Volume 170【Pathfinder】

By the summer of 1995, Citibank had opened four branches in mainland China, located in Shenghai, Shencheng, Huadu and Jingcheng.

However, only the Shenghai branch has full business qualifications, and the other three branches do not do personal business, and can only do some corporate financial business. For example, the Shencheng branch is not qualified to handle the b-share dollar clearing work on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. It needs to send someone from the Shenghai headquarters to do it two days a week. The person in charge is a 30-year-old Hong Kong native.

Similarly, only Shenghai headquarters has a public relations department, and Li Yalun has just been appointed as the deputy general manager of the public relations department of Citigroup China.

Song Weiyang had just stepped into the gate of the bank when a staff member came over to receive him: "Hi sir, what business do you want to handle?"

"Can your bank handle personal business?" Song Weiyang asked.

"Yes," the staff member smiled, "Our Shenghai Branch of Citigroup China has just opened a full-scale business..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Song Weiyang interrupted: "Alright then, I'll save 10 million first."

The staff was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed: "Sir, please follow me to the VIP room, we have a dedicated account manager in charge."

"Your bank is doing as the Romans do, you have all the VIP rooms," Song Weiyang said.

The staff member smiled and said, "Sir, you are joking. Our Citibank is customer-oriented. No matter which country we are in, we will try our best to provide customers with a homely service. Please come in, sir. This is our account manager, Mr. Pei Yigen."

A 30-year-old young man with glasses shook hands and said, "Hello, sir. My name is Pei Yigen. It's my pleasure to serve you."

"I'm Song Weiyang." Song Weiyang smiled and shook hands. He actually met an acquaintance.

They are not very familiar, and they have only met a few times in their previous life. After all, Song Weiyang is just a local tyrant in a small place, and the Pei Yigen in front of him will rise step by step and grow up to be the president of Citibank China.

Pei Yigen's eyes lit up: "That Mr. Song from Xifeng?"

"It's me." Song Weiyang said.

"Boss Song, please sit down." Pei Yigen warmly received him.

The staff had already brought the coffee, and Song Weiyang sat on the sofa and sipped the coffee, smiling, "Mr. Pei is very young."

Pei Yigen said: "After I graduated from Fudan University, I joined Citibank."

"You're from Fudan too? Brother!" Song Weiyang laughed, "I'm from the class of '94."

"What a coincidence, I'm in the 88th class." Pei Yigen was also quite happy.

Should this novel be renamed "My Alumni Are All Over the World"?

The two of them didn't talk about business, but only talked about campus topics. The taste of the food in the central cafeteria, the row of barbershops in front of the school is about to be demolished, the crooked neck tree in front of a teaching building is haunted... the conversation was full of laughter.

For Pei Yigen, from the moment he knew Song Weiyang's true identity, he already had a choice—Boss Xifeng, I'm committed to you as a friend!

Citibank fell into a huge crisis around 1990. While rapidly adjusting its business structure, it also frantically improved customer service and improved its customer relationship management system. As long as you meet high-quality customers, you will really worship them as gods, and even hold receptions and banquets for customers, and invite customers to suburban activities on weekends, watch performances, sports games, etc.

Song Weiyang claimed today that he came to deposit 10 million yuan, and Citibank will show great hospitality and constantly win over and strengthen the relationship, allowing Song Weiyang to develop a series of services in their bank such as asset management, personal financial management, consulting, financial insurance, etc. Even when Song Weiyang said that he would travel to Europe one day, Citibank would help formulate the travel itinerary, book air tickets and hotels, and contact the tour guide...

You are rich, you are a master.

Grandpa, does your grandson enjoy serving you? If you're cool, just pay for it!

Pei Yigen is now ignoring his business, and keeps chatting with Song Weiyang, just to get more customer information, including Song Weiyang's hobbies and so on. Through chatting, he already knew that Song Weiyang liked rock and roll, Cui Jian and the Three Heroes of Moyan. If a well-known rock singer came to Shenghai for a concert, Pei Yigen would call to ask if he was free, and then help Song Weiyang buy tickets for free.

Song Weiyang took the initiative to say: "Xifeng is now cooperating with European distributors, and is also in contact with North American distributors, and is planning to order advanced machines from abroad. There is a lot of foreign exchange business."

Pei Yigen quickly asked: "I don't know Mr. Song..."

"You can just call me Brother Song, you are a senior." Song Weiyang smiled.

"Then I'll take care of you," Pei Yigen said, "I don't know which bank Brother Song's company is now cooperating with for foreign exchange business?"

"ICBC." Song Weiyang said.

"The strength of ICBC is still very strong, but," Pei Yigen said, "In terms of external business, ICBC is definitely not as good as our Citibank. We provide global services, with offices in Europe, Asia, America, and even Africa. Having a branch can greatly improve the overseas work efficiency of Xifeng Company.”

"Brother, are you soliciting business?" Song Weiyang asked with a smile.

"Just tell the truth," Pei Yigen said, "If you're worried, brother, you can get in touch first. In this way, I'll get you a credit card with an overdraft limit of 1 million US dollars. In the future, when you go shopping in Hong Kong City, you can swipe it wherever you want. Buy it, and then you will know how convenient it is to cooperate with Citibank."

"That's good. You don't need to exchange Hong Kong dollars when you go to Hong Kong City." Song Weiyang nodded.

Pei Yigen said: "Brother Song, if you want to speculate in stocks, you can also open a special account in our bank. Whether it's the Shenzhen Stock Exchange or the Shanghai Stock Exchange, our bank handles the US dollar settlement of b shares."

"It's illegal to speculate in B shares." Song Weiyang laughed.

"That's why we need to create a special account." Pei Yigen said with a smile.

These days, the Chinese (mainland) are not allowed to buy b-shares, which are specially set up for overseas personnel.

Song Weiyang asked: "Brother, are you familiar with the stock market?"

Pei Yigen said: "Three months ago, I was a securities trader at Citibank."

"How is the Hong Kong stock market recently?" Song Weiyang asked.

"Don't mention it," Pei Yigen waved his hand, "At the beginning of the year, the whole line dived, and now it is still falling. You can pay for what you buy."

Song Weiyang asked, "How is Lenovo's stock going?"

"Falling, it's been falling for a year and two months," Pei Yigen shook his head and said, "Lenovo's stock was at more than 7 yuan (Hong Kong dollars) when it was the highest, and now it has fallen below 40 cents, and I think it is very likely to fall below 30 cents. "

Lenovo has been miserable in the past two years. The issue price was 1.33 Hong Kong dollars, which rose to more than 7 yuan in less than three months, and then plummeted all the way. It did not start to rebound until it fell to 0.295 Hong Kong dollars.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "When Lenovo falls below 30 cents, brother remember to call me."

"You want to buy Lenovo?" Pei Yigen persuaded, "Now that several major foreign manufacturers have invaded on a large scale, Lenovo can't support it, and it is very likely that it will go bankrupt one day."

"Lenovo computers have sold well in the past few months, and their word of mouth is also very good," Song Weiyang said.

"That's a price war. With Lenovo's current capital, it probably won't last long." Pei Yigen said.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "I like Lenovo."

Pei Yigen stopped dissuading him, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll let my colleagues in Hong Kong City pay attention at any time, and I will notify you if Lenovo's stock price falls below 30 cents."

After chatting for a while, Song Weiyang asked casually, "Is there someone named Li Yalun in your bank?"

"He doesn't work in Shenghai branch, he has been transferred to the public relations department of the headquarters," Pei Yigen asked, "Why, Brother Song knows Li Yalun?"

"We had a drink together," Song Weiyang said. "He is very young, just over 30 years old, and has been staying abroad. Why did Citibank let him join the public relations department? The personnel in this department, not to mention mainlanders, should at least Let the Hong Kong people do it."

Pei Yigen smiled and said: "Hehe, he has connections in China, and his grandfather knows some people. It's all official contacts, you know."

Well, Song Weiyang finally fully understood.

It turned out that Li Yalun's grandfather had friendship with some domestic officials, and most of them were old friends before the founding of the People's Republic of China. This grandson can come to China and not do anything, just go to eat and drink with him at critical times. No wonder he will serve as a special consultant and a member of the public relations department.

How to kill him?