Chapter 76: Counterattack (4)

"Are you mistaken? We welcome loans, but with such a high interest rate, I'm afraid..." Although the visitor was a bit strange, Leo still decided to treat him politely. He knew that because of the United Group's vigorous counterattack in the past two days, Many people in the banking industry dislike him, and he will be in this circle in the future, and his personality is not as aggressive as Contini, so he must put down his dignity and build a good relationship with local snakes.

"Don't refuse in a hurry. Just call President Ciano and ask him if he can get a loan." The other party crossed his legs and said confidently.

"this……"

"Let's fight... If it's inconvenient, I can avoid it first..."

"That's not necessary." Leo was a little embarrassed by what he said, and immediately picked up the phone and called Contini, "President, Mr. Francisco, the president of Southern Bank, is here. He said he would grant us a loan, but the interest rate requires 8%!”

"8%?" Contini was stunned, "No, no, no... you're crazy! Reject him politely and say that if you have a chance to cooperate next time... slow... slow!"

He suddenly remembered something and shouted: "What did you say his name was? Which bank is he in?"

"Mr. Francisco, Bank of the South...what happened?"

Well, the debt collector came. Contini complained secretly, but he didn't dare to say anything on the phone. He only said vaguely: "I agree to the conditions, but you first ask this gentleman to come to me, no no." , you personally accompany Mr. Francisco to my place.”

"Calais, what's wrong?" he asked in a low voice. Francisco was standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window watching the surrounding scenery, with his back to Leo.

"Don't ask, you'll know when you get here." Contini laughed and cried, "Be polite..."

This attitude made Leo confused for a moment, but judging from Contini's tone, he seemed to be quite wary of the visitor, so he put down the phone, stood up with a smile on his face and said: "Mr. Francisco, the president is worried about this deal." The loan is very interested and asked me to sit down with you in his office.”

"It seems pretty good..." Francisco nodded without any special expression and followed Leo.

Before reaching the door of the president's office, Leo had already noticed that Contini squeezed out from inside. While extending his hand to greet him, he greeted warmly: "Uncle is here, please sit down, please sit down..."

"Uncle?" Leo looked at Contini strangely, and then at Francisco, even more confused.

Contini introduced the two of them awkwardly: "Leo, this is Vivian's father, please call me uncle; uncle, this is Leo, he is also an alumnus of the University of Rome. ”

"Oh!" Leo then came back to his senses. It turned out to be Vivian's father. No wonder he had the confidence to break in, okay? The President has something in his hands. The outside world doesn't know about Vivian. They are How can I help my classmates at the University of Rome not to understand?

Every injustice has its own owner, and now the creditor is coming to collect debts.

Francisco nodded towards Leo: "I heard Vivian mention you and say you are very capable...except for President Ciano, she admires you the most among these classmates."

"Where, where, you have given me the prize, how can I compare to Calais?"

Francisco nodded, glanced at Contini sideways, and said angrily: "He is just too capable, that's why he caused so many things."

"Uncle, we have something to say, something to say..." Contini quickly begged for mercy.

"Has Vivian called you?"

"Hit."

"Do you know about that?"

Contini lowered his head in embarrassment and said in a low voice: "I know!"

"Okay, what are you going to do about it?"

"This..." The domineering president who always had sharp teeth actually got stuck, and Qi Qi Ai Ai was speechless for a long time.

Leo felt embarrassed when he saw them playing riddles, and quickly said: "How about I avoid it first?"

Contini was about to say yes, but after thinking about it he felt it was inappropriate. He needed someone to speak for him at the critical moment. Leo was two levels above him and one level above Vivian. To everyone, he was a senior. It is easier for him to talk about some things, and he will know about it sooner or later, so he quickly said: "Invite Uncle Antonio, let's discuss it together..."

As soon as Leo left and closed the door, Francisco became angry, banged the table and shouted: "I know that you and Vivian are in love. There are many rumors outside. You refuse to marry her." Forget it, young people are free to fall in love, I understand, it's not like I haven't been young before. However, you should never let her get pregnant. It would have been more than 4 months now if it weren't for the credit you created. The crisis, as a father, I’m still in the dark about! You want to piss me off!”

"Also, if you treat her like this, it is in vain that she is still infatuated with you. Not only did she get all the money from the U.S. stock market to help you tide over the difficulties, but she also came to beg me to help you... If she hadn't been unable to do anything this time I didn’t even know about this when I got home, how long do you two plan to keep it a secret? Do you really think other people are blind?”

"I'm sorry, uncle, it was an accident! I really didn't know. I found out after I returned home." Contini lowered his head and did not dare to say anything to argue.

Before going to the United States with Ada, Contini told Adriana and Vivian and said that it was not convenient to take them there. Of course the two youth anchors felt aggrieved, but they were aggrieved and the overall situation was taken into consideration. But when I think about not seeing Contini for several months, this last line of defense will be unable to withstand it. In fact, it has been misfired many times. It is only a matter of time before it falls.

Adriana is fine, but Vivian is shot. She waits for Contini to come back and tell him that she is pregnant, and because Contini only arrived at the end of October, she has been 4 months pregnant and her belly is already slightly bulging. Well, if it weren’t for the cold weather and wearing a coat, it would be easy to expose...

Contini was very shocked, but now that the matter is over, there is no point in worrying. Besides, there is also the matter of United Group's credit standing. Vivian, on the other hand, was worried that the United Group would not be able to overcome this difficulty. She was so worried that she sold all the US$200,000 worth of stocks she had invested in the United States to get back, and at the same time went home to beg her father, a banker, for help.

When Vivian left, she had $200,000. She was more courageous than Contini and went directly to 4 times the leverage. However, she entered the market slightly later, so the doubling was not as much as Contini. But even so, wait and see By the time of the settlement at the end of October, the US$200,000 had swelled to more than US$6 million. She did not hesitate to throw it all away and remit it to Italy. At the same time, she was preparing to ask her father to provide another 180 million lire, and planned to collect 300 million to support Contini.

Francisco was very calm: first of all, he said that 300 million lire was not enough to rescue the United Group; secondly, although he was the president of the Southern Bank, the decision to mobilize 180 million lire at one time was not a decision that could be made casually; thirdly, his wife, Victoria Vivian's mother noticed that her daughter was pregnant. Although Vivian refused to say who the man was, was she still guessing like this? I was shocked and immediately told my husband.

Now, when he thought about his only daughter getting pregnant before she got married, the other party not only refused to marry but also asked her daughter to take out the money and repay him. The sky was thundering and the earth was in flames. Francisco wanted him on the spot. He was furious, but finally the joint order from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank calmed him down, and Contini's $50 million in Switzerland also calmed him down.

He admitted that he couldn't beat this young man in a head-on fight. Apart from being disgraced, he couldn't do anything to Contini, so he decided to endure it for a few days until the situation was basically over before he came to ask for punishment.

"Ah, my old friend is here, please take a seat..." Antonio quickly arrived at the office. Looking at the embarrassed Contini and the furious Francisco, he thought of the name Vivian that Leo had reminded him. It was easy for him to guess the truth very closely, and he was thinking in his mind: This matter about the young master...oh...how to put it...oh...I really don't know how to say it. He thought so, but he pretended to be nonchalant and tried his best to get close to Francisco.

After all, Vivian is not the daughter of an ordinary family. Her father is a well-known big shot in the banking industry. If it weren't for Contini's current position and importance, Antonio would even think that marrying Vivian would be a good match. But now this sentence is definitely It can't be mentioned. If it is mentioned, who will take over Mussolini's anger?

"As for the situation, you also know that my young master is like this. He can no longer make the decision on his own marriage. Forcing him to make the decision on his own will cause even greater trouble, not only for him, but also for Vivian, and even for both families. Okay..." Antonio said in a calming tone, "But Calais must have done something wrong in this matter. I will ask him to talk to you about a compensation plan. What do you think?"

"Say!" Francisco squeezed out a word through his teeth.

"I recognize Vivian's child. Even if my illegitimate child is raised by his mother, I will not treat them both badly. When I have enough status and ability in the future, I will definitely take care of them equally." Contini said quickly. , "United Group is a company founded by me. In this way, I will give Vivian 5% of the shares as a guarantee for her future life... As for the rest, I can only trouble you to cover it up."

According to market value estimates, United Group is worth at least US$200 million. According to investment estimates, it may be worth more. 5% means more than US$10 million.

Francisco nodded slightly and added: "Give Vivian 10%..."

Antonio was shocked, 10% was not a small amount.

Francisco added: "Of course I didn't get it all for nothing, I invested more than 6 million US dollars!"

"10% is 10%." Contini thought quickly: This is equivalent to Vivian investing more than 6 million U.S. dollars to obtain equity worth more than 20 million U.S. dollars, making a net profit of 15 million U.S. dollars. Although feelings cannot be measured by money, when the status cannot be given, money can only be given. Besides, more than 20 million is only the current value. In the future, the United Group is afraid that it will not be able to rise to a higher level.

"In addition, I am going to give my uncle 2% of United Financial shares and hope that you will become the president of United Bank."

"I personally have no problem, but how are you going to explain it to Southern Bank?"

"I will borrow an additional 100 million lire, totaling 200 million lire, with an annual interest rate of 8%!"