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Chapter 137: Chapter 125 Who is so arrogant to stop me from doing business?_1
After leaving Liu Qian, Tang Qing first returned to the company before asking Sun Chao to drive him to school.
Now that the money issue was resolved ahead of time, the three hundred million funds would be available by the first day, so he spent the entire afternoon considering the matter of foreign bank accounts. It was easy to set up; countless accounts are used for money laundering worldwide, with no trading volume and frequency restrictions. There were already specialized companies running this business, Tang Qing didn’t need to worry. All he had to do was contact them, specify his requirements, but the key was to keep it covert. Otherwise, if noticed, he could be caught by phone or Internet tracking.
He didn’t trust the companies that offered to set up these accounts. He wouldn’t underestimate the power of those banks, either. To say that overseas banks and money laundering companies have an ’intricate’ connection wasn’t an exaggeration. After all, it can boost bank performance and also collect some ’service charges’, so why not? Those companies even offered to set up accounts for free. As soon as the banks gave the word, they would gladly hand over his contact details and wag their tails to please their golden geese.
Therefore, he didn’t trust the so-called absolute confidentiality claims of those banks or the proxy companies.
In the world of capitalism, absolute secrecy is nothing more than an empty promise.
Like the customer information from offshore centers and tax havens, do people really think others can’t access their equity structure? It’s a joke. For people at a certain level, this information is public. Without the approval of ’some people’, without some behind-the-scenes deals, setting up such ’tax haven’ to make money would be a pipe dream. In the Information Age, most information is worthless, but some pieces can be incredibly valuable. Your small island nations holding these vital pieces of information would indeed be prized assets, but Tang Qing never believed in the absolute confidentiality claimed by these offshore companies. It was only for the general public. For states, even bankers or consortiums, it wasn’t a secret at all. Ordinary people could access these pieces of information if they were willing to pay a substantial sum to an intelligence organization.
The same applies to equity ownership. Do people think cross holdings dozens of times can cover their tracks? Impossible. With the customer information from the entire offshore center, even hundreds of cross holdings are useless in front of specialized equity structure algorithms and equity information processing software. They could find you in a minute.
Of course, this only applies to Tang Qing. For the vast majority of people, the offshore center’s confidentiality is quite good because his major opponents would be the near-omniscient banks or even nations in the future, so he had to be extremely cautious.
After an afternoon of consideration, Tang Qing had devised a relatively confidential account setup plan. By the time Liu Qian’s funds arrived, he should be able to prepare six international accounts. If possible, he planned to register dozens or hundreds of accounts in one go to prevent him from needing to change the binding account every month. The more contacts he had, the higher the risk of exposure.
Ah, the money-making model was about to begin!
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January 24th
Monday
Zhou Li called on the way to school to say he wanted to repay the loan.
This surprised Tang Qing, and it wasn’t until he questioned Zhou Li that he understood the situation.
A few days ago, after he handed over the materials to Dou Jiao, following the principle of calling ten days in advance to inquire about the repayment time and method, Dou Jiao directly called Yan Guangting. After some consideration, Yan Guangting decided to repay the loan early. It wasn’t because early repayment would yield a 0.2% interest discount, but because Yan Guangting’s health had been deteriorating and he was currently in the hospital. A few days ago, when he received a call, Tang Qing hypothesized that Yan Guangting might have thought he was pressing for repayment, so he decided to pay off the debt as soon as possible to settle the matter.
As for why Zhou Li was the one making the call, it was because Yan Guangting was in the hospital and couldn’t come. He didn’t trust his son either. Yan Guangting knew his son was a loose cannon, and he had almost, if not already, offended Tang Qing last time. His son’s evaluation of Tang Qing during this time wasn’t good either. To avoid causing a conflict, Yan Guangting asked his old friend Zhou Li to accompany his son to repay the money.
Tang Qing naturally chose to meet at Li Jianguo’s place for the repayment.
At noon after school, Tang Qing and Li Kai took a taxi to the Baiwei Restaurant. This matter wasn’t relayed to Dou Jiao and Sun Chao. Originally, he intended for them to directly return the loan to the company, but this was his former client. It was probably better for him to handle it personally, especially since they all knew each other and paid directly to him. In the future, he wouldn’t intervene with the clients Dou Jiao and others received.
Thinking that he was about to have a meal with Yan Fei, whom he mutually disliked, Tang Qing wasn’t thrilled.
Although he considered himself a foodie, he didn’t like business meals. Even if he did have to eat, he preferred to order a big table full of dishes with his friends and enjoy themselves. Thankfully, Dou Jiao had taken over this business, and he was finally free of it.
Twelve o’clock.
Baiwei Restaurant.
Zhou Li and Yan Fei arrived early. In Zhou Li’s opinion, this was a rule. If you owed someone else money and acted haughty, it was unthinkable. The people who had the guts and the idea to do this were a rare few. Those who dared to do this would lose their reputation in the long run, which was the greatest loss. They didn’t realize how hard it was to play the powerful figure. If they acted like the powerful one now, there would come a day when they would have to play the role of the powerless one double-fold. The worst-case scenario was that no one would care about you even if you faked humility in the future.
