The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

A gathering of celebrities and socialites.

Perhaps these eight characters would be the perfect way to describe Song Yanxi's birthday party.

The idea of ​​a socialite marrying a poor guy usually only exists in TV dramas.

In reality, socialites receive top-notch education from a young age, even if they have character flaws.

Their vision is absolutely top-notch.

In their eyes, a "phoenix man" is simply someone who wasn't born into a privileged background but can still earn a decent monthly salary through his own efforts.

At this level, everyone is basically a chosen worker; no matter how outstanding you are, you can't escape the law of being a worker.

As for those socialites who often appear in TV dramas and like young men with wild spirits.

Only an idiot would believe that.

Socialites are different from celebrities; they are also divided into different classes.

The specific ranking should be based on family wealth and social status.

Take Chen An'an, for example. She grew up to be a top socialite in Shanghai, and she can hang out with whomever she wants.

There is no need to consider the other party's parents or family status.

There are also some families that own listed companies, but they are not very big and cannot become industry leaders.

Those are basically entry-level socialites.

With the rapid development of society in recent years, many families prefer to send their children to become civil servants.

Even if you sit in the same office, you get in on your own merit, while she gets in through her parents' connections.

These two people could never be in the same social circle. Even if you think they are, that's just your opinion.

Zhang Sitong, who has worked in Shanghai for several years, understands these principles deeply.

She has no connections and earns over 20,000 yuan a month entirely through her own abilities.

How could one not understand the gaps between social classes, which are difficult for ordinary people to cross?

Only after finding Song Jun was she qualified to attend such a birthday banquet.

Song Jun was merely a peripheral figure in both the Chen and Song families.

Compared to Chen Qi and Song Wu standing in the center of the stage, they were worlds apart.

One is Chen Pingsheng's only younger sister, and the other is Song Yanxi's younger sister.

Their blood relation speaks for itself; their mere presence commands everyone's respect and support.

Song Jun is different. Others will definitely try to please Chen Qi and Song Wu, but no one will try to please him.

Haven't you seen her at her birthday party for so long, and not a single person has come up to greet her?
If Song Jun had a position with both the Chen and Song families, he wouldn't have acted this way.

When Song Jun, who had gone in to deliver the preserved fish and meat, came out, he happily pulled Zhang Sitong inside with him.

Zhang Sitong stopped in her tracks. "What's going on?"

“My cousin said she really likes it, and she asked me to bring you in for a meal.”

"Really?"

Zhang Sitong was excited; this step had been the right one.

Song Jun didn't realize that this had any different meaning; he was simply happy for his cousin.

When she got inside, Chen Pingsheng was entertaining some of his business guests at the central table, while Song Yanxi had arranged a table next to it.

It's mainly used for entertaining family relatives.

Chen Qi, Hu Lin, Chen Yao (her sister) and Xiao Ping'an (her brother-in-law) were all there, as were Song Wu and her boyfriend Yang Changwen.

And Big Baby and Little Baby are here too, they definitely don't need to worry about so much.

It's Mom's birthday, so eat and play as much as you like!

Only a marginal figure like Zhang Sitong would go to great lengths to get into this place.

Song Wu then asked her with a smile, "You must be Zhang Sitong, the girlfriend my cousin found. My sister said you're great. My cousin really found a good woman."

Unlike her sister, Song Wu did not grow up in the countryside.

When she was five or six years old, Liu Fen brought her to Beijing. At that time, the one-child policy was strictly enforced.

It's impossible to bring both of them to the city unless they don't want their jobs anymore.

This is why her personality is so different from Song Yanxi's.

After leaving the ivory tower, I worked as an extra for a year or two and things got better; my personality was worn down.

Now I'll obediently follow my sister's arrangements, leave the entertainment industry, and start a business. In the future, I only want to be like my sister and brother-in-law.

After starting a family, cherish and nurture your own little happiness.

Her impression of her cousin Song Jun was still from when she was very young.

I basically have no recollection of it.

Zhang Sitong was flattered and wondered how much of what she said was true and how much was false. Did that person really think she was alright?
"Well, I just have a regular job, nothing too fancy."

“That’s fine. Before my brother-in-law started his business, he only had this much income as you.”

How could we possibly compare?

Zhang Sitong was still a little nervous. She wasn't as outgoing as Song Jun, who dared to say anything.

We dare to chat about anything and everything.

Just as he was about to mention that his cousin Song Yanxi loved going to his house for meals when she was little, Zhang Sitong kicked him without hesitation.

Can this be said?

Just keep it in mind!
Perhaps sensing her nervousness, Song Wu decided not to continue chatting with her long-lost cousin.

She didn't really want to hear about her sister's embarrassing childhood stories.

For example, if they continued talking, she was afraid that Song Jun would bring up some of her brother-in-law's bad habits from his childhood.

My brother-in-law back then wasn't exactly honest.

They like to fight all the time and even like to blow up cow dung on the road.

Whenever they have time, they either go to catch bullfrogs or fish for loaches in the ditch.

Then take them to the market to sell.

Her sister told her this in private, which was a little secret; it wouldn't be appropriate to talk about it in a public place.

After all, her sister and brother-in-law's identities are completely different now.

There are many things that require careful consideration. For example, a relative of mine once stood up at the table after drinking a little alcohol and said loudly, "I admire Pingsheng. Look at him, he only graduated from junior high school, and his grades were worse than ours, but now he has built such a huge fortune."

He then went on to boast about his mediocre achievements in his youth, such as earning over 10,000 yuan a month at eighteen, becoming a store manager at twenty, and knowing a big shot in the police station.

I've treated so-and-so to a meal.

The people sitting at that table were all prominent figures in Shanghai, and the people sitting next to them were either wealthy businessmen or local leaders.

You're taking the beer and barbecue culture from street vendors and bragging about it at a formal banquet.

That would make you seem out of place.

After that, her sister never invited a relative to a formal public event again.

It's not that they're unwilling to invite them, but rather that they don't understand what that social circle should and shouldn't say.

Being able to speak well is definitely a very important social skill.

In the upper echelons, the ability to listen is ten times more important than the ability to speak.

Because the real masters are all silent and quiet, just watching you show off.

Fortunately, Zhang Sitong stopped Song Jun in time, otherwise he really wanted to tell some embarrassing stories about his cousin's childhood.

Perhaps it was to make everyone laugh, or perhaps it was a deliberate attempt to gain attention.

Anyway, he himself is not used to this environment at all.

He felt that relatives should be more straightforward and say whatever they want.

It won't cost you anything.

Why bother going through every word in your head three times before speaking? How can you even speak like that?
His sudden burst of enthusiasm would be promptly interrupted by Zhang Sitong, who was standing beside him.

In the adult world, there is no such thing as doing whatever you want.

As the ancients said, one should be established at thirty, free from doubt at forty, know one's destiny at fifty, and be able to hear and understand things at sixty.

One can only do whatever one wants when one reaches seventy.

Who isn't bound by layers of shackles in this society?
Even someone as powerful as Chen Pingsheng had to carefully consider every word he said in front of those in higher positions.

He also needs to deliberately find topics that his relatives, who are not as well-off as him, like.

As the saying goes, the adult world is not simple.

(End of this chapter)