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Chapter 524 Chen Sesame Rotten Millet
Facing Conor, Adrian is well versed in the way of "thick and dark learning". It seems that the person who made Conor wait outside the office for a long time just now is not him at all. As long as he is thick-skinned, he is not the one who is embarrassed .

"Conor, in the second half of the year, Houston will launch a batch of new public communities, and Prosperity Bank will be able to enter these projects!" Adrian said to Conor with the look of an old friend.

This can be regarded as a piece of fat. As long as these public communities participate, banks can lend money to construction companies and then lend to users who live in it. It can be said that they earn money at both ends.

However, Conor, who is familiar with the industry rules, knows that this is Adrian's "return" to the Prosperity Bank, which is nothing more than a small profit, and in the future, I am afraid that he will not have any involvement with him.

"Mr. Mayor, thank you very much for your support," Conor lowered his posture and said to Adrian, "Adrian, you know that we have always supported you in the past, and have always been like this!"

Hearing Conor talking about his past friendship, Adrian had a headache. He was not afraid of people coming to this office and asking him for benefits, but what he was most afraid of was talking about his past friendship.

Being in the position of Adrian is the most embarrassing thing. He wants to get the support of the benefactor and keep a distance from the benefactor. It can even be said that sometimes he has to "oppose" the benefactor in order to win votes. The measure of it needs to be measured by himself.

And just like Conor, he just said that he handed over the project funds of a public welfare community in Houston to Prosperity Bank, just to stop Conor's mouth.

Adrian needs to maintain his image, even though the congressmen in America are actually cold-blooded animals and never act emotionally, but in order to maintain their image, sometimes they have to do things that are "meaningless" in their eyes, such as So today, meet Conor.

If you don't meet with Conor today, there will be rumors from the outside world that Adrian is ruthless to the patron, and even worse. In the future, the patron will probably have to consider the consequences of cooperating with him.

"Conor, we are all old friends, you know, in the past, I have always supported you and the Prosperity Bank, your bank has always been a cooperative bank between the Houston Municipal Department and the Budget Department ..."

Adrian said to Conor, this is to tell him that no one owes anyone, and Conor is also one of Adrian's benefactors, and he also contributed to the Houston mayoral election last year.

But Adrian also "repaid" to him, cooperating with Prosperity Bank for many projects, as well as the municipal public budget, and neither side owed the other.

Listening to Adrian's words, Conor didn't mention the Chen Guzi rotten sesame in the past, and he didn't mention Prosperity Bank's support for Adrian, etc. He felt that mentioning these, in addition to letting Adrian Resentment, no more use for it.

"Adrian, I am very grateful for your support of Prosperity Bank in the past, but now, we have reached the most difficult point, the Houston Municipal no longer chooses to cooperate with Prosperity, and we have lost more than 30% business, which will kill the Prosperity Bank, Senator Adrian..."

"I just thought the City of Houston gave Prosperity Bank some support!"

Conor said in a pleading tone, what he wanted was not how much business Adrian would give to Prosperity Bank or how much money he would deposit in it, but Adrian's attitude. He continued to talk to Prosperity. Ritty Bank's cooperative attitude.

But the only response to Conor was Adrian shaking his head and sighing, "NO!"

Without any sloppiness, Adrian refused very simply, which made Matthews, who was standing in the corner of the office, sigh inwardly. This is the difference between Adrian and him.

As the chief of staff, Matthews' vision and ideas are top-notch. Even if he goes to Capitol Hill, he can find a place to serve as the staff of a certain Capitol Hill master.

But Adrian is more decisive than Matthews. Matthews has to consider a lot, while Adrian acts decisively. He only does what he has decided, even if it may overturn, but he never hesitates.

"I'm sorry Conor, Prosperity Bank is very good, we used to cooperate very happily, but times have changed after all!"

"Prosperity Bank can only be the Prosperity of Houston, and PayPal can be the PayPal of America, or even the PayPal of the world!"

Adrian replied calmly. Although it was a bit cruel to Conor, Adrian made it clear to him that he would support a Prosperity Bank until death, that is, a regional bank. Such a bank, in There are definitely one or two hundred companies in America, not to mention five hundred. How much influence can it have?

But PayPal, although it is only a nominal headquarters in Houston, has users all over the United States and overseas. Now it has nearly 3000 million users. It is conceivable how many users there will be in the future, especially after cooperating with Wall Street. Adrian's expectations for PayPal are even greater.

Even though Houston is just PayPal's nominal headquarters, PayPal's customer service center, server center, and personnel from technical and other departments are all located in Houston, which can provide more than thousands of jobs for Houston every year, and tax revenue is also very important. Constantly improving!

This can all be counted into Adrian’s credit, and it is the capital he will use to show off on various occasions in the future, telling those supporters that as long as they elect him, they will have jobs, tickets, and bread. Become a city of science and technology, and cultivate men in technology companies such as Double Click and PayPal in Houston!
Compared with what PayPal brought him, a Prosperity Bank bank, if you kick it, you will kick it. The old ones will not go, and the new ones will not come. There are dozens of bank brands in Houston, and there is no shortage of this one. .

Hearing Adrian's words without the slightest sloppiness, Conor's face turned ashen, and he knew that there was no room for his return.

Picking up the briefcase and picking up the coat again, Conor got up and walked outside, but could not get Adrian's support, PayPal was pressing harder and harder, and Conor felt that he needed to talk to Prosper The board of Ritty Bank discussed what to do next.

Just as Conor was about to walk out of Adrian's office, Matthews, who was beside him, came to Adrian's side and whispered a few words to Adrian.

Adrian looked at Matthews with a look of surprise, obviously what Matthews said surprised him.

But just when Conor was about to push the door open, Adrian's voice suddenly came from behind, "Conor, I have a new proposal, I don't know, do you want to listen to it?"

Until an hour or so later, when Conor walked out of Adrian's office, he felt dizzy.

His mind was a little confused now, the new proposal Adrian made to him far exceeded his expectations, and even Conor somewhat forgot what he was here for.

But one thing Conor knows is that he needs to return to Prosperity Bank immediately and report everything to the board of directors today. Although Adrian's proposal seems absurd, even absurd, he knows that this may It was the most important choice for Prosperity Bank, including himself.

In Adrian's office, after Conor left, Adrian was a little excited. In the office, he paced back and forth a few times, turned to Matthews and said, "Now it's up to Song whether he is willing to take over all of this." !"

"I can't think of any reason for Song to refuse. This is a bank. Last year, Prosperity Bank's revenue exceeded 23 billion dollars!"

What Matthews proposed to Adrian just now is to let Prosperity Bank sell itself to PayPal!

This idea is really too bold, and the idea is also unconstrained, and it can even be said to be nonsense, but it is really feasible.

Prosperity Bank is about to fail. If you sell yourself at this time, you can sell it for a good price. Anyone can sell it. Sell PayPal, an Internet payment platform, and maybe you can sell it for a high price!
As for PayPal, although it has a fierce fight with the bank, if it can get Prosperiti Bank, it will make up for PayPal's shortcomings, get professional bankers, and be able to establish its own risk control team to follow up with the bank. system, it is much more convenient to carry out credit and mortgage business, and also got a Bank of America license!
Of course, if this is done, then Adrian will be able to get at least a few million dollars in donations from Song Yang.

In San Jose, Song Yang came to PayPal's new office building. Now that PayPal doesn't need to hide, and the staff size has soared, it naturally needs a new office building. It is impossible to stay in the ICQ office building all the time.

"Mr. Bruno, Manager Swartz, this building was built five years ago. The floor and capacity are not too large, but it can definitely be used by PayPal. In addition, the decoration and equipment of this building are the top in San Jose. , if necessary, we can make changes to the equipment and decoration according to PayPal's requirements."

The person in charge of the office building said earnestly to Song Yang and Aaron Swartz that for them, PayPal is a big financial backer, and they directly rent the entire building, and it is a long-term lease. There are too few, how can we not let the building be tempted.

Song Yang took a look at the building, the floor is not high, similar to ICQ's office building, the decoration and office equipment are all available, enough for PayPal to use.

Glancing at Aaron Swartz, the latter also nodded towards Song Yang, apparently approving the office building.

Just when Song Yang was about to speak, the phone rang suddenly. Aaron Swartz saw that Song Yang had a strange look on his face when he received the call.

When Song Yang received the call, only a line from a movie came to mind, "Old Xu, do you want a wife?"

(End of this chapter)