Switched Life:I Went Viral on a Family Variety Show
Chapter 193 Mysterious Shareholder Funding

Chapter 193: Chapter 193 Mysterious Shareholder Funding

Li Juezhou suddenly regretted it—if he had known tomorrow’s plan to visit the boxing gym with Sang Ning would fall through, he would have asked her to visit him at the hospital.

At worst, he could have asked Mo Yuanbin to arrange a regular hospital room for him.

Now look what’s happened—once Sang Ning gets busy, who knows when they’ll have the chance to meet one-on-one again.

Sang Ning couldn’t tell how much of what Li Juezhou said was actually believable, but felt that no real friend would casually joke about matters of life and death.

She figured that what Li Juezhou’s friend said might be true, though Li Juezhou wouldn’t admit to food poisoning—and she didn’t press the issue further.

Perhaps Li Juezhou just didn’t want to make her feel psychologically burdened!

Sang Ning pulled up Li Juezhou’s WeChat contact, then changed his note from "Li Juezhou" to "Li Jiaojiao (Weak-Stomach Patient)."

She followed that up with a message: [From now on, I owe you ten fancy meals. Whenever you’re free, we’ll settle them one by one. PS: I promise never to take you to a dive again.]

Li Juezhou, who had been wallowing in disappointment, couldn’t stop the corners of his lips from curling upwards as soon as he saw Sang Ning’s message.

Sacrificing his stomach this once earned him ten legitimate opportunities to spend time alone with Sang Ning—clearly, this sacrifice was well worth it.

[Alright, I’ll grab a little notebook and cross them off one by one as you treat me.]

Mo Yuanbin, who’d been banished to the corner by Li Juezhou, kept discretely observing his reactions.

He was completely baffled—why was his Brother Zhou switching back and forth between a gloomy face and a happy expression?

Could it be that, besides food poisoning, Brother Zhou had also developed split personality disorder?

Who on earth is this Sangsang? Mo Yuanbin’s curiosity was absolutely through the roof!

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Sang Ning shared the live-streaming agreement she had made with President Wang with her manager, wanting to understand how the earnings would be divided with the company.

Her manager’s response was nothing short of a devastating blow.

Ignorance was truly bliss—asking had opened Pandora’s box.

It turned out that the original owner had signed a profit-sharing contract with the company. The results of the agreement made it so not only was she in debt to the company for one hundred million, but she also signed a twenty-year long-term contract with them.

Under the terms of the latest agreement, Sang Ning could only receive a paltry monthly salary of 4,500 yuan.

Only after earning enough to make the company one hundred million would she qualify for a proportional bonus distribution.

Sang Ning nearly collapsed—it took every ounce of effort she had to press hard on her philtrum just to steady herself.

Terrific, yet another mainline task!

Now, aside from her goal to gain one billion followers on Weibo, she also had to figure out how to make one hundred million as quickly as possible.

Thinking about the over ten thousand yuan in credit card debt hanging over her, Sang Ning felt immensely frustrated. Her monthly salary of 4,500 wouldn’t even make a dent in it.

This damned company simply had no humanity—it was clearly trying to drive her into bankruptcy!

Too ashamed to borrow money from her friends, she had no choice but to ask the company’s boss directly.

After all, she was already trapped with a one hundred million debt, so adding a bit more wouldn’t make much difference.

Resolutely, Sang Ning marched into the president’s office to state her request to borrow money.

As soon as Chen Ming heard that Sang Ning was there to borrow money, his face instantly darkened.

Chen Ming’s reflexive reaction made Sang Ning think he was a stingy miser who wouldn’t part with a single dime.

Here she was, already bound to a twenty-year indentured servitude, yet even this modest request was rejected.

If she genuinely became bankrupt, it would inevitably impact her image—and consequently, the company’s profits. How could Chen Ming fail to grasp even this basic logic?

"President Chen, just give me a straight answer—is the company unwilling to lend me the money or not?"

Determined to take a hardline stance, Sang Ning prepared to throw a fit. If Chen Ming didn’t agree, she’d go mad and threaten to jump off the fifteenth floor.

Sang Ning considered herself a dignified person. She didn’t want things to come to this, but the contract terms imposed by the company were excessively oppressive.

No matter how hard she worked, she couldn’t possibly repay the credit card debt in time.

She saw Chen Ming sitting at his desk, head lowered and silent.

At that moment, Sang Ning’s heart hardened. She rushed to the office window, yanked it open, and threatened Chen Ming: "President Chen, if you’re dead set on refusing, then I’m dead set on jumping from here. Don’t think anyone’s walking away unscathed!"

Sang Ning’s logic was that her performance on the rural reality show had successfully redeemed her image, earning notable attention.

To the company, she had become a highly-visible moneymaker—surely Chen Ming wouldn’t just stand by and let her, their cash cow, end her life.

She wasn’t actually planning to die, just scaring Chen Ming into taking action.

After a prolonged standoff at the window, Chen Ming finally yielded.

However, his reaction and the very first words out of his mouth completely blindsided her.

Chen Ming stood up from his desk, pulled out his chair, and knelt down in the direction of where Sang Ning stood.

With his hands clasped together as if praying, he pleaded, "Young lady, I’ve already covered one debt after another, tallying into the tens of thousands for you. When does it end?"

Sang Ning was stunned for a moment, and Chen Ming continued his lament, "Young lady, I’m not a shareholder—I’m just a senior employee! Those debts of yours came out of my own pocket. Even the fattest sheep will eventually be sheared bare; you can’t keep bullying just me forever. If you really want to die, why not take me along with you?"

In absolute despair, Sang Ning let go of her grip on the window frame. She truly had no recollection of this in her memory.

From Chen Ming’s account, Sang Ning finally learned that before she took over, Chen Ming had already shelled out nearly one million to cover the debts accumulated by the original owner.

Her brain froze—how could the original owner have been this outrageously extravagant, like a giant black hole for money?

If she’d known earlier, she wouldn’t have dared to ask anything. But once she asked, even more debts were unveiled.

Resigned, Sang Ning took a long, heavy breath and reluctantly apologized to Chen Ming. "Sorry, President Chen. I didn’t mean to cause trouble. I’ll pay back what I owe you, bit by bit."

Dragging her defeated self out of Chen Ming’s office like a walking corpse, she managed to force a bitter smile onto her face.

Heh. What can you do? All she could do now was keep smiling through life.

Since paying off her debt through acting wasn’t feasible, Sang Ning decided she had to look into opening side businesses.

She casually posted on her social media: [Due to a debt crisis, I am now offering long-term services such as tutoring across all subjects, personal bodyguard work, etc. Serious inquiries only; highest bidder wins!]

Within less than a minute, Sang Ning felt uneasy about it, thought it over, and deleted the post.

Anyhow, this month’s debts were already handled—as for next month’s, well, she’d leave that to fate for now!

Sang Ning had already prepared herself for the worst, but later that evening, Chen Ming unexpectedly called her.

He said that their company had suddenly received an investment from a mysterious new shareholder, which led to adjustments in her contract.

Instead of a fixed salary, she could now earn 20% revenue sharing, though the twenty-year labor contract remained unchanged.

While still essentially a long-term servitude, for Sang Ning, this had already made all the difference!