Huayu: Starting by piggybacking on the fame of "Fairy Mom"

Chapter 93 Paying Back Debts

"Where's the money? Where's my money?"

Liu Qianqian spread her small hand out in front of Chen Minghua.

Although she was snacking the whole time, her ears were perked up, and she didn't miss a single word of the key information.

When Chen Minghua mentioned that she had sold 1.68 million copies, she was just waiting to collect the payment.

Sure enough, as soon as the two stopped, she put her plan into action.

"What money?"

Chen Minghua looked at Zhou Xiaobai with a blank expression.

Zhou Xiaobai was speechless; he was completely stunned by Liu Qianqian's actions.

One of the purposes of this visit was to collect payment for the goods, but I didn't expect her to ask for it in this way: Liu Qianqian said that it's better to ask for it sooner rather than later, and that it would earn interest in the bank.

She even looked down on Zhou Xiaobai: "You're useless. Watch your sister. You just need to act for me."

"Didn't you say you sold 1.68 million copies? That's the money from my records, give it to me first." Liu Qianqian pouted her pink lips, her chubby cheeks clearly full of snacks.

Chen Minghua's gaze drifted to Zhou Xiaobai, who was lost in thought—what's going on?

"...1.68 million sheets...cost three yuan...sell for ten yuan..." Liu Qianqian muttered as she did the mental calculations, her voice growing softer and softer until she stopped.

Her eyes darted to the calculator on the desk, and to Chen Minghua's astonishment, she quickly typed in the data: "Transfer the orphanage's share for me, minus the 200,000 you paid to my mother on her behalf, you still owe 3,916,000 yuan."

"Huh?" Chen Minghua was dumbfounded by her arithmetic skills, which were no worse than those of the company's accountant.

"What?!" Liu Qianqian's teeth were loose, but her money was even looser. She seriously offered a payment plan, "If you want to pay in full today, I only need 3.91 million, and I'll take the remaining 6,000 as a cut."

She overheard the dealership manager and Da Meili talking about "getting a commission" when she bought the car—they offered a commission of two thousand yuan for each customer they referred.

"Pfft!" Chen Minghua and Zhou Xiaobai spat out their tea at the same time, spilling it all over the table.

Chen Minghua never expected that there would be such a demand for money, even to the point of having to pump water.

Zhou Xiaobai's mind was filled with hatred. Damn it, he couldn't even get a penny of pocket money, while you were so generous, throwing away six thousand yuan like that.

Seeing that Chen Minghua didn't move, Liu Qianqian assumed he was trying to renege on his debt and persisted, "Hurry up! The bank is about to close."

After saying that, she glared at Zhou Xiaobai: Does that mean you should urge him too?

"Pfft..."

Chen Minghua couldn't hold back any longer and quickly covered his mouth.

Seeing that he seemed to be mocking her, Liu Qianqian stomped her foot seriously: "Don't laugh! Xiaobai has no money left."

Zhou Xiaobai used all 25,000 yuan in cash to buy cell phones. In order to travel the world, she even touched her own "secret stash".

At this moment, Zhou Xiaobai was truly impressed!

From now on, whoever owes us money—let Qianqian go.

Seeing Zhou Xiaobai remain silent, Chen Minghua smiled helplessly and explained, "Part of the payment is still a deposit, and the balance will be received in a couple of days. For your order, we can only distribute the money next month after the accounts are settled."

"I don't care!" Liu Qianqian tilted her head and pulled Zhou Xiaobai, who was watching the commotion, over. "Say something! This is our money, why aren't you worried at all?"

Zhou Xiaobai was suddenly pulled over. Although he was a little confused, it was time for him, the real BOSS, to put on a show.

He coughed twice and spread his hands: "Uncle Chen, we're a bit short on cash, how about you give us some first?"

This is true. In the next two months, we may need to use a huge amount of money to get Fan Bingbing back on track. The more money, the better.

"Are you short of pocket money again? Have you spent all those millions in advance payments?" Chen Minghua joked with a smile.

He still remembered that when Liu Qianqian signed the record contract, she asked for an advance payment under the pretext that she had no pocket money.

"Bank interest rates are high, so I deposited it in a six-month fixed deposit account, and this is the amount I received recently!" Liu Qianqian pointed to a 9 with her index finger and explained very seriously, "If I put it with you, I would lose money."

She calculated it very clearly, no wonder she was willing to spend six thousand dollars to pump water – it turns out there was a counter-offer.

Currently, the six-month interest rate at banks is 9%.

Last year, Liu Qianqian carefully saved money, and recently she earned another 90,000 yuan. This was originally her private savings, but she had to use it to satisfy her shopping urges.

This explanation amused Chen Minghua. He and Liu Qianqian had discussed the bank's interest rate, but he never expected that this little money-grubber would actually put it into practice.

He met Liu Qianqian's unwavering gaze, then explained to Zhou Xiaobai, "There's really no way to split it right now. There's a whole bunch of accounts to do—finance, taxation, outstanding receivables, etc.—it'll have to wait until next month."

But before he could finish speaking, he encountered Liu Qianqian's furious expression, as if she was about to flip the table. He quickly offered a conciliatory gesture: "How about giving me two hundred thousand first?"

"No way!" Zhou Xiaobai and Liu Qianqian shook their heads in unison.

"Why not? The company doesn't have this rule, and I can't explain it to headquarters. You guys—" Chen Minghua was also getting impatient. Paying back debts is a matter of course. We didn't default on our debts; this is all normal procedure.

"Not to mention the head office, even if we release another record in the future, we will only recognize you, Uncle Chen." Liu Qianqian played the emotional card, and her reasoning was sound.

"Haha! Sisi, how about you be my secretary from now on?" Chen Minghua was overjoyed; this little girl was interesting.

"I earn tens of millions a year, can you afford that price?" Liu Qianqian retorted with a single sentence. But her inner thoughts were a jumbled mess: "How could our true fairy sister work for a mortal like you? Aren't you afraid of shortening your lifespan?"

"Well!"

Chen Minghua choked and looked at Zhou Xiaobai.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiaobai was even more ruthless. He looked down on Chen Minghua and said, "Uncle Chen, Qianqian is the kind of person who would go against her mother to collect debts. You... don't want your album to be canceled, do you...?"

He had done his homework thoroughly and was confident in his abilities before coming here.

Even record labels get signed fees, but we come with our own resources. If we weren't unknown, or if we weren't related to you, our first album would be 50/50 with yours.

Once Liu Qianqian becomes famous, there will be plenty of people vying to send her money for her next album.

"You..." Chen Minghua panicked. Was this some kind of threat?

"Cutting off someone's money is like killing their parents; Xiaobai and I both agree on this!" Liu Qianqian uttered another memorable line. She had memorized quite a few sales pitches for collecting debts.

These savage words completely extinguished the anger that had just surged in Chen Minghua's head. He shook his head helplessly and asked, "Then how many do you want?"

"One hundred," Liu Qianqian said succinctly.

"A piece?" Chen Minghua teased her.

"Are we the kind of people who talk about a hundred-dollar deal?" Liu Qianqian asked him with disdain.

Chen Minghua looked at Zhou Xiaobai, who had his arms crossed and looked determined not to leave until he got the money. After a moment's hesitation, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "At most, 500,000."

"Transfer immediately?" Liu Qianqian's eyes lit up; the amount was 200,000 more than she had expected.

"right."

"Deal!" Liu Qianqian said before she took off running. "You make a call, I'll go find your finance department." She knew this place very well.

An hour later, the two little figures who walked out of the record store clapped and laughed.

At that moment, Fan Bingbing, who had just gotten off the plane, looked excited and took out her phone...