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Chapter 815: Chapter 709: How Much Debt is Owed (Subscribe Please!)
Mother Tang was taken aback by Father Tang’s words.
Was their son really wealthy?
What kind of question was that?
The logic didn’t even make sense, "He’s your son too, you’re asking me if he has money?" After hesitating, Mother Tang furrowed her brows and said, "Well, it seems like he’s quite wealthy. I give him two thousand yuan each month for living expenses."
As soon as she said this.
"Huh..."
Father Tang hurriedly took a deep breath, nearly choking on his wife’s words.
"I mean money besides the living expenses," Father Tang explained helplessly.
Mother Tang thoughtfully said, "Money other than living expenses? It seems like there should be quite a bit. I’m also curious, it’s been so long, and it seems like Tangtang has never asked me for any pocket money. It always seems like he has enough. Could it be that Jiaxue’s mother gave him some money, or his second uncle?"
Father Tang covered his face, realizing they were not on the same wavelength and couldn’t continue the discussion: "Forget it, let’s visit my brother tonight."
"What are you actually trying to say?" Mother Tang asked dissatisfiedly.
"I... let’s talk about it later."
.....
Evening.
At Tang Kai’s home.
It was also in the neighborhood developed by Liu Qian, before the manor under Qingyan Mountain was completed, his family planned to live here temporarily, having bought one floor consisting of four apartments and combined them.
They turned it into a large room of several hundred square meters.
Yuman’s parents also moved here, living next door. They had just finished dinner and had gone to watch their favorite Peking opera.
Ever since Tang Nian’er came back to study here, Yuman had been taking care of her daughter and the elderly, and Tang Kai had shifted his main office location here. The two families often visited each other, and occasionally had meals together on weekends.
At this moment.
Tang Kai was looking at some documents in the room.
These were related to the going public of his electric car.
Since the design of the electric car had been finalized, production had started wildly.
Thanks to the complete industrial chain in the Myanmar Economic Zone, apart from the parts his company could produce, the rest were quickly put up for bidding on the website of Myanmar Bank, and the whole bidding process was completed in just one day.
All parts were exclusively produced by enterprises within the Myanmar Economic Zone.
There were no parts that needed to be imported.
Then, the parts were packaged and shipped to the factory in Mengyu County, domestic, where they were assembled, incurring only moderate tariffs. Although it seemed a bit like tax evasion, value-added tax was unavoidable.
Therefore, such actions were not prohibited by the state; on the contrary, it was highly encouraged.
By mid-next month,
which was also before the end of the year,
the electric car was going to be launched.
During this period, this was his main work.
If it were before, the end of the year would be busy with various things, like sorting out last year’s sales data, setting development plans for the coming year, debt collections, annual bonuses, maintaining customer relationships—in short, a host of things.
But this year was much more relaxed.
All was taken care of by Sky Eye.
If it were to be managed by subsidiary companies, it would inevitably have biases of personal or departmental nature, often making decisions limited and not as efficient as professional ones. But leaving it to Sky Eye eliminated these disadvantages, everything was handled in the most rational way.
Especially concerning property and sales data.
These were already synchronized with Sky Eye, and he could check these data at any time.
Every quarter there was an analysis report from Sky Eye, significantly reducing Tang Kai’s workload. Watching his wife peeling an apple and his daughter doing homework in the room, Tang Kai felt this was what life should be like.
"Ding Dong..."
The doorbell rang.
"It must be Big Brother,"
Yuman quickly put down the apple, stood up, and went to open the door. Earlier, Father Tang had said he would come for a visit, and she hadn’t asked why. After all, when family visits, there wasn’t really a need for a reason.
Tang Kai also hurriedly put down the tablet computer.
This was a gift from Tang Qing, convenient for carrying. The manufacturer wasn’t clear, but it was very handy, and he was addicted to using it, carrying it to and from work because Tang Qing had only given him one.
"Big Brother, Sister-in-law, welcome," Yuman greeted warmly with a smile.
"Hmm, Second Brother, are you busy?" Father Tang asked.
Tang Kai immediately invited Father Tang to sit down, and Tang Nian’er came out to greet them before returning to her room to do her homework.
"No, I’m quite free now. What’s up? You suddenly came by so late, and you couldn’t even talk about it over the phone." Tang Kai brewed a cup of tea for them, a gift from Tang Qing, which Father Tang also had, only he was instructed not to give it away carelessly to avoid too many people asking for it.
Therefore, this tea was also rarely served to guests at home, except to someone like Liu Qian who everyone was familiar with. Father Tang thought for a moment and cautiously asked, "Well, Second Brother, I wanted to ask about the situation with Sheng Tang Group in our city."
Tang Kai’s smiling face suddenly froze.
Why would he suddenly ask about this?
The first thing that came to his mind was that Father Tang must have heard something; otherwise, he wouldn’t be asking such a question. He carefully asked, "Big Brother, why do you ask this? What happened to Sheng Tang Group?"
Father Tang stared at Tang Kai.
But Tang Kai was a seasoned businessman, not someone Father Tang could easily read.
"Nothing much, just heard some rumors lately about the chairman of Sheng Tang Group. Since you have many friends in Qingyan City, I thought I’d ask you to see if you knew anything."
Father Tang still wasn’t sure; otherwise, if it was a misunderstanding, it could be somewhat embarrassing.
Tang Kai was also a cunning person.
He knew that Father Tang must have had some evidence, but was not yet certain, so he came to try to get him to talk. But he didn’t know what to do about the situation, as Tang Qing hadn’t explicitly said not to tell Father Tang and Mother Tang.
To continue lying when they had already come to him would be too much.
Watching Tang Kai fret and slow to act.
Father Tang seemed to understand something.
"Is this true?"
Father Tang asked abruptly.
Tang Kai chuckled bitterly, nodding his head, "It’s true."
"Hiss..."
Father Tang sucked in a breath of cold air.
This news.
It was explosive.
Even though he had prepared himself on the way over, it still failed to calm his surprise.
"What is true?"
Watching Youman’s peculiar smile and the bizarre conversation between Tang Kai and his brother, Mother Tang was puzzled. Father Tang had been muttering all along the journey, and wouldn’t say anything when asked, which increased her anxiousness.
Father Tang chuckled bitterly and countered, "Do you still remember Sheng Tang Group?"
"Of course, I remember, a company that made its name from Qingyan City, now the largest domestic apparel corporate group. Its advertisements are on TV every day, how could I not recognize it?" Mother Tang stated confidently.
"Do you also remember Shiqi and Shiyu working there?" Father Tang asked further.
Mother Tang, puzzled, "I don’t have senile dementia, what are you trying to say?"
"These arrangements were made by Tangtang before, who said he knew the chairman of Sheng Tang Group, but I have just learned that the chairman of Sheng Tang Group is also called Tang Qing," Father Tang had no choice but to specify.
"Oh... That’s really a coincidence then, it’s no wonder he could be friends with our Tangtang. We must meet him sometime to express our thankfulness," Mother Tang did not catch on.
Father Tang wanted to say something but closed his mouth and looked towards Tang Kai.
Tang Kai knew.
It was time for him to take his turn.
"This, sister-in-law, Tangtang is the chairman of Sheng Tang Group," Tang Kai explained.
As Mother Tang was thinking about meeting to express her thanks, her expression froze.
What had Tang Kai just said? Tangtang was the chairman of Sheng Tang Group? Her son was the chairman of the Sheng Tang Group? This... Mother Tang stared at Tang Kai, who was smiling bitterly, as if to confirm.
"What? This... How is that possible? Second Brother, how could Tangtang be the chairman of Sheng Tang Group? Where did he get the money? Did you give it to him?" Mother Tang’s mind was running wild, but it didn’t make sense since Sheng Tang seemed to have existed before Tang Kai came back.
"Wife, don’t overreact, let Second Brother explain slowly," Father Tang interrupted his wife’s astonishment.
"Oh."
Mother Tang closed her mouth, staring at Tang Kai.
Tang Kai had no choice but to slowly explain.
The reasons were the same as what Tang Qing had told him.
Hearing that their son truly was the chairman of this company, Father Tang and Mother Tang were really worried.
"What? Tangtang actually owes so much money to others, what are we going to do, this blasted kid, I told him back when he was running that restaurant, never to borrow money from anyone. He never listens and keeps borrowing more. It’s just infuriating, such a large sum of money, what will we do if it’s lost?"
Mother Tang’s face was a picture of anxiety, like ants on a hot pan.
Excited?
Excited my foot.
Her own son owed such a large amount of money, it was amazing she hadn’t fainted from the shock; money borrowed from friends still needed to be repaid.
"Wife, calm down, calm down, as long as it’s managed well, I believe it can be paid back," Father Tang reassured from the side. What else could be done at this point? His family didn’t have such a large amount of money to pay it back. The only solution now was for Tang Qing to handle it himself.
Not quite.
There was also Tang Kai.
Saying that.
Father Tang turned towards his brother.
Tang Kai understood the reaction of both. With this kind of issue, shock was greater than joy. Both had previously led a simple life, honest small business owners, naturally averse to owing money.
"Big brother, sister-in-law, you don’t need to worry. The money that Tangtang borrowed is basically without risks, as it’s all from friends. Even if there are risks, don’t I still have mine? With Tangtang’s smarts, he won’t lose out," Tang Kai quickly reassured.
"Thank you, big brother. I must talk to that darn kid, and forbid him from borrowing any more money," Mother Tang felt it necessary to curb this ’bad trend’.
Their current lifestyle was already guaranteed to be devoid of worries for life.
With the scale and speed of Tang Qing’s borrowing, their family simply could not afford such troubles.
Tang Kai wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead.
So far, only the Sheng Tang Group matter had been mentioned, other properties hadn’t yet come up, and if everything was revealed, Tang Kai felt that tonight Tang Qing would definitely face an earful from Mother Tang.
"Second Brother, you haven’t mentioned Comet Entertainment yet,"
Father Tang suddenly spoke again.
Tang Kai was taken aback.
His elder brother knew of this company too?
"I also guessed from the news about Comet Entertainment, just tell me, besides Sheng Tang Group, what other properties does Tangtang have? I’m prepared. Tell me everything, I want to see how much money Tangtang really owes," Father Tang asked resolutely.
