Rebirth of the Rising Sun

After talking to Feng Sizhe on the phone, Ding Qiang became more determined to do this matter. At the same time, in order to gain the trust of Liu Wenhua and others, he began to mingle with them, pretending to be well served by them, quickly narrowing the emotional distance between him and them. He even went to the largest nightclub in Haibei City with Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang at night, where he even found a beautiful masseuse for massage. Of course, he did not do anything inappropriate that night, at most he just flirted with the beautiful female masseuse.

In fact, Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang did not expect Ding Qiang to do anything unruly that night. After all, in their opinion, a Kyoto young man like Ding Qiang had seen all kinds of scenes, so how could he reveal his true nature immediately after coming to Haibei? But they firmly believed that under the attack of their sugar-coated bullets, it was only a matter of time before Ding Qiang surrendered to them.

Ding Qiang's attitude changed even faster than Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang had imagined. During lunch the next day, he asked Liu Wenhua and the others a question.

"Mayor Liu and Mayor Song, you are so nice to me, Ding. Do you have any request from me? I think we get along well. Why don't you just tell me if you have any problem? As a friend, I will try my best to help you. What do you think?" Ding Qiang asked Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang with a smile, shaking the red wine glass gently in his hand.

Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang looked at each other, then Liu Wenhua nodded gently, and Song Dexiang laughed and nodded in response, then he looked at Ding Qiang and said, "Director Ding, what can we ask you for help with? It's nothing more than the financial problems of Haibei City. As you know, the Asian financial crisis a while ago hurt our city's economy badly. We have many good projects that are ready to start, but now the only thing is that we don't have funds. Otherwise, our Haibei City's economy will definitely take off, and the people will definitely become rich."

Song Dexiang was also smart. He asked Ding Qiang for money under the guise of being a wealthy commoner. This was because he knew that these young masters were not short of money or power. The only thing they lacked was reputation. As long as they could receive more praise, they would speak more confidently in front of their old man, and these were what they wanted.

Song Dexiang's flattery really made Ding Qiang open his eyes wide. "Oh, it has always been my idea to benefit Haibei City."

"That's right, that's right. Director Ding has always been hardworking and has the masses in his heart. We all know this." Seeing that Ding Qiang was about to fall for his trick, Song Dexiang quickly flattered him.

"Yes, yes, Director Ding's concern for the country and the people is indeed a model for our generation to learn from." Seeing that things were developing in the direction he had imagined, Liu Wenhua did not hesitate to flatter him.

"Haha, hahaha." Ding Qiang looked very happy to be praised, and then laughed, "No problem, no problem, everything is fine. Since you guys speak so highly of me, I can't say anything if I want to refuse. How about this, just tell me what you think and how much money you need, and I'll see how much I can transfer from Tangsheng Bank."

Ding Qiang's generosity made Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang very happy. Ding Qiang finally spoke up, and it was very likely that their urgent worries would be relieved. As long as they could raise a large sum of money now to fill the hole of the money lent by the Provincial Japanese Business Council, everything else would be a small matter.

So, as expected, Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang began to complain to Ding Qiang and ask for money.

When the two men opened their mouths and mentioned a considerable amount of money, Ding Qiang frowned, "Why is it so much? One hundred million is definitely not a small number."

Although Tangsheng Bank was wealthy and well-funded, Ding Qiang was only the southwest district director of the branch. It was not easy for him to take out so much money all at once.

Ding Qiang was a little hesitant and embarrassed, so Liu Wenhua quickly said, "Director Ding, if it's difficult, a little less is fine, how about 80 million?"

"Alas, one hundred million is not a lot, but you know, there must be a reason to use such a sum of money. I can't approve it just because your Haibei Municipal Government has made such a report. If so, I will be held responsible if Tangsheng Bank headquarters investigates. Moreover, according to the rules, I still have to check the income account of your municipal government first, because I want to find out how long it will take for Haibei City to pay us back. Only in this way can I have the confidence to ask for money from the higher-ups, right?" Ding Qiang was not thinking about the issue of raising money for the two people, but how to check the accounts according to Feng Sizhe's requirements. To be honest, he didn't plan to give a penny of the money, at least without Feng Sizhe's order, he would not transfer a penny from the bank on the Haibei side.

Ding Qiang suddenly said that he wanted to check the city's financial accounts, which made Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang feel a chill in their hearts. Although Ding Qiang had said such things before, they thought that it was just a temporary talk. Even if the Haibei Municipal Government had requests from Tangsheng Bank, they had no right to check the city's financial accounts. But now that it was brought up, the two had to think about it carefully. You know, if Ding Qiang is not allowed to check the accounts now, the 100 million funds will most likely be lost. But if he is allowed to check the accounts, what if he finds that the money is actually lent to the Provincial Japanese Overseas Chinese Business Council?

Suddenly, mayors Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang were caught in a dilemma.

"What's wrong? If it's too difficult, forget it. Let me tell you this. Based on our previous relationship, I think it's okay to allocate 5 million yuan from your city's finances. I can make the decision on this. There's no need to file any reports. What do you think?" Ding Qiang was always paying attention to the changes in the expressions of the two people. When he saw them looking embarrassed and struggling internally, he decided to add fuel to the fire, burn out the problems in the two people's hearts, and force them to make a decision quickly.

Ding Qiang generously gave out five million as a favor, which made Liu Wenhua and Song Dexiang see the magnanimity of the Kyoto young master. Just think about it, he gave out five million without any clear purpose, which meant that he really regarded them as friends, because even if he was rich, five million was definitely a huge sum of money at that time.

Thinking that Ding Qiang was so generous, but they were still worried about this and suspected that, it was really a bit disloyal. Liu Wenhua looked at Song Dexiang, and after the two exchanged glances, Liu Wenhua made a decision that made him regret for the rest of his life, "Okay, since Director Ding has said so much, then I will make an exception and let you check our city's financial accounts. Mayor Song, you will accompany Director Ding to the Municipal Finance Bureau to check the accounts in the next few days. Remember to accompany him throughout the whole process."

For safety reasons, Liu Wenhua deliberately emphasized the word "the whole process" in order to remind Song Dexiang to always stay with Ding Qiang, watch him, and stare at him to prevent him from seeing some problems that he should not see.

Song Dexiang certainly understood what Liu Wenhua meant, and he nodded immediately, then said, "Okay, Mayor, please rest assured, I will definitely accompany Director Ding throughout the whole process."

"Haha, that's good. Come on, let's have a drink." Seeing that a preliminary agreement had been reached, Liu Wenhua happily raised his glass and toasted Ding Qiang.

Ding Qiang also accepted all offers, laughed, and then finished the red wine in his hand. He thought, as long as you let me look at the accounts, it will be fine. As for whether I can find an opportunity, it depends on myself, or on Feng Sizhe.

So, that afternoon, Song Dexiang accompanied Ding Qiang to the Municipal Finance Bureau, where the Finance Bureau Director Liu Changsong warmly received Ding Qiang and took him to the accounting office to show Ding Qiang all the bills from the Finance Bureau.

Of course, under normal circumstances, each unit has two copies of the financial account, one for internal people to see, and the other for dealing with inspections from above. The one Liu Changsong showed Ding Qiang was for dealing with inspections from above.

Ding Qiang just glanced at the list casually and nodded, "Very good, it seems that the Municipal Finance Bureau has kept a clear account, that's good. Let me call the staff of Tangsheng Bank in the provincial capital and ask them to come and review these accounts and estimate your city's financial repayment capacity. Then I will consider how much money to lend you based on the criteria they evaluate. What do you think, Mayor Song?"

"Okay, okay." Song Dexiang nodded. It was just some bank clerks who came to look at the bills. These people were easiest to fool because they could not look at the bills as carefully as the higher authorities. They did not have that power. To put it bluntly, it was very simple to deal with such people because they were passive and I was active. They could only look at what you let others look at. If you did not let them look at something, they would never dare to look at it.

Ding Qiang called the staff of the Provincial Tangsheng Bank in front of Song Dexiang and asked them to quickly send a team of several people to Haibei City to do business. After doing these things, Ding Qiang smiled and walked out of the Municipal Finance Bureau with Song Dexiang, and went to a nearby restaurant to drink.

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