Chapter 409: 411. Chapter 405: Can't Reach an Agreement

411. Chapter 405: Can't Reach an Agreement

In this world, when you are in danger and need help from others, the people willing to reach out and pull you are ultimately a very small minority.

Instead, there are more people who will step on you when you are encountering misfortune.

I don't know who leaked the news that Jin Da Bank's current operations are not smooth; it is highly likely to be people from other banks.

Banks are also aimed at making profits.

If Mr. Qiaobafu's Jin Da Bank indeed encountered difficulties in funds, then for these banks, it was a new "feast."

Jin Da Bank's depositors, as well as the goods that Mr. Qiaobafu had to mortgage out at a low price as soon as possible to plug the hole, were all coveted by major banks.

Even if Mr. Qiaobafu could overcome the current difficulty, they had ways to bite off a piece of meat from him in mortgage loans.

If he... couldn't make it through, then it would be even better!

They could not only get those mortgages at extremely low prices but also gain a large number of depositors, achieving growth in performance. In any case, they would never be losers!

Having such thoughts, naturally, they wouldn't stop. Soon, rumors that Jin Da Bank had no money began to spread more crazily.

Mr. Qiaobafu's base was these Imperial immigrants and illegal immigrants. They didn't quite trust Federal banks, which led to the commercial miracle of Jin Da Bank and Mr. Qiaobafu.

But now, this miracle seemed to be stopping.

More people began to demand to withdraw their deposits. The bank's gate was already crowded with people, and people waved the withdrawal vouchers in their hands, with faces of unease and even terror!

There were also some homeless people waiting to withdraw money. They were also loyal customers of Jin Da Bank because anyone could deposit money here.

Regardless of whether they were people with status or people without status.

Many reporters had already come around, and they were all waiting for the opportunity to interview Mr. Qiaobafu. At this time, Mr. Qiaobafu had already realized that he was about to be finished.

He could only pin his hopes on the mayor; this was also his last chance for survival!

The mayor lay on the hospital bed and finished listening to those words he said, including his request, and finally shook his head. "I'm sorry, Qiao, I can't do these things."

"The funds for the infrastructure projects you invested in have all been transferred to the project account, even if it were me, I couldn't take them out."

"You should understand how nervous the construction party is about this money, and in the absence of other funds entering, I must also first ensure the interests of urban development, not personal interests."

"If you can find someone to take over these projects, I can help you transfer the rights."

Mr. Qiaobafu's idea was whether he could move some of the money invested in urban construction. Obviously, the mayor just lost, not became stupid.

Even if he lost, these infrastructure projects were solid political achievements, at least ensuring that although he had no chance to go further, he could live steadily until retirement.

And Mr. Qiaobafu was just a person who paid for him. He didn't care what Mr. Qiaobafu would be like in the future. He himself was already like this, still caring about others?

Looking at Mr. Qiaobafu's desperate back when he left, the mayor's mood was actually heavy.

He knew very well that the problem Mr. Qiaobafu encountered now was the problem he encountered, and this problem had no solution.

Win, take all; lose, admit it.

Political struggle has always been this cruel.

Clearly it was sunny a few days ago, but a few days later, a storm, the world seemed to be destroyed under the dark clouds!

"So, he has no chance to turn around now?", Lan Si listened to people chatting about Mr. Qiaobafu's situation. This was the topic with the highest heat in the Imperial District in recent days.

Because major banks had decided on Jin Da Bank, Mr. Qiaobafu wanted to mortgage those valuable things to other banks, but they only gave him a very low quota.

Like those artworks, originally worth tens of thousands, after evaluation by those banks, they could only be worth ten thousand dollars. Twenty to twenty-five percent of the value also made people unable to pick out any faults.

After all, the price of artworks is not like that gold. Major banks didn't suppress his price in exchanging gold. After all, if they didn't collect it, there were plenty of places to acquire it according to the market price.

But other things whose prices might be controversial became worthless.

Now Jin Da Bank's gate had been blocked, and the entrance was full of people waiting to withdraw money.

No matter how much money he got from the outside, it wouldn't take a moment before it was put into the pockets of those people withdrawing money. This path of his life had reached the end.

Bo Dun sat in the corner, also quite sighing.

Actually, others might not have as much feeling for the two names "Qiaobafu" and "Jin Da Bank" as he did, because that was an existence he didn't even have the qualification to look up to before!

Previously at the gathering outside the Saint Naye Cathedral, he wanted to approach Mr. Qiaobafu at close range many times, but he would be stopped by his assistants or bodyguards.

They looked at him with eyes looking at garbage, as if they were telling him that a piece of garbage didn't have the qualification to approach Mr. Qiaobafu!

At that time in Bo Dun's eyes, Mr. Qiaobafu was the representative of the Federal Dream, not even one Federal Dream, but two, three, or even ten Federal Dreams!

But now, he was about to go bankrupt, and he, who was once looked down upon by him, seemed to be moving toward success.

He said with lowered eyebrows and pleasing eyes, "I heard it is like this. People say people from other banks are surrounding him. He has a high probability of not being able to hold on."

Lan Si nodded slightly. "Let people pay attention..."

Before he finished speaking, Ke Linda knocked on the door, pushed open the office door, and poked a head in. "Mr. Qiaobafu wants to see you."

Lan Si didn't expect that they were talking about Mr. Qiaobafu, and the other party came directly.

Ai Er Wen glanced at Lan Si, then stood up. Everyone else in the room stood up. Lan Si nodded. "Let him in."

Mr. Qiaobafu had no other way. If he had other ways, he wouldn't come to find Lan Si.

He watched many people come out of Lan Si's office, tidied up his attire slightly, not letting himself look too embarrassed, and then pushed the door and entered.

Lan Si sat behind the chair, not even standing up. He didn't let Mr. Qiaobafu sit down, just letting him stand straight like that.

He didn't even say he wanted someone to prepare coffee or anything else.

"I need your help, Lan Si."

Lan Si didn't have any indication, just continued to look at him. He had to continue saying, "I need a sum of money."

The two stared at each other for a few seconds. Lan Si shook his head slightly. "Mr. Qiaobafu, look, you have been calling my name directly since you came in."

"You make me unable to feel your respect for me, so how can I help you?"

"Perhaps you will feel... I am a bit excessive, or even a bit too calculating, but you forgot, when you hired people from the Wolf Gang, our last bit of friendship was also gone."

"Now you come to beg me, you need to have an attitude of begging me, understand?"

Mr. Qiaobafu's face didn't have much blood color originally, looking very haggard. He couldn't sleep at all these past few days.

Once he closed his eyes, his brain was full of the situation of going out of business, the anger and helplessness of his efforts and dedication over so many years going down the drain, so there was no blood color on his face at all.

But just like this, it became rosy at this time, but then it began to turn white again.

Under his skin, it seemed as if a magician was hiding, knowing a magic of changing colors.

After a while, he hunched his body, bent his waist, lowered his head, and stared at his toes. "Mr. Lan Si, I need your help."

Lan Si nodded slightly. "I heard a lot, Mr. Qiaobafu. It is very difficult for me to make a move to lend you money at this time because you can't pay it back."

"And even if I lend you a little money, you actually can't change anything."

"Your credit has collapsed. Even if you fill all the holes now, you have no chance to turn around."

"If I were you, I would hide some valuable things now, and then announce bankruptcy."

"At least this way you can still have a guarantee for life in the future, not to the point of being too miserable to have to find a job again at your age."

Mr. Qiaobafu's pale face began to turn red again, not knowing if it was because of shame or because of other reasons.

"I want to borrow a sum of money.", he repeated this idea again.

The two stared at each other for a while again. Lan Si frowned. "Do you have anything that can be mortgaged?"

He nodded. "Antiques, artworks, real estate."

Lan Si thought for a while. "I don't know much about antiques and artworks, so I can't reach a deal with you in this regard, but real estate is fine."

"I want that house of your bank, as well as your villa and manor."

Mr. Qiaobafu's face turned white again. His lips moved, and finally, he said an answer like "no problem."

He couldn't have a problem because he still wanted to persist for a while. He felt that perhaps he could still solve the current problem!

Seeing that everyone was fellow countrymen from the Empire and the relationship was quite good before, Lan Si gave him a price of forty percent, which was already very high.

Although he also knew that the price Lan Si gave was very low, he still had to thank Lan Si. At least Lan Si was willing to lend him money.

Manor plus villa plus house, the valuation was about thirty thousand, a total of twelve thousand. Twelve thousand simply couldn't solve his current problem.

Lan Si had a mortgage contract here. Once Mr. Qiaobafu couldn't pay back the money, then Lan Si had the right to take away his house.

At the moment of signing, he hesitated slightly. After all, these things represented all his success over the past few decades, especially that house of the bank.

But now, he indeed needed this money, even if it didn't look like much.

Ultimately, he signed his name on these documents and pressed his fingerprint. Lan Si had someone take cash for him.

He quickly took the money and left, leaving without looking back.

Ai Er Wen asked Lan Si, will this make his situation better?

Lan Si told him that doing this would only make the situation worse!

Actually, any bank has no particularly good way to face a run, because the reason depositors propose to withdraw money is reasonable and legal.

You can't refuse them, no matter for what reason. As long as you refuse, it will make people feel panic. This is also the reason why Mr. Qiaobafu tried to resist hard even though he knew it was impossible!

Resist a bit, maybe there is still a chance. If you don't resist, there is really no chance at all!

After he left, he took the cash and went directly to the bank. In front of people, he sent this money into the bank, but doing so was just as Lan Si said, it couldn't solve any problem, but instead made the people withdrawing money become crazier!

Even if he let the teller tell the people withdrawing money that if they withdraw money now, not only will a high handling fee be charged, but interest will not be settled, it still couldn't stop people's desire to withdraw money.

How long he could persist, no one knew, but what people knew was that he couldn't persist for too long.

Lan Si didn't continue to pay much attention to him. He just let Lawyer Luo Ben prepare well, ready to transfer those three real estates to his name at any time.

For several days in a row, the matter of Jin Da Bank being unable to cash deposits intensified, and even the mayor lying on the bed began to pay attention to this matter.

He organized multiple government departments to follow up and investigate this matter, and when lying on the hospital bed, he didn't forget to express to reporters that he would definitely ensure people's interests as much as possible.

And it was at such a time that the talks of the five major families began.

The location of the talks was in the Keda family's casino. In this "disturbance," the Keda family might be the only force that didn't enter the field. Although they also betrayed everyone, they didn't do more excessive things.

So much so that until now, the Keda family still thought they belonged to "neutral," not leaning toward the mayor, so they undertook this part of the work.

Actually, the city became turbulent during this period, and the business of their casino also became much worse.

No one hopes that they come to a region full of danger to travel or play, and Jingang Cheng is not the only city with legal casinos available for choice.

Tourists who come here to participate in gambling while traveling are actually the mainstream group of the casino.

Now that this part doesn't come to avoid encountering danger, then the casino's business naturally becomes not so good.

Aierbeituo and Fulangxixike arrived early. Bandi also saw Fulangxixike. He took the initiative to walk over, expressing condolences and regret for Paul's murder, while wanting to persuade Fulangxixike to stand on his side.

"The city is too chaotic. Everyone is very tired, whether it is us or those underclass members. It is time to let everything return to the right track."

"I believe that after this time, people will believe more that we are united together, which is the most correct way."

"Don't let the hatred of a moment confuse your mind. Understand what we need!"

Fulangxixike didn't make any statement. Aierbeituo responded, "We will consider it."

Looking at the appearance that these two obviously didn't want to cooperate, Bandi actually had no particularly good way. They all believed in the mayor's evil, not expecting that they would fall short of success in the end.

Otherwise, he simply didn't need to say anything to such young people now.

"In short, people yearn for peace. This is an opportunity."

After he finished speaking, he smiled and turned to leave, because people from the Ji'en family came. Compared to these people, he was actually more willing to communicate with people from the Ji'en family.

The war between the Ji'en family and the Xiong Gang also came to an end. The Xiong Gang had already begun to leave Jingang Cheng, and they didn't chase and fight.

The losses on both sides were very heavy. If they continued to fight to the death, then it would be very inconsistent with the family's interests. Their war with the Xiong Gang ended here.

They also yearned for peace to make up for the losses during this period.

Watching Bandi lobby beside the leader of the Ji'en family, Aierbeituo withdrew his disdainful gaze.

Then came people from the Tita family. Salifu looked like his situation wasn't very good. His arm was in a cast and hung on his neck, and there were quite a few scratches on his face.

It was rumored that he was almost finished in the previous firefight, so his anger was also the greatest!

He saw Aierbeituo and took the initiative to walk over, greeted Aierbeituo, and then looked at Fulangxixike.

"I express deep regret for your father's murder. I hope you have already walked out of the grief."

He glanced at Bandi who was lobbying the Ji'en family, and a look of disgust appeared on his face. "Child, I haven't been to college, it's hard to give you any help in this regard."

"The only thing I can teach you is never to forget hatred. Once you forget hatred, you will become no longer you!"

"Remember hatred, and then take revenge. This is what we should do!"

"If it weren't for that bunch of bitches from Kaxia, our situation wouldn't have become so bad, and Bandi and his people!"

"They betrayed us, they are not worth being forgiven!"

Aierbeituo nodded and said, "We also didn't plan to reconcile with them. We died many people, we can't stop just because they say stop."

Salifu nodded repeatedly after hearing it. "Yes, yes, you are right."

"Why should they say move if they want to move, and they say stop if they want to stop?"

"If we don't pull that bitch's head off and kick it as a ball, this war will absolutely not end!"

The talks hadn't started yet, it seemed that the result of this talk had already been predicted.

People from the Kaxia family came last. It seemed that they also knew they were annoying, so they appeared last.

When Ruike appeared, Salifu stood up all of a sudden, grabbed the teacup at hand and threw it at Ruike.

Ruike dodged while cursing, "Are you fucking crazy?"

Salifu reached out to touch his chest, but the guns were left outside. He cursed a "fuck," rushed over and wanted to fight Ruike hand-to-hand, but was immediately pulled away by Bandi with people.

"Calm down, calm down..."

"You fucking let me calm down?", Salifu pushed away the people blocking in front of him. "I tell you, in this city, there is me without him, there is him without me!"

"Talk, talk your mother's talk!"

Saying this, he kicked open the door and walked outside.

Aierbeituo glanced at Fulangxixike, followed closely and stood up, and also walked outside.

"You also want to leave?", Bandi showed some dissatisfaction on his face.

If Salifu could vent here, it was because although the Tita family suffered heavy casualties, the overall framework was still there. As long as the money was in place, a group of people could be pulled up again soon.

Then why wouldn't the Pasileituo family talk?

Paul, a person with great authority, died, and the family fell into civil strife. In Bandi's view, they were the people who most hoped to be able to talk, even more than him and the Ji'en family hoped to stabilize and solve internal problems.

Aierbeituo looked at him with his chin slightly raised. "It's not that we can't talk, but that we have to talk with guns and cannons, talk with bullets, not talk with mouths!" ===== CHAPTER 410 =====