Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 556 - 225: Two Daughters
When Su Ziceng came back, she saw Hang Yishao sitting in the hotel lobby, hands clasped together, chin resting on them, looking deep in thought, so much so that he didn’t even notice her approaching.
"Did things go smoothly?" Su Ziceng asked softly.
"It was alright," Hang Yishao said with a strained smile, "Tomorrow, I will accompany you to Jinmao."
It was Su Ziceng’s first time stepping into Jinmao, while Hang Yishao had entered for the second time in two days, each carrying their own concerns. Hang Yishao had been contemplating how to convince Hang’s father. Almost no one outside knew that Su Qingzhang and Hang Family had discreetly reached a new operational project worth three billion. This project might not match "Golden Coast" in scale, but looking at its long-term potential and trends, it held the promise of profitability.
"Since Elder Su Qing did not publicize this project, there’s no necessity to reveal this collaboration to the cleanup team of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) for the project’s secure operation," Hang’s father had decided immediately after learning the Su Family had declared bankruptcy.
Like most people, Hang’s father thought maybe Elder Su Qing had become muddled, carelessly putting such a massive project aside. But Hang Yishao didn’t think so; having clashed with Su Qingzhang a few times, he didn’t believe that Su Qingzhang had forgotten about it.
What exactly was Su Qingzhang planning? Hang Yishao had been pondering this, yet he hadn’t figured out the answer.
Next to him, Su Ziceng felt somewhat nervous after entering Jinmao Center. As they exited the elevator, she took a deep breath and said unconsciously, "Yishao, today feels like gambling for me, with victory or defeat hanging by a thread."
Gambling? Hang Yishao wasn’t fond of it, nor was Su Ziceng adept at it. Hearing her compare today’s meeting with the Bank Chairman to a gamble, he couldn’t help but smile wryly, and patted Su Ziceng’s shoulder comfortingly.
Hang Yishao felt Su Ziceng’s shoulders had become thinner and a wave of pity washed over him. Gambling, he was taken aback.
Could it be that Su Qingzhang was also taking a gamble? Those billions and Su Ziceng were the stakes he had laid. If he won this bet placed by Su Qingzhang, then he would win both Su Ziceng’s heart and the money. If he pushed away Su Ziceng, Hang Yishao believed that Su Qingzhang would announce the whereabouts of those billions at the right time.
"Ziceng," the worries of the past few days disappeared from Hang Yishao’s mind, "you’ll be an invincible goddess of victory." He could not tell Su Ziceng the news yet; since Su Qingzhang wanted him to face this challenge, then he must win it. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
"Miss Su," the Bank Chairman sat in his place, not standing up nor asking for Hang Yishao’s identity, employing different strategies when facing a financier and a debtor, "you need to be concise, I have another meeting at three o’clock."
It was now half-past two, "Chairman, hello, I’ll try to keep my remarks brief," Su Ziceng could sense his impatience. In fact, she had already communicated multiple times with the bank’s board through phone calls and written reports.
The bank’s board had also repeatedly refused the request to extend the repayment period.
"Miss Su, I must say I admire your courage in stepping up when the Su Family found itself in such a situation," the Bank Chairman could tell from Su Ziceng’s slightly awkward manner of speaking that this was her first formal encounter of this kind, whereas the gentleman accompanying her seemed much steadier by comparison.
"Honestly, the Su Family has always had a good reputation in the industry. If it weren’t for your company’s poor management, our cooperation would have continued to be very good," the Bank Chairman spoke with some resentfulness. Losing such a prime client like the Su Family was regrettable, but fortunately, they had acquired a Diamond Level client like Weizhi Perlo now.
"Chairman, I believe your time is very precious," seeing that Su Ziceng and the chairman had been talking for a while without getting to the point, Hang Yishao stepped in, "I would like to act as guarantor on behalf of Hang’s enterprise, and kindly ask you to provide a reasonable period of extension for the repayment."
"Yishao," Su Ziceng had only wanted Hang Yishao to help with lobbying and gathering information; she hadn’t anticipated that Hang Yishao would offer to guarantee for the Su Family. Although Hang Yishao was the general manager of Hang Family, guaranteeing a loan of over six hundred million was likely beyond his capacity.
