The Pentium Era - South to North

When they arrived at the Jiya Hotel, Mr. Xia and Lao Bao said, Xiao Jin and I will go check in and stay. You go to Chen Ming's construction site and find the old man and ask him to help you find a way to find his son.

Jin Lili carried the vest bag and got out of the car with Mr. Xia, and Lao Bao drove away.

Jin Lili returned to the room, took a shower, took out the calculator from her bag, and began to look at Chen Ming's company's account books. The two internal cash accounts were very detailed, even the daily purchase of rice and vegetables. After writing it down, regardless of whether it was public or private, Jin Lili looked at the final balance. They still had more than a thousand yuan left.

Jin Lili smiled. She thought that Chen Ming's most valuable thing now was probably the mobile phone in his hand, and he was still relying on this to maintain his reputation.

Not long after Jin Lili sat down, someone rang the doorbell. Jin Lili opened the door and saw Mr. Xia standing at the door, holding an abacus in his hand, and told Jin Lili that it was borrowed from the reception desk below.

Jin Lili was overjoyed and quickly let Mr. Xia into the room.

Mr. Xia and Jin Lili said that you should pay special attention to their large integer entries and exits. If there are any, mark them out.

Jin Lili understood, and she said: "If the amount is large and it is still an integer, then it is most likely a loan? The payment will not be in integer."

"Yes, if that's the case, it means that Chen Ming is still dishonest and tough-talking. He also has other hidden debts." Mr. Xia said.

"What if not?"

"That means this guy is too miserable. He has no friends and can't even borrow money. You can see his current situation."

Jin Lili was confused: "Then do you hope there will be one or not?"

"From my current perspective, of course I hope not. From a friend's perspective, I feel it is a pity."

"What's a pity?"

"He never spoke to me."

Jin Lili couldn't help but laugh. She said, "I have never seen anyone so eager for others to borrow money from him."

"You don't understand. When people ask me to borrow money, I don't even respond. Chen Ming is different."

"Why is it different?"

Jin Lili sat in front of the writing desk and asked with her head raised. Mr. Xia hesitated for a moment. He put down the abacus on the table, walked to the sofa and sat down. He said, you may not know, both of us are in It was here before Hainan was established as a province.

"I was in September 1987. I fled here with my wife and children to avoid something. I was in a very embarrassed state. Chen Ming was a few months earlier than me. I don't know what his reason was. I only know that he used to have some money in mainland China, and he was the director of a factory in the mainland. He had some connections there. I don’t know if it was because of Xiao Zhao that they got together at that time.

"We met by chance when we were looking for jobs. At that time, there were basically no businesses in Haicheng. It was hard to find jobs. The only ones we could find were odd jobs. I set up a stall on the street and in school, I helped others carve steel plates, and I had to do everything anyway, so my life was quite difficult.

"During the Spring Festival of 1988, I remember it was the 29th of the year. I didn't have a penny in my pocket. The landlord and the neighbors were preparing New Year's goods, but we didn't even have rice. We can't be so hungry as a family. Well, I didn’t know anyone else in Haicheng, so I had to go find Chen Ming. He lived at the entrance of Shuixiang at that time. When I arrived, he and Xiao Zhao were happy.

"Why are you happy? They didn't have money to celebrate the New Year. Xiao Zhao secretly took the gold jewelry that Chen Ming gave her before and went to the pawn shop to pawn it for two thousand yuan. The two of them sat in the room, facing the two thousand yuan on the table. As for Yuanqianle, I went in, sat down and couldn't speak. Finally, he asked me if I had no money for the New Year?

"I nodded and told him that I hoped to borrow some money from him to buy some meat and rice so that my wife and children could have a full meal during the Chinese New Year. Without saying a word, Chen Ming picked up the two items on the table. Thousand yuan, tell me, this is all my belongings, come on, what's mine is yours, half of it for each of us.

"He gave me a thousand yuan and he must give it to me. At that time, a thousand yuan was a huge sum of money. My relationship with him had not reached this stage. How could I dare to ask for it? He said something, If you don't want it, you will be uneasy this year, and I won't be stable either. Go back, buy new clothes for your wife and children, and do some New Year shopping.

"I returned home with this thousand yuan. My wife and children are so happy. It can be said that I have never experienced it in the past few years. My wife took the children and went shopping to buy new clothes and New Year's goods. We finally had a happy time and spent the only Spring Festival we didn’t spend in Beijing.”

Mr. Xia's eyes turned red when he said this, and Jin Lili sighed: "This is truly a friend in need!"

Mr. Xia stood up and said to Jin Lili, okay, I won't affect you anymore.

After saying that, he hurried out.

Jin Lili sat there, adjusted her emotions, and started looking at the two account books again. After reading each item, she only found that there was a sum of 300,000 yuan. This was the situation that Mr. Xia had mentioned. This money had been paid in. After that, I never called out again.

Jin Lili dialed the number in Mr. Xia's room and told Mr. Xia that I had read everything here.

After a while, someone rang the doorbell. Jin Lili walked over and opened the door. Outside the door were Mr. Xia and Lao Bao. Jin Lili and Mr. Xia said that the money you mentioned was only 300,000 yuan, and the others were normal. current accounts and receivables payable.

"Who called?" Mr. Xia asked.

"There is a man named Chen Guofeng." Jin Lili said.

"I know, that's his cousin in Shenzhen." Mr. Xia nodded.

"I also calculated the loan issued by Haifa. The principal is 8 million, and the interest is the base interest rate of 10.08, with an increase of 10%. It has not been paid for six months, and the total is 443,000. One thousand five hundred and twenty yuan, the late payment fee is 2.1/10,000 yuan per day, and the total as of today is 310,800 yuan, and I haven’t calculated the compound interest yet,” Jin Lili said.

"In other words, if we give him our nine million and he pays back Haifa, he will have no money." Lao Bao said, "He can't afford to pay back the arrears for the project. Chen Ming is just talking nonsense. What's wrong with Haifa?" He may be asked to pay less, and he no longer has the ability to repay, so no bank will listen to him."

"It means that even if he sells the hotel, he still can't solve the problem?" Mr. Xia said.

"Yes, if we pay him nine million and still have to find a way to pay for the project, our funds will be very tight. If the follow-up funds do not catch up immediately, this project will still be unfinished." Lao Bao said .

"This is still a matter later. The headache now is that as long as one of the two funds is not settled, the project will not start." Mr. Xia sighed, "Besides, Chen Ming is a deadbeat. I have already talked to him He said it many times, and he insisted that as long as he had nine million, he could solve all the problems."

"What should we do now? Give up?" Lao Bao said, "I think there are still a few unfinished hotels nearby. Or go and talk to them?"

Mr. Xia shook his head: "No, I don't know the basics. I don't know how many hidden risks there will be. It's impossible for us to understand clearly in such a short time."

"If you know the truth, it's still a lie." Lao Bao muttered dissatisfiedly.

"I don't think Chen Ming wants to lie to me," Mr. Xia said.

Lao Bao snorted: "I'm not going to lie to you, what is that?"

Mr. Xia pondered: "Many times, people overestimate their abilities and even their interpersonal relationships. They don't realize that their conditions have changed. In fact, people's attitudes towards you have also changed a long time ago. The so-called poverty in the busy city and no one cares about it. You thought they were all relatives, but in fact your relatives have disowned you a long time ago. Even Haifa, Chen Ming thought he could still handle it, but a discerning person will know it is impossible at a glance."

"Then what should we do?" Jin Lili asked.

Mr. Xia was silent. Lao Bao wanted to say something but didn't.

The three of them sat in silence for a long time. After a long time, Mr. Xia sighed and said with a wry smile: "There is a way that may be able to solve the problem. Objectively, it can also help Chen Ming completely get rid of the problem. However, once this matter is done, , I’m afraid I won’t even be friends anymore.”

"What can I do?" Jin Lili asked.

Mr. Xia did not answer, but looked up at Lao Bao. Lao Bao said, "Didn't you say that friendship is friendship and business is business? How long has it been since then? There is also a woman's kindness."

"Hey, Lao Bao, what do you mean?" Jin Lili shouted.

Mr. Xia smiled and waved his hand, and said, "He didn't talk about you, he was laughing at me for being an old woman with little feet."

Mr. Xia slammed the armrest of the sofa: "Okay, that's it. Let's go have dinner!"