There was a knock on the door, and Shi Wangyue walked over and opened the door.
"Aunt Li."
"Master Shi." Outside the door, the worker Aunt Li came up with a few stacks of snacks and a pot of white tea with a smile. "The eldest lady asked me to bring it. She said there is a lot of noise downstairs. When you are tired, just relax in the room."
rest."
Shi Wangyue let her in with a warm smile, "Please thank auntie for me."
"Miss Youyou is awake." Aunt Li brought the things into the room and saw Ning Youguang sitting on the bed.
"Thank you Aunt Li." Ning Youguang smiled warmly and softly.
"There are a lot of things to do downstairs." Aunt Li entered the room and gently placed snacks and tea on the small table, then left.
"I'll go down first. Master Shi and Miss Youyou, please use them slowly."
After she left.
Ning Youguang opened the quilt and got up from the bed, "Every time I come back to live here, I feel like I'm back when I was a kid. It's so friendly."
She pulled on her slippers and walked to the swing on the balcony to sit down.
Shi Wangyue picked up the cashmere scarf she had put aside and walked over to put it on her shoulders. He moved the small table with snacks and white tea to the balcony, and then sat down next to her.
"When was this swing replaced?" he asked.
"Three years ago." Ning Youguang gently shook the real rattan swing hanging basket under him, "The previous one broke down due to time."
"This one is good." Shi Wangyue said with a smile, "It's bigger than the previous one. It can accommodate the two of us."
"That didn't work before."
"The one before was the children's version." Ning Youguang smiled, "This is the adult version."
She leaned against Shi Wangyue's arms with a sly look in her eyes, "We have grown up, and so has he."
When Shi Wangyue faced such a cute girlfriend, she could only laugh out loud.
He put his arm around her shoulders.
The quiet sunlight shines on their faces, which is gorgeous and dreamy, as beautiful as slow motion.
The two of them looked quietly at the snow-white sky and earth outside.
After a long silence, Shi Wangyue slowly spoke out, peeling away some things about the Shi family bit by bit, crumbling them and telling Ning Youguang:
"Due to over-expansion, the stock prices of his subordinates have plummeted, assets sold at discounts have not been sold, insiders have withdrawn money in advance and run away, partners have renounced relationships and torn up agreements, and negative rumors have spread frequently."
"They have been abandoned by capital, bank accounts have been frozen, bond prices have plummeted, it is difficult to pay the interest on US dollar bonds and will trigger a default, credit ratings have fallen to rock bottom, and financial institutions have cut off contact..."
Finally he concluded:
"Building a company requires ability, opportunity, hard work and luck. To destroy a company, all it takes is two inappropriate people to be bosses."
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At the same time, Shijia Villa.
Shi Jinrong and Shi Tongyang sat in front of Shi Manchuan with gloomy faces.
Shi Jinrong said, "Since the beginning of the year, in order to maintain the group's liquidity, I have raised funds by selling personal assets or pledging equity, etc., and have injected a total of 8 billion in cash into the group to maintain the group's basic operations. During this period,
We have no way to raise funds, sales are at a standstill, and we still need to ensure the payment of 10% of our wealth, pay employees, pay interest on domestic and foreign bonds, and promote the resumption of work and production of projects across the country..."
"Dad, I have pledged and sold my personal property, and I really can't raise the money!" Shi Jinrong cried bitterly.
Next to him, Shi Tongyang kept his head lowered and his body hunched, as loud as a quail and not daring to breathe.
He was horribly thin, with severe dark circles under his eyes, and his face was as dark as if it were covered with a layer of gray.
And Shi Manchuan, who had white hair, was looking out the window with a numb expression.
"Our last valuable property company has more than 10 billion in deposits and has been enforced by the bank."
Shi Jinrong cried with tears and runny nose.
Gritting his teeth, he knelt in front of Shi Manchuan, "Dad, you also know that in recent years, US dollar bonds have generally added cross-default clauses and accelerated maturity clauses. The default of one bond will cause all bonds to mature immediately, directly
A run on our creditors. If we can no longer raise capital and can't get the money to repay, those financial institutions will have the power to threaten us to file for bankruptcy!"
Shi Manchuan finally moved.
He looked away from the window, his cloudy eyes looking at his second son and eldest grandson who were suffering miserably in front of him.
After a long time, he slowly opened his mouth.
"I know why you came today."
"You want me to put pressure on Mochizuki and use his influence in the financial world to help you find out..."
Shi Tongyang raised his head, his eyes filled with joy.
Shi Manchuan glanced at him lightly, "Go and get a document from the drawer of my desk. You and your dad can look at it together."
Although Shi Tongyang didn't know what documents his grandfather asked him to get at this time, he still went there obediently.
He walked to the only mahogany desk in the study and opened the drawer. He saw that there was nothing in the drawer except an old document that had been rummaged through.
He was secretly confused in his heart, but he still took it and handed it to his father first.
Shi Manchuan said, "You see first."
His voice was deep and hoarse, and it was also wrapped in a black air.
When he heard this, Tongyang couldn't help but tremble, but he still opened the file.
Then, his whole body began to tremble...
"This, this, this..."
He was so frightened by the contents of the document that he couldn't explain clearly.
Seeing this, Shi Jinrong stopped crying.
He took the document from his son's hand without knowing why, opened it and looked at it carefully.
He finally figured out what was going on.
He asked in a panic, "This..."
Shi Manchuan said hoarsely, "Do you think he will still save us?"
Shi Tongyang collapsed.
He said incoherently, "Grandpa, how could he know?"
"How does he know this..."
"How did he know that his father fell to catch me?"
"No, no, that's not right." He shook his head crazily, "I didn't ask his dad to play hide-and-seek with us, it was his dad who shamelessly wanted to play with us."
"He wants to be an eagle himself."
"He had to catch me and that's why he fell!"
"If he is dead, what does it have to do with me?"
Shi Tongyang's eyes turned red and he cursed wildly, "Why should Shi Wangyue want to take revenge on us for this matter?"
"Anyway, his father is a fool. If he dies, he will die."
"Wouldn't it be better for him if he died? It would save him a lifetime of embarrassment."
Looking at the grandson who has fallen into madness and has reached the end of his life, but he still doesn't know how to repent.
Shi Manchuan closed his eyes, and two drops of turbid tears finally flowed out of his eyes.
He remembered that time when the child sat in front of him like this.
He obviously had the most beautiful face, but when he looked at him, the look in his eyes was as cold as an evil ghost who had just crawled out of hell.
"Grandpa." He said in a cold, cold voice that he had never heard before, "Some children are born bad and should be stuffed back and remade."
"Those who deserve to die are never those who are useless but are innocent and kind." 1314