A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

"That's right! How come I didn't think of that!"

Hu Xiawen slapped his thigh and said, "If you ask me, you scholars are the ones with the quickest minds."

The others also suddenly realized that as long as they could compare themselves to Li Hongyan, it was probably the right approach.

After all, in their minds, Li Hongyan was definitely more capable than them.

As long as you follow Li Hongyan, you can't go wrong.

The next day, when Ding Xin drove to deliver the goods, he secretly inquired about the situation. When he learned that all of Li Hongyan's pork was still stored in the warehouse, Ding Xin breathed a long sigh of relief and felt at ease.

Upon hearing this news, Hu Wangfu and the others were relieved.

Time flies, and another two days have passed.

However, the expected rebound in pork prices that Hu Wangfu and Li Hongyan had anticipated did not materialize in the past two days.

The price of pork has actually continued to fall.

There is not even the slightest sign of stabilization or a halt to the decline.

In some places, pork prices have fallen to levels lower than before.

After all, the market simply can't absorb so much pork being dumped.

To make matters worse for Hu Wangfu, they had misappropriated a sum of money, and such misappropriation cannot be allowed to continue for too long, otherwise it will cause operational problems.

They might be able to get away with it for a short time, but they definitely won't be able to keep it up in the long run.

Even though Hu Wangmei could temporarily fool people while she was in the warehouse, as the price of pork dropped day by day, Hu Wangmei's mentality began to collapse, and she no longer had the mind to handle these matters.

Sure enough, when Hu Wangmei was submitting the accounts that day, she accidentally submitted the wrong data.

She had always changed this data before, but this time, he was a little careless and accidentally forgot about it. This meant that they had to raise all the money in a very short time to fill the hole in front of them.

Otherwise, when the accounts are reconciled later, the data will be seriously inaccurate. Ideally, it should be corrected immediately the next day.

This terrified Hu Wangmei, so he went to Hu Wangfu and the others to explain the situation.

Then she pleaded, "I said, why don't we sell this meat as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid the price will drop even more."

"What? How could you be so careless?" Hu Xiawen immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this. She stood up, pointed at Hu Wangmei, and started yelling, "I knew you weren't a good person! I knew you were prone to ruining things!"

Hu Wangmei was no pushover either, and she wouldn't let herself be so easily insulted. So she immediately retorted, "Who do you think you are? You think you have the right to insult me?"

"If I hadn't been there to help you operate and manage the factory, would you have been able to earn so much money every day? Would you have been able to so easily haul away cheap bricks?"

"It is because I took all the risks in the factory that you have the opportunity to make money like this."

"Now you still have the nerve to curse me? Don't think I don't know that you guys make extra money every time you haul bricks, and you still have the nerve to ask us to split the gas cost?"

Hu Wangmei directly tore off the mask of civility between the two sides.

Hu Xiawen was not to be outdone: "What? Without our Ding Xin helping you haul bricks, without us finding you Li Hongyan, this big client, could you make any money? With your Hu Wangmei?"

The two of them started arguing, neither willing to give in.

Ding Xin and Hu Wangfu couldn't persuade them at all.

In the end, Hu Wangfu simply picked up the cup in his hand and smashed it hard on the ground.

"That's enough! Shut up, everyone!"

At this moment, Hu Wangfu really disliked these relatives of his.

They're really good for nothing, but they're number one at arguing.

People who fight amongst themselves over the smallest things can't possibly achieve anything great in the future.

Hu Wangmei and Hu Xiawen finally quieted down after Hu Wangfu roared.

Hu Wangfu asked Ding Xin, "Has Li Hongyan sold his bricks yet?"

Ding Xin shook his head: "No, I asked about it today."

Hu Wangmei added, "Li Hongyan has a large family business, so he can withstand the losses. Even if he loses everything, it won't be a problem. But if we suffer serious losses, we might not be able to withstand it!"

"Let's sell it. Losing money this time is a small matter, but if we are exposed, we will lose a stable way to make money."

"It will be very difficult for us to make money from your brick business in the future."

Then she made another guess: "I feel that some people in the factory have already noticed something."

Hu Xiawen, however, disagreed, saying, "I think you're just scared. You want the money but don't want to do the work? You don't want to take the risks?"

“If we sell now, won’t we lose money? I’ve calculated it. If we sell now, it’s like losing all the money we’ve made recently.”

"Maybe the price will go up in a while? I'm counting on selling pork to make money to buy a big truck!"

Hu Wangmei and Hu Xiawen started arguing again.

"Alright!" Hu Wangfu could only say firmly again, "Sell! If you don't sell, we can forget about doing business with these bricks again."

As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Hu Xiawen: "Are you trying to kill us?"

"Sigh, it's a pity that all the money we've earned over the years has been for nothing." Hu Xiawen was still somewhat unwilling.

The next day, because Hu Wangmei had to go to work and Hu Wangfu had to go to school, Hu Xiawen and the others sold all the pork they had.

Hu Wangmei and Hu Wangfu have both lost everything in this operation.

Meanwhile, in Hangzhou, Zhang Zhaoxing found Li Hongyan.

"Mr. Li, your rent is due in two days. Do you want to continue renting or what?" Zhang Zhaoxing said with a smile.

Li Hongyan was stunned. He hadn't expected time to pass so quickly, and now it was time to pay rent again.

"Director Zhang, could you give me a few days' delay? My meat is about to be sold, and I'll pay you the rent then, how about that?" Li Hongyan pleaded.

Zhang Zhaoxing shook his head: "President Li, as you know, if this factory were my own, it wouldn't matter if I delayed it for you for a while. But unfortunately, this factory doesn't belong to me; it belongs to the government. So I have no choice but to obey."

Upon hearing this, Li Hongyan's expression turned quite grim. The price of meat hadn't risen yet; it was still falling. If he sold it now, he would definitely lose the money he had spent on the meat.

But if he continues to rent, and the price of meat falls further, wouldn't he lose money on the rent in addition to the meat?

His assistant just told him that pork prices outside are getting lower and lower, with no bottom in sight.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and many brigades will collectively slaughter pigs at the end of the year. At that time, more pork will enter the market, and the price of pork will definitely drop further.

Li Hongyan never expected so many people to be hoarding pork in the market. He also knew that if he didn't make a decision soon, he would only lose more money.

So he gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Zhaoxing, "Forget it, I'd rather not rent it."

Zhang Zhaoxing didn't say anything, but he chuckled to himself: Someone like you, you still dare to chase after the pork that Hu Dahai sold?

Soon, Li Hongyan also sold all the pork in Zhang Zhaoxing's warehouse.

After all this, Li Hongyan lost everything, not even his underwear.

He originally thought that he could make double the money by buying the meat, but he didn't make double the money. Instead, he lost half the money and even lost a lot of money on rent.