The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Yang Hong, this female teacher, is quite forthright.

After her blind date failed, she even had to treat everyone to a meal and ask them to help her find a partner.

I don't have high expectations, as long as it's passable.

Her lack of request is actually her biggest request, otherwise, given her naturally elegant appearance and forthright personality.

It doesn't make sense that I could fail at blind dates so many times.

"Hey Lao Chen, you're the only one here who didn't introduce anyone to Teacher Yang. You're next!"

That works too… Chen Pingsheng thought for a moment and said, “Okay, the one I’m introducing to you is definitely not bad.”

Tengying Group still has quite a few eligible bachelors, some of whom have income but no experience in picking up girls.

Rather than letting them be seduced by some scheming gold diggers in society, it would be better to introduce Yang Hong, a reliable female colleague.

"By the way, Ms. Yang, shouldn't you also tell us your specific requirements?"

"Under 35 years old, annual income should not be less than 500,000, and divorced women with children are not considered at all. As for houses, the two of us can buy them together."

While eating a lamb skewer, Yang Hong quickly stated her requirements.

This requirement is really not high.

"Okay, I'll introduce you to some people who earn over a million a year and also own a house and a car."

“Some!” Zhang Changwen said in surprise, “You can introduce some more? Old Chen, you have quite a wide network of connections.”

It's not hard to find someone with a million-dollar annual salary, but it's extremely rare to find someone of that age who is still unmarried.

"Just average, third in the world."

Chen Pingsheng casually made a couple of jokes, and then started looking for someone in his mind.

Not long ago, a news story broke in Beijing about a gold digger.

In just a few months, she not only spent more than ten million yuan of the man's money, but also drove the promising programmer to commit suicide by jumping off a building.

This incident has generated a huge response throughout the programmer community.

She's quite well-known in the startup circle; there are more and more gold diggers in society these days.

They specifically target wealthy men, and even offer specialized training courses.

The main purpose is to teach girls how to snag a rich husband.

For a woman like Yang Hong who is still single at an older age, she is already considered quite good.

I pursued knowledge and self-improvement when I was young, which is why I've been delayed until now.

"Old Chen, let me offer you a toast before saying anything else."

It's clear that Yang Hong really wants to find a suitable partner to marry.

Chen Pingsheng kept this matter in mind and waited until his afternoon classes ended before picking up Erpiya from school.

Who is Erpiya? She calls herself the Invincible of the West, the Lone Seeker.

At less than four years old, he already exuded the air of a leader, his chubby little hands behind his back as if he were on an inspection tour.

You should ask her why she did that.

She would only sigh and say, "Dad, do you know that being invincible is also a kind of loneliness?"

Chen Pingsheng said he didn't know.

Erpiya looked up at the window again, "I envy my sister. At least she has fifteen classmates ahead of her to surpass. As for me, I will always be an unattainable dream for those kids in the class. Being invincible is such a lonely thing."

Is this what a child prodigy is like?

If you say she's pretentious, then what she said is true.

If you tell her she should be more low-key, she'll just say that no matter how low-key she is, her genius can't be hidden.

Chen Pingsheng coughed and said, "Hey Er Yatou, after your sister gets on the bus, you better not say that again, or you'll get a beating."

"I understand, my sister is just jealous that I'm too clever."

Erpiya laughed heartily, and like a little chatterbox, she kept talking about how she had shocked her classmates at kindergarten that day.

Chen Pingsheng was genuinely proud of her. "The group has a return-to-farm activity in the middle of this month. Second daughter, do you want to participate?"

"Not fun?"

"It looks like a lot of fun." "Okay, I want to go too."

Children just love to experience things, and Chen Pingsheng figured she wouldn't learn much in kindergarten anyway.

Why not just take her along to the internship program in the southern province?

Let her go down to the ground and catch some small crabs, and see if she still likes to show off.

The Volkswagen sped towards her sister's international school; Chen An'an is working very hard now.

They just don't have that photographic memory.

All her talents are concentrated on her random hobbies, and she's also incredibly good at social skills.

Overall, both the older and younger sisters have their own strengths.

As for the mistress Chen Lu, she's not even six months old yet; she's still at the stage of biting her fingers.

What can we tell from this?

He originally wanted to bring his wife along to participate in the interns' return to farming program, but now his wife is so busy she's barely has time to breathe.

They've been flying around everywhere to expand Shuiyunjian's stores.

Once the expansion in these eight second-tier cities is completed, Shuiyunjian will become their highest-earning flagship group.

Next year's revenue of tens of billions is all secured.

Chen Pingsheng parked his car in front of Tenghui Department Store and went inside to buy some groceries.

I'll cook a big meal for myself tonight.

Erpiya likes to eat Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs that weigh more than half a pound each, which cost no less than 150 yuan each.

She can eat five or six at a time with her chubby little hands.

Chen An'an prefers to eat lighter meals, and she also buys a variety of seasonal side dishes.

If our family weren't well-off, we wouldn't even be able to afford the big crabs that our second daughter likes.

He's quite a responsible stay-at-home dad.

After returning to their residential community, Peng Ying and Liu Fen participated in activities at the senior citizens' activity center.

When they returned, they mentioned a great opportunity to make a lot of money.

It was shared by retired elderly people in the group.

It's basically about buying a wealth management product from a large corporation, which not only offers a 12% annual interest rate but also increases year by year.

I heard that the large corporation is also investing in gold mining overseas; the company's strength is beyond imagination.

Many elderly people in the group have bought financial products there, and their interest has been consistently high every year.

It passed the ball from one person to two, and from two to four.

Peng Ying and Liu Fen also wanted to buy some.

Chen An'an immediately realized what was going on, "Grandma, this is definitely a scam. What kind of corporate financial management can offer such high interest rates?"

"That can't be right, I see a lot of people in the group have already received their interest!"

"I've received the interest, but what about the principal?"

Chen Pingsheng said, "Even your eldest granddaughter can see through this, so there's nothing I can do if you still fall for it!"

There are countless financial scams in China, largely due to soaring housing prices in recent years.

These fraudulent companies are still able to survive, but once housing prices collapse, how will they pay such high interest rates to their customers?
Relying on corporate profits is wishful thinking.

"You're saying all of this is a lie?"

"Of course! You're after their small interest, while they're after your principal. How can you call that the same thing?"

Alright... Liu Fen didn't say anything more, quickly dismissing her little scheme to make money through investment.

Her son-in-law is so capable, he can't be wrong.

As for Chen Pingsheng himself, the only thing he could do was prevent those around him from getting involved.

Those who can illegally raise tens of billions of yuan through such virtual financial products must be extremely shady.

(End of this chapter)