Chapter 289 Original Sin 98
Yun Shuangshuang was a bit baffled; famous for what? But Wan Yan quickly cleared it up for her. It turns out that H City Television Station is going to produce a program featuring each of H City’s private entrepreneurs, and it will also select and award the Most Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award, which will be presented by the Mayor of H City personally.
Since they’re talking about outstanding young entrepreneurs, older entrepreneurs naturally end up running alongside for support. Yun Shuangshuang and Wan Yanfeng Jing, being just the right age, are naturally regarded as young outstanding entrepreneurs.
Especially since Yun Shuangshuang is the youngest among H City’s young entrepreneurs, if she participates in the program, it will definitely be a hit. Thus, the people from the TV station repeatedly urged Wan Yan to persuade Yun Shuangshuang to agree to join the program.
Naturally, Yun Shuangshuang wouldn’t refuse this. Not only could this make her famous, but it could also comprehensively promote her "Red Dust" and "Water Town Park," not to mention that although Yun Shuangshuang has experienced two lifetimes, she still has a vein of vanity!
Yun Shuangshuang agreed happily, and Wan Yan was so excited that he called the program team to confirm their participation, even bringing Feng Jing along. Wan Yan and Feng Jing have been running Quanwei Company for so long, and they certainly have loyal confidants to support the company.
The episode they participated in was supported by the H City government, so it was broadcast during prime time and simultaneously streamed online and on TV for many to see.
Liu Cheng has been despondent recently; his company couldn’t withstand the pressure and went bankrupt. Meanwhile, his father lost power in the family competition, having the inheritance rights completely taken away by his second uncle. Initially, even if Liu Cheng’s father wasn’t the boss, he could still hold another position.
But Liu Cheng’s second uncle was ruthless enough to directly oust Liu Cheng’s father from the company. From then on, Liu Cheng’s father could only rely on dividends to get by, being completely pushed out of the family company’s power center, while the grandfather, who had been inclined towards his father, turned a blind eye.
Though he knew this was the norm in family competition—avoiding underhanded tricks and winning a fair and open fight would give the winner absolute say—Liu Cheng’s father remained in positions of power due to the unresolved heir issue. Now that his father has fully fallen, his second uncle expelled him from the company’s core management.
Although Liu Cheng knew this was normal, he was still furious and indignant. When his father was in his prime, who in the family didn’t try their best to curry favor with him? But now that he and his father have fallen from grace, family members one by one have turned ruthless, completely disregarding old ties. Despite not lacking money, none was willing to lend a helping hand and let his company go bankrupt!
Besides resenting these opportunistic relatives, Liu Cheng harbored the greatest resentment towards his grandfather. The old man used to often praise him as a talent, yet now he ignored his plight, even telling him that bankruptcy wasn’t a big deal, as the family could pay off the debts, sparing him the post-bankruptcy restrictions, and he would still have dividends from the family business, enough to keep him from starving!
Starving, hahaha! Liu Cheng couldn’t help but laugh bitterly to the sky. Starving! How laughable! What he desired was to soar like a dragon into the sea, not merely to live without starving!
As for the family offering to help clear his debts, his company, plus the purchased land as collateral, had already settled the majority. The remaining debts were not much, and if the family would help him a bit, he could stage a comeback, not even worrying about those debts!