The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Sun Liancheng arrived in Shanghai on May 4th.

The Tan Palace Villa was bustling with people coming and going, but the big boss always gave off a very gentle demeanor.

He is calm, humble, and polite, whether he is dealing with his children or new employees.

He's very approachable.

It would be foolish to assume he's a man without any skills based on this alone.

Sun Liancheng was well aware of the reasons why Tengying Group had grown to where it is today.

It all depends on the efforts of the big boss alone.

They were merely there to provide support and assistance from below.

Sun Liancheng could be a local tyrant in Guangzhou, but he immediately became obedient after arriving in Shanghai.

"big boss."

"Oh... Old Sun, you came pretty fast."

Chen Pingsheng told Chen An'an and the others to go play by themselves, while he stayed in the back garden to greet Sun Liancheng.

If he didn't tell Sun Liancheng to sit down, Sun Liancheng would have to stand there the whole time.

"Don't you need to give me an explanation for Huang Meiyou's matter?"

"Big boss, I was wrong."

"What's wrong?"

Chen Pingsheng questioned, "Was your mistake in not controlling your lower body, or was it in taking advantage of a young girl and then sending her inside?"

“I…” Sun Liancheng was covered in sweat. He knew that this trip to Shanghai would definitely not go smoothly.

But he didn't expect the big boss to bring up the issue through questioning.

This proves that he can't escape this time.

Ignoring his nervousness, Chen Pingsheng shook his head and said, "Perhaps you think I'm just questioning your private life, but have you ever thought about what kind of impact it would have on Tengyou Media's stock price if one day Tengyou Media goes public and you are exposed by your competitors with such news?"

Sun Liancheng broke out in a cold sweat; he really hadn't thought about this question!

If that were to happen, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chen Pingsheng then asked him calmly, "And your wife Zhang Ying, your relationship is completely dead in name only, each of you doing your own thing, and she often goes to Tengyou headquarters to act like a boss's wife. I want to ask you, is she a boss's wife?"

"To date, Tencent Media is still losing between 500 million and 1 billion yuan every year. Have you contributed a single cent of this money?"

"Another crucial point is that you're unwilling to part with that small amount of divorce money now. But if your wife makes a scene like this when Tengyou Media goes public, how much do you think I'll have to spend to settle things?"

If Zhang Ying had divorced you at that time, would my company, worth tens of billions, have been able to go public smoothly?
You haven't even considered one of these issues!

Sun Liancheng broke out in a cold sweat. "Boss, I'll go back and divorce her immediately."

"late."

Chen Pingsheng said noncommittally, "I called Chang Fu before you came. He said you are very capable and that we absolutely cannot touch you before Tengyou goes public. My wife also said that you are capable and that we should try to deal with you after Tengyou goes public."

But after thinking about it, I still feel that you, Sun Liancheng, are not worthy of being the president of Tengyou at all. The fact that they say you have the ability is entirely based on the background of Tengying Group.

Before Zhang Yiming founded Douyin in 2016, I had already invested 500 million yuan in Tencent Media.

Later, disregarding losses, they continued to invest billions more, including half of the resources of Tencent Entertainment and Xinteng Live.

It can be said that under such circumstances, even a pig could lead Tengyou Media well.

And you, Sun Liancheng, are nothing more than the pig I chose.

You see, once Tengyou Media achieved some scale or even success, you became arrogant and complacent, and your wife even started to act like the boss's wife of Tengyou.

"I want to ask, what gives her the right?"

Sun Liancheng knew he was finished, but he didn't expect the big boss to directly compare him to a pig.

It was obvious that he had been insulted.

Because hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent to send a mistress to prison.

If this gets exposed in the future, Chen Pingsheng will lose tens of billions.

Because of a small divorce settlement, he hasn't made a clean break with Zhang Ying. If Tengyou is unable to go public because of this, Chen Pingsheng will be the one who pays the price.

At that time, it was conservatively estimated that he would lose at least 20 billion.

And this... is simply something that Sun Liancheng cannot bear.

Therefore, he had no choice but to leave.

Such a person is not worthy of being a regional overlord under his command.

I can only be a slightly higher-level employee.

Sun Liancheng knew very well that once the big boss made a decision, it was unlikely to change.

The moment he started calling himself a pig, the nature of the matter was already firmly established.

He was kicked out.

It wasn't because he took advantage of a little girl, but because he was too foolish and short-sighted.

All Sun Liancheng could still fight for was a small severance package.

As for his shares, they all need to be repurchased.

One wrong move and everything is lost—that perfectly describes him. Most of it was his own fault, a common problem among many managers.

That means never looking three to five years into the future.

They were only thinking about how to make the most of their current position.

Clearly, he was eliminated because of this.

Nobody knows where I'll go in the future, and it's impossible for me to stay with Tencent Group.

As for Huang Meiyou, Chen Pingsheng had no intention of helping her out, and didn't even mention her.

Because she also made a big mistake, this is perhaps the price she has to pay for her youthful ignorance.

Sun Liancheng returned to Guangzhou in a daze, and Zhang Ying came out and started cursing him.

They even stormed downstairs at Tencent's headquarters, making a huge scene and sitting on the ground cursing the boss for betraying them.

Her husband, Lao Sun, worked so hard to build Tengyou Media up, only to turn around and try to drive him away.

This is even more Liu Bang-like than Liu Bang himself.

Was she speaking out for Sun Liancheng?
She simply couldn't bear to part with her shares in Tengyou Media, and the unparalleled glory that such a large company brought her.

She may have forgotten that Chen Pingsheng is the one who truly has the power to decide everything.

Just two hours after she started making a scene.

Zhang Ying was taken away on charges of knowingly selling counterfeit goods.

She once used her position to ask Sun Liancheng to sell several inferior products.

By playing the game of transferring money from one hand to the other, Zhang Ying made a fortune.

The only loss is the company's reputation.

She even forced two young male internet celebrities on the platform to have a threesome with her.

Some things can't be discussed in detail, but in short, once you have power, making money becomes far too easy.

If she had simply followed Sun Liancheng and left, Chen Pingsheng wouldn't have brought up her past mistakes.

It would be incredibly foolish for her to think that Tengyou Media was built up by her family after leaving.

Why would someone like that stay outside wasting food?

Chen Pingsheng pushed her inside, just as Zhang Ying considered Huang Meiyou to be an ant.

She's just an ant here at the Shanghai headquarters, isn't she?

She just didn't know it herself.

Her attempt to use Sun Liancheng's limited abilities to hold Tengyou Media hostage was nothing but wishful thinking.

She had no idea that Chen Pingsheng had already invested 5 billion yuan in the entire Douyin Group in order to allow Tencent Media to develop without traffic restrictions.

More will be poured in in the future.

This is the biggest difference between those in positions of power and ordinary workers like them.

After seeing Zhang Ying being taken away, Zhang Jingjing assumed that Huang Meiyou would be released soon as well.

The result was that there was no response from her side.

Sun Liancheng was directly dismissed with a document.

The two cold, hard words signify that this local tyrant of Tengyou Media is gone forever.

There wasn't even a single extra explanation in the headquarters documents.

Sun Liancheng was thus dismissed.

The entire Guangdong Baiyun headquarters fell silent, and no one dared to ask why.

Even when they whispered about it, they were terrified.

It was only then that everyone realized that no matter how much you contribute or how capable you are here, it doesn't matter.

The headquarters in Shanghai is the absolute king.

Over there, a single sentence can send you away.

But you can't take anything with you. No one would be foolish enough to give up the protection of the entire Tengying Group and go to work for Sun Liancheng.

May 7th.

Tencent Pictures Group officially announced that its secretary, Zhang Wanyi, will take over as the interim CEO and president of Tencent Media.

The secretary's meteoric rise to fame has completely blown up the entire online celebrity community.

One question is why Sun Liancheng was expelled.
Another one is Zhang Wanyi, who has only been out of university for less than three years.

What makes her qualified to take over Tencent Media, the largest influencer-driven media company?

It's not really based on anything.

Just because Chen Pingsheng thinks she can do it, she definitely can.

When Zhang Wanyi received this notification, she was completely stunned!
After all, Tencent is a massive economic entity with over 50,000 signed online anchors.

Can she manage it?

(End of this chapter)