Chapter 148: It's okay to see off guests
(Bow thanks to "Zhu Xiaoba" for his three monthly tickets! Thanks to "Furongzi 007" and "Chinese Lobster" for his monthly tickets!)
"Chairman Zhou Ming is not good, something big happened!"
In the afternoon, when Zhou Ming had just finished his lunch and returned to the office of the headquarters building of the State Telecommunications Company, he heard Carlos running to him in panic and report to him.
Carlos's words were beyond his expectations, as expected by Zhou Ming. It was expected that Zhou Ming never thought that Limus would sit and wait for death, especially when he showed so obvious in the morning meeting. Even if Limus was stupid, he should understand that he had thought of countermeasures. So with his spirit of desperately stopping at the meeting, how could he not think of a solution after the meeting? As for the unexpected, Zhou Ming did not expect that his actions could be so fast.
"It's not the end of the world, there's no need to be so panicked. Let's talk about what's wrong first." Zhou Ming said to Carlos.
When he saw Zhou Ming, Carlos slowly calmed down. He told Zhou Ming: "This is the case with the chairman. Bankman Bank called over just now and said that Vice President Marco would come to us in the afternoon for the loan. They said that the loan we owed them had already defaulted and we needed to repay it immediately, otherwise we would sue us."
Zhou Ming nodded to this: "I understand. Just notify Vice Chairman Antonio of this kind of thing. I believe he will know what to do."
Zhou Ming's idea is right. It has been a day or two for the Mexican National Telecom Corporation to be unable to repay the loans that cannot be returned. It is not that Zhou Ming feels that there are too many lice, but that since nothing happened in the past, it means that this is not a big deal. Then, let Antonio, the only senior executive who stayed in the company, come forward, and naturally, it can be solved as in the past. But what Zhou Ming didn't expect was Carlos's next words.
"But this time it doesn't seem that simple," Carlos told Zhou Ming, "because after Bankman Bank, Sanchester Bank, Northern Mexico Bank and Baja California Bank also said that they would also come to the National Telecom Building."
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Zhou Ming frowned. He felt that things were unusual, because it was easy to understand if it was just one bank to ask for debts, but it would be strange if ten banks came to ask for debts at the same time.
So Zhou Ming thought for a while, then went straight to the office of Vice Chairman Antonio.
Zhou Ming asked directly without any politeness when he arrived here: "I would like to ask if there have been cases where the heads of ten banks came to the company to ask for debt together?"
Faced with Zhou Ming's problem, even Antonio did not dare to neglect. He thought for a while and replied: "In the past, several banks have jointly forced debts, but that was just a call, and only five were united. Because the State Telecom Company was controlled by the central government at that time, they would mainly put pressure on the government, and there was no such thing as the company building."
"So that's it, so even Vice Chairman Antonio, don't you know what to do?" Zhou Ming asked.
"If it's just one or two banks, I can choose to take them to play golf or tennis and all the sports they like, but it's really a headache for ten banks to come together."
Antonio thought for a moment and reminded Zhou Ming: "Chairman, I think there is another reason behind this?"
Zhou Ming glanced at Antonio. Obviously, he said this to remind himself that the ten banks suddenly jointly forced debts from State Telecom, and that someone or force was arranged behind the scenes.
But in fact, Antonio's reminder was redundant, because even if he didn't say it, Zhou Ming could guess it. After all, Zhou Ming still clearly remembers that Jefferson is the largest shareholder of Bankman Bank. If you want to say this, it is not his business, I'm afraid even a three-year-old child will not believe it.
"Thanks to the Vice Chairman for the reminder, I think I remember it." Zhou Ming then said, "But no matter what the cause of this incident is, the heads of ten banks are coming to the company soon, and we still have to make some preparations. You know I come from the United States and don't understand the habits here. Vice Chairman Antonio, you are a veteran of the company, so I need your help."
"I am very grateful to the Chairman for his trust in me. I am also a member of the State Telecom Company. Of course, I will not be indifferent to such a thing."
Through this sentence, Antonio agreed to Zhou Ming's work arrangements. Then the vice chairman found the logistics department and first cleaned up a very grand reception room, took out the very famous Jamaican coffee, and found the most beautiful front desks in the building to greet them at the door.
Zhou Ming was a little helpless because Zhou Ming originally thought that Mexicans would have some new routines, and their relationship was almost the same as in China in the end! Moreover, these things can be taken out from the logistics department at any time, as well as the special reception room and the welcome front desk at the door. It can be imagined that the State Telecom Company did these things a lot in the past.
However, when Antonio commanded the two departments of General Affairs and Logistics to be busy, he finally prepared everything within half an hour, but then waited for two hours without seeing anyone from the bank coming.
Antonio was very confused about this. He looked at Zhou Ming from time to time. Although he didn't say it, Zhou Ming also understood his thoughts.
So Zhou Mingxian said: "Vice Chairman, have you ever had such a situation before? The bank has clearly called to notify me, but no one has come for a long time."
"Sometimes, it may be that the bank's head needs to deal with something temporarily, so it will be delayed for a while, but it usually takes an hour, but now it has been two and a half hours..."
Antonio had not finished speaking, but he could not understand what he meant. There was obviously something wrong with this situation.
Zhou Ming waved his hand to this and said, "It doesn't matter. Since they haven't arrived yet, we might as well wait a little longer. Anyway, before the new project started, we were not that busy. Besides, we are always better at using these things ourselves than outsiders because we are cheaper."
So they waited in the reception room for another hour, until they were about to get off work in the afternoon, and finally received a call from the communication room at the door, saying that Deputy Governor Marco of Bankman Bank and Deputy Governors of nine other banks had arrived.
Zhou Ming asked them to come up without hesitation. A few minutes later, Marco and the others were finally taken to the reception room.
Marco is a Spanish man wearing borderless glasses and white hair, and he is walking in the front, and it seems that as the deputy president of Bankman Bank, he is also the core figure of these ten people.
"Your arrival is very much welcome!" Zhou Ming and Antonio stood up and greeted with a smile.
Marco and the others ignored it and walked straight to Zhou Ming and asked bluntly: "Are you Zhou Ming, the new chairman of State Telecommunications Company? Then please repay the 100 million US dollars owed by the company immediately, otherwise we will not rule out that we will get back our money through litigation."
Antonio was stunned because he didn't expect that Marco would come up and go straight to the point so bluntly. After Marco, the heads of other banks also questioned the same.
"And we also have our Sanchester Bank, we need to execute your repayment procedures now, otherwise we will apply to the court for enforcement to auction your mortgaged assets; we are the Northern Bank of Mexico, and I think my tolerance for you has reached its limit. We will not give you any excuses and reasons to delay. We must get the repayment..."
Facing their words, Antonio stepped forward and explained: "I understand your purpose, and we have been preparing for this, so everyone might as well sit down and have a cup of coffee. This is a famous person from Jamaica..."
From Antonio's skillful movement, it can be seen that this is not the first time he has done such a thing, but this time the other party did not buy it. Marco waved his hand and said, "There is no need to mention these hypocritical invitations! If I can get the State Telecommunications Company to repay all the loans by drinking coffee, then I can guarantee you that there will be no coffee beans in the entire telecommunications building after today!"
After Marco, other bank leaders also said: "Yes, we came here to get your debt back, not your coffee beans!"
Antonio said to this: "Of course I understand, but we are all elites. Our conversations are naturally carried out in an elegant environment, drinking the best coffee from Jamaica. Otherwise, we just want to find a room and talk with inferior tea. At least we have to wait until we lose our jobs. It's still too ugly now, right?"
I have to say that as an old bureaucrat of the State Telecommunications Company, Antonio is still very good at speaking and doing things. At least for his rhetoric, there are no mistakes at all without showing off.
Regarding this statement, we must convince them in normal times, but today, Marco said: "Indeed, as elites in the industry, we should be decent, but the prerequisite for decency should be our mutual respect. But Vice Chairman Antonio, do you want to use coffee as a weapon to convince us? Do you still respect us in this way?"
Originally, everyone else had to accept Antonio's proposal for fear of face, but as Marco said it, they immediately changed their minds: "Yes, Vice Chairman, you are so inaccurate in your approach! We are here to ask for debt today, not coffee..."
Faced with the aggressive momentum of these bank leaders, Antonio suddenly panicked because he had never experienced such a scene before. Shouldn’t these people be easy to talk to? What’s wrong with this today?
For this reason, Antonio had to ask Zhou Ming for help.
Zhou Ming only stood up at this time. He looked at the ten bank leaders in front of him and asked, "So your purpose today is to insist on taking debts, right?"
"Yes, the loans owed by State Telecom has been too long. We must get an explanation today, otherwise we have the right to sue you!" Marco said, and other bank leaders agreed.
Zhou Ming nodded: "So that's it. So do you have anything else to do? If it's okay, then give away the guests!"
Chapter completed!