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Huifeng Bank never dreamed that they had just started their poaching plan last night, but Lin Haoran had already figured out everything this morning.

In fact, Huifeng Bank’s poaching action this time is highly targeted.

They thoroughly investigate each target candidate, weigh and evaluate them repeatedly, and only formally take action when they are absolutely sure they can recruit them.

Moreover, the conditions they offer to poach people are quite favorable. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for anyone to refuse.

They knew Zhang Lei's background very well. They knew that Zhang Lei was not the kind of person who was loyal to the Bank of East Asia. They also learned that he was obsessed with profit and often walked in the gray area in the financial circle for profit.

That's why Paul Harvey, President of the Human Resources Department of Huifeng Bank, personally stepped in to try to poach Zhang Lei, a client manager with extensive connections and resources at the Causeway Bay branch of Bank of East Asia.

The wishful thinking of Huifeng Bank was to gradually disintegrate Bank of East Asia from within, branch by branch.

Through intelligence, they did find out Zhang Lei's true nature.

It is also known that during this period, Zhang Lei applied for a short-term loan from Huifeng Bank for a loan amount of HK$10.

Then, Zhang Lei must be short of money.

Therefore, they believed that there would be no difficulty at all in convincing Zhang Lei.

Just as the people in the Human Resources Department of Huifeng Bank had carefully analyzed the result, Zhang Lei accepted their invitation to poach without much hesitation.

But no matter how much they planned, they never expected that during this period, Zhang Lei was so obsessed that he spent a large amount of money to buy shares of Bank of East Asia.

Now, he is full of anxiety because those short-term loans are like a heavy mountain that makes him breathless.

Although the welfare conditions offered by Huifeng Bank were indeed attractive, the money was just a drop in the bucket for his imminent short-term loan pressure and could not solve the fundamental problem at all.

After much deliberation, Zhang Lei finally decided to use this opportunity to maximize his own benefits.

On the surface, he pretended to be happy to accept the olive branch from Huifeng Bank, but secretly he had already come up with a way to make money.

The next morning, he hurried to the Bank of East Asia and went directly to Dashan, who was now in charge of related matters. He eagerly asked Dashan to help contact the boss Lin Haoran, saying that there was an extremely urgent matter that needed to be discussed in person.

Lin Haoran was skeptical about Zhang Lei's answer, but he didn't ask any further questions.

As long as the story is true, then why did the other party reject the generous conditions of Huifeng Bank, and what does it have to do with him?

"So, what conditions do you want?" Lin Haoran continued to ask.

"My condition is, for 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, I will give you the recording. I think this news is definitely worth the price!" Zhang Lei said a number that he thought was reasonable.

Once he has these three hundred thousand, the losses in the stock market can be completely made up, and he might even make a profit, which will allow him to get out of this economic crisis.

The price was just leaving Hong Kong, which he could accept.

After saying this, he stared at Lin Haoran, trying to judge the other party's attitude from the changes in Lin Haoran's expression.

Lin Haoran frowned. Three hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars was not a lot of money for him. It could even be said to be not worth mentioning.

In his opinion, this news was indeed very useful to him.

When Zhang Lei saw Lin Haoran's frowning expression, he suddenly felt nervous, thinking that Lin Haoran thought his offer was too high.

So, he hurriedly spoke again: "Boss, if you think the price is too high, we can continue to negotiate and make it lower!"

However, Lin Haoran smiled and said, "Play the tape first and let me listen to the contents so I can decide whether it is worth it or not."

Zhang Lei had no other way out at this moment, so he could only bite the bullet and take out a tape from his bag.

Up to now, he had actually said most of what he needed to say. In front of Lin Haoran, he was like a shelled clam, with no secrets at all. He could only pray that Lin Haoran was a trustworthy man.

In fact, Lin Haoran never thought about discrediting his information.

To him, three hundred thousand is just a small amount of money.

At this moment, Dashan had already taken the tape to a tape recorder in the office, put the tape in, and pressed the play button.

The sound on the tape was very clear and the voices of both parties could be clearly distinguished.

Just as Zhang Lei said, the chat content in the tape was exactly about Paul Harvey of Huifeng Bank trying to poach Zhang Lei. The generous conditions mentioned in the tape were simply impossible for a normal person to refuse.

"Boss, this voice is indeed that of Paul Harvey, the president of the Human Resources Department of Huifeng Bank!" After the recording was played, Dashan on the side hurriedly spoke.

You know, the president of the human resources department is in charge of key matters such as recruitment, deployment, and promotion of employees within the entire system of Huifeng Bank. He is a core senior figure in Huifeng Bank, and his every move may have a significant impact on the development direction of the bank.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Dashan knows each other.

Lin Haoran nodded slightly, sat down on the chair, and fell into deep thought, tapping the desk rhythmically with his right index finger.

The "tapping" sound was particularly clear in the silent office. Each sound was like a heavy hammer, hitting Zhang Lei's heart and making him more uneasy.

At this moment, he had revealed all his chips. If Lin Haoran suddenly changed his mind and refused to pay him, he would be helpless. Not only would he not get any reward from Lin Haoran, but once the matter was leaked, Huifeng Bank would definitely not let him go. In fact, when he came here, he had already considered that once he got a generous reward from Lin Haoran, he would flee Hong Kong with his family and hide his identity.

After all, he knew how terrible Huifeng Bank was. Once Huifeng Bank knew that he had betrayed the other party, he would definitely face Huifeng Bank's crazy revenge, and even his life would be in danger.

So, before coming here, he had actually asked his family to pack their bags and be ready to run away at any time.

He knew that if he offended Huifeng Bank, it would be like pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth in the financial circle, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Seeing his uneasy look, Lin Haoran immediately smiled and said, "Three hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, it's not impossible to give it to you, but I want you to come out and correct the other party in person!"

At this moment, a plan was slowly taking shape in Lin Haoran's mind.

Isn’t Huifeng Bank trying to poach people?

Then just let them dig on the surface.

In fact, he secretly asked Dashan to start defensively checking the possible risks of personnel instability within the company, and at the same time used Zhang Lei as a card to "take advantage of the situation" against Huifeng Bank.

Then, the next week, it began reducing staff at branches, slowing down the rate at which customers could withdraw cash.

And Huifeng Bank will be the culprit for this slowdown.

He wanted to destroy Huifeng Bank's business reputation.

As a result, not only the stock investors are making a fuss, but also the depositors are making a fuss.

The bigger the fuss, the better.

In this way, the shares of Bank of East Asia will become less valuable!

The better it is for his plan to privatize Bank of East Asia.

Once the clients report the matter to the government, he will expose the fact that Huifeng Bank was poaching employees.

In the view of Huifeng Bank, after poaching some key employees, the withdrawal speed of Bank of East Asia will decrease, which will definitely affect the reputation of Bank of East Asia. At the same time, it will also be able to swallow up most of Bank of East Asia's business with the help of the poached Bank of East Asia employees.

But in Lin Haoran's view, this is a great opportunity to turn the tide and gain the upper hand.

Moreover, now that he knows about this matter in advance, Dashan will be fully prepared for it.

In this way, the Bank of East Asia will be able to minimize the losses in this poaching incident.

Huifeng Bank thought it had laid a tight net and could gradually erode Bank of East Asia, but it didn't know that it had become Lin Haoran's scapegoat.

However, when Zhang Lei heard Lin Haoran's conditions, he broke out in a cold sweat.

It's too late for him to escape. If he is asked to come out and correct himself, he will definitely want to die.

Huifeng Bank, if he dared to point out the problem during the day, he might be beheaded at night.

He is afraid of death, so how could he dare to agree to such conditions?

Zhang Lei's lips were trembling, his face was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead.

He stammered, "Boss, this...this won't do. If I point out Huifeng Bank, they will never let me go. I...I have a family, I can't let them down."

Upon hearing this, Lin Haoran burst out laughing.

"You don't have to be afraid of this. You can let your family leave Hong Kong now, and you can stay here. After I ask you to come forward to provide evidence, I will ensure that you can leave Hong Kong safely. With my ability in Hong Kong, I can still do this little thing." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhang Lei was no longer so panicked, but he was still a little hesitant. After all, this was a gamble with his life!

Seeing that the other party was still considering, Lin Haoran said, "If you don't want to come forward to point out the mistakes, that's fine. But the reward is another matter. I will only give you 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In my opinion, 100,000 Hong Kong dollars for such a piece of news is not a bad deal for you."

His meaning was very direct. There were two options before Zhang Lei. He could either choose to stay and criticize Huifeng Bank, and then he could get an extra 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Lin Haoran would also protect his life.

Or just take the HK$100,000 and leave, never having anything to do with this matter again.

There is a tape, which is enough evidence.

But if Zhang Lei, as the person involved, came forward to correct the situation, the effect would be completely different.

The impact of public opinion and the public's trust will increase exponentially due to the personal testimony of Zhang Lei, a key figure.

By then, Huifeng Bank will face an irreparable public relations disaster, which will undoubtedly be a huge help to Lin Haoran in realizing his plan to privatize Bank of East Asia.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to easily and completely privatize the Bank of East Asia by taking advantage of this incident without further delay. (End of this chapter)