Chapter 14 Exploration

Seeing the secret scrutiny in the lobby manager's eyes, Li Changheng couldn't understand what the other party meant.

It has only been 23 years since the Germans surrendered in World War II, so when I introduced myself, I reported that I was 27 years old without blinking my eyes.

After counting the time, the manager knew that Li Changheng was born in 1941, and he was only 4 years old after the war. The smile soon returned to his face.

Then took him directly into the counter.

The counters of the Bank of America these days are incomparable with the banks of later generations. There is no bulletproof glass, no explosion-proof doors, and no reinforced concrete to fully seal them.

The manager took him and just knocked on the wooden glass door and easily entered the counter.

It seems that the captain's uniform on his body really gave him great convenience.

As soon as he sat down, there was a young and beautiful girl who brought two cups of coffee and looked at him adoringly, unwilling to leave for a long time.

Li Changheng smiled and said directly, "Mr. Manager, I'm a bit short on time. I'm flying to New York and then to Berlin in an hour and a half. So, can you write a private check book for me?"

Seeing that he just needed a blank checkbook, the manager nodded without any hesitation, "Wait a minute, I'll get it for you now."

Since Li Changheng is a German, the manager didn't even ask his bank in Berlin, and even thoughtfully found a check that is commonly used in West Germany.

After all, checks are not cash, and as long as you pay the cost, or deposit ten dollars in any bank in the United States, or even one dollar, the bank is willing to give you the checkbook.

Besides, if you write a personal check to the bank to exchange cash, if the bank doesn't know your details, it won't pay you stupidly.

What banks like most is that you are a customer of their bank and have enough money in your account.

Otherwise, if you want to get cash, someone or a group must endorse it.

For example, if Pan Am's paycheck is endorsed by institutions such as American Savings and Real Estate Mortgage, it is no different from cash.

However, since the managers of the bank are normal people, sometimes they are inevitably affected by the identity of the customers.

Looking at the manager who received Li Changheng and the staff at the counter around him, you can tell his attitude towards him. As soon as he gets the check, he will write a personal check directly.

Or cash a Pan Am paycheck, and the bank won't say no.

However, the size of the amount is the key.

No matter how much the manager trusts you, it is impossible to exchange thousands of dollars for you, but there is absolutely no problem with just one hundred dollars.

Some people are willing to trust Li Changheng for the sake of the co-pilot's service.

Otherwise, why would Frank target Pan Am?

Except that the pilots in the United States at this time were very respected by the people because of the Apollo moon landing, it was entirely determined by the company characteristics of Pan American Airlines.

The crew members fly all over the world and fly between cities. It takes ten days and a half months to work. Even if they fly from New York to Paris today, they will fly from Paris to Tokyo three days later, and then from Tokyo to Los Angeles three days later.

By the time the crew members belonging to New York flew back to New York, a month might have passed.

Therefore, it is necessary for them to cash checks anytime and anywhere.

And with Pan Am as an endorsement, as long as there is no problem with the check, in order to win over Pan Am’s cash cow, as well as the regular customer base of flight attendants, no matter the hotel or the bank, they will exchange it for you.

However, banks and hotels are not stupid. A crew usually stays in a certain place for no more than a week.

Since it is to provide convenience, the amount of 100 US dollars for personal checks and 300 US dollars for salary checks is enough for individuals to use it until the plane takes off again in a foreign country these days.

Li Changheng will definitely not go to the bank to cash the check like Frank did. The risk is high, after all, the check is issued by other banks.

Most of the owners of the two American banks are consortiums, or they have very high strength and influence in the local area.

It's too risky to lie to them, but it's much easier to just lie to the hotel, or simply go to another country.

And he is different from Frank, he will not do this business all the time, let alone cheat hundreds or even millions.

Before he finished his cup of coffee, the check book was handed to him by the manager himself.

"Thank you," Li Changheng looked at the check as a personal check without a magnetic ink code, shook hands with the manager and left with a smile.

Having the magnetic ink code means that, after someone discovers that the check is fake, it is easy to know that the check was a blank check issued by the city bank.

Then when the manager recalls, it is easy to think of him.

Although he wore glasses, put on a fake beard, and his complexion darkened a bit, a person with a position like a bank lobby manager would definitely not have a bad memory.

But now the check does not have a magnetic ink code, not only the city bank does not need to take responsibility, but Li Changheng can act cheaply.

Leaving the bank, the second stop is the branch of Deutsche Bank in San Francisco.

I found a shopping mall, and put the big white cap and the captain's uniform with golden vertical stripes on the upper body into the suitcase in the bathroom.

When he came out, he turned into a twenty-six or seven-year-old guy in a white shirt, black tie, and black suit pants.

Walk into the Deutsche branch, spend one dollar, open a real account with a fake name and signature, and then burn the checkbook in an alley when you go out.

After half an hour, I walked into Deutsche Bank again, went to a different counter and opened an account again with one dollar.

Compare the similarities and differences between the two accounts in your mind, try to open a comparison on the newly obtained check, and then use the forged account as the payer.

The payee was his newly opened real account. After waiting for two days, when there was only 18 dollars left in his pocket, he walked into Deutsche Bank again.

Among the eight counters, go directly to the young, fashionable, and not really beautiful young girl who has been selected before,

"Hi, good afternoon".

When the young girl saw Li Changheng's appearance, she looked just right at the age of 25 or 6, with average brown hair and a mustache with personality, and then black-rimmed glasses.

After she saw Li Changheng's general appearance clearly, she became very dissatisfied with the black-rimmed glasses.

The black frame in his head was replaced by gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes lit up, and he asked in a brisk tone, "Good afternoon, sir, what can I do for you?"

Li Changheng took out a check from his trousers pocket and handed it over, relying on the company he used to print newspapers,

Said, "I'm a salesman at Da Galligos Printing Company in San Francisco, and this is the check I got half an hour ago.

I came to the bank because I had no contact with the checking account of the head office of Deutsche Bank Berlin, and I was worried that there would be problems.

That’s why I asked my colleagues to come over to ask if there is any problem with the check while keeping the customer safe.”

After finishing speaking, Li Changheng showed a bright smile, and said in a low voice, "However, now I suddenly feel that the check is a small problem.

The real question is, will I have the honor of treating you to dinner and a cup of coffee afterwards? "

Drink coffee? Or after dinner?

His gaze was instinctively placed on the check, and when he saw $1,251, his eyes lit up immediately.