Dongheng Bank holds a certain status in An City; although Xi Group has never collaborated with them, Dongheng Bank did extend an olive branch to Xi Group in the past. However, back then, Xi Group was already collaborating with another bank.
Moreover, unlike the CK Group, Xi Group's main development is not in An City but rather in Lin City next door. There, there are also considerable banks on par with Dongheng, and the reason for not choosing Dongheng is that one of Lin City's banks has already been in collaboration with Xi Group for decades.
Xi Group monopolized the development in Lin City and not An City. That is why CK Group can dominate three-fifths of the economic development in An City. If Xi Group's main development hub were also in An City, Xi Mohan does not believe that more than half of An City's economic growth would still be dominated by CK Group.
Fortunately, he did not harbor feelings of contention against Lu Jingchen.
