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

Chapter 486 Winning over
In a suite on the 16th floor of the same hotel, there was a man in his forties with a broad face, who was Han Yongdong, the general manager of Baichuan Trade and Investment Co., Ltd.

Beside him was a woman in her early thirties, with an outstanding presence, wearing a leather overcoat and high-waisted leather boots, looking very capable; she was his assistant, Hasengawa.

"Fang Qingye is staying at the same hotel as us." Han Yongdong smiled as he looked at his assistant, who was holding a bag. "He agreed. Gao Wa, call the catering department to order food."

"Ok."

Hasengawa took out her phone, made a call, said a few words, and then put the phone back in her pocket while looking at Han Yongdong.

"Do you think Fang Qingye will keep in step with us?"

Han Yongdong sighed softly: "I don't expect him to support me, but as long as he doesn't support Wang Zhenxi and remains neutral, it will be a victory for us! We must seize this opportunity and not let Wang Zhenxi succeed, otherwise Gao Kui's life will be even more difficult."

Hasengawa knew that Gao Kui was the executive vice president of Baoshang Bank and was one of Han Yongdong's men.

"Gao Wa, it's all up to you today," Han Yongdong said.

"Don't worry, President Han," Hasengawa said with a charming smile, "When you come here, you should experience the warmth and hospitality of the people of Inner Mongolia."

Han Yongdong nodded and glanced at his watch again.

"Let's go over there first."

"Ok"

Fang Qingye and the others were also preparing to go downstairs. It was somewhat unexpected, yet also reasonable, that Han Yongdong, whom they had never met before, was treating them to a meal.

According to information provided by the board secretary of Baoshang Bank, Han Yongdong's Baichuan Commerce and Trade Investment Co., Ltd. is the second largest shareholder of Baoshang Bank!

It holds 11 billion shares, representing approximately 18.3% of the total share capital.

The largest shareholder of Baoshang Bank is Baotu City Taiping Commerce and Trade Co., Ltd., which holds 12.5 billion shares, accounting for 20.8%.

Wang Zhenxi, general manager of Taiping Commerce & Trade Co., Ltd., serves as chairman of Baoshang Bank.

This time, Wang Zhenxi nominated Jiang Kang, the former president of the Hohhot branch, to serve as the vice president of Baoshang Bank, which is clearly a move by Wang Zhenxi to appoint him as one of his own.

Is Han Yongdong dissatisfied? Does he have his own preferred candidate?
That's very possible.

Han Yongdong's purpose was very clear, just as Hu Lingling said: it really is a palace intrigue.

Fang Qingye sneered inwardly.

The three of them arrived at the restaurant on the third floor, where a waitress greeted them: "You must be President Fang of Jinghai Bank, right? Please follow me."

They entered a private room where a man and a woman were sitting. It was Han Yongdong and Hasengawa. When they saw Fang Qingye and the others come in, they immediately stood up. Han Yongdong smiled and extended his right hand: "Hello, President Fang, I am Han Yongdong."

"Hello, Mr. Han."

After the two sides introduced themselves, everyone took their seats. Soon, the waiter set out a table full of delicious dishes. Han Yongdong, holding a wine glass, said, "President Fang, I didn't invite anyone to specially welcome you today. We'll just drink our local wine from Inner Mongolia, Hetao Laojiao. I want to make it clear that I'm not in good health and can't drink alcohol, but my assistant, Hasengawa, can drink a little and will have a couple of drinks with you."

"Excuse me, Mr. Han," Fang Qingye quickly stood up and said, "I've just gotten married and am planning to have a child. The doctor said I can't drink alcohol, so how about I have my secretary drink a couple of glasses for you both?"

As soon as Fang Qingye finished speaking, Hu Lingling stood up with a wine glass in hand, a smile on her face: "President Han, Sister Gaowa, our bank manager Fang really can't drink. Before he left, his wife specifically told me to keep an eye on him. How about this, I'll toast each of you three times on behalf of our bank manager Fang, and then I'll toast you three times myself?" Three glasses per person equals six glasses, and then Fang Qingye will drink six glasses on his behalf, making it twelve glasses in one go!
This completely shocked the two of them.

Hasengawa laughed and said, "As expected of President Fang's secretary, as the saying goes, a strong general has no weak soldiers. Alright, then I'll drink on behalf of our President Han!"

The two women drank with smiles on their faces.

This is crazy
The 52-degree Hetao Laojiao liquor tastes like boiled water.

Seeing that Hu Lingling had drunk 12 cups in one go, Fang Qingye quickly put a large piece of mutton in her bowl and ladled out a bowl of mutton soup.

"Eat something quickly, are you alright?"

"It's alright," the girl smiled sweetly.

Fang Qingye was relieved to see that her face was a little red, but there was nothing else wrong.

I've seen Hu Lingling drink before, but I never imagined she could drink so much!
Once the drinks started flowing, the atmosphere became lively. Although neither of the two main characters drank alcohol, they still enjoyed each other's company by serving each other food with serving chopsticks.

Han Yongdong, of course, wouldn't forget the important matter. He picked up a piece of roasted lamb chop from Fang Qingye's plate and placed it on his plate, saying, "President Fang, the board meeting is tomorrow. What are your thoughts on the nomination of the vice president candidate?"

Fang Qingye put down the lamb chop in her hand and said, "President Han, to be honest, I am usually busy with the affairs of Jinghai Bank and do not know much about Baoshang Bank or President Jiang Kang. However, according to the information provided, President Jiang is doing a good job at the Hohhot branch. Last year, the branch's profit was the highest among the branches."

"That's just the surface data. Do you know how many bad debts the Hohhot branch has?"

"How many?"

"1.2 million"

"So much?" Fang Qingye was clearly surprised. "I saw in the financial statements that the Hohhot branch only had 3000 million yuan in bad debts as of the end of last year, right? And they said there was a possibility of recovering it?"

Han Yongdong sneered, "That's fake. It was made to show our board members. It's a deputy branch manager from the Hohhot branch, a friend of mine. He wouldn't lie to me."

Fang Qingye didn't speak, but her expression seemed somewhat disbelieving.

"In fact, whether it is the Hohhot branch or other branches, such as those in Dongsheng, Ningbo, and Chengdu, they are all facing a large number of non-performing loans and bad debts, which far exceed the data reported by higher authorities."

"Mr. Han, I don't quite believe it." Fang Qingye wiped her mouth with a napkin and smiled.

"If the financial data of each branch is being falsified on a large scale, how could President Wang, as the chairman and top president of Baoshang Bank, not know? What about the supervisory board? Don't they care? Also, the Inner Mongolia Banking Regulatory Bureau conducts random checks on the accounts of various banks every year. This level of falsification should not be able to hide it from their eyes, right?"

Fang Qingye asked three questions in a row, then looked at Han Yongdong.

"Wang Zhenxi is nothing but a puppet." Han Yongdong lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "President Fang, you haven't been a director for long, and you're not in Inner Mongolia, so there are some things you really don't know. The situation at Baoshang Bank is very complex, including with the Inner Mongolia Banking Regulatory Bureau."

"Since you knew about the financial fraud, why didn't you report it to the relevant authorities? You just watched him run rampant?!" Fang Qingye narrowed her eyes, her tone becoming somewhat sharp.

Han Yongdong looked somewhat embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)