Chapter 751
Collective Debt Collection
Finished!
It's all over!
He had lost even that faint hope. Why was he so unlucky? The last technical competition and this time the "hangover liquid" agency deal were both ruined by Xu Bo'an. Why was it that whenever he had a chance to advance, there was always this annoying person, Xu Bo'an, blocking him?
Most importantly, Xu Bo'an had risen to an unbelievable level. Although he and Xu Bo'an were not in the same class, they were from the same school and graduated with the same master's degree. Why was there such a big difference between them?
Could it be that Xu Bo'an is his nemesis?
No, I won't allow it. I won't allow such an awesome person to exist in front of me.
Chen Qinzhi's current distress isn't just about not getting the distribution rights for the hangover remedy; what he finds most unacceptable right now is why Xu Bo'an can get along so well anywhere.
Not only did he reach an unattainable height at Dongjiang No. 2 Construction Company, but after resigning, he was able to acquire such a large factory. More importantly, he developed a highly sought-after hangover remedy that brought the factory back to life. He was simply a genius.
How could he be so lucky? On the other hand, he was a complete mess, and he couldn't accept such a cruel reality.
While the students envied Xu Bo'an, they saw Chen Qinzhi slumped on the ground and remembered the mysterious yet arrogant tone Chen Qinzhi had used when he told them he could get the regional agency rights for the hangover remedy.
Now all the old classmates understood that Chen Qinzhi wanted to obtain the agency rights for Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory's hangover remedy by using the connections of his distant relative, but he didn't know that Xu Bo'an was the boss of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory.
This means that the relationship between the two is not as good as before, let alone being able to contract projects with Xu Bo'an as Chen Qinzhi said.
Connecting the events that occurred before and after, it's not hard to deduce that what Xu Bo'an said was true, while what Chen Qinzhi said was false.
He borrowed money from them under Xu Bo'an's name, claiming he wanted to contract a project with Xu Bo'an, but in reality, he wanted to use the money to pay agency fees and secure the agency rights for the hangover remedy.
Well, that's really something. The money she secretly borrowed in Xu Bo'an's name was actually used to try and secure agency rights for Xu Bo'an's company. This story is truly bizarre. It's utterly outrageous—her mother opening the door for something outrageous, it's ridiculous beyond belief.
At this moment, the students who had realized what was happening immediately erupted into a frenzy, discussing the matter animatedly in the crowd.
"Chen Qinzhi, we didn't expose you for serving fake alcohol earlier because we wanted to save face for you, but you still went and did something to cheat your classmates. You have no shame!"
"What a disgrace! He can't afford real liquor, so he uses fake liquor to fool everyone and save face! How could he even think of that!"
"Chen Qinzhi, I never expected you to be such a despicable person. It's one thing to fool everyone with fake wine, but to actually use Xu Bo'an's name to borrow money from us, you have an incredibly thick skin! And we trusted you so much!"
"Yes, Chen Qinzhi, we are truly ashamed to have a classmate like you. Hurry up and give us our money back!"
"Pay back the money now, or we'll sue you! Don't make everyone lose face."
When the other relatives in the crowd heard these words, they were also somewhat panicked, because many of them had also lent money to Chen Qinzhi.
Although the reasons were different, they all used other excuses and did not tell the truth about their plan to take over the agency rights for hangover remedies.
With hangover remedies selling so well right now, it's clear that Chen Qinzhi doesn't want to have more competitors, so he's keeping it a secret from as many people as possible.
What nonsense about sharing happiness with relatives and friends! I, Chen Qinzhi, have always believed in the wise saying of Prime Minister Cao: "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me." I will never share happiness with you. You can only suffer, while I can drive a Land Rover!
Although no one knows what Chen Qinzhi is thinking, they now know that his request to borrow money is somewhat unreliable.
After all, when it comes to investing and borrowing money, people only dare to lend money based on their approval of your investment direction and project. You need a business plan to attract investment.
Otherwise, if you just say you have a project that's guaranteed to make money, who would want to listen to you? Everyone would think you're just spouting nonsense like tiling the Great Wall or installing an elevator on Mount Everest.
After all, most of your relatives have watched you grow up step by step. Before you became successful, they probably thought you were no different from the neighbors, and they couldn't believe how capable you could be. So it's hard to get your relatives' support for investment-related loans!
Therefore, in their eyes, Chen Qinzhi's current behavior is somewhat like swindling money, so who can trust him?
The relatives who had lent money to Chen Qinzhi immediately surrounded him, shouting all at once, "How could the Chen family be like this? Give us back our money..."
"Give us our money back! Give us our money back!"
At this moment, a chorus of voices from the crowd demanded that Chen Qinzhi repay the money.
Chen Qinzhi's father knew about the fact that he had served everyone fake alcohol and had even warned him, but Chen Qinzhi refused to listen in order to save costs. Now, hearing the voices in the crowd, Chen Qinzhi's father was filled with shame and stopped arguing with the people.
Of course, the main reason is that he had no "reason" to draw.
Using counterfeit alcohol to entertain guests at a celebratory banquet, and then accepting gifts from them, is utterly unreasonable.
Chen Qinzhi's father looked helplessly at the chaos at the scene, and tears streamed down his face. He was too ashamed to face anyone.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly reversed, turning from a joyous occasion of celebrating a baby's first birthday into a scene of grief and anger as people demanded repayment of debts.
The contrast is so stark, it would be unbearable for anyone to experience it!
Fortunately, Chen Qinzhi's elderly father did not have any heart disease or high blood pressure, otherwise his health would have been in danger.
The commotion in the hall was quite loud, and the incident also disturbed the so-called distinguished guests that Chen Qinzhi had invited to the private room.
People are naturally curious. The people in the private room heard the commotion outside and initially thought it was part of the wedding banquet. However, the more they listened, the more suspicious it seemed. Someone went out to inquire and was shocked by what they found.
We're all adults here. Everyone does something shameful in life, but to be this shameless is truly a once-in-a-century occurrence.
Especially when something like this is exposed and so many people confront you on the spot, it's a huge social disaster, how embarrassing!
When most people came out of the private room and saw this scene, their first thought was to avoid it, either because they were afraid of being implicated or because they felt that Chen Qinzhi was too embarrassing. In any case, many people chose to leave immediately without even saying goodbye to Chen Qinzhi, for fear of getting involved with him in any way and attracting people's attention.
Only Brother Cui, who was drunk and somewhat confused, staggered over to Chen Qinzhi and angrily berated him: "Chen Qinzhi, Chen Qinzhi, I never thought you would actually serve everyone fake alcohol! Bah, shameless, truly shameless!"
You were acting all high and mighty before, pretending to be a successful young professional. Turns out you're actually in debt! I never would have guessed. Brother Cui, I really overestimated you. You'd better watch yourself!
Regardless of whether Brother Cui's remarks were sincere, he genuinely felt that Chen Qinzhi's actions today were extremely disgraceful. If he were to continue helping him in the future, who knew what even more embarrassing things Chen Qinzhi might do to him?
After Cui finished speaking, he prepared to leave. Cui was a very important guest of Chen Qinzhi, and had helped him a lot before. Seeing that Cui was about to leave, Chen Qinzhi went up and hugged Cui's leg, saying, "Cui, don't go, please help me!"
Brother Cui raised his hand and slapped Chen Qinzhi's arm, scolding, "I've said all I need to say, let go!"
Chen Qinzhi clung to Brother Cui's leg, refusing to let go, and pleaded, "Brother Cui, please help your brother, just this once, I beg you!"
Seeing Chen Qinzhi's persistent and clingy behavior, Brother Cui thought to himself that he should have just ignored him. He then kicked Chen away and left without looking back.
Chen Qinzhi was utterly humiliated by that kick, and hearing so many people demanding repayment made his head spin.
He stood up straight, pointed at everyone menacingly, and shouted, "What are you all yelling about? I only borrowed some dirty money from you, right? I'll pay you back sooner or later. I invited you all here today to support my son's first birthday party, not for you to cause trouble!"
People were infuriated by Chen Qinzhi's arrogant demeanor. He served fake liquor to guests and borrowed money from others. His self-righteousness was simply unbearable.
"What you're saying is really unpleasant. You borrowed money from us and now you're calling us 'I'? It's true what they say, the one who borrows money is the boss. If you had money, would you be serving fake alcohol to everyone?"
"That's right, that's right, stop talking nonsense and just pay me back!"
Chen Qinzhi realized that he had been too agitated by Brother Cui's heartless departure, and then suppressed his anger and said to everyone, "Please calm down, everyone. Don't worry, I will pay back the money sooner or later. Today is my son's first birthday party, which should be a happy occasion, so please don't upset me. Besides, there are certain procedures for withdrawing money. After today, I will definitely pay you back in installments. Let's call it a day!"
"Heh, you've been using all sorts of excuses to borrow money from so many of us. Do you think we'll still believe what you say? We won't listen to anything else, just two words: 'Give us our money back!'" one of them said.
"That's right. If you can deceive everyone once, you'll do it again and again. We're afraid you'll run away after today, and then who will we ask for our money from!"
Chen Qinzhi said, "You're overthinking it. My whole family lives in Dongjiang. Why would I run away? Even if I did, I still have my parents, my brother, and my wife. I can't just run away like a monk can't hide from his temple! What do you have to worry about!"
"Ha, this money was borrowed from us. There's no legal provision that children's debts are the responsibility of their parents, let alone anyone else. We're just asking you for it, and you have to pay it back today. Don't try anything funny!"
"That's right, stop talking nonsense, or we'll file a lawsuit with the relevant authorities for enforcement!"
Chen Qinzhi was at a loss when he realized that no matter how hard he tried to persuade people, they wouldn't listen to him.
After all, if he were to repay the money today, I really couldn't repay it right now!
To maintain his image as a superior person, Chen Qinzhi has spent a considerable amount of money on food, entertainment, and socializing. Now he's hoping to make a fortune after investing in hangover remedies. He doesn't even have enough money left to pay off his creditors.
Besides, he needs to keep the money for investment. If he pays it back, his pockets will be emptier than his face, and he'll have no chance to make a comeback.
Moreover, given his current credit, if he pays back all that money, borrowing any more will be harder than climbing to heaven!
At this moment, he was thinking of various ways to deal with the situation, but he couldn't come up with a solution no matter how hard he tried.
Suddenly, Chen Qinzhi's eyes lit up the moment he saw Xu Bo'an.
He suddenly realized that everything that had happened today was thanks to Xu Bo'an. Since he couldn't solve the problem himself, he could just shift the blame onto Xu Bo'an.
Thinking of this, Chen Qinzhi smiled wickedly, lowered his posture to the extreme, walked up to Xu Bo'an and said: "Bo'an, oh no, President Xu, President Xu!"
I was truly blind before, not knowing you were the big boss of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory. If I said anything inappropriate, I hope you can forgive me. We had such a good relationship before; I hope you can grant me the distribution rights for our old classmate relationship! I'm not short of money, and I don't need yours!
Xu Bo'an looked at Chen Qinzhi with disdain and said, "Heh, it's true that we used to have a good relationship, but back when we participated in the company's technical competition, you used underhanded means to sabotage me. You ruined our relationship completely. With a character like yours, you don't even have a chance to become the distributor of my hangover remedy!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Qinzhi's face turned ashen as he said, "I borrowed money from my classmates and relatives because I wanted to become a distributor for your hangover remedy. Now that you refuse to give me the distribution rights, you're blocking my way to make money. How am I supposed to repay my relatives and friends? Even if you don't care about me, my relatives aren't well-off, and their money can't be left unprotected!"
Chen Qinzhi's mind really works fast; his words instantly shifted all the blame onto Xu Bo'an.
People are already eager for money, and in this anxious state of mind, their thoughts are instantly swayed by Chen Qinzhi's peculiar thought process.
Then, the less educated relatives in the crowd turned their anger towards Xu Bo'an, shouting, "You evil capitalist! By blocking Chen Qinzhi's path, you are harming our interests! Quickly give him the agency rights! We want him to pay back the money!"
Xu Bo'an watched in astonishment. (End of Chapter)