Blackening starts from the golden years

Chapter 305 Zhu Jincao is doomed to tragedy

After sending Yuan Xudong away, Shen Liuliu returned to the living room. At this time, Gu Moli was sitting on the sofa in the living room drinking wine. Shen Liuliu walked over and sat down next to her, looked at her and smiled:
"Okay, don't be sad. In fact, Xudong is right. The reason why your parents did this is for your consideration. Shouldn't you also think about it for them and be considerate of their good intentions? "

"Xudong?"

Hearing Shen Liuliu address Yuan Xudong so affectionately, Gu Moli felt a little uncomfortable. She looked at Shen Liuliu next to her and said angrily:
"Liuliu, I noticed that you have changed. Do you not love me anymore?"

"No."

Looking at the coquettish Gu Moli, Shen Liuliu put his arm around her shoulders, looked into her eyes and said with a smile:
"Of course I love you. You are my best friend. However, what I say is from my heart. Your parents are so good to you. Don't be ignorant of your blessings. You are like me. I envy you. It’s too late for you. Think about it. Is this true?”

"Well, you're right. My parents are indeed very good to me."

Gu Moli nodded slightly, looked at Shen Liuliu and asked anxiously:
"Then what should I do now? My parents must be angry with me now."

"It's okay, your parents are so good to you, how could they really be angry with you?"

Looking at Gu Moli, Shen Liuliu smiled and said:
"Otherwise, just buy two gifts for your parents and coax them nicely. I think that's enough."

"This is a good idea. I will buy them gifts tomorrow and then go home to apologize."

Gu Moli smiled and said that she knew in her heart how much her parents loved her. As long as she went back to act coquettishly and cutely with them, this unpleasant incident would be over.

"Then what are you going to do next?"

Shen Liuliu looked at Gu Moli and asked:
"Your parents don't agree to buy a house jointly with your husband's family, so why don't you still change the house?"

"Of course I'll change it. At worst, I'll kill it first and then report it."

Looking at Shen Liuliu, Gu Moli smiled proudly and said:

"My mother transferred 2.6 million to me this morning. Jincao can borrow hundreds of thousands from their company and sell the small house at home."

Hearing what Gu Moli said, Shen Liuliu couldn't help but laugh and said:
"I thought you were going to return the money to your parents, but this is what happened?"

"What else are you doing for them? I've had enough of living in a small house. I must change this time."

"Can Zhu Jincao's parents agree?"

"Jincao said he can take care of his parents. I only need to be responsible for borrowing money from my parents."

Looking at Gu Moli who kept things simple, Shen Liuliu smiled and said:

"I see, what your father said is not unreasonable. Zhu Jincao may not be able to make the decision about your small house. You must be mentally prepared. If you want me to say something, you will let your father Mom buys you a house, and only your name is written on the house book. Isn’t that great? "

"What's good?"

Rolling her eyes at Shen Liuliu, Gu Moli pouted and said:

"Actually, I don't care, but I'm afraid Jincao won't be able to bear it. You don't know, he seems to be a very easy-going person, as if he doesn't care about anything, but he has a very strong self-esteem. If the house book only writes about me, He will definitely not be able to bear the name of a person."

"Sister, having a strong self-esteem and having a glassy heart are two different things, okay?"

Looking at Gu Moli, Shen Liuliu rolled her eyes and said speechlessly:

"You can live in Zhu Jincao's house? Then why can't Zhu Jincao live in your house? He has self-esteem, but you don't, right?"

"Oh, he is a man, so he must save face."

Gu Moli smiled. Shen Liuliu rolled his eyes at her and said with a smile:
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about you. By the way, if you are short of money, just ask and I will lend you the four hundred thousand."

"No, Jincao and his company can apply for low-interest housing loans."

"Ah."

……

That night, Gu Moli stayed at Shen Liuliu's house and slept all night. During this period, Zhu Jincao called her and heard that she said that she would not be back at night and would spend the night at Shen Liuliu's house. Although Zhu Jincao said it was okay , but he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. He couldn't help but start to wonder whether Gu Moli was really going to a hotel with another man to book a room outside, as his mother said.

Although reason told Zhu Jincao that it was impossible, he still couldn't help but doubt. At the same time, he also made up his mind to find an opportunity as soon as possible to implant a positioning program in Gu Moli's mobile phone, and then monitor her whereabouts at any time, so that she would be Not lying, he would know it clearly if he went to the hotel to book a room.

At the same time, in Zhu Jincao's mother's room, after Zhu Keke fell asleep, Zhu's mother picked up her mobile phone and called Zhu Jincao's father. She had asked Zhu's father to come over as soon as possible, but Zhu's father had something to do at home. , I didn’t come to Shanghai immediately.

After discussing with Dad Zhu for a while, Dad Zhu said that he had already bought the high-speed rail ticket and would come to Shanghai tomorrow. Mother Zhu felt relieved. Zhu Jincao had been afraid of his father since he was a child, and his father would do whatever he said. Now that her father has arrived in Shanghai, she is no longer afraid that Gu Moli, a prodigal woman, will instigate her son Zhu Jincao to spend money recklessly.

Speaking of which, Mother Zhu is also pathetic. She is not as free-thinking as Mother Gu, and Father Zhu is not as gentle and caring about his wife as Father Gu. Dad Zhu is a typical "heavy chauvinist" man. In his concept, he is the head of the old Zhu family, and everyone in the old Zhu family must listen to him and obey his words.

And Zhu's mother is used to being submissive and takes it for granted that a woman must listen to men. She must listen to Zhu's father. Of course, Gu Moli must also listen to her son. At the same time, she, the daughter-in-law, must also listen to her parents-in-law. All in all, Gu Moli has to be obedient in Lao Zhu's house. Zhu's mother thinks this is a woman's duty.

The reason why she and Zhu's father did not agree to jointly buy a house with the Gu family was that on the one hand they were worried that if Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli divorced in the future, Gu Moli would divide their old Zhu family's property. On the other hand, it was because With this head-of-the-family mentality, they would rather live in a small house than accept money from Gu Moli's parents, so that only Zhu Jincao's name can be written in their house book, and he belongs to this family. As the head of the family, and Gu Moli just lives in this home, she should focus on Zhu Jincao.

It has to be said that both Father Zhu and Mother Zhu have very traditional and feudal ideas. What is especially inappropriate is that his son Zhu Jincao cannot suppress Gu Moli, a rich girl who is financially independent and has been pampered since childhood. How could she regard herself as her husband's foil like Mother Zhu did? Isn't that just making people laugh?
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The next morning, Dad Zhu arrived in Shanghai by high-speed train. After walking out of the high-speed rail station, he took a taxi to Zhu Jincao's small house.

In the taxi, while driving, the driver glanced at Dad Zhu sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror and asked with a smile:

"What does the old gentleman do?"

"Head of the Publicity Section of the Machinery Factory."

Father Zhu replied calmly, with a hint of official accent in his voice. This position is his greatest pride. After all, he is also an official.

"No wonder, the temperament is different. Are you coming to Shanghai for a meeting?"

"go home."

"I really didn't notice it. I thought you were a foreigner."

The driver laughed. After looking at him, Father Zhu said in an unhappy voice:
"What about this foreigner with words carved on his face?"

Hearing Dad Zhu's official tone that was obviously displeased, the driver quickly apologized and said with a smile:
"No, I didn't mean that. I'm from out of town too."

After saying that, he stopped talking. After all, no one likes to put a hot face on someone's cold butt. Seeing Dad Zhu acting like this, he knew that he was not easy to mess with. He was not a big official, but his official tone was almost as good as heaven. The driver and master were also ordinary people, and ordinary people What the common people hate the most is people who like to speak in a bureaucratic tone. Such people like to put themselves on a high pedestal and overwhelm others in their words and deeds, making them look superior, which is just annoying.

There was no words for the rest of the journey as the driver sent Zhu's father to his destination. After getting off the car, Zhu's father called Zhu's mother to pick him up. When Zhu's mother arrived at the gate of the community, she quickly took the suitcase from Zhu's father's hand and led him towards home.

Along the way, Zhu’s mother dragged her suitcase and led the way. Zhu’s father put his hands behind his back and walked with a very imposing pace while looking at the community, as if a leader came to inspect, full of style, and looking at Zhu’s mother, he seemed humble. As a servant, she looked very humble and cautious in front of Father Zhu.

Walking into the house, Zhu's father sat on the sofa in the living room, put his hands on both sides, crossed his legs, and looked like an old man. As for Zhu's mother, she first quickly put the suitcase away, and then hurriedly put it away. Father Zhu poured a cup of tea, put it on the low table in front of him, looked at him and said carefully:

"His father, I didn't want to make this call to you at first, but this is a big deal. I'm afraid that if I don't tell you, you will blame me in the future."

"You did the right thing." Father Zhu took a sip of water from the cup and said in a low voice:
"Call that Zhu Jincao, tell him I'm here, and ask him and his wife to come back as soon as possible."

"it is good."

Father Zhu came, and Mother Zhu seemed to have a backbone. When he asked to make a call, she immediately went to make a call. Regardless of the fact that her sons Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli were both at work, she called them to rush back.

……

In Jinying Live Broadcast, in the large conference room, the person in charge of the company, Mr. Jiang, was having a meeting. He looked at the heads of various departments in the conference room and introduced with a smile:
"Everyone, this is Mr. Yuan Xudong Yuan. He is an investor in our company. Everyone welcomes him with applause."

There was a burst of warm applause in the conference room. Yuan Xudong looked at everyone and nodded slightly with a smile:

"Hello everyone, my name is Yuan Xudong. The success of Jinying Live is all due to everyone here. On behalf of the company, I would like to thank you all."

There was another burst of warm applause, and Yuan Xudong continued:

"The next time will be left to our Mr. Jiang to tell you in detail the company's next development strategy."

After Yuan Xudong finished speaking, Mr. Jiang smiled and said:
"I discussed it with Mr. Yuan, and the company plans to open up new markets in Jinshan..."

At the back left of the long conference table, Zhu Jincao looked at Mr. Jiang who was speaking and Yuan Xudong sitting next to him. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He had always been engaged in technology before, and he really hadn't paid attention to who the company's investors were. , I didn’t expect it to be Yuan Xudong, what a coincidence.

Just when he was distracted, the screen of his mobile phone on the conference table suddenly lit up. He glanced at it and saw that it was a call from his mother. Today's meeting was very important. If it was a meeting in his own department, he would go out. He answered the phone, but this was a department meeting of the entire company. He was not the leader who spoke, but one of the department heads who listened to the leader's speech. Therefore, he hung up the phone immediately. The people around him glanced at him and said nothing. .

Zhu Jincao smiled apologetically. At this time, his mobile phone screen lit up again. It was still a call from his mother. He hung up again, but then his mother called again. Zhu Jincao frowned slightly. He was afraid that something would happen at home, so he crouched down, covered his cell phone with his hand, and answered the call.

"Hey, Mom, I'm in a meeting, what do you want?"

"Your dad is here. You and your wife should go home quickly..."

……

Looking at Zhu Jincao, who was bending over to answer the phone, Mr. Jiang, who was speaking, couldn't help but frown slightly. He didn't say anything, but continued to talk about the company's next development plan, but he only talked for a while, Zhu Jincao Cao Cao raised his hand to interrupt him and said:

"Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry. Something happened at home and I have to go back. I'll ask you for a half-day leave."

"Ah."

Mr. Jiang gave a faint hum, and he felt a little unhappy. Zhu Jincao often took half a day off, not just once or twice. The reason every time was that something happened at home and he had to go back. It seemed that he only had to go back. It seems like something is wrong at home.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, I have to leave first."

Seeing Zhu Jincao get up and leave the conference room, Mr. Jiang continued:

"Everyone, is there anyone who has volunteered himself and wants to go to Jinshan to take charge of the overall situation?"

Hearing what Mr. Jiang said, everyone lowered their heads. Obviously no one wanted to go on a business trip to Jinshan. This is not a matter of one or two days, nor a month or two, but a long-term business trip. It is easy to go to Jinshan. If you want to go to Jinshan again, It is difficult to transfer back. After staying in a familiar environment for a long time, who wants to start over in a strange place?
It would be fine if you succeeded in opening up new territories, but if you failed, wouldn't you be doomed?
Seeing that no one wanted to go to Jinshan, Mr. Jiang was silent for a while and said:
"Since no one has come forward to recommend themselves, the company will be responsible for appointing whoever will be selected at that time."

Just when everyone was secretly praying that they would not be called upon, Mr. Jiang already had a suitable candidate in mind, and that was Zhu Jincao. As for whether Zhu Jincao was willing to go to Jinshan, it was not up to him. Either go to Jinshan. On a business trip, he would either resign and leave. Zhu Jincao is already in his thirties and is considered an older programmer. If he resigns, it will be difficult for him to find a job with the current salary, and he has stayed in a big company for a long time. He is only responsible for a specific job, and he can only look for similar jobs when he goes out, which is not easy to find.

Therefore, Jiang finally got hold of Zhu Jincao. He did not dare to resign casually. That was something only a fledgling boy dared to do. In today's employment environment, it is very difficult to find a job, and it is even harder to find a good job. Of course, Except for those with flexible employment. After all, flexible employment can provide hundreds of millions of jobs.

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After leaving the company, Zhu Jincao rushed home and called Gu Moli to ask her to go home immediately. In Lao Zhu's house, Zhu's father's words are imperial edicts. Even if Zhu Jincao is having a very important meeting, his father will immediately rush home and call his wife back at the same time, which is really a bit sick.

This is no longer the category of filial piety, but a morbid psychological problem. He obeys his father's words regardless of the actual situation. He is already in his thirties and can't even stick to his own opinions. What kind of man is he?
Zhu Jincao, the name his father gave him is quite appropriate. He can't get hard or straight up. He can only fall on both sides when the wind blows. He has no opinion of his own. He stays soft and wilted all day long. look.

An hour later, Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli both returned home. Gu Moli was a little unhappy, with an expressionless face. If Zhu Jincao hadn't coaxed her, she wouldn't have come back. The gallery was not owned by her family, so what leader would be happy if she just asked for leave and came back so casually? Moreover, now is the time when the gallery is in difficulty and cannot make ends meet, so the leader is even more unhappy. If it weren't for the fact that Gu Moli still has some connections and resources, the leader would have severely criticized her.

Similar to Zhu Jincao, Gu Moli's job is even harder to find now. After all, there are not many rich fools left, so who has nothing to do to buy those works of art every day? After all, those paintings have no actual value, and they are not easy to sell. Even Yuan Xudong just buys a few paintings that he admires. For example, the painting "Desire" recommended by Mina only sells for 60,000 yuan. I just bought it for fun. If the painting sold for hundreds of thousands or millions, Yuan Xudong would not buy it easily unless he could sell it at a higher price in the future.

With that money, wouldn't it be better to invest in some good companies? Why buy a piece of waste paper?
Even Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" is a piece of waste paper in Yuan Xudong's opinion, because he can draw exactly the same one himself. Since they are exactly the same, why should Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" be better than his "Sunflowers" Is it expensive?
This is naturally a money game. Some people play this game, some people don’t play this game, and Yuan Xudong is the one who doesn’t play this game. Just like some virtual currencies or so-called digital collectibles, in Yuan Xudong It seems to be bullshit. No matter how high the price of speculation is, he will not touch things that he thinks have no value. It is a game played by fools and giant crocodiles. The essence is to cut leeks.

Take art as an example. In addition to laundering black money, there is also the simplest way to cut leeks, which is to use a pallet to hype some paintings painted by artists, making it look like their paintings are increasing in value year by year, and then wait for fools to come. Take over and sell the painting to that fool at a high price. As for whether this fool can find the next fool, it's hard to say. It depends on how long this game can be played. As long as a steady stream of fools join the game, it can continue to play. When the number of fools is insufficient, it will soon collapse.

When many fools buy paintings, they don’t care about the painting itself, but think about holding it for a period of time, waiting for the painting to increase in value, and then selling it to the next fool. In this process, many people ignore a huge The risk is that the painting itself is just a piece of paper and some paint. How much is it worth?

A painting is not a house. At least a house can be lived in, right? Of course, unfinished buildings are excluded. What is even more cruel than unfinished buildings is that there is only one magnificent gate built in the entire community.

Getting back to the topic, Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli were sitting on the sofa in the living room. Dad Zhu was sitting opposite them. He looked at them and said directly:
"I won't say any more nonsense. I heard your mother say that you want to sell this house and buy a bigger one? I'm telling you now, no, you have given up."

Hearing this, Zhu Jincao couldn't help but said:

"Dad, I have been married for seven years. Mom has been living here all the time. Coco is getting older and bigger. We have to change to a bigger house. I don't understand why you are so opposed to it?"

"Let me tell you this."

Looking at Zhu Jincao, Zhu’s father said calmly:
"First, I paid the down payment for this house. It is a wedding house I bought for you, and you have no right to dispose of it. Second, Shanghai people say that snail shells are used as dojos. Two rooms and one living room are enough for living."

"Two rooms?"

Gu Moli couldn't help but said:
"Grandpa Keke, do you think it counts as one room even if the balcony is sealed?"

"Women don't interrupt."

Zhu's father glanced at Gu Moli and said calmly. When he said this, Gu Moli immediately shut up. Just like her mother said, she only dared to go against her parents. At this time, Zhu Jincao did not dare to defend Gu Moli. , if it was his mother, he would dare to argue a few words, but facing his father, he immediately gave up. He and Gu Moli sat quietly on the sofa, listening to his father's lectures.

As for Zhu’s mother, she is not even qualified to sit down and discuss together. She is currently hiding in the kitchen washing and chopping vegetables. She seems to be busy making lunch. In fact, she is completely unqualified to intervene in family matters and can only do some Things that take care of people.

As for the right to speak in the family, it is Zhu’s father who has the final say.

Looking at Zhu Jincao and Gu Moli who were silent, Dad Zhu continued:

"You have as many heads as you wear, as many hats as you have, and your feet wear as many shoes as you want. If you can change to a bigger house based on your own strength, I won't stop you, but you can't move this apartment. Do you understand?"

"Dad, you know how expensive the house prices here are now. If you and my mother hadn't stopped us from buying a big house together with Jasmine's family, we wouldn't have been unable to keep up with the house prices like now. You Now you are asking me to work hard alone. The house price is so high. How can I afford it? Are you not deliberately making things difficult for me? "

Zhu Jincao said angrily. He also had resentment in his heart. If his parents hadn't disagreed, he and Gu Moli would have bought a big house long ago. Seven years later, house prices have increased so much. He and Gu Moli's income It's not worth the increase in housing prices. If they had bought the big house that Gu Moli's parents were looking for, he and Gu Moli would be multi-millionaires now. This is much more than what they earned after working for seven years.

Seeing that Zhu Jincao dared to contradict him, Zhu's father suddenly stood up and was about to whip him. Zhu's mother, who had been paying attention here, rushed out of the open kitchen, looked at Zhu Jincao and said:
"Jincao, tell your dad about that and discuss it."

After glancing at Mother Zhu, Father Zhu sat back again. If Mother Zhu hadn't interrupted, he would have slapped him away. Looking at his father, Zhu Jincao also realized that he had been living in Shanghai in the past few years, and his father lived in his hometown. The two were not together, and he actually forgot his father's temper for a moment.

Gu Moli was also startled, and she was also a little scared when she saw Zhu's father who was about to hit someone.

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(End of this chapter)