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Gu Zhengdong's question is just a routine, not just directly asking if he has the money, but now that the money is reported by the funeral, it means that the money must be there.

"Where's the money? Didn't send it out, did your old man keep it in his pocket?"

"I thought so too at first, do you all say that, can you not believe it?" Zunai took a sip of wine, squinting her eyes so hotly.

"What then?"

"Later, the old man drank too much, and he was cheated out of the money!"

"Who lied to you?" Gu Zhengdong asked nervously. 43 was a huge sum back then.

"Golden donkey, have you ever heard of this name?"

"I heard it!"

Gu Zhengdong is too familiar with this name. In fact, the real name of these three characters is Golden Fish, which is a brand that has become very big.It was only later that I learned that it was also the name of the boss. I made a lot of money and had a number one name in the mall, but I don’t know why the reputation has not been very good.

Because the golden fish came from his hometown, Gu Zhengdong still paid more attention to it, so he was deeply impressed.

Unexpectedly, the first pot of gold of the golden fish was cheated.

"Talk about it carefully." Gu Zhengdong was dying of curiosity.

"Once I got the money, the old man wanted to send it directly. But unfortunately, my grandfather fell down the stairs and was hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage. The family couldn't afford the medical expenses, so the old man embezzled five thousand in a hurry."

"and then."

"Later it was still not enough, so I used another 200. There was a hole. At that time, there were more than [-] people in the machinery factory to distribute the money, and the old man couldn't distribute much money himself, and he was always greedy. My family was too poor. He can't even sell the iron." Zang Ai's tongue straightened.

When Gu Zhengdong heard this, he felt sorry for the old factory manager.

"Later, the golden donkey approached my dad and said that you would lend me the money for a month, and I would double it for you."

"Your dad borrowed it?"

"I don't know what he's thinking, maybe he wants to stand up, and he's also afraid of poverty. Who knows."

"and then?"

"What the hell, the golden donkey took the money and ran away. My father has been with these workers for a month, but he didn't see the golden donkey back, so he realized something was wrong, but where can I find it in such a big China?"

"Hehe. This is really a tragic story." Gu Zhengdong smiled wryly, the old factory manager was harmed by a greedy word.

"I can't pay the money. Those workers come to our house every day to make trouble, and some of them hanged themselves at my house. My father was so mad. My father always had an illusion that one day the golden donkey would come back with money. Hah."

The funeral love fell on the table with a bang.

It just so happened that the boss brought out several drawers of siu mai.

"Pack it up for me, and take a stick of Red Star Erguotou." Gu Zhengdong left the door with his things without caring about the funeral.

He returned the same way, and when he reached the door of the old factory manager's house, he lifted the curtain and went in without saying a word.

The smell of alcohol and the smell of burnt wheat filled the hut. The old factory manager lay face down and sat up.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm not doing anything, I'm going to drink with you. No matter how powerful I am, I can't give you back 40."

With Gu Zhengdong's words, the old factory manager was knocked to the spot like a lightning strike. Tears slowly welled up in his eyes, and he swallowed even more.

For such a long time, no one believed that he was cheated, he just bit his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach.

"Come on, if you are a man, drink!" Gu Zhengdong didn't mention this, he knew it well, went to the kitchen to find a small basin, and poured the siu mai into it.He bit off the bottle cap with his teeth, poured half a bottle of wine into the enamel jar, and pushed it in front of the old factory manager.

"I blow on the bottle, come and go!"

Without further ado, the old factory manager picked up the enamel mug and touched Gu Zhengdong's wine bottle.

"Little brother, I see that you are not an ordinary person, can you give me the money back?" There was hope in the eyes of the old factory manager.

"Is there an IOU?" Gu Zhengdong asked.

"Yes! I'll show you!" For some reason, the old factory manager trusted Gu Zhengdong 100%.He has always received this IOU very well, and he has never even shown it to his own son.

Seeing the old factory manager get up, Gu Zhengdong took off the wooden photo frame on the wall.

In the past, many families liked to hang photo frames on the wall, stuffed with many small black and white photos, all of which were group photos of relatives or single photos.

By the 90s, young people didn't hang up anymore, only some old people still had this habit.

The old factory manager took the photo frame, turned it over, pulled out the two metal sides, and the thin wood baffle of the rear machine fell off, revealing a piece of paper folded into a square, and between the paper and the thin wood board, there was a note .

Gu Zhengdong took it and looked at it, and it said: I borrowed 41 yuan from Zhou Wencai, the director of the machinery factory, and it will be returned in one month.The signature is a golden fish, and the red handprint is also pressed.

"Don't accept it yet, just leave it here for a while, let's discuss the conditions." Gu Zhengdong put the IOU on the table.

"Conditions? What conditions?"

"You sell the factory to me, and I will pay you for the debt. What do you think?"

"What? Ask me for it!" The old factory manager's eyes lit up, but the light quickly went out again, "China is so big, I don't even know where he is, how can I find him?"

"Don't worry, I have my own way. Just say whether you promise or not."

"I'll think about it, I'll think about it." Suddenly, the old factory manager hesitated.

"The four 10,000+ is not a small amount, how did you lend him so cruelly?" Gu Zhengdong looked at the timid old man in front of him, and couldn't figure it out.

"He said that if he didn't lend it to him, he would sue me for embezzling public funds." The eyes of the old factory manager lowered.

"Then you have an IOU, why didn't you explain it to the workers later?" Gu Zhengdong still didn't understand, "Golden Fish is a scam, you can also call the police!"

"The crime of misappropriation of public funds plus the crime of dereliction of duty will take several years. I am so old, and if I really go in, I will not be able to survive. To put it bluntly, I will spare my life. I am really not a person!"

When the old factory manager mentioned the pain, he slapped himself and cried.

Only then did Gu Zhengdong understand that the old factory director was also a person who cared about feathers, so he managed to be the factory director for 20 years, but he was still a poor family, and his old father was seriously ill and could not afford any money.

Misappropriating [-] public funds, once known, the sentence is certain.In the past two years, he tried his best to cover up the matter, but there was still a glimmer of hope, hoping that the golden fish would fall from the sky and save him from the fire.

Gu Zhengdong's appearance came at a good time, he was already on the verge of collapse.

Gu Zhengdong didn't know whether to say he was naive or stupid.

"In this way, I still have 1 yuan with me. Let's sign the contract, because the factory is also in urgent need. Add a clause in the contract, and I will bear the debt of the factory. Tell me the truth, is there nothing else besides this money? debt?"

"No more, you can check it out. Bankruptcy is liquidated by the state." The old factory manager hurriedly said.

"Ten thousand." Gu Zhengdong took the money out of his bag and pushed it in front of the old factory manager.

"You give me all the money and change it to zero." The old factory manager pushed back.

"Ok."

"Also, call the people in the factory to hold a meeting and make a certificate. I sold the factory to you, and you will bear the debt." Watertight, it may be that people have been cheated once with experience.

"Okay, that's it."

Gu Zhengdong went out first to change the money into fifty and ten yuan and sent it back. After signing the contract, he asked the old factory manager to arrange a meeting. He went back to greet Dagang first, and was ready to take over the factory.

"What are you talking about? Four 10,000+ debts?" Da Gang jumped up halfway through his speech, his veins burst out, and he almost fainted.