Chapter 911 Is it okay for me to leave?
"Don't worry, I promise I won't let them affect your future life."
Editor-in-Chief Zhang did not make any promises, but his meaning was very clear.
As long as Wu Hongcai was willing to transfer the magazine to him, he would take 500 yuan and then he wouldn't have to worry about anything.
Wu Hongcai's thoughts were surging and he struggled violently inside, but he finally made a decision.
"Okay, 500 is 500!"
"I'm going to transfer the magazine to you right now, don't forget what you promised me!"
"Everything we have agreed on is in the draft contract. We will not bother each other in the future. Is that okay?"
"of course."
Editor-in-Chief Zhang smiled slightly and wrote a contract on the spot. After Wu Hongcai confirmed that there was no problem, he signed it on the spot.
Wu Hongcai has been very troubled by the magazine's affairs recently.
Now that the magazine was finally able to sell the business, he immediately went through the transfer procedures with Chief Editor Zhang.
It was said to be a transfer procedure, but in fact it was just transferring the magazine's house to Editor-in-Chief Zhang, and then asking Wu Hongcai to issue several statements.
From then on, the entire magazine belonged to Editor-in-Chief Zhang.
Editor-in-Chief Zhang readily gave Wu Hongcai 500 yuan. Although Wu Hongcai had finally earned the money, he did not feel satisfied.
At this moment, he had only a feeling of emptiness. The magazine that he had worked hard for more than ten years was completely gone, and it seemed as if a piece of his heart was hollowed out.
His body had never fully recovered from his serious illness, and now his feet were trembling when he walked with 500 yuan in his hand.
His parents were waiting for him to come home, and even more so for him to pay back the debt after selling the magazine.
Because of his illness, his family not only spent years of savings, but also fell into heavy debt.
After paying back the 500 yuan, there was still more than 100 yuan left.
Wu Hongcai originally wanted to make a comeback, but now he is so poor that he can't even afford to eat.
He used to be the pride of his parents, but now he has become a burden to them.
In the past, when Wu Hongcai returned to the village, many people would try to please him. But this time, everyone had a cold face and pointed fingers at him.
Wu Hongcai, once a favored child of heaven, has now become a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to kill.
Wherever he went, people poked him in the spine.
Some of the people who said these things were relatives and friends who had given up on them after he filed a lawsuit, and some were people he supported to the end and spent money to help them.
Wu Hongcai never knew that these people were so realistic.
He is now the one being pushed down by everyone, and all those who used to flatter him have left.
It was not until then that he realized that he considered these people his friends, but they just wanted to use him.
They backstabbed him when he needed them most and walked away from him when he was down and out.
But he lost everything for these cold-blooded people.
He had quarreled with Editor-in-Chief Zhang over these people before and forced their manuscripts in.
This ultimately led to the magazine’s sales declining and its reputation beginning to deteriorate.
What he thought at that time was that as long as he helped his relatives and friends, everything would be worth it.
In order to make life better for our family and friends, what's wrong with making some sacrifices?
Seeing them happily receive the royalties and live a good life every time their manuscripts are approved, he felt happy too.
These people are really good at dealing with things. Every time they receive their royalties, the first thing they do is call him.
They would say all kinds of grateful words on the phone, thanking him for changing their destiny.
Some people would even tell him that they were really grateful to him for giving them food to eat.
Whenever this happened, Wu Hongcai would feel happy.
He felt that he had helped them and felt that he was a capable person.
He really paid a lot to help them here, but he still got emotional value from them.
Wu Hongcai came from a humble background and worked his way up to this point step by step.
What he needs is recognition from others, and he hopes to be praised by others.
Because only in this way, everything he did would be meaningful.
Unexpectedly, his magazine was affected because of their affairs.
Now that he's back, they will choose to avoid him.
After Wu Hongcai returned, he had nothing to do and became very depressed.
He's been used to a privileged life and now he can't stand any hardship.
He calls himself a cultured person, but he can't even run a magazine well.
He felt that farming was a waste of time and that he could not make much money throughout the year.
But he can't do anything else except farming.
Wu Hongcai was neither high nor low, he didn't do this or that, and made his parents exhausted.
His parents originally brought him back from the hospital because they only had this son and they would have to rely on him for their old age and funeral.
But I didn't expect that this son would be so inactive, doing nothing.
Not to mention taking care of them in their old age, even following them now would just be a burden.
They persisted for a while, but Wu Hongcai's condition did not improve.
The two were really angry and gave him an ultimatum.
"Wu Hongcai, you are an old man now, you must calm down now."
“You can’t open a magazine, but you have to go on with your life.”
"You only have two choices now. Either you stay home and farm well and live a good life with us, or you start your own business and live your own life separately from us."
"We are old now, and we can't always be responsible for your life."
"You are an adult now. I believe you can take care of yourself and won't always rely on us."
The old couple said it very clearly, we are tired and don’t want to support you anymore, you can do whatever you want.
Wu Hongcai originally thought that his parents were his last resort and they would never give up on him no matter what.
But I didn't expect that I would be disliked not long after I came back.
Wu Hongcai looked at them in shock and said in disbelief.
"I am your son, are you sure you want to treat me like this?"
"You risked your lives to save me. Are you sure you won't regret letting me go?"
Until now Wu Hongcai still refuses to believe that his parents would treat him so cruelly.
"If you don't want to work, just leave. We really can't afford your life."
"Don't worry, we will leave you an old house in our family, so you won't be left with nowhere to go."
"There will be some land left for you. As long as you work hard, you will have food to eat no matter what."
"We are your parents. We can't just watch you starve to death."
His parents' words sounded very reasonable, and Wu Hongcai's heart finally settled down.
It was also on this day that he realized what it felt like to be abandoned by everyone.
"Okay, I'll go. I'll go, okay?"
"Since you look down on me, I won't stay here and annoy you for no reason."
"I'm an adult now, I'm leaving here and living my own life now, I hope you won't be so shameless as to ask me to go home in the future!"