Chapter 1805 — The Company Goes Bankrupt
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By now, there was still no word from Wei Zhao. With no other choice, Lai Fatty had to sell off the factory to pay his debts, taking a heavy loss on the price in the process... And so, in the blink of an eye, Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical was forced onto the road to bankruptcy!
Lai Fatty had held out for a long time, but he truly could not go on any longer. The sluggish sales of his products had driven Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical straight to the brink of ruin.
The Lai family had also severed all ties with Lai Fatty. As for the Liu family, one of the Cultivators Association's members, they had no choice but to ask several families close to Wei Zhao for loans. The Chen, Yang, and Song families did no business and had little money in hand; only the Sun and Wu families had substantial enterprises. Yet at this moment, even the Sun and Wu families were beginning to hesitate!
Wu Gonggao and Old Master Sun were both the sort of men who would not rise before dawn without profit to be gained. The Liu family was practically a bottomless pit, and any money poured into it would simply vanish. As for Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical, they had heard that Wei Zhao had some connection to it, but that was all it was: hearsay. Until Wei Zhao himself said something, the two families chose to stand by and watch.
Just then, somehow, word spread that Wei Zhao had suffered qi deviation. This made Old Master Sun and Wu Gonggao even more hesitant. If Wei Zhao had truly suffered qi deviation, would that not mean the Cultivators Association was as good as dissolved? If they became entangled with the Liu family and Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical now, would they not be inviting retaliation from Wei Zhao's enemies?
Thus, at a time like this, the wisest way to protect themselves was to sit back and watch how matters unfolded.
The rumor spread far and wide, so even Lai Fatty heard it! At first, he naturally refused to believe it, assuming that someone was merely spreading malicious gossip. But then he recalled how Tang Zhi had evaded and hemmed and hawed when he called her earlier to ask about Wei Zhao. Lai Fatty's heart jolted. Perhaps the rumor was not entirely groundless after all!
Lai Fatty hurriedly picked up the phone and was about to ask Tang Zhi about it when, unexpectedly, her call came through first.
"Big Sis!" The moment Lai Fatty answered, he asked anxiously, "How is the boss? There's a rumor going around that the boss has suffered qi deviation. Is it true?"
"What?" Tang Zhi froze. She had not expected Lai Fatty to hear the news before she had even opened her mouth. But who could have let it slip? Apart from her group, Old Master Wei, and Mr. Mo Kongwu, the only other person who knew was Yaoyao's father, Gu Pengzhan. But which of them would have revealed the news?
"What is it, Big Sis? Is the rumor false?" Lai Fatty asked, both hopeful and bewildered.
"It isn't false... It's true!" Tang Zhi had no intention of concealing the matter from Lai Fatty this time. If she wanted to borrow money from him, she had to explain what it was for. Otherwise, even if she was Wei Zhao's girlfriend, it was unlikely that Lai Fatty would hand over a billion without asking a single question. Only if Wei Zhao himself had made the call might Lai Fatty give him the money without asking anything.
"It... it's true?" Lai Fatty's expression stiffened, and his spirits plunged straight to the bottom. He knew exactly what this news meant. Every faction hostile to Wei Zhao was probably laughing triumphantly at the heavens by now, eager to crush everyone and every family connected with him...
Could it be that the Kang family had learned something in advance, which was why they were acting with such utter impunity? Lai Fatty hesitated, uncertain. What he did not know was that the Kang family had actually heard nothing. Kang Jingming remained deeply wary of Wei Zhao. Although Wei Zhao was no match for You Shisan, the desperate ferocity with which he fought still made Kang Jingming uneasy.