I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 439 Recently, Jinghai Bank has been dealing with a lot of things, both good and bad.

Zhao Wenjun was not surprised by Fang Qingye's decision; he had already sensed that Fang Qingye was dissatisfied with Yang Weiyi.

Regardless of Yang Weiyi's age, work ability, or work attitude, this incident of being held accountable for failing to supervise Zhang Wei's acceptance of kickbacks is merely a good opportunity.

“Tell him that he resigned voluntarily, and his company will still give him compensation,” Fang Qingye added.

Zhao Wenjun paused for a moment before saying, "Okay, I'll talk to him."

"As for the vacant vice president position, I have decided to open recruitment to the public. The basic requirements are a bachelor's degree or above in finance or economics, preferably no older than 40, and priority will be given to candidates with work experience in banks or other financial institutions. Salary and benefits will be discussed in person. This matter will be discussed at the meeting after Yang Weiyi resigns."

There's been a lot going on at Jinghai Bank lately, both good and bad news.

First, the bank's leaders actively contacted companies in other regions to help farmers sell tens of thousands of tons of peanuts, which greatly solved the problem of unsold peanuts in Nanxin production area since last year.

This incident was reported by Nanxin TV, Jinghai TV, and the Jinghai Daily, and eventually even appeared on the provincial TV station, becoming a typical positive report on banks serving agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.

Following this, another case was exposed within the bank: Zhang Wei, the former head of the Science and Technology Information Department, was criminally detained by the public security authorities on suspicion of accepting bribes as a non-state employee for taking kickbacks in outsourced procurement services. The case is still under further investigation.

Bank vice president Yang Weiyi resigned citing health reasons, which has led to speculation that it is related to the Zhang Wei kickback case.

However, insiders at the bank privately said that Fang Qingye, who had only recently taken office, was dissatisfied with his work ability and style, and forced him to resign.

In addition, the expansion of bank branches, which had been stalled for almost half a year, has resumed. The first step is to establish a branch in Pingdong District. According to the plan of the bank president, Fang Qingye, the bank will establish three to five branches within two years, focusing on the urban area and surrounding counties of Nanxin. Jinghai Bank will become a relatively influential regional commercial bank in the Jinghai area.

Another inconspicuous change is that the bank president, Fang Qingye, hired a full-time driver, but the driver's personnel file is not with the bank but with Tuofang Technology Company.

Fang Qingye was now sitting in the back of her Mercedes-Benz, driven by her newly hired driver, Yue Kai.

Yue Kai is 29 years old this year. He is short, dark-skinned and thin. He has a high school diploma and is also from Nanxin. His hometown is in the countryside, but he has settled down in the city. He used to serve in the Sichuan Armed Police Mobile Division. Three years ago, he retired after failing to be promoted from a second-level sergeant to a third-level sergeant, so he was not assigned a job.

He was a distant relative of Fang Jianhua's wife. At the beginning of the year before last, he asked someone to find Fang Jianhua and got him a temporary driver job at the Treasury Payment Bureau under the Finance Bureau. Later, he was seconded to drive for the bureau's headquarters.

Fang Jianhua had ridden in his car a few times and found that he was a very good driver and a calm person. He had also learned combat and grappling in the army, so he wanted to introduce him to Fang Qingye as her private driver.

It's really worrying to see my nephew driving around Shanghai and Beijing all by himself.

Yue Kai agreed without hesitation.

It's important to know that Fang Qingye's compensation package is quite generous, with a monthly take-home pay of 8000 yuan, and more importantly, full social insurance and housing fund benefits!
Of course, the requirements are also high. As a driver who also serves as a bodyguard, he is required to be available at any time, day or night!

Sure enough, at 8:30 this morning, Yue Kai arrived at the nursery on time on his motorcycle and drove Fang Qingye's Mercedes-Benz to the county government.

Today, the county held a financial work conference. In addition to the leaders of relevant county departments, the main leaders of major banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions in Nanxin attended the conference. Fang Qingye was also among those present and was arranged to give a speech.

He wrote his own speech, feeling that the one written by the General Office didn't suit his taste and contained too much empty talk and clichés.

After entering the county government compound and parking in front of the government building, Fang Qingye got out of the car and ran into acquaintances, most of whom were in meetings. They greeted each other and went into the lobby to take the elevator to the second conference room on the 11th floor for their meeting.

Fang Qingye was riding the elevator with several bank executives. They all knew each other and were chatting when one of them said:

"President Fang, your Jinghai Bank has gone too far! You've been siphoning deposits from our bank, resulting in a negative growth in our deposit balance this month! How am I supposed to explain this to the city branch?" The speaker was President Wu of China Construction Bank.

As soon as President Wu spoke, the president of the Agricultural Bank of China chimed in, "That's right! Our Agricultural Bank has lost over two billion yuan in deposits this month. When we checked the flow of funds, it turned out they all went to your Jinghai Bank!" Hearing everyone's "accusations," Fang Qingye immediately put on a smiling face, clasped his hands, and said, "Presidents, brothers, you are all state-owned banks, with plenty of money. The little bit that flows out from between your fingers is enough for our Jinghai Bank to live on. There's no need to make a fuss about it, is there?"

"Well, President Fang, our rural commercial bank has a weak foundation, so a lot of funds have flowed to your bank. I heard from President Liu of the People's Bank of China that your deposits are now close to 10 billion yuan, which has surpassed our rural commercial bank!" said a plump middle-aged man in his fifties.

"Serves him right!" Fang Qingye cursed inwardly.

Nanxin Rural Commercial Bank was transformed from Nanxin Rural Credit Cooperative Union into a joint-stock bank. This county-level bank has 48 branches and more than 600 employees!

They have more employees than any of Nanshin Bank's other branches, but what about their performance?
Your deposit and loan data are both at the bottom, and you still have the nerve to say that?!
Of course, we can't say that out loud. Fang Qingye smiled and said, "President Zhang, let's not talk about each other. We're both banks serving agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. It's too formal to talk about this."

"President Zhang, don't worry, I'll tell our employees when I get back not to compete with the Rural Commercial Bank for deposits. We're all brothers, we can't let things get messy," Fang Qingye said with a smile.

President Zhang pursed his lips, looking incredulous.

In fact, Fang Qingye didn't believe what she was saying either.

Fortunately, the elevator doors opened at that moment, and everyone filed out, stopping their conversation.

The meeting officially began at 9 o'clock.

The main content of the meeting was to review and summarize the county's financial work in 2011, analyze and assess the current financial situation, and mobilize and deploy key tasks for 2012. County leaders Hu Huaiwen, Lu Chenggong, and Miao Hongbin attended the meeting.

At the meeting, Miao Hongbin, Executive Deputy County Head, reported on the relevant situation and made arrangements for the work in 2012; relevant leaders from the Nanxin Branch of the People's Bank of China, Nanxin New Energy Vehicle Technology Development Zone, Jinghai Bank, and China Life Insurance Nanxin Branch made exchange speeches respectively.

County official Hu Huaiwen pointed out that in the past year, facing downward economic pressure, the county's financial system focused on the central tasks and served the overall situation, taking responsibility and overcoming difficulties. Major indicators remained in the lead, key tasks were carried out efficiently, and risk prevention and control were carried out in a stable and orderly manner, thus delivering an excellent report card for financial work.

The entire county's financial system must further strengthen its confidence and determination to do a good job in financial work, and with a more vigorous fighting spirit and a more pragmatic style, push the county's financial work to a new level.
Fang Qingye then took the stage to speak, emphasizing that Jinghai Bank, formerly a rural bank, should fully leverage the flexibility and convenience of small and medium-sized banks to serve micro and small enterprises and agriculture.

"At the same time, we must commit to technological innovation, seize the opportunity presented by the rise of the internet, especially the mobile internet, and use mobile internet technology to transform existing business processes, breaking the time, geographical, and physical branch limitations of traditional financial services to provide customers with more convenient, efficient, and personalized financial products and services, etc."

There was sparse applause from the audience.

It seems nobody cares.

Fang Qingye didn't care about their reactions.

After the meeting ended, everyone went home. Fang Qingye had just reached the elevator when he heard someone calling him.

"President Fang!"

He stopped and turned around, only to see Liu An, the Party Secretary of Jiangping Town.

Fang Qingye thought they were going to talk about peanut sales, but Liu An pulled him aside and lowered his voice, saying, "President Fang, I heard your bank is recruiting a vice president?"

“Yes, it’s an open recruitment,” Fang Qingye replied, then asked with a smile, “What, Secretary Liu, do you have a suitable candidate to recommend?”

"There really is one, it's my sister-in-law Deng Hui."

(End of this chapter)