Something happened to Huo Xuefeng's company
When Xu Ning walked out of the Richard Mille flagship store, a dazzling watch was already on his left wrist.
The RM56-01 Sapphire Crystal model!
The poor play with cars, the rich play with watches.
There's some truth to that saying.
At least for those who can afford a watch in this price range, any car is just child's play.
After getting into the car, Xu Ning didn't start it immediately. Instead, he began to admire the watch, as if he were a child who had received a beloved toy.
Of course, for this toy, Xu Ning also bled a lot of money.
20.5 million yuan had just been swiped from his card by the flagship store.
His bank account balance was 163 million yuan.
Suddenly, Xu Ning felt something was off.
He had clearly planned to save money to buy a large villa, so why did he suddenly buy a watch?
Although 20 million yuan might just be the equivalent of one night'sDesignated driver (designated driver) earnings, it didn't affect the bigger picture.
But this kind of impulsive spending must be stopped, otherwise, he might suddenly buy something else on a whim tomorrow!
Hmm, he must control himself!
Checking the time, it was already past ten in the morning, so Xu Ning simply drove back to school.
He didn't know what had happened, only that they insisted on drinking at noon. He'd find out when he got back.
He still parked outside the school as usual, to avoid being too high-profile.
With graduation approaching, there was really no need to leave any legends at school.
He pushed open the door to the dorm and found the atmosphere inside was very different from usual.
Normally at this time, the three of them would probably be engrossed in front of their computers, passionately lost in their games.
But at this moment, Huo Xuefeng, the eldest, was lying on his bed, staring blankly, his eyes vacant.
Ding Zehui, the second, and Deng Zihao, the fourth, were pretending to work on their graduation projects in front of their computers, but they kept secretly glancing at Huo Xuefeng, their concern evident.
Needless to say, something must have happened to the eldest?
Xu Ning pondered silently as he entered the room.
Broken up?
He didn't even have a steady girlfriend, so what kind of breakup could it be?
But besides romance, what else could make a grown man so distraught?
Xu Ning really couldn't imagine, so he turned his pleading gaze to the second and fourth.
"Third, why are you only just back!"
"We were waiting for you!"
"Let's go, let's go drink!"
Huo Xuefeng seemed to snap out of his daze and jumped directly off the bed.
Xu Ning looked at the wall clock in the dorm; it was only 10:40. Go drinking already?
It seemed the matter was serious!
However, whether he could help his brother or not was one thing, but if he couldn't even join him for a drink, that would be truly unbrotherly.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go!"
"Let's go!"
Xu Ning and the other two said almost in unison.
They exchanged glances and smiled, their thoughts quite similar.
The more steady Ding Zehui put his arm around Huo Xuefeng and walked in front, while Deng Zihao pulled Xu Ning along behind.
"It seems the eldest's family's real estate company has run into trouble!"
"It might even go bankrupt, the kind that can't pay back its debts."
Deng Zihao quietly explained the situation to Xu Ning.
Xu Ning couldn't help but frown, feeling a bit disbelieving.
It made sense for large real estate companies to experience a crisis, but Huo Xuefeng's family only had a small-scale real estate company, confined to his Hometown's city. How could it have such a large volume?
Although Huo Xuefeng hadn't gone into such detail with them before, the three brothers generally understood the eldest's family's real estate company.
Huo Xuefeng's father was a retired soldier who started as a construction contractor and then gradually developed a real estate company.
Because of his steady and cautious nature, he didn't take aggressive risks like other real estate companies, so the company's size never grew significantly.
At most, they would develop two projects simultaneously. They certainly had loans, but it wouldn't reach the point of insolvency.
How could it suddenly have a "crisis"?
Perhaps Deng Zihao couldn't explain the specifics, so it would be better to ask the eldest directly later.
When they arrived at their usual restaurant, Huo Xuefeng immediately shouted at the boss to bring out the alcohol.
After four years, the boss was familiar with them. At this moment, he looked at Xu Ning and the other two with a strange gaze, as if asking what was wrong with Huo Xuefeng.
"It's nothing, Big Brother Boss, just bring the alcohol first."
"Then for the dishes, the usual is fine."
Ding Zehui said to the boss with a smile, then pulled out a chair for the eldest and helped him sit down.
While the food was being cooked, the alcohol was already on the table.
Young people certainly didn't have the habit of drinking baijiu; when they went out to drink, they often drank beer by the case.
After opening four bottles of beer, they didn't bother with glasses, just drank directly from the bottles.
"Come on, bottoms up!"
With that, Huo Xuefeng tilted his head back and guzzled down the beer.
The three of them didn't say anything, just accompanied him.
It was evident that the eldest was filled with helplessness and sorrow at this moment.
His family's business was in trouble, and he couldn't help at all. For him, who was about to enter society, this was like a brutal and bloody display of society's harshness before him.
"Eldest, what exactly happened?"
After downing a bottle and setting the empty one down, Xu Ning continued to open another bottle while tentatively asking.
Speaking it out takes away its power!
Keeping things bottled up is never as good as talking about them!
But just then, three people walked out of a small private room in the restaurant, all holding wine glasses, and headed towards their table.
"Brother Huo, brothers!"
"We were in the private room and just saw that you guys came too."
"Come, let's toast Brother Huo, have a drink."
They smilingly filled their glasses, truly in a toasting stance.
These three were classmates from the same major but different classes. They had some interactions normally, but not much, just nodding acquaintances.
Since they came to toast, as long as they weren't enemies, there was no reason to ignore them.
"Alright, brothers, let's all have one!" Huo Xuefeng also poured a glass of wine and raised it, saying heartily.
With the alcohol down, it was easier to talk, and the three of them took the opportunity to speak.
"Brother Huo, the three of us haven't found suitable jobs yet."
"Graduation is just around the corner, and it's really stressing us out."
"How about we go work at your family's real estate company?"
The atmosphere at the table had been lively, but as soon as these words were spoken, it instantly cooled down.
Leaving aside the fact that Huo Xuefeng's family company was in trouble, even if it wasn't, this request was a bit too much.
The employment situation for university graduates was not good right now, and many people couldn't find jobs.
If your classmate's family had a company, and you had a good relationship, of course, you could work at your classmate's company.
However, there was a prerequisite: the classmate had to offer it, not you shamelessly asking for it.
But the problem was, these three people didn't have a particularly good relationship with Huo Xuefeng; they were merely acquaintances.
How could they have the nerve to ask directly?
Deng Zihao, the most hot-tempered, suddenly stood up. He could no longer resist wanting to retort.
However, the somber-faced Huo Xuefeng reached out and stopped him.
Then he turned to face the three, forced a smile, and said, "Sorry, my family's company isn't doing well right now, so I'm afraid we can't squeeze anyone in."