William saw the manager's suspicious gaze and understood what he meant. It had only been twenty-three years since the Hans surrendered. Therefore, when he introduced himself, he did not even blink and said that he was twenty-seven years old. The manager calculated the time and realized that Li Changheng was born in 1941 and was only four years old after the war. His face quickly regained its smile. Then, she brought him directly to the counter.
The counters of Yingjian Bank in this era could not be compared to the banks in the future. There was no bulletproof glass, no explosion-proof door, and no reinforced concrete to seal them up. The manager led him into the counter easily by knocking on the wooden glass door. It seemed that the captain's uniform did give him great convenience.
As soon as he sat down, a young and beautiful girl served him two cups of coffee. She looked at him with admiration and was unwilling to leave. William smiled and said directly," Mr. Manager, I'm a little pressed for time. I have to fly to New York in an hour and a half, then to Berlin. So, can you help me write a personal checkbook?”Seeing that he only needed a blank checkbook, the manager nodded without any hesitation." Please wait a moment. I'll get it for you now."
Since William was from Hans, the manager didn't even ask about his bank account in Berlin. He even thoughtfully found a check that was commonly used by Hans. After all, checks weren't cash, and as long as they paid a fee, or deposited ten dollars in any bank, or even one dollar, the bank would be willing to give them a checkbook. Besides, if you wrote a personal check to the bank to exchange for cash, the bank would not be stupid enough to pay you if they did not know your background. The words that banks liked the most were that you were a customer of their bank and had enough money in your account. Otherwise, if he wanted to get cash, he had to have someone or a group endorse it.
For example, Pan Am's paycheck, Hawkeye savings, and real estate mortgage were no different from cash. However, since the manager of the bank was a normal person, sometimes it was inevitable that he would be affected by the identity of the customer.
Judging from the attitude of the manager and the staff at the counter, the bank would not reject him even if he wrote a personal check or took out a Pan Am paycheck. However, the amount of money was the key.
No matter how much the manager trusted you, he wouldn't be able to exchange thousands of dollars for you, but it was definitely not a problem for a hundred dollars. Some people were willing to trust William for the sake of the co-pilot's service. Otherwise, why would Frank target Pan Am?
Other than the fact that the pilot was very respected by the public because of Apollo's landing on the moon, it was completely decided by Pan Am's company characteristics. The crew members flew around the world and between cities. They had to work for ten days to half a month. They even flew from New York to Paris today, then from Paris to Tokyo three days later, and then from Tokyo to Los Angeles three days later.
By the time the crew members from New York flew back to New York, it might have been a month. Therefore, they had to cash their checks anytime and anywhere.
With Pan Am as an endorsement, as long as there was no problem with the check, in order to win over Pan Am, a cash cow, and a fixed customer group of pilots and flight attendants, both the hotel and the bank would exchange it for you. However, the banks and hotels were not stupid. The time a crew stayed in a certain place was generally not more than a week. Since it was to provide convenience, a personal check of 100 USD and a salary check of 300 USD were enough for an individual to use in a foreign country until the plane took off again.
William would definitely not go to the bank to cash the check like Frank. Firstly, it was risky. After all, the check was issued by the bank. Secondly, most of the owners of the bank were financial groups or had very high strength and influence in the local area. The risk of lying to them was too high, but it was much simpler to just lie to the hotel or simply go to other countries.
And he was different from Frank. He wouldn't stay in this line of work forever, and he wouldn't cheat hundreds or even millions. Before he could finish his coffee, the manager handed him the checkbook.
" Thank you." William saw that the check was a personal check without a magnetic ink code. He smiled, shook hands with the manager, and left. The magnetic ink code meant that when someone discovered that the check was fake, it would be easy to know that the check was a blank check issued by the city bank. The manager could easily recall that it was him. Although he was wearing glasses, a fake beard, and his face was a little dark, a person with a position like a bank lobby manager definitely had a good memory. But now that the check did not have a magnetic ink code, not only did the city bank not have to bear any responsibility, but William could also act freely. After leaving the bank, the second stop was the Hance Bank branch in San Francisco.
He found a shopping mall and put the white cap and the captain's uniform with the gold stripes into the suitcase in the bathroom. When he came out, he had turned into a young man of 26 or 27 years old wearing a white shirt, a black tie, and black suit pants.
He walked into Hans's branch, spent a dollar, and opened a real account with a fake name and signature. Then, he went out and found an alley to burn the checkbook. After half an hour, he walked into the Hance Bank again and opened another account at a different counter.
He compared the similarities and differences between the two accounts in his mind. He tried to write a comparison on the newly obtained check. The fake account was the sender, and the recipient was his newly opened real account. After waiting for two days, when he only had 18 dollars in his pocket, he walked into Hance Bank again. Among the eight counters, he walked directly to the young, fashionable, and not really beautiful young lady that he had chosen earlier.
Hi, good afternoon."
When the young lady saw William's appearance, she found that he was about 25 or 26 years old. His brown hair was average, and he had a mustache. He had quite a character, and he had black-rimmed glasses. When she saw William's general appearance, she was very dissatisfied with the black-rimmed glasses.
Her eyes lit up and she asked in a much lighter tone," Good afternoon, sir. How can I help you?"”William took out a check from his pocket and handed it over. He used the company that he had printed the newspaper with as a backing and said," I'm a salesman from San Francisco's Dagaligos Print Company. This is the check I received half an hour ago. "I came to the bank because I haven't come into contact with the checking account of the Hans Bank in Berlin before. I was worried that there would be a problem, so I asked my colleagues to stabilize the customer and rush over to ask if there was a problem with the check." William smiled brightly and said softly," However, I suddenly feel that the check is a small problem. The real question is, can I have the honor of treating you to dinner and then a cup of coffee?”
Coffee? Or after dinner? His eyes instinctively landed on the check. When he saw $1251, his eyes lit up.
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