The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 194 An Encounter with a Fairy Sister
Chen Pingsheng carried three cups of milk tea back to the Tencent Film headquarters building.

To be fair, the employees' work attitude has improved a lot since the move to the new headquarters.

At least, the kind of situation where people danced at work that they used to have is now much less common.

Perhaps it will be like this again after they get used to it!

He doesn't care as long as nothing's wrong.

Employees should be free if they want to be.

Several months passed.

Tencent Entertainment has not invested any more money.

Bai Xin and the others didn't have much to do at all.

However, his headquarters office still had a lot of movie scripts piled up, and the Golden Finger Grandpa could only look at one a day.

Therefore, you have to queue.

While waiting for the elevator on the first floor, many new employees greeted him, and Chen Pingsheng politely responded to each one.

Bosses who can work in office buildings are not necessarily highly educated.

But those who can work in office buildings must all have a decent education.

Inside the elevator.

Song Shuiqing also saw him. Her cousin had warned her that it was okay to intern at Tengying, but she couldn't let anyone know about her special relationship with the boss.

There are no relatives within the entire group.

If you want to pass on the legacy of three generations within a single group, that's a state-owned enterprise.

They do not have the qualifications for a monopoly, so they naturally have to make decisions that conform to the market.

If you can monopolize an industry, then it doesn't matter since there are no competitors.

It's just that the efficiency is a little lower and the group's revenue is a little worse.

They've already formed a monopoly, so how could they not make money?

Song Shuiqing respectfully addressed the boss.

Chen Pingsheng, carrying a cup of milk tea, asked her, "Would you like some coffee?"

Song Shuiqing really wanted to nod, but when she saw the envious looks from the female employees next to her, she immediately shook her head.

"No, no, thank you boss."

Chen Pingsheng didn't say much. They were mostly on the fifteenth floor, while he went to the eighteenth floor.

Eighteen floors.

Top floor of the group's headquarters building.

You can overlook a large part of the beautiful scenery of the Second Ring Road.

Bai Xin was still organizing documents in his office when Chen Pingsheng handed her a cup of milk tea.

Bai Xin was delighted. "Uncle, why do you bring me coffee every day?"

"What, you don't like it?"

"No, I'm just afraid that if I get addicted to it, you won't bring me any more, and then I'll have to buy it myself."

Chen Pingsheng shook his head, "Look at you, so stingy. You've been making millions a year and you still can't afford coffee?"

"No, not really."

Bai Xin explained, "Many people in the company like to drink this, and I'm just one of them."

"Book me a plane ticket. I need to go to Shanghai. Also, please arrange a time with Honglan Capital."

This woman travels all over the world; if Chen Pingsheng doesn't make an appointment in advance, he won't be able to see her at all when he arrives in Shanghai.

I wonder where she's gone again.

Bobo Milk Tea will officially go public in Hong Kong next month, so they don't need to worry about it anymore.

Yang Qian and Chu Qiuyan can go over there.

They have all successfully cashed out, but they still have a lot of shares left, which they can only cash out in six months.

In the early stages of the IPO, the management team and their remaining shares were subject to a six-month lock-up period.

This is normal. If there were no such time limit, major shareholders would be eager to cash out as soon as the company goes public.

What are shareholders supposed to think?
The stock price is bound to plummet, so everyone has a six-month timeframe.

He still holds 9% of the shares. If Bobo Milk Tea performs well after its IPO, he can still cash out several hundred million yuan from these shares.

At that time, we can use the random boost from the Golden Finger Grandpa again.

"Uncle, would you like me to come with you?"

Bai Xin also really wanted to go to Shanghai, preferably on a business trip.

Getting a salary and being able to go out and have fun as I please sounds wonderful.

"Go if you want. There's nothing going on at Tencent Film Studio right now. If any other companies come looking for investment, just have them leave their scripts here and I'll look at them when I get back."

"Row."

Bai Xin immediately booked a plane ticket on her phone; the uncle always travels in first class.

As his only designated secretary, she naturally had to take care of him personally.

One first-class ticket.

In addition to determining the landing time, we also need to schedule a time with Honglan Capital.

Within a month.

Tong Zhelan spends a significant portion of her time traveling abroad and the other half attending various business forums or business meetings.

She spends most of her time meeting with founders of projects who come to her seeking investment.

They each have their own detailed personal itinerary plans, and Teng Ying has his own as well.

You can't just meet the big boss whenever you want.

Bai Xin took a closer look and found that her schedule for the month was already fully booked.

However, she was free after 8 p.m. on the 25th.

Bai Xin contacted them, but was told that they did not accept appointments after get off work hours.

They decisively brought out the older man and got him to cut in line on the day their plane landed.

The older man still has charm.

in the afternoon.

Bai Xin then boarded the plane with him.

Before takeoff, Chen Pingsheng sent a message to his wife.

He was going to Shanghai for a week on a business trip, and his daughter, Da Pi Wa, kept clamoring to go too, but Chen Pingsheng ignored her.

Is Beijing too big for her to play in?
The plane they were on had a single-aisle first-class cabin with only six seats.

Chen Pingsheng was seated on the left, with Bai Xin behind him.

After the two boarded the plane and waited for a while, a stunningly beautiful woman wearing sunglasses appeared next to them.

Bai Xin excitedly patted his shoulder, "Uncle, look who's next door?"

Chen Pingsheng was quietly reading a travel magazine on the plane when he turned his head and saw the beautiful, fairy-like woman next to him who had terrible fashion sense but looked like an angel.

"Liu Yifei?"

“Yes…it’s her.” Bai Xin said excitedly, “Uncle, among the top celebrities in the entertainment industry, she has the worst fashion sense, and her looks can cover everything. We are really lucky to have run into her.”

Unlike Yang Mi's fashionable style, this fairy sister's outfit is really casual. She went out wearing an old-fashioned 360 sportswear set.

Back in the early 2000s, Chen Pingsheng watched her portrayal of Aunt Wang Yuyan and Zhao Ling'er.

This actor has acted in very few TV series, but every single one of them is a classic.

There are many ways to describe her in the entertainment industry, but the most classic one is that she is the only one who has remained a top-tier celebrity despite being a flop in the film industry for ten years.

Chen Pingsheng liked her a lot and wanted to get her autograph.

Liu Yifei didn't know him at all, mainly because none of the movies she made made money.

The two have never worked together, and he never appears at entertainment industry parties, so it's normal that they don't know each other.

"Are you the fairy sister Liu Yifei?" Liu Yifei turned around, her face cold and aloof. It was normal for her to be recognized given her fame.

"You want my autograph?"

"correct."

Do you have a pen and notebook?

Liu Yifei has a really good personality; there's a reason she's been popular for so long.

Chen Pingsheng couldn't find a pen and notebook, but Bai Xin must have prepared them. She quickly took out the boss's favorite book.

How was Bai Jie created?
Chen Pingsheng was furious. He said it would have been fine to just look at it privately, but he took it out to get the fairy sister's autograph. He would definitely have his salary docked when he got back.

Fortunately, Liu Yifei didn't seem to understand what Teacher Bai meant, and simply wrote her name on it quickly.

She turned over and closed her eyes to sleep, but before falling asleep, she added, "I'm a little tired, could you please stop talking to me?"

"Ok, Ok."

She was very polite, so Chen Pingsheng decided not to bother her.

Quickly hide the book by Teacher Bai.

The plane began to take off and then began to land.

The vehicle that came to pick up the "Fairy Sister" was a Mercedes Brabus minivan.

The Rolls-Royce Ghost came to pick him up again.

Chen Pingsheng felt that this car was completely out of his league; the Ghost, like the Phantom, was a four-seater top-of-the-line business van.

The Phantom is priced at twice as high, while the Ghost is clearly several levels lower.

He still asked Yang Qian to order another Rolls-Royce Phantom for him, any color would do.

I'll also buy a Brabus V-Class.

Essential for business travel.

The scenery in Shanghai is unique, and convertible sports cars are a must-have.

Let's order a Phantom convertible as well.

Collect all three Rolls-Royce pieces.

Once he's rich enough, he'll find that there aren't many things he can't afford anymore.

You can buy anything you like or are interested in without having to consider its practicality.

Even if it's only opened once a year, as long as he thinks it's useful, he can buy whatever he wants.

This is his current spending power.

In addition, he didn't stay in a hotel this time.

He'll move into the three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment he bought on the Bund last time; it's 180 square meters in usable area, excluding common areas.

He's already quite comfortable living alone.

If you buy a house that's too big, it won't feel warm and cozy at all if your whole family isn't living there.

There's a large balcony over there, facing the Bund.

If it weren't for its stunning scenery and unique location, it wouldn't sell for 15 yuan per square meter.

As for the cars he ordered, they can just be delivered there after they're purchased.

You can drive whichever car you want whenever you want, emphasizing a free and unrestrained consumption lifestyle.

As for the yacht his family bought here for over 50 million, he also plans to take some time to check it out.

Yang Qian wrote them down one by one, which wasn't too surprising.

With the current financial strength of Tencent Group, there is no need to consider the price of these daily expenses.

After dropping them off downstairs at Honglan Capital, she prepared to go pick out a car.

Just as she was about to leave, Chen Pingsheng gave her the Ghost as a reward for bringing Bobo Milk Tea to market.

She had been married to Changfu for a short time when he was directing her to travel everywhere. Now that she has achieved success, this is the reward she deserves.

The couple now have a child; the woman is newly pregnant.

Yang Qian will be taking a long break in a few months.

She also bought a house in Shanghai, and Changfu often flies over to visit her after get off work.

They come here whenever they have time, which shows they're very dedicated.

Tong Zhelan had turned down an important business gala to see him, and Chen Pingsheng didn't waste any time.

Let's get straight to the point and discuss opening a coffee shop.

He has learned his lesson from the Bobo Milk Tea incident; by the time of the final IPO, he must hold a large number of shares.

Only in this way can sufficient funds be available to initiate random growth.

More importantly, he is completely different this year compared to last year.

He no longer needs to rely on other people's money to take on any risks.

The risk is borne by someone else, and so is the income.

Even if the coffee shop ultimately fails and he loses hundreds of millions, it won't matter much.

There was absolutely no serious damage; it was just a minor loss.

If that's the case, then why bother with angel rounds, A, B, and C?

He completed it all by himself.

The coffee shop hasn't even been named yet, and there's no business plan.

He only needed to explain his idea to Tong Zhelan briefly, and the 500 million yuan was raised.

He invested 300 million himself, and Tong Zhelan invested 200 million.

There is no betting agreement.

Tong Zhelan completely trusted him, and the idea of ​​opening a coffee shop was actually hers.

The situation is the same as with Bobo Milk Tea.

Then she would naturally give her full support.

Fortunately, since their inception, they have only had one competitor in the coffee industry: Starbucks.

The rest are small karaomi.

They were far ahead in terms of initial funding.

If this project succeeds, Tong Zhelan will earn at least several billion.

Failure would mean losing a third of the money earned from Bobo Milk Tea.

You can submit it no matter what.

After they left, several investors from Tong Zhelan's side asked curiously, "President Tong, there's not even a business plan yet, and you're already investing 200 million? Isn't that a bit too hasty?"

"Some people don't need these things."

After watching them leave, Tong Zhelan turned and went inside.

Chen Pingsheng was then driven back to his 180-square-meter home on the Bund by her driver.

Neon lights flickered, and the city lights began to illuminate the night.

The wind along the Bund has a unique charm.

Chen Pingsheng's favorite spot is this large balcony, where he has placed two beanbag chairs worth over 300,000 yuan each, and a small coffee table in the middle.

The boiling water is steaming, and small bubbles are rising from it.

His secretary brewed him a cup of Huangshan Maofeng tea that cost a million yuan per kilogram, and his life was quite pleasant and comfortable.

night.

Yang Qian then delivered the three cars he had ordered to the parking space downstairs.

They were parked side by side.

At the same time as buying the house, I also purchased five parking spaces here.

As I said before, price isn't a concern, convenience is all that matters.

(End of this chapter)