"Sir, sir, this is a public place......"

The waiter in the café was very conscientious, and although there were not many people in the café now, he immediately rushed over to dissuade the two people who didn't know if the road was suddenly convulsive, but before they could come, they were blocked out by the tall bodyguards.

"I'm sorry." Lin Hongfei nodded apologetically to the waiter who was stopped by a tall bodyguard, and gave him $100 with his hand. Broich and Li Kun walked out, "No need to look for it." ”

Looking at Lin Hongfei and his party who got into the Mercedes-Benz car outside, the waiter opened his mouth, and his eyes were extremely envious: This, probably two bosses who have made a lot of money in the stock market, right?

Lin Hongfei, who got into the car, asked Li Kun by himself, "Mr. Li Kun, now I want to go to Citibank with Mr. Holger, do you want to come with us?" ”

Seeing that Lin Hongfei's expression didn't seem to be rushing someone, Li Kun hesitated for a moment and boldly asked, "Mr. Lin, can I know what the Dao is?" ”

The tone was not only unconsciously filled with awe, but the scene where two tall foreigners resolutely stood up in front of Lin Hongfei just now gave him a lot of stimulation: When will foreigners be able to serve as our bodyguards?

"Oh, nothing," Lin replied with a shrug of his shoulders, "and the manager of a Citibank branch wants to apologize to us and offer us an interest-free loan of $150 million in order to apologize...... But we feel that this sincerity seems to be inadequate compared to Citibank's reputation. ”

Citibank apologized to them and was willing to provide them with an interest-free loan totaling $150 million, but Lin Hongfei and Holger were not satisfied? Li Kun was dumbfounded when he listened, and some wondered if there was something wrong with his ears: When will Citibank apologize to the Chinese? How do you listen to it, it feels like reading a novel.

Although this sounds a bit like a novel, it only strengthens Li Kun's idea of following along, seeing is believing. "If you don't mind." ”

"No problem."

How could Lin Hongfei let go of such a good opportunity?

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Manager Thomas stood in the lobby of the bank, anxiously looking like he was waiting for something, which made many people in the hall who were handling business but knew Manager Thomas couldn't help but be surprised, Manager Thomas is the middle and senior management of Citibank, he will not receive guests in person with an annual salary of one million, what is going on today, is there a senior management of Citibank?

With this speculation, those who originally wanted to come forward and get close to Manager Thomas couldn't help but hesitate: If Manager Thomas was delayed, would it be self-defeating?

OK. Thomas was very considerate and didn't let them dwell on it for too long, and the next moment, a member of staff next to Thomas whispered something to him, and the guy rushed out of the hall door.

Sure enough, there is a big man from Citibank! The person who was hesitant just now immediately made a judgment in his heart.

Personally will Lin Hongfei and Holger. Broich and his entourage were greeted into the bank's VIP reception room. Let the staff serve mellow coffee and tea drinks, and Thomas solemnly greeted Holger. Broich and Lin Hongfei apologized. "Mr. Breuich. Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry, but after our careful investigation, we have found out that it was an employee of our bank who accepted the benefits of several companies represented by ADM and leaked your investment plan. We have filed a lawsuit against this employee and we at Citibank are sorry for the impact this has caused. ”

Luckily, not a temporary worker. Lin Hongfei is deeply satisfied with this. Also, this kind of thing can't be pushed to the temporary foreman, and no temporary worker has access to this level of information.

Lin Hongfei and Holger. Broich didn't speak, waiting for Thomas to continue: it is impossible not to show some practical benefits for himself after causing such a big loss to himself...... Regardless of whether it was the illegal act of the employee who took advantage of others to sell customer information and investment plans, in the eyes of the bank's customers, it was Citibank's fault.

The most serious thing is that even Holger. Bruych, a billionaire who is definitely a high-end customer in the banking world, can leak secrets, but what about the information of ordinary people? Isn't it equivalent to sticking posters all over the street?

Thomas also knows how much impact this incident will have on Citibank, otherwise he would not have personally received instructions from the vice president of the group: we must satisfy our customers and keep it confidential for us!

"As a sign of our apologies, Citibank is willing to offer you a three-year interest-free loan of $150 million to $200 million, with an extension of up to two years after three years."

What an apology? Hearing Thomas's words, Li Kun instantly felt that his head was dizzy, if he hadn't deliberately looked at the door of the exquisitely decorated Citibank branch when he came in, he would definitely have doubted that this was Lin Hongfei and Holger. Breich colluded with someone else to play a play for him, and even now, he still has a sense of unreality.

For Citibank, this is equivalent to giving $200 million to Lin Hongfei and Holger for free. Broich used five years, for the money-hungry bank, this is really tantamount to cutting meat from them, but such a good opportunity is not good to take advantage of, that Lin Hongfei and Holger. Breich was stupid, and they shook their heads without hesitation, "Mr. Thomas, do you think we are short of money?" ”

Lin Hongfei and Holger. Is Breuch short of money? They certainly don't lack money.

Although they asked Citibank to borrow $100 million, they still have more than $100 million lying there in Citibank's account, otherwise you would have thought that Citibank would approve Holger so happily and so neatly. Broich's Loan Application? The fundamental purpose of a bank is to lend money to those who don't have to worry about it.

For this result, Thomas is not surprised, these two guys are fierce, in Lin Hongfei and Holger. They have seen the means of Broich to clean up the four companies of ADM, Bunge, Cargill and GavilonGroupLLC, and the American Farmers Association is in a big fight with these four grain companies in the past two days, and it is said that the American Farmers Association has spoken out. Unless these four companies are willing to raise the purchase price of grain by 10 percent this year, the business is not over.

It is really a headache to have such a rich and difficult to talk master, but fortunately, Thomas, who has been personally authorized by the vice president of the group, has made some preparations for this, and he took out two cards from his suit pocket and handed them to Lin Hongfei and Holger respectively. "Mr. Lim, Mr. Breich, these are two VIP membership cards that can be used at more than 2,000 airports around the world, allowing the airport to provide better service to our customers, and enjoy many privileges such as priority take-off, priority route approval, VIP access from the airport, and direct pick-up to the designated pick-up location within the airport. I hope you both enjoy it. ”

Citibank has cooperated with airlines and airports in many countries in the world, and naturally, Citibank, which has such unique resources, provides some services to its high-end customer base at no cost, such as this one. Xiang Lin Hongfei and Holger. Broich and the two provided a platinum VIP card respectively, which became Citibank's means of reaching a high-end customer base.

This stuff for myself and Holger. Broich is quite practical, Lin Hongfei has heard of the existence of this thing before. It is said that someone offered a price of $1 million for the card. But no one wants to bird him: no one who owns this card is short of that million dollars.

With a $200 million five-year interest-free loan and two VIP membership cards at more than 2,000 airports around the world, Citibank was able to block Lin Hongfei and Holger. Breuich's mouths are indeed sparing no effort, and by now, Li Kun has been numb to watch, but Lin Hongfei and Holger. Broich was clearly not happy with the result. He held up a finger, "We have seen the sincerity and responsible attitude of Citibank, and we are deeply pleased with this, just in our opinion." That's not enough, we still have one condition. ”

"Mr. Lin, please speak." See Holger. Broich didn't mean to object, and Thomas nodded.

"Mr. Thomas, you should remember the purpose of the $100 million loan we applied for from Citibank, right?" Lin Hongfei asked.

How could Thomas not remember such a large financial loan he handled? It's only been a few days, and he immediately nodded, "Of course, you're going to buy a batch of grain in the United States and sell it to a certain country." ”

Speaking of this, Thomas's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly had an extremely bad feeling: Could it be ......

"That's it, we're probably going to be doing grain deals with this country for a few years, and we don't expect Citibank to help us all the time, but we want Citibank to mobilize your strength this year and next year to make sure this business runs smoothly...... We believe Citibank has the capabilities. ”

Citibank certainly has this ability, and every year the entire Citibank spends no less than $1 billion on political donations and other political activities, and the city councilors, state legislators, representatives and senators they support, except Citibank, no one knows how many people there are, and there is the shadow of the Citigroup in the president's cabinet, and they can even influence and support a president, as the top financial group in the United States, they have this strength.

If it were at any other time, it would not be a matter at all, but there is one thing that Thomas knows, now the whole of the United States and the whole of Europe have joined the craze for the partition of the former Soviet Union, although Belarus is not the focus, but the entire former Soviet Union republics are fat in everyone's eyes, how can Belarus be alone?

"It can't be! For Citibank, the cost of doing this is too great...... "Since everyone is a successful business person, there are some things that Thomas is not shy about," you know, Mr. Lin, that controlling food is the most effective way to control a government, especially for a country that is not self-sufficient in food. ”

"This is an evaluation report that we asked professionals to do," Lin Hongfei was not surprised by Thomas's refusal, this was expected, if Thomas could happily agree, it would be hell, Lin Hongfei took out a document from his bag and handed it to Thomas, "Although I don't want to say this, so as not to be thought by Citibank that it is deliberately threatening or blackmailing you, I think it is necessary for Citibank to have an accurate understanding of the consequences of this matter: once this matter spreads, In the short term, it will cause at least $2 billion to $3 billion in direct losses to Citibank, and it is impossible to make an accurate calculation of the future losses to Citibank, but even the most conservative estimates will not be less than $20 billion. ”

Thomas's face suddenly turned extremely pale, he didn't expect that Lin Hongfei and Holger. Broich did such a job.

Lin Hongfei is right, Citibank also has its own risk assessment agency, the first time after the incident was determined, they conducted a professional assessment of the serious consequences of this matter, but the results are not optimistic, in fact, Citibank's own risk assessment is more exaggerated than the one provided by Lin Hongfei, otherwise do you think Citibank, which exists as a Tyrannosaurus rex in the American financial industry, will bow its head so quickly?

If it weren't for the economic costs and risks, they would have thought of buying homicide...... Hire killers to take out Lin Hongfei and Holger. Broich was their choice after the talks fell apart.

"Mr. Thomas, can you make a decision now?" Lin Hongfei looked at him and passed his insistence to Thomas through a firm look, "If you can't decide, you can report to the top management of Citigroup now...... We can wait for the results here. ”

"Okay, I'll call Mr. President to report the request of the two, but I don't guarantee that Mr. President will agree." In the face of a real threat, Thomas was instigated, and he raised his hand to surrender to Lin Hongfei.

Although Lin Hongfei didn't say a word about what would happen to them if Citibank didn't agree, would he believe that this multimillionaire, a billionaire, would dare to come to Citibank's territory without the slightest preparation?

As long as there is a chance to solve the problem through negotiation, they will not use violence to solve the problem by extremely risky means, not to mention that to a certain extent, Lin Hongfei's request is actually not excessive: Citibank approved the loan so happily, it is inevitable that there is no suspicion of waiting to see the excitement.

The ghosts would believe that they didn't know how many difficulties they would encounter along the way after the deal was reached. (To be continued.) )