dognovel Chapter 77 HSBC Card Issuance, Chairman Approves
Chapter 77 HSBC Card Issuance, Chairman Approves
Chapter 77 HSBC Card Issuance, Chairman Approves
Of course, Mao Xiaoyu didn't stay in the coffee shop for long. About five minutes after Manager Wang left, Mao Xiaoyu also left the coffee shop. Once she was outside the coffee shop, she wondered where HSBC's address in Shanghai was.
Thinking about this, Mao Xiaoyu felt a little lost.
If you don't even know the address, how can you apply for a card?
Left with no other option, Mao Xiaoyu took out her phone and searched on Baidu.
And sure enough, Baidu came up with it.
No. 1 Zhongshan Road, Wangpu District.
When Mao Xiaoyu clicked on the content, she realized, "Oh no, this is the address of HSBC before liberation. It has now become the address of Pudong Development Bank."
It wasn't the HSBC bank I had imagined at all.
So where is HSBC's current address?
Mao Xiaoyu was a bit stumped, so she tried searching on Baidu, but couldn't find anything.
There was no other way but to flag down a taxi and ask the all-knowing taxi driver for help, hoping he might know something.
So Mao Xiaoyu flagged down four taxis before finally one driver knew where she was.
Thank goodness, Mao Xiaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, locked the electric scooter there, and then got on and headed to her destination.
"Is this the HSBC branch office?"
Looking at the small storefront in front of her, Mao Xiaoyu pointed to the entrance with a puzzled expression, indicating that she found it very unbelievable.
This is completely different from what I imagined.
Could this driver have tricked me into coming here just to scam me out of money?
Aren't banks supposed to be high-class and prestigious?
And it's the renowned HSBC Bank!!!
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This place looks just like a regular bank branch, and judging from the decor, it's even older than most bank branches.
This is absolutely unbelievable!!!
"This is it. I brought a customer here last time, and he said this is the HSBC branch office. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known it was called HSBC. After all, we Chinese don't go to foreign banks." The taxi driver answered with certainty.
Seeing the taxi driver's firm stance, Mao Xiaoyu didn't know what to say and could only say, "Then I'll go down and take a look. If it really is HSBC, I'll give you another 100 yuan. If not, I'm sorry, you won't get your reward either."
"Okay, you can go down and ask, but you'd better hurry. You can't stop for long on this stretch of road. If the traffic police come later, I'll be in trouble." The taxi driver readily agreed.
Seeing how certain the other person was, Mao Xiaoyu inexplicably gained a little confidence, so she paid the fare and got out of the car.
After getting off the bus, Mao Xiaoyu went straight into the store.
Sure enough, upon entering the store, Mao Xiaoyu ran into the lobby manager. After asking around, she confirmed that the store was indeed HSBC Bank.
However, it is currently just an HSBC branch office, not a real branch.
However, the tasks are similar to those at the branch office, just with fewer staff and fewer service items.
Upon seeing that it was indeed HSBC, Mao Xiaoyu went out without hesitation and gave the taxi driver 100 yuan as a thank-you fee.
The taxi driver outside had initially thought that Mao Xiaoyu wouldn't come out, given how much time had passed.
To everyone's surprise, Mao Xiaoyu came out and immediately gave him 100 yuan. The taxi driver smiled happily, greeted Mao Xiaoyu, and then drove away.
Meanwhile, Mao Xiaoyu returned directly to the HSBC branch office once again.
"Excuse me, sir, how can I help you?" The lobby manager, who had been asked earlier, asked again kindly when he saw Mao Xiaoyu return.
"I want to open an account and deposit some money," Mao Xiaoyu said.
"Sir, this way please." The lobby manager politely guided Mao Xiaoyu to apply for a membership card.
Guided by the lobby manager, Mao Xiaoyu went to the counter, handed over a copy of her ID card, and then spent about ten minutes getting the card processed.
Then Mao Xiaoyu deposited the 112 million RMB that Guo Xiaoyan had given her the day before.
Meanwhile, Manager Wang hurriedly returned to the company with his secretary. He originally wanted to handle other work, but after thinking about it, he decided to report to the chairman.
After all, the other party's quotes were too outrageous; all of them were at their bottom line, putting our company in a very passive position and making it impossible to negotiate any further. Therefore, it would be best to let the chairman know about this.
Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Manager Wang cautiously approached Chairman Liu Wanhua.
"What's wrong? What do you need me for now?" Chairman Liu Wanhua frowned as he looked at Manager Wang, who had come to him again.
After all, it's a very bad feeling to have your department manager constantly coming to you. It means that the other party is not capable of handling their own affairs, so what's the point of having this department manager?
"Chairman, we had some contact with Mao Xiaoyu today, and there are some things we need to report to you." Seeing that the chairman was a little unhappy, Manager Wang said cautiously.
"Speak, what is it?"
Chairman Liu Wanhua still remembered Mao Xiaoyu, so when Manager Wang mentioned Mao Xiaoyu, his brows furrowed and his heart sank, fearing that something might have happened. Therefore, Chairman Liu Wanhua asked seriously.
"Today is the day of our first negotiation with the residents whose houses are being demolished. Because Mao Xiaoyu has the most houses, in order to show our respect for him and to better obtain houses from him, I specifically met with Mao Xiaoyu. I told him about our company's demolition notice and asked him whether he wanted money or houses."
His attitude was acceptable. They said they wanted money, not the house. I originally said if I didn't want the house, then it would be 6000 to 8000 yuan per square meter, and the interior decoration would be appraised by a third-party appraisal company. The decoration cost would be based on the appraisal company's price.
But when we got to this point, he interrupted me, saying he didn't want to hear our demands. Then he made his own demands: 1 yuan per square meter, plus a subsidy of 30 yuan for various other expenses for each house.
In other words, according to his requirements, he owns 39 houses, totaling 1534 square meters, and this part will cost him 15.34 million yuan. In addition, he will be paid 300,000 yuan for each house, which will amount to 11.7 million yuan.
Adding up all the money, we calculated that we need to give him about 27.04 million in cash. He also made another request: 10 million in Hong Kong dollars and the rest in RMB.
"I suspect that the payment in RMB might be to settle the bank loan on the house, since they owe a lot of money to financial institutions. As for the HKD 10 million, it's probably what their backer wants," Manager Wang quickly said to his chairman, Liu Wanhua.
"It seems he's not asking for too much. I thought he would ask for much more," Chairman Liu Wanhua said, frowning upon hearing Manager Wang's price.
"It's not too high, but it always hits our highest point. After all, the cost we calculated in the meeting was a maximum of 1 yuan per square meter. As for the moving costs and all the other expenses, the average cost is only about 30 yuan. You could say that he hits our highest point every time." Manager Wang quickly said.
"So what you mean is?" Chairman Liu Wanhua asked.
"What I mean is that he knows our company very well, knows our bottom line, and he didn't ask for more than that, which makes me a little scared. Should we agree to his offer or not?" Manager Wang said with a troubled expression.
"Are we losing money?" Chairman Liu Wanhua asked.
"Not bad, it was perfectly timed." Manager Wang shook his head.
"Since we're not losing money, what are you worried about? Just pay him however he wants, as long as we don't lose money. Besides, this is great news, since we've secured 39 of his houses, which will make our work much easier from now on."
"And don't forget, he might have powerful backers. He's asking for so much money, but it's not excessive. We might as well give face to the people behind him and pay him off without hesitation. That way, you're good, I'm good, and he's good too," Chairman Liu Wanhua said magnanimously.
"So, Chairman, you mean we should just sign the contract with him and take over the house?" Manager Wang asked in a low voice.
"Yes, we should secure it as soon as possible. The faster we secure it, the more it demonstrates our sincerity," Chairman Liu Wanhua affirmed.
"Alright, we'll call him and have him come to our company to sign this demolition agreement," Manager Wang said.
"Alright, go ahead and get it done!" Chairman Liu Wanhua waved his hand and said.
And so, Manager Wang left Chairman Liu Wanhua's room.
"It seems that the person behind Mao Xiaoyu, although he has some influence in the government, is probably not of high status. After all, it's too easy to be dismissed with just 10 million. Fortunately, although there were some minor setbacks, they are still within a controllable range."
Chairman Liu Wanhua muttered to himself, then smiled, shook his head, and went back to processing the documents in his hands.
After all, in Liu Wanhua's view, since the problem was solved with money, it was a minor matter.
Meanwhile, Manager Wang left the chairman's office and returned to his department, where he immediately ordered his employees to call Mao Xiaoyu and ask her to come over to sign the contract.
Mao Xiaoyu had just finished getting her HSBC bank card and was walking out of the bank, thinking she would go to the police station later to apply for a tourist visa.
Suddenly, my phone rang.
Mao Xiaoyu took out her phone and glanced at it!
Oh, this number looks familiar. Didn't I just call this morning?
Could there be news about Xinde Real Estate Company?
This is too fast!
Mao Xiaoyu answered the phone with some curiosity: "Hello, I'm an employee of Xinde Real Estate Company—"
"Xiao Liu, are you Mr. Mao Xiaoyu?"
"Yes," Mao Xiaoyu replied.
"Here's the thing, our company chairman has decided to approve your demolition request. Could you come to our company today so we can sign a contract?" said Xiao Liu on the other end.
"Okay, I'll come over at 2:00 PM. Could you send me a text message with your address?" Mao Xiaoyu said, suppressing her excitement.
"Okay, we'll send you an address after the call ends. Just come to our company at 2 PM." Xiao Liu said politely on the other end.
"Thank you, thank you." Mao Xiaoyu said politely, then hung up the phone. A short while later, she received a text message with the address of Xinde Real Estate Company.
Since she was going to sign the contract, Mao Xiaoyu certainly couldn't go alone. After all, contracts have too many loopholes if someone wanted to do something wrong. Since she was in the financial district, Mao Xiaoyu planned to find a lawyer to accompany her that afternoon.
As for the hospital, there's no time right now. I'll go over there tonight to register the tenants, collect the money, and that's it.
Moreover, I need to find someone to take over the hospital, since I might be going to Hong Kong soon and won't have time to stay in China to baile people out. And this trip to Hong Kong will take at least 10 days to half a month, so the hospital business will have to be abandoned.
How could that be!
So Mao Xiaoyu wondered, who should she ask to go over there?
Liu Yong is definitely not a good candidate. He has already been eliminated from Mao Xiaoyu's mind. If given the chance, Mao Xiaoyu will get rid of him immediately.
That leaves only Ji Fei and Li Gang.
Mao Xiaoyu thought about it and decided to let Li Gang do the job.
Although Li Gang has polio and walks with difficulty, he is a very hardworking person. In addition, he has been selling vegetables in his hometown for four years, so he has no problem with social skills.
Ji Fei is a bit of a problem. He's timid and hesitant. Although he expressed his stance this time, he might not be able to do his job well if asked to bail someone out.
Moreover, the houses that were slated for demolition are going to be sold to Xinde Real Estate Company, and the people living in these houses will definitely have to vacate, while Liu Yong, Ji Fei, and Li Gang will definitely have to move out again.
The plan is to separate the three of them and have Ji Fei keep an eye on Liu Yong, while Li Gang can help him get people out of trouble.
However, one thing remains uncertain: whether Li Gang is willing to help him get people out of trouble.
In the short term, getting people released from prison can earn slightly more money, but in the long run, being a middleman will earn more. If Li Gang helps him get people released from prison, it will definitely affect the learning of the middlemen.
If Li Gang is determined to develop his career in the intermediary industry, he might not be willing to help me bail people out, which would be a real problem for me.
In the end, since no one else was available, I had to choose Chicken Fly. Although Chicken Fly wasn't very good, there was no other way. At least it was better than having no one to do it.
Thinking about this, Mao Xiaoyu felt quite troubled.
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