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Chapter 1153 Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron
To be honest, Suning's rejection was indeed a little hard for Shen Jinzhen to accept, because in Shen Jinzhen's heart, Suning was just a dog who admired her, and it was an honor for Suning to ask her to do something.

However, the truth is not so. Suning does not necessarily value Shen Jinzhen that much. He just wants to pass the time when he is lonely and isolated. Of course, he also wants to challenge the original plot.

Then Shen Jinzhen did not continue to entangle with Suning, and immediately found a way to inform his superior Xu Nuo, which of course also surprised Xu Nuo.

At this moment, Xu Nuo looked at Shen Jinzhen with regret and said, "Jinzhen, it seems we have misjudged this Su Ning. His initial overtures made me think he was leaning towards our Bu Party, but it turns out we were just wishful thinking."

Shen Jinzhen looked at Xu Nuo angrily and asked, feeling that Su Ning was a super scumbag who was fickle, "Old Xu, what should we do next?"

"Don't worry about what happens next. Since he wants to be a law-abiding businessman, we should just follow his rules."

"Well! Looks like this profiteer is going to get the better deal again."

"It's mutually beneficial! There's no such thing as cheap or not."

"Oh right! There was an unexpected incident at the reception just now. The young man Su Ning was talking to was called Wei Ruolai. He might be a talent that Su's trading company values. Su Ning actually went to recruit him personally, but was rejected by this Wei Ruolai in the end."

"Oh? Interesting! To be noticed by a large company like Su's Foreign Trade Company, this Wei Ruolai must have his own strengths. He could be listed as a subject for observation and careful investigation."

Wei Ruolai's second interview at this time was also very successful, and finally attracted Shen Tuanan's love for talent, and then he compromised and hired Wei Ruolai as his personal assistant.

Shen Tunan then wanted to introduce this new assistant to his partners, but as soon as he walked out the door, he ran into his sister who looked unhappy. "Jinzhen, Wei Ruolai will be my personal assistant from now on. You two should get to know each other."

Shen Jin was genuinely surprised at this moment, feeling that his elder brother was becoming increasingly unstable. "What? Brother, you've only been talking to him for a short time, and you've already decided to keep him by your side. Isn't that a bit too hasty?"

However, Shen Tunan said disapprovingly, "As long as they are talented, I, Shen Tunan, will definitely choose to make use of them."

"But...but he seems to be related to Su Ning of Su's Trading Company?"

"Oh?" Shen Tunan couldn't keep his composure anymore. After all, Su's Trading Company might become his and the central bank's rival. His expression suddenly turned cold as he turned to look at Wei Ruolai beside him and asked, "Wei Ruolai, are you acquainted with Su Ning, the owner of Su's Trading Company?"

Wei Ruolai's expression also changed suddenly as he quickly explained, "Huh? I've seen him twice, so I'm not that familiar with him."

However, Shen Jinzhen, standing by, ruthlessly exposed the truth, perhaps taking out all the anger he'd incurred from Su Ning on Wei Ruolai. "Hmph! Come on! You just showed up at the Shen family reception. When I saw Su Ning, I left Yu Shiqing and Zhang Mingquan and went straight to you. Your relationship is definitely not simple."

"Ms. Shen, you really misunderstood. This is my second time meeting Mr. Su today. The last time, before I graduated from Lixin Accounting School, he personally went to Qibao Street to hire me. At that time, I believed that only the central bank could realize my dream, so I directly rejected Su's Foreign Company's offer."

"..." Shen Tunan, standing by, couldn't help but blink, realizing that Wei Ruolai was definitely a rare talent.

"Nonsense! Do you really think you're some undiscovered genius? How could that profiteer, Su Ning, personally recruit you? You're clearly a spy sent by Su's Trading Company and Su Ning."

"I……"

Shen Tunan, who had already made up his mind, stopped Shen Jinzhen from making such a fuss. "Enough! Jinzhen, I still trust Wei Ruolai very much. He has no reason to deceive me. So stop making groundless assumptions."

"Brother, I..."

Wei Ruolai, who was standing by, was naturally deeply moved and looked at Shen Tunan, "Mr. Shen, thank you for your trust in me. I, Wei Ruolai, can swear to heaven that I am not a member of the Bu Party, nor am I a spy sent by Su's Trading Company."

"Okay! I believe you! Now I'll take you to meet our partners."

"Yes! Mr. Shen."

Then Shen Tunan no longer paid attention to this inexplicable sister. Instead, he took Wei Ruolai, who was willing to die for his friend, downstairs and introduced Wei Ruolai to his important guests.

However, Shen Jinzhen stomped his feet in anger as he looked at the two people's background. He suddenly felt that Suning was about to become his nightmare, and all people and things related to Suning would be hated by Shen Jinzhen.

……

After Shen Tunan brought Wei Ruolai downstairs, he went straight to Yu Shiqing and Zhang Mingquan, "Mr. Yu, Boss Zhang, this is my new assistant Wei Ruolai."

"Oh?" At this time, Yu Shiqing and Zhang Mingquan naturally looked at each other in surprise.

Wei Ruolai quickly smiled and introduced himself to Yu Shiqing and Zhang Mingquan. "Mr. Yu, Boss Zhang, hello! I hope you can take good care of me in the future."

"Haha, you are indeed a young talent! Mr. Shen is a senior advisor to the Ministry of Finance of the Nationalist Government. I believe your future will be as bright as Mr. Shen's."

"Thank you for your wishes, Mr. Yu."

Then Shen Tunan took Wei Ruolai to Kang Shaojie again. After all, Kang Shaojie, who worked in the Military Court, was also the intelligence chief of the National Government. It was more or less necessary to inform this guy in advance to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles in the future.

But just after Shen Tunan and Wei Ruolai left, Zhang Mingquan looked at Yu Shiqing, who was smoking a cigar, with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Mr. Yu, I'm really confused. Isn't this kid named Wei Ruolai someone Mr. Su has his eyes on? How did he suddenly become Shen Tunan's lackey?"

"I'm completely confused right now, and Mr. Su's background is extremely mysterious. My American partners haven't been able to find any useful information. Who can explain what his and Su's Trading Company's goals are?"

"What? Master Yu, you have so many students and old friends in the United States, but you still can't find the origins of Su's Foreign Company?"

"I can't find any! It seems that Su's Foreign Trade Company is not something we can afford to offend. We should not be too curious in the future."

"Mr. Yu, are we still going to cooperate with this Su's Foreign Exchange Company? You know, Shen Tunan's butcher knife has already fallen on Huitong Bank?"

"That's fine! I think cooperation between the two sides should be fine. After all, the central bank's actions will cause the same damage to Su's Trading Company."

……

Although everyone was having a great time at Shen Tuanan's inauguration banquet last night, Shen Tuanan from the central bank still launched an attack on the Commercial Bank the next day.

The attack from Shen Tunan and the central bank was naturally as powerful as thunder and lightning. In addition, the entire National Government was behind the central bank, so Zhang Mingquan's Bank of Communications was definitely no match for the central bank.

Soon, the defeated Zhang Mingquan came to Yu Shiqing for help. Yu Shiqing had become the lifeline of Zhang Mingquan and the Commercial Bank. "Mr. Yu, you can't just stand by and watch! Shen Tunan's appetite is too big this time. It's obvious that his next target will be your Xingxia Bank."

In fact, Yu Shiqing was also stunned by the big move of Shen Tunan and the central bank. "Brother Zhang, I didn't expect Shen Tunan to make such a big move. It seems he won't stop until he swallows up your Commercial Bank in one go."

"This is how to do?"

"Don't worry! I'll take you to Su's Foreign Company right now. Now we have no choice but to let Mr. Su take action. Only by successfully stopping Shen Tunan's first time can we make Shen Tunan give up his inappropriate thoughts."

As expected, Zhang Mingquan looked at Yu Shiqing in front of him with expectation and asked, "Mr. Su? Is he willing to help me?" "It's always better to give it a try. There's no point in just sitting here anxiously all day long."

"Huh? That's what Elder Yu said."

Then Yu Shiqing brought Zhang Mingquan to Su's Foreign Company and told Su Ning in front of him their request for help, "Brother Su, you must help Brother Zhang!"

At this moment, Zhang Mingquan was so humble that he almost knelt down to beg Su Ning, "Mr. Su, as long as you are willing to help me overcome this difficult time, I will definitely work like a slave for you in my next life to repay you."

Su Ning didn't care about the pretentious Zhang Mingquan. Instead, he looked at Yu Shiqing beside him and asked, "Brother Yu, I warned you guys a long time ago. Are you still unable to defeat the central bank's attack?"

"No! In three days at most, the Merchants Bank might change hands."

"This situation is a bit difficult to handle! If we had accepted Su's Trading Company's investment earlier, the Commercial Bank wouldn't be as weak as it is now."

"Uh..." Zhang Mingquan's face was immediately filled with shame, realizing that Suning and Su's Foreign Company did not take the Commercial Bank seriously at all.

"Brother Su, if you can help me think of a solution, I will transfer another 5% of Xingxia Bank's shares to you in return."

"Brother Yu, Boss Zhang, I only have one idea now."

Then Yu Shiqing and Zhang Mingquan looked at Su Ning expectantly and said, "Brother Su, please tell us first."

"My idea is to turn the Commercial Bank into a hollow shell."

"Ah? An empty shell? How do we do this?"

"Simple! The most important thing for a bank is the gold reserves in its underground vaults. If we just sell all of the Bank of Communications' gold reserves, even if the central bank holds 100% of the shares, it will be meaningless."

As expected, Zhang Mingquan revealed a look of regret and reluctance, "Ah? Gold reserves?"

"Yes! Boss Zhang, if you're interested in selling the Bank of Communications' gold reserves, our Su's Trading Company would be happy to take them all, but the price won't be too good."

Zhang Mingquan did not immediately respond to Suning's proposal. Instead, he looked at the second largest shareholder of the Commercial Bank of China and asked, "Mr. Yu, what do you think we should do about this?"

After careful consideration, Yu Shiqing nodded in agreement. "Well, Brother Su's suggestion is a good plan. You will definitely not be able to keep the Commercial Bank."

As expected, after hearing Yu Shiqing's affirmative response, Zhang Mingquan made a resolute decision. "Okay! I just wonder how much you're willing to offer, Brother Su?"

"Taking over all of this gold reserve would be tantamount to declaring war on the central bank, so the Su's Trading Company can only give the Commercial Bank 60% of the market value of the gold."

"What? This is too low. The gold price is rising every day now."

However, Su Ning picked up his teacup and said with a smile, "Boss Zhang does have a point. Why don't you ask other foreign companies?"

"This..." At this time, Zhang Mingquan naturally realized that Su Ning was unwilling to pay attention to him, and then turned his head with a bitter face to look at Yu Shiqing on the side for help.

Yu Shiqing could only bite the bullet and look at Su Ning in front of him and said, "Brother Su, this price is indeed too low. Can you increase it a little more for your sake?"

"This..." Su Ning deliberately put on an expression of difficulty, and finally agreed to give Tongshang Bank an additional half-percentage. "Okay! I'll give you another favor, Brother Yu, and at most add another half-percentage to the price. If you still don't agree, then forget it."

Yu Shiqing looked at Zhang Mingquan with a cold expression and asked, "Brother Zhang, what do you think?"

"Alright! Although 65% is a bargain for you, Mr. Su, it's better than letting the central bank take advantage. I want Shen Tunan and the central bank to acquire an empty shell company. This can be regarded as a way to vent my anger."

"Boss Zhang is straightforward! To avoid any further complications, let's complete the deal tonight."

"Alright! Let's secretly empty the Merchants Bank tonight."

Finally, Suning looked at the ecstatic Zhang Mingquan and reminded him, "Boss Zhang, I advise you to appease the other shareholders as soon as you get back, otherwise it will be very troublesome if the shareholders make a fuss."

"Don't worry! The largest shareholders of Tongshang Bank are me, Zhang Mingquan, and Mr. Yu. The other shareholders are also very disgusted with the Central Bank's actions. They are very happy to see Shen Tunan and the Central Bank suffer a setback."

Shen Tuanan naturally did not expect that Yu Shiqing and Zhang Mingquan would ask Suning for help, and he did not expect that Suning would cut off the financial support for him and the central bank. Instead, it continued to intensify its attack on the Commercial Bank the next day.

In order to prevent Yu Shiqing and Xingxia Bank from suddenly appearing to disrupt the situation, Shen Tunan made many moves in secret, but he did not know that the Tongshang Bank was already a hollow shell at this time.

Then, the Commercial Bank and Zhang Mingquan only put up a symbolic resistance, and then unexpectedly surrendered, and sold all their shares in a complete bet.

Shen Tunan's secretary, Huang Congyun, looked at Shen Tunan with joy and said, "Mr. Shen, our acquisition went so smoothly this time. I didn't expect Zhang Mingquan to be so vulnerable."

However, Shen Tunan felt somewhat uneasy at this moment. "I always feel uneasy in my heart. Zhang Mingquan shouldn't surrender so quickly, right?"

Sure enough, Shen Tunan's doubts gave his assistant Wei Ruolai a guess. "Mr. Shen, the last time I saw Zhang Mingquan at the stock exchange, he was very excited. Could he have set a trap for our central bank?"

"..." Shen Tunan's heart immediately skipped a beat, and his uneasiness became more and more serious.

However, Huang Congyun, the secretary standing by, sneered in response, "A trap? Wei Ruolai, are you pretending to know something when you don't? What other traps can Zhang Mingquan set for the central bank? Could he even empty out the Commercial Bank?"

"What?" Shen Tunan and Wei Ruolai were both suddenly enlightened, and their hearts skipped a beat as they had a bad guess. Shen Tunan panicked and ordered, "No! Quickly gather all the people in the central bank and head to the underground vault of the Commercial Bank immediately."

"..."

Immediately afterwards, Shen Tunan and Wei Ruolai brought the confused Huang Congyun to the Tongshang Bank, and immediately asked the Tongshang Bank staff to open the bank's vault. Sure enough, they found that the bank's vault had been completely emptied.

Looking at the empty underground vault in front of him, Shen Tunan angrily looked at the staff and asked, "Tell me! What is going on? When did Zhang Mingquan empty the vault?"

"Huh? Just the night before yesterday, Su's Trading Company drove several large trucks to take away the gold. It seems that Boss Zhang sold all the gold to Su's Trading Company."

"What? Su's Trading Company?"

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(End of this chapter)