283: Gamblers are heartless
"What do you think?"
Xu Yao called her three partners together and told them that Huahu wanted to give priority to short dramas and that there might be in-depth cooperation in the future.
Li Lanyi and Tangtang, who knew the inside story, were silent. Only Tiancheng murmured to herself, "Huahu is so optimistic about our skit?"
Tian Cheng and his studio have been working furiously these days. A dozen writers have already churned out over a dozen original screenplays. They're also adapting online novels they've bought the rights to, which already have complete storylines. By condensing the plots, they can turn them into screenplays much faster.
Not only did Tiancheng lead his team to come up with a bunch of scripts, but several short plays have even been filmed.
So even if Xu Yao didn't make an appointment with Tiancheng today, Tiancheng still wanted to make an appointment with Xu Yao and the other two to meet.
Tangtang is expecting a baby, Li Lanyi is in the off-season after finishing filming her last drama, and Xu Yao is still gaining popularity at Orca by posting earthy skits. While the three of them are free, Tiancheng wants to have a good talk about the distribution of the skits.
Unexpectedly, before Tiancheng could speak, Xu Yao brought Huahu's intention to cooperate.
Wouldn’t it be foolish not to accept the olive branch thrown by a big platform?
"If the profit sharing ratio is reasonable, I have no objection!"
Tiancheng was the first to speak out: "We already have a few finished products, and we can take them to Huahu to test the waters first."
Li Lanyi smiled and called Xu Yao away on the pretext of going to the bathroom together.
"What's wrong with you? You were the one who wanted to switch jobs to Orca after the divorce, and you set up a short play company after the switch, and you were the one who turned around and cooperated with Huahu. You're jumping back and forth like this, it's easy to offend Orca. You signed a three-year exclusive contract with Orca, it would be easy for Orca to control you. Wait, you are not going to reconcile with Gu Jun again, are you? If so, you really don't need to care what Orca thinks. No matter how much liquidated damages are, it won't be a burden for Gu Jun. But you have to think about it. By re-binding your career with Gu Jun, if you two have a conflict again, you will not have the initiative. Also, we paid to make short plays with you to make money, not to create opportunities for you two to break up and get back together!"
Li Lanyi's words were already very impolite.
Li Lanyi does not object to cooperating with Huahu. Huahu is the leader of the three major short video platforms, so it is not easy to bypass Huahu when making short dramas.
But cooperating with Huahu and "cooperating only with Huahu" are two different things. The former is a normal business consideration, while the latter is Xu Yao's love-brain attack. Li Lanyi is willing to cooperate with Xu Yao in business because Xu Yao has shown sobriety. If Xu Yao becomes love-brained, Li Lanyi will want to retreat quickly.
Xu Yao was not angry when she heard Li Lanyi's question.
"It's not what you think. The prerequisite for cooperating with Huahu first is that Huahu can offer better conditions. If Orca can offer the same conditions, I won't refuse to give priority to Orca. But no matter which one we choose, our short series will eventually be rolled out across the entire network. We will focus on where there is traffic."
Li Lanyi's expression relaxed slightly.
"I'm really worried that you're not thinking straight."
Li Lanyi was finishing her lipstick application in the bathroom mirror and about to leave when Xu Yao stopped her. "You told me about your father running away after owing millions in gambling debts. What happened to him?"
Li Lanyi was stunned.
"Why are you asking that?"
Xu Yao was embarrassed. "I was just wondering if he would come looking for you again now that you're so famous."
Li Lanyi put the lipstick into her bag with an expressionless face.
"Of course he came back to find me. Gamblers are heartless. He messaged me the first year I became an internet celebrity, but I didn't reply. Later, he followed my mom to the house I rented. As soon as I opened the door, several people rushed in. It turned out that my dad had brought the loan sharks with him. He told the debt collectors that I was making money now and could help him pay back the debt. The loan sharks forced me to pay it back, and if I didn't, they would break my dad's hands and feet. Of course I wouldn't pay it back. I'm not stupid. If I pay it back once, there will be a second and third time, and countless more waiting for me!"
Because she knew this, Li Lanyi said at that time that she would cut off whichever hand she wanted.
Li Lanyi called the police about this matter, and it was handled at the time, but later her father came to her house again.
"Later, my dad learned his lesson. He didn't come to me with the loan shark. He said if I didn't help him pay back the debt, he would go to the TV station and say I abandoned him. I wasn't that famous at the time, and I thought, could such a good thing happen? I encouraged him to go on TV as soon as possible, and if he didn't know any reporters, I would help him contact them. But he didn't dare to go."
If he really went to the TV station, the gambler father’s request would not be supported, and he would definitely be the one who was scolded.
Li Lanyi was able to take risks, but her gambling father couldn't make a fuss.
But it was Li Lanyi's mother who really solved the problem for Li Lanyi.
"My mother was driven to desperation by him. She grabbed a knife and threatened to die with him. He kept slashing at her, and he got scared when he saw my mother was serious. He couldn't get any advantage from me, and the loan sharks kept pressuring him, so he had no choice but to run away again. I haven't heard from him in over two years. I wonder if he was hacked to death somewhere."
It’s not that Li Lanyi can’t pay back the millions of gambling debts, but she knows that she can’t pay it back.
After paying back a few million, there are still countless millions left. After all, her father is still alive. He gambled before, and I'm afraid he will gamble even more in the future.
"A father like this is worse off dead than alive... But why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"
Xu Yao thought for a moment and didn't lie to Li Lanyi. "Because I just learned that the 300 million yuan my father owed wasn't lost in business, but actually he borrowed money to gamble. You're the only one around me who has had this kind of experience, so I wanted to ask how you overcame this hurdle, mainly the psychological one."
clang.
Li Lanyi's small handbag fell into the sink.
"Three hundred million, are all the foreign debts he lost in gambling?"
Xu Yao nodded.
Li Lanyi trembled as she picked up her handbag. "How else can I get over this? Don't blame me for being harsh. The greatest good for you is for a father like this to die. If he were still alive, the 300 million foreign debt wouldn't be the end, but the beginning!"
Xu Yao is so miserable.
Li Lanyi's miserable experience was of no reference value to Xu Yao.
Just as Li Lanyi said, death is the greatest kindness Xu Qinghua can do for Xu Yao. A dead person at least will not add new debts.
Wen Zhicheng told Gu Jun about Xu Qinghua's gambling, and he also said that it was indeed true.
Xu Yao still wanted to confirm it herself.
They talked about the short play in the morning, and Xu Yao went to meet Wang Kui in the afternoon.
As soon as she saw Wang Kui, Xu Yao got straight to the point and asked, "Uncle Wang, do you know how much money my dad lost? Did gambling really cause his financial problems?"
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