Just after five o'clock in the afternoon, the office door was knocked open. Looking at Grace Crepp who walked in, Simon, who had just opened a document behind the desk, smiled and said, "Are you in such a hurry?"
I made an appointment to go to Grace's place tonight, but I didn't expect the woman to come over first.
"I just got off work, so I happened to pass by," Grace said, turning to the desk. The man stretched out his hand, and she naturally snuggled up to him, leaning into his arms while diverting her attention to look at the document in Simon's hand: "What's this?"
Simon didn't pursue the small flaw that today was a Saturday and most people didn't go to work. He put his arms around the woman's soft waist, felt the delicious fragrance, and said, "A financial product solution from China."
This is the final plan for Yifubao's small-amount financial products that Simon accidentally proposed in the first half of the year.
At first, I wanted to call it 'Good Gay Friend', but unfortunately I couldn't hide it from the discerning people in China, and finally decided that the name is the same as 'Yi Li Bao'.
Speaking of which, from the time it was proposed to the review to the recent approval, even though senior officials in China personally expressed support, there were still many obstacles. After all, this kind of savings financial product touches the sensitive nerves of banks.
If Chen Qing hadn't brought the final good news this time, Simon would have almost forgotten it.
Or, thinking about it again, Simon might take the initiative to ask the other side to cancel the advance.
From Simon's current position, the more conservative and old-fashioned a potential competitor is, the better. There is really no need to change anything.
However, now that it has been passed, Simon has no intention of doing anything more.
Let nature take its course.
Furthermore, the final conditions are similar to what Chen Qing reported to Simon several times before, which is roughly the maximum limit of 50,000 yuan, and the annualized rate of return cannot exceed 5%.
And most importantly, the YiFubao team has full ownership of the independent operation rights of this product. As the parent company, ICBC can only supervise and not interfere.
This is also the reason why the project has been delayed until now and finally passed the approval.
At the same time, the YiFubao team has been quietly developing related functions for the past six months. Now, after passing the approval, it is expected to be officially launched in January next year.
Next, if it succeeds, this will undoubtedly become the second flagship product of Yifubao.
The first one is naturally the YiFubao payment tool itself.
On the other hand, there is good news and not-so-good news, and Chen Qing specifically mentioned it in the report in Simon's hands.
Obviously, they do not intend to let Yifubao be alone. In China, several other major state-owned banks have also submitted plans to open their own online payment subsidiaries. It is expected that a number of Yifubao's competitors will come online next year.
Frankly speaking, Simon is not worried about the threat to Yifubao's market position.
Because this payment tool has been deeply integrated with all mainstream Internet companies in China, and has even extended its business overseas, it has also developed a user group of tens of millions.
The Matthew Effect is here.
Even if other payment tools attract users by waiving fees in the early stage, it will be difficult to compete with Yifubao, which has established a complete payment ecosystem.
Unless forced administrative measures are used.
The problem is that everyone's backers are at the same level, no matter whether it is a move inside or outside the market, no one is afraid of the other. Therefore, basically they can only seize the market with their own skills.
Grace was not interested in these things. She curled up quietly in the man's arms, enjoying the tenderness of each other. After Simon finished flipping through the documents in his hand, she spoke: "Victoria's Secret this morning... I mean, Something happened to one of the selected Victoria’s Secret Angels, you don’t know yet, do you?”
Simon deliberately used a pen to mark the word 'read' on the document in Chinese, closed the folder, and while stroking the woman's smooth face with his chin, asked: "What's wrong?"
Today is November 11th.
Saturday.
The second of the three Millennium Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows is planned to be held. The live catwalk will be November 18th, next Saturday.
Exactly one week left.
Therefore, related news topics have become more and more popular recently.
"The fight was very serious," Grace said with a smile: "The Korean model, Shin Chae Hye, was pushed down the stairs by another person who lived with her in the apartment this morning, Quan Yuzhen, and then, that The girl went crazy and ran up with her injuries and pulled Quan Woojin down. The two girls struggled with each other and are now in the hospital. I just went to see him before I came here. Quan Woojin had a broken arm and Shen Caihui's calf. Severe fracture. By the way, my team and the Victoria's Secret team have jointly blocked the news, but now that the show has so much attention, it's hard to say whether it can be kept secret. Maybe it will be in the newspapers tomorrow."
Simon: “…”
When I heard Grace talk about it in a casual tone just now, I thought it was just a small matter.
I didn’t expect it to be so big
Without asking, Simon knew why the two girls were fighting.
Simon personally made the decision for this time's Victoria's Secret show. In Asia, China, Japan and South Korea each have a quota.
There was a draw in China, and in the end it did not fall into the hands of Jiang Mi, the most popular person this year, which the Victoria's Secret team was actually hoping for. Instead, it went to Shen Gui.
In Japan, it is also a vase privately collected by Simon, the famous general Risa Kiyohara.
Simon actually prefers another cat-faced Oda Honoko, but it's a pity that girl is only 16 years old this year.
Then there’s South Korea. Simon’s two vase models in his collection are Jeon Woo-jin and Shin Chae-hye. The former has a typical Korean girl’s oval face appearance, while the latter is the innocent girl-next-door type.
Simon casually chose the latter.
There was no reason, it was just a momentary inclination when making a decision at that time, and I casually checked the latter's name with my pen.
Unexpectedly, it would lead to a fight among the kittens.
And beat him so hard.
But, considering that the two girls were from South Korea, Simon quickly understood.
This is stingy and has some extreme national characteristics.
Just like the 'famous' Korean sports world, they not only like to tamper with others, but also fight among themselves even more fiercely. They dare to do evil things to their teammates in front of a bunch of cameras. If I can't get it, you can't even think of it. .
By the way, one of the two people fighting had a broken arm and the other a broken leg. What do you call this, the world is broken
Even if my head is broken and bleeding, I still have to insist on matching.
The more Simon thought about it, the more interested he became. As he pushed Grace up and planned to get off work, he said, "I'm a little curious about what happened. I called over to see."
Grace held Simon's arm and rolled her eyes when she heard this: "They are in the hospital, and the Victoria's Secret team must be in a hurry now. They have already rehearsed, but they have to change people temporarily. Gray will definitely contact you tonight to inquire about the follow-up." of."
The other Grace that Grace is talking about is Grace Nichols, CEO of the Victoria's Secret brand.
Simon is not in a hurry: "As usual, there are alternatives. After all, we have to prevent someone from being unable to play temporarily. Just let the other side implement the alternative plan."
The two of them walked out the door and turned to the elevator.
Grace also knew about the alternatives, but she said: "I am a little worried when there is an extra spot suddenly. It will be even more lively when the fight starts again."
Simon looked expectant: "Fighting with beautiful vases is actually very eye-catching. Or, we can arrange a ring and whoever wins the fight will go on."
Grace didn't expect the man to say that, but in an instant she agreed, smiling more, and a little bit encouraging: "How about I make the arrangements, just tonight?"
Ever since she was captured physically and mentally by a little man, no matter what he wanted to do, she would support him unconditionally.
Simon just said it, but he didn't expect Grace to agree. In this case, he nodded: "Okay, let's watch the show tonight, whoever wins will go on."
Then he added: "Send those two over as well."
"You just said that you are in the hospital, with your arms and legs broken?"
"That's why we sent them here," Simon said, "I can't go to the hospital to see them, right?"
Grace thought about it, so she nodded and became curious: "What are you going to do?"
"There is an aesthetic style in the East called bandage girl." Simon said: "In comparison, the plaster girl is definitely more interesting, isn't it?"
In fact, the key is that the two Korean fairies are also great beauties with a score of 80 or above.
As the saying goes, as long as the body and appearance are good enough, wearing a sack can bring disaster to the country and the people.
Now, the situation is the same.
Wearing plaster can also bring disaster to the country and the people.
When Grace heard what Simon said, she rolled her eyes slightly. But of course, whatever he says is what he says. So he nodded and agreed: "I'll call them later and ask them to arrange it. Well, where should I send it?"
Simon said: "Choose a manor in East Hampton. You tell Ange and let her cooperate with the arrangements. We will go there tonight."