Dongheng Bank holds a certain status in An City. Although Xi Group hasn't collaborated with Dongheng Bank, the bank had extended an olive branch to Xi Group previously, only to find Xi Group already partnered with another bank.
Moreover, unlike CK Group, Xi Group's primary development isn't in An City but in the neighboring Lin City, which has major banks similar to Dongheng. The reason for not choosing Dongheng is because the bank in Lin City has already been collaborating with Xi Group for decades.
Xi Group monopolized the development of Lin City and chose not to focus in An City, which is why CK Group can dominate three-fifths of An City's economic development. If Xi Group's main focus were in An City, Xi Mohan doesn't think CK Group would dominate more than half of the city's economic growth.
Fortunately, he has no desire to compete with Lu Jingchen.
