Just after about six o'clock, the mailroom delivered the latest messages and letters.

The person who came to deliver the letter said that there were many problems, but he didn't dare to delay his work. Seeing that Song Yufang was just silent, she gave up asking.

Song Yufang didn't dare to delay the business, knocked on the door and prepared to send it in.

At this time, Sun Futang happened to feel a little sleepy, and was standing in the corner, turning on the faucet, pouring cold water on his face. He smiled and asked, "Xiao Song, please read it for me." ”

"You're welcome." Song Yufang first silently scanned the content, and her expression became a little grim. Holding the telegram almost to his eyes, for fear of making a mistake by half a word, he solemnly read it down, "Liang intends to investigate whether the Shanghai Xing's resistance order involves warlords. ”

Sun Futang took a white towel and covered his face, nodded, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Song Yufang paused, put the telegram on the table, and went to unfold the letter again, and read it in a deep voice: "Mr. Futang Taijian, Commissioner Zhou Yusheng, visited at noon today, intending to test the feasibility of merging our bank with the Bank of Communications. I should have called quickly, but I was afraid that I would have been among the monitors. If you want to discuss in person, the affairs in the meeting are complicated, and it is really difficult to get out, so I am sorry. I have to borrow this letter to ask my husband to pay more attention. The little brother respects it. ”

After reading it, I saw that Sun Futang had already returned to his seat, and raised his hand and pinched the center of his swollen eyebrows. He had forgotten that it was not He Shunqing standing in front of him. Immediately, he shot the case and shouted angrily outside the door: "Merge and merge, these people can't think of anything else except merger?!" With that, he fell back, closed his eyes, and thought about things silently.

Song Yufang's feet moved uneasily, she slowed down her movements, and went to turn over the pile of materials in her hand, for fear that even the slightest noise would affect Sun Futang's thinking.

He Shunqing's various preparations also include the current situation. The method he gave was to ask Song Yufang to pick a piece of good news that he had deliberately postponed reporting in advance, so as to relieve Sun Futang's pressure

After finding something, Song Yufang carefully cleared her throat and pinched her voice, making it neither high nor low, neither fast nor slow, just right: "That, Old Sun...... The phone call that Secretary He received before he left has not had time to tell you. Deputy Manager Zhang of the Shanghai Branch visited the court judge of the Shanghai French Concession. The other party's suggestion at the legal level is that the bank should secretly organize shareholders, depositors and bond holders to sue the Shanghai branch for harming its interests in the court. This time, on the one hand, the court will file a case. The most important point is that during the litigation, the manager and deputy manager of the Shanghai branch, who are in charge, can only stay in the concession so that they can be summoned at any time. In this way, even if the central government takes off the hat of disobeying the decree, it cannot take people in the concession at will. ”

This trick puts bad news ahead of good news, which seems to be very effective for Sun Futang's emotions on the one hand. I saw that his face was slightly pale, and he kept nodding his head, muttering and repeating: "This method is feasible......

And Song Yufang was not idle, she sighed in her heart, a capable person is a capable person, and he can come up with a trick to resist the order with the law. I don't know if there will be a day when I can become such a witty and honest number one person.

But don't do this kind of daydream at such a time, it's important to get down to business first.

Sun Futang followed his own train of thought and groaned: "In my opinion, it is better to ask a suitable person to come forward and organize a shareholders' federation in the name of shareholders' interests and draw up a provisional charter." ”

Song Yufang listened stunned at first, but suddenly remembered her duty, quickly took out a pen, and recorded it carefully on the corner of the table.

"Subsequently, we published a statement saying that at the strong request of the majority of shareholders, the bank's property was temporarily taken over by the shareholders' meeting. No matter what the name of the withdrawal, even if it is a withdrawal from the Zheng government, it must be done according to the rules. This is not only an extraordinary policy in extraordinary times, but after surviving this turmoil, the provisional charter should be improved into a formal charter. This is the only way to ensure that banks remain neutral and stable, no matter what storms they go through. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door and said, "Old Sun, President Wang, please go to the conference room." ”

Song Yufang and Sun Futang glanced at each other, she thought for a moment, and asked unhurriedly, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The people outside the door were either embarrassed to speak, or surprised by this female voice, in short, it took a long time before they said: "It's the commissioner's meaning, let's ask Sun Lao to talk about the specific matter." ”

"Got it." This time, Sun Futang took the lead and answered. He stood up, combed the two gray beards on his mouth with his fingers, and said with a smile, "Xiao Song, I'm going to ask you to accompany me on a trip." ”

"Where the duty lies." Song Yufang bowed as she spoke, and cleverly handed over the cane leaning against the table.

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The two of them went to the conference room empty-handed.

Sun Futang did not intend to make the slightest compromise with the commissioner, let alone expect any understanding from the Zheng government level.

Before entering the door, I heard a male voice full of energy, shouting his truth in a Shandong accent: "What is the manager of the Shanghai branch, Han Zhang, thinks too highly of himself, and a branch manager dares to directly resist the decree!" Where did he put the Zheng Mansion and where did he put the Great President? ”

Judging from the content and tone of her speech, Song Yufang guessed that this person should be Commissioner Zhou Yusheng. Being in a high position, and having such a commanding attitude, is really very difficult. Especially judging from the letter he just read, Zhou Yusheng was still quite restrained during the day, only acting like a lobbyist, but at this time he was very fierce. It must be that there are too many walls to show your true face.

It seems that today's battle is not going to be easy.

The door of the conference room opened from both sides, and Sun Futang stood at the door with a cane before slowly walking inside.

As expected, the current situation can be described as a thousand shots, and those who do not bear heavy responsibilities may also have the leisure to care about some trivial things. But the more you go to the front row, the more no one cares about the unfamiliar face behind Sun Futang. These people saw that Song Yufang was dressed so plainly, but they expected that Sun Futang was too old to withstand the heavy pressure, so they called a servant from the mansion.

Song Yufang craned her neck and looked in, and at the head of the conference table stood a big man, tall and with a thick chest. Wearing a new black robe with a blue cardigan, his eyes are small, but they are very focused, and he can't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he looks at whomever he wants. He looked excited, with bruises on his neck bulging, as if he had just finished his fire. Undoubtedly, the question he heard at the door came from him.

As for Wang Shicang, the president of the Bank of China, his photo has been frequently in the headlines of newspapers recently, and Song Yufang naturally recognizes the one on Zhou Yusheng's right.

Regarding the complicated relationships in the bank, Wang Shicang understands it very well. Since ancient times, it has been said that officials and businessmen are not separated, but Sun Futang and those so-called enlightened people behind him have moved the idea of splitting the family, and it has not been a day or two for a day. But Wang Shicang is still counting on this time to get up to the top and be good in politics in the future. Therefore, the glance he threw at Sun Futang at the first time was not friendly. However, this old stubborn has been involved in the affairs of the bank since the Daqing Bank, and he has some prestige, and on the surface he is slow to wait. had to reluctantly get up and call out "Old Sun" in a deep voice.

The appearance of Zhou Yusheng today is a good thing for Wang Shicang. After all, he is a commissioner of the Zheng Mansion, and it is more useful to say a word. So, he deliberately led to the following words: "That, what do you mean ......" When he said it, he glanced meaningfully at Sun Futang, who walked to Vice President Chen Wei's hand and was about to sit down.

Zhou Yusheng clenched his fist with his right hand, smashed it on the table, and said angrily: "What I mean is naturally to remove all positions and immediately take him to ......."

Song Yufang was so frightened by this thumping table that she almost fell off the chair.

At this time, Sun Futang suddenly smiled: "Han Zhang is becoming more and more promising, four years ago, he only offended a Shanghai military governor, and four years later, he actually directly called out to the president." ”

His yin and yang weird words caused a lot of discussion in the room.

Zhou Yusheng frowned, put his fist against the middle of the person, coughed at Wang Shicang, and motioned for him to come out to stabilize the situation.

Wang Shicang held his breath and interrupted for a long time: "Why don't you serve tea to Sun Lao?" ”

Chen Wei held his forehead and sighed heavily, without saying anything.

In the tense atmosphere, Song Yufang, who was not deeply involved in the world, was even trying her best to restrain her breathing. She could clearly hear the heart that was gradually being hidden in her chest, jumping in an irregular manner.

I saw Sun Futang squinting at Zhou Yusheng and smiling, and pretended to be kind and reminded: "Commissioner, you have to worry more this time." After all, for this kind of disobedience, Han Zhang is also a person from the past, and he is afraid that ordinary means will not be effective against him. ”

Zhou Yusheng, who was enraged, glared and gritted his teeth and asked, "Old Sun, you have nothing to explain to the head office of the Bank of China?" That's your subordinate! ”

Song Yufang subconsciously leaned forward, as if she wanted to block the gun for others. She didn't feel that she was overly nervous, because Zhou Yusheng's eyes clearly had bullets hidden in them, and it seemed that they were going to shoot through Sun Futang's heart in the next second.

"It's too much of a stretch." Sun Futang shook his head helplessly, lifted the tea lid, took a deep breath of the tea fragrance, and smiled comfortably.

Zhou Yusheng darkened his face, raised his voice to the highest, and glanced sharply at the heads of various departments of the General Office: "The State Council and the Ministry of Finance received a call back from the Bank of China in Shanghai today, saying that they would do everything in their power to exchange the cash in the treasury to the last yuan. The people here are all the core people who are in charge of the Bank of China in various places, how much do they know about this matter, or rather, is there anyone who instructed them? After finishing the sentence, his eyes happened to fall on Sun Futang.

Sun Futang took a sip of tea, frowned, and asked with concern: "Has the general clerk arrived, have you ever received a telegram call from the Shanghai branch about this matter?" ”

The chief clerk immediately got up, and naturally said no.

Sun Futang deliberately rolled his eyes at them: "For the behavior of the local branch has been neglected so far, I see you, as well as your entire clerical office, just resign collectively." ”

The other leaders of the clerical office also got up cooperatively and admitted their mistakes repeatedly.

Song Yufang secretly listened to the words and tone of these people, and the panic was a little superficial, as if it was a double reed.