64: The point

"Manager Li, transfer the money to them!" Qian Ziyong said.

Li Lian nodded, took out her phone, and asked them for their account details.

"This..." The middle-aged man hesitated but ultimately accepted the money.

Back at the supermarket, Qian Ziyong's heart remained heavy.

Li Lian said, "Boss, it might be a good thing that the old man passed away like this. You don't need to feel too burdened."

Qian Ziyong was puzzled.

Li Lian said, "The old man had late-stage liver cancer and was confirmed to have only three months left to live."

"But in the final moments of his life, he would have been in extreme pain."

Hearing this, Qian Ziyong checked online, and it was indeed true.

Most of his emotional burden was lifted.

With his emotional burden eased, Qian Ziyong shifted his attention to the supermarket.

He started feeling distressed about his money again.

He was making money every single day!

No!

He needed to fix this.

There was still a chance to fix it!

There were ten days left until the system settlement!

He still had a chance!

It was impossible to stop the supermarket from making money!

After all, the supermarket was already booming.

Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant, without even checking, was probably the same.

Besides cutting expenses, there was also increasing income.

It was too late to cut expenses now, so he could only increase income.

How to increase income? How could he spend the money?

Just as he was thinking, Zhu Daqiang walked in, happily saying, "Boss, our landlord is here!"

"Oh?" Qian Ziyong remembered.

It was this landlord he had never met.

He had paid rent to this landlord, and the landlord had returned some.

He had insisted on giving it to the landlord, who accepted the money but gave him a five-hundred-square-meter commercial property.

It was precisely because the other party gave him five hundred square meters that he opened Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant, making him earn money to the point of heartache.

"Tell him to get lost!" Qian Ziyong said furiously.

Seeing Qian Ziyong so angry, Zhu Daqiang scratched his head in confusion.

He had always been the one dealing with the landlord. The boss probably didn't even have the landlord's phone number, so why was he so unwelcoming to the other party?

"Boss, the landlord didn't intend to raise our rent and even gave us five hundred square meters. He's a very good person, he's our friend!"

Zhu Daqiang wanted the boss to change his perception of the landlord, so he specifically mentioned the five hundred square meters.

It would have been better if Zhu Daqiang hadn't mentioned it, but as soon as he brought up the five hundred square meters, Qian Ziyong became even angrier:

"If a friend comes from afar, no matter how far, they must be punished!"

"However far his thoughts are, tell him to get that far away from me!"

"Oh, right," Zhu Daqiang remembered, "Boss, the other party heard from someone that you like wine and brought you two bottles."

"Those two bottles of wine are very good, worth two hundred thousand!"

Upon hearing two hundred thousand, Qian Ziyong's eyes lit up.

A gift from a friend had nothing to do with the system; he could put it in his own pocket.

"Manager Zhu, from now on, get straight to the point when you speak!" Qian Ziyong said.

Since the other party gave him such a valuable gift, he naturally had to treat them to a good meal.

So, Qian Ziyong brought them to Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant.

Inside a private room at Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant.

The landlord, Chen Jingfu, sat at the head of the table, beside him was a young man who looked a bit unappealing, and also, a very unexpected person.

That bald uncle.

He had come here from Shen City.

What a surprise!

"Brother Chen, Brother Sun, I, your younger brother, toast you two!" Qian Ziyong raised his glass and drained it.

Brother Sun, Sun Youan, laughed aloud, "Brother Qian is truly straightforward!"

"You young people just have good bodies, unlike me, I can't drink much now!"

Qian Ziyong shook his head, "My body isn't good; I'm almost earning to the point of stomach bleeding!"

He racked his brains but couldn't think of any way to lose one hundred million in a short period!

The supermarket and Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant were doing too well; they were earning him five million a day now!

He needed to lose at least one hundred million to have a chance to get a good deal from the system.

After all, the supermarket and Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant couldn't go out of business, so the renovations and equipment couldn't be sold off; they were his fixed assets.

Fortunately, the renovations and equipment could be depreciated by half, otherwise, the fixed assets would be one hundred million.

Now, after depreciation, the fixed assets should be seventy-five million.

In other words, as long as he lost all the money he had, he could get twenty-five million from the system.

Although he failed to successfully shut down the supermarket, it would still be very good if he could get twenty-five million.

So, he had to work hard!

Strive to find a way to lose one hundred million in the last ten days!

The thought of the supermarket and Hot Pot Restaurant earning him fifty million in ten days, greatly increasing the difficulty of him losing money, made Qian Ziyong feel choked up inside.

"Sigh! My ability isn't good enough!" Qian Ziyong sighed.

The young man sitting opposite Qian Ziyong snorted, contemptuously saying, "Hmph, so you know your ability isn't good enough!"

"You're just lucky!"

"You're just a parvenu, unlike me; my family has been in business for three generations, and my assets now exceed ten billion!"

Qian Ziyong looked at the young man in confusion; he didn't understand why the other party had such great hostility towards him.

He looked at the young man: "May I ask who this is?"

He didn't know the young man; he seemed to have come with the landlord, Brother Chen Jingfu.

It was then that Qian Ziyong noticed a lovely young woman sitting beside the young man, her appearance very pleasing to the eye.

Qian Ziyong's gaze inadvertently swept to Zhou Kaitian beside him, who was staring at the young woman's beautiful face, drooling.

Qian Ziyong gently nudged him with his elbow, and Zhou Kaitian finally reacted.

The young man noticed Zhou Kaitian's gaze and smugly put his arm around the young woman's waist.

The landlord, Brother Chen Jingfu, introduced, "This is Shi Hongzhuang, Qingyue Milk Tea is owned by his family!"

Hearing Qingyue Milk Tea, Zhou Kaitian was startled.

This was a listed company!

Its strength was extremely powerful!

He seemed to have been caught looking at the other party's female companion just now, which was a very rude thing to do.

"Brother, I toast you!" Zhou Kaitian quickly stood up, smiling apologetically, and offered a toast.

"What kind of person are you? Do you have the right to toast me?" Shi Hongzhuang lifted his eyelids, looking at Zhou Kaitian with disdain.

Landlord Chen Jingfu and Sun Youan both looked a bit displeased.

They were guests; was it good to disrespect the host like this?

Qian Ziyong, however, laughed, "Manager Zhou, since he doesn't want to drink your toast, then drink a penalty drink!"

"Who dares to penalize me?" Shi Hongzhuang's nose was held high.

Zhou Kaitian felt very uncomfortable inside, but he still forced a laugh, "It's my fault, this isn't a toast, but a penalty drink. I'm penalizing myself!"

"I'll penalize myself with three drinks!"

Zhou Kaitian drank three glasses in a row.

"Hmph!" Shi Hongzhuang said disdainfully, "I already knew you were looking at Xiao Xin; it's no big deal!"

"I brought her out, so I'm not afraid of you looking!"

"I don't think you were wrong for looking at my woman; I just think you're not worthy compared to me!"

"Next time you toast, first think about your own status, and then think about the other person's status!"

Hearing this, Qian Ziyong slammed the table, "What kind of thing are you, and what status do you have?"

Qian Ziyong hated arrogant people the most.

Zhou Kaitian smiled apologetically, "Boss, never mind, it's my fault. I'm not worthy to toast him."

"I will definitely think clearly about my status from now on."

Qian Ziyong waved his hand and said, "No matter what your status was before, you are my Manager now, you are my, Qian Ziyong's, person!"

"Since you're out, you represent my face!"

"I want to see what's so great about him!"

"Hmph!" Shi Hongzhuang pointed at his own nose and said, "What kind of thing am I?"

"I'm telling you, Qian Ziyong, you will never be able to surpass me in this lifetime!"

"You're just a parvenu!"

"I've checked you; your parents are both losers, and your ancestors were all farmers!"

"With that kind of status, you should be grateful that you were born in modern society!"

"If it were in ancient times, you'd probably only be fit to be an eunuch!"

After speaking, Shi Hongzhuang looked at Zhou Kaitian beside him again: "And you!"

"You're forty-three and you don't even have a wife; you're just a swindler!"

"It's only because Qian Ziyong is kind-hearted that he would hire you as Manager."

"In my opinion, you're just a pile of shit!"

"I'd be afraid of dirtying my shoes if I stepped on you!"