficult for young girls to fight against the rebellious Zhong in the workplace.
Cao Mo met the young woman today and naturally wanted to stand up for Cheng Xi. He looked at Aunt Wang Chaoyong and said with a smile.
"You!" Zhang Juan's old face, covered with makeup, twisted with anger.
"Mr. Cao is President Li, Chairman Yu's distinguished guest, and Cheng Xi's fiancé. Please be careful what you say!" Chen Tianxin certainly couldn't let Cao Mo and Zhang Juan have a dispute at the head office, and it was obvious that Zhang Juan was the one who initiated the matter.
When he got up, he could only clarify Cao Mo's identity and his relationship with Cheng Xi with "stern words" to Zhang Juan to stop Zhang Juan's impulse to act.
Zhang Juan hesitated a little.
Cheng Xi's parents are considered successful people in Xinhai, but they are not taken seriously by her, but what is the origin of Cheng Xi's boyfriend, and Chen Tianxin said that he is Yu Yiming, Li Xiaodong's VIP?
Zhang Juan thought again, if this young man was really Yu Yiming, Li Xiaodong's distinguished guest, then if he came to see Li Xiaodong today, would he need to go to the International Department first and wait for Chen Tianxin's introduction?
Thinking of this, Zhang Juan sneered and said disdainfully to Chen Tianxin:
"Minister Chen really thinks I'm trying to intimidate someone. No matter if he is Li Xiaodong or Yu Yiming's distinguished guest, can Xinlian just let a little loser insult anyone?"
Zhang Juan's position at Xinhai United Bank is not as good as Chen Tianxin's, but she has the support of her husband, the head of the government, and usually doesn't take Chen Tianxin seriously. What's more, she was also angered by Cheng Xi's attitude and Cao Mo's words, and she didn't care.
stand up.
Chen Tianxin was very angry, but he suddenly realized that he had nothing to do with a middle-aged woman who was about to get angry.
"Why have I insulted you? I can't even refuse your harassment!?" Cao Mo stood up, opened the door of the reception room without any scruples, and asked Wang Chaoyong's aunt loudly, "Is it possible that you can do the other way around?
You say I'm harassing you - why don't you pee and take a picture of your old face? Cheng Xi and this beautiful young lady are by my side. I'm blind. If I don't harass them, I will harass you?! If you don't accept it, you
Call all the employees of Xinlian International Department over to comment and see if they think it’s me who harasses you, or you who keep showing off and harassing me..."
"You!" Zhang Juan suddenly realized that she was no match for Cao Mo even if she was throwing things, her old face was so angry that she turned away, stomped her feet and turned away, walked into an office diagonally opposite, and left with a "bang"
The door is closed.
In the public office area, countless heads popped up to look over.
"...That's enough, don't you think it's embarrassing!" Cheng Xi suppressed a smile and pulled Cao Mo back to the reception room, saying coquettishly, "You are going to make Wang Chaoyong and his aunt have a cerebral hemorrhage. This situation is not going to be easy to deal with!"
"That's right. If you don't believe me, please ask Minister Chen to comment. I'm blind. I won't harass you, but I will harass that old woman?" Cao Mo sat down with a playful smile and laughed with Chen Tianxin, "Let Minister Chen laugh, I am
He is a man of different religions, but he is not afraid of women acting recklessly."
"..." Chen Tianxin smiled awkwardly, but he couldn't help Cao Mo with his bitterness. He changed the subject and asked, "Why is Mr. Cao free to come to our company today? Do you really want to see Mr. Li?"
Chen Tianxin was also confused. Cao Mo obviously knew Li Xiaodong. If he wanted to see Li Xiaodong for something, it was not his turn to introduce him.
"I just found an excuse to come to your bank to spend more time with Cheng Xi!" Cao Mo would not tell Chen Tianxin too much details, so he just found an excuse and said nonsense, "I didn't make an appointment with Mr. Li either. He is so
He's a busy big shot, so if I have time I'll go up and have a cup of tea with him; if he doesn't have time, I'll have tea with you, Minister Chen, until noon and then accompany Cheng Xi to have lunch..."
Chen Tianxin didn't believe that Cao Mo would be so idle or that he and Cheng Xi were so clingy. He smiled and took out his cell phone and said, "I don't know if President Li is free at this time. I'll call and ask."
"Well, I know Cao Mo is here. You are in the VIP reception room. I'm here..."
Chen Tianxin's call had just been dialed when he saw Li Xiaodong push the door open and walk into the reception room. He sat down with a smile and said to Cao Mo: "Lu Jiancheng said he bumped into you downstairs just now. I guess you ran over to watch the fun——
I really can't find an excuse to avoid the Lu brothers, so I can only go downstairs and have a cup of tea with you first... Minister Chen, it's been a while, why haven't you prepared tea here? You can't even bear to take the tea leaves.
Come out?"
"Minister Chen was in a meeting just now, and I didn't dare ask Cheng Xi to pour me tea!" Cao Mo said with a smile.
"..." Chen Tianxin saw Zhang Juan looking over from her office, and he wanted to clean her up and shouted, "Director Zhang Juan, come over and make some tea for President Li's guests!"
There were too many connections in the business, and Li Xiaodong didn't have any means to deal with such a big problem - Zhang Juan could not look at Chen Tianxin's face, but she did not dare to disobey Li Xiaodong face to face.
Looking at Li Xiaodong standing in the reception room talking to Cao Mo enthusiastically, she was secretly shocked and couldn't figure out who this young man was. At this time, she stomped her feet with hatred in her heart, and could only force up a smile that was uglier than crying.
He came over and helped bring tea and water.
This itself is also a task that office personnel should be responsible for.
"Xintaihua Investment holds 2% of the equity of our bank, which is currently mortgaged to Xinchang Steel Trading Group. Xintaihua Investment's loan to Xinchang Steel Trading will expire in a few days, and Xinchang Steel Trading has also issued a
We sent a letter to our chairman, and when the time is up, they will freeze this part of the equity, and ask us to suspend our director qualifications of Xintaihua Investment, and also require us to cooperate with them in handling the equity transfer registration procedures." Li Xiaodong sat down and talked about Lu Jiancheng,
Because Lu Jianchao came over today, there was no need to avoid Chen Tianxin in these matters. Zhang Juan was present and he said directly, "Xintaihua has a relatively low mortgage rate for this part of the equity. The total principal and interest owed to Xinchang Steel Trade is only 100 million."
50 million, and although our bank has not yet been listed, the net assets of 2% of the equity are around 300 million - the Lu brothers now have to find a buyer to take over this part of the equity before they default."
For unlisted banks, the channels for equity investment withdrawal are very narrow, and usually no financial investment will be optimistic about unlisted banks; unless the discount is very high.
In the past year, not to mention unlisted banks, there are many listed commercial banks whose price-to-book ratios have fallen below. Usually, the stock price is discounted by 40% or 30% compared to the net assets.
Now that the economic crisis is in full swing, everyone is worried that the non-performing asset ratio of banks will rise significantly, which has further suppressed the valuations of unlisted and listed banks.
The Lu brothers now have to find a buyer before the debt defaults. The shareholders and management of Xinhai United Bank, which already have the right of priority to repurchase, are the best targets.
In particular, Xinhai United Bank is currently actively planning to go public and launch a new management stock ownership plan. In fact, it can take over this part of the equity at an appropriate price.
Of course, the senior executives of Xinhai United Bank now know that Han Shaorong, who is now one of the major shareholders, is attacking Taihua.
Half of this shareholding has been jointly taken by Huamao and Xinhai United Steel Group. Who in Xinhai United Bank will stand up and support the management shareholding plan to take over this shareholding?
Others can hide and not express their opinions, but as the president, it is difficult for Li Xiaodong to hide and not see people. The Lu brothers came to the door just because they wanted Li Xiaodong to stand up and push forward the matter decisively.
Even if there is no plan to secretly set up an acquisition fund, even if Li Xiaodong is usually close to Yu Yiming and has a distant relationship with Han Shaorong, it is impossible to stand up and offend Han Shaorong for the Lu family, which is destined to lose power or even lose everything.
"Since the Lu brothers told you that they bumped into me, they naturally expect me to step in and disrupt the situation," Cao Mo said, holding the back of his head with both hands, "Then I will disrupt the situation. How much principal and interest do they owe Xinchang Steel Trading? Mr. Li
You can help me quote a price to the Lu brothers, and say that I will add 1 million to acquire this part of the mortgaged equity!"
Zhang Juan was squatting in front of the coffee table to pour tea filled with resentment. When she heard what Li Xiaodong and Cao Mo said, she was shocked and couldn't help but become distracted.
Cao Mo reached out and knocked on the coffee table, reminding Zhang Juan: "Director Zhang Juan, I know I am handsome, but just a peek is enough. There is no need to pour water all over the coffee table!"