The most popular saying at the time was, "We are friends, so drink it in one gulp." But Li Cheng responded, "We are brothers, so drink it in one gulp."
Director Yang had a very good impression of Li Cheng, and Li Cheng's practice of making money together also made the people in the branch, including Director Yang, make a small fortune.
At this time, Director Yang also had tens of thousands of dollars earning double interest from Li Cheng!
What is a brother? It means making money together and suffering together.
Director Yang picked up the wine glass in front of him, and Li Cheng picked up the teacup. The two clinked their glasses, then smiled knowingly and drank it all in one gulp.
After three drinks, Director Yang asked, "Li Cheng, tell me the truth. President Gao has some documents. Did you give them to him?"
Li Cheng looked up at him and said, "Which one are you talking about?"
Director Yang felt dizzy for a moment and thought to himself, how many copies did you give him?
"It's the one about the loan write-off for the tape recorder factory."
"Oh, that? I gave it to him."
Director Yang thought to himself, "It's you who did this." But what Director Yang wanted to ask was, Li Cheng's document said that in the near future, more than 150 companies will go bankrupt.
Director Yang was shocked. Although he had some understanding of those companies due to his job, he also knew that more and more companies would go bankrupt in the future.
But he still couldn't believe that there were more than 150 companies. What shocked him even more was that Li Cheng's document also stated that these more than 150 companies were basically loan clients of this branch.
This made one question life. Director Yang thought to himself that if what Li Cheng said was true, he would have to do only one thing for the rest of his life: attend bankruptcy liquidation meetings again and again, and finally write off the loans of these companies again and again.
Director Yang looked at Li Cheng, seemingly incredulous, and asked, "Li Cheng, let me ask you, you said that in the near future, over 150 companies will go bankrupt. Did you say that to strengthen your case, or did you really know they would go bankrupt?"
Li Cheng smiled and said, "What do you think? You've seen their accounts before. How long do you think they can last?"
Director Yang still didn't believe it, muttering, "That can't be more than 150 companies, right? Our branch only manages more than 300 companies in total, so half of them can't go bankrupt, right?"
Li Cheng sneered and said, "Do you think the remaining half is safe? If only one out of ten families can save it, it's good enough."
Li Cheng was right. Of those companies, fewer than 20 survived. Of those 20 that did, most had been restructured into joint-stock companies or private enterprises, existing in name only.
Director Yang was even more unconvinced and suddenly asked, "How did you know? Did you tell fortunes?"
Li Cheng laughed and said, "Director Yang, why do you say that? Do I look like a fortune teller to you?"
Director Yang took a sip of wine and thought to himself, when you instigated everyone to invest in stocks, everyone said a lot about you knowing things like fortune-telling.
Li Cheng continued, "Director Yang, you understand better than I do that a great tide is surging, and we are entering an unprecedented era. Whether we like it or not, we will be swept into this tide.
Director Yang, a new era has arrived. When those half-dead companies go bankrupt one after another, do you think anyone will still approve of your write-off tricks?"
Director Yang remained silent, but his heart was filled with emotion. He knew Li Cheng was right. Currently, when one or two companies went bankrupt, they could still go through the write-off process. But when a large number of companies went bankrupt, this write-off process would obviously no longer be appropriate.
Others deposit real money into banks, and banks put real money into businesses. In the end, these real money is gone, but these real money must be returned to those who deposited the money in the banks.
Just thinking about this process is terrifying. If one city and one province are like this, what about the entire country? How much real money will be needed to fill these holes?
Director Yang didn't dare to think about it anymore. If he thought about it again, the porridge would just be water.
Director Yang shook his head and said, "Alas! No matter how reasonable your words are, didn't you still encourage President Hou to go to the provincial branch to report the write-off of the tape recorder factory incident?"
Li Cheng smiled and said, "If I don't say that, she'll start to suspect I'm up to something again."
Director Yang laughed when he heard this and said, "But you're causing trouble in there! What if the provincial branch approves the write-off? I wonder what you'll do?"
Li Cheng chuckled and said, "Don't worry, the provincial branch won't approve it unless President Hou uses his personal connections to find a certain big boss who has the final say. Otherwise, the provincial branch will definitely respect the opinion of the municipal branch and not allow the branch to conduct the write-off."
"Are you so sure? To tell you the truth, President Hou has asked me to prepare a gift, and he's planning to go the personal route."
After hearing what Director Yang said, Li Chengxin said that it was time to have dinner tonight. He had been worried that President Hou would take a personal approach, which would definitely result in the tape recorder factory's loan being written off.
However, if Director Yang spoke out about this matter, it would be a leak.
Li Cheng said hypocritically: "Isn't it inappropriate for you to tell me this?"
Director Yang glanced at him and said, "Don't you want to know about this?"
Li Cheng said honestly: "Yes, I miss you so much."
Director Yang stopped talking and just focused on drinking and eating. Li Cheng was a little confused, wondering what to do.
Even Director Yang didn't know who President Hou's contact was at the provincial branch. He would probably report the details to Director Yang when he went to the provincial branch tomorrow.
Li Cheng thought for a while, then asked, "Director Yang, what gifts did you buy for them?"
Director Yang stopped eating and drinking, looked at Li Cheng and suddenly smiled.
Li Cheng cursed him as an "old fox" in his heart, and then thought to himself, do I have to tell you this bad idea?
Director Yang said, "Two sets of silver-inlaid cutlery, the most expensive kind."
When Li Cheng heard this, he said in his heart: President Hou is really trying his best to buy such an expensive gift.
However, Li Cheng knew that Director Yang had intervened, so the two sets of silver-inlaid tableware were available at a discount, because the factory that made the silver-inlaid tableware was also a loan client of the branch and a state-owned enterprise.
"Where's the stuff?"
"It's in my office now. I'll take it with me when I leave tomorrow morning."
Li Cheng said "Oh", then reached out and took the remaining half bottle of wine.
"Huh? Didn't you quit drinking for a while?"
Director Yang asked in confusion when he saw Li Cheng pouring wine into his glass.
After filling his own glass, Li Cheng looked at the remaining wine in the bottle and said, "I see you can't finish it, so I'll drink some for you."
As he spoke, Li Cheng drank the wine in the glass and then poured another glass.
Director Yang didn't know what was wrong with him, so he just stared at him blankly. Li Cheng drank three cups in a row before pouring the remaining wine evenly between himself and Director Yang.
"Yes, brother, drink it in one gulp."
With a "ding-dong" sound, both of them drank it all in one gulp.
Alcohol makes cowards brave, no, alcohol makes heroes brave.
Li Cheng couldn't help but drink a little! Without a drink, he wouldn't have done the wicked things he was about to do.
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