She suddenly asked, "Guan Hongjun, did you really not feel anything that night?"
My heartstrings suddenly tightened. I knew very well that if I didn't feel anything when kissing a beautiful woman, it meant that she was either very advanced or had a different sexual orientation. But I didn't dare to tell the truth, so I lied and said, "I was drunk at the time."
She stared at me with contempt and said sarcastically, "Back then, you used drinking as an excuse for your affair with Sister Yun. You really lack responsibility. Men, driven by desire, don't care about anything, but afterwards they come up with all kinds of excuses to evade responsibility."
I don't feel ashamed, because everyone in the world is like this. I am not a maverick, but just an ordinary man or woman in the world.
Seeing that I was silent, she thought I was depressed, so she said softly, "I am an experienced person, not a pure girl. You don't have to mind it. We are still partners, and there is nothing else to do."
I was not moved by her magnanimity. Instead, I felt an inexplicable sense of sadness in my heart. In her eyes, I was just a tool for her to satisfy her desires.
I said in a gloomy tone, "Mr. Lin invited me here, so he wouldn't just be here to chat, right? If you have any opinions, please speak up."
She sat up straight and gently pushed the coffee brought by the nanny to me, looking a little embarrassed. I knew she must be asking something of me, and my brain was working fast, but I couldn't guess what she wanted.
She said slowly, "I want you to meet someone and say a few good words for me."
Her words were too general for me to comprehend, so I said impatiently, "Just be frank. Being secretive is not your style."
She smiled, breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in her chair, and said, "I plan to use Daxun Auto Parts Co., Ltd. as collateral to apply for a loan from the Provincial Development Bank. I need to get a few good words from you in front of the vice president in charge of business."
This was totally unexpected to me. Lin Xun actually wanted me to lobby for her loan. I could help her, but I couldn't help blindly, so I asked, "How much is the loan? What is it for?"
She answered without hesitation: "A loan of 200 million to expand production."
I couldn't help but gasp. For such a huge loan, she actually wanted to use 50 million in assets to leverage a loan four times that amount. This was not only a serious violation of credit policy, but also far beyond my imagination.
I couldn't help but ask, "Is it possible that a bank would be so stupid?"
She showed a disdainful look and said firmly: "The bank does not own the money. They are just holding it in trust."
It suddenly dawned on me that she was actually trying to use the trust funds through the bank. I asked, "Has the trust company approved your collateral?"
She nodded and said, "Banks, as custodians, need to comply with regulatory procedures, so you need to provide them with sufficiently optimistic expectations about the industry's development prospects."
I was relieved, but still had doubts, so I asked, "With Mr. Lin's connections, wouldn't it be easier to attract shareholders to invest directly? Why go through so much trouble?"
She said meaningfully: "I absolutely do not want to dilute my shares with funds from unknown sources."
I nodded to show my understanding. A person who is used to making decisive decisions does not want others to interfere.
She suddenly asked me, "Have you been following the news recently?"
I replied: "I don't have time to visit during my time in Shenzhen."
She explained: “Recently, the State Council has approved the establishment of a small and medium-sized enterprise board at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.”
It suddenly dawned on me that she wanted to list the auto parts company on the SME board. This woman was indeed ambitious.
I also understand her reluctance to introduce shares now. Once the company goes public, those shares will become original shares, and overnight, these shares will increase exponentially.
I couldn't help but think of the 20% hidden shares she reserved for me, and my hands began to tremble involuntarily. However, I still had to pretend to be calm and asked her: "If Zhang Xiaodong came forward to deal with this matter, wouldn't it be more convincing? After all, I am a nobody and my words have little weight."
She chuckled and said, "He is good at power struggles, but when it comes to drawing cakes, you are even better."
I said angrily: "I am not just making empty promises, I am making serious statements based on industry planning and future prospects!"
Lin Xun took me to the bank to meet the vice president she mentioned. I described my idea of building an auto parts industry belt and Lin Xun's investment in detail. Finally, the vice president asked me to sign a "Pre-loan Investigation Interview Notes", and my mission was completed.
On the way back, Lin Xun praised while driving: "The mayor of Guanzhen is very eloquent. He made the vice president stunned. He is a teachable young man with a bright future."
I snorted and ignored him, my eyes cast towards the densely packed and orderly high-rise buildings on the roadside.
Seeing that I didn't respond, she said, "Don't leave tonight, stay at my house."
I turned my head to look at her profile and was surprised to find that her lips were extremely sexy, very similar to the full, plump and well-defined lips of French actress Sophie Marceau.
She noticed that I was looking at her, and a faint smile appeared on her lips, and she teased, "What? Are you moved?"
I responded coldly, "I'm not interested. A man and a woman alone in a room are prone to gossip. Besides, I'm weak-willed. If I lose control and do something out of line, it will be hard to recover."
She laughed out loud and said breathlessly, "I can't sue you for rape if it's a matter of mutual affection. What are you afraid of?"
I asked, "What if I accuse you of rape?" She curled her lips and said contemptuously, "You still need to learn the law. In China, women are not guilty of rape. They can only be charged with forced indecency."
I was speechless. This was indeed a blind spot in my knowledge. I said angrily, "I don't care if it's obscene or rape. Take me to the station quickly. I want to go home."