Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

George Manor. Living room!

While the old butler Lawrence was out to pick someone up, Li Yi looked at Old George and asked, "Mr. George, who is this friend of yours?"

Old George immediately replied: "Lee, Daniel is the president of Xinfeng Bank. He is a very famous banker in our British Empire and has great strength!"

"Daniel, Xinfeng Bank, banker?"

Hearing the name of this person and this company, Li Yi couldn't help but frown.

He always felt that the name of this bank was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard of it somewhere, but he could not remember where.

Whether in his past life or this life, Li Yi has dealt with many European and American banks. In the UK alone, there are the Imperial Royal Bank, Huifeng Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Scotland, etc., but he has no impression of this HSBC Bank.

Is it a small and unknown bank?
Old George on the side was also a smart man. When he saw Li Yi's expression, he immediately knew that he didn't know much about HSBC Bank and his old friend Daniel.

At that moment, he immediately explained: "Li, Xinfeng Bank not only has a very strong influence in the financial field of the British Empire, but is also the most powerful precious metal dealer in the whole of Europe. It has a huge gold and silver refining business and is also the world's largest distributor of platinum group metals."

"If you want to conduct commercial financing or other financial business in Europe, Daniel and his HSBC Bank are a good choice."

When Li Yi heard the title of "the world's largest dealer of platinum group metals", a light bulb went off in his mind and a wonderful TV series, "The Gold Robbery" filmed by the BBC, immediately emerged in his mind.

The six-episode series is based on true events and the story is based on the Brinkmart gold robbery in London.

This robbery was the robbery with the largest loss of gold in British history, involving 6800 high-purity gold bars and gold bricks, with a net weight of more than 3 tons of gold.

Later, the case was picked up by the BBC, which is good at making articles about old cases, and was eventually brought to the small screen, causing quite a sensation.

Of course, the focus of the matter is not the robbery itself, but the chain reaction caused by this case. This major robbery not only caused the global gold price to hit the limit, but also triggered a terrible chase.

Since the robbery, 20 people who had anything to do with the gold, whether criminals or law enforcement officers, have died, and the hunt has lasted for thirty years...

In other words, a gold robbery actually triggered a killing that lasted for thirty years!
The Xinfeng Bank was one of the supporting actors in this robbery, but they played a tragic role because they were the owners of the gold.

Although the robbery was later compensated by the insurance company, it still dealt a severe blow to the reputation of China Everbright Bank.

Even more pitiful is the fact that less than a year after the incident, HSBC Bank and its gold trading department collapsed, and the related businesses were taken over by the Bank of England.

Although it was later revealed that the collapse of Xinfeng Bank was the result of excessive lending and had nothing to do with the lost 3 tons of gold, most people did not agree with this statement.

After all, business reputation is the most important thing for any company to survive. A bank that can't even take good care of its own gold will find it difficult to help its customers protect their property. It is completely understandable that it will lose the trust of its customers and go bankrupt.

Therefore, from this perspective, the gold robbery was the last straw that broke the camel's back for Xinfeng Bank's gold business.

Originally, Li Yi did not have a deep impression of this incident. Xinfeng Bank, Daniel, and those robbers were just characters in a TV series in his eyes. He would forget about them after watching them. He did not care about them at all, let alone take them to heart.

But what he never expected was that he would meet the president of this unfortunate company on his first day in London.

More importantly, from the conversation between Lawrence and Old George just now, it was not difficult to hear that Daniel was coming for him, and he didn't know why.
Just as Li Yi was deep in thought, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door, attracting his attention.

Looking up at the door, Li Yi saw Lawrence striding in with a white old man.

The old man had gray hair and was about sixty years old. He was dressed in traditional elite style, especially his pair of leather shoes that were polished to a shine and made loud noises when he walked, which attracted the most attention.

Seeing Daniel and the old butler coming in together, Old George immediately said with a smile: "Daniel, quickly explain to Li how you knew he was here. If you can't explain it clearly, the misunderstanding will be huge!" Daniel walked quickly to Li Yi and took the initiative to extend his hand and said: "Hello, investment master from the East, I am Daniel, President of Xinfeng Bank, nice to meet you!"

Li Yi also stretched out his hand and gently shook hands with Daniel, and then said: "I am Li Yi, and I am also very happy to meet Mr. Daniel."

"Li, please allow me to explain. The reason I was able to find this place is mainly because I learned about your whereabouts from the Detective Guild. This has nothing to do with George!" Daniel said.

"Detective Guild?"

Old George immediately explained, "This is an organization composed of private detectives, specializing in investigating secret matters for the rich. Your coming to London with such a big fanfare naturally attracted the attention of many forces, but they can't send the police to watch you all the time, so they will hand this matter over to private detectives to solve it."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi frowned and said, "So, I'm being targeted now?"

"Is such that!"

Then Old George changed the subject and said again: "But you don't have to take it to heart. Although those people in the Detective Guild are annoying, they have their own professional ethics and usually won't pose a threat to you!"

However, after hearing what Old George said, Li Yi frowned even more tightly.

Based on past life experience, for these Westerners, professional ethics and gentlemanly principles are not something that must be followed in their eyes.

This is just like Western democracy, which is just a special term used by politicians to deceive others. They talk about the people's democratic voting rights, but they engage in all kinds of anti-democratic behavior internally.

Even though they tell lies so many times that even they themselves believe them, lies are still lies and will be exposed one day. By then, the only purpose of these verbal lies will be to serve as a fig leaf.

But it’s enough for you to know these things yourself, there’s no need to argue with these people.

Thinking of this, Li Yi immediately changed the subject and said, "Mr. Daniel, you are willing to use those people from the Detective Guild to investigate my whereabouts. I think you are not just here to see what I look like. Just tell me what you have to say!"

Daniel said hurriedly: "Li, I have no ill intentions. The reason why I asked those people from the Detective Guild to investigate your whereabouts is mainly because I want to cooperate with you!"

"Oh, I wonder how Mr. Daniel wants to cooperate?" Li Yi said with interest.

"I haven't thought about it yet, but since you come to London to invest, Li, you will naturally have to cooperate with financial institutions. We at HSBC Bank are willing to become your most important partner in Europe!" said Daniel.

"So, Mr. Daniel came here for me, your big client?" Li Yi said lightly.

"Yes, as far as I know, you don't have a stable financial partner in Europe. We at HSBC Bank would like to give it a try!" said Daniel.

He spoke in a serious tone and kept a low profile, obviously attaching great importance to Li Yi, a big customer.

However, Li Yi shook his head and said, "Thank you very much for Mr. Daniel's recognition, but I'm sorry, I'm not very interested in cooperating with your bank!"

Daniel's face changed, and he asked hurriedly: "Li, can you give me a reason? Is it our Xinfeng Bank or I who have done something to make you unhappy?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "That's not the case. It's just that I have very high requirements for my partners. A bank that is about to go bankrupt cannot become our partner."

Bankruptcy?

Hearing these words, Daniel and the other people in the living room all looked shocked.
(End of this chapter)