"Hmm? How much money?"
"Not much, just around eight trillion won."
The patriarch of the Li family, a small old man who usually walks with a stoop, jumped up from his chair upon hearing the figure of eight trillion! He grabbed the president of Samsung Bank by the collar and shouted angrily.
"Taking away the young master???"
"Eight...eight trillion."
Upon seeing this, the president of Samsung Bank thought to himself, "Something's not right. You old man, weren't you just teaching me to remain calm and composed? To not flinch even when Mount Tai collapses before me? Why am I so impatient now?"
When the head of the Li family saw this idiot still posing, he was furious and kicked him.
"Damn it! What are you standing there for, you idiot? Hurry up and investigate where this money came from! How much money is this guy losing every day? It's not enough to just sell you to Southeast Asia!"
Upon hearing that he was to be sold to Southeast Asia, the president of Samsung Bank was startled and quickly said something.
"Yes, Master, I'll go investigate right away!"
After saying that, he scrambled away.
Upon returning to Samsung Bank headquarters, he immediately went to the data department and asked them to investigate where the funds came from.
The data department staff were completely baffled.
"Manager, we can't find this information. Bangzibao is the one that transfers money to us through Huasuan Wealth Management. We only have this one account with them."
The president of Samsung Bank was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was happening.
Yes, the current model for Bangzibao is that users buy Douyin coins with their money, then buy Bangzibao on Huasuan Wealth Management. Subsequently, Huasuan Wealth Management transfers the corresponding amount to Samsung Bank. After receiving the principal, Samsung Bank calculates the returns and transfers the returns back to Huasuan Wealth Management's account. Huasuan Wealth Management then returns the returns to the user in the form of Douyin coins.
Therefore, in reality, the only entity that transacts with the bank is Huasuan Wealth Management; the bank and the user have no direct contact whatsoever.
"What can we do then? Are we just going to ask Huasuan Wealth Management for data?"
"Yes, only they have the customer information."
"Okay, then you can contact them."
"OK."
The guy in the data department quickly picked up the phone and dialed Huasuan Wealth Management.
"Hello, welcome to Huasuan Wealth Management. How can I help you?"
"Hello, this is Samsung Bank. We received several large sums of money deposited into our account this afternoon. We would like to ask which customer made these purchases?"
"I'm sorry, sir, we are not allowed to disclose customer information."
"Huh? But Samsung Bank is doing business with you."
"That's true, but your company's partner is Huasuan Wealth Management, and they don't transact directly with our clients."
"Although, putting aside the facts, as your major client, can't I even ask you for such a small favor?"
"I'm sorry, sir, we are not allowed to disclose customer information."
The guy from the data department looked up at the bank manager with a helpless expression.
The bank manager also heard the voice on the other end of the phone. His lips twitched. "Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not a business owner who offers good financial management. She won't listen to me anyway."
The bank manager gestured for him to hang up the phone first, and said he would try to find a way to get around it.
After hanging up the phone, the bank manager returned to his office, took out his phone, and found Zhang San's number.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, this is Li Dashun from Samsung Bank."
"Oh, it's President Li. What can I do for you?"
"Here's the thing, we suddenly received several very large transfers today, and we'd like to ask if you could help us find out which customer made those purchases."
"Ah... President Li, it's not that I'm trying to help you, but our head office has a rule that all data queries involving customer information must be approved by our boss. Anyone found querying customer information without authorization will be fired immediately."
"Is it that serious?"
"Yes, so there's nothing I can do to help with this."
"Oh well."
Finally, having no other choice, Li Dashun went to the Li family manor to find the head of the Li family.
"Hmm? You found it?"
"Master, I'm sorry I'm incompetent, I couldn't find it. I called Zhang San, but he directly refused my request and claimed that Huasuan Wealth Management would never allow the disclosure of customers' private data."
Li Dashun thought he was going to be scolded by the family head, but instead he saw the family head take a sip of tea and then laugh.
"Hahaha, interesting. This Lin Chen is playing these little tricks on me. Alright, I can roughly guess who bought them."
"Huh? Who is it?"
"Who else could it be? The Koreans, or the other conglomerates, of course. The 'Little Life' refers to those three banks, plus Star Technology."
"This...this...Patriarch, are you saying everyone is targeting us?"
"Is that so strange? If it were me, I would also step on it. Why not make money for free? Sigh, the tricks we used on Cui Dacheng back then are now being used on ourselves."
The words of the Li family patriarch shattered Li Dashun's worldview.
So this is what the world of capital really is?
There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests!
"Then, patriarch, what should we do now?"
"Da Shun, let me teach you another trick, what is called mutual benefit."
The head of the Li family took out his phone, found a number, and dialed it.
"President Mitsui! I am Lee Chung-myung from Samsung."
"Greetings, Patriarch Li. It's been a long time. I vaguely remember the last time we met was... wasn't it?"
"Haha, President Mitsui is so humorous. I won't stand on ceremony. Samsung can give up some of its Korean shares to Samsung Bank to help it become a top-tier bank in the small-life sector."
"Oh? What are the conditions?"
"The condition is that the three-pound lard bank takes all the money stored in the Korean bank account, and then persuades Mitsubishi and the Postal Savings Bank to withdraw their money, saying that Samsung is starting to clean house and we don't want to hurt them in the process."
Kazuo Mitsui pondered for a moment.
Okay, I agree.
As for how Kazuo Mitsui persuaded Mitsubishi and Postal Savings Bank, that's not something Samsung should worry about.
After hanging up the phone, the head of the Li family muttered to himself.
"The issue of daily life on their end has been resolved. Now, it's time to look at things back home."
Li Chongming slowly got up and walked out, saying to Li Dashun as he did so.
“Call back all of Samsung’s key personnel for a short meeting.”
"Yes, Master!"
Upon hearing these words from the head of the Li family, Li Dashun knew that South Korea was about to turn the world upside down. This was no small meeting; it was a major conference that would affect the social structure of South Korea.
Soon, the chairmen of all Samsung subsidiaries rushed to the Lee family manor as quickly as possible.
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