Chapter 73: Some Face Needs to be Defended

Chapter 73: Some Face Needs to be Defended

Chapter 73: Some Face Needs to be Defended
Hotels are heavy assets, and banks are not actually afraid that such heavy assets will not be able to repay debts.

At worst, you can use your assets to pay off your debts!

But the problem is that the hotel industry has been in such a bad state in the past two years.

Even if using assets to repay debts, banks still have to worry about whether there is anyone willing to take over. Rather than letting the debt rot in their hands and taking risks, it is better to let capable companies take over. As long as the debt is in a virtuous cycle, there will be no problem.

Jiang Ning was not interested in running a hotel and did not want to take the job.

Lao Yang said, "I think we should continue."

Jiang Ning asked, "What should I do next? I have a lot of debts. Do you want me to pay them back?"

Lao Yang said: "Of course you don't have to pay back the debt. The company's debt is not your personal debt. These risks can be avoided. Even if the hotel can no longer operate and goes bankrupt, the bank will auction it off. There is no way they will ask you to pay back the debt."

Jiang Ning said: "That broken thing doesn't make much money in a year, and it has to operate at a loss. What's the use of it in the future?"

Yang Laodao said: "The hotel industry can't stay so depressed forever. There will always be a time for improvement. And the key is that this is free. Even if you don't want it, can you still expect the county to pay the farm back?"

"This……"

Jiang Ning was speechless for a moment and hoped that the county would pay him back.

It’s better to hope for good fortune.

Everyone knew that there was no way the county would be able to pay back the money.

As for why the county owes money to the farm, there is also a story behind it.

Agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises pay very little tax, and farms have a three-year tax preferential policy, so they are basically tax-free. Even if you go through the process and pay the tax, it will be refunded according to the policy. However, there is a lot of room for manipulation here.

The county is poor!

Those tax refunds ultimately just circulated in the account.

In the end, it was spent by the county.

There is also commission from selling hay and fuel to the county. This money is not given for free, and the county cannot take it for free. It is not legal, there must be a name, but the farm does not pay taxes, so in the end it is all kept on the account as advance payments.

became part of the debt.

So the farm is now a creditor to the county.

The county certainly doesn’t have the money to pay it back.

It is said that the total amount of foreign debts, big and small, could reach tens of billions.

I don't know how I owe so much.

Even if I sell Boss Lu, I still can't pay it back.

Jiang Ning knew this and never expected the county to pay him back.

Moreover, those cost increases were originally money given to the county, but the county couldn't take it for free, so it became a debt for him. Now Boss Lu wants to reduce his debt burden and sell the New City Hotel to the farm to pay off the debt. Come to think of it, what Lao Yang said makes some sense.

The county has no money to pay it back anyway.

It would be nice to get a hotel for free.

If you think about it this way, being a creditor is actually not bad.

If you owe people money, you can't stand up straight.

Even if the government is powerful, it is inevitable that it will be short of money.

Can we be less polite to a wealthy man like Xianling Farm?
After careful consideration, Jiang Ning decided to take over the New Town Hotel.

Don't want it for nothing.

At worst, if you can't handle it, just hand it over to the bank to pay off the debt.

But there needs to be a set of rules on how to connect specifically.

Discuss for a while.

The old comrade told another story: "Beigou Coal Mine was fined one million yuan at the beginning of the month."

Jiang Ning was surprised: "Boss Lu wants to target Beigou Coal Mine?"

Old Yang shook his head: "Of course not. Beigou Coal Mine has deep roots. How can it be easily disturbed? The fine is just a warning to those bastards not to focus on digging Bei'an's coal, but also to make some contributions to Bei'an."

Jiang Ning asked, "Is there any problem with Beigou Coal Mine?"

Yang Zhen said: "There are problems. Every mine has some problems, especially safety and environmental protection. Even our farm is not doing things in a standard way, but the county just pretends not to see it."

Jiang Ning said: "We are not involved in environmental protection, but we still need to pay close attention to safety. We can deal with those superficial things, but we must do a good job in the inside, especially fire prevention. There must be no problems."

Yang Zhen nodded: "Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem."

Turn over the day.

Jiang Ning called his brother and went to the grave.

The fathers gave them a bunch of tasks, and they were responsible for carrying them out, but they didn't know how to carry them out specifically. They hadn't been to the grave for many years and didn't know what it looked like. They had to go and see it in person to avoid distorting the execution of the decisions.

My rural hometown is more than 40 kilometers away from the county seat, in a small village at the foot of the mountain.

The nearby mountains are all barren and used to be covered with grass.

It's dry now, and the land is bare and yellow.

They are called mountains, but in fact they are just some lumps of earth.

Many people’s graves are in the mountains.

There is a dirt road that cars can drive directly up.

After climbing a big slope, the terrain becomes flat.

The field of vision is also much broader.

Along the way, I saw many people's graves, and they all looked very different.

Jiang Ning was very surprised: "Is this still a grave? Why are there so many trees planted here?"

Jiang Hua said: "Nowadays, people with money spend money to repair tombs, saying that it is to make the ancestors live better."

Jiang Ning laughed out loud: "This is bullshit! They didn't build a house for me when I was alive, but now I'm dead, they're messing with my grave. I think if our ancestors were still alive, they would probably be so angry that they would crawl out of their coffins and scold our unfilial descendants."

Jiang Hua hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, Dad will scold you if he hears it."

Jiang Ning said: "I just said it casually, and I didn't say it in front of my parents."

Jiang Hua said, "It's the trend now. If you have money, you are competing to repair your grave, plant trees on your grave, and even build a Hou Tu temple. A while ago, my uncle and dad were discussing whether we should repair our graves as well, otherwise it would be too shabby."

Jiang Ning felt that this was pure boredom.

But when I arrived at my own cemetery and saw four lonely lumps of earth, and then thought about the other people's graves surrounded by trees and lush greenery along the way, I suddenly felt that it was necessary to repair it. It was really too eerie.

Not to mention whether his grandparents in heaven would scold them for being unfilial descendants!
When others talk about it, nothing good will be said.

Not to mention others, the three aunts will come over the day after tomorrow, and when those cousins ​​see the Jiang family's grave like this, Jiang Ning will feel uncomfortable all over. Face is something that can be ignored sometimes, but sometimes it must be fought for. The graveyard is not big, with only four graves in total.

The Jiang family's ancestral home is in the Central Plains. It is said that after his great-grandfather fled here from famine, he started his family here. Jiang Ning's grandfather had three brothers. His second grandfather went to Xinjiang to serve as a soldier, settled down there and never came back.

It is said that he passed away some years ago.

The descendants have contact with their hometown.

But they were all in contact with each other through their parents’ generation; Jiang Ning’s generation didn’t even know each other.

Jiang Ning's grandparents passed away long ago, and only his third uncle, the youngest one, is still alive and well.

There are four graves in the cemetery, and on them are our great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

On the lower right are Jiang Ning’s grandparents.

The empty space on the left is reserved for my third grandfather and grandmother.

Jiang Ning regretted not coming to the cemetery earlier. If he had come earlier, it would definitely not be like this now. However, he had to offer sacrifices to his ancestors the day after tomorrow, so it would be too late to repair the graves. Besides, repairing the graves was not something he could decide.

Need to discuss with the parents.

We can only make plans after the ancestor worship.

After a walk, we drove back to the county town.

I went to the farm to find his father and asked him about the grave repair.

Jiang Youxin said: "Repairing the grave is not a matter for one family. Several families need to sit down and discuss it. Not only your eldest uncle and second uncle, but also your third uncle's two cousins ​​need to discuss it together. Besides, it's not your turn to worry about it. I have money too."

Jiang Ning asked, "How much does it cost to repair the tomb?"

Jiang Youxin said: "It depends on how you repair it. It can be repaired with tens of thousands of dollars, but there are also many people who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars if they are rich."

Jiang Ning didn't ask any more questions and planned to talk about it later.

July 15th.

Jiang Ning arrived at the farm early and the workers were already ready.

After looking at the things loaded on the truck, he let them set off.

A small truck and a pickup truck.

It was packed with a lot of stuff.

Jiang Ning drove off after twenty minutes.

When we were almost at the village, we caught up with the truck and led it all the way to the cemetery.

Then they pointed to a place and the workers unloaded the things on the car and started to build a shed.

The stove, firewood, table and other things were also carried down.

He didn't have to worry about food, drinks, and offerings. The task assigned to him by his uncle, second uncle, and Dad Jiang was to prepare these big things that others didn't have or were difficult to carry. They had to be transported by trucks. Where would ordinary people get these things?

Not to mention anything else, just the big pot with a diameter of one meter is hard to find.

A pergola covering an area of ​​70 to 80 square meters was built, with six large round tables placed on it.

There are also seven or eight small tables.

Dozens of stools of various heights and sizes were prepared.

There are also some mats so you can lie down and rest when you are tired.

Build the shed, then set up the stove and put the big pot on it to boil water.

After offering the sacrifice, the meat needs to be cooked. It takes a long time to boil the water in such a big pot.

It has to be cooked in advance, otherwise if you wait until the sheep is slaughtered before cooking it, it will take forever.

After doing all this, the follow-up team arrived.

Jiang Wei was driving a farm pickup truck, carrying a large amount of supplies.

Kang Yoo-shin drove a light truck with four sheep on board.

That was the sacrifice of Jiang Ning's four brothers.

The sheep were caught on the farm, and Jiang Wei and Jiang Ze each transferred 2,000 yuan to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Youxin got out of the car and said a few words to a few workers, and then the workers drove away in the pickup truck.

Today is the Ghost Festival, which is also the Bei'an Ancestor Worship Festival.

The workers also have to visit the graves to pay homage to their ancestors. Although it's not as grand a ceremony as the Jiang family, they still have to go to the graves even if it's just to burn paper money and kowtow. After that, they have to wait for the boss to finish before coming back to pack up and take their things back to the farm.

It’s not easy to be a worker!

Father Jiang and uncles one and two got out of the car to inspect the preparations first.

It turned out well, exceeding expectations.

He praised Jiang Ning.

Then everyone worked together to move all kinds of supplies and put them where they should be.

All three families came out with their entire families, big and small, old and young.

Two cousins ​​from my eldest uncle and second uncle’s families came together.

People from my third uncle's family also came, but they didn't prepare any sheep or sacrifices.

Both cousins, their sons and their sons-in-law all went out, except for Wei Tao.

After a while, another five cars and a small truck drove over.

We also arrived at the homes of my three aunts, and the families of my eldest and third cousins ​​also came together.

My second cousin from my second aunt’s family married in the city and hasn’t come to my uncle’s house for many years.

There were dozens of people, big and small, and the cemetery was as lively as a vegetable market.

Jiang Ning also wondered whether his grandparents in heaven would blame him.

Today is a rare day, as my eldest cousin and my second cousin came together.

I usually try to avoid them, but today I can't avoid them. I could still find excuses, but today I have to offer sacrifices to my grandparents, so I can't get away with it. My second cousin is so busy that he has to make time to come.

How could my cousin not come?

Jiang Ning was surprised to find that the two were actually talking and laughing.

As if there was no grudge at all.

(End of this chapter)