Great Power Technology - #582 - Chapter 573 Freezing Account

Pawan negotiated the follow-up arrangements with the Huaxia staff and found the hotel arranged by them according to the location on his mobile phone.

This is a relatively affordable business hotel, a bit shabby compared to representatives from other countries, but at least it is enough to maintain basic decency.

There were many guests queuing up at the front desk of the hotel. Pawan stood quietly aside. There was no entourage. He carried his luggage by himself and repeatedly recalled the details of his previous conversation with Kasapa.

For Pawan, after he parted ways with Kasapa, he was still worried deep in his heart.

Our own country relies on the European market to a large extent, and coincidentally, Italy, Italy and China both have a strong say in tourism.

More importantly, there are several domestic banks in Mauritius that have deep ties with the Italian Banking Group, and a considerable part of their commercial loans come from them. If they are offended during this period and the banks withdraw loans, the domestic economy will inevitably be affected. facing difficulty.

At a time when a large amount of money is about to be invested in the Taishang project, this is undoubtedly a major blow.

But looking back, he really had no choice.

If you do not show a tough attitude in the face of a force that is obviously opposed to China, then your side will naturally lose the initiative in the bidding, and its seat in the Taishang Project will also disappear.

Pawan sighed deeply. At this moment, he truly felt what “a weak country has no diplomacy” meant.

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No, not only is there no diplomacy, but even economic dominance cannot be in their own hands.

This situation made him painful, but in the pain, there was a burning desire that grew stronger and stronger.

Is it possible that one day in the future, I can be on an equal footing with the Italian representatives, or even beat them?

That day will come, but the premise is that the Taishang project must be completed first.

Thinking of this, he regained his composure, walked to the empty front desk, and said in half-baked Chinese:

“Hello, I would like to reserve a long-term package room.”

“What kind of room do you need? Do you want me to introduce it to you?”

Pawan nodded and replied:

“Then I’ll trouble you.”

The receptionist smiled slightly, turned the movable screen in front of him, and began to introduce their business chief private rooms to Pawan one by one.

But listening to her eloquent introduction, a hint of imperceptible embarrassment flashed across Pawang’s face.

Perhaps his decent attire gave the other party the wrong impression. All the rooms introduced by the front desk were suites or above, and the prices were even more expensive than the hotels originally proposed by Huaxia.

“Excuse me.”

Pawan’s years of experience in the diplomatic field allowed him to maintain a perfect demeanor. He interrupted the other party calmly, and then said:

“The rooms you recommended are too expensive. I need a cheaper room – within my budget, I can only accept prices below 500 yuan per day.”

“Is there such a room?”

The receptionist was slightly startled, but still had a professional smile on his face and replied:

“Of course, then let me introduce you to our business travel plan.”

This time, the room introduced by the front desk finally fell into Pawang’s plan. He selected the room with satisfaction. He lowered the price several times according to the “bargaining” strategy explained by the Huaxia staff before coming, and finally decided on the next three rooms. his office and residence.

The room is not very big, but it has an independent office area and a small reception area, which is enough to meet his requirements.

“Can I pay by credit card? By the way, please give me the invoice.”

“no problem.”

The front desk took the credit card handed over by Pawan and quickly entered his passport. Then he walked aside with the credit card and prepared to swipe the card to pay.

But soon, she returned to Pawan and said with an apologetic tone:

“Sorry, Mr. Pawan, there seems to be something wrong with your credit card. Do you have any other cards?”

Pawan was stunned for a moment. He didn’t understand what the so-called “something went wrong” meant. Just a few hours ago, he had clearly used this card to make purchases.

However, there are actually quite a few problems with this card. After all, the bank that issued the card is not a major international bank. When he was in Europe before, he also encountered situations where he could not swipe his card.

This time, it’s probably because the hotel’s POS system didn’t collect his information.

He took out his debit card from his wallet and handed it to the front desk, and said:

“Try this one.”

This card belongs to Maoqiu Bank and has cooperated with Hua Xia Bank. It has joined the UnionPay system and can even be directly bound to all online banking. It has never had any problems before.

This time, however, it became unreliable.

“Transaction declined.”

Seeing the professional concern on the front desk’s face, Pawan frowned. He politely asked the front desk to wait for a moment, then put away his bank card and walked aside, dialing the bank’s phone number.

On the phone, he received shocking news.

Just two hours ago, he was included in the bank’s risk control investigation list, and all bank cards and credit cards in his name were frozen and deactivated.

Pawan immediately thought of the conversation with Kasapa. He asked the bank in a stern tone about the reasons, but was told that the decision was made by the bank’s senior management and that he did not know the details.

So, he repeatedly contacted the National Bank, and through high-level connections, he finally got the information he wanted.

Yes, just as he thought, the order to freeze came from the shareholders’ meeting, and the largest shareholder in the shareholders’ meeting was Italy.

The freeze is not limited to him alone, but to all overseas public officials.

Banks cannot refuse to execute such an order, because for them, the price of refusal is likely to be a complete stagnation of the capital chain. In order to maintain basic payment capabilities, they are likely to need a huge amount of interbank lending. Such costs do not involve any A Mauritian bank can afford it.

Faced with such a situation, even the experienced man was a little confused.

He doesn’t know how long this situation will last, nor how to deal with it, nor even whether such “sanctions” will spread.

But he knew that this was a signal from the other party.

A signal that can only be let go with compromise.

He understood very well why the other party did this. This was a trick they had used countless times, but sadly, this trick never worked.

They just want to open a breakthrough from their own side, and then gradually expand their influence to put pressure on China.

Will such an action really work?

On the Italian side, they probably don’t care at all. They just want to use these small countries as cannon fodder.

Pawan sighed deeply. He looked at the screen of his mobile phone and suddenly felt that he was alone and helpless.

His own country can no longer give him enough support.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that I really can’t.

Now, the only person he can turn to for help is the Chinese official.