The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Gambling has a fatal attraction for many people.

It can rapidly increase the levels of stimulating factors in the brain.

Those with better self-control can still manage to leave with a pittance after entering a big casino.

Those with poor self-control are truly a bottomless pit.

February 5th is the Spring Festival.

What should have been a joyous day changed as a Mercedes drove up the mountain.

Yang Changwen hung his head listlessly, his hair greasy as if he hadn't washed it for days.

As for Peng Yu and Yang Kang, who went out with him, neither of them dared to utter a sound.

Their original intention last night was to follow Yang Changwen around and see the sights, but who knew that this guy would have a friend from Shanghai come to visit.

They immediately went to a luxury gambling ship, and the environment there left them speechless.

Beautiful women, gambling tables, roulette wheels, slot machines, and more are all available.

There are also many VIP private rooms.

Yang Changwen was fine at first, just playing around in the lobby.

Who knew he would have such incredible luck, winning over 20 million in less than an hour.

Later, his friend joked with him, saying, "If you're so lucky, why don't you go to the VIP area?"
If they can keep winning for several hours in a row, they could easily make 100 million.

Yang Changwen was thinking of buying a house in Hong Kong; if he won, he would buy a large single-level apartment.

Then even his brother-in-law will look at him with new respect.

However, things didn't go as planned; he lost 3.2 million in one night.

Yang Changwen simply didn't have that much cash, nor could he possibly have that much money in his bank account.

Of those 300 million, the casino lent him.

The reason they were able to borrow so much was because of the fact that their brother-in-law was Chen Pingsheng.

Moreover, his friend also vouched for his identity.

Identity verification is not the same as loan verification; they are fundamentally very different.

If Yang Changwen is unable to repay the money, the person responsible for guarantor's identity will not be jointly liable for repayment.

They simply ensured that the borrower was not lying about their identity.

Yang Changwen, who lent out 300 million, initially only wanted to recoup his losses, but later became increasingly entangled in the debt.

If the casino hadn't given him a limit of 300 million, he probably would have lost even more.

As for the people who brought them back this time, they were naturally also the casino owner's men.

If a place like theirs dares to lend money like this, then they're not afraid of not being able to get it back.

There are plenty of ways.

Yang Changwen dared not look at Song Wu, much less at anyone else.

The driver came over on his boss's orders, and he also needed to explain the situation to Chen Pingsheng.

This wasn't because they cheated people; it was because Yang Changwen lost a bet with the other guests.

Hong Kong is only so big, and only a few people can afford to live in mansions worth billions.

They see each other all the time, and the casino owner didn't want Chen Pingsheng to direct his hatred at them.

Yang Changwen can only blame himself for being stupid; he was set up without even realizing it.

No casino would care about this kind of thing.

They were only responsible for providing the venue and the loan; the interest on the 300 million yuan was 5 million yuan per day.

Everyone in this business knows the rules.

When you encounter a top-tier expert, you naturally won't want to offend them to the point of no return.

All the casino owner could do was restrict lending and then send Yang Changwen back.

If he had stayed a few more days, let alone 300 million, they could have swallowed up 3 billion from him completely.

The driver was quite burly, dressed in a well-tailored black suit with a crew cut, and at that moment he said respectfully:

"Mr. Chen, my boss asked me to pass on a message to you. He really didn't want to bother you in this way during the Spring Festival, but he has done everything he could to help your brother-in-law with this matter."

"Please tell your boss I thank you, and I'll have the finance department return the money immediately."

If you owe money to a casino and want to avoid paying it back, you'd have to run away to some unreachable place and never come out again.

Chen Pingsheng naturally understood the boss's meaning; Yang Changwen had clearly been set up by the other guests. Both sides were guests, and as the boss, he couldn't afford to offend either; the only thing he could do was send him back promptly.

After the driver left, Song Wu, who was heavily pregnant, almost fainted.

More than 300 million! Even with all their savings combined, they couldn't come up with that much money.

Then... her husband gambled it all away in one night.

Even her sister, Song Yanxi, glared at her fiercely, her eyes clearly saying, "Look at the price you paid for your recklessness."

Her brother-in-law introduced her to so many reliable men, but she didn't like any of them. Instead, she fell for Yang Changwen, a third-tier celebrity in the entertainment industry.

Now look what's happened, even the biggest house can't withstand his extravagance.

The others remained completely silent, not daring to utter a sound.

More than three hundred million! I've never even heard of such a number.

He lost everything in one night.

Chen Pingsheng's eyes were frighteningly cold, but he still made a call to the finance department first to return the money.

That saves me from having to pay five million in interest every day.

"Brother-in-law... I was wrong."

"Did you think I paid off all these loans for you?"

Is not it?
Chen Pingsheng said expressionlessly, "It seems you still don't realize your own value. What makes you, Yang Changwen, worth 300 million? The reason I paid you back this money first is to get the loan agreement and contract you signed."

Ignoring his sister-in-law standing right next to him, Chen Pingsheng said directly, "Notify the group's legal department to immediately file a lawsuit after obtaining the IOU. Tengying Group will directly acquire Wenwu Media for 300 million. Your media management company is doing quite well now, with a net profit of 100 to 200 million every year. According to this IOU, the acquisition fee will increase by 5 million every day."

Wenwu Media was founded by Yang Changwen and his sister-in-law Song Wu after they retired from the entertainment industry.

For a social media influencer company with an annual net profit of over 200 million yuan, 300 million yuan is considered a bargain.

Yang Changwen never expected that Chen Pingsheng would kick him when he was down at such a time.

If he still had this influencer company, he could pay off the 300 million yuan debt in six months at most.

The premise is that interest is not included.

If you calculate the interest, he'll never be able to pay it off in his lifetime.

Chen Pingsheng turned to look at his sister-in-law, Song Wu.

"Don't think I'm taking advantage of you. If I don't come up with 300 million to buy your company today, it will fall into the hands of the person who set this up. Your best option now is to file for divorce directly and protect your share of the property in advance. If that's not enough, then sue Yang Changwen. His family can come up with tens of millions to prevent their son from going to jail."

A man who lost 300 million in one night.

At this point, if you still talk about the marital relationship and are reluctant to break it off, then you're not really in a position to do so.

That wouldn't just be described as stupid; it would be downright idiotic.

They were incredibly stupid.

Chen Pingsheng couldn't have given away 300 million for nothing; he was simply getting the IOU back from the casino owner ahead of time.

If we wait for someone else to get it, it will be too late.

Yang Changwen, along with his pregnant sister-in-law Song Wu, will be completely devoured.

Fortunately, he still had some reputation in Hong Kong, otherwise the casino owners would never have sent him back in advance.

Yang Changwen was essentially a pawn to be discarded; he thought Chen Pingsheng would lend him a hand.

After all, three hundred million was nothing to him.

I just didn't expect him to go to such extremes, not only offering 300 million to buy his company.

They also want Song Wu to immediately file for divorce in court, apply for property preservation, and divide the marital assets.

This is cutting off all of Yang Changwen's escape routes.

He was just a minor celebrity, but he was lucky enough to marry his sister-in-law.

It's one thing if he doesn't know what's good for him normally, but what right does he have to lose 300 million in one night?

He still wants him to pay the bill? He's dreaming.

Chen Pingsheng sternly warned everyone, "If I ever hear of anyone going into a casino again, they can get out of the Chen family."

More food than you can eat, more money than you can spend.

Even the largest fortune can be gambled away.
The worse Yang Changwen's situation, the deeper the lessons they will remember.

(End of this chapter)