Chapter 303: Are Banks Safe?
Zheng Xudong heard Ou Zhaolun's voice getting quieter and quieter, so he continued to ask: "Mr. President, can you stop the French government from asking for this code, but can you stop your government from asking for the Declaration of Independence? I want you to tell me frankly. Zheng Xudong stared at his eyes tightly and said.
"This maybe... Possible... Ou Zhaolun's face was in a cold sweat at this time, and he believed that if the group headquarters fought hard to ask for the "Declaration of Independence," would he be able to stop it? At that time, the group would definitely say, "Isn't it just a hairy young man who has broken his promise? We are not bad for this customer, what is it to sacrifice a customer for the honor of the United States!" He can now guess the instructions given to him by the group headquarters.
"Forget it, I won't embarrass you. Zheng Xudong saw his pale face and said, "In this way, I will keep the Code of Hammurabi and the golden armor of Pompeii, two things that are difficult to move, with you." Hearing this, Ou Zhaolun was about to say thank you for his trust, but Zheng Xudong interrupted his thoughts and continued: "Don't be too happy too early, I want to make an insurance for these two things." β
"Insurance?" Ou Zhaolun didn't understand what he meant.
"Yes, insurance, that means that if these two artifacts are lost in your bank for any reason, you will be liable for compensation, this is no problem, right?"
"No problem, that's the way it should be, how much do you want to insure?" he asked.
"Each piece is worth $200 million, and it will be kept with you for a month. Do you calculate how much I'm going to pay?"
"It's only a month, isn't it a little less? At least three months!"
"I've said it's been a long month, do you think your U.S. government can wait three months for the Declaration of Independence to go up for auction? Can they wait three months? I'm sure someone will contact me soon to buy them back!"
"Well, I'm getting more and more afraid to underestimate you young man. I'm going to find someone to calculate the cost of storage. Do you have to take the rest of your stuff back and keep it for yourself?"
"Yes, I won't trouble you. β
In the end, after the calculation of banking professionals, the Code of Hammurabi and Pompeii's gold armor were worth $200 million each, and the cost was $3 million per month, and the fraction of a month was calculated as a month. The retention period is effective immediately.
After signing his name on more than a dozen forms, Zheng Xudong accompanied by President Ou Zhaolun personally and the vault staff came to the bank vault located on the third floor of the basement, after Ou Zhaolun retina scanning, the palm print scan of the vault supervisor, and the key of the vault personnel, it was really a metal door with a thickness of one meter was opened, and the two cultural relics were advanced into the safe opened by himself two meters high, one meter long and one meter wide under the witness of Zheng Xudong, and he personally closed the door, and the custodian handed him a key, and the two of them used the key to lock the doorγ And tell him that when he picks up something, he must also use a key to take it away.
In fact, Zheng Xudong couldn't trust them at all, he had already received two cultural relics into the space when he closed the door. If Citibank doesn't play tricks, he will naturally put the things back in when he picks them up, and if they want to play with them, then let them pay the insurance premium and not get the things.
"President Ou Zhaolun, here is $400 million and the century-old credibility of your Citibank!" Zheng Xudong said to him after leaving the door of the vault.
"Understand, don't worry, the two cultural relics must be foolproof here. Ou Zhaolun assured him.
The two separated in front of the elevator, Zheng Xudong got on the Kaibaihe battle shield in the underground garage, and Ou Zhaolun got on his own president's special elevator.
In the elevator, Ou Zhaolun's phone rang, "Chairman, that kid is gone." β
"Did he keep everything in the bank?" asked the chairman on the other end of the phone.
"He only kept the hard-to-get Code of Hammurabi and the Golden Warframe in our bank, and he took everything else with him. That's what he told me ... Ou Zhaolun reported to the chairman of Citibank's headquarters in the elevator.
"This little fox, who knows how to guard against us at such a young age, has also seen through our routines, and deserves to be a Chinese magic boy. Clever, cunning!"
"Chairman, what are we going to do next? Just let those things fall into someone else's hands?"
"You don't have to worry about the rest of the matter, the government will take over. You're doing a great job, keep up the good work and try to get back to headquarters as soon as possible to be my assistant. β
"Yes, we must live up to the trust and cultivation of the chairman!" After speaking, the two sides hung up the phone.
At this time, Zheng Xudong said to Tang Luoyong: "You can drive, let's go home." β
Although he didn't know why Zheng Xudong asked him to wait in the parking lot for a while before leaving, neither he nor Sean asked, and neither he spoke in the car.
In fact, when Ou Zhaolun's phone was connected, Xiao Ai had already transmitted the monitoring signal to his mind, and he was guarding against this old fox so he let Xiao Ai listen to his mobile phone signal, but it was too far away and he was afraid that it would exceed Xiao Ai's listening ability, so he simply let the car stop in place and did not start.
"Sure enough, these people are all old foxes, one in front of them and another behind them, it seems that I was right to keep an eye on them. Citibank, since you did the first year of junior high school, don't blame me for doing the fifteenth. When the time comes, you won't be able to get out of my things, and I'll see how you explain it, the money, 400 million dollars, you're going to pay for it! The things are still with me, and I'm angry with you. Ou Zhaolun, I think you, the president, have done it!"
Sean saw Zheng Xudong in the car with his eyes closed and didn't speak, and said anxiously: "Adong, why did you get these things back, why don't you deposit them in the bank?
"Sean, do you think the bank is safe?" Zheng Xudong said without opening his eyes.
"That's Citibank in the United States, and what other forces dare to rob it? Unless it's a coup d'Γ©tat in your country. Otherwise... β
"What if you Americans want to guard and steal by themselves?!"
"That must not be ... Yes... "Sean immediately lost his confidence when he heard his words.
Zheng Xudong told Sean again about the conversation he had with President Ou Zhaolun just now, "Do you think it's really impossible to happen?" At this time, he opened his eyes and sat up to look at him.
Sean didn't answer for a long time, in fact, this kind of thing is just like Zheng Xudong said, the bank said that the thing is gone, just lose money, what do you want to do? As for whether this kind of thing will happen, Sean is also asking himself in his heart, and the answer he gets is "It will definitely happen!"
"You think the terms of the insurance contract you signed are okay, right?" Zheng Xudong is now concerned about this matter. "If the bank loses the things in custody, they won't lose money!"
"Dare! I told them they couldn't even put their pants on!" Sean said with a swear. After speaking, he reacted, "Adong, you mean they will really do it?"
Zheng Xudong sneered twice and said: "On the one hand, it is a national treasure-level cultural relic that the French government wants, and on the other hand, I am a little star who has just become famous.
"Of course it is... French government, you are a man to them ... In the end, Sean was embarrassed to say it.
"I'm just a fart to them, maybe not even a fart, people can tell you clearly, and they will rob you, what's the matter, lose your money, what else do you want?"
"But... But... Citibank's 100-year-old credibility!" Sean sighed.
"Its credibility will not be affected, and it may be well received, and they can say to the outside world, you see that we lost something, and we lost a high price!"
"These evil capitalists!" said Sean hatefully.
"Sean, believe it or not, if you go tomorrow morning to fetch the Code of Hammurabi and Pompeii's Golden Armor, they will be gone. β
"No, this is too anxious!" Sean looked incredulous, but when he saw the expression on Zheng Xudong's face, he couldn't help but believe it. In the end, it can only be "Alas!" with a long sigh.
"So I ask you, is there no problem with the signing of the insurance contract, and if the things are gone, can you get compensation?"
"Don't worry, Adong, I use my professional qualifications as a lawyer to assure you that there will be no problem. Sean said, patting his chest.
"I hope your lawyer's credentials are worth $400 million. β
When Sean heard this, he quickly took the contracts out of his briefcase and read them carefully.
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"Hello passengers! Modu Pudong Airport has arrived, please bring your salute to some passengers who get off the plane, please wait in the security check area with your valuables for some passengers who are connecting to New York, our plane will take off in two hours. β
The sweet voice of the flight attendant was heard on the plane's radio, which was broadcast in Chinese and English.
All the passengers have already gotten up and are ready to get off the plane, the difference is that some are already home and some are still on their way home.
This is a plane from Xiangjiang to New York, Rebecca Lean, female, 27 years old, American, happened to take this flight from Xiangjiang to New York, has been sitting for two hours, just in time to get off the plane to move the body, by the way to look at the newly repaired Pudong Airport, listen to the action team said, "This Pudong Airport is more luxurious and advanced than any airport in the world!" As for saluting, she has never brought it, so she is empty.
When she came to the waiting area of Pudong Airport, she was shopping at the self-selected supermarket and wanted to choose some snacks with Chinese characteristics here, so that she could have a boring time of more than ten hours when she got on the plane.
"Ding Dong!" her phone rang, and the voice was a text message.
She took out her iPhone, and it showed a line of words: "No. 699 Yuyuan Road is on standby." β
She was in a terrible mood when she saw this line of small words, "WHAT! I'm finally going home, and you told me there is action here." But this was not what she said, so she had to put down what she was holding, came to Pudong Airport and took a taxi outside, and said in her broken Chinese: "Master, Yuyuan Road, thank you!"
"Yuyuan Road, okay, please fasten your seat belt!"
The blue Jetta Taxi blends into the city's traffic.