Chapter 24 Deciding to Go Abroad, Citibank Representative Office (Ask for Collections and Recommendations)
"Second cousin, have you contacted the school in the Soviet Union? Can you leave now? Before leaving, you go to the little Jew and ask him to give you 10 million yuan and deposit it into your account, now it is inconvenient for me to have too much money here! The money is deposited in the company's account, you use it to load the goods, don't be in a hurry to repay the bank loan first. Jia Lei called Su Renfeng as soon as he left the hotel.
"In such a hurry, is there something wrong with you?" Su Renfeng hurriedly asked.
"People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong! Now that I am rich, I have become a fat pig in the eyes of many people, and if I don't leave, my flesh will have to be cut." Jia Lei said irritably, today's incident is a wake-up call for him, and his money is a little too much now!
"The formalities on the Soviet side have been completed, as long as you go to the Russian embassy again to pass the interview and get a visa, you can take a plane immediately. Su Renfeng said.
"Let's talk about it when we meet, it's inconvenient for me to hang up first!" Jia Lei hung up the phone after speaking.
"Do you want to leave?" asked Wei Cheng.
"Why, I can't study abroad? This matter was decided in February, Wang Lao knows!" Jia Lei said irritably.
"Your status was different from what you are now, and you will not be allowed to take it out of the country with so many assets now, and you can only bring a maximum of $500 when you go abroad. Wei Cheng said.
"Yes! I didn't get rich at that time, only tens of thousands of yuan, so no one cares! Now I have more money and more trouble! I might as well sell my tea eggs at the train station!" Jia Lei said self-deprecatingly.
"Don't you know how much money I have? Besides, all my money is stored in the bank, and I have left but I haven't taken the money with me! It doesn't make sense that even the leader's own grandson can go to study abroad, and I can't go to one of my godgrandchildren! I don't know any state secrets...... "After Jia Lei finished speaking, he stopped a taxi and drove away, Wei Cheng looked at the door he opened and began to worry.
He still has to explain to the above about Jia Lei's going abroad, and it doesn't seem like the right time to mention this at this time! After all, the above just finished pit Jia Lei and ran away, as if he had an opinion on the above.
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"If he wants to go abroad, let him go, anyway, he was already doing this in February, and no one can find fault with him when he says it! It doesn't matter if he goes out to avoid the limelight, the domestic situation is so tense now, and Jia Lei's limelight is flourishing again, which has already attracted the attention of many people! Don't worry, I will personally explain this matter to the chief. Wang Lao said on the phone.
"This kid still knows how to avoid the limelight, I thought he was a fool and bold who was a money obsesser!" Wang Lao looked at the chessboard.
Just like Jia Lei said, his money stays in the country, and it doesn't matter if people leave or not! After all, everyone is staring at the money and himself, and few people really care about him as a ten-year-old kid.
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Two days later, Jia Lei received Su Renfeng and Natasha at the airport, Tonatasha's blessing! Su Renfeng can book air tickets at any time as an employee of the joint venture company, Jia Lei and the two looked at Natasha's six-month-old belly and smiled, and the little cousin was about to be born.
"When will the child be born?" Jia Lei asked happily.
"The doctor said that the due date was around Christmas, and it was a Christmas baby. Natasha happily touched her stomach and said, Jia Lei looked at the big sun in the sky and quickly called a taxi for her.
"We're here to vouch for you at the interview, and we've brought all the marriage certificates! And Natasha is ready to move you to our hukou, and she's handed in her naturalization application! But now that the Soviet Union is in chaos, it's not easy to do. Su Renfeng said worriedly.
"Forget about the naturalization application, I guess the above will not allow me to join other nationalities now! Now the key is whether my school has been found? Have you found it according to my requirements? Is it strictly controlled?" Jia Lei asked.
"Although the economic and agricultural situation of the White Bear Country is not good now, it is among the best in the world in terms of education, and this time Natasha specially helped you find a middle school in the countryside, which is a small school with only about 100 students. Now it's messed up and can't even pay the military salary, Natasha and I promised to send them ten bags of flour and 100 catties of liquor every month, and they will give you a graduation certificate, as for whether you go to study or not, they don't care, but if you want to get a graduation certificate, you have to take an exam every year!" Su Renfeng said.
"That's fine, I just want a diploma anyway, and it's okay if the test score is too poor. Jia Lei said.
"While we are all in China now, I will transfer some of the money in my hand to you! Master please go to the Citibank Beijing Representative Office, do you know where it is?" Jia Lei asked.
Anyway, he didn't find any foreign-funded banks on the map of the capital, and later his grandfather said that foreign-funded banks have just been approved to enter the country for trial operation, and they can't be called banks yet, but can only be called the representative office of a certain bank in Beijing!
What a name for my Great Celestial Empire!
Jia Lei can only hehe!
The brother in the capital is so powerful at all times, even if it is a place that cannot be found on the map, they all know that the taxi will soon take Jia Lei and them to the place.
I really don't blame Jia Lei for being in such a hurry, this foreign exchange is his last private money, and it hasn't been known by the above! If it is not transferred to Natasha's account quickly, Jia Lei is not at ease.
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Jia Lei and they just got out of the car on Bank Street, and before they reached the door of the bank, they were surrounded by groups of scalpers.
"Do you have any foreign currency?"
"Are you here to exchange foreign exchange vouchers?"
"Do you have any foreign currency? do you have dollars?" the men asked.
Su Renfeng was surrounded by water, although some people asked Natasha, but in order to respect the foreign guests and not cause trouble, these people all carefully surrounded Natasha, a place half a meter away from the pregnant woman, and a few people whispered in foreign languages to ask Natasha if she had foreign currency.
Jia Lei hurriedly ran to Natasha and stretched out his hand to stop people, for fear that this precious pregnant woman would be touched.
Su Renfeng, who was not cared for and didn't care about next to him, was miserable, and several scalpers almost stuck to him for questioning!
"What are we going to do with foreign exchange! We can go directly to the bank to change it, why do we change it here. Jia Lei complained.
"You can't say that, children, the current exchange rate in the dollar is 4.28, how about I give you 1:6? Not only do I not charge a fee here, but I also give you more money! You have dollars to exchange for me. The questioning scalper hurriedly said.
"We don't have dollars, do you exchange rubles?" asked Natasha, although Natasha's Chinese was okay, but when she heard the accent, she was definitely a foreigner.
"It's okay to exchange rubles, can we only give you eight yuan for rubles, that is, an exchange rate of 1:8. The scalper said.
"Then I'll exchange it for a hundred rubles and give you money!" Natasha said and took out a hundred rubles from her purse and handed it back for 800 soft girl coins.
"I've finished exchanging foreign exchange, can you let go of the peak now!" Natasha shouted at the crowd on Su Renfeng's side with the soft girl coin in her hand, and those scalpers glanced at each other and quickly left to find the next target.
"Oh! There are so many people speculating in foreign exchange in this capital than in Dongning and Sui, and they almost tear my clothes like wolves that have been hungry for eight years. Su Renfeng tidied up his messy clothes and said, Natasha and Jia Lei smiled and watched his bustle, and the three of them walked into the Citibank office together.
Isn't Jia Lei's money in a Swiss bank?
Jia Lei can tell you that you think too much! Rich people have more than one bank card! How can Jia Lei, a rabbit who has become a fine rabbit, put all his money in one account.
It's good that Swiss banks are good, but it's a pity that they can't enter the country now.
Now only HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of East Asia, and Citibank, an old friend of Pearl citizens, are allowed to open representative offices in China.
Many Swiss banks, which are known for their secrecy, are not qualified to open a representative office! The UBS Group has not yet been established!
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Foreign banks have always paid attention to the customer first, and even if it is just a small representative office, there is a doorman who is responsible for opening the door.
Jia Lei touched the bank card that Wu Development brought back to him in his pocket and walked in, and several people glanced around after they arrived in the hall. Compared with the lively crowd on the street outside, the interior of the foreign bank was extremely deserted, and there were only four or five foreign customers in the entire office to do business at the counter, and there were even foreign exchange points in the bank to help them exchange foreign exchange transactions.
"I want to know if this kind of check can be picked up in China?" Jia Lei took out a cash check from Citibank on Hong Kong Island from his bag behind him and handed it over.
"Please let me see if this check is ours!" The salesman at the counter said politely and coldly, generally the people who come to the office are foreign tourists and elites! He didn't take Jia Lei's child too seriously.
"You...... Wait, I'll call our manager!" The salesman was shocked by the numbers on the check, said hello to his colleague and hurried to the manager's office.
"I'm sorry my colleague was a little reckless, please forgive him! The head of the representative office hastened to apologize to Natasha and said.
The director of Citibank had seen the world, and the numbers on the checks didn't make much of a difference to him, and he led a few people to the VIP room and sat down to let people serve refreshments. The representative office was so small that the manager of Citibank came over quickly.
"Hello beautiful lady, is this check yours?" the manager of Citibank asked Natasha in English.
"Natasha is Russian and doesn't know English, but she understands Chinese. Jia Lei reminded the manager in English.
"I know a little Russian but my level is far from my Chinese, beautiful lady, can we communicate in Chinese?" said the manager, subconsciously glancing at the hostess in the VIP reception room.
Jia Lei's eyes changed, this waitress is so beautiful! White skin, beautiful and temperamental, typical Chinese lady temperament.
"It's not me who is here to do business today, it's him. Natasha pointed at Jia Lei and said.
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"What? Can't I come to do business?" Jia Lei rolled his eyes and asked, who is not surprised to see him now once or twice will not get used to it.
"Of course, the bank's mission is to be our most valued customer, regardless of the amount of deposits!
"My distinguished little guest, what do you want to do?" asked the manager of Citibank.
"I wonder if this cash check can be exchanged for cash at any Citibank in the world, including this office in China and a branch in Russia. Jia Lei asked.
"Okay, I'll take a look at it for you!" The manager took the ticket handed over by Jia Lei with both hands, and carefully checked the authenticity, after all, counterfeit checks are also available now.
"The check is fine! This check can be cashed at any Citibank in the world, including Russia. I have a question here that I would like to take the liberty of asking a few people, is it okay?" the manager put down the check and asked, Jia Lei and Su Renfeng looked at each other and nodded.
"According to the rules of our bank, we should not inquire about the privacy of customers, but because of the language and nationality of several guests, I must ask more about the origin of this money, according to the regulations given to us by your country, all residents of your country must explain the reasons for large foreign exchange transactions in our bank, please forgive this is not our intention! But this is a rule that we must implement. The manager said helplessly, and the beautiful waitress glanced at the manager with some displeasure.
"All right, if anyone else wants to hear it, you can find them all, lest I have to do it all over again. Jia Lei waved his hand and said, the waitress shook at the door for a moment, and soon two other older men came in.