42. Bankrupt
Liang Liang was stunned for two seconds when he heard Xia Zhichen call the man "Dad", and after reacting, he dragged his suitcase and hurriedly walked to the door.
Through the dim light, I saw Xia Youcai sitting curled up at the door, his head buried between his legs, unable to see the expression on his face at the moment, wearing only a thin windbreaker, and cigarette butts beside him.
A bad omen spread in Liang Liang's heart.
"Uncle Xia, what's wrong?" Liang Liang asked with a frown.
"Dad, what are you talking about?" Xia Zhichen looked anxious, he had never seen Xia Youcai in such a state, which made him feel upset in his heart.
"Chenchen, help Uncle Xia into the house, it's too cold outside." Liang Liang said and hurriedly took out the key to open the door and turn on the lights in the house.
Xia Zhichen snatched the cigarette butt from Xia Youcai's hand and threw it on the ground to extinguish it, and helped him into the house with both hands.
Only then did the two of them see his face clearly, they hadn't seen him for more than two months, Xia Youcai's whole person had lost weight, some long hair was messy on his head, two blue and purple circles, his eye sockets were deep, and there was a circle of stubble around his mouth, and his expression was a little trance.
Liang Liang was shocked, how did he make such a depressed appearance?
Xia Zhichen looked at his father as if he had changed in just two months, not to mention how sad he was, helped Xia Youcai to sit down on the sofa, and touched his emaciated cheek: "Dad, what's wrong with you?" Don't stop talking! β
Xia Youcai raised his head, looked at Xia Zhichen's eagerness, sighed deeply, and felt even more sad in his heart, not knowing where to start.
At this time, Liang Liang came over with a cup of hot tea, said that the tea was handed to Xia Youcai, "Uncle Xia, drink some hot tea to warm up your body first, and say something slowly." β
Xia Youcai took the cup, drank a few sips of hot tea, and felt a lot more comfortable, he raised his eyes to look at the two young people in front of him, and felt sad in his heart, he didn't want them to know, but after falling into trouble, he found that many friends who used to call you brothers and sisters didn't recognize people in a blink of an eye.
"Dad, if you have anything, just say it, let's help come up with ideas together, don't carry it alone." Xia Zhichen said and held Xia Youcai's hand, his hand was cold, but he didn't know that Xia Youcai's heart was even colder than this hand now.
"Uncle Xia, don't worry, speak slowly." Liang Liang also sat down beside him.
"Hey~" Xia Youcai sighed: "Chenchen, I'm afraid Dad won't be able to shelter you in the future......"
Hearing Xia Youcai's words, Xia Zhichen chuckled in his heart, "Dad, what's wrong?" β
Xia Youcai pursed his lips, and finally spoke: "The oil well exploded, there was a serious accident, the compensation amount is huge, the company has now been offset, I have sold all the real estate in my name, and I still owe a huge amount of money......"
Xia Zhichen and Liang Liang were stunned after hearing this, what is the amount of compensation, the company has sold the real estate and still owes debts.
"How much do you owe?" Xia Zhichen asked.
"Nearly eighty-five million."
As soon as he heard this number, Xia Zhichen was immediately stunned, this is indeed a lot of money, he quickly thought of the real estate in his name, the shares of the hospital, the shares of the entertainment company, including the two houses in his name, but even if they were all sold, they would make up less than eighty-five million.
When Liang Liang heard this number, his heart was also shocked, 85 million, his company can't earn this number for several years, what a big accident this is!
"Dad, don't worry, I'll go and take a look, I'll help you clear the money." Xia Zhichen stood up as he spoke, took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"Uncle Xia, you relax, there will always be a solution." On the one hand, Liang Liang comforted Xia Youcai, and on the other hand, he had already begun to consider how much money his company still had to embezzle.
"Well," Xia Youcai sighed again: "I thought that my connections were good, but after the accident, I saw the people around me clearly, and I also understood how high I climbed, how painful it was to fall." β
"Isn't the most unpredictable thing in the world the human heart?" Liang Liang has a deep understanding of this, and he has been lonely in the past, and he knows this feeling better than anyone else.
Both of them stopped talking, thinking about their own thoughts.
After a while, Xia Zhichen returned to the living room after making a phone call, and saw that the two of them were bowing their heads and silent, he squatted in front of them, "Dad, don't worry, I have already asked Yang Fuen's lawyer to do his best, and the shares can be transferred in these two days, and as for the property in my name, I also asked him to help sell it, and all the assets added up are about the same as 85 million." β
"Chenchen, you hurry up and let Yang escape, you sold all your assets, what will you do in the future?" Xia Youcai exclaimed.
Xia Zhichen smiled: "Dad, I'm still young, stay in the green mountains, I'm not afraid of no firewood!" β
Xia Youcai looked at his son's childish face, which had not faded away, and was moved in his heart, and he was really a son.
"Uncle Xia, Chenchen is right, we are still young, and we can make more money if we don't have it!" Liang Liang said and turned his head to look at Xia Zhichen: "After you liquidate all your assets, tell me how much I am missing, and I will transfer it to you." β
"Liang Liang ......" Xia Zhichen didn't expect him to be willing to do this, not to doubt him, but to be really flattered.
"Don't say anything, Uncle Xia definitely hasn't eaten yet, let's go for a day, let's go and eat something." Liang Liang knew what he was thinking, he actually regarded them as family members in his heart, and it was natural that he would do this.
"Yes!" Xia Zhichen responded, and his wife spoke, so he didn't care, and hurriedly got up and walked to the kitchen.
Xia Youcai looked at Liang Liang, he really didn't mistake this young man, and his desolate heart finally warmed at this moment: "Thank you, child!" β
Liang Liang smiled shyly, "Uncle Xia, didn't you say that we are a family!" β
"Yes, family!" Xia Youcai summed it up: "In the future, I, a bad old man and that naΓ―ve ghost, will have the cheekiness to eat and drink your ......."
"It's good to be together!" These are the words from Liang Liang's heart, he longs to have his family by his side, and that is the life he dreams of.
In the next few days, Xia Zhichen quickly exchanged all his assets for cash, a total of 80 million, and Liang Liang transferred 5 million from the company to him, and finally passed this hurdle.
Now that the old and the young have become unemployed vagrants, Xia Youcai really felt too embarrassed, and went out to find a job within two days, he was going to do it first, and then go to do some business when he had the opportunity.
In the evening of this day, Xia Zhichen was busy in the kitchen, Xia Youcai called to tell him that he was going to work overtime and would not go home for dinner, he looked at the time, if nothing else, Liang Liang should be back in half an hour.
Xia Zhichen's dinner was put on the table, and at Liang Liang's request, he simply made four dishes and one soup, and in order not to let the food get cold, he covered it all with plates.
After this incident, he was no longer as lavish in spending as he used to be.
Although it was his father who had an accident this time, he also deeply realized what it means to fly separately in the face of a catastrophe, and those so-called friends in the past, after learning that his family was lonely, gradually became estranged, and they all avoided him when they saw him, for fear that they would ask them to borrow money, which is the ugliness of human nature.
Sure enough, as he expected, only fifteen minutes later, Liang Liang arrived home.
"Honey, you're back!" Xia Zhichen hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, he had the illusion that he was a househusband, but he was also enjoying it, but of course he wouldn't really rely on Liang Liang to support him, he had already found a former entertainment company agent and asked him to help pick up some films, no matter what.
"Well, it's so fragrant, what did you cook today?" Liang Liang changed his shoes, took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, and walked towards the restaurant.
"It's all your favorite food!" Xia Zhichen pulled the dining chair open for him and uncovered the plate on the dish.
"What about Uncle Xia? Why didn't you see others? β
"My dad said he was working overtime today and wouldn't be coming home for dinner."
"Overtime, ......" Liang Liang thought for a while: "Uncle Xia is also old, and he is too tired to work overtime, if you don't let him go out to work, we can support him." β
"If he is at home every day, he will suffocate to death, let him go!" Xia Zhichen heard Liang Liang say such words, not to mention how happy he was, how much his daughter-in-law cared about his father-in-law!
"Okay, remember to tell him to pay attention to his body when I go back."
During the meal, the two chatted with each other, and after dinner, Liang Liang took out a copy of the document from his briefcase and sat on the sofa.
Xia Zhichen finished washing, sat down next to Liang Liang, saw a copy of the text on the table, and asked, "What is this?" β
Liang Liang raised his eyebrows and smiled: "See for yourself!" β
Xia Zhichen looked at Liang Liang with a mysterious look, picked up the text suspiciously, turned the first page and saw that it was written: β‘β‘ 72 hours.
As soon as he saw such a topic, the first thing that came to Xia Zhichen's mind was that this was a script, and sure enough, when he turned it in, it was really a script.
He looked at Liang Liang in surprise: "How can you have this?" β
Liang Liang pulled out a smug smile: "You don't care about this, I think this drama is very good, I think it must be suitable for you to play, you go back and study it carefully." β
"Which entertainment company is this?"
"For the time being, no entertainment company has this drama, I just ask you, do you want to act?"
"Of course!" This is like a big pie falling from the sky for Xia Zhichen, and he can't ask for it.
"Just think about it, you don't have to worry about anything else, I'll pay for the funds."
God, Xia Zhichen finally figured out that Liang Liang was investing in making a movie for him!
Xia Zhichen was so excited that he was about to cry, how could Liang Liang be so good to him!
Liang Liang saw the rich change in expression on Xia Zhichen's face, and suddenly his face sank: "I'm not investing in vain, if you don't shoot well, you'll die, besides, you're a young man, eat me every day and use my kindness?" Hurry up and make money for me! β
As soon as he heard what he said, Xia Zhichen suddenly smiled, this daughter-in-law is a quick tongue to love for a while, and he understands the true heart better than anyone else.
Xia Zhichen suddenly had a sour nose, and pounced on Liang Liang, he really found the right person, and God was really not kind to him.
"Hey, don't be like this, don't hurry up and familiarize yourself with the script......" Liang Liang knew that Xia Zhichen was moved.
"Well," Xia Zhichen rubbed his neck: "Liang Liang, I have a question that I have always wanted to ask you." β
"You say."
"Honey, why did you pick the door so hard before?"