The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Winter break is just around the corner.

Chen An'an was also reluctant to part with her classmates.

February 5th is the 2018 Spring Festival, and everyone will be on holiday from January 20th.

The closer it got to the holiday, the more trouble these classmates caused.

Final exams are fast approaching, and Chen An'an has been preparing for this day for quite some time.

She even wrote an essay titled "My Father" and read it aloud on the school's front stage.

When her teacher asked her how she planned to spend her winter vacation this year, Chen An'an said she wanted to go on a trip to the ocean to wander the earth, something her father had promised her three years ago.

She also did her best, hoping to make her parents proud.

She wasn't as smart as Erpiya, but she was clearly more hardworking than Erya.

The teacher smiled with satisfaction and said that she could call her if she went to Hong Kong for the Spring Festival.

She will also be going to Hong Kong this year; the income of a teacher at a top international school goes without saying.

Their family background is generally not bad either.

Chen An'an also invited Xiao Zi and Xiao Mi from her class to go to Hong Kong together.

Their parents also own houses there, just different sizes.

Xiao Zi and Xiao Mi grew up together. Xiao Mi has been calling her "Big Sister An An" for four or five years. Their friendship is still very good.

When Chen Pingsheng picked her up to go home, he happened to run into her head teacher, Ji Lin.

"Teacher Ji."

“An’an’s dad, your An’an is really amazing this year.”

"It's all thanks to the teacher's excellent teaching."

"That's not true. I heard An'an say it herself. She said that you, as her father, set a good example by taking her to see so many people and things she had never seen before."

Ji Lin is not a native of Shanghai; she is originally from Guangdong and was hired to work in Shanghai.

I only go back to Guangdong during the Spring Festival each year.

"To be honest, I think your approach to educating An'an is very wise, but it's a pity that it can't be widely promoted. It's really rare to see someone of your status who can spend so much time on their child."

"This teacher really knows how to talk," Chen Pingsheng said with a smile. "Children are our future as parents, so naturally we should put more effort into them."

“I have a feeling that when An’an grows up, she will definitely become a very accomplished and great woman.”

"Lend your auspicious words."

Chen Pingsheng felt that Xiao An'an was quite remarkable now, as she hardly spent any money on herself and instead donated it to charity.

This kind of dedication is something most second-generation rich kids would never have.

After confessing his feelings to the school, Chen Pingsheng secretly took Chen An'an to see her cousin Peng Qing.

Look at what her unreliable aunt is doing now.

"Dad, isn't Aunt Qing learning to be an internet celebrity from Er Yatou?"

"Erpi herself is unreliable, you'll see how she teaches others in a moment."

Chen Pingsheng drove her to the overpass; the prestigious Maybach drove very smoothly.

Even Maybach is making off-road vehicles now, so he had to bring out the latest model to play with.

The father and daughter drove their car to the bottom of an overpass but did not pull over.

The main reason was that she was afraid of being recognized by Peng Qing, so it was better not to see him at this time to avoid embarrassment.

The era of internet celebrities was truly a chaotic mess.

Under this small overpass, nearly a hundred female live streamers of all ages gathered.

The older one was over fifty years old, with the beauty filter turned up to level ten, and kept calling out "young man."

She's not afraid of being sued for fraud by the top-ranked fan.

There are also some who look really down-to-earth, but with a level 10 beauty filter on, they look like snake spirits.

The people who hate beauty filters the most are definitely not the customers, but the real beauties.

True beauties are a rare resource, one in a hundred. Now, with the ultimate beauty filter, everyone looks pretty much the same.

Even if you put Liu Yifei in this category, she still wouldn't be as good as a female internet celebrity with a level 10 beauty filter.

It's such an exaggeration.

Just like his father, Chen An'an craned his neck to look ahead and actually saw Aunt Peng Qing.

She stood in a small open space and started doing the duck dance. Her body was stiff, and Peng Qing, who had never learned to dance, was extremely embarrassed by her performance.

If someone were to film her and post it in the family group chat, it would probably cause a huge uproar. Chen An'an was quite surprised; Aunt Peng Qing was the slightly chubby type, with short legs and a somewhat round face.

Her slightly bent legs while dancing the duck dance were simply indescribably bizarre.

At first glance, you might mistake her for a chubby little girl who ran away from home.
Clicking on her Douyin profile picture clearly shows her doing a live stream.

When I clicked in, there were fewer than ten people scattered around.

Aunt Peng Qing's beauty filter is quite realistic; if you send her a little star, she'll thank you several times.

Underneath this small overpass, though it's a mess, there's no denying that these are just dream chasers in society.

Peng Qing has a job during the day, and only in the evenings does he use his spare time to ride his electric scooter to avoid the large villa where he knows many people.

I'm here to do a live stream for a few hours.

She also invited her fellow Douyin users to join her and they filmed short videos together.

Many people misunderstand internet celebrities, not because of their income, but because only a very small number of them can truly become famous.

The vast majority of people are those who cannot become famous and are lost in the crowd.

Chen Pingsheng didn't mean to laugh at her; she just asked Chen An'an to come and learn about it.

Even the next day, she wasn't allowed to mention it to Peng Qing.

The fact that Erpiya became an instant hit is not a technical issue at all.

Rather, her identity doesn't require any disguise to attract tens of thousands of fans.

Expecting her to have any successful experience under these circumstances is pure nonsense.

The only secret to my success was having a good father and a good mother.

This is something that cannot be replicated. Even though she said that flaunting wealth could make her an instant sensation, Peng Qing herself still couldn't get over her own conscience.

To put it bluntly, they're just pretending. Aside from those who are truly famous, the so-called rich people on short videos are mostly just putting on an act.

They're mostly fake rich. All sorts of uneducated people stand in front of Rolls-Royces or rented villas, just trying to fleece their followers.

At this point, it's not surprising that a girl from a truly wealthy family would suddenly appear, attracting a lot of attention.

To be fair, in this day and age, the influencer phenomenon has lowered the perceived prestige of Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce used to be a symbol of status for big shots, but now it's become a synonym for internet celebrity.

Chen Pingsheng only drives for Didi when he needs to drive for Didi; most of the time he drives other cars.

Peng Qing is considered quite hardworking among these relatives. Although the others also want to become internet celebrities, after a day's work, all they can do when they get home is lie down.

She did take some concrete action.

With the winter vacation approaching, my younger sister Chen Qi's Republic-era cheongsam shop has officially opened, selling ready-made cheongsams.

There will also be private customization services; she specially invited Song Yanxi's personal cheongsam stylist to come and oversee the process.

She has always been tireless in trying to curry favor with her brother.

Song Yanxi's custom-made cheongsams cost at least several hundred thousand yuan each.

It cannot be washed with water or hand-washed; it costs hundreds or thousands of dollars to dry clean it every time you wear it.

How could her cheongsam stylist be simple?

Chen Qi's small shop simply couldn't afford such a big star. She had to talk to Song Yanxi for a long time before she managed to poach him from her sister-in-law's side.

And then... my sister-in-law still paid my salary.

She pocketed all the money she earned.

Chen Pingsheng bluntly told her, "So, why did you open this cheongsam shop? It turns out you had already planned to poach resources from your sister-in-law's circle."

"That's not."

Chen Qi readily admitted that she didn't think she had any problem at all.

“My sister-in-law is so capable; the cheongsam stylist around her is famous throughout Shanghai. I’m just making the most of her resources.”

"Okay, you're making the most of her resources, so you should at least pay her half of her salary."

"We can't afford to send that."

When the topic of payday came up, Chen Qi dashed off in a flash.

Just kidding, the 100,000 yuan rent for her little shop is her own brother's storefront.

The female cheongsam maker doesn't even need to be paid a salary. If she does a slightly better job, she can easily earn four or five million a year.

The profit margin of a cheongsam shop is incomparable to that of a regular clothing store.

(End of this chapter)