The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chen Pingsheng took a plane to Beijing.

Whether it's virtual currency or high-yield financial products promised online.

They've scammed countless people over the years. You want their interest, but they want your principal.

The method itself is not complicated.

To put it bluntly, it's about using money from later investors to satisfy the economic gains of earlier investors.

This attracts more people to join, and after one wave, two waves, three waves, it creates a pyramid scheme of recruiting people.

When the fund has made its profits, the founders usually flee abroad.

This kind of tactic can only prey on those who stay at home and have some financial acumen.

To put it bluntly, many people know that it is risky, but they all have a certain degree of wishful thinking.

I always felt that I wouldn't be the one left holding the bag.

Logically speaking, Zhang Tao started by selling fruit with him in Beijing, and later invested in fruit bases all over the country.

With such an experience, one can easily distinguish this so-called virtual investment.

Then why did he still plunge into that place?
This was the part that puzzled Chen Pingsheng the most. But after he arrived in the capital and took Chang Fu to meet the mistress that Zhang Tao liked, he suddenly understood something.

The two were outside the coffee shop; he had already had someone investigate the girl before he arrived.

Zhang Jingwen was born in 96. She is a native of Beijing and comes from a well-off family.

He comes from a scholarly family and is also among the most handsome at Beijing University of Finance and Economics.

Although Zhang Tao is wealthy, he doesn't necessarily have a high level of appeal to girls with similar backgrounds.

On the contrary, women like Zhang Jingwen, who come from good families, are beautiful, and have a gentle and refined personality, are the most fatal to him.

The two were currently chatting comfortably in a coffee shop.

Sitting in the car, Chang Fu asked with a troubled expression, "Old Chen, what are your plans to do about this?"

"What do you think I should do?"

"No matter what, Zhang Tao is no longer suitable to be the president. As for the shares he mortgaged, I believe you will definitely redeem them. As for the financial product that Zhang Tao invested in, its background is a bit deep, and I'm afraid you shouldn't directly expose it, right?"

Chen Pingsheng shook his head. "It's not a question of whether it's good or bad to puncture it directly. The problem is that once you puncture it, it will only accelerate the founder's escape, and those who have illusions about investing will be the ones who suffer the losses."

This type of financial product is available in many places, not just one.

Some people are like that; they never think about making money legitimately, but they're incredibly adept at using crooked and unethical methods.

Zhang Jingwen herself was involved in this financial product, and after bringing Zhang Tao into the fold, her personal position rose three levels.

She quickly rose to become the platform's most beautiful vice president.

Compared to the platform's president, Zhang Tao is only considered moderately wealthy.

But her senior brother was truly remarkable; he amassed over 20 billion yuan in less than three years through a single financial product.

It involves more than 50,000 people.

Such a large scale is also the main reason why Zhang Tao is somewhat relieved.

Moreover, Zhang Jingwen put in a lot of effort in this matter, whispering in his ear for three whole months before he finally took out 300 million yuan.

Zhang Jingwen, the so-called beautiful CEO, has become a shining example of this platform.

If Chen Pingsheng lived a luxurious life, it was because he had money of his own.

The platform founder's extravagance is entirely built on other people's money.

You simply can't imagine how extravagant the founder of such a financial product, or his boss, could be.

On the day Zhang Jingwen was promoted to vice president, he rewarded her with a Rolls-Royce Phantom.

You might think this is an inspirational tactic, but little do you know it's just a way for him to control his female employees. Not only did he reward them with a Rolls-Royce, but this boss also spent over 30 million yuan with Zhang Jingwen in just half a month.

She buys whatever she likes, such as LV, Hermes, and Patek Philippe.

Even if Zhang Jingwen's original self had decent conditions, she still couldn't enjoy such a life.

As the days and days passed, she started sleeping with more than just Zhang Tao; she also started sleeping with that senior brother.

Unlike Zhang Tao's genuine affection, others wouldn't give Zhang Jingwen their true feelings.

Once genuine feelings are gone, all that's left is how to control and manipulate.

Many of the company's executives are beautiful women, and without exception, these executives have all become this senior's women.

Only women who sleep together can truly be considered as inseparable.

After sleeping together, they'll realize that if anything happens to the company, none of these so-called beautiful CEOs will escape unscathed.

It's like a bottomless pit that will only make you sink deeper and deeper.

Only when I wanted to pull myself out did I realize that I was already too deeply involved.

The only thing left to do is to keep draining the resources of the wealthy people around me.

For this reason, you can be alluring and call them "Dad" in bed.

Just imagine, when a beautiful and well-educated female CEO kneels on your bed and calls you "Daddy," how many people could resist that temptation?

As people become wealthy, the scams around them only become more sophisticated.

Zhang Jingwen got everything she wanted, but naturally she also had to pay some unknown price.

Chen Pingsheng found out everything in just three days. Because of Gao Hu, he did not go directly to the company to announce the removal of Zhang Tao from all his positions.

Instead, she gave him a stack of photos. What he thought was true love was nothing more than a beautiful woman used as a tool under someone else's bed.

Zhang Tao was extremely distraught. He wanted to find Zhang Jingwen immediately and get to the bottom of things, but Chen Pingsheng didn't care about this woman at all.

He simply said, "You used to dream of selling good fruit for your whole life, but now you're starting to complain that fruit is too slow to make money. Tomorrow I will hold a board meeting for Tengsheng Fruit in Beijing. You will apply for resignation on stage. I don't need to explain the reasons. As for the shares you mortgaged, I will buy them back."

He didn't say anything more, which could be considered as preserving Zhang Tao's last bit of dignity.

Even as the president of such a large company, he could still be so easily swayed by a honey trap.

He is no longer suitable for the position of president, or even for staying at Tengsheng Fruits.

Chen Pingsheng wouldn't care about his relationship with that woman. Just as he could spend money to win over Zhang Jingwen, others could spend even more money to make her call him "daddy" in bed.

In mid-April, Chen Pingsheng convened a board meeting of Tengsheng Fruits in Beijing.

Zhang Tao applied for resignation himself, but he didn't say the specific reason, although most of the senior executives knew about it.

They knew it from the moment this guy dragged them into investing in financial products.

Zhang Tao has gone astray.

No one would object to Chen Pingsheng's opinion, even though he hadn't cared about Tengsheng Fruit for so many years.

Regardless, Tengsheng Fruits was developed under his leadership.

That evening, Chen Pingsheng secretly met with some important figures in the capital.

Two days later, the Financial Affairs Office launched an investigation team.

This matter can only be carried out quietly. If we make too much noise, they might flee abroad before we even find anything out.

And the most crucial thing is to figure out where the funds went. Once the person is investigated, the money may have already disappeared.

That would be a pointless investigation; the losses of tens of thousands of people deserve some explanation.

(End of this chapter)