Villains in Film and Television: Starting with Yang Ke in "The Golden Age"

Yang Ke went to class as usual in the morning. Li Meng smiled with relief when she saw that Yang Ke had actually come as she had said yesterday.

But at noon, when Qiao Yingzi and the others wanted to have lunch with Yang Ke, he made an excuse and slipped away to Li Meng's rest room.

"teacher."

Yang Ke's question about teachers didn't scare Li Meng.

There was nothing else to it, but she instantly understood what was going on. However, seeing Yang Ke's expression, she swallowed her words.

Li Meng couldn't just let Yang Ke go to class like that, so she could only sigh helplessly and then have lunch with Yang Ke.

While Yang Ke was having a pleasant chat with Li Meng, Tong Wenjie wasn't in such a good mood.

She returned to the Fang family home during her lunch break, only to find that Fang Yuan had ignored her advice and insisted on putting the house on consignment through a real estate agency.

“I disagree. We can pay half the cost, and your parents can borrow money to cover it. If we sell the house, where will we live?”

Tong Wenjie refused again.

"I've already negotiated with the seller, and my parents are waiting for this money to pay off their debts. Wenjie, stop making trouble!"

"Let's rent a place first. If we sell the house, the financial burden will be less."

"Otherwise, if I lose my job and you get demoted, how will you pay the mortgage?"

Fang Yuan mentioned his plan to sell the house.

Ultimately, it was the pressure that was too great. Fang Yuan had also recently experienced setbacks in his job search, and he lacked the drive to work harder, which led him to consider selling the house.

The show also mentions this point, which is simply that people's competitiveness declines as they get older, plus Fang Yuan was a slacker in his original company, otherwise why would he be the only one laid off?

Later, in order to achieve his goal of becoming a perfect person, he was given a good job. Otherwise, given the cost of living in Kyoto, he wouldn't even earn 2 a month driving for Didi or something similar.

"If you really sell the house, then we'll get a divorce, I..."

"Okay, I understand. I'll be right back."

With tears in her eyes, Tong Wenjie made some harsh words to Fang Yuan, and then went back to work.

She's just that competitive, and naturally she's not willing to lose to her former assistant, so she's been working incredibly hard lately.

Besides, she had also heard from the general manager that the new boss would be coming to the company for an inspection this weekend and would talk about her in front of him.

Hearing this, Tong Wenjie's hope was rekindled, and she was naturally unwilling for Fang Yuan to sell the house so easily.

After finishing her conversation with Fang Yuan, Tong Wenjie returned to the company. Just as she was about to take the documents that the general manager had given her to his office, she unexpectedly overheard a conversation about herself.

"Manager, is it really possible for Tong Wenjie to be promoted back?"

This is the general manager's secretary speaking.

Tong Wenjie withdrew her hand, which was about to knock on the door, and left it hanging in mid-air.

"What are you thinking? If she can't understand, can't you?"

“Jenny and Xiao Jin were able to become the CFO and deputy CFO respectively because the new boss appreciates them.”

"So what if Tong Wenjie is capable? Our new boss is rich, but young people are always tempted. Can Tong Wenjie, who just buries herself in her work all day, compare to those two?"

“Unlike me, I really need someone who can get things done, which is why I gave Tong Wenjie a chance. If she could put aside her pride and give it her all, maybe I, the manager, would become the president.”

The general manager astutely pointed out the main reasons why Jenny was promoted and Tong Wenjie was demoted.

"Oh, I see. Then why did you mention her work, manager?"

The secretary asked in surprise.

"Hey, I'm just giving Tong Wenjie a chance. Whether she seizes it or not is beyond my control."

"If it succeeds, I'll do you a favor; if it fails, Jenny and Xiao Jin won't be my subordinates anymore. That's what leadership is all about, right?"

The general manager chuckled and boasted about his intelligence.

Tong Wenjie fell silent upon thinking about this.

She understood what the general manager meant: you have to give up something to gain something. But Tong Wenjie had her bottom line.

In the drama, she was demoted after being harassed. Unexpectedly, the company got a new boss who also took a liking to her. In order not to accept the unspoken rules, she resigned decisively.

But that was before. Now, Tong Wenjie has just had a falling out with Fang Yuan and his parents, and Xiao Jin is picking on her every day.

If she resigns, not only will her family have no income and will starve to death, but could Tong Wenjie, with her temperament, swallow this insult?

Tong Wenjie, who hadn't thought it through, knocked on the door a few minutes later and handed the documents to the general manager. She listened to him make empty promises for a while before returning to her post.

"Oh, isn't this Sister Tong? I'll have to trouble you with these documents this afternoon."

"As expected of our former deputy chief financial officer, he's so diligent. He finished all those documents this morning."

Xiao Jin is here to play the bad cop, while Yang Ke is naturally the good cop.

Anyway, Xiao Jin had received Yang Ke's promise that even if she lost her job, she wouldn't be short of money, so she was naturally happy to mess with her old boss, Tong Wenjie.

"It's okay, this is what I should do."

Tong Wenjie gritted her teeth and pretended to be indifferent as she took the documents from Xiao Jin's hand.

She's still struggling with this, but she hasn't made any mistakes in her work.

When Tong Wenjie returned home that evening, intending to have a good talk with Fang Yuan, she found Fang Yuan's parents already waiting for her with a long chat.

It's just that Fang Yuan hesitated in the afternoon, thinking that he should ask his parents to see if they could borrow money to pay off the debt, so that the house wouldn't have to be sold.

But Fang's parents didn't have that kind of ability. Besides, the house was already mortgaged. If they didn't sell the house, Fang Yuan's parents would have to borrow at least 150 million yuan.

For an average family, scraping together a down payment on a house would take up their entire life savings. To think they could borrow 150 million yuan after retirement without using their property is simply a pipe dream.

Tong Wenjie might be able to borrow some money from Song Qian, but asking for 150 million is unrealistic.

Besides, this money is for Fang Yuan's parents, and in the end, Tong Wenjie will still have to take the blame.

If Fang Yuan is firm in his stance and makes his position clear, Tong Wenjie might consider it.

But now that Fang Yuan's parents have provoked her like this, she naturally won't give in.

"Fine, Fang Yuan, is this how you do things?"

"Okay, we can sell the house. We'll split the money 50/50. You'll be in charge of Yifan's studies this semester. Once he's in college, he can come with me. We'll get a divorce tomorrow!"

"If you want to use the money from selling the house to pay off your parents' debts, then go ahead and do it. Just don't touch my money!"

Tong Wenjie was furious.

Or perhaps Fang Yuan's parents made the decision for her, and she wanted to work hard for the next six months. In other words, she had already made her choice in a few days.

She should focus on her work after the divorce, and once she becomes the CFO or company manager, she will naturally become the decisive and authoritative Tong Wenjie she once was at home.

Fang Yuan stammered, unsure of what to say.

He's in a dilemma: he can't ignore his parents' debts, but he has to sell the house because Tong Wenjie wants a divorce.

In addition, he felt that he had been living a pretty leisurely life lately, and he could even go fishing when he had nothing to do, so in the end he didn't try to persuade Tong Wenjie to stay when she mentioned divorce.

Tong Wenjie saw through Fang Yuan's thoughts, sneered, and went back to her room to pack her clothes. At the same time, she gave some instructions to Fang Yifan and Lin Leier.

Fang Yuan is currently unemployed and is male, so taking care of two high school seniors is naturally much easier for him than for her.

She also planned to reclaim everything that belonged to her, so she naturally didn't have time to care about Fang Yifan. That's why she agreed to let Fang Yuan take care of her for half a year.