Chapter 74: The hunt
Su Can was not entirely confident either. Bid rigging was a means of colluding on bids, and a common practice in the capital business. It was among the lowest-risk forms of that business; handled well, without leaving any cracks, it posed almost no risk at all.
Because the barrier to entry was low, many financing companies with criminal connections took part as well. Many of their methods constituted vicious competition and undermined fairness. Not only did they raise auction costs for the auctioneer, they also harmed the auctioneer's interests to some extent. For an investment company like Pei Fengshan's, this was familiar territory, hardly an issue at all.
What actually worried Su Can was that this bid-rigging operation targeted Zhan Hua. This was their first meeting, and although it was business, Su Can wondered whether they had the nerve to take it on.
"Of course, I'll pay the usual cost of tying up your funds, with the interest deducted up front. You can even charge a little above the going rate." Su Can brought this up to make clear that this was strictly a business proposition.
Su Can wanted to join forces with this group to make a move at Zhan Hua's auction. These people were wolves who moved at the first scent of opportunity in the capital market, facing one prey after another with bloodshot eyes, bloodthirsty and feverish. But when a pack of wild wolves prepared to take on a silver-furred wolf king, they could not help feeling wary, their hard claws scraping the ground as they hesitated to advance.
Anyone in the financing business needed a little bandit spirit to amount to anything. Yet even someone like Pei Fengshan, accustomed to cutting a swath through the capital market with ruthless strokes, had to