The city where Zhu Changan is located is called Lanling, which is the capital of Beihai Province.
In this city, there is the largest cultural relics market in eastern China, so Zhu Changan has no worries about finding buyers.
Driving on the viaduct, scenes from the past came to Zhu Changan's mind.
Three years ago, after graduating from an ordinary university, he rented a house and started writing online novels full-time because he could not find a satisfactory job.
After two years, I gained a lot and earned 600,000 yuan in royalties alone.
This made Zhu Changan, who had just stepped out of school, feel very high-spirited and decided to delve deeply into the online literary world, strive to write a hit book, and achieve financial freedom as soon as possible.
In order for him to get married as soon as possible, his parents who lived in the county gave Zhu Changan 300,000 yuan that they had saved for half a lifetime. They also borrowed another 300,000 yuan from relatives to help him buy this house in the provincial capital.
After buying a house, Zhu Changan soon found love and fell in love with a girl named Yang Nan.
At this moment, college classmate Gao Yuanyuan came to the door, and Zhu Changan's nightmare journey began.
"Chang'an, your car is too low-end. Look at my Porsche. Are you envious?"
"I won't tell anyone else that the first short drama I invested in was divided into 1.5 million yuan. There are two more dramas to be launched in the second half of this year. I can get at least five figures!"
Looking at the five fingers stretched out by Gao Yuan and his purple Porsche, Zhu Changan would be lying if he said he wasn't envious.
"Chang'an, stop writing your crappy novels. Short dramas are popular now. As long as you can get into the show, even a pig can make two to three million a year!"
Under the temptation of Gao Yuan, Zhu Changan did not hold back, mortgaged his house for 800,000, and invested in the short drama market without hesitation.
The first part invested 400,000 yuan, with Gao and Zhu each investing half. In the end, only 200,000 yuan of cost was recovered. Zhu Changan's first investment ended in a loss of 100,000 yuan.
"Chang'an, it's okay. It's business. If you lose, you will gain!"
"The reason why we lost money on this one is that the script wasn't chosen well. The two of us will make another movie and we'll get back the money right away."
The second film was a script purchased by Gao Yuansheng at a high price. The script fee alone cost 100,000.
The investment this time reached 600,000, but the playback volume was so-so, and in the end, less than 200,000 was recovered.
Continuous failures made Zhu Changan's mentality collapse.
He couldn't even write with peace of mind, so he simply ended the novel at hand and made a desperate attempt to copy the novel in the short play market.
"Chang'an, I have researched with several senior figures in the industry. Why did our two investments fail? It's because the investment was too small and we were reluctant to find good actors. If we want to counterattack, we must increase investment."
"Okay, Yuan Yuan, I'll listen to you!"
Zhu Changan gritted his teeth and put the remaining 500,000 yuan in mortgage loan, plus the 200,000 yuan from the car mortgage loan, into the third short play.
Gao Yuanyuan hired a third-tier actor Qin Feng with a remuneration of 400,000, and completed the filming of "The Domineering Prince" with great fanfare. After the film was completed, Zhu Changan and Gao Yuanyuan were very satisfied.
Just when Zhu Changan was confidently waiting to make back the money he lost in the first two movies, Qin Feng was suspected of drug abuse, and all the film and television works he participated in were banned by the relevant departments.
This time, Zhu Changan lost all his money, and his girlfriend Yang Nan also broke up with him.
Just when Zhu Changan felt that he had hit rock bottom, he realized that there was a deeper abyss waiting for him.
He originally thought that the chest tightness this time was either bronchial inflammation or lung inflammation, but he did not expect that it turned out to be a malignant tumor in the lung lobe.
With no choice but to borrow money from Gao Yuan, Zhu Changan had no choice but to borrow money.
Zhu Changan knew that Gao Yuanyuan also lost more than one million yuan on these three dramas, but after all, he still had a deep family background.
You have been a college classmate for three years and a business partner for one year. Even if you don’t lend money, you should still say a few polite words, right?
But this Dogecoin didn't even ask about his illness and blocked his number directly!
It's just that this Dogecoin realized that he could no longer get money and lost its use value, so he unabashedly exposed his true nature.
"Fortunately, my arowana tank has become a landscaping box, which can lead directly to another world."
"Otherwise, I don't know how to survive, how can I face my parents?"
Zhu Changan held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, sighing with emotion at his own adventure, and hating Gao Yuan's turning against others.
40 minutes later, Zhu Changan arrived at Lanling City Cultural Market.
This is the largest cultural market in East China. Various antique bosses hang out here, and the parking lot is busy with traffic.
It took a lot of effort for Zhu Changan to find an empty parking space. After parking the car, he went straight to the market with the goods carried by the salesman.
"Hey... isn't this Dogecoin's car?"
At the exit of the parking lot, Zhu Changan spotted the familiar purple Porsche.
North AYJ521.
The license plate number was interpreted by Gao Yuan as "Meet 521", and the two letters YJ fit his name.
"I bother!"
Zhu Changan spat on the front windshield, "If a bastard like you can find love, Yue Lao is really blind!"
Zhu Changan didn't hate Gao Yuanyuan for not lending money, he only hated him for blackmailing him.
When I couldn't stand the temptation, I didn't blame anyone for losing the one million loan!
But after all, as a friend, do you have to be so awesome as a Dogecoin?
After wandering around the market for a while, Zhu Changan walked into a shop called "Pengle Antiques".
As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Changan saw Gao Yuan, who was wearing a purple shirt, middle-parted hair, and gold-rimmed glasses, and his girlfriend Yan Yue, drinking tea with the shop owner.
"Bah... bad luck!"
Enemies really meet on a narrow road, Zhu Changan cursed, turned around and left.
"Oh... isn't this a great writer?"
Yan Yue, who had long hair and was wearing a purple cheongsam, stood up and said hello, "We haven't seen each other for half a month. Have you changed your profession to delivering boxed lunches?"
"Haha... turns out to be my cousin's friend."
The shop owner, who was wearing a red Tang suit, had sharp eyes and caught a glimpse of the two vases Zhu Changan was carrying, and hurriedly got up to save them.
"It's great to have friends from afar. Now that you've entered the door, let me take a look at the goods."
Zhu Changan thought for a while, then put down the pick: "Let's see!"
Yan Yue also came to watch the fun: "Oh, it turns out it's not a box lunch? Has the great writer changed his profession and gone to the countryside to collect rags?"
Gao Yuanyuan came forward bravely and said without blushing, "Chang'an, I'm so sorry. When you called me the day before yesterday, your phone fell to the ground and broke."
"fine."
Zhu Changan didn't even bother to roll his eyelids, "If your mobile phone is broken, you can fix it, but if your conscience is broken, it's hopeless. I'll go to the company in a few days and let's discuss the aftermath of "The Overlord"."
"Oh, Chang'an, what you said is harsh!"
Gao Yuan glanced at Yan Yue and said, "Yue Yue, my brother is sick. Give me five hundred yuan."
"What's the disease?"
Yan Yue rolled her eyes impatiently, "Isn't it a terminal illness?"
She rummaged in her handbag for a moment, then used her red nails to clip out two hundred-dollar bills and threw them on the ground.
"I'm so poor, how can I have five hundred yuan? Just two hundred yuan, use it to take medicine!"
Yan Yue is an 18th-tier young actor. Because Zhu Changan refused to play the heroine of "The Peerless Princess", which he invested in, the two have been at odds since then.
After Zhu Changan lost money, Yan Yue was so happy that he drove Patty, and he almost went to heaven with gloating.
"You deserve to lose money. If I were used as the starring role, it might have exploded long ago!"
Gao Yuanyuan said with a non-smiling smile: "Chang'an, pick it up, my brother's life is no better than yours. Come on, you have to ask your sister-in-law for money, take it, don't be embarrassed!"
"sister in law?"
Zhu Changan snorted coldly, "I can't afford it. I'm not in the habit of eating dumplings. However, I heard that the actor named Lin Hao likes this one very much."
Lin Hao was also an 18th-tier young actor, and his secret flirtation with Yan Yue was no secret in the short drama industry. Only Gao Yuan was kept in the dark.
"Zhu Changan, who are you talking about?"
Yan Yue suddenly turned into a shrew, "I'm kind enough to lend you money to buy medicine, who are you trying to kill here?"
