只收奶酪的银行
An Italian bank keeps a vault holding more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as loan collateral from local dairy farmers.
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Keep it on your phone →这家银行只收奶酪。把这条转发给那个觉得银行不可能更离谱的人。在意大利北部的山里,有一家银行的金库里放着五十多万个奶酪轮。
那是帕尔马干酪,属于当地的奶农。奶农不用等上好几年,等奶酪熟成再卖掉,而是直接把奶酪轮交给银行做抵押,换一笔贷款,银行当场就先付给他们其中很大一部分价值。
在贷款期间,银行自己负责储存和熟成这些奶酪轮,一个个检查、翻面,管得像一座奶酪图书馆。等奶酪最后卖出全价,奶农就还清贷款,整套流程再从下一批开始转一遍。
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