A life of financial freedom

The lights were on, and the Magic City was as congested as ever.

Zhou An drove slowly down the street and soon arrived at the agreed address.

At this moment, Ma Junjie was standing outside waiting for him. When he saw him get off the car, he walked over.

Chu Fang said, "You seem very tired?"

Ma Junjie's face was full of traces of fatigue. His face was sallow, his body was thin, and his beard was short and dense. It was obvious that he had not taken care of it for a long time, and he had an unconcealable tiredness.

"A little." Ma Junjie forced a smile.

The two walked into the restaurant together. The waiter handed them the menu. Chu Fang ordered two dishes at random. After the waiter left, he immediately set his eyes on Ma Junjie, who showed a hesitant look on his face, but made up his mind after a moment:

"Let me get straight to the point. I remember that you have an investment company. I hope you can invest in Yateng Yige."

At the last exhibition, Chu Fang boasted to him that he was an investment genius and had Founder Investment Co., Ltd.

"Is the situation of Yateng Yige so bad?" Chu Fang sipped his tea, "And you shouldn't be the one to talk to me, you're just a manager."

It has actually reached the stage of seeking external investment.

"Bad." Hearing this, Ma Junjie shrugged his shoulders, trying to look relaxed, but it was a bit deliberate. He spoke slowly: "There is not a penny in the company's account now. There is no salary this month, and we even owe some debts."

After a pause, he continued: "I bought Yateng Yige from my sister-in-law. I am the legal person of the company."

"How much did you buy it for?"

"..." Ma Junjie was silent for a moment, "Two million and one hundred and twenty thousand."

Chu Fang raised his eyebrows, looked at each other up and down, and said in a joking tone: "I didn't expect you to be a rich man. It cost more than two million to buy a company with negative assets."

"I sold my house and car and raised more than two million." Ma Junjie said in a flat voice: "Some time ago, Brother Ming was addicted to gambling. He lost all the money in the company's account. Not only did he borrow money, but he also mortgaged all the houses and assets at home. Now my sister-in-law and her family have no money. The only thing they have is Yateng Yige, which is about to go bankrupt."

Damn it! ... ...Chu Fang finally knew why Mr. Ming died so "righteously". It turned out that all his money was spent on gambling. Once addicted, no matter how much wealth he had, it would be difficult to get out of it. Even if he made 10 million yuan a day, he didn't dare to gamble, and he didn't even dare to understand the rules, for fear that he would be addicted.

And it was obvious that Mr. Ming's company had spent all the money, and his family's money was gone. He didn't find any customers at the exhibition, and he had no source of funds. He had no face to see his parents, wife and daughter, so he had to end it all.

The sympathy that Chu Fang had for Mr. Ming disappeared completely.

For a moment, he looked at Ma Junjie, the man who sold his house and car to help the boss. He had a complicated mind and didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, the waiter brought the dishes. Chu Fang asked for a bottle of white wine from the other party, unscrewed the bottle cap, and poured a glass of white wine for Ma Junjie. The two sides clinked their glasses lightly, the former took a sip, and the latter drank it all.

Chu Fang exhaled: "Is it worth it?"

"..." Ma Junjie drank another cup, as if he had sorted out his thoughts, and said in a relaxed tone: "When I entered Yateng Yige, it was still a studio. The boss was Brother Ming. There were only a few employees in the studio, and I was the youngest in the studio and had no experience."

"It was Brother Ming who taught me the rules of the game in the industry, how to survive, how to conceive designs, how to chat with customers, and took me to social events, huh... Brother Ming treated me like a brother. As the studio gradually grew and turned from a studio into a company, I jumped from a small employee to the company's design manager. Brother Ming never treated me unfairly."

Everyone has a contradictory side.

When it comes to other employees, President Ming ruthlessly laid off employees, which seems ruthless, but he is really good to Ma Junjie. At the age of 25, when others were still working as "cows and horses", he was a manager-level figure in the company. Such achievements are inseparable from the support of President Ming.

Chu Fang said: "Didn't you work hard? Your status, salary, and benefits are not given by others, but earned by your own efforts."

Ma Junjie glanced at him and smiled: "You achieved financial freedom in college, do you actually believe that hard work will be rewarded?"

A person who is so rich at such a young age is definitely not hardworking.

"..."

Chu Fang opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.

The other party was indeed right. If there was no "hack", he might be looking for a job now.

He spit out a"Then you can't sell everything to help Mr. Ming's family, are you crazy?"

"Not bad." Ma Junjie thought for a while and responded: "Without Mr. Ming, I can't make so much money. Now I just give back the money I made in the past few years, but I have also gained a lot.

Following Brother Ming over the years, I have accumulated a lot of personal connections, which are precious. These resources alone allow me to surpass my peers. Therefore, even if I lose my house and car, I still have something to gain."

Indeed!

From this perspective, Ma Junjie lost his house, car and job, and he can find a good job after leaving Yateng Yige.

But few people think like him, but try every means to seek more things.

Chu Fang asked: "Why don't you just let Yateng Yige go bankrupt? Why do you want me to invest?"

"I grew up with the studio and became a company. I don't want to see the company go bankrupt. Once the company goes bankrupt, those employees will lose their jobs, and many families will be implicated."

At this moment, Chu Fang didn't know whether to say that Ma Junjie was affectionate or that his thinking logic was different from that of normal people.

Chu Fang wanted to pour himself a glass of wine to toast the man in front of him, but in just a few words, Ma Junjie finished a bottle of white wine. He had to ask the waiter for another bottle of white wine, filled the other party's glass first, then poured himself a glass, clinked his glasses lightly, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Hiss..." He took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Okay, let's not talk about that. I don't want to listen to it. Since you want me to invest in Ateng Yige, then tell me what advantages Ateng Yige has."

Ma Junjie took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Chu Fang, but he suddenly stopped halfway, then put it in front of him, pointed to the document, and said, "This is the investability report of Ateng Yige that I compiled. There are a lot of rules and regulations. When I came here, I was thinking about how to get you to invest in the company."

"But at this moment, I'm embarrassed to show it to you. Now the whole company is like a hot air balloon with many leaks. It seems that it will fall from a height of 10,000 meters in the next second. Not only is there no money in the account, but it also owes debts to other companies. The company's projects have been interrupted, the construction team has already left, and employees with a little ability are seeking to leave the company."

"There is no money, the employees are distracted, and the projects are interrupted. The company is just an empty shell."