At that moment, the atmosphere in the conference room was extraordinarily depressing.
Chaim was sitting at the top of the conference table. He was staring at the laptop in front of him. He had a calm face. He didn't pay attention to the others or the look in their eyes.
He ignored them all as if they weren’t present.
But actually, only Chaim himself knew that inside, he was very anxious.
The calmness on his face was just a cover.
He was extremely nervous inside.
"Mr. Houston."
Suddenly, a middle-aged man in a suit stood up and spoke up, breaking the eerie silence in the room.
Everyone else turned to the man, including Chaim.
The moment Chaim heard the man call out to him, he knew that the storm was coming. They couldn't stay silent all the time.
Chaim sighed quietly and squeezed the mouse in his hand, and then he looked up at the man. He still had a calm face. "What’s the matter?"
"Mr. Houston, you said that Mr. Flint would definitely be grateful to our bank because we helped Ms. Raines and that he would help us so that our team would not be dissolved. We trusted you, so we agreed to your offer of a two-hundred-million dollar loan to Ms. Raines at the risk of drying up the bank. But now what? We have been waiting the whole time till now, but we haven't heard a word from Flint Corporation." The man's face was angry as he accused Chaim. He wanted an explanation from Chaim.
Everyone else nodded at his words. They were all on the man's side.
"Yes, Mr. Houston, you promised us that Mr. Flint would be grateful and help us, but now we don't have a single word from Flint Corporation. How can we trust you?"
"Exactly." Another man interjected, "If Flint Corporation doesn't help us, the two hundred million dollars we loaned out will be the last straw that leads to the dissolution of our team.
Mr. Houston, can you afford the consequences? You insisted on giving the loan."
After the man's speech, the others all looked at Chaim, their eyes stern and angry.
Even though Chaim was a sophisticated businessman, he felt pressured by the others’ questions. He even began to doubt if his decision was wrong.
As their bank was the main branch of Mediana National Bank in Port City, the total deposits of their bank were always more than ten times those of the other branches.
Only then could Chaim keep his position as bank president and not have his team members demoted or assigned to other branches.
But now the rich people in the country prefer to put their money in foreign banks rather than in domestic banks.
Therefore, this year their bank had not yet reached its target.
The New Year was coming soon. If the bank didn't reach the performance target...
As the bank president, Chaim was so stressed that he visited companies every day and tried to persuade the bosses to deposit their money in their bank.
However, the rich people didn't buy him and Chaim was really worried.
Just as Chaim was getting anxious about the bank’s performance target, he suddenly received a call from Skylight Corporation's CEO, Sydney, also known as the girlfriend of Flint Corporation's Chairman, Julien.
When he learned that Sydney wanted a loan and that it was a large sum of money, he immediately realized that Skylight Corporation was in trouble and that it was an opportunity for him.
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