Chapter 1876: Used as a Sacrificial Flag

"Tap—tap—tap—"

Deng Dexin placed his fingers on the newspaper and tapped lightly, one by one.

He didn't know about Zhou Andong's conflict with Kong Xingzhong and Zhongbao.

Therefore, analyzing it with normal logic, Zhou Andong reporting Zhang Jingkuan by name...

... was highly likely related to the loan for Yuxi Real Estate's Yangcheng branch, which Zhang Jingkuan had suppressed.

He didn't know why Zhang Jingkuan would do such a thing; he should have known that several other banks were breaking their heads trying to cooperate with Zhou Andong.

But Zhang Jingkuan was, after all, a vice president, and since he had already made the decision, it wasn't easy for him to interfere too much, so naturally, he hadn't asked.

It was just that what he hadn't expected was that Zhou Andong was actually collecting evidence in secret and had made such a big fuss by reporting him by name, which made him very dissatisfied.

It wasn't that his relationship with Zhang Jingkuan was that good, but because he, as the top leader, had the responsibility of lax supervision.

If Zhang Jingkuan had a problem, he would definitely suffer the consequences along with him.

"Sigh!"

Deng Dexin sighed and picked up the tea, which had already gone cold, and took a sip.

No one could ignore the matter of Zhou Andong's real-name report, and it couldn't be ignored.

Moreover, it had made the news, and the impact it caused was too great; the higher-ups would definitely react quickly.

Tomorrow—no, today, the Discipline Inspection investigation team would come down. If it were fast, Zhang Jingkuan would be eating his lunch at the Discipline Inspection Commission.

Deng Dexin smoked, his brow furrowed tightly; Zhang Jingkuan's life or death had nothing to do with him.

What was most urgent for him now was to mitigate his own influence in the Zhang Jingkuan incident.

After pondering for a good while, he could only do two things first.

One, after the investigation team came down, he had to cooperate fully.

Two, notify Yangcheng immediately to continue cooperating with Yuxi Real Estate.

Because Zhang Jingkuan's decision had already damaged the bank's interests.

Therefore, as president, he had to correct the serious mistake Zhang Jingkuan had made.

After thinking about it, Deng Dexin grabbed the phone and dialed the number of the Yangcheng branch president.

"Comrade Sun Huiming, this is Deng Dexin."

"President!" Sun Huiming's voice came through the receiver. "Tell me what's going on."

"Regarding the Yuxi Real Estate loan," Deng Dexin said. "Previously, Vice President Zhang canceled your cooperation with Yuxi Real Estate because of inflation and a large amount of non-performing loans, so we had to tighten the money supply.

But after investigation, Yuxi Real Estate is an absolutely high-quality enterprise, so it has been decided that we can continue to cooperate with Yuxi Real Estate."

Hearing this, Sun Huiming cursed internally; he had spent so much effort to negotiate the cooperation with Yuxi Real Estate, and you bastards denied it with one sentence.

Now, you want to cooperate with them again? What are you, the sun, that the earth has to revolve around you?

It was just that while he was unhappy internally, he certainly didn't dare say it out loud.

"President, Yuxi Real Estate wants to borrow 1.7 billion. When we were negotiating the cooperation, besides us, there were credit unions and the other three major banks. At the time, I secured 360 million.

After Vice President Zhang denied it, the quota our bank grabbed was already carved up by the other four banks; now there's no chance to cooperate again."

"Opportunities are fought for; if you don't fight for them, there will never be an opportunity."

Deng Dexin pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and lowered his head slightly to look at the newspaper again.

"For example, one year interest-free; if that doesn't work, then two years interest-free. There are always more solutions than difficulties."

Sun Huiming perked up immediately upon hearing this. "If it's two years interest-free, we can indeed fight for it."

"It's not 'fight for it'," Deng Dexin said in a deep voice. "You must secure it."

"Good!" Sun Huiming took a deep breath. "I will definitely secure it."

"That's all then." Deng Dexin put down the phone and then let out a breath.

At the same time, Zhang Jingkuan returned to his office. After his assistant poured him tea, he wanted to say something but hesitated, and in the end, didn't say it, instead turning and leaving, taking the opportunity to gently close the door.

Zhang Jingkuan took a sip of tea with great contentment, then took out a cigarette and lit it, leaned back in his wide office chair, and closed his eyes slightly.

After he finished smoking a cigarette, he opened the document in front of him. After more than an hour, feeling tired, he stood up to stretch his body, then went to the window and opened it.

The weather today was truly good. After standing by the window and basking in the sun for a while, he went back to continue flipping through the documents.

When he finished handling the work at hand, he looked up at the time; it wasn't even eleven o'clock, and the cafeteria food wasn't ready yet.

He picked up the newspaper next to him and placed it in front of him, then casually picked up the teacup next to it. The moment he opened the newspaper, his whole body froze.

The teacup in his hand fell onto the table with a clatter, then rolled forward, and then fell to the ground with a bang, shattering into pieces.

Zhang Jingkuan's complexion went from red to purple to blue to white; he had been reported by Zhou Andong by name, and the materials had already been sent to the Discipline Inspection Commission.

That would have been one thing, but he had actually taken out an ad in the paper offering a million-dollar reward to collect evidence of his crimes.

He felt cold all over, his teeth chattered, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

He had once self-righteously thought that he could manipulate Zhou Andong at will; now, thinking about it, how ridiculous it was.

The bit of power in his hands was vulnerable before capital, and that one-million-dollar reward made him feel a sense of suffocation.

He knew he had been dragged out by Zhou Andong to be used as a sacrificial flag, and the target was Kong Xingzhong.

At the same time, he also knew clearly that whether for the sake of substance or face, Zhongbao would definitely come forward to protect Kong Xingzhong.

And he, Zhang Jingkuan, would be abandoned without hesitation, becoming the only sacrificial victim in the struggle between Zhou Andong and Zhongbao.

"Slap!"

Zhang Jingkuan slapped himself hard. If Zhou Andong were really that easy to manipulate, he didn't know how many times he would have been buried by others; the grass would have grown on his grave long ago, so how could he still be jumping around until now?

"Slap!"

Zhang Jingkuan slapped himself again. Why the hell were you so possessed as to think you could get benefits from the contest between Zhongbao and Zhou Andong? Now it's good; you didn't get any benefits, and you got yourself involved.

At this moment, he already regretted it, but where in this world could you buy regret medicine?

Time passed bit by bit, and Zhang Jingkuan sat there without moving.

When the quartz clock hanging on the wall pointed to eleven o'clock, the office door was suddenly knocked.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Zhang Jingkuan's body shook violently, and a layer of fine sweat beads instantly appeared on his forehead.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

As the office door was knocked again, Zhang Jingkuan's throat rolled.

"President!"

The assistant's voice came from outside. Hearing no answer, the office door was pushed open.

The assistant stood at the door and glanced inside, then quickly flashed to the side.

Immediately after, five men entered the office, and five cold gazes landed on Zhang Jingkuan at the same time. ===== CHAPTER 1877 =====