Chapter 1857
Interest Groups
Chapter 1857 Interest Groups
In the current era, Cai Jinmei's status as a female official inevitably restricts her overseas activities. On many occasions, colleagues or subordinates have to come forward to negotiate and communicate with the bank's customers, while she is behind the scenes in charge of planning, rarely in the office. Show up in public.But this style of acting has also created a sense of mystery for her. The outside world often only knows that the helm of the wealthy Haihan Bank is a female senior official, but little is known about her personal situation.
Even with the opening of the Seoul branch this time, she has not appeared in public since she came to Seoul, and she does not plan to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening—with two celebrities, Tom Wang and Qian Tiandun, there is no need to destroy the people she already has. set up.
In addition, Cai Jinmei has another selfishness. She chooses not to attend the opening ceremony, so that the guests and customers will focus more on Mei Baiji, the person in charge.Let Mei Baiji take this opportunity to show a little more presence so that it can work locally in the future.
The high-level negotiations between North Korea and Haehan were suspended for one day so that the two Haehan generals who participated in the negotiations could attend the opening ceremony of the Hanseong Branch of Haihan Bank.In order to maintain order, the North Korean side also dispatched [-] city defense troops to set up checkpoints in the blocks near the bank in advance to prohibit civilians' carriages and horses from entering.
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun gave Cai Jinmei enough face, and they drove over in a carriage early in the morning, and they also brought good news to Cai Jinmei, Jin Shangxian and Cui Mingji, two opinion leaders in the North Korean officialdom, will come today Attend the opening ceremony, and the arrival of these two is expected to bring a large number of North Korean officials to the ceremony.After all, these two are the bellwethers in North Korea's official circles, and there are a large group of people behind each of them who will follow the news and come to join in the fun.Cai Jinmei is most worried about the cold field problem, and it should not appear.
Cai Jinmei is not very clear about why these two chose to attend the event, but she is sensitive to the fact that it must be related to the ongoing negotiations between the two countries.Although she did not directly participate in this negotiation, Haihan did participate in the formulation of part of the industrial cooperation plan proposed by Haihan.
Although this plan generally tends to guarantee the interests of Haihan, she believes that people of insight in the North Korean political circle will definitely realize that this plan will indeed help them develop and strengthen their national power, and the sooner they participate in it, the future benefits will be greatly improved. will also be bigger.We must know that the emerging rich and powerful in the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River in Daming in recent years have almost all benefited from the trade model brought by Haihan, and all of these people have official backers, whether explicit or covert, behind them.
Cai Jinmei believes that ordinary North Koreans may not be able to understand these situations due to the limitation of information dissemination channels, but people at the level of Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji must have already realized the huge business opportunities contained in the industrial cooperation plan between the two countries. No one will voluntarily give up this opportunity to strengthen their own strength, even if they don't personally participate in business activities, there must be corresponding arrangements.
So Cai Jinmei also told Mei Baiji in advance to let him pay attention to the guests who would take the initiative to visit in the first few days after the opening, maybe one of them was a representative sent by a certain official figure.
Haihan Bank is a very important institution in Haihan's overseas business system. In addition to its financial functions under normal conditions, it also undertakes the task of secretly transferring benefits to foreign politicians and certain specific objects. .And after establishing this special interest relationship, Haihan's influence on the country or the region will gradually increase, and even gradually cultivate an interest group that leans towards Haihan's side—for example, Fujian is represented by Xu Xinsu The Xu family of the characters is such a group, and its strength has even grown to the point where it has a separate party in the Ming Dynasty.
So far, in addition to Haihan's own overseas colonies, almost all countries or regions that have good relations with Haihan have established branches of Haihan Bank.Especially in the various commercial ports in the South China Sea where the Haihan trade route reaches, maritime merchants from various countries have become accustomed to the presence of Haihan Bank in these places, so that they do not need to carry a large amount of gold and silver in cross-border trade, and even some areas have begun to use Haihan Bank Paper money and bank checks were used as hard currency.
The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.Few people can resist the temptation to associate with a God of Wealth like Haihan Bank.Especially for some privileged people, the emergence of Haihan Bank has given them a possibility to obtain stable economic benefits. As long as the above-mentioned big figures such as Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji show their attitudes, some people will naturally be bold Come to Haihan Bank for cooperation.
"Banks are still a new thing for most North Korean officials, and it may take some time to get used to it. If the performance at the beginning is not very satisfactory, don't worry too much." Wang Tom said to Cai Jinmei: " There are many businessmen from Ming Dynasty and our country in Seoul now, we can arrange for them to come to cheer first, and then slowly bring North Koreans over to open an account."
Cai Jinmei smiled and said: "You moved the two giant Buddhas here, and the business situation should be better than expected. I am very optimistic about the business prospects here. After the war, a lot of wealth was brought to Seoul. Too much money and no suitable investment direction will cause the rapid inflation of local prices. Some people have too much money to use, and some people urgently need money to tide over the difficulties after the war. At this time, they need the bank's support. Appear."
Cai Jinmei is still very confident about the financial institution she established herself. The operation method of Haihan Bank comes from hundreds of years later, and its complexity is far superior to that of traditional bank banks. The profitability that rivals do not have is the main reason why Haihan Bank dared to spend a lot of money in the preparatory stage of the Seoul branch-Cai Jinmei is sure that after the opening of the branch, it will have a relatively good profit prospect.
The news that high-ranking North Korean officials attended the opening ceremony deepened Cai Jinmei's confidence even more, so she didn't need Wang Tom's words to comfort her.
At this time, businessmen from Daming and Haihan had arrived one after another. These businessmen knew that there were three chief executives at Haihan Bank today, so they naturally wanted to come over to cheer.It's nothing more than two military generals. After all, they don't usually have the chance to deal with each other, but Cai Jinmei and President Cai are the God of Wealth to these businessmen. In the bank account, it is rare to have the opportunity to exchange a few words of lesbian relationship face to face, of course, the opportunity should not be missed.
Of course, these businessmen were not alone when they came. Most of them brought a few companions with their subordinates to receive congratulatory gifts, and some even chose to come by car.Although there was a checkpoint set up by the North Korean city defense army in the distance, after these merchants showed their identities, the city defense army did not dare to stop their carriages and could only obediently let them go.
However, the order received by the city defense army was to only stop the carriages and horses and not the onlookers, so the local people who wanted to watch the excitement could still go and watch nearby.Of course, the so-called proximity is still some distance away from the gate of the bank, because the Haihan army has set up another smaller martial law area outside the bank, and only invited guests can enter after verifying their identities.
And it was Mei Baiji who received these guests at the gate. He had visited all these merchants before, so he was no stranger to them. in.He knew very well that the main purpose of these people to watch the ceremony was not to meet him, but to meet the three chiefs inside.
The first North Korean official to be present was Jin Sangjiu. Although his official position was not high, he was recently appointed by the king to participate in the political consultation between the two countries because he knew Haihan better. people.
"Lord Zuo Yizheng will be here later." Jin Shangjiu and Mei Baiji did not go in immediately after saluting, but stood at the door and waited for Jin Shangxian's arrival.
But what was a little embarrassing was that it was not Kim Sang-heon who arrived first, but his political enemy Cui Mingji.Although Jin Shangjiu belonged to Jin Shangxian's faction, he didn't dare to offend the official Cao Sanshu, so he could only obediently come forward to pay respects.If the onlookers recognized Cui Mingji, they immediately spread the news.
Cui Mingji didn't go to the meeting alone, seven or eight officials from his faction came one after another, Cui Mingji didn't put on airs, so he stood at the door and introduced these officials to Mei Baiji one by one.The meaning of this is also very clear, it is to let Haihan's side recognize who are his faction.
After Cui Mingji introduced all the people, he entered the inner courtyard accompanied by Mei Baiji.As officials, their treatment is naturally higher than that of businessmen. After entering, they can meet Wang Tom and others first, while businessmen have to wait before they can be interviewed collectively.If they wanted to talk to Wang Tom and others, they probably had to wait until the banquet after the opening ceremony.
In fact, Kim Sang-heon had already arrived nearby, but when he heard that officials from Cui Mingji's faction were entering the arena, he was not in a hurry to join in the fun, but patiently waited until the end there before bringing his own faction's officials out.
Kim Sang-heon didn't know that Cui Mingji would also come. He came with the intention of being the finale guest. Although there was a little unexpected situation in the middle, his plan was not disrupted in the end, and he successfully appeared as the finale.
Jin Shangxian made such an arrangement, not because he thought his status was higher than others, but because of another reason.After meeting Wang Tom and others, Jin Shangxian ordered someone to present a congratulatory gift—not only his, but also a copy of King Li Zhen.
Although Li Zhen didn't come, he still asked Jin Shangxian to bring a gift to show his support for the opening of Haihan Bank.Haihan Bank's opening of a branch in Seoul was a condition that the two countries had agreed upon before the war, but Li Zhen's identity was rather sensitive, and it was inconvenient for him to express his position publicly. He was already very worthy of Haihan for being able to do this.
"His Majesty is interested!" Tom Wang accepted the gift and asked Mei Baiji to prepare for the opening ceremony.Now that the guests have arrived, the ceremony should be completed as soon as possible to save everyone's time.
The opening ceremony prepared by Haihan Bank is also a standard Haihan model. The guest of honor goes outside the gate together, the representative speaks, sets off firecrackers and then cuts the ribbon.However, both Cui Mingji and Kim Sangheon relied on their identities, and it was the ultimate honor to come to this event, and they didn't want to publicly stand for Haihan on this occasion, so the part of the speech was only done by Haihan unilaterally.
Naturally, the two generals of the military would not intervene, and Cai Jinmei would never make a presence in such activities, so the task of speaking was given to Mei Baiji to complete.
Mei Baiji was actually giving a speech in such a public place for the first time, and he was a little uneasy, but he also knew that the quality of his speech might be the first impression of Haihan Bank from the outside world. Be nervous and make mistakes.
"Everyone, the auspicious time has come, let's go out and salute together!" Wang Tom saw that his subordinates reported that they were ready, so he got up and invited everyone to leave.However, North Korean officials did not participate in this session because of their sensitive identities, so all the people who accompanied Wang Tom Qian Tiandun to the gate to salute were businessmen.
Due to limited conditions, it is impossible to install electric speakers here, so Mei Baiji can only use iron speakers to amplify the sound.While he was giving a speech, some staff were distributing printed leaflets to the nearby onlookers, which briefly explained the main business items of Haihan Bank.
Compared with Mei Baiji's speech, these paper leaflets may have a greater propaganda effect.Later on, North Korean dignitaries who were interested in Haihan Bank would receive leaflets one after another, and they would have more time to slowly study the contents of the leaflets.
Mei Baiji's speech was very short, which is also the request of the North Korean official, but it also just relieved Mei Baiji's ideological burden.He finished the scheduled content in threes and fives, and the merchants watching the ceremony applauded vigorously, and then two Haihan generals stepped forward to complete the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The North Korean people are very interested in these two Haihan generals who have only heard of their names but never seen them before, even far more than the celebration itself.If it weren't for the Haihan soldiers with guns and live ammunition standing at a distance nearby, the curious people would have squeezed closer to see if the two Haihan generals had three heads and six arms as in the legend.
However, the two Haihan generals who were already quite famous in Seoul did not speak. After completing the ribbon-cutting ceremony that the crowd could not understand, they just waved to the surroundings and returned to the courtyard of the bank. .
Then came the rather lively firecracker setting. The crackling firecrackers lasted for a stick of incense before the end, and the air within a radius of one or two miles was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
(End of this chapter)
In the current era, Cai Jinmei's status as a female official inevitably restricts her overseas activities. On many occasions, colleagues or subordinates have to come forward to negotiate and communicate with the bank's customers, while she is behind the scenes in charge of planning, rarely in the office. Show up in public.But this style of acting has also created a sense of mystery for her. The outside world often only knows that the helm of the wealthy Haihan Bank is a female senior official, but little is known about her personal situation.
Even with the opening of the Seoul branch this time, she has not appeared in public since she came to Seoul, and she does not plan to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening—with two celebrities, Tom Wang and Qian Tiandun, there is no need to destroy the people she already has. set up.
In addition, Cai Jinmei has another selfishness. She chooses not to attend the opening ceremony, so that the guests and customers will focus more on Mei Baiji, the person in charge.Let Mei Baiji take this opportunity to show a little more presence so that it can work locally in the future.
The high-level negotiations between North Korea and Haehan were suspended for one day so that the two Haehan generals who participated in the negotiations could attend the opening ceremony of the Hanseong Branch of Haihan Bank.In order to maintain order, the North Korean side also dispatched [-] city defense troops to set up checkpoints in the blocks near the bank in advance to prohibit civilians' carriages and horses from entering.
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun gave Cai Jinmei enough face, and they drove over in a carriage early in the morning, and they also brought good news to Cai Jinmei, Jin Shangxian and Cui Mingji, two opinion leaders in the North Korean officialdom, will come today Attend the opening ceremony, and the arrival of these two is expected to bring a large number of North Korean officials to the ceremony.After all, these two are the bellwethers in North Korea's official circles, and there are a large group of people behind each of them who will follow the news and come to join in the fun.Cai Jinmei is most worried about the cold field problem, and it should not appear.
Cai Jinmei is not very clear about why these two chose to attend the event, but she is sensitive to the fact that it must be related to the ongoing negotiations between the two countries.Although she did not directly participate in this negotiation, Haihan did participate in the formulation of part of the industrial cooperation plan proposed by Haihan.
Although this plan generally tends to guarantee the interests of Haihan, she believes that people of insight in the North Korean political circle will definitely realize that this plan will indeed help them develop and strengthen their national power, and the sooner they participate in it, the future benefits will be greatly improved. will also be bigger.We must know that the emerging rich and powerful in the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River in Daming in recent years have almost all benefited from the trade model brought by Haihan, and all of these people have official backers, whether explicit or covert, behind them.
Cai Jinmei believes that ordinary North Koreans may not be able to understand these situations due to the limitation of information dissemination channels, but people at the level of Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji must have already realized the huge business opportunities contained in the industrial cooperation plan between the two countries. No one will voluntarily give up this opportunity to strengthen their own strength, even if they don't personally participate in business activities, there must be corresponding arrangements.
So Cai Jinmei also told Mei Baiji in advance to let him pay attention to the guests who would take the initiative to visit in the first few days after the opening, maybe one of them was a representative sent by a certain official figure.
Haihan Bank is a very important institution in Haihan's overseas business system. In addition to its financial functions under normal conditions, it also undertakes the task of secretly transferring benefits to foreign politicians and certain specific objects. .And after establishing this special interest relationship, Haihan's influence on the country or the region will gradually increase, and even gradually cultivate an interest group that leans towards Haihan's side—for example, Fujian is represented by Xu Xinsu The Xu family of the characters is such a group, and its strength has even grown to the point where it has a separate party in the Ming Dynasty.
So far, in addition to Haihan's own overseas colonies, almost all countries or regions that have good relations with Haihan have established branches of Haihan Bank.Especially in the various commercial ports in the South China Sea where the Haihan trade route reaches, maritime merchants from various countries have become accustomed to the presence of Haihan Bank in these places, so that they do not need to carry a large amount of gold and silver in cross-border trade, and even some areas have begun to use Haihan Bank Paper money and bank checks were used as hard currency.
The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.Few people can resist the temptation to associate with a God of Wealth like Haihan Bank.Especially for some privileged people, the emergence of Haihan Bank has given them a possibility to obtain stable economic benefits. As long as the above-mentioned big figures such as Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji show their attitudes, some people will naturally be bold Come to Haihan Bank for cooperation.
"Banks are still a new thing for most North Korean officials, and it may take some time to get used to it. If the performance at the beginning is not very satisfactory, don't worry too much." Wang Tom said to Cai Jinmei: " There are many businessmen from Ming Dynasty and our country in Seoul now, we can arrange for them to come to cheer first, and then slowly bring North Koreans over to open an account."
Cai Jinmei smiled and said: "You moved the two giant Buddhas here, and the business situation should be better than expected. I am very optimistic about the business prospects here. After the war, a lot of wealth was brought to Seoul. Too much money and no suitable investment direction will cause the rapid inflation of local prices. Some people have too much money to use, and some people urgently need money to tide over the difficulties after the war. At this time, they need the bank's support. Appear."
Cai Jinmei is still very confident about the financial institution she established herself. The operation method of Haihan Bank comes from hundreds of years later, and its complexity is far superior to that of traditional bank banks. The profitability that rivals do not have is the main reason why Haihan Bank dared to spend a lot of money in the preparatory stage of the Seoul branch-Cai Jinmei is sure that after the opening of the branch, it will have a relatively good profit prospect.
The news that high-ranking North Korean officials attended the opening ceremony deepened Cai Jinmei's confidence even more, so she didn't need Wang Tom's words to comfort her.
At this time, businessmen from Daming and Haihan had arrived one after another. These businessmen knew that there were three chief executives at Haihan Bank today, so they naturally wanted to come over to cheer.It's nothing more than two military generals. After all, they don't usually have the chance to deal with each other, but Cai Jinmei and President Cai are the God of Wealth to these businessmen. In the bank account, it is rare to have the opportunity to exchange a few words of lesbian relationship face to face, of course, the opportunity should not be missed.
Of course, these businessmen were not alone when they came. Most of them brought a few companions with their subordinates to receive congratulatory gifts, and some even chose to come by car.Although there was a checkpoint set up by the North Korean city defense army in the distance, after these merchants showed their identities, the city defense army did not dare to stop their carriages and could only obediently let them go.
However, the order received by the city defense army was to only stop the carriages and horses and not the onlookers, so the local people who wanted to watch the excitement could still go and watch nearby.Of course, the so-called proximity is still some distance away from the gate of the bank, because the Haihan army has set up another smaller martial law area outside the bank, and only invited guests can enter after verifying their identities.
And it was Mei Baiji who received these guests at the gate. He had visited all these merchants before, so he was no stranger to them. in.He knew very well that the main purpose of these people to watch the ceremony was not to meet him, but to meet the three chiefs inside.
The first North Korean official to be present was Jin Sangjiu. Although his official position was not high, he was recently appointed by the king to participate in the political consultation between the two countries because he knew Haihan better. people.
"Lord Zuo Yizheng will be here later." Jin Shangjiu and Mei Baiji did not go in immediately after saluting, but stood at the door and waited for Jin Shangxian's arrival.
But what was a little embarrassing was that it was not Kim Sang-heon who arrived first, but his political enemy Cui Mingji.Although Jin Shangjiu belonged to Jin Shangxian's faction, he didn't dare to offend the official Cao Sanshu, so he could only obediently come forward to pay respects.If the onlookers recognized Cui Mingji, they immediately spread the news.
Cui Mingji didn't go to the meeting alone, seven or eight officials from his faction came one after another, Cui Mingji didn't put on airs, so he stood at the door and introduced these officials to Mei Baiji one by one.The meaning of this is also very clear, it is to let Haihan's side recognize who are his faction.
After Cui Mingji introduced all the people, he entered the inner courtyard accompanied by Mei Baiji.As officials, their treatment is naturally higher than that of businessmen. After entering, they can meet Wang Tom and others first, while businessmen have to wait before they can be interviewed collectively.If they wanted to talk to Wang Tom and others, they probably had to wait until the banquet after the opening ceremony.
In fact, Kim Sang-heon had already arrived nearby, but when he heard that officials from Cui Mingji's faction were entering the arena, he was not in a hurry to join in the fun, but patiently waited until the end there before bringing his own faction's officials out.
Kim Sang-heon didn't know that Cui Mingji would also come. He came with the intention of being the finale guest. Although there was a little unexpected situation in the middle, his plan was not disrupted in the end, and he successfully appeared as the finale.
Jin Shangxian made such an arrangement, not because he thought his status was higher than others, but because of another reason.After meeting Wang Tom and others, Jin Shangxian ordered someone to present a congratulatory gift—not only his, but also a copy of King Li Zhen.
Although Li Zhen didn't come, he still asked Jin Shangxian to bring a gift to show his support for the opening of Haihan Bank.Haihan Bank's opening of a branch in Seoul was a condition that the two countries had agreed upon before the war, but Li Zhen's identity was rather sensitive, and it was inconvenient for him to express his position publicly. He was already very worthy of Haihan for being able to do this.
"His Majesty is interested!" Tom Wang accepted the gift and asked Mei Baiji to prepare for the opening ceremony.Now that the guests have arrived, the ceremony should be completed as soon as possible to save everyone's time.
The opening ceremony prepared by Haihan Bank is also a standard Haihan model. The guest of honor goes outside the gate together, the representative speaks, sets off firecrackers and then cuts the ribbon.However, both Cui Mingji and Kim Sangheon relied on their identities, and it was the ultimate honor to come to this event, and they didn't want to publicly stand for Haihan on this occasion, so the part of the speech was only done by Haihan unilaterally.
Naturally, the two generals of the military would not intervene, and Cai Jinmei would never make a presence in such activities, so the task of speaking was given to Mei Baiji to complete.
Mei Baiji was actually giving a speech in such a public place for the first time, and he was a little uneasy, but he also knew that the quality of his speech might be the first impression of Haihan Bank from the outside world. Be nervous and make mistakes.
"Everyone, the auspicious time has come, let's go out and salute together!" Wang Tom saw that his subordinates reported that they were ready, so he got up and invited everyone to leave.However, North Korean officials did not participate in this session because of their sensitive identities, so all the people who accompanied Wang Tom Qian Tiandun to the gate to salute were businessmen.
Due to limited conditions, it is impossible to install electric speakers here, so Mei Baiji can only use iron speakers to amplify the sound.While he was giving a speech, some staff were distributing printed leaflets to the nearby onlookers, which briefly explained the main business items of Haihan Bank.
Compared with Mei Baiji's speech, these paper leaflets may have a greater propaganda effect.Later on, North Korean dignitaries who were interested in Haihan Bank would receive leaflets one after another, and they would have more time to slowly study the contents of the leaflets.
Mei Baiji's speech was very short, which is also the request of the North Korean official, but it also just relieved Mei Baiji's ideological burden.He finished the scheduled content in threes and fives, and the merchants watching the ceremony applauded vigorously, and then two Haihan generals stepped forward to complete the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The North Korean people are very interested in these two Haihan generals who have only heard of their names but never seen them before, even far more than the celebration itself.If it weren't for the Haihan soldiers with guns and live ammunition standing at a distance nearby, the curious people would have squeezed closer to see if the two Haihan generals had three heads and six arms as in the legend.
However, the two Haihan generals who were already quite famous in Seoul did not speak. After completing the ribbon-cutting ceremony that the crowd could not understand, they just waved to the surroundings and returned to the courtyard of the bank. .
Then came the rather lively firecracker setting. The crackling firecrackers lasted for a stick of incense before the end, and the air within a radius of one or two miles was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
(End of this chapter)