When it comes to banks in the UK, I believe most people still think of Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. However, Barclays Bank, which set up the world's first ATM, issued the first credit card in the UK, and issued the first debit card in the UK, has a pivotal position in the UK and the world.

In particular, after acquiring the North American investment bank acquired by Andy Smith from the bankrupt Lehman Brothers, it has become one of the world's largest banks and financial institutions, with its bond and stock sales, trading and related investment businesses.

Barclays, which had just completed the loan for Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium with Andy Smith, received the news of the sudden visit of this major customer, and Robert Diamond, president of Barclays, directly put down his work and greeted him personally.

In the conference room, the guests of honor sat opposite each other, and after Andy and Robert Diamond laughed and greeted, Robert also knew that the young business genius in front of him, the super-rich, was definitely a person who could not afford to be early and did not come to the door for anything, so he was the first to ask with a smile.

"So, Mr. Smith, is there anything we can do to help you?"

"Hehe, that's a good thing. As he spoke, Andy reached out with a smile on his face and took a stack of documents handed over by the assistant wearing a black round-neck slim OL suit, and handed it directly to Robert Diamond.

Robert smiled and looked at Andy with curiosity, took the document, quickly skimmed it, and asked with some uncertainty: "What do you want... ”

"That's right, I want to use Tottenham Hotspur as collateral to borrow money from your bank. I'm sure you won't refuse, right?" the smile on Andy's face became brighter, and his bright eyes met each other's.

"Of course, it's our pleasure, I don't know how much Mr. Smith is going to borrow?"

"£1 billion!"

"This 。。。。。。 Robert Diamond's brow furrowed slightly, not that he didn't think Tottenham Hotspur was worth so much money, but that Barclays' cash flow was already stretched, and under the impact of the current financial crisis, other British banks turned to the government for help, as the only bank that disdained it and publicly stated that it was not optimistic about the prospect of the government becoming the majority shareholder of the bank. If £1 billion is siphoned off, Barclays could be at risk of a short-term cash shortage.

Andy saw the frowning expressions on the faces of everyone at Barclays Bank opposite, and couldn't help but smile lightly: "What's the matter?

"No problem!" Robert Diamond looked at Andy's meaningful smile on his face, and couldn't help but feel a sigh of guilt in his heart, but as a Premier League club with no debt and excellent profitability, Tottenham can undoubtedly be said to be a very high-quality asset, especially the new stadium plan, making Tottenham the hottest club in recent times, and the loan amount of 1 billion pounds is really not much.

"Hehe, that's good, as a bank that has not received capital injection support from the government in such a serious financial turmoil, and is still operating at a high speed and expanding, it is worthy of my trust, so I will not hesitate to come directly to the door to seek a loan, and it did not disappoint me!" Andy did not hesitate to praise and praise himself.

And everyone at Barclays Bank looked at their own president with a solemn gaze, the people present undoubtedly knew the situation of their own bank very well, and now the president agreed to Andy Smith's loan without hesitation, undoubtedly suspected of taking risks, everyone knew that the young man in front of him was the most cash-poor person, but this person who was the least cash-short came to the door to seek a loan, there was no purpose, and the group of people who killed him did not believe it.

What his subordinates can think of, Robert Diamond, as the president, can naturally think of it, it is because he thinks that the young man with a smile on the other side is not a good person, so he will not hesitate to agree to the other party's loan request, he doesn't want to cause the other party to be buried because of a refusal, such as a crisis of trust in investors, leading to the risk of a run, etc., he still has some understanding of some of the shameless methods of the group of people under Andy Smith, he doesn't want the stock price that has plummeted by 70% to flash crash again!

Now that a consensus has been reached, the two sides soon entered into the negotiation of the loan interest rate, Andy has been smiling as his subordinates and the people of Barclays Bank are arguing to lower the loan interest rate, although I don't know why his big boss wants to take out a loan and what to do with the loan, but since the big boss has decided so, it must have his intentions, and what their subordinates have to do is to strive for the maximum benefit of the boss.

Amar glanced at Andy Smith from time to time with some curiosity, who was sipping coffee and leisurely waiting for the results of the negotiations, to be honest, he suddenly received a phone call and rushed to Gaia's company to meet him, and he never figured out what the young super-rich man was going to do, but at present, it seems that the role of the lawyer team is still to sign the loan contract.

It seems that Andy doesn't want to waste too much time on the issue of interest rates, and when it is pressed to a certain percentage and Barclays Bank bites to death and no longer backs down, Andy, who has been in a leisurely state, put down his coffee cup and made a decision directly and agreed.

Robert Raymond's pupils shrank slightly, although the interest rate on the loan to the other party was very low, but it was not the lowest, I thought that the other party would continue to talk, but I didn't expect the other party to not, this is an extra one or two million pounds a year, the other party agreed so easily, at this moment, his heart really began to become more and more suspicious, the key in front of this young man is not a good person who can let others take advantage!

The interest rate was determined, even Robert Raymond was full of doubts in his heart, and he could only smile and look at his subordinates and Andy's subordinates, and the lawyers began to draw up the contract, because there were no problems and disputes, and the contract was drawn up very quickly.

"Smack!"

After Andy's signature pen was signed, he paused on the document and made a tap, which seemed a little abrupt in the quiet conference room, and everyone saw the sunny smile on Andy's face, closed the folder, handed it to Amar beside him, and smiled at Raymond: "The text message is here, it seems that the money has arrived." ”

As he spoke, Andy smiled and squinted, took out the mobile phone in his pocket, unlocked it, clicked on the unread text message, clicked on it, smiled and shook it at Raymond, who was also smiling but with some doubts, and then locked the screen and put it back in his pocket.

"Happy cooperation!" Raymond smiled, and was about to stand up to shake Andy's hand, Andy's smile became brighter and brighter, his hands were crossed, placed on the conference table, and he said before he could stand up: "Don't worry, Mr. Raymond, I still have a business to discuss with your bank, I wonder if you are interested?"

"Oh?" Robert Raymond chuckled in his heart, still smiling on his face, but his eyes became a little gloomy, and sure enough, it still came, how could this sinister and cunning hungry wolf let people take advantage of him, "I don't know what kind of business it is?"

"I know that your bank is planning to raise funds, but I don't know, do you welcome my investment?" Andy smiled toothy, his smile kind, his white teeth shining in the sun.

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