The Big Contract

Rong Sheng Gold Bank is a legendary bank, founded by a group of gold prospectors.

The first immigrants arrived in what is now the Federal for various reasons, mainly exile and deportation, as well as poverty, which forced them to risk exploring new continents.

During their exploration of this continent, many people's first job was as gold prospectors. Compared to noble families like the Akiner Family and some merchants who came looking for opportunities, most ordinary people did not have the ability to develop a farm or ranch here.

They could only find glittering things, such as gold and gems, in remote and impoverished areas.

At that time, the Bayer Federation had not yet been established, and in this anarchic land, bullets were the only truth.

When prospectors discover Gold Mine, they become true gold prospectors. They will find a water source nearby and begin panning for gold or directly mining the mine.

If they can't find any Gold Mine, they'll target other gold prospectors, ranchers, and lone travelers who have made a fortune.

Many people now say that the Federal's Slaughter of Aborigines Native Americans during that period was an immoral act, but in fact, they also killed many of their own people.

Some people enjoy the chaos, while others despise it. In this lawless era without any rules, a group of gold prospectors spontaneously formed a large-scale transport team to transport their gold and money in order to ensure that their interests were not harmed by robbers.

And in some towns, they set up places similar to today's bank vaults to store the gold they had worked so hard to acquire.

More and more people are spontaneously joining this group, mainly because they feel safe.

They had many weapons and were fearless. Some merchants, seeing their reliability, began to seek their help. During that period, it was common to see twenty or thirty knights with hunting rifles riding around several carriages in the wild.

It was around this time that the largest group in this community, Leader a gold prospector leader named Xiao Ke Born, established Rong Sheng Gold Bank in what is now the Mid-West city of Sairmaline.

Rong Sheng Gold Bank's primary business initially consisted of storing precious metals and providing armed escort services.

Gradually, their reputation grew, eventually forming the first generation of Rongsheng, which was also their most glorious period. At that time, almost all gold prospectors in the Federal were doing business with them and storing their belongings in the various vaults of Rong Sheng Gold Bank.

It was a barbaric era, where everything was gradually built up from the wasteland, but it was also the best of times, at least for ambitious people; there was never a better time.

Now, it's very difficult for companies of Rongsheng and Jinhui, which are already at a certain size, to achieve another leap in development.

Just like Carl and Lin Qi said earlier, ten dollars ten times is only one hundred dollars. For a successful businessman, turning ten dollars into one hundred dollars in a short period of time is actually a very simple thing.

Most businessmen can do it, even a salesman like Lyme can do it.

However, doubling the value of 100,000, 1 million, 10 million, or even 100 million in a short period of time is almost impossible.

However, they are still pursuing profits, and even more profits.

The contract in Lin Qi's hands, after being studied by accountants and strategy researchers across the bank's headquarters, was, from today's perspective, brimming with immense wealth! It was a fraudulent contract; a colleague of Carl's whispered his opinion when he first received it.

In this contract, the Provincial Governor Drag and Lin Qi signed an agreement for road infrastructure development across the entire province, including urban road improvements.

There are also infrastructure construction agreements, which include at least two hydroelectric power stations and three thermal power stations, many public facilities, and Lin Qi is required to lay a more robust communications cable system for them.

Moreover, there is no budget limit. In other words, Lin Qi can continue working on a project indefinitely, for his entire life. As long as the project is completed and meets the quality standards stipulated in the diplomatic agreement, Nagaril must pay Lin Qi for the costs and profits of the completed parts.

Obviously, a province of Nagaril could not possibly provide Lin Qi with that much money, which would essentially mean rebuilding one or even several modern cities. But Lin Qi would lend them the money and require them to pay interest.

If their finances become unsustainable, Lin Qi will use a variety of methods to recover loans and profits, some of which are appalling.

For example, in the terms of this payment method, Lin Qi will set up a department to help the Nagaril local government legally, reasonably, and compliantly collect the taxes that the people need to pay from the public.

Apart from being used to maintain the daily operating budget of local government agencies, any other tax surplus went into Lin Qi's pocket.

For example, Lin Qi would have dual-track pricing power over most goods in the region, allowing him to maximize profits from foreign trade while protecting the daily lives of local residents, and giving him the power to set prices for imported goods.

In short, this contract should not exist in this world at all. No normal ruler would be likely to sign such a contract, but it just happens to be here.

If it weren't for the increasingly close ties between the Federal and Nagaril during this period, people like Carl might have thought Lin Qi was a fraud.

Considering their knowledge of the situation in Nagaril, Lin Qi's status and influence in the Federal, and his network of connections, Carl ultimately believed the document, but not without reservation.

"May I know how you got someone to sign this contract?" Carl asked with some emotion. He was even reluctant to let go of the contract, but he eventually placed it on the table.

This is Lin Qi's spoils of war. Even if it were given to him, without Lin Qi's approval, it would be nothing more than a pile of waste paper to him.

Lin Qi shook his head. "I'm sorry, this involves core business secrets, so I can't reveal anything to you, but I can assure you it's true."

Carl nodded. The handwriting expert from the bank had just come over, and after repeated observation, he could roughly determine that the signatures on these contracts and the signature of the Provincial Governor Drag on the diplomatic documents came from the same person.

In other words, it is real and effective.

Now they're no longer discussing whether the contract is real or fake, but rather how Lin Qi facilitated it.

If it were a conglomerate, and someone like Wo Delike or Patu were holding such a contract, everyone would think it was perfectly normal.

They have enough money to support them to do whatever they want, but Lin Qi is clearly not that kind of person.

He sighed softly, "You know, the rules and regulations of banks are very complicated, we all hate them. They always make us all run around aimlessly, but at the same time make sure we don't get hurt."

"We need to send someone to speak privately with the Provincial Governor Drag to confirm again whether this contract truly exists, is that alright?"

He didn't actually need to ask Lin Qi's attitude, but he still did. Did he do this because he genuinely respected Lin Qi?

No, he did it because he respects money, and therefore he respects Lin Qi.

He knew that if the contract was real, Lin Qi himself would not be able to provide the funds to rebuild a city, so he would have to raise funds. Carl was happy to facilitate the cooperation between Lin Qi and Goldway.

This will bring banks millions or tens of millions in interest, as well as a much larger influence.

Of course, as the person who facilitated this, Carl would also be valued by the Board of Directors of directors, who would allow him to increase his shareholding.

For Group Company like the Big Six Banks Major Consortiums, changes in shareholdings have been amplified to several decimal places, and both increases and decreases in holdings must be approved by the Board of Directors.

Holding even a mere 0.1% stake in any of the Big Six Banks banks would constitute an enormous fortune.

After receiving Lin Qi's affirmation, Carl smiled and said, "Then let's talk about what interests us. What ratio do you want?"

Lin Qi crossed his legs and placed his hands naturally on his knees. "At least fifty times, and you can't force liquidation."

Fifty times...

This number is not small, Carl frowned slightly.

Lin Qi should have a total of seven or eight million in funds. If we calculate based on eight million, fifty times that would be four hundred million...

There are too many.

Most importantly, Lin Qi demanded that the bank not force liquidation. If the 400 million yuan fluctuated by 10%, it would be 40 million yuan. Losing 40 million yuan at once would be a loss that the bank would find difficult to bear.

But thinking about that contract...

"This price far exceeds my expectations, Mr. Lin Qi. Even for Gold Exchange, it would be very difficult to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars in a short period of time. And you know..." He waved his arm, using body language to make his words more convincing, "The Federal Government requires us to promote the credit system. Now those people outside don't even need to provide any collateral to get money from us."

"I can decide for you, I'll give you eighteen... no, nineteen times, plus your own share, it'll be a perfect whole number. Everyone likes whole numbers, right?" Carl said with a smile.

Federal like "integers" because they are relatively easy to calculate, but the issue they are discussing now has absolutely nothing to do with whether integers are easy to calculate!