Chapter 285 Loan of Silver
Zhu Lan turned around and saw Qiao Youyou's bright smile. He was a little surprised and asked her why she was here.
Qiao Youyou spread his hands, indicating that he had official business to go to Tongyun Money House.
Zhu Lan had nothing to do for the time being, so he decided to go with Qiao Youyou.
Manager Yi was puzzled to see Zhu Lan coming back. At this time, Qiao Youyou ordered the clerk to bring up the plaque of Tongyun Bank. Manager Yi was overjoyed when he saw it, and he kept saying "Thank you for your hard work, sir", and ordered the bank's clerk to hang the plaque in the most conspicuous place in the lobby.
After the handover was completed, the clerk reminded that the next company was Anju Real Estate Company.
Hearing this name, Qiao Youyou and Zhu Lan both frowned slightly.
"Anju Real Estate Company?" Manager Yi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then asked Qiao Youyou not to leave in a hurry and called another waiter.
"Go upstairs and ask Boss Ning to come down."
Manager Yi turned to Qiao Youyou and explained with a smile, "My lord, isn't this a coincidence? Mr. Ning from Anju Real Estate Bank just happened to come to discuss business with me. He should be the first to know about this good news."
As he was speaking, Boss Ning had already come downstairs with a very happy face, followed by two followers.
Boss Ning had obviously been looking forward to this plaque for a long time. He bowed to Qiao Youyou and asked impatiently where the plaque was.
Qiao Youyou saw that it was just right. Since the real owner was here, she didn't have to make another trip. She asked the clerk to go to the carriage and get the plaque of Anju Real Estate Bank.
Boss Ning ordered someone to remove the red cloth on the plaque in public. When he saw the four big characters "Baozhu Zhixin" on it, he clapped his hands with joy.
Then Qiao Youyou took out another official document, which was a letter of commendation issued by the Ministry of Revenue.
Boss Ning took the letter of commendation, read it twice, looked extremely happy, and bowed to Qiao Youyou repeatedly to express his gratitude.
He took a step forward, blocking the view of others with his body, and a fine jade ring appeared in his hand.
"It's just a small token of my appreciation, not a respectful gesture. Just consider it as the fee for running errands for you gentlemen." Boss Ning said in a low voice.
Qiao Youyou naturally declined with a smile.
The job was done, and she was about to say goodbye to Boss Ning and Manager Yi. Manager Yi quickly invited her to have a cup of tea before leaving, and Qiao Youyou glanced at the scorching sun outside and readily agreed.
While waiting for the waiter to make tea, Boss Ning handed the paper to Manager Yi and said happily, "Manager Yi, now that the imperial court's document has come down, it means that our Anju Property Bank has a good reputation. Can the 10,000 taels of loan be handed over immediately?"
Manager Yi took the document and read it carefully, then nodded solemnly, "Of course it's OK, but the loan amount of 10,000 taels is huge, so Boss Ning needs to go down and report it."
Boss Ning waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
After Manager Yi left, Boss Ning leaned against the counter and sighed at the luxurious decorations in Tongyun Money House, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, this Mr. He is really amazing, to be able to build such a big money house. It's a pity that fate plays tricks on people, he has the life to make money but not the life to spend it!"
The voice reached Qiao Youyou's ears. She took the tea brought by the waiter, pricked up her ears and asked, "Why do I have a life to earn but no life to spend?"
Boss Ning saw that Qiao Youyou was interested, so he took a folding fan from his attendant, unfolded it, and moved closer to her and said, "The owner of this Tongyun Bank is called He Shan. He is a very capable person, but unfortunately he has overworked himself and has ruined his health. Now he has a terminal illness and can't even get out of bed. Even Divine Doctor Ye is helpless."
Qiao Youyou asked again: "Since the owner of this bank is seriously ill, who is running the bank now? Could it be his child?"
Boss Ning looked at Qiao Youyou and smiled coquettishly, "Your Excellency may not know that He Shan has no children, but he has two nephews, one named He Fang and the other named He Hong. Now, all the affairs of the bank are managed by these two people."
As he spoke, Boss Ning subconsciously shook the folding fan in his hand, and the four words "The highest good is like water" on the fan swayed in front of Qiao Youyou's eyes.
Qiao Youyou and Zhu Lan couldn't help but take a few more glances at it, not because the four words were so beautifully written, but because... they were too ordinary.
Boss Ning was dressed elegantly, but the fan he held was plain, even cheap, and did not match the other items on him.
Qiao Youyou frowned, feeling that the fan looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.
Then she remembered that she had just passed a calligraphy and painting shop on the way to the money house. She glanced at it inadvertently and saw framed calligraphy and folding fans hanging on the walls, but the quality of some of the calligraphy and paintings was really not satisfactory.
At that time, Qiao Youyou felt that her skills were good enough to be consigned, so she curiously asked about the price. However, the owner of the calligraphy and painting shop just raised his eyelids, looked at her with extreme contempt, and did not answer at all, as if he was very sure that she could not afford it.
If she hadn't been busy, Qiao Youyou would have argued with the boss on the spot. How could he dare to bring such a level of skill to such an embarrassing situation?
Boss Ning noticed Qiao Youyou's gaze, looked down and exclaimed, "Ouch."
"I bought it for fun on the road. I took the wrong one, haha." He closed the fan, glared at the followers behind him, took another folding fan and unfolded it. It was a rare agarwood fan bone, and the fan surface was also the work of a famous artist. His whole body immediately became more coordinated.
"Are you so sure that this loan can be approved smoothly?" The person who spoke was Zhu Lan.
Because of the previous house rental experience, Zhu Lan had a deep impression of this Anju Real Estate Agency.
This real estate agency was very likely in collusion with those fraudulent brokers. Zhu Qingyan and I escorted the two scammers from that brokerage to Jingzhao Prefecture at the time. We thought that as long as Jingzhao Prefecture was willing to investigate, the matter would surely be solved soon.
Who would have thought that she would remember this incident by chance two months later, and when she went to Jingzhao Prefecture to inquire, she heard that the case had been closed, and no evidence involving Anju Real Estate Company was found. Zhu Lan naturally did not believe it, and wanted to inquire further but was stopped. After all, the Hanlin Academy and Jingzhao Prefecture had no subordinate relationship, and she had no right to interfere with the Jingzhao Prefecture's case handling.
In other words, either Anju Real Estate Company is truly clean, or there is someone backing it up.
Zhu Lan is more inclined to the second possibility.
Boss Ning smiled when he heard Zhu Lan's words, "This girl doesn't understand, right? When a bank lends money, the most important thing is to prove that your shop is doing well. Our Anju Real Estate Bank is now a major taxpayer certified by the court, which means there are no problems with the operation. How can we not get a loan?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Manager Yi and another young man came down from upstairs. Boss Ning immediately smiled and greeted them:
"Mr. He Hong, haha, it's been a while since we last met. How are you feeling lately?"
He Hong was obviously acquainted with Boss Ning and they were very familiar with each other. After a few pleasantries, He Hong immediately asked Manager Yi to count out the 12,000 taels of silver that had been prepared.
"Slow down--" a voice came from outside the door.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man who was about the same age as He Hong, but a little shorter and with a rather sloppy posture.
"Mr. He Fang, you're back." Manager Yi stepped forward to greet him, but the smile on his face was not very nice.
The two gentlemen, He Fang and He Hong, have always been at odds with each other, and I wonder what kind of trouble they will cause now.
He Fang walked into the lobby, glanced at everyone with a teasing look, and casually picked up Boss Ning's loan materials and flipped through them.
"Oh, you want to borrow 10,000 taels. Boss Ning is really generous."
Boss Ning smiled, "Mr. He Fang, thank you for your compliment. I am a serious businessman. I came to your bank to borrow money. I have completed all the necessary procedures. I wonder if Mr. He Fang has any advice for me?"
He Fang said lazily, "I dare not ask for advice, but 10,000 taels of silver is a huge amount of money. It has cost us a lot to raise this amount of money. If Boss Ning is unable to repay it, then we will lose everything."
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