Julien went silent.
He was surprised that although Chaim was now in a very precarious position, he agreed to give Sydne a loan of 200 million dollars.
Julien could imagine the pressure Chaim was under to convince the bank's board of directors to approve the loan, although Julien suspected that Chaim had done so for a purpose.
Julien guessed that Chaim did it to impress him.
Julien knew Chaim. Chaim did not major in finance when he was young. In fact, he was a psychology major, so he was good at manipulating people.
Chaim told Sydney that he could give her a loan but only if she and Julien were in a stable relationship. Chaim was lying to Sydney.
Chaim's real intention was to find out if Julien and Sydney were in a close relationship and if he could use the opportunity to get something for himself.
When Sydney's company was in trouble, instead of turning to Julien, she turned to the bank for a loan, so Chaim suspected that Sydney and Julien were breaking up, so he lied to Sydney to figure it out.
If Sydney and Julien's relationship remained stable, Chaim could do Sydney a favor and then use it for his own purposes.
After Chaim confirmed that Sydney and Julien were in a good relationship and learned why Sydney requested a loan from the bank, he agreed to give Sydney the loan and gave her his advice.
He wanted Sydney to be grateful to him.
Chaim, who majored in psychology and was also a man, knew exactly how Julien felt if the latter learned that Sydney had asked for a loan from the bank instead of asking him for help.
Therefore, Chaim persuaded Sydney to rely on Julien.
And Chaim kept watching Sydney's reaction when he was talking to her. As long as Chaim was sure that Sydney felt guilty when she learned that Julien would be upset if he learned that Sydney went to the bank instead of asking him for help, Chaim could use this opportunity to persuade Sydney to talk to Julien.
If Sydney talked to Julien, she would definitely mention what Chaim said to her.
Then Chaim would achieve his goal.
Julien would then owe him a favor.
Chaim knew people’s psychology. He knew that Julien didn't like to owe people favors, and Chaim was sure that after Julien learned what he had told Sydney, Julien would be grateful to Chaim and he would absolutely repay Chaim.
Everyone knew that Julien was generous. If Julien admired someone, he would give him a hand, and if someone did Julien a favor, Julien would give that person what he wanted.
Chaim wanted to keep his position in the bank and he needed to get a lot of deposits to achieve the bank’s target.
In Port City, only Julien was wealthy enough to help Chaim accomplish his goals.
He wanted to do Sydney a favor and made Julien owe him one so that Julien would repay him and help him secure his position.
Chaim's plan was well thought out.
No wonder Chaim had become the branch’s president from a clerk in just ten years.
Julien marveled at Chaim's cleverness and his plan. He may even want Chaim to work for him.
Of course, Julien was not happy about Chaim's calculations. Few people would dare to scheme Julien.
But Chaim helped Sydney and told her what Julien actually wanted to say, so Julien would let him go.
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