Chapter 1069: The Banker's Syndicate (II.)
Katya's eyes widened, flattered and incredulous, looking at Roland: "You would be so good to me?" Isn't there a conspiracy......"
"Whatever you think, time will tell everything, don't dislike it, please work with me to build this country." Roland smiled and stretched out his hand to her, "Wait another five years at most, and I will give you up the position of president." β
Katya's eyes seemed to have a flash of water, and he suddenly waved his hand and slapped it in his palm, making a crisp sound, and turned his head and ran quickly towards the Ministry of Finance building.
Lyubov walked up to Roland, looked at Katya's back, and sighed with a complicated expression: "That girl...... I'm afraid I'm in love with you. β
Roland smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer for a moment, so he simply held her hand.
Lyubov didn't struggle, just gave him a helpless look.
By the time Roland and Lyubov arrived at the Treasury building, Katya had regained her composure and looked normal.
The conference hall was on the second floor, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Zahar had personally come early to supervise the setting up of the venue, as if there was nothing else to do.
Roland greeted Zahar, who pretended to be busy, and introduced him to the bankers who had come from afar, including Lyubov and Katya, who met on the way, as well as Roland's old acquaintance, the chief archmage of the Beacon Hill School of Prophecy, Kosygin, and Lady Theodora from Parnia, the beautiful and elegant half-vampire lady who was Veronica's mother, the high priest of the goddess of death and magic, Vijess, and was just one line away from the legendary realm.
The three visitors, representing the North Bay Yanbo Family Bank, Beacon Hill Offa Bank, and the Parnia Investment Authority, agreed to jointly purchase most of Roland's Treasury bonds on the same terms, in what is known as a "bank syndicate" or "syndicate" in Earthly parlance.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Zahar is also a banker, but his status and influence in this circle are far from that of Lyubov, Kosygin and Theodora. At the same time, his views on the prospects for the issuance of government bonds have also taken a 180-degree turn. Before today, he had been worried that the treasury bonds would not be sold as smoothly as Roland expected, and that the underwriting banks would take advantage of the fire to rob and raise the interest rate on the bonds, which would put heavy repayment pressure on the Ministry of Finance, but today he saw that the three most powerful financial institutions in the Far East had come to Colasburg to participate in the subscription of treasury bonds, and they all seemed to have an unusually close relationship with Roland, so he had a bottom in his heart and added some expectations for the prospect of issuing bonds.
Roland also deliberately set up the venue on Zahar's turf to give him face. After all, the main issuer of treasury bonds is the Ministry of Finance, and each bond must be endorsed by the Minister of Finance. Although Zahar did not have much say in the process of this bond issuance, for the sake of maintaining the unity of the cabinet, Roland did not want to let him play the role of a rubber stamp.
Theodora and Kosygin also brought their entourage, and Roland arranged them one by one, and before the meeting, a red ball of light suddenly appeared in front of him. Roland stretched out his hand to hold the ball of light and read the "Short Message Technique", and his face couldn't help but become strange.
Turning around and walking to the window, Roland opened a corner curtain and looked into the distance, thanks to the keen vision given by the "High Golden Dragon Bloodline", he vaguely saw a familiar silhouette appear outside the door of the Cabinet Mansion, the long black skirt set off the skin as white as snow, the girl's face was light and the veil was standing with her hands in her hands, and her swan-like slender and elegant pink neck turned slightly, as if she was looking for someone.
"Your Highness, why are you still here in a daze?" Zahar was like a tumbling ball, sweating profusely but enjoying himself, reminding Roland to entertain his guests.
Roland's eyes were still looking out the window, hesitated for a few seconds, and then turned back to Zahar and said, "I'll leave the rest to you, I'm going to go out and meet a friend from afar." β
Zahar couldn't believe his ears and looked at Roland in a daze: "You're not kidding, are you?" The next step is to negotiate with the three banks on the interest rate on the bonds, and if you leave, who will make up our minds? β
"Of course you have the idea." Roland couldn't help but stuff the document bag to Zahar, "You are the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom of Koras, and of course you have this power. β
Zahar didn't feel that he really had this power, and begged for mercy with a bitter face: "My Highness, please don't play tricks on me, those three distinguished guests are all running for you, I'm okay to run errands here, but I can't afford a big scene!" β
"Just because you don't know them well, it's most appropriate for you to negotiate." Roland tried to convince Zahar that his exit was premeditated, "You think, I'm so familiar with Lyubov, Kosygin, and Lady Theodora, and I'm embarrassed to bargain if they offer a high debt interest, and if the conversation breaks down, won't it hurt my feelings, and I don't even have to be a friend?" β
Zahar was stunned for a moment, stroked his thin-haired head and muttered, "This...... Not really, right? In business, talk about business......"
"It's easy to talk about business, but sometimes I really can't pull it off, rather than suffering losses when negotiating, it's better to simply let you go into battle, anyway, you don't know them well, and you're not afraid of offending people, right?"
That's the same thing...... But what can I say? I'm afraid I'm screwing up......" Zahar suffers from gains and losses.
"It's very simple, we sell bonds, right, come up and shout out the price of 5% per annum to test the water, of course, this is a sky-high asking price, most of the people on the other side refuse to accept it, a counteroffer of 7% or even 7.5% is possible, this is blackmail, you have to stabilize your mentality, don't lose your temperββ"
Zahar smiled weakly: "The biggest advantage of my person is his good temper, to be honest, 7% debt interest is already very good, if I can make a decision and agree, how can you say that this is blackmail......"
Roland was amused by the fat man, and his eyes narrowed and he scolded with a smile: "Be sober, Mr. Zahar, find out which side you are from!" β
Zahar touched his head and sneered: "Don't worry, I won't be the same when I get to the negotiating table, what is our bottom line?" β
β6%β¦β¦ Couldn't go any lower! Roland said with a pained look on his face.
"Can anyone say yes?" Zahar felt that Roland was more like blackmail.
"Don't mention it, I'm very distressed about the 6% annual interest." Roland hugged the fat man's shoulders hard, and said solemnly: "Mr. Zahar, the negotiation with those three banks is all up to you, you must keep the bottom line, even if you pay one thousandth less interest, you can save a lot of money, and the pressure of repayment in the future will be reduced." β
"Huh? Your Highness, I have no choice but to fight hard! Zahar took a deep breath and swung his chubby fist, like a warrior stepping into battle, resolutely turned around and strode towards the venue. 10