Chapter 480: Secret Contact
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If you can't cooperate, then you won't cooperate, it was originally a good deal, but it ended like this, Li Mingbao didn't know what to say. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He originally thought that no one would refuse a matter of mutual benefit. But he didn't think of such a simple thing, put it to Li Zhaoji, but it didn't work at all, he was too greedy, so greedy that Li Mingbao would rather deal with the British government in Hong Kong than with these Hong Kong businessmen.
Fortunately, Li Mingbao's industry is very special, and now he has control. Otherwise, the sixth uncle's mind may not be much better than Li Zhaoji. Since he can't cooperate with these local Hong Kong businessmen, Li Mingbao naturally wants to contact the people on the side of the British government in Hong Kong.
But contacting them is actually a more troublesome matter. Because Li Mingbao is fundamentally not familiar with these Brits. Even if they had to deal with it before, it was arranged by the sixth uncle and their old men. And now it is not easy for him to find such a channel himself, and he can't directly find the Hong Kong governor for this matter, he doesn't have such a big face in Hong Kong. If you don't look for the governor of Hong Kong, you have to find the people from the HKMA, but to be honest, Li Mingbao doesn't know anyone from the HKMA, and the governor has met once or twice, and the people from the HKMA, let alone people, don't even know which way the door is opened.
So it's basically impossible to go straight to the door. Fortunately, Li Mingbao still left a hand tail before him, if it weren't for this hand tail, maybe Li Mingbao would have only relied on Li Zhaoji to go to the black, and the loss at that time would definitely not be a small amount. So after separating from Li Zhaoji, Li Mingbao asked his secretary Mieko to contact a deputy manager of Standard Chartered Bank, that is, the guy who had talked to Li Mingbao about dollars and stayed in Hong Kong.
After receiving Li Mingbao's call, Terex's heart immediately became active. To be honest, when Li Mingbao transferred the dollar away, Teris was really depressed like a dead mother. After all, this money will not leave sooner or later, but it will leave at this time, if it is not for the exaggerated strength of the people who ask for money, even their Standard Chartered Bank will not be able to withstand it, so whether Li Mingbao's money can be transferred away at this time is a big problem.
Banks, especially old banks, no bank is good, those banks opened abroad in China, swallowing silver is the norm, just swallowing more and swallowing less, even Yuan Datou's money they dare to swallow, let alone others, Daosheng Bank even swallowed all the depositors' money, leaving the Republic of China an empty shell, until now the money has not been returned, such things, it can be said that abounds. It's just that some banks want a little face, so there are still those signboards, and some banks are just shameless, and the direct signboards have been swallowed, anyway, for them, the signboard can continue to open if they change it, and they can just be there.
In modern society, banks are a little better, but they are also not good. They didn't dare to swallow Li Mingbao's money directly, but if they embezzled it temporarily, or delayed it for two months, there would be absolutely no risk. Fortunately, the person Li Mingbao invited out last time was not an ordinary person, John plus Murdoch, even if Standard Chartered Bank didn't want this face, it couldn't afford to pay that price. In the end, the loss will be even more, so they can so happily let Li Mingbao transfer the money.
I thought that there was no hope for this money, and the British government in Hong Kong would have to rely on other methods to stabilize the exchange rate, but I didn't expect Li Mingbao to call him at this time, saying that maybe there was a sum of money that would be put in Standard Chartered Bank again. Although Li Mingbao did not specify what kind of money it was on the phone, Terese could see some hope, so he immediately agreed to Li Mingbao's request and asked Li Mingbao to go to the Hong Kong headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank to negotiate.
Teres was happy, and Li Mingbao was also relieved. After all, he really doesn't know whether the Hong Kong and British governments are really ready for the money at this time, if the Hong Kong and British governments are ready, then even if he deposits money in the Standard Chartered Bank now, he won't be able to get much benefit, if there is still a certain gap, then Li Mingbao's side, there is more room for negotiation. Fortunately, Teris did not refuse, but very enthusiastically invited Li Mingbao to their Standard Chartered Bank, so that Li Mingbao also had an excuse.
The next day, Li Mingbao took his secretary Mieko and drove to the headquarters building of Standard Chartered Bank. Standard Chartered Bank's roots in Hong Kong are actually deeper than those of Hong Kong companies. Basically, it can be regarded as the money bag of the British government in Hong Kong, and many times, Standard Chartered Bank plays a role in the hands of the British government in Hong Kong, which is equivalent to the central bank, issuing notes and lending, infrastructure finance, basically the business of Standard Chartered Bank, with their identity as a local bank in the United Kingdom, in Hong Kong, speaking is even more effective than the British government in Hong Kong. Of course, after the Sino-British negotiations, the life of Standard Chartered Bank was not so good, because at that time, the actions of the Bank of China on this side became more and more exaggerated, forming a situation of two great powers, of course, even if the Bank of China was here, it was not the opponent of Standard Chartered Bank in the early stage, even after the return of Hong Kong, the strength of Standard Chartered Bank should not be underestimated, but in general, the days of Standard Chartered Bank at that time were much more difficult than the era of doing independent business. But no matter how sad it is, others are also banks, this industry, although there is a risk of bankruptcy, but in fact, the probability of bank bankruptcy is smaller than any other industry, especially large banks, it is difficult to have the risk of failure, even those small banks, if it is not for the merger of peers, their life will be better than the general industry.
When Li Mingbao arrived at Standard Chartered Bank, he saw Teris waiting in front of the gate of Standard Chartered Bank, for a character like him, being able to wait at the door of the bank in person explained a lot of problems, so after seeing Terex, Li Mingbao got out of the car, also smiled, and walked forward quickly, giving Terex, who was nearly fifty years old, a warm hug.
"Dear Terese, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately, I haven't been back from the United States for a long time, I don't know much about some recent things in Hong Kong, I guess your Standard Chartered Bank should be quite moist recently."
"My old friend, Lee, I've been having a hard time lately, especially when you took out that money from Standard Chartered Bank, and I felt as if I had married my daughter. You must know that the time you put this money in our Standard Chartered Bank is not short, and it has also played a positive role in my work, but you don't say a word silently, and withdraw this money is an unscrupulous loss for our Standard Chartered Bank. How much better do you think I feel in such a situation? Teres pretended to be sad and said to Li Mingbao.
Hearing Tris's words, Li Mingbao said with a smile: "If you had married your daughter to me, then I wouldn't have done it, before that, I would definitely say hello to you first, for Emma, I have been fascinated for a long time." ”
"It's a pity that when Mary got married, you were only seventeen years old, and at that time, you were not yet the legal age for marriage, and even if I wanted to marry my daughter to you, you would not be able to get married." Teris didn't have much disgust with Li Mingbao's teasing of his daughter, anyway, Li Mingbao didn't drool over his daughter once or twice.
"Okay, let's not discuss this, let's go to your office first. Of course, if I have the chance, can I invite your daughter to a romantic candlelight party? Li Mingbao said to Teres as he walked inside Standard Chartered Bank.
"If her husband doesn't mind, and my daughter is happy to know you as a stranger, of course it's no problem, but I don't think such a thing can happen, after all, the two of them are very affectionate, and her husband is not a simple person, so you'd better be prepared to be hit." Teris also said for the old disrespectful.
Tereus's words are definitely not false, after all, he is the vice president of Standard Chartered Bank and a shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank. And what Standard Chartered Bank represents, is a person who understands, and what his daughter can marry, is also expected, whether in the West or the East, in fact, they pay attention to a good family, the East may not be too strict such rules, even in ancient times, there were poor scholars to marry Perefumei, of course, the number is a little. But in the West, the right to the door is definitely a very critical issue, and in ancient times it was even more exaggerated, it was a royal family, and it had to be a royal family to marry.
In order to maintain their bloodline, they even married at the expense of blood relatives, and there were quite a few things about the marriage of older brothers and younger sisters. During the First World War, it was actually equivalent to an uncle beating a nephew, a cousin beating a cousin, and a cousin beating a cousin, anyway, it was a mess. Even if it's a small country, it's the royal family that controls it. Of course, in modern times, the West is a little better, and the royal family and the aristocracy are also intermarrying, but it is still a taboo topic for ordinary people to marry high-ranking families. Teres is also a baron in England. The daughter of a baron, coupled with Tris's own power, marrying someone is definitely not a simple commodity and family.
Li Mingbao followed Teris into the elevator, then upstairs, and finally to Terres's office. As a veteran aristocrat, the decoration in Teres's office is definitely worthy of his title of nobleman, just those antiques placed in the office, the price is quite large, especially the cultural relics of Teres in Hong Kong and China, and the collection is quite a lot, at least when Li Mingbao came for the first time, he saw several exhibits that could reach the collection of provincial museums. Even if the cultural relics of China have not yet been sold for a starting price, these cultural relics of Teres can be auctioned for a lot of money now.
And what can make Teris put in his office is 100% not fake, and he can't afford to lose this person. Seeing the subtlety, Li Mingbao knew how much energy a veteran bank like Standard Chartered had, and many things that flowed out of the Qing Palace back then were definitely put into the hands of these old guys, and these things that were put out were definitely not the best goods.
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