Chapter 528: There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

"Why ask again?"

Zhang Yanlong replied impatiently:

"I already said before, it was a bank loan. There are records; you can verify it at the bank."

In fact, colleagues had already gone to the bank to check; Zhang Yanlong had indeed taken out a loan there back then.

Yu Dazhang nodded and continued asking:

"Online lending platforms require a registered capital of at least several million, plus the capital pool for lending. Without ten million, it simply cannot be set up."

"Please answer me: how did you get this loan from the bank, or rather, what did you use as collateral?"

Bank loan collateral is generally real estate, vehicles, or other assets.

Upon inquiry, Zhang Yanlong's collateral was verified special assets by a third-party evaluation agency.

This was the result obtained during the second visit to the bank for verification.

When the police went the first time, they were only told it was other assets as collateral, with no specific details.

Ask again, and the staff would cite various regulations and start playing tai chi with the officers.

"It was a credit collateral loan."

Zhang Yanlong answered very bluntly, showing no sign of guilt.

But his answer left Yu Dazhang bewildered.

Does he think I'm an idiot?

Yu Dazhang stared straight at Zhang Yanlong, that thought filling his mind.

Yet, from the other's expression, it didn't seem like a lie.

Generally, when people lie, they subconsciously make some protective gestures.

For example, crossing arms, avoiding eye contact, slightly shrugging one shoulder, and so on.

But when Zhang Yanlong answered, his expression was natural, without a trace of pretense.

The problem is, personal credit collateral loans have limits.

Just based on Zhang Yanlong, getting five thousand would be impressive.

But he got a huge sum of ten million!

Yu Dazhang took a deep breath and asked:

"Did you go through the normal loan procedure?"

Now that he had found a suspicious point, he became even calmer, following this thread slowly, unafraid of not finding the answer.

Sure enough, upon hearing this question, Zhang Yanlong fell silent.

He looked somewhat conflicted, as if unsure whether to tell the truth.

Yu Dazhang was not in a hurry; he just sat opposite, watching him quietly.

After hesitating for about ten seconds, Zhang Yanlong finally spoke:

"I have already confessed and submitted to the law; why drag others into this? Moreover, she has nothing to do with what I did. Back then, she only helped me with a small favor."

With your brain, others would sell you and you'd still be counting the money for them... Yu Dazhang said coldly:

"Whether she is involved or not is not for you to decide. You speak, and we will judge."

Since there was something fishy at the bank, someone must have been acting as a go-between.

In Yu Dazhang's view, the person who played a driving role in this was the key figure in the whole matter.

"I don't know her name."

Zhang Yanlong replied:

"Everyone who knows her calls her Fourth Sister. She looks about thirty, is very generous, easy to get along with, and has extensive connections."

"The impression she gives is that there is nothing she cannot accomplish."

A woman? Yu Dazhang immediately perked up.

He knew there were people who neither worked nor started businesses, yet had extensive connections, making a huge success just by relying on the connections in their hands.

Domestically, such people are usually called brokers.

Wherever there is power available for rent-seeking, there will be the shadow of a broker.

They roam the gray areas of power, seeking various opportunities.

If you meet a reliable broker, they can truly get many things done; they have powerful resource integration capabilities and each has their own channels.

"Is she beautiful?"

Yu Dazhang blurted it out, then felt it was inappropriate and quickly corrected himself:

"I mean, is her speech and manner very approachable?"

For a woman to be a broker, beauty alone is not enough.