The Pentium Era - South to North

The three of them got in the car. Mr. Xia called Chen Ming, but the phone was blocked. They didn't know where Chen Ming's company in Sanya was, or simply, whether he still had a company in Sanya.

Lao Bao looked at Mr. Xia and asked what to do. Where can we find this Yang Bailao?

"Your fucking teeth are buckled, and you can't control your mouth?!" Mr. Xia scolded, "Let's go to the city first. If we can't contact you, we'll find a place to eat."

When they arrived in the city, Mr. Xia's phone rang. He looked at it and saw that it was Chen Ming. He quickly picked up the call. The first thing Chen Ming asked was Mr. Xia, have you visited the construction site?

Mr. Xia said he just came out.

It could be heard that Chen Ming was relieved on the other end of the phone. He asked where are you now?

Mr. Xia said that we were walking towards the city and were almost at Jiefang Road.

"Okay, Lao Xia, then you go to Xinfeng Qiaotou, Hedong Road, I will wait for you here." Chen Ming said.

Mr. Xia hung up the phone. They had already arrived at Jiefang Road. Mr. Xia was quite familiar with this area. He told Lao Bao that he should keep going and see Xinfeng Street turn right.

They crossed the Sanya River from Xinfeng Bridge and arrived at Hedong Road. At a glance, Lao Bao saw Chen Ming standing under the big king palm tree on the roadside. Chen Ming also saw their car and waved to him. The car stopped in front of him.

Chen Ming got into their car, told Lao Bao, and drove along Hedong Road.

Hedong Road is dilapidated, with the Sanya River on one side and two- and three-story farmers' houses on the other side. There are also many temporary sheds selling miscellaneous small commodities. There are a few scattered high-rise buildings in the commercial street behind it. , stands out from the crowd.

They arrived at the entrance of an alley, and Chen Ming said they would stop here. Lao Bao parked the car in front of a row of casuarinas at the entrance of the alley. The four of them got out of the car. Chen Ming looked around alertly, and then said to Mr. Xia, "My The company is right here. It used to be at the Gia Hotel. Lao Xia, if you don’t go back at night, just stay at the Gia Hotel. It’s not bad.

They had just passed by Giya Hotel, located at the intersection of Jiefang Road and Xinfeng Street. It was the most upscale hotel in Sanya.

Chen Ming led them twenty or thirty meters into the alley, and arrived in front of a house. The house was originally a two-story house, but the owner added another floor and turned it into a three-story house. The new floor above and The two floors below are old and new, with different colors. The house is small and looks like a two-color ice cream, ugly.

There is an iron staircase on the side of the house. The newly added third floor can be climbed from this staircase.

They went upstairs. There was a corridor next to the alley upstairs. At the end of the corridor was a small room, which was the bathroom. In the corridor in front of the bathroom, there was a table. Under the table was a gas tank. There was a gas stove and a chopping board on the table. There was also a stack of bowls and a chopstick holder.

On the entire third floor, there are only two rooms of fifteen or sixteen square meters. The one on the outside is arranged like an office and a reception room, with two desks and a wooden couch. The one on the inside is Chen's room. Ming lived with a girl who had an ambiguous relationship. Hearing the sound, the girl came out of the room. When she saw them, she smiled shyly at them.

"Xiao Zhao, are you here too?" Mr. Xia called. Obviously, Mr. Xia and Lao Bao had seen this girl, but Jin Lili had not.

Xiao Zhao smiled and said, "Mr. Chen and I came down together."

Lao Bao and Jin Lili said that this is Xiao Zhao, the finance manager of Chen's company. Jin Lili smiled and nodded to her.

After everyone sat down, Chen Ming asked Mr. Xia, have you visited that place and how was it?

"It seems that the whole area is dead and not popular." Mr. Xia said, "Including all the way here, throughout Sanya, there are no people on the streets. It is completely different from when I came here last year."

"Don't worry, it will be fine. Now the municipal government has decided to build Sanya into an international coastal tourist city. As you will see when you come here, the highway from Haicheng to Sanya is already under construction, and the Sanya Airport has also started construction.

"Also, Yalong Bay is definitely going to be developed. The new boss, you know what he said, he said that he will introduce ten internationally renowned brand hotels to Yalong Bay."

Chen Ming talked eloquently, and Mr. Xia laughed: "Just listen to them bragging. Anyway, there is no tax for bragging. The Xionggu group also said that they would build Yangpu into a free port. What about now? Isn't it better to abandon Yangpu?" A big mess like this has escaped."

"It's different. Sanya and Yangpu are different." Chen Ming said.

"Sanya is so good, why doesn't Mr. Chen persist?" Lao Bao said, "They persisted during the eight-year war of resistance."

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and said: "This damn old bag, you're fucking in trouble with me. Who of us is following whom? You don't understand my situation? If I hadn't been able to hold on, I, Chen Ming, would have died." There is nothing we can do about this project now. Mainland China is withdrawing funds, and I am running out of bullets. I am not as lucky as you. At this time, there are still idiots who are investing additional money..."

Before Chen Ming finished speaking, he immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly corrected him: "No, no, it's Lao Xia who is so good at deceiving. Even a bastard can be fooled into climbing a tree by him."

"I didn't lie to you." Mr. Xia scolded.

"So I'm not a bastard." Chen Ming said, and everyone laughed.

"Okay, Lao Chen, we've seen the place, and we've settled the accounts as brothers. Friendship is friendship, and business is business. Can you tell me, what's the debt and credit situation of your hotel?" Mr. Xia said.

"The debt is very simple. It's just a loan of 8 million from Haifa. If you give me the money, I will pay it back immediately, and you can continue to work." Chen Ming said.

"But how did I hear that you still owe more than two million yuan for the project?" Mr. Xia said.

Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he understood. It must have been said by the old man at the construction site. His face turned slightly red, and then he said, "Don't worry about this, I can handle it myself."

"How to deal with it? The price we negotiated is nine million. After you take this money and repay the loan issued by Haifa, plus the interest and penalty interest, there is not much left. How can you give them the money?" Mr. Xia explain.

"This, you don't have to worry about this, Lao Xia, wherever the hair is, I can pay back a little less."

"They have protected your project. If you pay less, can you unblock it?"

"Okay, I have a good relationship with the president of their head office." Chen Ming defended.

Mr. Xia smiled slightly: "Old Chen, our family won't talk to each other anymore. Everyone knows that banks will always only provide icing on the cake and never provide help in times of need. When you have money, your relationship will be good with any bank. If you don't have money, At that time, no matter how good the relationship was before, I'm afraid they would avoid you like the god of plague."

Chen Ming was a little anxious: "Lao Xia, what do you mean by this?"

"I don't mean anything else, Lao Chen, don't think too much." Mr. Xia said, "I'm just helping you think about it from your perspective. Okay, let's not talk about this for now. We can handle your Sanya company's account. Take a look?"

Chen Ming said yes, Xiao Zhao, give it to them.

Xiao Zhao opened the cabinet next to his desk and took out a stack of account books and statements. Lao Bao took them over, looked at them, and returned them. Lao Bao said he didn't want this, and Xiao Zhao looked at him in confusion.

"Show me the internal accounts." Lao Bao said with a smile.

Xiao Zhao looked at Chen Ming in embarrassment, and Chen Ming said angrily: "Show them!"

Mr. Xia leaned over, reached out and patted Chen Ming's shoulder, then picked up the cigarette on the coffee table in front of him and gave Chen Ming one. The two of them smoked, and Chen Ming felt a little better.

Xiao Zhao took out another stack of account books and statements from the cabinet below and handed them to Lao Bao. Lao Bao gave half of them to Jin Lili. The two of them occupied a desk each and started reading.

The weather was too hot, there was no air conditioning in the room, and it was on the top floor, so it was unbearably hot. The only vertical fan was facing the sofa where Mr. The rain soon blurred their eyes, and the two of them could only keep wiping their sweat with tissues.

Mr. Xia raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said to Chen Ming, "I'm not going back today. Can we take these things to the hotel to look at?"

Chen Ming nodded and said yes.

"Is the seafood stall at Chunyuan Market still open?" Mr. Xia asked.

Chen Ming said it was open.

"Well, let's go back to the hotel and take a shower first. We'll pick you up later and have dinner together, Xiao Zhao too." Mr. Xia, Chen Ming and Xiao Zhao said.

Over there, Xiao Zhao found a vest bag, helped Lao Bao and the others, packed the account books and everything, and handed it to Lao Bao.

Chen Ming sent Mr. Xia and the others downstairs and to the car, and then got in the car with them. He said that they had arrived in Sanya and he must be the one to open this room.

Mr. Xia scolded: "Old Chen, do we brothers still need this trick?"

Chen Ming then gave up. Lao Bao and Jin Lili got in the car. Chen Ming also walked back. Mr. Xia opened the door and took out 30,000 yuan from the storage box in front of the passenger seat.

"Old Chen, wait."

Mr. Xia yelled and ran over, handing the money in his hand to Chen Ming. Chen Ming refused to give it up. Mr. Xia scolded: "Damn it, you can lose face anywhere, even in front of women. I understand." Well, Xiao Zhao is not bad."

Chen Ming hesitated for a moment, and finally took the money.