The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

As the sun sets and dusk falls, a ray of sunlight drifts past the window.

Unexpectedly, in less than ten years, he has already stood at the pinnacle of the capital market.

After completing the share swap agreement with Douyin, Chen Pingsheng himself was filled with regret.

At one time, all he thought about was buying a small house to shelter his wife and children from the wind and rain.

Who would have thought things would turn out this way?

Shen Youwei called him, saying that Erpiya wanted to hold a fan meeting for Ercongming in Shenzhen.

This little girl is just like her older sister when she was little, getting more and more mischievous.

Who knows how many years this will last?

Chen Pingsheng replied that he would accept, on the condition that she could not reveal her family situation that day, nor could she take any photos.

Despite her mischievous antics, Erpiya's grades remained impeccable.

He actually has a daughter who excels in academics; it seems his bloodline has evolved along with hers.

Otherwise, how could one learn it so quickly?

Only after he agreed could Shen Youwei cooperate with Erpiya to hold her own fan meeting.

Let her spend money however she wants.

He ignored it and instead turned to ask Lin Qiunan, the school beauty's secretary, who was standing next to him.

Where did your sister apply for the job?

"She went to the Deer Antler Coffee shop."

Lin Qiunan said, "My sister really likes that place. She's even thinking that once she's saved enough money, she can open a coffee shop like that too."

"That's okay."

Chen Pingsheng said, "If you choose a decent location, the profit from joining Deer Antler Coffee is much higher than selling milk tea. If you have the money, you can definitely consider this step."

Deer Antler Coffee is already going global, and it may not be long before it becomes a globally renowned coffee brand.

By then, its market value could exceed 30 billion US dollars.

In contrast, the entertainment industry is not doing very well this year.

The main problem is that costs have risen too high; a minor celebrity can easily cost tens of millions.

Fortunately, he opened a Tencent Entertainment Arts Academy early on.

Only by producing and selling all the talent ourselves can we keep costs at a reasonably reasonable level.

Even so, Tencent Entertainment's stock price has no room to rise further.

The film industry's market capitalization is only so big, with a maximum value of around 1600 billion.

After the peak comes a period of calm.

The phone in his pocket rang again. Chen Pingsheng picked it up and saw that it was Song Jun calling him.

I didn't know what this guy wanted until I answered the call a while later.

It turned out that one of his cousins ​​had fallen for a girl from a nightclub.

Not only did he spend hundreds of thousands or even millions on that girl, but now things have escalated to the point where he's threatening to jump off a bridge.

What should I say?

Although he set up a substantial family fund with hundreds of millions of yuan, most of these people came directly from rural areas.

Due to the limited perspectives they have had growing up, their outlook on various aspects is still very limited.

Even after acquiring some money, he still couldn't find a truly suitable woman.

That's why they spend money and still act like lapdogs outside.

When someone threatened to kill themselves over a breakup, Chen Pingsheng simply hung up the phone.

If someone like that were to jump off a bridge and die, he wouldn't even send a flower basket.

If he has to handle these kinds of things, then all our relatives should just go back to the countryside.

It's not because he's cold-blooded, but because he has to deal with such things every day, and even with eight hands, he couldn't keep up.

Song Jun didn't expect him to hang up so quickly; Zhang Sitong had told him not to say anything.

He just thought that it was still a human life, and Chen Pingsheng's own cousin at that.

Now that someone has gotten into this mess, and they're standing on the bridge demanding to see him by name, how can he not make that call?
The funny thing is that this cousin actually asked Chen Pingsheng to buy him a Ferrari so he could drive it to win back that nightclub girl.

He threatened to jump off a bridge if we didn't buy it for him.

What kind of situation is this?
It just goes to show that greed knows no bounds; fools will always manage to push your limits.

Not only Song Jun was here, but other groups of relatives who had come were also here.

"Chen Pingsheng, is he coming?"

"Liu Wei, get down here quickly. Brother Pingsheng is so busy, he doesn't have time to deal with your trivial matters."

Why didn't he come when I was about to jump off the bridge?

Liu Wei was hysterical; a man who had never been in a relationship before would fall in love with a girl from a nightclub.

He was so dramatic. The reason he wanted to jump off the bridge was because the girl ran off with a guy in a Mercedes.

Therefore, he absolutely had to buy a Ferrari.

Only in this way can he win back the swallows that belong to him.

According to this logic, if Chen Pingsheng even acknowledges him, it would be a great honor for him.

Song Jun thought he was just making a fuss and trying to scare others.

After all, every time that girl broke up with him, Liu Wei would act like this, making a huge fuss.

Most of the two million in start-up funds he received from his family were spent on that woman.

The rest of them also find people to support her every day.

Now that the money is gone, Song Jun doesn't want to deal with him, but he's also afraid that someone might actually die.

As the saying goes, what you fear most is what happens, and Liu Wei's motivation is unknown.

He jumped in with a splash, only to see a tiny wave.

The Song soldiers immediately shouted for help, but this guy couldn't swim.

He doesn't know where he got the courage to jump down there.

The mighty river rolls on, and the waters of the Huangpu River seem to stretch endlessly.

Nobody knew which way Liu Wei had rushed off to, but one thing was clear to everyone: this guy was definitely finished.

Perhaps he didn't really want to die, but just wanted to prove a point.

He also wanted to use this to get a Ferrari from his cousin.

Then I had the chance to compete with Benz again for that nightclub girl.

He underestimated the waters of the Huangpu River.

A person inside is less than an ant; if they die, they are truly dead.

Chen Pingsheng received the notification at night; it wasn't someone else who called him.

Instead, it was Peng Ying who came and knocked on the door.

Liu Wei is his second aunt's youngest son, and he is only twenty-six years old this year.

At such a young age, no one would have imagined that he would actually jump off the bridge.

Now that he has jumped, apart from his parents who rushed over.

Everyone else remained silent.

Chen Pingsheng thought his cousin, who used to work in the bike-sharing industry, had died a stupid death.

I never imagined there was someone who could surpass him, someone so foolish that I didn't even have the face to mention him.

For a girl working in a nightclub, it's not like she can just spend ten or twenty thousand yuan to ride a shared bike.

Ironically, he spent hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars while pretending to be innocent, and in the end, he even lost his life.

This is absolutely a disgrace.

Because of the family foundation, countless relatives from the Chen, Liu, and Song families have come here.

I've seen business geniuses take two million dollars and go to Africa to sell white toothpaste.

I've never seen anyone jump off a bridge and die because of a shared bicycle.

Song Jun remained silent, as did Zhang Sitong, who had come with him.

What a waste of such a good relative resource. Some people are like that; even if you build them a ladder to the sky, they still can't climb it.

The younger generation, including Chen, Song, and Liu, have repeatedly received millions in startup funds, only to eliminate one after another.

It's easy to imagine how difficult it is to truly build up a family.

It's not just about money; it also requires all sorts of trials and tribulations.

It's clear that Liu Wei's death has brought shame to everyone.

If he were even slightly more capable, he would have died because he offended some top-tier rich kid or a powerful family's child.

Then people can still say that he died a heroic death, refusing to bow down to the powerful and wealthy.

Later, Chen Pingsheng can take revenge on him and get his life back.

Now that he's died because of a nightclub girl, he can't even take revenge.

After all, the backgrounds of the girls in that story are basically the same.

A father who loves gambling, and a mother who is an alcoholic.

A studious younger sister and a broken man.

How could someone of his status bully a girl like that?
Stop joking, Liu Wei's death this time was truly in vain.

He also had to suppress the news and not report it to the outside world.

(End of this chapter)