Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 645: Another bombshell!

The scenes from the movie actually happened in real life, only it wasn't as exciting as in the movie.

Mr. Jia claimed that he was smelly and needed to go home to shower and change his clothes. He promised that he would not run away and would definitely solve the problems for his employees, suppliers, and investors.

He didn't expect that his employees would follow him in their car. After taking a shower at the hotel, he tried to slip away through the hotel's emergency exit, but he didn't change cars and was recognized by his employees, who blocked him at the airport expressway tollbooth.

There was no racing scene. Three employees followed him in a car and, when they realized he wanted to get onto the airport expressway, they overtook him and blocked his way!

The video shows three employees angrily banging on Jia Yueting's car window and demanding that he get out.

Boss Jia refused to come out, no matter what. The three employees were furious and wanted to tear him apart. They threatened to overturn the car if he didn't come out.

The person filming can be heard off-screen: "Brothers, look at this! This bastard's trying to run away! He lied to us saying he was going back to the hotel to take a shower, and after showering he drove onto the highway trying to go to the airport. And we actually believed him! Get out of the car!"

Left with no other option, Jia Yueting got out of the car at the tollbooth and said, "What are you doing? I said I would take responsibility, and I will. I'm going to another city to raise money for you. I'll come back as soon as I've raised the money."

"We don't believe you! You're just trying to run away!"

"Go back to us!"

He then forcefully forced Jia Yueting into his car and drove back to the LeEco building.

The video ends here.

Netizens have been watching the news about LeEco's collapse like it's a comedy sketch these past few days.

It's even more entertaining than a skit!

So this is what business warfare is like.

It's not that complicated; they just use the same tactic of blocking people in front of the door.

During the days of the blockade, LeEco's stock price plummeted again and again.

"Accountant Jia, I love you, Mom! I used 10 yuan of my secret stash of money to buy your stocks, and I lost 3 yuan in just one week!"

"Let's suffocate together to pay off our debts! Hahahaha!"

"It takes skill for him to be able to fool so many people for so many years and swindle so much money. If his backing hadn't collapsed, it's hard to say he wouldn't have been able to make it big."

While most people reacted with ridicule and anger, it wasn't that no one still supported Jia Yueting.

"I believe Jia Yueting can pull through. I'm optimistic about LeEco's ecosystem, so I've increased my holdings!"

"LeEco's smart ecosystem almost crushed Xiaomi, so this debt is nothing!"

That afternoon, a second video was released.

The story returns to LeEco's headquarters, where a group of employees surround Jia Yueting, demanding, "Do you have any other passports? Show them to me!"

Two days ago, an employee broke into his office, searched his passport, and burned it.

“I don’t have any other passports. I really am planning to go to another city to raise money. You won’t get any money if I sit here, right? I said I would take responsibility, and I will. I’m so old, and we’ve worked together for so many years. Don’t you have this much trust?”

“We don’t believe it!” one employee shouted, pointing his finger at Boss Jia. “You’re not going anywhere.”

Everyone agreed that Jia Yueting should not be allowed to leave the company.

That's where the video ends.

Strangely, since LeEco's collapse, apart from applying to freeze deposits, relevant departments have remained collectively silent.

Even though traffic jams occurred this morning, the traffic management department has not made any statement.

Everyone seems to be at a certain stage of understanding.

Li Qiutang's greatest pleasure outside of filming is watching the daily updates on the LeEco scandal.

He also wanted to see how things would develop, and he didn't even pay much attention to how much "Brotherhood of Blades 2" would gross.

I had just finished reading the news about LeEco when another one popped up on Weibo.

"Wanda Commercial and Sunac China jointly announced that they signed a transfer agreement on the same day for a total price of RMB 631.7 billion, under which Wanda will transfer 13 cultural tourism projects and 76 hotels to Sunac."

The crisis at Vantone has begun. They've started selling off their cultural tourism and hotel assets, and many people have concluded that Vantone is in trouble.

But now there's still a crucial question: how much money does Sunac actually have?!
In January, Mr. Sun acted as a white knight, giving Mr. Jia a sum of 15 billion yuan. However, six months later, LeEco collapsed, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to recover that 15 billion yuan. Now, he has spent another 63 billion yuan to buy Wanda's assets.

If other fees are included, the two transactions are estimated to cost nearly 800 billion.

Mr. Sun is incredibly wealthy!

After reading Wan Da's news, Li Qiutang prepared to turn off the lights and go to sleep. The team was cooperating better and better, and the filming efficiency was getting higher and higher. Apart from the slow dismantling and setting up of several studios, there were no major problems that Li Qiutang needed to solve recently.

There's not much that can be done about the set construction; it just takes this much time. The team is already trying to be as efficient as possible.

Just after I turned off the lights, I received a message from Liu Yifei: "Finished work?" It was followed by a cute emoji made from her own GIF.

"I've put it away, I'm getting ready to sleep."

The moment the message was sent, Liu Yifei called.

Li Qiutang answered the call, and a deathly pale face appeared on the screen, startling him. He laughed and scolded:

"Are you kidding me? You called me while wearing a face mask, you scared me half to death."

Liu Yifei smiled and asked, "How was your day?"

"It's fine." Li Qiutang leaned against the headboard.

He then chuckled and said, "You never used emojis before, and if you did, it was the system's built-in emojis. Why are you using these animated GIFs now?"

The next sentence made Liu Yifei laugh in exasperation: "You have a new boyfriend?"

Liu Yifei giggled and said, "My assistant taught me how to do this. What do you think? Isn't it pretty?"

"It looks good." He paused, then added, "I meant the emojis look good."

"Is it true that if I'm good-looking in an emoji, it's because I'm good-looking in person? Is there any difference?"

What serious business could a couple possibly have to discuss? They could only exchange embarrassing sweet nothings.

"Have you missed me?" Liu Yifei removed her face mask, revealing a beautiful face that Li Qiutang had never tired of looking at for eight years.

"Of course I do."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes and said, "You don't even think before you say these things anymore. It's obvious you're not serious and are just trying to appease me."

"Then I'll ask you one more time, you ask again."

"Did you think of me?"

"No."

Liu Yifei: …………

"Ugh—you bastard!" Liu Yifei was furious, clutching her chest and panting, "You'll make me develop breast nodules sooner or later."

"Honey, let me rub it for you."

"Get out of my way," Liu Yifei said.

"Hey, when did you buy this nightgown? I've never seen it before."

"I bought this with Shu Chang and the others a few days ago while shopping. Isn't it pretty?" Liu Yifei held her phone further away so Li Qiutang could see it clearly.

"It looks good." Li Qiutang nodded. "Pull down your collar a little so I can see."

"Pah! You scoundrel!" Liu Yifei spat at her husband through the screen, "After watching this for so many years, haven't you had enough yet?"

"If I say I've seen enough, can I go look at other women?"

"No, you can only look at me."

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(End of this chapter)