Chapter 218: Panic and Anxiety
This is today's morning report, and Kang Yurong knows where Xiao Bin's anger started with just a light glance.
There was a news item in the most prominent position of the newspaper, and she knew that it was this hot news that Xiao Bin asked her to read.
The headline of the news reads: The Sino-Japanese Armistice Agreement was signed yesterday.
Title 2: The nature is limited to the military, full of humiliation, and the law and order in the occupied places are maintained by the police sent by me.
The following is the full text of the agreement.
This agreement, called the "Tanggu Agreement," was an armistice agreement signed between the Chinese government and the Japanese invading forces that humiliated the country after the "September 18 Incident."
The agreement stipulated that the Chinese troops should withdraw to the west and south of the line connected by Yanqing, Tongzhou, Baodi, and Lutai. The demilitarized zone to the north and east of the above areas and along the Great Wall effectively recognized the Japanese occupation of Tohoku and Rehe.
The agreement also designated Suidong, Chabei, and Jidong as free entry and exit areas for the Japanese army, which was equivalent to opening the door for the Japanese army to further occupy North China.
News Kang Yurong has seen it a long time ago, in fact, this report has been published for three days, Xiao Bin went to the UK a while ago and came back this morning, so he only saw it today.
This agreement was tantamount to China's acquiescence to the legality of the occupation of Rehe by the puppet state of Manchukuo and Japan, and thus the loss of part of North China's sovereignty.
When Kang Yurong saw such an agreement, he couldn't wait to peel off the skin and bones of Xiong Bin, who signed on behalf of the Chinese Army in North China, not to mention Xiao Bin, who always put the interests of the nation first.
Xiao Bin was angry and resentful, but Kang Yurong didn't know how to comfort him, so he was silent.
After a long time, Kang Yurong said: "Since the Japanese occupied most of the land in northern Hebei, they began to approach Beijing and Tianjin step by step. Because of this, people in Beijing are panicked, and people are running in all directions.
Not long ago, several small banks were on the verge of collapse due to depositors' frenzied cash withdrawals. Liang Yu said that yesterday, the Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China and the central bank all went to withdraw cash, but they were all a few small retail investors. So far, this has not happened in our bank. ”
Xiao Bin nodded: "This is a good phenomenon." But we can't take this lightly, we must always be vigilant and be prepared to deal with it. In these turbulent times, anything unexpected can happen. ”
Kang Yurong said: "I know. ”
At this time, Liang Yu suddenly broke in and said in a hurry: "Chairman, general manager, no, many depositors suddenly poured into the lobby, and they were like crazy, and strongly demanded to exchange cash." ”
Xiao Bin was stunned for a moment, is he an uncertain prophet, or is it a crow's mouth? When he came back to his senses, Kang Yurong and Liang Yu had already run out of the office.
The bank lobby was crowded with depositors who came to cash in, all shaking their deposit slips in their hands, crowding and shouting: "Cash, cash, cash!"
Several managers and staff kept explaining and comforting. But these people are really crazy, they don't listen to them at all, and even a few depositors want to do something to them.
Kang Yurong is very familiar with such a scene, which makes her think of the time when Liu Kui and Li Bing took the lead in making trouble, but today's scene is much more spectacular than that time.
Kang Yurong was startled for a moment, quickly regained his senses, ran over and shouted: "Depositors, calm down first, and listen to me, okay?" Everyone, everyone, please calm down and listen to me. ”
She shouted at the top of her voice, but in the midst of the frenzied noise of toppling the roof, it was simply a humbling sound, and it didn't work at all.
Kang Yurong was in a hurry, and after saying a few more words, no one paid attention, seeing that the scene was on the verge of getting out of control, Kang Yurong climbed onto a table in a hurry, picked up the abacus next to him, and knocked a few times on the iron railing of the counter.
The boiling crowd finally quieted down, and they looked forward to Kang Yurong one by one.
Kang Yurong threw away the abacus, took a deep breath, and said: "Everyone, I know that the current situation is turbulent, and no one is at peace in their hearts, and they want to hold the money in their own hands for peace, I understand your thoughts, but you are so noisy and chaotic, can you get the money?"
She glanced at the crowd and said, "You want to take the money, we have no problem, after all, the deposit is free." But have you ever thought about it, most of the money you deposit in the bank is fixed, presumably most of it has not matured, and if you take it out halfway, you will definitely lose a lot of interest, do you think it is a good deal?
That's right, it's a precarious time. It is precisely because of the unstable situation that you keep a lot of money at home, will you be safe? Even if you want to live elsewhere, but you move with a large amount of cash, will it be safe? If something happens, you really won't even be able to get a child in your hands.
Now there are wars going on in many places, and there is no peace anywhere. Our home is here, and we should stay here, keep our home.
If you want me to say, if there is no reason to take it, I would suggest that you should not withdraw it rashly. This will not only reduce your losses, but also get a good guarantee. ”
Someone asked, "What protection?"
Kang Yurong looked at the man and said, "Our bank is also an old brand for nearly 20 years, and we have always been based on integrity. I don't need to say what our reputation is in this city of Beijing, and everyone must know it.
Our bank is strong and well-balanced. If the war does spread to the city of Beijing, we will have enough power to protect your property. I am here to assure you that you will not lose a single penny. ”
A voice in the crowd shouted: "What you say is better than what you sing, what kind of strength and abundant assets are just deceiving us to play." We got the news that your chairman is a big corrupt official, and your bank is about to be hollowed out by your chairman. If you really want to protect our property, you can quickly give us money. ”
"That's right, redeem the money!"
"Cash!
The crowd was chaotic again.
Xiao Bin, who was standing on the side, was about to explode in his lungs, and was about to step forward to confront these people, but was stopped by Liang Yu.
Liang Yu said: "Chairman, I advise you not to go at this time." The quality of the common people is not high, not to mention that they are crazy at this moment. They've already preconceived you as a corrupt official, and they won't believe you if you explain it 10,000 times now. In their current state, it is very likely that they will use force against you without saying a word. At that point, the scene will be even more difficult to control. So, don't go over yet. ”
Xiao Bin said: "I'm hiding here, am I watching Yu Rong alone with them?"
"Don't worry, let's see. I believe that with the ability of the general manager, it will be well controlled. When it really comes to the point where we can't control it, it's not too late for us to come forward. Liang Yu said again.
Over there, Liang Yue stopped Xiao Bin's rash action, and here Kang Yurong retorted loudly: "Rumors, this is definitely malicious slander." I don't want to say how much our chairman has paid for the bank, because no matter how much we pay, it is our duty. But I can use my personality, my life, and the life of my whole family to assure you that our chairman has never embezzled a penny in the bank. ”
Someone said, "You promise, why should we believe your promise? Who are you?"
Kang Yurong said: "I am the general manager here. ”
Another person said: "General manager, chairman, a nest of snakes and rats, maybe you are also greedy." ”
Another voice sounded: "Less TM nonsense, hurry up and redeem money!"
The scene was chaotic again, people pushing, people crowding, shouting, shouting, mingling.
The table where Kang Yurong was standing was hit by someone, and when he was about to fall, Liang Yu hurriedly stepped forward to support him. Just as he was about to help her down, he heard two gunshots.
Kang Yurong stood on a high place, looked at the door, and saw Captain Bai striding in.
Kang Yurong can't wait to worship, Captain Bai, you are really my lucky star, you saved me again.
Liang Yu helped Kang Yurong down and whispered in her ear: "I saw that the situation was not good, so I asked the police to call it." ”
"It's a good thing you called the police, otherwise it's hard to say. After Kang Yurong and Liang Yue finished muttering, they squeezed towards the door.
Captain Bai glanced at the crowd coldly, and said coldly: "I received a report that someone is making trouble here, what are you all doing?"
Someone in the crowd recognized Captain Bai and shouted, "Captain Bai, we're not here to make trouble, we're here to withdraw money." ”
Captain Bai glanced at the man: "Withdrawing money is in a proper manner, and it has overturned the roof of other people's banks, isn't it a trouble?"
"But they won't give it to us. ”
"Yes. ”
These people began to quarrel again, and Captain Bai swept away his cold eyes, and everyone stopped squeaking again.
Captain Bai turned around, looked at a bank clerk and asked, "What about your business?"
"Here, here. Kang Yurong shouted with his voice raised.
Captain Bai was stunned for a moment, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you in charge here?"
"Ahh Kang Yurong nodded: "I am the general manager here." ”
Captain Bai was stunned again, and then the corners of his mouth moved, and a smile flashed, really underestimating this woman's ability.
He took a step forward, lowered his voice, and asked, "Aren't you opening the door just to let people deposit and withdraw money?
Kang Yurong pursed her lips and looked at Captain Bai in embarrassment, she was really hard to answer about this.
Kang Yurong was worried and didn't know what to say, when someone walked in.
This time the person who came in was also an acquaintance, an old customer in her dress shop, Mrs. Zhou.
Mrs. Zhou's husband is the current prime minister, and Mrs. Zhou is a well-known philanthropist in Beijing. The two of them are frequent visitors to the newspaper, so it can be said that everyone in Beijing knows about it.
As soon as Mrs. Zhou came in, someone immediately stepped forward to flatter and greet her, Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou kept shouting.
Mrs. Zhou smiled and nodded.
One of the men in a suit asked, "Mrs. Zhou, are you here to get money too?"
Hearing this, Kang Yurong chuckled in his heart.