money is not guilty

Chapter 55 The Night Banquet

Two days later, Su Lei and others completed an independent investigation of Shunfa Aluminum's loan project.

The results of this investigation are not ideal, which is also expected by Su Lei. Tianma Group has an overall external debt of nearly [-] billion, and in the past few years, under the government's intervention, it has helped several other large companies to bear debts and acquired a large number of non-performing enterprises. However, the operation of these distressed enterprises has not been improved, which has led to the continuous deterioration of Tianma Group's operation in the past few years.

However, Su Lei is not Wang Chong, he does not have Wang Chong's courage to confront the world, especially this loan was ordered by the higher authorities. Wang Chong said that all problems should be exposed. , also followed the principle of due diligence and exemption, and objectively responded to the problem.

That night, Qi Zhongyuan and his son hosted a banquet in a private club for the project team. At first, Su Lei thought it was strange that Qi Zhongyuan's status was such that he would entertain a sub-branch department manager. After everyone was seated, Su Lei found that the entire round table was empty. There are three seats, and there are obviously other guests.

After a while, I heard someone say outside the door, "Chairman Qi, I'm sorry, we're late."

Su Lei and the others looked over and saw that it was Li Youtian and Liu Jianguo, the vice presidents. Seeing the arrival of the senior executives of Donghua Bank, the entire project team stood up quickly and said, "Hello, President Li, and President Liu."

Qi Zhongyuan said: "The two presidents are very busy people. Being able to come to my house as a guest really makes our house shine."

Liu Jianguo said with a smile, "If Chairman Qi is full of ponies, wouldn't our entire Donghua City be living in pigpens?"

Everyone laughed.

Throughout the banquet, Qi Zhongyuan was the host, Qi Beiwang was the deputy, and Zhao Xiaocheng was the third.

Qi Zhongyuan guided the two to sit in the positions of deputy guest and third guest. Li Youtian was ranked higher than Liu Jianguo in Donghua Bank, and Liu Jianguo was in a higher grade. On the vice guest position on the left side of Zhongyuan, "Then I won't be polite to you, bro."

Su Lei glanced at the vacant guest of honor seat, thinking that there must be an important guest coming later, but he didn't know which leader it was, it couldn't be President Lin.

Qi Zhongyuan didn't wait for the guest of honor to be seated, and started the banquet directly.

The dishes are relatively simple, the portions are not large, but they are very delicate.Twelve people served a total of fourteen dishes of six meat and eight vegetables.At the age of Qi Zhongyuan and Liu Jianguo, they seldom pursue such expensive and unreal things, and pay more attention to the quality of ingredients.

Qi Zhongyuan said: "This chicken soup mushroom pot uses wild mushrooms from the deep and old forests of Changbai Mountain, together with ginseng, cordyceps sinensis, twelve kinds of precious medicinal materials, and pheasants hunted in Donghua Mountain, boiled for five hours. Let’s come and taste how it tastes.”

Liu Jianguo said: "If you want to talk about gourmet food, I'm afraid the entire Donghua City will not be able to find a connoisseur like Mr. Qi."

Qi Zhongyuan said, "I remember in [-], when I was only seven years old, I remembered that the whole village could not eat, the wild vegetables in the village were all dug up, and even the bark of the elm tree was eaten. I thought, when I grow up, I will be a cook and eat all the delicacies in the world, only to realize later that cooks cook for others. Haha.”

Zhang Feifan asked, "Is elm bark edible?"

Qi Zhongyuan said, "People are hungry to the extreme, there is nothing they can't eat. You people at this age have caught up with the good times. You have never experienced that kind of era. Look at yourself now, you are all old."

Zhao Xiaocheng said, "The chairman is always going strong."

Qi Zhongyuan pretended to be angry and said, "If you guys put more effort into everything you do, I should be holding my grandson in my arms at my age!"

Zhao Xiaocheng said, "Then we have to look up to the president."

When Qi Zhongyuan was young, his family was poor and he couldn't marry a wife. He didn't marry the daughter of a butcher in a neighboring village until he was in his 30s. Already married, but without a son and a half daughter, and Qi Beiwang couldn't hold back his temper, and spent all day messing around outside, which made Qi Zhongyuan very dissatisfied.

Li Youtian said: "Mr. Qi is young and promising. He managed Tianma Group in an orderly manner at a young age. He is also a dragon and phoenix among people."

Although Qi Zhongyuan knew what kind of guy his son was, when he heard the praise from outsiders, he still felt a burst of pride in his heart. He raised his glass and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this guy. I will offer three glasses of wine. The first one is to thank you." Wine, on behalf of Tianma Group, I would like to thank President Jianguo, President Youtian, and the brothers in the entire project team for working hard for our Tianma Group during this time."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

"The second wine is a please wine. Our Shunfa Aluminum project may have some minor flaws in business, and we have to ask the two presidents and the managers here to forgive us."

Liu Jianguo said to Su Lei and the others: "Banks operate with risks. How can there be a perfect company in the world, and who can guarantee that the loans issued are [-]% risk-free? The key lies in controlling risks, discovering risks in time, and taking effective measures to avoid them. Risk, that’s what an account manager should be doing.”

At this time, someone outside the door said: "Why are you forgiving?"

Before the words were finished, a middle-aged man came out from the door. Everyone in the room followed the sound and stood up one after another, "Hello, Mayor Li!"

The person who came was Li Yongjun, the deputy mayor of Donghua City in charge of economy and finance. Li Yongjun waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and said to Qi Zhongyuan, "Old Qi, I'm really sorry, I'm reporting to the secretary today. Too late. Forgive me!"

Qi Zhongyuan said with a smile, "Mayor Li's willingness to come and honor me is already giving me face. How can I blame you?"

Li Yongjun glanced at the crowd, frowned and said, "Why didn't Lin Tianhua come?"

Liu Jianguo and Li Youtian also did not expect that Qi Zhongyuan invited the deputy mayor to treat guests tonight. Although they are the vice presidents of Donghua Bank, they are far behind Li Yongjun in rank. According to the principle of equal rank Well, today's banquet, at least the chairman and president Lin are in line with each other's identities.

Qi Zhongyuan said: "President Lin has something to do with his family, so he can't come, so he asked me to ask Mayor Li for leave. Mayor Li, please take a seat."

Li Yongjun snorted, and said: "Don't be busy, I have a meeting later, I'm late, bring a drink, please feel free." He said, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip.

Where did the crowd dare to be negligent, they filled their glasses with wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Yongjun said to Qi Zhongyuan, "I still have something to do, so I won't stay any longer."

Qi Zhongyuan nodded again and again, and Li Yongjun said to Donghua Bank, "I was entrusted by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government to express my gratitude to your bank for supporting Tianma Group and the development of Donghua City's real economy. The city pays more attention to the loan from Tianma Group. , Secretary Tian and Mayor Zhao also called many times to inquire about the progress, and hope that your bank can also pay attention to it. Remember, the economic situation is not very good now, financial requirements are stable, and society also requires stability. Secretary Tian has emphasized more than once that in severe Under the circumstances, the financial sector should be in close contact with enterprises to help them tide over difficulties.” He paused, then added: “This is a political task.”

Liu Jianguo hurriedly said: "Mayor Li, please rest assured that we will live up to the leadership's entrustment."

Qi Zhongyuan invited Mayor Li to stand for him today. Although it was only a brief appearance, although he didn't say it clearly, the signal released was already obvious, that is, the loan must be approved.Even Su Lei couldn't help but wonder if he should go back and revise the investigation report.

Li Yongjun said: "Okay, you go on, I'll take my leave first." Everyone got up to see them off, Li Yongjun waved his hands, Qi Zhongyuan went out to see them off in person, and after a while, Qi Zhongyuan came back and said, "Okay, I can't take it anymore, you guys Young people, drink more, don't be restrained." He also left the banquet.

As soon as the two left, Qi Beiwang sat on the main escort seat, Zhao Xiaocheng changed to the assistant, and the waiter changed to new tableware.Qi Bei looked up and said, "There are so many seats, and they can't all be empty. Xiaocheng arranges it."

Zhao Xiaocheng went out to make a phone call. A few minutes later, three or four beauties came from the financing department and joined the wine table. Zhang Feifan recognized one of them named Liu Xiao, who also went to the Chengdong branch with Zhao Xiaocheng last time.

Without Qi Zhongyuan's restraint, everyone drank happily until after nine o'clock.Liu Jianguo, Li Youtian, Qi Beiwang and others left first, while Zhao Xiaocheng took the project team to KTV to sing until after one o'clock in the morning.

The next day, the investigation report edited by Su Lei was reported.On the same day, among the three conditions that Wang Chong put forward for the loan, the Chairman Qi Zhongyuan assumed unlimited joint and several guarantee responsibilities, but nothing happened.

However, within two or three days, he passed the sub-branch loan review meeting and the head office loan review meeting consecutively, and sent it to Lin Tianhua's desk.According to the rules of procedure of the loan review meeting, the president has a veto power, and whether the loan is released or not depends entirely on whether Lin Tianhua exercises the veto power.

This caused Lin Tianhua a headache. Originally, Wang Chong was asked to do this business. With Wang Chong's temperament, it was impossible for this loan to be reported so quickly. However, Wang Chong was suspended for investigation. As a result, all the pressure was concentrated on him. Well, Tianma Group has entrusted several groups of people to talk to Lin Tianhua about the matter, which made Lin Tianhua very embarrassed.On the one hand, he also knows that Tianma Group's current operating conditions are not good, and releasing it may cause bad results.On the other hand, the leaders of the city government pressured him with the hat of talking about politics, party spirit, and taking the overall situation into account, which made him upset.

He briefly glanced at the loan application materials and the loan review committee's resolution, and asked, "Secretary Li, has Wang Chong's investigation results come out?"

Secretary Li said: "I asked in the morning, and the Discipline Inspection Office is still working on it, saying that it needs to verify some details."

Lin Tianhua said angrily: "Why are you eating? It's been a week for such a trivial matter, and it hasn't been settled yet?"

Secretary Li had no choice but to say, "I'm going to rush you now."

Lin Tianhua dialed Wang Chong's phone number, and Wang Chong said on the other side of the phone: "President Lin!"

"What are you doing kid?"

Wang Chong replied, "I'm shopping with my friends."

"Where do you go shopping during working hours?"

"President, I am now suspended."

Lin Tianhua said angrily: "Stop what kind of job, get out of here quickly. I'll give you 10 minutes."

Wang Chong said: "Lin Xing, I'm in the east of the city."

Lin Tianhua said: "15 minutes! Otherwise, don't come to work."