The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Late April.

Song Yanxi celebrated her 28th birthday.

The two have known each other since they were very young, and later they got to know each other, fell in love, and became a couple.

From youth to old age.

This process took a full sixteen years.

Some say that it takes five hundred years of brushing past each other to exchange for a lifetime of marriage.

Whether it's true or not, Chen Pingsheng and Song Yanxi have already supported each other through their adolescence.

We now have two children.

Even if a woman is 28 and doesn't want to be high-profile, her status and position are still there.

Countless people still came to her birthday party.

The birthday celebration wasn't held at home, but rather at a top-tier private club in Sheshan.

This place is also named "Cloud".

Early in the morning, Zhang Sitong changed into a newly bought dress.

She got to know Song Yanxi's family because of Song Jun.

Then, because of a meal, he was promoted three levels the next day, and later he even won the design plan for the headquarters of Tengying Town.

He received five million in bonuses alone, instantly becoming the most eye-catching person in the entire company.

Now that it's Song Yanxi's birthday, she naturally has to dress up carefully.

Song Jun still owns a house in Shanghai; he didn't buy it himself.

Instead, they rented a two-bedroom apartment.

After Zhang Sitong moved in, she shared half of the rent with him.

This made him extremely happy, and he felt that he had found the best woman in the world.

Zhang Sitong wouldn't tell him that she decided to be with him because of his cousin.

Just as the big boss of Tengying could easily see through her purpose in approaching Song Jun, he did not stop them from continuing their relationship.

Only children can clearly distinguish between good and bad women.

As for what happens when you grow up, there are no absolutely good or bad people; it's just a matter of each other.

Zhang Sitong carefully tied Song Jun's tie. The moment she received the bonus, she hid in the bathroom and cried for a long time.

Then I spent 50,000 to buy him this suit, and another 100,000 to get him a Rolex Submariner green watch.

He was just a chef who graduated from junior high school and didn't have much education.

When I first entered the workforce, I was probably quite unreliable, but after I started learning to cook, I honestly thought about having a skill to rely on.

Over the years, he became a very skilled Hunanese chef.

Then, thanks to the family support fund from the Chen and Song families, he moved south all the way to Shanghai and opened the Hunan cuisine restaurant he has now.

I met my current girlfriend, Zhang Sitong.

Song Jun felt very lucky; he hadn't worked much harder than others.

However, they achieved results that were unimaginable to their peers.

He knew where all of this came from.

So I get really nervous every time I see my cousin's husband, but I'm fine when I see my own cousin.

"Have you prepared the gift I asked you to?"

"I've prepared it long ago."

Song Jun opened a red plastic bag. "Look, these are all smoked dried fish that my parents sent from our hometown, as well as some homemade cured fish and meat. My cousin loved eating these when she was little, but I don't know if she still likes them now!"

"Whether you like it or not, your intentions are better than others."

"Sitong, do we have to be so deliberate? She's my cousin, and my parents treated her so well when we were little."

Zhang Sitong was often speechless when she looked at the man in front of her, because he lacked social experience and was often quite naive in handling things.

But he is also a very serious and sincere person when it comes to relationships.

Zhang Sitong patiently explained to him, "This isn't intentional, it's a sentiment, you understand? Your cousin's status and position are completely different now. With her family's conditions, she's eaten all sorts of delicacies. Perhaps only this kind of taste that she loved as a child can make her feel nostalgic."

"That's not what I meant." Song Jun, dressed in a suit, didn't look like a cultured man. He scratched his head. "I meant that you always tell me to be careful what I say in front of my cousin, to say things she likes to hear. I just don't think it's necessary given our relationship!"

"What do you mean it's unnecessary?"

Zhang Sitong rolled her eyes at him. "Do you think you're Chen Qi or Song Wu, that only those two can say whatever they want? What are you? Just a cousin. If you don't know how to fight for yourself, how can you get your cousin's support to the greatest extent? Do you really want to just run a small restaurant and live your life like this? With your current achievements, if you don't work harder, you probably won't even dare to step into your cousin's house in two years."

"It's not that exaggerated."

Although Song Jun said that, he couldn't help but think that his girlfriend was right.

Zhang Sitong's greatest comfort is that this man listens to her.

Even if what she said contradicted his previous views on life, it was still the same.

Because, to be honest, his cousin is completely different from when she was a child.

Even though he's been in Shanghai for so long, the two of them have met very few times.

The family foundation helps not just one or two people, but the entire Chen and Soong families.

There was that guy who got two million by taking advantage of his family connections and then spent all his time hanging out in bars.

Later, they were sent back to their rural hometown and could no longer get any resources from their cousin's family.

That person was also his brother.

Zhang Sitong not only bought Song Jun expensive clothes and watches, but also provided him with a Mercedes-Benz E300 worth over 500,000 yuan.

The rest of the money was used to build a big house in my rural hometown.

If we disregard her ulterior motives for approaching Song Jun, everyone would agree that Song Jun has found an exceptionally good woman based on her actions.

Zhang Sitong rode in his Mercedes to Sheshan. Only after he arrived there did he truly understand why his girlfriend had repeatedly told him to say good things about his cousin.

Such a grand birthday celebration, with a star-studded lineup.

Even top-tier celebrities like Liu Yifei, Zhao Liying, and Yang Mi couldn't get seats in the front row.

There are only enough seats in the second row.

As for those mentioned earlier, they were all top figures in Shanghai.

Looking at the dazzling array of birthday gifts, Song Jun saw that the lowest value was a Guanyin statue made of pure gold worth 880,000 yuan, which was a gift of children.

Another car of considerable value is a Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royces are nothing special; they have countless of them at home.

What's unusual is that this is a Rolls-Royce SUV, a four-seater pure red Cullinan.

It hasn't been officially released in China yet; it was brought back from overseas.

The car itself cost over seven million, plus the cost of transporting it back, bringing the total cost to over eight million.

Song Yanxi herself still likes it quite a bit, but unfortunately she rarely drives now that she's pregnant.

Song Jun looked at the dried fish from the countryside he was carrying, as well as the cured meat his parents had smoked.

He suddenly felt a little timid. Wouldn't people laugh at him if he delivered it like this?

It was Zhang Sitong who reminded him, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go!"

"Sitong, how about we spend some money and buy some expensive stuff?"

"Are you stupid? You're already here and you're still thinking about this? With your cousin's connections, any watch she owns is worth millions. What expensive gift could you possibly give her?"

Zhang Sitong said, "You're the kind of person who can get your hands on limited-edition Rolls-Royces that haven't even been released in China yet."

"No, the main thing is that all of these things don't even add up to five hundred yuan!"

"A small gift carries great meaning, do you understand?"

Zhang Sitong urged him to go quickly and say a few good words for her cousin while he was there.

No matter how good a relationship was before, it will fall apart if you don't know how to maintain it.

Every single person who came today was trying their best to please the host.

Why does everyone strive so hard for social status? It's precisely because of this.

Only when you have enough social standing will you find that everyone around you is a good person.

Even someone who is not good at speaking can become eloquent.

(End of this chapter)