Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 203, Return to Beijing and Arrogant Chinese Bank (asking for monthly tickets)

December 23, 1959, Hong Kong Island.

Zhao Mancang planned to leave Hong Kong for a few days, first go to the Tianjin Wharf to complete a transaction with Ma Jiugong and others, and then return to Beijing to meet Lin Wan and others.

He hadn't seen them for a while and he still missed them a lot.

At Kai Tak Airport, Zhao Mancang saw two foreigners as soon as he got off the car.

In the colonial city of Hong Kong and Kowloon, foreigners are not uncommon. After all, there are more than 200,000 British people living here alone.

But these two foreigners are obviously not from Great Britain, nor from Sam, they look more like Nordic people.

The characteristics of Nordic people are tall stature, fair skin, strong facial features, blond hair and blue eyes.

After coming into contact with more foreigners, Zhao Mancang has learned to summarize and can roughly distinguish them.

The two foreigners in front of me are obviously Nordic.

However, Zhao Mancang's intuition did not suggest that they were authentic Nordic people. On the contrary, they were most likely from Moscow.

Since they were dressed like Moscow tourists, even though they were a couple, Zhao Mancang's attention was immediately attracted to them.

Who knew that the other party was also very sensitive and actually noticed Zhao Mancang's gaze. Zhao Mancang was so scared that he quickly pretended nothing happened and looked away.

"has a problem!"

Zhao Mancang suddenly became interested. He didn't expect that he would meet someone from Moscow just when he went back to the Tianjin Wharf.

And it seems that these two Moscow people are not simple.

While waiting for the flight in the terminal, Zhao Mancang no longer paid attention to the two Moscow lovers, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that they seemed to be paying attention to him.

It was probably because Zhao Mancang glanced at them when he got off the car, which caught their attention.

This is not a good thing.

As a result, when boarding the plane, something interesting happened. Both parties were taking the same flight to Tokyo.

This is like Mars hitting the Earth, sparks are flying.

After taking a look at the passengers on the plane, Zhao Mancang took his ticket and found his seat.

There were more than 40 seats on this flight, and there were a total of 39 passengers on board, including Zhao Mancang.

Among them, there are thirteen people with European and American white faces, including the two Nordic lovers.

"It looks like this is a Moscow team!"

With just a glance, Zhao Mancang could tell that among the thirteen people, eleven were from Moscow.

Although several people were disguised, they could not deceive Zhao Mancang's eyes.

After all, Zhao Mancang himself is very good at disguise, and these people's simple disguises have nowhere to hide in front of him, and he can see through them at a glance.

What's more, there was eye contact between them, and their expressions and eyes were completely different from those of ordinary people.

Most of the time, they pretend to be relaxed, which is completely unlike the relaxed and happy attitude of ordinary tourists.

Zhao Mancang took a look and didn't pay any more attention to it.

We were on a plane right now, so it wasn't a good time to do anything.

Zhao Mancang didn't feel anything about ordinary people in Moscow, but if it was a soldier carrying out a mission in Moscow, he would be very interested.

The plane took off smoothly without any accidents.

There were no accidents during the entire flight. After arriving at Tokyo Airport, Zhao Mancang watched the group leave and then followed them.

He went to the airport's underground parking lot, found a deserted spot, took out a modified car from the system space, replaced it with a Tokyo license plate, stepped on the accelerator and chased after the car.

Judging from the appearance of the car alone, it is just a very ordinary car, but its speed can quickly soar to over one hundred yards, which shows that it is not an ordinary car.

Of course, Zhao Mancang only drove a few kilometers and soon caught up with the group of Muscovites.

"Has that man caught up with us?"

One of the KGB drivers asked with a smile, and the woman laughed and turned around and said:
"I haven't seen any trace of him. He probably doesn't dare to follow us. After all, there are so many of us. He must be afraid of death."

"Don't underestimate anyone. We're out here to carry out a mission, not to have an accident."

Originally, their KGB team was investigating the Rutile case and had traced the case to Oceania, but the clues came to an abrupt end and they had wasted several months.

So they were asked to investigate the previous explosion at the Vladivostok military base, and they were required to find the real culprit behind it.

Unfortunately, they had already visited many places but found nothing.

There are several neighboring countries close to that remote corner of Vladivostok. Among them, the person in charge from the capital is naturally following up on the Tokyo side, while other places such as Peninsula and Kimura have dispatched several teams, and they are one of them.

Now, they set out from Hong Kong Island, but unexpectedly met Zhao Mancang.

However, somehow, the real murderer they were looking for was right in front of them, but they turned a blind eye to him and even thought that Zhao Mancang was a coward.

Several cars stopped at the gate of the temporary residence in Tokyo Monzennakacho.

About seventy or eighty meters away, Zhao Mancang's car also stopped.

He did not move, but watched the eleven Muscovites file in and then close the courtyard gate.

After confirming their whereabouts, Zhao Mancang fell into deep thought.

Because there are more people on the other side.

With so many people coming here, I guess they won’t go far for a while, right?
So Zhao Mancang did not take action immediately, but left Tokyo and headed straight for Lingguang County on the peninsula.

The goods stored in Lingguang County were still well preserved and nothing unexpected happened.

These Koreans on the peninsula are notoriously hypocritical, so Zhao Mancang was mentally prepared.

He thought he had a chance to make an example of them, but they didn't take any action, so he didn't need to waste his time.

At the Tianjin Wharf, Zhao Mancang put the goods away and immediately went to find Ma Jiugong and the others.

There was no surprise. They had been waiting for a long time. After all, they would come here as soon as they received a telegram from Zhao Mancang.

In this era, notifications could only be made via telegram, and Zhao Mancang had no other options.

After some communication, the two sides began to exchange goods.

What Ma Jiugong and his men wanted was food, while what Zhao Mancang wanted was the goods from Wanjia Supermarket.

Nowadays, Ma Jiugong and his team don’t have much gold and US dollar foreign exchange. It is impossible to mine enough gold simply by relying on the gold mines that have been discovered so far.

As for the gold on the market, most of it has been bought up. How much gold is left in the hands of ordinary people?

So bartering is also good now.

It was a pity for Zhao Mancang. His experience points dropped sharply. After one transaction, he didn't even have 300 experience points.

wipe!
This system is a real pit!
But Zhao Mancang has no choice now. He can’t just give it away for free, right?

He did have a lot of supersonic fighter jets, machine tools, etc., and even a lot of gold, but these could not be given away for free.

As for the 107 tons of gold he dug out in Mindanao through Ishikawa Nishijin and Yoshioka Dairo, they are still stored in the system space.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to send the gold back to the capital as soon as possible, the key is that he doesn’t have time now.

Just a few days ago, he checked in in Mindanao, and he didn't stay in Mindanao at other times.

Besides, sending the gold back to the capital too frequently is not necessarily a good thing.

People like Zuo Changsheng had long wanted to go down with him, but he always acted alone, and the amount of gold he brought back to the capital increased each time.

Although no one had any doubts, they still felt a little uneasy: Why were they not willing to cooperate with them?
No matter what, this is not a good thing, so a longer interval will not arouse any suspicion in the capital.

After completing the transaction with Ma Jiugong and others, Zhao Mancang returned to the capital.

There were two more soldiers standing guard at the gate of No. 7 Courtyard, Denglai Hutong, making it a big problem for Zhao Mancang to get close.

He had already promised his superiors that they would arrange guards to protect Lin Wan and her daughter.

After all, he won't be in the capital for a long time, so he still needs someone to protect their safety.

He was a little helpless at the moment, so he could only think of a way to approach Courtyard No. 7 carefully without alerting the guards at the door.

He couldn't let the guards know that he was back, otherwise something bad would happen.

However, just as he was about to climb over the wall, one of the guards turned around and looked inside the door, because Xiao Hei inside was wagging his tail excitedly. Although he didn't bark, the whimpering sound still alarmed the guard.

"Who?"

Zhao Mancang made a quick decision and ran away quickly.

At the same time, he was in a state of confusion, feeling as if he had shot himself in the foot.

Zhao Mancang was very satisfied with Xiao Hei's strong vigilance. He could feel that his owner had returned even through the wall, and he whimpered excitedly.

But what Zhao Mancang didn't expect was that the guards at the door were so alert that the slightest movement actually alarmed them.

If Zhao Mancang didn't run away at this time, something might happen.

After a while, Zhao Mancang finally climbed over the wall and entered successfully. This time, Xiao Hei did not whimper because it had been taken to the bedroom by Lin Wan.

Seeing Zhao Mancang climbing over the wall, Lin Wan was very excited, but she didn't make a sound. Instead, she hurriedly took him back to the bedroom.

"I knew it was you who came back. Xiao Hei even called you."

Lin Wan was very excited. When Zhao Mancang told her what had just happened, she almost laughed out loud.

It's clearly his own home, but every time he comes back he acts like a thief.

"I don't want to, but it has to be kept secret. What can I do?"

Seeing Zhao Mancang spreading his hands helplessly, Lin Wan rolled her eyes. Just as she was about to speak, Xiao Taozi started crying, so she hurried to take care of the child.

Little Taozi didn't poop or was hungry, she just felt that her mother was not around, so she howled twice.

After comforting the little guy, Lin Wan whispered to him:

"How dare you talk about keeping it a secret? Didn't you ask me to tell my parents about my pregnancy before? And it almost got me into trouble."

Speaking of this matter, it was on October 20th that Zhao Mancang took Lin Wan's pulse and confirmed that she was pregnant.

Later, Zhao Mancang told her to wait for a while, until she was about two months pregnant, and then ask the Union Hospital or the General Hospital to help confirm it, and then take the confirmation form to tell Zhang Dongyue, Lin Guohua and others about it.

But before the time came and she went to the hospital, she had already started morning sickness and was seen by her mother by chance.

Zhang Dongyue was an experienced person, so of course she knew very well what was going on with her daughter. She immediately asked Lin Wan very seriously what was going on.
Even if Lin Wan wanted to have an affair, it couldn't happen so quickly. After all, it had only been less than a year since Zhao Mancang's sacrifice, right?

What's more, Xiao Taozi is only a few months old, and Lin Wan is pregnant again. Is it appropriate?

Under Zhang Dongyue's questioning, Lin Wan told the truth and also talked about going to Union Hospital to confirm her pregnancy.

Then Zhang Dongyue warned Lin Wan very seriously that she must not tell anyone about this matter, and must not go to the hospital. She should keep it secret if possible.

Anyway, it is the coldest time of the year now. Even if the belly becomes visible in March or April next year, it can still be concealed a little.

In short, try to avoid letting outsiders know that she is pregnant. The later others know, the better.

Because only in this way can Zhao Mancang be protected and Lin Wan herself be protected.

After hearing Lin Wan's words, Zhao Mancang smiled and held her hand, saying:

"Of course I've thought about it, but you don't have enough information, so I'm worried."

Lin Wan didn't know, and even many people didn't know, that in about half a year, Khrushchev would give the order without any warning to withdraw all the Moscow experts.

In fact, at this time, the KGB in our country had almost all withdrawn, and those who remained here were only there to carry out some special orders.

For example, the explosion at the Vladivostok military base.

As for Zhao Mancang's affairs, no one is paying attention to it anymore.

Perhaps in the dead of night, Prokhot Rublev, head of the KGB intelligence department, would think of Zhao Mancang and wonder why he disappeared.
The place where Zhao Mancang was buried by an avalanche on the plateau land of the Siberian primeval forest was excavated in June, July and August of this year.

But because the time was too short, there was no way to clean it up completely. As for burning fire to melt the ice, haha, they were looking for a body, not destroying evidence.

What's more, that is a virgin forest. If it is not controlled well, it will directly turn into a forest fire. Who will bear the responsibility?

Don’t think that the probability of a fire is low just because that place is a primeval forest and a plateau area, but what if it happens?
The reason why Rublev thought of Zhao Mancang was that ever since Zhao Mancang was buried by the avalanche, he felt that he had been unlucky and this bad luck would never end.

Apart from Rublev, probably no one would remember Zhao Mancang.

As for Kolesnikov and others, they hardly think of Zhao Mancang because there is no intersection between the two sides.

With the Moscow engineers about to leave the capital and the KGB evacuating the capital, the fact that Lin Wan was pregnant could be leaked to Zhang Dongyue and the others. As long as they didn't tell anyone else, there would naturally be no big problem.

As for Union Hospital or the General Hospital, there are no major problems either.

Of course, if we encounter some doctors who have been bribed by the KGB, it is hard to say, but it is unlikely that both the Union Hospital and the General Hospital could be bribed.

After a brief explanation, Lin Wan was no longer so nervous.

However, she still said that it would be better to keep this matter confidential to avoid being remembered by others.

Zhao Mancang didn't say anything about this. As long as she was happy, that was all that mattered.

The two little ones, Xiao Taozi and Xiao Baozi, are still very young. Since they were born, they have always been taken care of by Lin Wan and her mother Zhang Dongyue. On the contrary, Zhao Mancang, their father, has rarely held them in his arms.

After staying for a few hours, Zhao Mancang left Courtyard No. 7 with no intention of staying at home for long.

His explanation to Lin Wan was that he had secretly returned while carrying out a mission.

Anyway, Lin Wan didn't know what mission he was carrying out, let alone what he was doing specifically.

In short, it was enough for her to feel that Zhao Mancang was indeed carrying out the mission.

In fact, compared with people like Zhao Mancang, scientists like Yu Min, Deng Jiaxian, and Qian Sanqiang are greater people.

For example, Yu Min's family has no idea what he is doing. When asked, they are completely clueless. They just keep it a secret and have no idea when he will be home.

It is really sad that Yu Min’s son doesn’t recognize him.

After leaving the capital, Zhao Mancang returned to Tokyo overnight. During the day, he wandered around the yard in Monzen Nakamachi, observing the situation.

After the reconnaissance was completed, the action began that night.

When dealing with these KGBs, Zhao Mancang's actions were very simple and quick. He just fired the howitzer shells.

Ten consecutive bombs would be enough to completely raze the yard to the ground.

In fact, one is enough, because the killing radius of a 155mm howitzer shell, if it is air-blasted, is meters.

Zhao Mancang, however, was worried that some fish might slip through his net, so he fired ten shells in succession. Flames shot up into the sky near Monzen Nakamachi, and the sound of cannons rang out ten times in succession, like thunder in winter.

Most of Tokyo was awakened, and the sleeping emperor even woke up from his tatami and looked in the direction of Monzennakamachi in shock.

As for others, let alone that.

At the headquarters of the Tokyo branch of the SAM Intelligence Agency, the director and several responsible persons rushed out immediately.

"Fuck, who is so bold? Too arrogant, isn't it?"

Several people stared in amazement at the flames rising into the sky in the distance. This was like firing a cannon into the center of Tokyo, slapping their father Sam in the face like crazy.

No matter what they thought, Zhao Mancang had already put away the howitzer, stepped on the accelerator and left the vicinity.

Anyway, this place is Tokyo. Zhao Mancang wouldn't blink an eye if the entire Tokyo was razed to the ground, let alone just destroying a few courtyards.

Early the next morning, Zhao Mancang took a flight from Tokyo Airport back to Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Sam, the Moscow guys, and the local Tokyo guys were all looking for him, but it was no use because they couldn't find him.

At Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong and Kowloon, Zhao Mancang hailed a taxi and returned to Yijing Garden to meet with Xu Wenluo.

The latter can now speak a few simple words in ventriloquism, but he still needs to continue practicing if he wants to say a complete sentence.

Even so, she was very happy.

As long as there is progress, that is success.

She was so eager to learn to speak, even though it was ventriloquism instead of tongue pronunciation, but for her, that was progress.

Zhao Mancang himself was also very happy. After all, the price-performance ratio was really high.

If he wanted to cure her tongue, he would need to spend a lot of experience points. On the contrary, this ventriloquism would be very good.

Moreover, the speed at which he gained experience points had slowed down a lot. The system space still only had a capacity of 200 million jin of grain, which was really too small.

In fact, people are like this, their desires will never be satisfied.

At the beginning, it was good enough for him to have space. When his system space could hold 10 million kilograms of grain, he would desire 50 million or even 100 million kilograms.

Just like now, although he already has the space capacity for 200 million jin of grain, he is still not satisfied and hopes to obtain the space capacity for 500 million jin or even 1 billion jin of grain.

"Okay, okay, then keep practicing and strive to speak normally as soon as possible. Look at you, you are becoming more and more confident and energetic. This is a good thing."

Xu Wenluo nodded happily, but unfortunately she could only say a few incoherent words and was unable to express her thoughts and feelings smoothly.

The next day, Zhao Mancang came to Qifa Building. Before entering the company, he saw Fang Xiaohui discussing the letter with someone.

Because Fang Xiaohui has a classmate who is studying abroad, and he just wrote her a letter yesterday.

When he heard the word "letter", Zhao Mancang suddenly thought of something, so he returned to the office, handled some business, and immediately wrote a letter. Then he went downstairs and found a post office to send it out.

Since the experience points were coming in slowly, he was indeed a little dissatisfied.

However, Fang Xiaohui's words reminded him of writing a letter to Zhuang Xiaoting who was studying at Stanford University in North America.

This is a pretty good experience point tool. He can't go to North America to see the other party every time, so writing letters may also be a way to gain experience points.

You can try it. If it doesn’t work, that’s okay. It’s just a letter anyway, and the cost of trial and error is not high.

After staying in Hong Kong and Kowloon for a few days, Zhao Mancang was able to work as a boss calmly and seriously for a few days, and he was quite relaxed.

A few days passed by and he went to Mindanao to check in.

Qiu Shigui and his friends wandered around the island every day, but in the end they gained nothing and wasted their time.

But there is no way around it. They are now tasked with this mission, and the capital is in urgent need of these gold and US dollar cash.

The leaders of the I-shaped building on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street wished that Qiu Shigui and his men could be like Zhao Mancang, bringing back more than ten tons of gold every one or two months, and digging out all the gold treasures buried by Kimura in Mindanao and bringing them back to the capital.

Because according to Ma Jiugong and others' description, "Comrade Li" has a lot of good things, such as supersonic fighter jets, which are advanced fighter jets that they are in great need of.

Regardless of the situation, as long as we can obtain such fighter jets, our country will be relatively safer.

Sam's U2 reconnaissance plane took off from Jiangwan Airport from time to time and scouted our situation from above.

For example, some secret factories and the like were captured by their cameras.

So, if we had supersonic fighter jets, we could drive these bad guys away.

Zhao Mancang simply checked in in Mindanao and returned to Hong Kong and Kowloon the next day. He had no intention of staying there for long.

After returning to Hong Kong Island, Zhao Mancang's daily life has not changed much. He still inspects several companies and occasionally goes to the undersea tunnel to check the construction progress.

As for the breeding bases on the outlying islands, they have not been fully built yet, so there is no rush to start breeding. We can just take our time.

In a Western medicine clinic in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, several British people are queuing up for treatment, but Dr. Adolf is not seeing patients at this time. Instead, he is meeting and chatting with people.

Because he holds 9% of the shares of the dairy company, he is one of the targets of Angel Bay Venture Capital.

"Michael, I said I won't sell it. This is our family business." Dr. Adolf shook his head and refused.

He had explained it very clearly, but Michael was still working tirelessly, and there was nothing he could do.

In fact, the reason why Dr. Adolf was willing to deal with Michael was not because the shares of the milk company were their family inheritance, but because the price Michael offered was not high enough to make him interested.

The price Michael offered was only five percent higher than the market price, nothing more.

Such a price was not attractive to Dr. Adolf.

From Dr. Winson to Dr. Adolf, their Metz family has been passed down for several generations. They have always been a family of doctors in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and also a wealthy family.

However, Dr. Adolf had an unfilial son who was obviously not cut out for business, but was very interested in starting a business. He squandered a lot of the family property, causing Dr. Adolf a lot of headaches.

If Michael hadn't come to his door, Adolf would have found a way to sell some shares himself.

Otherwise, there would be no way to maintain the dignity of their Metz family.

After chatting for a while, Dr. Adolf became a little annoyed because Michael wanted not one percent of the shares, but all the shares.

Therefore, Dr. Adolf immediately said:

"Ten percent. As long as you can offer ten percent, I can sell all nine percent of the shares to you. If you can agree, please contact me again."

Michael's authority is limited, but as long as the price does not exceed 7% of the market price, he can make the final decision.

So when faced with the request made by Dr. Adolf, he could only contact Orley immediately.

"Doctor Adolf, can I borrow your phone?"

"Please!"

Adolf was a little surprised when he heard this, and immediately made a gesture of invitation. He didn't expect that Michael actually made a phone call in front of him.

The call lasted no more than five minutes. After hanging up, Michael immediately said:

"Adolf, my boss said a 10% price increase is too high, but we're willing to offer a 7% increase, and we can pay immediately after the contract is signed, using an HSBC instant check."

He did make a call, and it was indeed Orley who answered the phone, but Michael played a trick.

Because the lower the price, the higher his commission can be.

And only in this way can his ability be recognized by the boss. Otherwise, when will he be able to become the real person in power? When will he be able to make a lot of money?

There is not a single employee who joins Angel Bay Venture Capital who doesn't want to make money, especially when Zhao Mancang comes up with a project like acquiring a milk company. Everyone is going crazy and can't wait to complete their boss's acquisition task immediately.

When Dr. Adolf heard this, his expression changed. What attracted him most was the immediate payment, and the fact that it was a check made him even more excited.

After so many years in Hong Kong and Kowloon, he was naturally very clear about the strength of HSBC. As long as it was a cheque that HSBC could immediately cash, he could go through the cashing procedures on the same day and the money could be immediately deposited into his personal account.

But the price is a bit low. Compared with the market price, the extra 7% is actually very high, because he owns 9% of the shares, which is really a lot.

After thinking for a while, Dr. Adolf finally said:
"Okay, I promise you!"

yeah!
Michael was so happy that he immediately arranged the signing.

On the other side, in the study of Zhou Xinian’s home in the Zhou family mansion on Kerton Road, Zhou Xinian has received the latest stock market news: the share price of the milk company has risen, and it is suspected that someone is buying the milk company’s shares behind the scenes.

Zhou Xinian immediately thought that his conspiracy had been discovered, so he was very panicked.

Due to the lack of information, it is difficult to confirm this news, but in just one or two months, the stock price of the dairy company has risen by nearly one Hong Kong dollar, which is an exaggerated increase.

why?
Because the share price of Dairy Farm is currently only HK$7 per share.

The increase is nearly one Hong Kong dollar, which is of course exaggerated.

Even some retail investors have realized belatedly at this point that this may have a lot to do with the Central No. 1 reclaimed land that was sold as the king of land in November. The Hong Kong and Kowloon real estate market is about to usher in an era of explosive growth.

Faced with such an opportunity, no one would not be tempted.

Zhou Xinian was not moved at all, he was heartbroken.

"It's all Zhao Changshou's fault. If he hadn't inflated the price of that piece of land to try to scam Jardine Matheson, I wouldn't be in such a difficult position right now."

The more Zhou Xinian thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wanted to curse the other party in the newspaper.

But he is from the wealthy Zhou family in Hong Kong. Although he is not the current head of the Zhou family, he is also one of the family's faces. Naturally, he cannot act rashly and add another enemy to the Zhou family.

You have to know that 'Zhao Changshou' is a ruthless man with more than one billion Hong Kong dollars in his hands, and he started his career by investing in gold.

If such a person enters the stock market, it would be like a tiger descending from the mountain, and Zhou Xinian, with his size, would not be able to resist it.

Even though the Zhou family has been operating in Hong Kong and Kowloon for hundreds of years and has deep roots and complex relationships in this colonial city, its capital is not as good as that of "Zhao Changshou".

Moreover, Zhao Changshou has a shallow foundation but holds a lot of money. If he wants to leave Hong Kong and Kowloon, he can withdraw the funds and flee at any time.

By then, Hong Kong and Kowloon will be in a mess, and the Governor's Office's Robert Black will probably want to kill Zhou Xinian.

Therefore, even if one wants to deal with Zhao Changshou, one can only use covert, shady and deceptive tactics instead of confronting him head on.

This is his personality. When it comes to matters of personal gain, he keeps a low profile. He only becomes high-profile when it comes to building his reputation. This was his personality when he set up a black market to acquire shares of the milk company.

"Master, Roland Burchet from Atlantic Capital is here."

At this time, the housekeeper, Uncle Qi, knocked on the door and came in. Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinian had to tidy up his appearance and then let Uncle Qi invite the guest in.

As a member of a wealthy family, Zhou Xinian has been accustomed to paying attention to his appearance since he was a child, because he represents the face of the Zhou family.

Roland Burchet was invited into the study and greeted everyone warmly as soon as he entered.

Zhou Xinian's study is extremely simple, but also very luxurious.

The seemingly ordinary carpet costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is an extremely expensive carpet specially provided for the British royal family. Most people can't afford it and don't even know where to buy it.

There are also the four treasures of the study in the study, each of which is a fine product, and the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, all of which are worth tens or even millions of Hong Kong dollars, not cheap at all.

There are several bookshelves and storage racks in the corner of the study. The vases and other decorations on them are all precious antiques, as well as some rare books, which are extremely rare.

After praising Zhou Xinian for a while, Roland got to the point. He wanted to acquire the Chinese Bank founded by the other party in 1955, with a 10% increase on the market price.

This condition is actually not bad.

But after being stunned, Zhou Xinian politely declined.

Chinese Bank was a company he founded four years ago. It was like his own son and there was no way he could sell it.

Although it is only worth more than 90 million Hong Kong dollars, it is also the result of his hard work.

In Hong Kong Island, the Zhou family has always been engaged in business, and the Chinese Bank is definitely one of them.

Especially since the Chinese Bank is related to his acquisition of the dairy company, how could he possibly sell it?
Roland Burchet tried to use courtesy first and then force, but he didn't expect Zhou Xinian to refuse so decisively without giving him any face.

So there was no other way. In order to complete his boss's task, Roland could only think of some crooked tricks to deal with Zhou Xinian.

If he used normal means, he could acquire the Chinese Bank by increasing the price by 10%. For Roland, it was a simple task.

But now that Zhou Xinian is so "ungrateful", there is nothing we can do but let him learn some lessons.

Why did Zhao Mancang want to acquire this bank?
Because the Chinese Bank founded by Zhou Xinian was not a purely family business. He himself served as the chairman of the board of directors, but other positions such as general manager were not held by Zhou family members. Instead, professional managers were hired to manage it.

These professional managers are quite good, and the entire bank team is quite good. They are the talent team that Zhao Mancang needs.

The Zhou family is large and prosperous. For example, Zhou Xinian's cousin is a Justice of the Peace and also runs the Zhou family business.

Of course, Zhou Xinian's own sons and grandsons also had the "second generation" who were not enterprising, so Zhou Xinian was quite cruel and forced these descendants to gain experience and start from the grassroots.

The Chinese Bank is a core enterprise, so naturally he cannot allow the Zhou family members to get involved in it at will, so as not to disrupt his plans. Therefore, it has always been managed by managers for him.

Although this caused dissatisfaction among Zhou Xinian's unfilial sons, they could do nothing if he didn't speak up.

After using courtesy before force, Roland found Zhou Xinian again the next day and asked again whether he wanted to sell the Chinese Bank.

After being rejected again, Roland stopped pretending, and the next day the scandal involving the Chinese bank broke out in many tabloids.

The news of financial fraud spread throughout Hong Kong Island in an instant. Before the Hong Kong Daily News, Ming Pao and others had time to report the news, Sing Tao Daily, Sing Pao and Liberty Press had already followed up.

This is very interesting.

Such a scene gives people a feeling of everyone pushing down the wall when it falls.

It is true that Zhou Xinian is the face of the Zhou family, and it is also true that the Zhou family is a wealthy family in Hong Kong. But whether it is Hu Wenxian or Mou Yanfang, they both seem to have a grudge against the Zhou family, so they should not be too quick to kick someone when they are down.

Logically speaking, Zhou Xinian has accumulated so much fame and reputation, has a very good relationship with the Governor's Office of Hong Kong Island, and is himself a non-official Justice of the Peace. He is definitely a top wealthy family in Hong Kong Island.

But so what?

Although conflicts of interest cannot be explained in a few words, they are actually relatively simple.

In the early years, Zhou Xinian had wanted to acquire Sing Tao Daily and Sing Pao, which was exactly the same as what Zhao Mancang had thought at the time.

If Zhou Xinian could get his hands on one or two newspapers, it would be much easier for him to build up his reputation.

Unfortunately, neither the Hu family nor the Mou family would sell their own property, just like Zhou Xinian is unwilling to sell the Chinese Bank to Roland Burchet.

This caused conflicts between the two sides. In the following decades, Sing Tao Daily and Sing Pao were often inexplicably fined or summoned to the police station for questioning, with all kinds of reasons.

Therefore, the contradiction between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger.

As newspapers reported on the scandal of the Chinese Bank, a serious "bank run" occurred at the Chinese Bank in Central, Hong Kong Island.

Many depositors rushed to the Chinese Bank, withdrew their money, and deposited it in other banks.

After Zhou Xinian learned about this, he was so angry that he could no longer maintain his aristocratic dignity and calmness. He smashed several antiques that he loved very much, and only then did he feel a little relieved.

There are about tens of thousands of depositors in the Chinese Bank, with a total deposit of more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars, but it is impossible to keep all this money in the bank. It must be loaned out to make money.

Therefore, faced with such a sudden bank run, Chinese banks were unable to raise so much money for depositors to withdraw. What should they do?

As the chairman of the board of directors of the Chinese Bank, Zhou Xinian had to face these depositors in person and calm everyone's restless hearts.

But the words in the newspaper are like a knife stabbing into the hearts of depositors. Who would still be willing to put their money in a Chinese bank?
(End of this chapter)