'So, what do you want to ask?" Jiang Jinjiu poured a glass of Lotus I for Fang Tang and inquired.
Fang Tang thought for a second with his head down, then asked: "bro, do you believe there are cats that can speak human language?"
This question is beyond Jiang Jinjiu's expectations. He thought this over, and while he was going to give his answer, a voice cut in: "boss, it's your turn."
"Ok. I'll answer you later, Fang Tang. The drummer asked to leave because his wife was going to give birth, so I will play his role tonight." Jiang Jinjiu explained this to Fang Tang and ran to the stage.
That crewcut singer in "Damn Couples!" T-shirt waved his hand to say Hi when he saw Fang Tang stand in front of the bar counter.
Fang Tang waved back, then turned back and returned to banquette seat.
"Sorry, Fang Tang, I must leave now because my father just called me for PPT." Luo Feng stepped in disappointed after answering a phone call and said, "enjoy your night, see you!"
When Luo Feng left, there was only fatso sitting there with Fang Tang, but fatso indulged in playing cellphone game, so Fang Tang was just sitting there drinking beer quietly. When he heard the melody of Michael Jackson's classic rock song Beat It, Fang Tang had a feeling they would perform something hilarious.
"They told him don't walk so fast here"
"Don't wanna see your speed, you better be slow"
"You fell on the ice"
"And the screams are really clear"
"So beat it, just beat it"
Fang Tang was quite speechless with his one hand holding his forehead when he heard this. He knew that if Jiang Jinjiu and that crewcut singer perform together, things like this will be inevitable. They adapted the song Beat It by changing its lyrics. This song was once very popular online because the lyrics ridicule a real case that happened, which tells the story of a passersby trying to help an aged person who fell and turned out to be blackmailed by him.
There was a burst of laughter from the audience after they heard this. Then they beat time with the song.
"You are lying, you are doing what you can"
"Don't wanna see your lies, don't be a good man"
"You wanna be bad, better do what you can"
"So beat it, cuz you wanna be bad"
While playing a cellphone game with this interesting song, a hand reached out suddenly and grabbed fatso's cellphone.
"Fuck! Who the hell grabbed my phone!" Liu Haoren shouted with anger after being interrupted.
"Ha! As I thought, you are playing games with Ke'er." that man glimpsed at fatso's phone and threw it into a glass full of beer.
"Bao Wenchao, fuck you!" Liu Haoren took out his cellphone immediately, and it was already late. His phone screen stayed black and couldn't be turned on.
"Fang Tang, I need to log in my account on your phone. This round is the promotion event for Ke'er, I must help her." said Liu Haoren in a rush.
"Boy, you really have guts. Don't you know she is my F You bastard always plays cellphone games with her to help her win, and your intimacy is even higher than she and I. Do you know what the hell you are doing?!" Bao Wenchao patted on Fang Tang's hand to stop him from handing his cellphone to Liu Haoren, and the phone fell off his hand.
"So what? Get yourself at the master's level first before talking with me. I don't talk with those at silver level. If you dare to challenge me online, I'll surely kill you in hero alliance fountain." Liu Haoren shouted toward Bao Wenchao as he picked up Fang Tang's phone and logged in his game account.
Bao Wenchao was shut up by fatso. He was so pissed off and wanted to grab the phone again, but Fang Tang stopped him.
"Bao Wenchao, you'd better know what you are doing. That's my phone, do you want to destroy it?" Fang Tang said.
Seeing this, Bao Wenchao's friends all walked here to help. Although Fang Tang was at absolute disadvantage because he only had one backup that was completely indulged in the game, he was not frightened at all. With a calm voice, he slowly said: "You guys wanna have a fight? Don't forget this is bro Jiang's bar."
Bao Wenchao had scruples after Fang Tang mentioned Jiang Jiujiu. He stopped his friends from taking actions and threw a glare at Fang Tang, then he sneered: "How could you have the energy to help others while you are already in a big trouble?"
Fang Tang frowned and asked: "what do you mean?"
"Now, look at this yourself." Bao Wenchao took out his cellphone opening a file and showed Fang Tang.
This is a digital scan of a loan contract. The borrower is South Hill Hengxiang Trading Company, the amount is 20 million, but his father's name was signed as a guarantor. The signing time of this contract was one month before his father's death, and the loan mortgage was the property right of a villa of Li Jun, the owner of South Hill Hengxiang Trading Company, and the Six Flavors Restaurant of Fang Tang's family.
"Is it clear? You have two weeks to pay the money. And Li Jun had already fled to somewhere we didn't know to escape the debt. When the deadline reaches, we will liquidate the mortgage assets, which is your restaurant."
Bao Wenchao was quite elated while he was saying this and poked his finger at Fang Tang's shoulder: "You'd better sell your restaurant to our company, then you might have some money left to rent a house. You can also refuse to do so, if you want to be a homeless dog and sleep on the street. Haha…"
"Your father is the owner of Mingfan Real Estate!" Fang Tang glared at Bao Wenchao. He knew that fatso was rivaling with a rich man's son for a girl, but he didn't expect that the son's father was the boss of that real estate company, who used filthy moves to force him to sell his restaurant.
Fang Tang is familiar with Li Jun because he is the good friend of Fang Tang's father. Besides, he is also one of the regular customers of their restaurant. Each year, on spring festival, he would give Fang Tang some lucky money. About the loan, his father mentioned this before.
It is commonly seen that small and medium-sized enterprises have difficulties in getting loans, especially like Li Jun's trading company, which is doing import and export business, as well as cross-border transactions. Because of the long payment period, Li Jun often has cash flow problems.
When that happened, Li Jun, who was in need of money, would make short-term loans to some financial companies. If he was going to borrow a large amount of money, a guarantor would be needed.
Fang Tang's father had been Li Jun's guarantor for many times. Although there might be risks, Li Jun's business was going smoothly, and he had good credit, so things like failing to pay the money back had never happened, not to mention escaping the loan. Fang Tang wanted to make a call and figure out what happened, but fatso was still using his phone playing games.
"You still don't believe this and want to confirm this by calling him, right?" Bao Wenchao sneered again when he saw Fang Tang looking at his cellphone with doubts.
"Fine, let me do you a favor." He dialed a number from the contact list in his cellphone, then handed his phone to Fang Tang.
The name Li Jun was showing on the cellphone screen. After a few seconds, the phone call was picked up with a loud KTV sound coming out of the other side. A middle-aged man answered with a high voice: "Junior Bao, what's up?"
"Uncle Li, it's me, Fang Tang." Fang Tang responded. The man on the other side of the cellphone was in silence, then there came his voice speaking to the people with him: "I need to answer the phone, be right back."
After the sound of closing door, there came his voice again: "Fang Tang, why are you together with Junior Bao?"
Fang Tang was quite disappointed when he heard Li Jun's voice. Then he directly asked: "Uncle Li, can you explain that loan contract to me?"
Again, the conversation fell into a silence.
"Fang Tang, I hope you can understand me. Family Bao is great money and power, I can't offend them. They promised me that they wouldn't be too tough. If you can sell your restaurant as they asked, you won't lose much." said Li Jun.
"Uncle Li, this is how you thank my father for helping you?!" Fang Tang shouted outrageously.
"Fang Tang, you shall not think so. Your father has passed away, so I'm doing this for your good. You're too young to run a restaurant. I heard that you are applying for schooling suspension. That's not a wise choice, you have to continue your school. After you sell out the restaurant, you will also have tuition. Isn't that a double-win solution? You're still young, and there will be opportunities for you to start a business in the future." Li Jun added.
Fang Tang was amazed by his shameless remarks. He even doubted if this was uncle Li, his father's good buddy. In Fang Tang's memory, that man used to touch his head and spoke to his father: "If my son can be as half good as Fang Tang, I can't imagine how happy I would be."
And now Fang Tang understands what fickle relationships mean.
He hung up the phone to shut off Li Jun's bullshits. Looking at that elated Bao Wenchao, Fang Tang threw his phone into the same beer glass that Liu Haoren's phone was thrown in.
"What the fuck! Are you out of your mind?" Bao Wenchao grabbed his phone in a rush, yet, it was too late. His phone couldn't be turned on.
"So what?" Fang Tang answered. He knew that he had to be strong at this moment. He should not give Bao Wenchao any chance to continue feeling complacent by crushing him.
"Yes! Even though I died once, I'm still the dominant role." Fatso Liu finally finished the last round.
Because he was completely concentrated on the game, he didn't hear the detailed conflicts between Fang Tang and Bao Wenchao. When he rose his head, he saw Bao Wenchao was drying his cellphone with tissues. He laughed: "Consequences! We are even now."
Then he gave a thumb up toward Fang Tang and said: "That's my buddy! Cool!"
Seeing that Fang Tang was surrounded by a group of people, Jiang Jinjiu walked here with a drumstick.
"Junior Bao, why are you all gathering here? Is our beer not good, or the song annoying?" asked Jiang Jinjiu.
Bao Wenchao pointed at Fang Tang and Liu Haoren warning: "For the sake of bro Jiang, I'll let go of you today. You'd better pray for not encountering me again, or you won't be lucky like now."
Bao Wenchao turned back at the gate of this bar. He looked at Fang Tang with one hand waving his cellphone, and the other one in the gesture of cutting throat as a threat.
"You need to watch out Bao Wenchao, he is a snaky man. Don't lose your life because of a woman." Jiang Jinjiu said this to fatso Liu. He thought this conflict was raised because of a woman. Fang Tang stood there without mentioning the 20 million loan.
Fang Tang knew that Jing Jinjiu would try his best to help him if he knew this. But that's not a small amount. He doesn't want to save Six Flavors Restaurant at the price of sacrificing Taibai Bar. Because he knew there were more real estate companies having a great interest in the property rights of Taibai Bar than his Six Flavor Restaurant.
The singer was still on the stage singing:
"No one wants to be wronged"
"Looking how fake'an wrong is your behavior"
"It doesn't matter"
"You're wrong or right"
"Just beat, beat it, beat it, beat it"