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

Chapter 531, 530: "I, and you, are merely relatively important pawns."

“Yes.” Fang Qingye said calmly, “If needed, I can donate all 92 Bitcoins I have saved, but I have a small request.”

"you say?"

"Jinghai Bank's approved operating area is limited to the Jinghai region. I hope the organization can allow Jinghai Bank to set up a branch in Shanghai. Director Luo, you are well aware that Shanghai is our country's financial center, and setting up an institution there would be beneficial to the development of Jinghai Bank."

"President Fang, please wait a moment while I report to President Zhou."

After finishing his sentence, Director Luo left the private room, apparently to find a quiet place to make a phone call.

Only Fang Qingye and Qiao Yongfeng remained in the private room for the time being.

Seeing Qiao Yongfeng's gaze sweep over him from head to toe, Fang Qingye couldn't help but ask, "Brother Qiao, what's wrong? Don't you recognize me?"

"Yes, I didn't expect you to have so many Bitcoins, and I certainly didn't expect you to be so generous as to donate them all for free. You know, Bitcoin will definitely continue to rise in the future," Qiao Yongfeng remarked.

Fang Qingye picked up his teacup, took a sip, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Qiao must have heard the old saying: 'A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.'"

"Hehe, I understand that principle, but to give up billions of assets in one go, that kind of courage is not something ordinary people possess. I admire it! I admire it!"

As the two were chatting, Director Luo came in and said to Fang Qingye with a smile, "Our Director Zhou, on behalf of the country, expresses his gratitude for your generosity, but you don't need to donate all of it, just half will suffice. The country shouldn't take too much advantage of you."

"You're too kind, Director Luo. What about the matter of Jinghai Bank setting up a branch in Shanghai?" This is what Fang Qingye is most concerned about right now.

"President Zhou said he would coordinate with the China Banking Regulatory Commission so that your Jinghai Bank can set up branches not only in Shanghai, but anywhere in the country! But be careful of the risks caused by overexpansion!"

"Thank you." Fang Qingye was overjoyed: "Don't worry, Director Luo, please tell President Zhou that I don't have such a big appetite. For now, I only want to set up a branch in Shanghai."

"Also, I heard that your Jinghai Bank wants to start an internet bank? And a P2P platform? You also want to get a payment license?" Director Luo's series of questions stunned Fang Qingye.

These are all Fang Qingye's ideas, and they haven't been implemented yet. Who told you about them?
Bai Ou? I know the most about Bai Ou, but she doesn't directly manage Jinghai Bank. Besides, if she had any connections with leaders at the central bank, she would have told me already.

Summer lotus?

Xia He knew some of his thoughts before she went abroad, but he had told her not to tell anyone. Xia He wouldn't tell anyone, especially since she was already in the United States.

A Dongguan girl selling yellow peaches?!

Fang Qingye suddenly thought of her.

I remember during a QQ chat, Fang Qingye mentioned some ideas for Jinghai Bank, including what Director Luo had said.

Based on today's discussion of Bitcoin, Fang Qingye is undoubtedly her.

Since Director Luo brought this up today, Fang Qingye naturally understood: "Indeed, I have such an idea. Could Director Luo help me realize it?"

“You donated over three billion yuan to the country in one go. If we don’t agree to this, it would seem petty of us,” Director Luo said with a rather humorous tone.

"Governor Zhou said that the People's Bank of China, together with the China Banking Regulatory Commission and other relevant departments, is studying and carrying out pilot projects for internet finance in banks. It is currently in the research and demonstration stage. In the future, Jinghai Bank can be included as one of the pilot banks. The official document will be issued by the end of this year or the beginning of next year."

What a pleasant surprise!
Fang Qingye immediately picked up her teacup: "Director Luo, I thank you and President Zhou for your support of Jinghai Bank. I'd like to offer you a toast with tea instead of wine."

"You're welcome. If there are any problems with the bank's operations in the future, you can contact me directly."

"Thank you."

Damn, they've got a powerful backer at the bank!
The two sides discussed where to conduct the transaction and finally decided to go to the central bank headquarters building the next morning.

Everyone enjoyed the dinner. After seeing Director Luo off, Fang Qingye and Qiao Yongfeng returned to the hotel. "Impressive, truly impressive," Qiao Yongfeng said as they walked.

"Brother Qiao, this is the second time you've said you admire me today," Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"How could I not admire you? I originally thought you took over Jinghai Bank just to provide financial support for your own company, but I never expected you to make such a grand move!"

"Haha, you're wrong, Brother Qiao. I'm not playing any big game. I might not even be considered a player. The real players are probably President Zhou and his team," Fang Qingye said jokingly at the same time.

"I, and you too, are just relatively important pawns."

“Yes, heaven and earth are the chessboard, and all living beings are the chess pieces! If you don’t want to be a chess piece, you should be a chess player! If you lose, you die and your country is destroyed! If you win, all nations will come to pay tribute!” Qiao Yongfeng said with emotion as he walked.

"Brother Qiao, this sentence doesn't seem to be from the 'Thirteen Chapters of the Chess Classic,' does it?"

"Hehe, I just made it up."

"The story makes a lot of sense."

The next morning, Fang Qingye and Qiao Yongfeng took a car to the headquarters of the Central Bank in Xicheng QU and met Director Luo.

The two parties signed a secret agreement, in duplicate, with a very simple content: Fang Qingye would donate 46 Bitcoins to the central bank free of charge.

Both parties signed the agreement, which was also stamped with the central bank's bright red official seal.

This marks the first time that Bitcoin transactions have been officially recognized as legitimate.

Perhaps this is the only time.

Fang Qingye put one of them into her pocket.

Director Luo then led the two into a building with access control, and into an office with rows of neatly arranged computers.

"President Fang, this place is absolutely safe. No one can trace this IP address, and no personal account information will be leaked," Luo Si said. "Are you using a hot wallet or a cold wallet?"

A hot wallet, a blockchain term, is a wallet that is always connected to the internet. In other words, online wallets are convenient but not secure.

“I use a cold wallet,” Fang Qingye replied.

"Alright, then we'll use these two." Director Luo pointed to the two computers placed separately and said, "These computers are specially prepared for you, completely physically isolated."

Fang Qingye nodded and turned on the computer.

A cold wallet refers to a Bitcoin address and private key randomly generated on a computer that is not connected to the internet, and which will not be connected to the internet in the future, but will only send the electronic signature of related transactions via USB flash drive.

Now we need the private key.

Fang Qingye took a USB flash drive out of her pocket and plugged it into the computer case; she had brought it from Nanxin.

Bitcoin's private key consists of 256 random numbers, which Fang Qingye naturally couldn't remember and kept stored on this USB drive.

The next step involves decrypting and obtaining the plaintext private key, which is then imported into another completely offline computer. On this offline computer, the transaction is signed, and the signed transaction is then broadcast to a network-connected computer via a USB drive or other means.
In ten minutes, 46 bitcoins, worth $4.6 million, entered a secret account provided by the central bank.

This might be the largest Bitcoin transaction to date? Unprecedented and likely never to be repeated.

However, the transaction amount was 0.
Fang Qingye thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)