The Head Office Director wore an incredulous expression at the idea of Lin Qi acquiring Lehmer National Bank. He didn't think it was something Lin Qi could accomplish.
But Lin Qi looked at him in confusion instead. "How long has it been since you last read a newspaper?"
"Or, for that matter, how long has it been since you last checked the exchange rate?"
He picked up a newspaper from beside him and tossed it over. "As of nine this morning, one Federal Sol can be exchanged for 274 Ares. Do you know what that means?"
"Things that used to require several hundred million from me might now only require two hundred million. I don't see anything I can't accomplish."
The Head Office Director still wore that same disbelieving expression. He truly couldn't imagine how anyone could be this wealthy. One person was going to acquire a national bank? How could he be so rich? Even though Lin Qi had given him sufficient reasons, he was still unwilling to believe it was real.
What he didn't know was that even if Lin Qi had no money, the Federation's Big Six Banks would still be willing to lend him the money to acquire the bank, because it possessed issuing rights.
In the Federation, issuing rights still lay in the government's hands. The Big Six Banks had tried many times to seize those rights, but had failed every time.
Possessing issuing rights meant they could use the scale of their economies to leverage a larger financial market. For banks, this was a cake they simply couldn't refuse.
If Lin Qi truly had such plans, he might not have to spend a single cent of his own money to buy the bank. So, for Lin Qi, money was not a problem at all.