It has been winter for quite a while, but today is particularly warm. Pedestrians on the road have taken off their sweaters and are wearing only a thin coat, walking and playing on the withered yellow lawn. The whole street is so quiet and warm, like a fat cat rolling over on a chair. The sky is as clean as glass that has been wiped a dozen times, and it is shining with light.
——The sun is so bright.
“Boss, I…I want to ask, is this the end of Derek Jiang?
"Is there no chance of redemption?"
"No, it's completely gone."
Jiang Kecheng raised his head and let the sunlight slant down onto his face.
If possible, he would also fight to the death.
Between the two options of cutting off one's own arm and fighting to the death, countless people will choose the latter. Because no one can accept that all the sunk costs they have invested will go down the drain, let alone a future that leads to failure. So as long as they have not lost, they will keep insisting, insisting, insisting to the end, insisting until they have nothing left.
But now, he has nothing.
Without cash flow, a store that loses money every day can't survive even a day, let alone survive the entire winter. Rather than letting others burst this bubble, it is better to be decent yourself, at least you can still retain a little warmth.
"I've already called. Someone will be at the store to take over the kitchenware and ingredients. Just hand everything over to them."
"I have already transferred my final salary to your bank account, along with severance pay. It's not a lot of money... This is all I can do. Please don't think this is too little of a token of my appreciation."
"boss……"
The employees just felt something choking in their hearts. If they asked themselves honestly, Jiang Kecheng was indeed a relatively conscientious boss. If compared with other bosses, he seemed to be a general among dwarfs.
At this moment, she even forgot her past complaints and dissatisfaction, and instead made a warm confession: "Boss, if there is a chance in the future, I will work with you again!"
Jiang Kecheng felt warm in his heart, but then he smiled bitterly.
No chance.
There is absolutely no chance.
After cleaning up the mess in the shop, Jiang Kecheng went back to his former home and moved out all the things of the father and daughter. The new owner of the house was quite polite. After all, they definitely didn't want the original furniture after moving into a new home.
Jiang Kecheng sold most of the things he didn't need, and then took the remaining necessary furniture to a low old house in the urban village and moved all his things in.
Jiang Yuzhu walked from the warm outdoors into the dark old house, as if she had been violently dragged back from spring to winter. She shuddered and looked at her father:
"Dad, are we going to live here from now on?"
"Well...I rented it for three years."
"So... Dad, what about our family business?"
"No more." said Jiang Kecheng.
At least he had paid his employees their salaries and severance pay. As for what to do with the huge debts he owed, he could only leave it to fate - he didn't want to think about it anymore, he was too tired.
Jiang Kecheng took out money from his pocket, all kinds of denominations, big and small, which were the change from the cashier at the store. He put the remaining money on the table, divided it in half, and looked up at his daughter:
"We'll each take half."
"dad?"
Jiang Yuzhu looked at his father in surprise, only to see that his father suddenly laughed, then started crying while laughing, and then he took out a bottle of five-yuan liquor from somewhere, tilted his head back and took two gulps.
"dad!"
Jiang Yuzhu hurriedly tried to snatch it away, but was stopped by his father.
After taking a sip of wine, Jiang Kecheng's face turned red. He said:
"Xiaoyu, my daughter, my daughter, this is all Daddy can do for you... From today on, you can only rely on yourself."
"Everything...can only be done by myself."
…
"I never thought that the first person to fall would be him, Old Jiang."
The sun was pouring down on the tightly closed roller shutter door. The words "Ginger Derek Tea Restaurant" on the signboard had not yet lost their shining color, but it vaguely reminded people of a really unlucky word -
A flash of light.
The bosses on the street, these wealthy and prominent people, gathered in the corner like unemployed office losers, looking at the storefronts of their former companions and sighing, with a kind of sadness that was particularly unbearable.
"What's going on with the Jiang family? Isn't his business better than ours?"
"I heard that there was an accident at home..."
"The old saying goes 'A harmonious family brings prosperity, while a chaotic family brings failure.' Thinking about it now, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. His shop was obviously the best run among us, and he was the one who had the best chance of surviving. But he died first. It really is...ah, things are unpredictable."
"Who says it's not?" Another young boss said with emotion, but he seemed to be thinking about something else. He rolled his eyes, looked at his companion, and finally uttered a sentence:
"Brothers, what do you think...is this the right way for us to go on?"
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, if we continue like this, will we end up with the same fate as him? ... We are not as strong as him."
Everyone fell silent. Yes, no matter in terms of business or reputation, their store was not as good as Jiang Derick's. Although the direct reason for Jiang Derick's closure was family reasons, it did not mean that they did not have other crises.
It was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. No one knew that there would be no sudden accidents tomorrow.
No one knows whether they will be the next to fall.
"Hey, Xiao Wang, since you said that, you should have made up your mind, right?"
"Yeah, you already have an idea, don't you? Tell us about it. If it's reliable, we will all listen to you!"
Upon hearing this, Boss Xiao Wang said, "Since everyone has seen it, I won't keep you in suspense!"
"As the saying goes, you can't live without going crazy! It has come to this point... everyone, why don't we go crazy?"
"Go crazy?"
Everyone shuddered, thinking that Boss Wang might be crazy... But soon everyone changed their minds. After listening to Boss Wang's plan, everyone felt that -
“That’s right!”
"Well said!"
"Well said! At this point, we have no choice. Either we die, or we fight... Let's fight!!"
"Fight with him Xu Shang!"
So, a group of bosses turned into madmen and rushed to the property center of the West City Commercial Street frantically. Without even giving the staff a chance to stop them, they rushed to the second floor and pushed open the door of Mr. Xu's office.
This really scared Chairman Xu inside. Oh my god... is this really going to happen to him?
"Xu Shang! President Xu! Director Xu!"
The bosses gnashed their teeth and roared:
"We know we were wrong!"
"Please, give us a chance, Mr. Xu... please let us live!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
