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Chapter 211 A Thousand Pieces of Gold for a Smile

The next morning.

On the way to the bank, Tao Hong was still rambling on: "I'll make her pay you back directly. If she really is a scammer, I'll wait until I get my payment..."

"Alright, alright, it's just ten thousand yuan."

Zhang Yan said speechlessly, "You read it over and over again last night, I've already memorized it."

Zhang Yan could actually understand Tao Hong's thoughts. This girl was the least willing to cause him trouble, and even though she knew he didn't care about the small amount of money, she still stubbornly took the responsibility upon herself.

Upon arriving at the bank, the two did not rush to get out of the car. Instead, they took out paper and pen and waited for Li Bingbing to contact Tao Hong.

At 7:53, the pager went off.

Zhang Yan handed the mobile phone to Tao Hong, who dialed the number on it. Soon, Li Bingbing's excited, trembling voice came through the receiver: "Senior, is that you?"

"it's me."

Tao Hong asked, "How is your mother?"

"It's relatively stable for now, but the doctor said it's best to have the surgery before the end of the month. If it's delayed any longer..." Li Bingbing said, then added excitedly, "Senior, don't worry, my sister and I will definitely pay back this money as soon as possible! Then my sister and I will work together in Beijing, and we'll also..."

"I'm not in such a hurry."

Tao Hong interrupted her, saying, "Tell me your bank account number, and I'll transfer the money to you in a bit."

"Thank you, senior! Thank you, senior!"

Li Bingbing was overjoyed and quickly gave Tao Hong the deposit slip number that he had prepared beforehand.

Upon hearing Tao Hong repeat the story on the other end of the phone, followed by a man's voice repeating it again, Li Bingbing guessed that Tao Hong must have asked her boyfriend for help.

This filled her with envy.

"Sleeping with a rich man" is a derogatory term elsewhere, but when applied to my senior, it becomes a compliment, since he's tall, handsome, and talented...

uh~
Shouldn't this be called a "golden turtle son-in-law"?
Just as he was unconsciously thinking about random things, Tao Hong said again, "I'll read it aloud for you to check. If there are no problems, I'll transfer the money."

Li Bingbing quickly focused on checking the information, and after confirming that everything was correct, Tao Hong hung up the phone.

"Sis, how is she?!"

As soon as Li Bingbing put down the microphone, Li Xue nervously pressed for confirmation. In fact, judging from the steps just now, she already knew that the loan had been approved, but she still couldn't help but want to confirm it again.

"It's done, my senior will transfer the money right away!"

Li Bingbing suppressed his excitement and said, "Senior sister is such a kind person. When we get to Beijing, we must repay her properly!"

Li Xue nodded repeatedly, excitedly holding her sister's fingers, and jumping around in the convenience store.

However, as time went by, their excitement and joy gradually subsided, and they fell into a state of anxiety and uncertainty.

Although things have come to this point, the chances of Tao Hong backing out should be slim. However, people in such situations can't help but think about low-probability events that are unfavorable to them.

Li Xue stood up and sat down repeatedly, finally unable to resist saying to her sister, "Sis, I need to go to the restroom first."

"Okay, okay, go ahead."

Li Bingbing nodded absentmindedly, his eyes fixed on the public phone in the convenience store.

Just then, a middle-aged man also made a phone call. From the moment the man picked up the receiver, Li Bingbing's eyes were like those of someone with knives.

It's fortunate that she's a young girl; if it were a man, it might have sparked a "What are you worried about?" argument.

Only after the man hung up the phone did Li Bingbing's heart return to a semi-circle—it was impossible to completely let go until she received the money.

Just then, her father's anxious voice rang out from outside: "Bingbing, what's the deal with the ten thousand yuan your sister mentioned?!"

Li Bingbing turned to look at the door and saw her father walking in with a serious expression, followed by a dejected Li Xue.

Without a doubt, Li Xue must have run back to the hospital to use the restroom and been caught red-handed by her father.

"father."

Li Bingbing hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Do you remember the senior student Tao Hong I told you about? She has agreed to lend me 10,000 yuan."

"Is she the student who helped you get into the Central Academy of Drama?" Li's father frowned and asked, "Where would a student like her get so much money to lend you?" Li Bingbing then remembered that she hadn't mentioned going to ride in luxury cars or go to coffee shops because she was afraid her father would overthink it, and she hadn't mentioned Tao Hong's rich and powerful boyfriend either.

But she felt it wasn't appropriate to talk about boyfriends now, so she said, "Senior Tao Hong acted in a TV series before she went to school, the one called 'Tianjin Wei.' She also did an advertisement for Bright Dairy instant noodles."

After hearing his daughter's explanation, Mr. Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that in her desperation, she might borrow money from some shady place, and then...

Even if it was from a legitimate source, Mr. Li didn't really want his daughter to do this: "Listen to me, say thank you to them, let's not borrow the money, Dad has a way..."

"father!"

Li Bingbing immediately became anxious: "Aren't you still going to go door-to-door begging?! Haven't you had enough of those cold faces? Now that we have this ten thousand from the senior, we..."

"obedient."

Mr. Li interrupted his daughter, saying earnestly, "I know how to repay the money and favors I owe. You children wouldn't understand..."

"father!"

Li Bingbing interrupted his father, saying, "Xiao Xue and I are both adults. Once school starts, we'll work together in Beijing and we'll definitely pay back the money!"

Li Xue quickly chimed in, "Yes, we can definitely pay it back!"

"You guys..."

Mr. Li was both moved and helpless. Just as he was about to say something, the public phone in the convenience store suddenly rang.

Li Bingbing darted forward, grabbed the phone, and asked, "Senior?!"

"it's me."

Tao Hong said on the other end of the phone, "Have you been waiting long? There were quite a lot of people at the bank; we waited in line for almost an hour before it was our turn—the money has been transferred now, 15,000 yuan..."

At this point, Tao Hong seemed to cover the microphone and say something, which Li Bingbing didn't hear clearly, but she did hear the man say in a doting tone, "I just want you to owe me more."

This is probably the modern version of spending a fortune to win a smile, right?
Li Bingbing was moved but also felt a little bitter. She and her sister were not much worse than Tao Hong, so why didn't they meet a boyfriend who spent money like water?

After hanging up the phone with profuse thanks, Li Bingbing turned to his father and said, "Dad, my senior sent 15,000 yuan. Now we don't have to worry anymore!"

"This, you..."

For a moment, Mr. Li was at a loss for words. Finally, he sighed and said, "There are indeed more good people than bad in this world!"

But even good people can't do without money.

Li Bingbing silently replied in her heart that after visiting Chang'an Coffee Shop last time, she had the idea of ​​climbing up the social ladder, and the experiences of the past few days had made her realize the importance of money even more.

…………

Beijing.

After Zhang Yan made the payment to Li Bingbing, he spent the whole morning with Tao Hong until lunchtime, when he finally sent Tao Hong back to the Central Academy of Drama.

When he returned to the Optoelectronics Guesthouse, Zhang Guoli said to him as soon as he saw him, "If you hadn't come back, I would have called you."

"What's wrong? Has something changed?"

“There are changes.”

Zhang Guoli said, "Former WHB member Wang Meng wrote an article titled 'Avoiding the Sublime,' defending the 'Wang Shuo phenomenon,' so this matter is probably over for now."

As expected, Wang Shuo wasn't without protection.

The next morning, Feng Xiaogang, representing Dingli Pictures, submitted a new proposal. Everything else remained the same, except the script was changed from "I Am Your Father" to a story hastily pieced together from "Forever Lost My Love" and "Air Hostess".

This script was completely hastily prepared, and compared to other scripts that have also been criticized in the past two days, it has far more problems.

If you ask Zhang Yanping, this is actually the same as "I Am Your Father," it's just the same old thing in a different guise.

However, this poorly made script was quickly approved, and the meeting progressed at breakneck speed.

As Lin said, this competition, though seemingly about literature, involves many other things behind the scenes.

(End of this chapter)