Seeing that Boss Gou was so angry he was about to die on the spot, Jing Zhe was very satisfied and continued to extend his hand, saying, "IOU."
Boss Gou took a deep breath: "I've already said that these are all established rules. Everyone has been looking out for the Zhou family's cloth shop for so many years. When have we ever written an IOU?"
Jing Zhe had long anticipated this situation. Long-time customers, especially those from a large store like Zhou's Cloth Shop, who had cooperated with him for so long, rarely asked for IOUs.
He guessed right, so things will be easier from now on.
"Old Dog, you're supposed to be a boss, this is so unprofessional! Business is business, why are you talking about personal relationships?"
"..."
Jing Zhe once again rendered him speechless with Gou Boss's words.
"Didn't you say there's no written rule about holding payment for three months, so you want the money now? Well, let me tell you, without an IOU, you won't get a single penny!"
Jing Zhe looked at them and sneered repeatedly.
Upon hearing this, the first to panic were the small textile factory owners. They knew that Zhou's cloth workshop owed each of them nearly two or three hundred taels of silver. They couldn't compare to Boss Gou, who was wealthy and powerful. Two or three hundred taels was nothing to him, but it was not the same for them. If they lost this silver, their textile factories would probably not be able to recover for a while.
They had no prior grudge against Zhou's cloth shop; it was only after Boss Gou approached them early this morning and promised them benefits that they came.
However, the benefits that Boss Gou promised them were far less than the several hundred taels of silver that Zhou Family Cloth Shop owed them!
They can still distinguish what is important and what is not.
Someone immediately couldn't sit still and quickly called out to Zhou Ziqiong.
"Miss Zhou, your Zhou family's cloth shop has been in business for so many years, you can't do something so dishonest!"
"Yes, Miss Zhou, if things continue like this, how will you do business in the future?"
"..."
Jing Zhe glanced at them coldly, not wanting to waste any more words with them, and said coldly again, "I'll repeat myself, if there's no IOU, you won't get a single penny! Isn't that what you wanted just now? Only looking at the written agreement, not talking about friendship!"
Zhou Ziqiong also watched coldly. If it were before, she definitely wouldn't have done such a thing, but they had been so aggressive just now. So she shrugged and ignored them, instead looking calmly at Jing Zhe.
Now everyone understood. She had given all the decision-making power to Jing Zhe, and only if he changed his mind could things proceed. But judging from Jing Zhe's appearance, he didn't seem like someone who would change his mind.
The group of small business owners immediately panicked.
"Boss Gou, what should we do?"
"Boss Gou, think of a solution quickly! This sum of money is considerable!"
"Boss Gou, let me tell you in advance, if I really can't get this money back, I'm going to block your textile factory and demand it!"
"Yes, Boss Gou! Please help us get it back!"
"..."
Boss Gou cursed inwardly.
He won't give you money, so why are you blocking my textile factory?
"Everyone, please calm down!"
Boss Gou waved his hand and said, "Surely not everyone is without an IOU?"
Although these textile factories were familiar with Zhou's cloth workshop, they would usually issue IOUs. Only when they were particularly busy would they make verbal notes, since they trusted Zhou's reputation. Therefore, some of the factory owners did use IOUs.
"I have!"
"I have!"
"I have one too!"
After he finished speaking, one by one, the small business owners came out with IOUs. Boss Gou collected their IOUs and counted them. There were a total of 2,200 taels of silver.
A cold smile flashed across his lips.
Although it is far from the total amount of 4,500 taels, more than 2,000 taels of silver is not a small amount.
Handing over the IOU, Boss Gou said in a deep voice, "Didn't you want an IOU? Here's an IOU for two thousand two hundred taels of silver. Take the money!"
After saying that, he narrowed his eyes: "But let me tell you this first, if you can't even come up with two thousand taels of silver, this Zhou family cloth shop will immediately belong to us!"
Then he turned to the small business owners and said, "We'll give him a quarter of an hour. If he doesn't get the money, we'll take over Zhou's Cloth Shop. Everything inside will be ours. Just send people to move it, take as much as you can!"
"good!"
The small business owners were extremely excited when they heard this.
Are you sure?
Jing Zhe asked one last question.
"Of course I'm sure!"
The group, who had been terrified just moments before, seemed to have regained their confidence. When Jing Zhe asked them this, they assumed he really had no money.
"Since you're certain, once I've returned the two thousand two hundred taels of IOU, you'll have nothing more to do with the Zhou family's cloth shop!"
As he spoke, Jing Zhe reached into his pocket and pulled out three thousand-tael silver notes, saying, "These are three thousand tael silver notes."
"..."
Boss Gou was immediately stunned. He hadn't expected Jing Zhe to actually be able to produce so many silver notes, but he still quickly accepted them.
Jing Zhe snatched the IOU from his hand and tore it up in front of everyone.
"From this moment forward, you have no further connection with the Zhou family's cloth workshop!"
"..."
As everyone looked at the torn IOU, they felt something slowly sinking in their hearts.
...
Now that things have come to this, Boss Gou knows he has lost.
Moreover, because there was no IOU, he lost more than four hundred taels of silver, the most among these bosses.
Although he was unwilling, he had lost, and there was no need for him to stay any longer.
Although he was frustrated, he thought that if he could get in touch with those important people for a few hundred taels of silver, it wouldn't be a bad deal.
Thinking about this, Boss Gou felt relieved.
Let's go!
He waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave, intending to discuss the matter further after leaving the Zhou family's cloth shop.
"Wait!"
He had just turned around when he was called back.
He turned to look at Jing Zhe, squinted, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Have you forgotten something?"
"What's up?"
"give change."
"give change?"
Upon hearing this, Boss Gou continued to feign ignorance and even sneered, "What change do you need?"
"The IOU from earlier totaled two thousand two hundred taels of silver. I'll give you three thousand taels in silver notes, so you should give me eight hundred taels in change!"
After Jing Zhe finished speaking, he held out his hand: "Give me my change!"
Boss Gou is a shrewd man. The reason he wanted to leave with everyone quickly was to avoid getting any change. Even if Jing Zhe said it to his face now, he still had no intention of getting change.
"Give us money? Why should we? You clearly owe us four thousand five hundred taels of silver, and I haven't even asked you for the remaining three thousand taels yet, and you're already asking me for money?"
After finishing his sentence, Boss Gou looked at Jing Zhe and squeezed out two words through his teeth: "Dream on!"
"..."
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