The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

He personally funded the purchase of Tengying Art School.

With this sale, the funds will naturally all return to him personally.

15 billion! After receiving this money, I don't know how to spend it for a while.

The main reason is that apart from Tengfei New Energy, there's nothing else that requires spending money.

Once New Year's Day is over, life goes back to normal.

Chen Pingsheng continued to go to get off work and come home every day, and then drive for Didi (a ride-hailing service).

On the evening of the 8th, an unpleasant incident occurred in the Bund residential area.

His own Rolls-Royce Phantom was trampled and crushed by three young men.

Only after reviewing the surveillance footage did they realize that the two were actually online celebrities dressed as fake LV car rental agents.

This kind of thing is common and quite normal in the influencer world. People buy fake brands and rent luxury cars to shoot short videos in order to become famous.

It's one thing to take pictures, but to stand on top of that and dance the "social dance" is just absurd.

Chen Pingsheng called Zhang Wanyi to ask if this was the stupid internet celebrity he had signed with his company, and if so, to fire her immediately.

If not, he will take the car for inspection to see how much it will cost.

Zhang Wanyi checked and thankfully it wasn't Tengyou Media.

Chen Pingsheng directly sent the car back to the factory; it would probably cost several hundred thousand yuan to fix.

To be honest, today's internet celebrities are really outrageous.

This time, he didn't drive for Didi alone; instead, he brought his big kid along to experience life.

Chen An'an's grades are improving steadily, and winter vacation is just around the corner.

There will be another final exam then, and her elementary school life will come to a complete end this June.

This September, my child officially entered the first year of junior high school. It's a time when our children are growing up!
Chen An'an sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt. Her father was picking up passengers in his Cullinan today.

Running slowly and not too fast, Chen An'an asked him, "Dad, have you gained anything from running for an hour every day?"

"Of course there is!"

Chen Pingsheng said, "Let me tell you, you also lived in a rented room when you were a child. Although your family's conditions are better now, don't forget that you are just an ordinary person. Never feel superior to others."

"I wouldn't, only Er Yatou has a little bit."

“She’s living too well. When she’s a little older, I’ll definitely take her to work for a couple of months.”

"It's not like she's never been to the mountains before."

"Let's not talk about your sister anymore. How's your own Anle Foundation going?"

"It's okay!"

Chen An'an's Anle Foundation has dedicated personnel to manage it, and she only checks on it when she has time off.

Soon after, they received their first customer of the day.

She was a young female customer, dressed very fashionably, and probably worked for a large company.

"Driver, you're driving for Didi with your daughter by your side?"

"Of course, she has no one to take care of her at home, so she has to come out with me to earn money."

Chen Pingsheng chuckled and said, "My daughter is very obedient."

"It's clear that the master is going to be very lucky to have such a beautiful daughter."

This young female customer is quite talkative; perhaps she's never ridden in a Rolls-Royce Cullinan before.

She felt that Chen Pingsheng must be the kind of driver who had met big bosses, which is why she was willing to chat with him a bit more.

Wang Yan is from out of town; she has been working hard in Shanghai for three or four years.

Apart from a decent income, he really has nothing.

Earning only ten or twenty thousand yuan a month, yet still frequently buying designer bags and brand-name clothing.

Someone like her is most afraid of being called a "woman from out of town" by her colleagues. Adapting to life in this city has been incredibly expensive.

Ordinary people like to use luxury goods to decorate their image, thinking that carrying a bag worth tens of thousands of dollars will make them look different.

Little did they know that such behavior was considered childish and foolish by truly wealthy people.

This foolish behavior is common among at least half of the sophisticated women in Shanghai.

It's hard to judge whether it's right or wrong, just like how Wang Yan herself is desperately trying to integrate into this city.

Only by talking to them can you truly feel the joys and sorrows of ordinary people in the city.

Chen Pingsheng, who drives for Didi, is not a big boss; he's just an old driver.

When Wang Yan got off the bus, she still had to run from one bureau to another.

Her goal was to build a wider network of connections outside of work and find her true Prince Charming, a domineering CEO.

Women like this would generally prefer to stay single rather than date men who don't even own a house.

I only realized how many single women there are when I got to the big city.

The second passenger was a young man wearing glasses, not yet thirty, holding a large rose.

He still had a happy smile on his face. When asked, it turned out that it was his girlfriend's birthday and he was going to secretly give her a little surprise.

It would have been better if this surprise hadn't been given, as the girl could at least occasionally stay with him in his small rented apartment.

After giving it to him, his eyes were filled with disappointment.

I saw my beautiful girlfriend get into a Mercedes-Benz. The man was a balding man in his early fifties.

He was so arrogant that he took his girlfriend to a hotel and booked a room.

There's no need for romance or deliberate flattery.

He could even make his very strong-willed girlfriend squat under the table to eat.

All it takes is to give her a Chanel bag after dinner, and it becomes another sad love story.

No matter where you are, ordinary people in Shanghai simply cannot hold onto their love.

Especially a beautiful girlfriend.

After picking up the two passengers, driver Lao Chen logged off.

Chen Pingsheng asked his daughter, "An'an, what are your thoughts?"

"Dad, if you hadn't made so much money, would you still be living in this city without any dignity?"

"No, dignity is something you give yourself. It's just that if you don't have money, others can trample on it at will."

Chen Pingsheng said, "Look at them, they are all trying to live and striving to cross the river, but the overall environment will never change because of individual efforts. We are just a small part of it."

Chen An'an nodded seriously. Her father had always taught her principles of life. She could understand some of them quickly, but she had to experience them to understand others.

Just as her father couldn't help everyone, there will always be regrets as long as one is alive.

It was already 9 p.m. when they got home.

Chen An'an also needs to go to sleep soon, but before going to sleep, she still needs to write her little diary for today.

When she goes to class the next day, she can share these things with her classmates.

Her father didn't know that her teachers especially loved listening to her tell stories about her father.

Even if it's something as ordinary as taking her to work as a Didi driver.

The teachers also enjoyed her sharing on stage.

Just as her teacher most appreciated her saying, we are all ordinary people, and we should have an ordinary heart.

Chen An'an is about to graduate from elementary school, and she still cherishes this last part of her childhood.

Once childhood is over, you're truly a little adult.

(End of this chapter)