The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

I thought about it all night.

Chen Pingsheng couldn't think of any suitable temporary work, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

The next day, his wife started taking her mistress, Chen Lu, out for a stroll every day.

They said they wanted to encourage him, but he always came back crying.

The mistress is really something else, she's just a little timid, isn't she?

What did he do to deserve this bullying?

The little one is actually quite obedient. Whether it's his older sister bullying him or someone else, he'll be fine after crying for a while.

Song Yanxi had nothing to do today, so she decided to take him to her grandmother's house.

Chen Pingsheng then drove to visit Old Chen, who had taken 50 million yuan from him to open the Red Star Hotel.

The interior design is quite unique, all designed in the style of the 1960s.

They also added a "Memory of the Times" supply and marketing cooperative and a photo studio to the restaurant.

There are quite a few people starting these nostalgic restaurants now, some do well and some don't, it all depends on how they do it.

After arriving in Shanghai, Chen Jianjun couldn't stay idle. Even at his advanced age, he dragged Peng Ying along to start a business with him.

Grandpa and his family knew all about those things from the past. Stepping into this restaurant really felt like traveling back to the 1960s or 70s.

Whether the business is good or bad doesn't matter; the important thing is that his parents are happy.

Chen Pingsheng helped out for a while before returning to his own company.

His younger cousin Jiang Peiyao came to see him as soon as he got back here, saying that her parents were pressuring her to get married and wanted him to come and ease the pressure.

"Brother-in-law, in the entertainment industry, how can someone be pressured by their parents to find a partner before they're even 25?"

“You can’t judge by the standards of the entertainment industry. Back in our hometown, someone like you would already be considered a grown woman.”

Jiang Peiyao's breath hitched; it was clear from the situation that her cousin-in-law had no intention of helping.

"I'm still so young, I don't want to find a partner."

“I told you the same thing when you first arrived, but you’ve been here for four or five years now, and my second daughter is already five years old.”

Chen Pingsheng brewed himself a cup of goji berry tea. His little cousin was quite pretty, and if she wanted to find a boyfriend, there would be plenty of suitors.

"Brother-in-law, can't you come with me to talk to him?"

"I can help with other things, but I really can't help with this."

Chen Pingsheng asked her suspiciously, "You don't actually like women, do you?"

This kind of thing is not surprising at all in the entertainment industry.

Jiang Peiyao's face turned bright red. She had no interest in women and had originally wanted to ask Chen Pingsheng for help, but it seemed that was no longer an option.

After she left, Chen Pingsheng was still a little worried, so he specifically asked Lin Qiunan to ask her about her situation in Hengdian.

This girl is something else; most people are afraid that girls will find the wrong boyfriend.

She really isn't looking for any, no wonder her parents are getting a little anxious.

There are many female celebrities in the entertainment industry her age who have good resources and are still single.

Without a doubt, they all have sugar daddies behind them.

Some are business, some are power. If it's the kind of actress who frequently acts alongside male actors and yet never has any negative news about her, then it's a different story.

That's it.

My little cousin is able to navigate the entertainment industry so cleanly because Tencent Entertainment is protecting her.

Otherwise, she would have been seduced and run away by someone long ago.

If you ask him to introduce her to someone, he'd be willing to help.

Helping her fool her parents? Forget about it!
He seriously doubted whether his little cousin was attracted to women.

Chen Pingsheng sat in his office for a while, and then Chang Fu came to find him.

"Old Chen, something big is probably going to happen with Gao Hu!"

"What's wrong with him now?"

"He slept with a woman he shouldn't have, and now her husband wants to use all his connections to destroy him."

"How could this be?"

Chen Pingsheng frowned slightly. Although Gao Hu liked to play around, he generally wouldn't touch married women. Had he gone this far now?
“He called me and said he met the woman at a party. She told him she was single, but it turned out she had a man, and her man was very rich.”

Chang Fu said, "Gao Hu's own restaurant, Chef Gao, has already closed down a large number of its stores. I heard from some of his investors that they are quite disappointed."

"Then what do you mean?"

"You're the only one who can help him. If you step in, you might be able to save him this time."

"Why do you think I would save him?" Chen Pingsheng asked noncommittally.

Chang Fu sighed, "Actually, if others don't understand you, how could I not understand you?"
Gao Hu did make a mistake. If it weren't for you keeping him in check, I might have made the same mistake. It's just a man's nature. But the worst thing he could have done was poach half of Fei Yang Yang's people when he left Tengying Group, almost causing the company to go bankrupt.

"It's only because you're so strong that he could have easily defeated Boiling Sheep." "You really don't know me."

Chen Pingsheng shook his head and said, "I have repeatedly emphasized that you should be more strict with yourself after you have money. You listened, but Gao Hu did not. His departure from Boiling Sheep and even taking so many people with him is nothing to me."

"But if I step in to save him, what will the people he hurt think? Besides, Tengying Group is already a mega-corporation with 700,000 employees. Most of the senior executives know about what Gao Hu did back then. If I bail him out, what will others think of Tengying Group?"

A company's values ​​may seem abstract, but once an entrepreneur, including a big boss, dares to take the lead in breaking through them...

The impact of this backlash will be beyond imagination for some time to come.

For example, Alibaba claims it makes doing business easy for everyone, but now it's difficult for everyone.

A single direct train service has caused immense hardship for over 80% of small shops on Taobao.

Ultimately, this led to the creation of Pinduoduo.

There's also Baidu, a search engine company, which started a bidding system for medical advertising rankings for profit.

Look at what happened after Wei Zexi; has its stock price ever risen again?

Chen Pingsheng found it difficult to explain these things to Chang Fu. He kept emphasizing that if Gao Hu didn't change his bad habits, something terrible would happen sooner or later.

Not to mention independently supporting a restaurant group.

Being a big boss isn't easy.

Chang Fu knew that Chen Pingsheng would no longer care about this matter. Back then, because of Gao Hu, at least fifty or eighty senior executives were dismissed.

If he really intervenes to save Gao Hu, what will those executives who left because of him think?
The person Gao Hu offended this time is no ordinary person; if he were still with Tengying Group...

Even if others don't care about his reputation, they won't dare to make such a big fuss because of Chen Pingsheng.

Gao Hu has indeed gotten into trouble.

His hot pot restaurant was originally designed to be a direct competitor to Boiling Sheep.

They did a really good job in the early stages. The executives who came out of Boiling Sheep were practically invincible.

Unstoppable.

Unfortunately, while there was fighting in front, a fire broke out behind them.

The more stores they opened, the greater the losses became.

The finances couldn't keep up, and neither could the marketing. Even six months later, those who had followed him out of the show "Boiling Sheep" began to regret their decision.

Not only have they not received a single share of the promised equity, but now they can't even pay salaries.

Gao Hu was in a bad state and simply drowned his sorrows in alcohol every day, or even frantically sought out women to vent his emotions.

Until the end of February, he met an extremely beautiful woman at a party.

After receiving his business card, the woman slept with him that very night, and then again, once, twice, and three times.

It wasn't until her old man came looking for her that Gao Hu realized something serious had happened.

This woman isn't single; she's a kept woman by an older man in Shanghai.

Although he is not in the catering business, he is a well-known stock market manipulator in both Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

Also known as a capital speculator.

In a fit of anger, the old man sent the woman directly to Myanmar.

As for what she's doing, nobody knows; in any case, it's unlikely she'll be able to come back.

He naturally wouldn't let Gao Hu, who slept with his woman, get away with it either.

If Chen Pingsheng were still Gao Hu's brother, even if he slept with that woman, he would at most go to his door and scold him a couple of times.

Offer some tea and accept Gao Hu's apology.

He is no longer Chen Pingsheng's brother; the entire capital market knows that this guy betrayed the former big boss of Tengying Group.

If he still dares to sleep with his own woman, then this matter is destined to end badly.

This is also why Chang Fu urgently came to find Chen Pingsheng; he didn't have the ability to deal with the people Gao Hu had offended this time.

There have always been many important figures in Shanghai. They may not keep in touch normally, and when they get together, they only chat for a few minutes.

It's just that everyone has to give each other some face.

The prerequisite is that you have to be in the same circle as them.

It's obvious that Chang Fu's rank is still quite low.

He went to mediate on behalf of Gao Hu, but they wouldn't even let him in the door.

Everything else was fine, but he slept with other men's women, and they were very rich men at that.

Anyone would be driven to their death in this situation, and it's a tacit understanding within the elite circles.

He can't do it; only Old Chen can handle this.

After sighing, he could only lament Gao Hu's unfortunate fate.

(End of this chapter)