Chapter 87: Things are not very different from people

Trains are an important part of the way you get around in the UK. The train lines in the UK are also accessible in all directions, not only undertaking the mission of transportation, in fact, many train lines in the UK have beautiful scenery along the way!

From mountains to plains, forests to beaches, everywhere you go is a sight to behold, and the scenery along the way makes a trip a relaxing and enjoyable experience.

More than an hour later, the train pulled into Charing Cross station in central London, and after coming to a stop, Arthur slowly walked off the train with the disembarking group of passengers with their luggage in one hand and the petite Emilia in the other.

Unlike the train stations in the Celestial Empire, British railway stations allow passengers to wait at the platforms along the tracks, and they don't have to go through a lot of complicated mechanisms, so you can't see the situation of dragging heavy luggage all the way to catch the train, but rather like visiting the free market, relaxing.

There are old people in their 60s, local handsome guys in their early 20s, honest fat aunts, and trendy men and women wearing strange earrings.

You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are looking at you from upstairs...

The intimacy and strong height contrast between Arthur and Emilia have also become the scenery in the eyes of many people on the platform, is this huge gap really good?

"Honey, it looks like people are looking at me?

Emilia, who was a little uncomfortable by some eyes, snuggled into Arthur's arms, looked up and asked with an unnatural expression, and combed her hair with her hands.

"Hehe, no problem at all, the main thing is that you are too beautiful. Arthur complimented him with a serious compliment.

"Nasty!" Emilia blushed slightly, smacked it lightly, and gave Arthur a charming look on the corner of her mouth, it seemed that her boyfriend's sweet words still made her very happy and useful.

"Hehe, maybe there's another reason... Arthur smiled evilly, raised his eyebrows, and lowered his head to joke in Emilia's ear, "They are all lamenting your appetite." ”

"Appetite?" Emilia asked, unresponsive, looking at Arthur with a puzzled face.

Arthur smiled and looked down at his somewhat bulging pants, Emilia looked at it, her pretty face suddenly turned red, her eyebrows fell up, she gritted her teeth in shame, and pinched Arthur's waist with her fingers, while whispering coquettishly: "Bastard! ”

"Haha... It's good to have a good appetite and body, and everything you eat is delicious!" Arthur laughed proudly, hugged Emilia who was annoyed and angry in his arms a little tighter, and walked quickly outside the station.

Outside the station, Roberto Lang, a financial adviser, and James Croning, a lawyer, were already waiting.

"It's comingβ€”"

Lawyer James suddenly said to Robert Lang beside him, and walked up quickly, and Robert Lang also saw the luggage in his hand in the direction where James walked, holding a white suit, straight-leg jeans, petite Earl Arthur, with a sweet smile on his face, and hurriedly stepped up to catch up.

"Good morning, boss. ”x2

"Good morning, excuse me. Arthur smiled and let go of his right hand holding Amilia, and shook hands with two of his subordinates.

"This is what we should do, the car is outside, the hotel has been arranged, boss, please-"

Lawyer James said with a smile, reaching out and making an inviting gesture.

Arthur smiled and nodded, let James and Robert take the suitcase she was carrying, walked out of the train station, a black Ford SUV leaned on the side of the road, saw Arthur and his party coming, the driver standing next to the car opened the door very discerningly.

Sitting in the car, Arthur looked at the lively scene of people coming and going near the station gate, and felt a lot of emotion. London, for its predecessor, is all too familiar, it is the place where the predecessor lived and fought, but for Arthur now, the last time he left the hospital, the view of London outside the car window was his first impression, but it passed by in a hurry.

This time he really came to London, but it was already a matter of fact!

"Boss, booked a room for you at the Connaught Hotel... ”

"Huh? Arthur, who was interrupted by Robert Lang's words, smiled, and then said: "Robert, I came here this time to meet with the managers in charge of Halifax Bank and Santander, and I hope to complete the negotiations as soon as possible." ”

"I received your call before, and I have already called them to make an appointment, tomorrow morning for Santander and in the afternoon for Halifax. Although these two banks have the lowest interest rates and are the two most interesting options, they have huge objections to the amount of the loan, and they are not very satisfied with the evaluation report we have come up with. ”

Financial adviser Robert Lang replied, by the way, once again clarifying the focus of the disagreement, "According to a report released by the real estate data agency, housing prices in the UK fell for the sixth consecutive month in September, and this decline will continue into next year, due to the "weak" demand in the housing market and the tightening of mortgage lending standards by banks.

According to the data released by the Bank of England, the bad debts of the British banking industry surged in 2009, due to the inability of borrowers to repay the loans, British financial institutions wrote off a total of 9.3 billion loan bad debts during the year, an increase of nearly half from 6.9 billion in 2008, of which the bad debts of credit mortgage loans rose from 408 million pounds in 2008 to 984 million pounds, and the bad debts of other loans rose from 3.2 billion pounds to 4.2 billion pounds.

All banks have also become more cautious in lending after suffering huge bad debt losses, with stricter lender scrutiny and rising lending rates, which rose to a 12-year high of 18.8% last month.

Banks have tightened lending standards, which has led to a decline in the number of loans to real estate projects to less than half of what it was during the 2007 housing boom. According to a report released by the British Bankers Association on September 23, the number of mortgages approved by British banks in September hit the lowest level since March 2009, and the British economy is at the height of the recession cycle. ”

Listening to the reality introduced by Robert, Arthur was also a little helpless, in the face of the decline in land values, the bank became more and more cautious, and he insisted on the idea of borrowing a little more money, just formed a contradiction, it seems that in order to get the money as soon as possible, he has to make some concessions.

Emilia on the side frowned slightly, she also listened to the conversation between her boyfriend and her subordinates, she was also a little curious, didn't her boyfriend just earn more than two million pounds, he shouldn't be short of money, how do you hear this, he wants to borrow a lot of money from the bank?

Although she wanted to ask what the situation was, it was not a good time in front of outsiders, besides, she was just Arthur's girlfriend, and interfering too much would be offensive, especially when it came to money, which Emilia was very aware of.