For Xia Zijun, even after many years, he still clearly remembers every detail of the first meeting between himself and Zhao Fusheng.

Even in his memoirs, he confessed that when he first met the man, he even wondered if he had met a liar.

There is no way, a young man in his early twenties, who is even two years younger than himself, actually owns an investment company, which makes Xia Zijun's first reaction is whether he has met a rich second generation.

"I'm not a rich second generation, and no one in my family is an official. Zhao Fusheng smiled and said to Xia Zijun: "So Mr. Xia doesn't have to worry about any problems with my company." ”

Xia Zijun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.

Obviously, people have already guessed their intentions.

"Dear Mr. Zhao, I need to admit to you that if, as your girlfriend said, you plan to use your Wangyi shares as a pledge to borrow money from Citibank, I may not have the authority to handle it for you. Xia Zijun looked at Zhao Fusheng and said slowly.

Zhao Fusheng smiled, very satisfied with his frank attitude.

After all, the most taboo thing in business cooperation is to conceal it, if Xia Zijun told himself that he had the ability to help him get a loan in Citibank, maybe Zhao Fusheng would let him leave directly.

"Let's talk about it specifically. Zhao Fusheng glanced at Xia Zijun and waited for his explanation.

Xia Zijun took a deep breath and explained the reason for the incident to Zhao Fusheng.

In fact, the reason is very simple, it is a matter of high and low authority.

In other words, with Xia Zijun's current status, he is not qualified to handle such a business for Zhao Fusheng.

Citibank is a retail bank under the Citigroup Group, and its main predecessor is the City Bank of New York, which was established on June 16, 1812.

Citigroup serves approximately 200 million customers in more than 100 countries, including individuals, institutions, corporations and governments. It offers a wide range of financial products and services, from consumer banking and credit, corporate, investment banking, as well as brokerage, insurance and asset management, which are unmatched by any other financial institution. At present, Citibank mainly gathers under Citigroup, Citibank, Traveler Life, Pension Insurance, Meibang and so on.

It is now recognized as one of the most successful financial services groups in the world, not only because of its continuous leading position among the most profitable and fast-growing companies in the global financial services industry, but also because it is the world's most globalized financial services chain. Citigroup serves more than 200 million customers in more than 100 countries, and each customer can get all-round financial services such as savings, credit, securities, insurance, trusts, funds, financial advisory, asset management and so on at any Citigroup business location, and the average number of products per customer ranks first among peer companies in the world, so Citigroup's customer relationship service network is an immeasurable resource for Citigroup.

Citi owner Sandyville once proudly said, "This network is the only truly competitive advantage we have, and wherever you go in the world, you may find a Citibank institution that can serve you." ”

When Citi first opened a branch near the Bund in Shanghai, there were always a lot of American flags at the door, and Shanghainese people felt that reading English was too awkward, but everyone knew that it was an American bank, and the American flag was like a blue and red broken cloth, and over time, Shanghai people simply called this bank Citibank, and then the Chinese name was accepted by the company's headquarters and has been used to this day.

Xia Zijun is just an ordinary clerk, and the authority in his hand is only two million US dollars, if Zhao Fusheng wants to get a loan from Citibank, it is obvious that the authority in Xia Zijun's hands is not enough.

"I need to report this to my supervisor. Xia Zijun said to Zhao Fusheng sincerely: "If you want, you can contact him now." ”

Obviously, he cares about this matter very much, after all, if he can succeed, it can be regarded as attracting a big customer for the bank, and the benefits to him are naturally obvious.

"Yes. Zhao Fusheng thought for a while, and said with a smile: "I don't think it's as good as this, if Citibank feels it is necessary, you can evaluate my assets, of course, I'm talking about the assets held by future investment." ”

To be honest, Zhao Fusheng also felt that he needed to evaluate how much money he had, and he just took this opportunity to do it.

Citibank cooperates with large accounting firms that are naturally well-known in the United States, and the future investment is an offshore investment fund, registered abroad, which is convenient for evaluation.

Otherwise, if it were in China, this matter might add a few twists and turns.

"Really?" Xia Zijun was overjoyed, this Wall Street financial elite was as happy as a child at this moment, after all, as a newcomer who had just entered Citibank not long after graduation, it was quite good news for him to be able to pull such a big customer for the bank at once.

"Well, I hope that Citibank will contact future investment as soon as possible. Zhao Fusheng smiled, then stood up and said to Xia Zijun: "I'll introduce you later, Miss Dong Chenxi, the general manager of Future Investment, and she will be responsible for the specific cooperation matters." ”

When things come to this point, there is nothing to talk about, this is the business scope that Dong Chenxi is responsible for, and Zhao Fusheng has no intention of handing it over to others.

What's more, he is now also considering integrating these companies under his own.

From beginning to end, Zhao Fusheng did not communicate much with Mr. Jerry, whose Chinese name is Li Dezhu.

"Jerry, why didn't he talk to you?"

Out of the future investment, Xia Zijun is a little strange, it seems that his old classmate is not disappointed, which is a little different from what he showed at the beginning.

Li Dezhu shrugged, behaved quite freely, and said to Xia Zijun: "Zijun, my dear old friend, haven't you noticed, this is a smart person, very smart. ”

"And then?" Xia Zijun frowned, a little unsure of what he meant.

Li Dezhu smiled: "In the words of the Chinese, heroes don't ask where they come from, heroes come out of teenagers." Such a person, if he is really self-made as he said, then I want to impress him, if I can't show a little real strength, it won't work. ”

Lee Dejoo, from Texas, knows very well that for himself, this may be an opportunity to change his fate.

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"You're going to work with Citi?"

Dong Chenxi, who got the news, looked at Zhao Fusheng and asked with some surprise.

Just now the meeting between Zhao Fusheng and Xia Zijun was naturally reported to her, and Zhao Fusheng also told her about Xia Zijun.

"Not sure. Zhao Fusheng heard Dong Chenxi's words, shook his head lightly and said: "I don't really know the specific situation on Citi's side, but I believe that someone should understand what I mean." ”

"Really?" Dong Chenxi was a little puzzled and looked at Zhao Fusheng strangely, but it was obvious that Zhao Fusheng didn't intend to explain too much to her.

In desperation, Dong Chenxi had no choice but to say: "Then what do you mean, do you plan to use the shares held by Future Investment to borrow from the bank?"

"Sort of. Zhao Fusheng smiled: "It's not just a matter of loans, I plan to work with all its industries, and then set up a unified company for management." ”

"Huh?"

Dong Chenxi was stunned and looked at Zhao Fusheng in surprise: "Are you going to come to the front desk?"

Obviously, in her opinion, Zhao Fusheng has only one reason for doing this, and that is to go from behind the scenes to the foreground.

Zhao Fusheng laughed: "Where do you want to go, the establishment of a group company has nothing to do with my personal identity, you know?"

"Hmm......" Dong Chenxi didn't say anything, obviously, she didn't understand what Zhao Fusheng meant.

Sighing, Zhao Fusheng had to patiently explain when he saw this: "The establishment of the group company is to better develop our industry, and I personally do not plan to accept media interviews for the time being, so you, Bai Jie and Zheng Yao, the three of you, are the people who face the media in the company." ”

"So, we are your shields......" Dong Chenxi complained unceremoniously.

Zhao Fusheng laughed a few times, waved his hand, and naturally revealed the topic.

In fact, both he and Dong Chenxi knew that these words were not just for her alone, but also hoped that she could convey them to the other two people.