Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

New Era Holdings in North America completed the acquisition of two banks, Overseas Trust Bank and Wing On Bank, and formed New Era Financial Group.

When Zhang San arrived, he met John Smith, who was of German descent from North America. From the materials provided by the headhunter, he immediately took a liking to John Smith, who had worked in the banking and insurance industries in North America.

Although the other candidates had more impressive resumes than him, he believed that people named John, like his other John, should be talented.

When he met John, a 41-year-old man with an honest and simple face, it meant that this guy, like another acquaintance of his, Boss Liu, must have a different understanding of finance.

"Hey John, you should smile, otherwise you'll scare the staff below," Zhang San joked, trying to ease the tension.

John shrugged and said strangely, "Boss, you're Chinese, but you're not like the stereotypical Chinese person I've always imagined—serious and rigid."

"Oh!" Zhang San could only suppress his frivolity and said, "I just wanted to lighten the mood." He actually wanted to say: John, are you just born unable to laugh?

However, he didn't say that. Instead, he said, "In Hong Kong, we should establish a complete financial group. Banking is just our first step. We also need insurance, securities, funds, and other businesses. This will form a complete financial system, and our investments should be more prudent..."

After Zhang San finished speaking, John said, "Boss, now you're finally acting like a normal Chinese person."

Zhang San could only say that his thought process was peculiar, and said, "You should keep a close eye on my wealth. Soon, a sum of gold will arrive; that's the foundation of our financial group."

John didn't ask how much gold it was, but he figured it wouldn't be much, so he didn't pay much attention. However, he still admired his boss's behavior of using gold as a foundation.

The bank has a vault. John, the group's CEO, and Zhang, the boss, inspected the bank together, surrounded by a group of people.

Overseas Trust Bank, once one of Hong Kong's four major banks, is now welcoming its new boss. Seeing the young man walking ahead and the foreigner half a step behind, they know that this is the boss who acquired them.

Like a lion king, Zhang San led a group of people to inspect all the facilities, especially the vault.

"This vault doesn't look very sturdy. We need to renovate it. There can't be any blind spots. The volume is too small. It needs to be at least fifty cubic meters."

"Upgrade the security measures as well..."

Although the boss doesn't seem very bright, this vault is one of the best in Hong Kong. But since it's going to be renovated and upgraded, it's natural to do so.

"No one can dig a tunnel in; people would laugh at us. Think about the consequences of your negligence!"

Then he inspected the various branches, including Wing On Bank.

"In the future, we will merge the overseas trust bank with Wing On Bank into one bank, and then establish a new insurance company, which we will call Wing On Insurance Company."

Zhang San is terrible at naming things, so he just picked one out randomly.

"We also want to get involved in the securities industry and set up a securities company called Yong'an Securities, which sounds nice; then there's Yong'an Fund, and that will complete our group's subsidiaries."

Thus, New Era Financial Group includes overseas trust banks, Yong An Insurance, Yong An Securities, and Yong An Fund.

This group was established very casually, really casually, making everyone feel like it was a joke. However, while their boss was casual, their CEO was a very rigid person, just like his German heritage, stubborn, which made the subordinates... just get used to it. There were also more foreigners in the bank, some from North America, some from Britain, and of course, some from Germany, not for any other reason than to balance the too much power of Chinese people in the bank.

By the end of March, the vault at Haito's headquarters had been renovated. Zhang San had it assessed and, after confirming it was very sturdy, he nodded in approval.

The vault's cross-section is a nine-square grid, with one vault in the center and other vaults above, below, left, and right. Digging in would be extremely difficult, and these vaults are secured with special steel plates. Only an army could possibly open it.

"Let's welcome our first batch of gold."

On this day, Haito Bank was on high alert, with security forces deployed to the highest level, reportedly because an important shipment was arriving.

When the armored trucks drove into Haito's headquarters, the higher-ups realized that they were carrying nothing but gold. As the boxes of gold were placed into the vault, they realized how powerful the new boss was.

"That must be fifty tons of gold, it's dazzling enough to blind me."

"Those are fake, right?"

"No, we used density measurement to conduct a secondary identification, and the purity is 99.99% gold."

Before the meeting even started, the high-ranking officials began to discuss the gold bars, each weighing hundreds of kilograms. Although they were not large in size, their weight was considerable.

"Today's meeting is to discuss that batch of gold. We will never use this batch of gold, no matter what; it is my personal asset." Zhang San first explained the origin of the gold, and then continued, "This is our anchor... We will formulate a rule that no one except me is allowed to take any gold out of that vault."

Following this meeting, nine more shipments of gold were delivered; the ninth shipment also included the huge piece of refined residue and a large amount of platinum. Although they didn't know where the platinum came from, they were still shocked by the boss's wealth and power.

After compiling the list, the group's chief financial officer reported to Zhang San, saying, "We received a total of 812.31 tons of gold, 61.52 tons of platinum, and 1.3 tons of mixed metals this time."

"Okay, I understand."

Soon after, news spread that New Era Financial Group owned more than 800 tons of gold and more than 60 tons of platinum.

Over time, some people began to call Haito Bank the Gold Bank.

What they didn't know was that this batch of gold belonged to New Era Financial Group, not its subsidiary, Haito Bank.

Later, when a reporter interviewed senior executives, this matter was mentioned.

"Hong Kong residents call you a gold bank. Does your group really have 900 tons of gold?"

The high-ranking official smiled smugly and said, "If it's not nine hundred tons, that's all a rumor. It's only a little over eight hundred tons of gold."

Seeing the beautiful reporter's mouth agape in shock, he was even happier.