Chapter 62

The moment the room door opened, a short, brisk chime rang out inside. It was neither harsh nor long, lasting only a second or two.

That sort of chime existed for one purpose, to remind the people inside that someone was opening the door, so as to avoid awkward situations as much as possible, if only by granting a few seconds of warning.

Jorgreman stood up. There were three young men beside him, all clearly taking their lead from him, and they followed him in greeting William.

William walked over with a calm expression and extended his hand. He shook hands with Jorgreman. Jorgreman behaved with a certain restraint. After exchanging a few fitting pleasantries, he introduced the three young men standing behind him.

“These are all outstanding Account Managers from Golden Exchange Bank...” Ignoring the fact that their names hardly mattered at all, William already roughly understood Jorgreman’s meaning.

He would not swallow this business alone. In fact, he would not involve himself in it at all. William would reach a loan arrangement with these three Account Managers, and the pledges in his hand would become their performance.

For Jorgreman, it made no difference which of them signed William’s business. At his level, personal performance no longer mattered. Even if he failed to close a single deal all year, no one would think him useless.

As credit department manager, his “performance” was the collective achievement of the entire credit department. Since it made no difference whether he signed the deal himself or not, why not use those contracts to buy people’s loyalty?

Where there were people, there would be struggle. Where there was struggle, there would be factions. These three young men were Jorgreman’s firm supporters. They were younger, with more potential. If these deals, and those that came after, ended up in their hands, they would be pushed to a higher place.

At the same time, as manager of the credit department, he too would benefit from it. So why not be a generous superior?

Besides, it was also a preventive measure. If something went wrong on William’s side during the whole process and affected the bank’s interests, Jorgreman could immediately detach himself from it. None of it would have anything to do with him.

He had merely handled the introduction. He had merely confirmed that these loan applications complied with the bank’s procedures for review. As for everything else, it had nothing to do with him at all. If anything illegal existed within it, then naturally that too had nothing to do with him.