Chapter 1153

He put Tian Xiaotao in charge of this matter. Firstly, he did not have the time to stay in Jiangcheng indefinitely to run around for the loan; secondly, he was using the name of Tian Xiaotao's company to handle the loan application, so that when the time came, the information fee for Qu Cheng'an could be directly deposited into the account of Tian Xiaotao's company, and even if others investigated later, they wouldn't be able to find anything.

Before he let Tian Xiaotao handle the business, he had even exhorted him to be polite to the comrades at the bank, to grease the wheels when necessary, and to invite them to dinner when necessary. He had not expected that this kid, despite his age, would still be so unrefined that he couldn't even handle such a small matter well.

Consequently, he called Tian Xiaotao again and gave him a lecture, telling him to go to a few more banks, to be polite to the comrades at the banks, to grease the wheels when necessary, and to invite them to dinner when necessary. Although the words were the same, his tone this time was different, finally making Tian Xiaotao take it seriously.

Tian Xiaotao changed his attitude, and the loans from several banks also showed signs of life; it could be considered progress.

Meanwhile, the fundraising activities of Global International in Shangjun County were also proceeding quite smoothly. They rented an empty storefront on the main street to serve as their office in Shangjun County, posted the fundraising notice on the wall, and Tian Xiaopeng had the county television station broadcast the fundraising advertisement. He even went to the fundraising site personally several times, and he even took out several thousand yuan himself, handed it to the people in charge of fundraising, and received a receipt stamped with the official seal of Global International in return.

Tian Xiaopeng personally stood up for and endorsed Global International, and coupled with the fact that the news of Global International investing in an electrolytic aluminum plant in Shangjun County had long been publicized with great fervor, this caused the common people of Shangjun County to lose their guard. Many common people took out their life savings and flocked to the Global International office to deposit their money, crowding the street until it was impassable.

Not only did the common people of Shangjun County come to deposit money, but they also spread the word from one to ten, calling their relatives and friends in neighboring counties and cities to come and deposit money. Suddenly, common people from several counties and cities, including Yulin City and Hongshan County, all flocked to Shangjun County to participate in the fundraising, each holding large stacks of cash, pushing to the front, fearing that if they were late, others would not accept their money.

Similarly, long queues of people appeared at the banks in Shangjun County and the neighboring counties and cities. These crowds were not here to deposit money; they were all here to withdraw money, leaving the bank staff overwhelmed, and the bank presidents even more so. Their deposits had quotas, and this time, their quotas for the year were definitely not going to be met.

In order to maintain order and prevent thieves from taking advantage of the situation, Xu Shixie sent out all the police officers from the bureau to patrol these crowded places. However, with so many people, the police force was simply insufficient, and even the fire brigade and armed police were sent out to patrol, which barely managed to maintain order.

However, the police presence caused the common people to misunderstand. They felt that since even the police and armed police were maintaining order for Global International, this fundraising must be risk-free. Consequently, more and more common people came to participate in the fundraising.

In just a few days, the fundraising money received by Global International reached over 50 million yuan, and the momentum had not diminished in the slightest. Looking at this momentum, there was no doubt that the fundraising amount would exceed 100 million. These were the life savings of the common people from several counties in Yulin City!

Qu Cheng'an was as good as his word. Every day after receiving the fundraising money, he would deduct the 10 percent information fee on the same day and deposit it directly into an account opened by Tian Xiaotao's company at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Shangjun County. In just these few days, the funds in this account had already exceeded 5 million.

Tian Xiaopeng was, of course, fully aware of all these matters. This huge sum of 5 million made his heart race, and what made his heart race even more was that in the coming days, he feared there would be tens of millions more entering this account.

After Tian Xiaotao changed his attitude, the attitudes of the heads of the credit departments at those few banks also improved significantly. This was not surprising; for the past few days, Tian Xiaotao had been taking these people out to wine and dine almost every day, and he had also promised them kickbacks once the loans were approved.

Now, the heads of the credit departments at the provincial Industrial and Commercial Bank and the Construction Bank had already given their word that they would definitely help them complete the loan procedures within this week. The head of the credit department at the Bank of China had also promised to help them complete it as soon as possible. Although Section Chief Zhang of the Agricultural Bank had not yet given his consent, he had already begun to call Tian Xiaotao "brother," and Tian Xiaotao said there should be a breakthrough very soon.

In the middle of the night that day, Julie came to Tian Xiaopeng's room. Tian Xiaopeng told her that next time he would take Julie to Jiangcheng to buy her some jewelry and dress her up beautifully.

Upon hearing this, Julie was so moved that she took the initiative once again. This time, she even played a wicked game, engaging in a "uniform temptation" by wearing a nurse's outfit, straddling Tian Xiaopeng, and exerting her utmost tenderness, which made Tian Xiaopeng's blood boil and sent him into a state of bliss.

It was Julie's tenderness that made Tian Xiaopeng feel that his life had not been lived in vain.