Chapter 859: 853. Stupid (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

The person who spoke was named Han Zhixun; he was from South Korea and was also a member of one of South Korea's top conglomerate families.

He had previously been someone who supported Zhang Ran, but now, his words implied opposition.

The tone of Han Zhixun's speech seemed full of concern for the company's interests, but in reality, he just wanted to obtain greater benefits from Zhang Ran's hands.

Previously, Zhang Ran had given these people a harsh lesson through the Telecommunications Business affair, leaving them unable to grasp his bottom line.

However, it was impossible for these people to truly choose to obey Zhang Ran in everything because of that.

Once or twice was fine, but any more than that, and they would not agree.

Another point was that they knew Zhang Ran was not acting purely to deal with the Rhode Family; every move he made carried his own agenda and involved massive profits.

Zhang Ran had indeed given them good resources for exchange previously, but the last Telecommunications Business deal alone was enough to fully recoup that, while also yielding significant gains.

So this time, they wanted to obtain more from it.

To put it bluntly, they were just jealous, which is normal.

With Zhang Ran making such huge profits, how could they not be jealous? Although they didn't know what kind of profit Zhang Ran was making from the Oil Bond, they knew he certainly wouldn't be doing it just for this little bit.

Zhang Ran might not even know that he had such an image in the minds of these people; if he did, he wouldn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Before Zhang Ran could speak, Yin Long, who was on the side, said, "Mr. Han, I disagree with this point. Although the Filman Oil Company bonds have stable profits, if we are to be honest, the interest offered is very low, barely enough to keep up with inflation.

And you actually call such an investment a very good one? I really don't see it at all."

Han Zhixun said indifferently, "Investment does not necessarily have to yield huge profits. Yes, we are indeed pursuing the maximization of investment returns, but at the same time, the greater the profit, the greater the risk that must be borne.

Although the interest on Filman Oil Company bonds is not high, they win on stability; having this point alone actually surpasses many investments."

"You aren't comparing them to those failed investments, are you?" The corners of Yin Long's mouth curled in mockery.

This guy Han Zhixun was clearly trying to confuse the issue.

No matter which way you look at it, this Oil Bond was not a good investment, but when one had sufficient cash flow and no better projects, it was indeed a decent choice.

But that was all it was.

Through their influence, the Rhode Family had directly made the bank purchase these bonds internally, while also recommending these bonds to depositors.

This was one of the benefits of the South Bank; many of the companies among them actually operated this way.

When they lacked money, they would directly borrow from the South Bank under various pretexts, while also using internal meetings to find partners to maximize profits.

These were all the functions of the South Bank, and also one of the reasons why the South Bank kept growing larger.

Han Zhixun said noncommittally, "Isn't this point enough? If Mr. Zhang can provide better investments, then we have no objections; after all, if there is money to be made, we should make it together."

These words directly pointed it out: if you want us to continue supporting you, of course you can, just provide benefits; they felt the previous benefits were not enough.

The greed of the human heart can never be satisfied.

Zhang Ran had previously negotiated with them that after providing those benefits, they would fully support him in targeting the Rhode Family.

But from the very beginning, these people had other thoughts; they weren't exactly dragging his feet, but it was close.

If they could truly take the benefits and support Zhang Ran, then many things would become simple.

"I've seen shameless people, but I've truly never seen people as shameless as you." Yin Long was amused to anger by his brazen face.

Han Zhixun, having Yin Long point at his nose like this, immediately looked displeased, "Manager Yin, you have already stepped down from your position as investment manager, which means you are no longer a person of our bank; you have no say here now."

Being mocked and ridiculed by Yin Long like this, Han Zhixun also exploded; he thought to himself, he, Han Zhixun, was also someone in his family with hopes of inheriting the position of head.

In South Korea, basically no one dared to speak to him like this.

Although he also knew that not everyone outside would treat him this way, and there were forces that didn't fear their family or were even more powerful than them.

But having been pampered like this for a long time, even when outside, everyone usually gave him plenty of face.

Han Zhixun had truly never encountered an experience like this.

So, his anger was already apparent in his words.

Zhang Ran looked at him coldly, "Watch your tongue, don't trip over it."

Han Zhixun, under Zhang Ran's gaze, immediately sobered up, but still said stubbornly, "Mr. Zhang, this is our company's business, Mr. Yin, as..."

As he spoke, he couldn't continue, because he suddenly thought of one point: Yin Long still held the position of Chairman of Galaxy Investment.

And Zhang Ran's investments were actually controlled through Galaxy Investment, which meant that Yin Long was actually the representative.

Han Zhixun had been muddled by anger, or perhaps because Yin Long stayed by Zhang Ran's side, he had been completely overshadowed.

It made him fail to think of this for a moment.

Actually, one couldn't blame him; in the past, although Yin Long had some fame in the eyes of these people, that was all, and he had started out in casinos.

Before Zhang Ran took back Galaxy Capital, Yin Long's base was only in that small patch of Hong Kong and Macau.

Plus, Galaxy Investment hadn't caused any trouble recently, making many people subconsciously forget this point.

"How could the Hanjing Group have such a stupid heir as you?" Zhang Ran mocked without any courtesy.

The insatiable greed of these guys had long since annoyed him.

Originally, he actually had no good feelings, but also no bad feelings, toward these people.

We cooperate; I give you benefits, you help me do things.

If things were completed smoothly and they supported him consistently, then Zhang Ran wouldn't mind sharing more benefits with them.

Zhang Ran was not the type to be stingy; he was actually very generous. If these people were sensible, Zhang Ran would have been perfectly willing to play along with them.

After all, that way, Zhang Ran might have been more relaxed in many matters.

But now, the greed of these people had thoroughly angered him, so Zhang Ran also began to gradually plot other things in his heart.

Han Zhixun, being spoken to like this by Zhang Ran, immediately flushed red; he wanted to lose his temper, but seeing Zhang Ran's cold gaze, he immediately swallowed his words.