Warlord: Starting with Subduing Little A Qiao

The next moment, he said slowly.

"Understood, we'll just watch from the sidelines."

As he spoke, his gaze involuntarily fell on a small handbag under the table, and a fiery glint flashed in his eyes.

There are a whole hundred small yellow croakers there!

That's enough to ensure he has no worries about food and drink for most of his life!

During the day, Xu Wenqiang found his voice again.

"One sentence for a hundred small yellow croakers, isn't that a good deal?"

Of course you won't lose out!

Thinking of this, he waved to his subordinates opposite him.

"Come on, play a game with me. After we finish, I'll treat the whole team to drinks."

"The captain is so generous!"

"Long live the captain!"

...

The next day.

Newspaper boys on the streets and alleys continued to sell the Xinmin Daily newspaper as always.

"Breaking news! Breaking news! The Commercial Bank has been burned down, and deposits have vanished overnight!"

"Breaking news! Breaking news! The Commercial Bank is running out of money! Depositors, if you don't withdraw your funds now, it will be too late!"

Upon hearing this news, passersby couldn't wait to buy one serving after another.

"What happened to the Commercial Bank?"

"No way?! I have a huge sum of money deposited in the Commercial Bank!"

"Hurry up, get your money back while the bank is still open. Otherwise, you'll lose a lot of money if you can't get it back later."

The same discussion has appeared in every corner of Shanghai.

The news of the burning of the Commercial Bank warehouse immediately spread like wildfire.

At this moment, the people who had deposited their money in the Commercial Bank were struck dumb by this news.

Wouldn't that mean I'd lost all my money for nothing?

No! We must get it back!

That day, as soon as the bank opened its doors at nine o'clock, thousands of depositors rushed in.

"Quick, I need to withdraw money!"

"I've brought all my bank deposit slips; you have to let me withdraw my money!"

"If you don't return all your money to me today, I'm going to sue you!"

……

Countless depositors who had entrusted their money to the Commercial Bank of China flocked to the bank's branches, as if they were afraid that the bank would embezzle their money and they would be unable to repay it!

Every window in the service hall was packed with people.

Chen Guangfu, on the second floor, was sweating profusely as he dialed one phone call after another.

He was seeing a steady stream of people coming to ask for money, but he really didn't have any!

Just as he pressed the call button again, full of hope, he heard a calm voice on the other end.

"Brother Guangfu, I'm in a precarious situation myself! I didn't attend Ye Bai's banquet last time, and I'm afraid he'll target those of us who didn't go!"

"Now, I'm afraid even God can't save us except for Ye Bai!"

Before Chen Guangfu could even speak, the phone went dead.

Chen Guangfu angrily hung up the phone, his eyes filled with even more despair.

At that moment, he was standing on the second floor. He glanced down at the lobby and found it was packed with ordinary people asking for money.

He gritted his teeth, not even having time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and forced a smile as he dialed the next number.

"It's me, Chen Guangfu! I urgently need some funds and would like to borrow some from you temporarily to tide me over, is that alright?"

As soon as the voice fell, a calm tone came from the other end of the phone.

"This amount is too large; the approval process will probably take two weeks."

The fact that he didn't immediately refuse made Chen Guangfu's eyes light up with joy, and he became excited.

"Please, please save me! Help my little brother out!"

However, as soon as the sound came out, the beeping sound that I had heard countless times all day started again.

The call was disconnected again.

As if all his strength had been drained, Chen Guangfu collapsed into the chair.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Several subordinates walked in with panicked expressions.

"Chairman, what should we do? We only have 100,000 silver dollars left in our accounts, which is not enough to pay the deposits downstairs! If this continues, our bank will go bankrupt!"

"Chairman, we've already asked the president of another bank, and apparently he's on vacation and won't be back until next month, so he can't lend us the money..."

.......

All sorts of sounds, like nails being hammered into a wooden board, entered Chen Guangfu's ears in waves.

All rejections...

5.6 The last glimmer of hope in their eyes was completely extinguished.

With his head buzzing, Chen Guangfu slumped weakly into his chair.

"Close the door! Close the door!"

Upon hearing these disheartened words, the subordinates standing nearby exchanged bewildered glances.

One of the subordinates even mustered up his courage and said...

7

"Chairman, if we close down today, our bank will go bankrupt!"

The word "bankruptcy" struck a nerve with Chen Guangfu, hitting him where it hurt the most.

He became completely hysterical and trembled, his voice trembling as he shouted.

"So what if we go bankrupt? Do you think I want to? I don't want to go bankrupt either!"

"I feel like jumping into the Huangpu River and dying right now! What else do you want me to do? What else can I do?!"

"If I really die, you all better remember this: it was Ye Bai who drove me to my death!"

Clearly, the series of rejections has pushed Chen Guangfu to the brink of collapse.

The next instant, a sharp car horn suddenly blared outside.

A sharp-eyed subordinate noticed that the crowd was making way for the car, and when he could see the figures inside, he immediately shouted.

"Chairman, look, Ye Bai is here!"

Chapter Eighty-One: The Commercial Bank, now owned by the Paramount!

Chen Guangfu stood up immediately, as if he had sprung a fish out of water, and looked out the window.

The black-clad bodyguards kept blocking the crowd, making way for the black sedan.

Then Xu Wenqiang, dressed in a dark blue Zhongshan suit, was the first to get out of the car.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Bai, dressed in a long black robe, stepped out slowly with his head held high and chest out.

Meanwhile, the bodyguards in black behind him were constantly taking safes out of the car.

Chen Guangfu put his glasses back on the second floor, ready to see clearly what Ye Bai was doing.

The more he looked, the greater his doubts became.

What is this kid up to?

In the next instant, a conjecture suddenly popped into Chen Guangfu's mind, and layers of anger instantly enveloped his brain.

Pulling over his now crooked tie, Chen Guangfu fastened the buttons on his shirt back up.

A vicious tone followed.

"This kid really wants to watch me fall. I, Chen Guangfu, will fight him to the death, no matter what!"

After saying this, Chen Guangfu stormed down to the lobby on the first floor.

At this moment, Ye Bai and Xu Wenqiang were already standing in the center of the surging crowd.

Xu Wenqiang was the first to extend his hand to the public.