Chapter 91

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This is a fully glass-structured building that anyone who sees it would give a thumbs up and praise its grandeur.

The six gray characters "China Industrial and Commercial Bank" are prominently displayed on one side of the building.

This is Guangfu Avenue, the location of the headquarters of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Zhongyun City.

Bai Cheng'an, Doudou's father, always approaches this building with hesitation and indecision.

He is just one of the 133 industrial and commercial bank branches in Zhongyun City, an unknown figure who has relied on seniority to rise from a regular teller to a customer manager.

Every year during the year-end summary meeting, Bai Cheng'an is always among those with the poorest business performance and the lowest year-end bonus.

After being criticized for a long time, Bai Cheng'an developed a sense of awe and reverence for this place.

He avoids coming here if he can, but today he has to come, to find his former branch manager, now the general manager of the corporate banking department, Wang Zheng.

This is because his precious daughter said that her friend wants to buy the multi-story press machine and the 50-ton electric arc furnace they had previously discussed.

Bai Cheng'an almost broke out in a cold sweat when he heard his daughter's words.

Those are multi-story press machines and 50-ton electric arc furnaces, which together cost about 20 million yuan. They are not fitness treadmills or coal stoves used in the kitchen.

Just say buy?

The corporate manager at the headquarters had investigated the market value of these two large machines when the factory went bankrupt. The results were disheartening; similar equipment had been listed on the trading market for over a year without any interest...

The market was so bleak that there was no point in even listing them online.

Now, the situation has taken a turn for the better, and the buyer of these two expensive machines says they can go to the factory to inspect the goods and negotiate the price at any time.

If this buyer were his friend, Bai Cheng'an would be very willing to go to the headquarters manager and do him a huge favor.

The problem is that this is his precious daughter's friend, and even more problematic is that his daughter, Doudou...

Keeps talking about "Brother Ye."

Who the hell is this?

Bai Cheng'an would be strange if he didn't dig deeper and feel uneasy.

When he dug deeper, the problem arose.

According to Doudou, this friend is very young, very polite, very talented, very promising, very graceful, and very capable...

Bai Cheng'an couldn't listen anymore. Doudou was describing a gentleman from an old-fashioned novel, not a real person who might not even exist.

Bai Cheng'an directly asked, "What's your relationship with him? Is he your boyfriend?"

Doudou stammered and said no, they were just friends...

Maybe good friends!

Bai Cheng'an temporarily chose to believe his daughter. Doudou is about to graduate from university, and at this stage, her parents would naturally support her if she were in a relationship.

So, there was no need for Doudou to lie about this.

If he's not her boyfriend...

Bai Cheng'an guessed Doudou's thoughts. She admires this Brother Ye, and perhaps this Brother Ye also has some normal male thoughts.

It's just that they have only known each other for a short time and are still friends.

Bai Cheng'an felt a great pressure, as if the precious flower he had carefully nurtured for twenty years was about to be uprooted and taken away by a rascal.

And when that time comes, Bai Cheng'an could only watch helplessly.

Alright...

Since yesterday evening when Doudou asked him if he had any friends in the steel business, Bai Cheng'an felt something was off.

Of course, Bai Cheng'an didn't think too much about it. Out of love for his daughter, he diligently inquired around, but naturally, there was no one. Doudou then asked if he could ask his colleagues and superiors, as her friend really needed to buy a large amount of steel.

His daughter's matter is his matter.

For his daughter, Bai Cheng'an even called his former branch manager, who is now a thriving corporate manager at the headquarters.

The corporate manager deals with companies, and finding this very influential former superior was undoubtedly the best way to help his daughter.

Bai Cheng'an's idea was simple: if he could help his daughter find out, he would tough it out and talk about life, about the good old days they worked together, and see if he could get a better price.

As for taking any benefits or commissions...

Bai Cheng'an never thought about it. For his precious daughter to ask him for help, and for him to take any benefits, that would be the act of a despicable father.

When Bai Cheng'an called, the corporate manager directly said no and then complained for a long time about his bad luck and career setbacks.

Bai Cheng'an could only listen with a forced smile, hearing him complain about the situation.

This led to the matter of Doudou's friend, Brother Ye, wanting to buy those two very expensive machines.

When Bai Cheng'an entered the headquarters building, the lobby manager recognized him from his chest badge, smiled, and let him go.

Bai Cheng'an took the elevator to the 11th floor, the Corporate Banking Department, also known as the Corporate Department.

His former superior is now the head of the Corporate Department, responsible for planning and coordinating the tasks and indicators of all branches, managing the balance sheet structure, approving deposit and loan interest rates, and setting the direction for the development of corporate business in the branches.

His name is Wang Zheng, and he has a lot of power. Branch managers see him like mice see a cat.

Bai Cheng'an knew his habits; he stays in the office in the morning and goes out to deal with large corporate clients in the afternoon.

Knocking on the manager's office door, when he heard "come in," Bai Cheng'an nervously pushed the door open.

Sure enough...

Manager Wang Zheng, seeing his former subordinate come without an appointment, immediately put on a stern face, as his mood had been bad for the past few days.

"Old Bai, what wind brought you here?" Manager Wang Zheng glanced up and then continued his work. "Didn't I tell you on the phone about the steel purchase?"

"I don't know any big clients in the steel trade. If your friend wants to buy steel, they can just buy it from the market!"

"If you want me to help, I can't get you any internal price."

"No, no, General Manager, I didn't come for that." Bai Cheng'an waved his hands.

"If there's something else, you could have just called. Why did you come to the headquarters?" Manager Wang Zheng continued to read his documents, not even inviting him to sit down.

"My business has been tough lately, and I'm under a lot of pressure. The loan to that steel plant went wrong, leaving a mess."

"Old Bai, you should understand my position. I have a lot of problems myself. Your matter..."

Manager Wang Zheng's indifferent attitude, not giving him a chance to speak, made Bai Cheng'an very upset and uncomfortable.

If it weren't for his daughter, Bai Cheng'an would have said nothing and enjoyed seeing him struggle, being scolded by the head of the headquarters at the year-end summary meeting.

Since he definitely had to say it, he might as well change his approach.

"General Manager, you're so busy, I'll leave first." Bai Cheng'an was no longer nervous, turned around, and walked towards the door.

As he reached the door, he glanced at Wang Zheng, who hadn't even looked up, and muttered, "Someone wants to buy a multi-story press machine and a 50-ton electric arc furnace."

The moment Bai Cheng'an closed the door, the sound of a chair being pushed back echoed inside.

Bai Cheng'an had barely walked two meters when the office door was yanked open by Wang Zheng.

"Old Bai, what did you say? What did you just say?" Wang Zheng panted, his belly jiggling, his eyes filled with the hope that he hadn't heard wrong.

"Oh, nothing much. I have a friend who isn't very familiar with me, and he wants to buy a multi-story press machine and a 50-ton electric arc furnace." Bai Cheng'an said casually. "General Manager, you're so busy..."

"Busy?" Wang Zheng immediately changed his expression, the kind he usually uses when meeting big clients. "Who said I'm busy? I can't neglect an old colleague like Old Bai even if I'm busy."

"Quick, quick, Old Bai, let's go into the office and talk." Wang Zheng smiled warmly, holding Bai Cheng'an's shoulder. "By the way, the owner of Ming Sheng Garment Factory gave me two boxes of Xinyang Maojian tea. I know you like tea, so I saved them for you."

"Also, the second-quarter performance evaluation for customer managers is coming out soon. Old Bai, I'm not saying it, but with your business skills, you should have been promoted long ago."

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