David quickly got a satisfactory answer, and Wells Fargo agreed to his request, although I don't know what the other party thought about it, but it was enough for David.

Although David is not a billionaire, he is also a rich man, not to mention that in terms of his age, no amount of money is of much use to him, but what David has always insisted on and worked hard is the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, which once belonged to his family's banking industry. David couldn't imagine what hope he would have for his future life once he retired once he was completely retired and left the bank.

This is also the reason why David insisted in the end, although he knew very well that when the merger was completed and the board of directors of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States was reorganized, he would step down from the position of chairman, and he would also leave the core level, and at most he would retain a seat on the board of directors. As for the so-called honorary chairman, these are all false names, David doesn't care, he only cares about the future of the bank, he wants to tell Wells Fargo in his own way, while staying in the bank, watching where the bank created by his father and grandparents will eventually go.

David's compromise made the subsequent merger and acquisition work extremely smooth. In just over a month, some directors and shareholders have been defeated by the money waved by the acquirer and sold or transferred their shares. By the time the acquirer's stake reached 6, the merger was complete and the Buck family, who had been at the helm of National Bank No. 1 for nearly 15 years, handed over the rights.

"Tomorrow is the new board of directors, right?" Sitting in his office, David looked around at the familiar surroundings, stroked the desk, and asked faintly.

"Yes, sir, the notice has been issued within the bank, and the officers will be in attendance." Miss Doris, as usual, replied with the folder in her hand, in her usual tone.

"3 years of time, I am really reluctant......." David couldn't help but sigh and smiled at Miss Toris: "I still remember the day you came to apply for the secretary, and you stood in front of me and told me with great confidence that you were the most suitable candidate for this position. On that day, you were wearing a blue skirt with a silver brooch pinned to your chest, and the expression on your face was very serious, and you were a little ......stubborn. ”

"Thank you for remembering that." Miss Toris replied in her tone, but there was a soft look in her eyes.

"It's been 3 years, I'm old, you're not young, you've done everything you promised in the past 3 years, but I haven't fulfilled the oath I made to take over this bank. Thank you Toris, thank you for being with me for so many days, not long ago I was thinking that we might be able to work together until the day I retired, but I didn't expect this day to come so soon, sorry Toris ....... David looked at Miss Toris with a smile, took her hand and patted it gently, this is the intimacy of his most trusted work partner and good friend, Miss Toris who has accompanied him through so many years and ups and downs is the closest person except his wife Anna.

Gently pulling her hand from David's palm, Miss Toris hesitated slightly, and then embraced David in a way she had never done before.

"I should say thank you, thank you for so many years of trust, David, you are a good boss and a friend worth making friends with. Retirement, this is the life I have wanted for a long time, we can leave these hard and never-ending jobs behind and enjoy them easily. If you want, can I invite you to travel to Europe with Anna? You know, I've always wanted to go to Europe and see those old castles. ”

"Of course," David smiled heartily, "maybe we can go skiing, I heard that the ski resorts in Austria are good." ”

"That's a great idea," Miss Toris smiled and nodded, then raised her hand to gesture to the folder she was holding, "But David, we have to continue working before we can enjoy life, and we have the right to enjoy it until we have done it, don't we?" ”

David immediately smiled and nodded in agreement.

The next morning, the new board of directors of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States was officially convened. On this day, David wore his best suit and a dark red tie, and his whole person was dressed in good spirits, and he couldn't see the depression and decadence of his imminent departure from the chairman's position. Moreover, he came to the bank early as usual, and when he walked through the bank door, he chatted with the black security guard named Ruka about the ball game, and finally patted him on the shoulder like an old friend before entering the elevator.

The board of directors started at nine a.m., and around 8:40 a.m., David walked into the room early and sat down in the same chair he had been sitting in. It's just that unlike before, another chair has been placed next to his chair today, which will be a ceremony for the handover of the new and old chairmen. And when he sat down, he looked at the people below who had basically arrived, and looked at their familiar faces, and his heart was infinitely emotional.

Several chairs are now available on the board of directors as some of the directors and shareholders of the former board of directors have sold or transferred their shares. In addition, today's meeting is important, so the senior staff of the bank also participated, but they sat slightly in the outer circle, and waited with anxiety for the upcoming chairman of the trust.

"David, who will the rich country send as the new chairman?" Unlike Johnny, who was eager to sell his stake sooner, Leo has always been on David's side, and he has kept his promise not to sell his stake to Wells Fargo. Despite this, it still can't stop the merger of Wells Fargo, but Leo's move and silent support have always made David sincerely grateful.

Johnny and the others left the board, and Leo happened to be sitting not far from David today, and he whispered a question while the other party had not yet arrived

David shook his head slightly, and he couldn't answer this question either, because he still didn't know who the new chairman was. But according to his guess, maybe it was someone who carried out the merger this time, or the senior executive of Wells Fargo.

Time passed quickly, and more than ten minutes passed in a blink of an eye. Just as nine o'clock approached, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hallway. Everyone in the conference room immediately shifted their eyes to the direction of the door, waiting for each other's arrival with mixed feelings.

The door opened quickly, and the person who walked into the conference room first David was very familiar, this was Mike, the senior director of the financial department of Wells Fargo, as a senior executive of Wells Fargo, few people in the banking industry Mike did not know, and of course David knew him. Seeing Mikes' appearance, David was slightly stunned at first, and then quickly stood up, he didn't expect Mike to come here, could it be that Mike is actually the new chairman of the No. 1 National Bank in the United States?

But the next scene made David a little incomprehensible, because after Mike entered the door, he first nodded at himself with a smile, and then quickly turned his body to the side, revealing a young man behind him, David's mind was a little confused when he saw this young man, because the other party was almost a stranger, and he was also a Chinese.

"Welcome, Mr. Mike." David didn't think much about it, stepped forward and shook hands with the other party and said, "I didn't expect Wells Fargo to send you, but Mr. Max, are you also the chairman?" With your position at Wells Fargo, it's hard ⊥ believe that you're going straight into that position. ”

Max shook David's hand with a smile, shook his head and said, "Of course not, if the headquarters makes such a decision, maybe I should submit my resignation report." Mikes said this with a bit of contempt for the National Bank of the United States, but when it came out of his mouth, no one in this room felt exaggerated. Because this is indeed the case, Mikes, as a senior director of Wells Fargo's financial department, is terrifying and has hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth in his hands. Being in such a position and power, being delegated to a small bank to serve as the chairman of the board of directors is not clear that this is "exile"? To that...

At that time, it is strange that Max did not submit his resignation.

"And ...... you?" David wondered.

Mike smiled and stretched out his hand to the young man standing behind him, "I'm here with someone today, Mr. Barker, this is your new chairman." ”

"Him?" David said with some surprise on his face, looking at this young Chinese, David never thought that this person would be the new chairman of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States. Could it be that this young man is a key member of Wells Fargo? If it weren't for that, how could Mix personally accompany the other party in such a high capacity? It looks like he's very respectful of each other.。

Just when David was puzzled, Miss Toris had already recognized who it was, and hurriedly whispered a reminder in David's ear.

"BAVC week?" David was stunned again, and then he suddenly realized, no wonder he felt a little familiar when he looked at the other party's face. It turns out that the other party is the famous BAVC Zhou, but it is no wonder, as the chairman of OR company, a shareholder of Wells Fargo and Cisco, and now the world's richest, Zhou Liwen's reputation is very loud. It's just that Zhou Liwen rarely shows up in the financial and banking industries, so it's normal for David not to recognize the other party at first.

However, how could Zhou Liwen come to be the chairman of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States? This question left David a little confused. You must know that Zhou Liwen is the number one richest man, a billionaire, although he is a shareholder of Wells Fargo, he has never held any position in Wells Fargo, but the remote Max introduced himself to Zhou Liwen as the person who succeeded the chairman, this answer is a little puzzling. Could it be that this young rich man came to be the chairman on a whim? But it doesn't look like it

Although he couldn't figure it out for a while, David was still very polite, and shook hands with Zhou Liwen with three points of enthusiasm. Then, Zhou Liwen sat down on the chair next to David, and then nodded to Max, who smiled and asked people to put a folder in front of Zhou Liwen, and then said hello to David and walked away.

Max only stayed for less than five minutes before leaving, Zhou Liwen stayed, and there were two entourages who looked like professionals, and I don't know if they were lawyers or accountants, and sat down separately in the two empty seats on the left side of the conference room.

David, who was confused, was very confused, but the board still had to be opened. After everyone sat down, he cleared his throat and began to announce the change of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, and made it clear that due to the Wells Fargo merger, he will resign as chairman today, and Mr. Zhou, who was appointed by Wells Fargo, will replace the chairman.

For this announcement, everyone present was prepared, so everyone did not show any surprised expressions. However, Zhou Liwen's appearance also aroused the curiosity of many people, and some people secretly speculated that Zhou Liwen, as a billionaire in the IT electronics industry, could come to serve as the chairman of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States? The question was as puzzling as David had thought.

When David finished his words and raised his hand to signal Zhou Liwen, Zhou Liwen nodded to him very politely, then glanced at the conference room with a smile, and then said: "I am BAVC Zhou, maybe many people present know me, that's right, I am the guy who is temporarily number one on the wealth list." But don't worry, what is the wealth list, I think everyone is a professional in the banking industry, and they know very well the trick they play, so you don't have to take it seriously. To put it simply, you can see me as a Chinese kid with a bit of strength and some good luck. You see, the rich are no different from ordinary people, they all have one head and one mouth, and they don't have three eyes. ”

Zhou Liwen's witty words immediately caused everyone to laugh, and the atmosphere in the conference room was suddenly a lot more relaxed. Some people even think that Zhou Liwen should seem to be a very good boss, and he is not as serious as the average Chinese, at least working under this kind of boss can make people feel a lot more relaxed.

After everyone's laughter fell a little behind, Zhou Liwen smiled again: "I know that I am here today, many people, including Mr. David, are a little surprised, and there may be many people who think in their hearts, 'Oh, this Chinese kid I know, isn't it just the lucky one who makes money by selling mobile phones?'" How did such a guy come to the bank? Could it be that he is too idle to make trouble for everyone? ,”

Suddenly, many people burst out laughing again, of course, all of them were good-natured laughter, because Zhou Liwen's words did say what everyone thought in their hearts.

Zhou Liwen spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Look, this is a misunderstanding that only arises if everyone doesn't understand." Actually, I'm a companion to everyone, but few people know about it. ”

"BAVC, you mean your stake in Phu Quoc, right?" Leo asked with a smile.

"No, no, no." Unexpectedly, Zhou Liwen shook his head, and he corrected: "That's right, many people present know that I own shares in Wells Fargo and am also one of their independent directors. However, unlike what I said earlier, I actually had my own bank long before Wells Fargo, and of course this bank is not in the United States, but in China. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that if this is the case, it is normal for Zhou Liwen to be the chairman of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, although the bank he owns is not a Bank of America, but a bank of China, but at least he can be regarded as an insider. As an insider, it is natural to be accepted by the same industry, no wonder he can own the shares of Wells Fargo, it seems that it is not like the official information announced by the original OR stock listing, Wells Fargo can cross-swap shares with Zhou Liwen, which should not only have OR reasons, I am afraid that this aspect is also taken into account. You must know that with the development of China's economy in recent years, many American banks have tried to join forces with Chinese banks, and Wells Fargo, as the world's No. 1 bank, will certainly not give up this opportunity. As for what Zhou Liwen said about the situation of the Chinese bank he owned, everyone didn't pay too much attention to it, the pride of the Yankees is in their bones, even if it is a small bank like the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, the vast majority of people only think that the Chinese banks mentioned by Zhou Liwen are at most about the same size as them, or even smaller.

As for these, Zhou Liwen did not explain the situation of Huhai Bank to everyone, because there is no need for this for the time being. Not to mention that the current Huhai Bank has reached a huge scale of more than 4oo million US dollars, which is enough to occupy a place among the large banks in the United States, it is said that the Alipay in Zhou Liwen's hands and the output value of Yu'e Bao, which is being piloted, are worthy of the total assets of several No. 1 national banks in the United States.

Seeing everyone's happy expressions, Zhou Liwen continued to smile and threw out a situation that surprised everyone, only to hear him say again: "Before the formal meeting, I want to correct what Mr. Buck just said, that is, Wells Fargo's merger and acquisition of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States. In fact, the real answer should be my merger and acquisition of the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, although the executor is indeed Wells Fargo, but it is I who really holds the absolute controlling stake and not Wells Fargo. So, that's the main reason why Mr. Mikes left just now, and he was just doing this handover on behalf of Wells Fargo. ”

As soon as Zhou Liwen's words fell, everyone's eyes widened in shock, especially David, who was the former chairman, looked at Zhou Liwen in disbelief, and he frowned deeply, because he never thought that Wells Fargo's merger and acquisition was actually for Zhou Liwen, and the real person behind the scenes was not the headquarters of Wells Fargo, but the young billionaire sitting in front of him.

Although, Zhou Liwen just told everyone that he also owns a bank, but owning a bank is completely different from the merger and acquisition of Wells Fargo. What's more, Zhou Liwen still owns a Chinese bank, David couldn't help but feel a little angry when he thought of this, because he felt that he had been deceived. If his bank is bought by Wells Fargo, David can still bear it, after all, with the strength and scale of Wells Fargo, it is very good for the No. 1 National Bank in the United States...

This is David insisting on keeping his shares, to see if the bank can expand to the point that he has always dreamed of. But now, all hope has been dashed, and the hard work of his Buck family for several lifetimes has actually become a plaything in the hands of the other party, a rich man who only owns a Chinese bank, even if he is the richest in the world, but so what? Does he have what it takes to manage the bank? If the other party's actions pushed the bank into the abyss, then how would he, David, explain it to his fathers and ancestors when he returned to heaven?

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