The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

The night breeze is slightly cool.

The sightseeing pier on the Huangpu River was packed with people.

When it was finally Chen Pingsheng and Song Yanxi's turn to go up, there were already people in front of them.

These young men and women expressed their love for Shanghai and talked about their future plans.

Several men, brimming with confidence, stood in front of their girlfriends and said, "Trust me, give me three years and I will definitely be able to buy a house in Shanghai outright."

They haven't graduated yet, they're not even in their junior or senior year.

Actually, it doesn't need to be three years. You can just go home and ask your parents for money, if your parents are unable to pay.

Let alone three years, there's a high probability that working-class people will never be able to buy a house in this place in their lifetime.

Shanghai is indeed beautiful at night; even Song Yanxi's black stockings are fluttering in the wind.

She is much younger than Chen Pingsheng, but she is already thirty years old this year.

Once a woman reaches thirty, no matter how well she takes care of herself, she can no longer be considered a young girl.

As for Chen Pingsheng himself, he will be approaching forty in a few years.

"Honey, do you think we ever imagined things would turn out this way ten years ago?"

"Of course not!"

"Yes, not to mention you don't have it, even I can't believe it's all true. An'an is in junior high school now, and we'll soon be entering middle age. It seems like there are some regrets that haven't been fulfilled yet, but looking back, it seems like everything was the best arrangement."

Women are often melancholy, especially under the cover of night like this.

Chen Pingsheng didn't understand what she was trying to say for a moment. "I said, honey, let's not talk about regrets anymore. It's not appropriate."

"It's really inappropriate."

"Look, what is that?"

The sudden exclamations from countless young women on the ship made Chen Pingsheng and Song Yanxi wonder what had happened. It turned out that the tall buildings in front of them had started a light show.

"May you achieve both literary and martial prowess, lasting for generations, and unify the martial world. Warmest congratulations to the three CEOs on their successful fifth and a half birthday celebration."

Can you do this?

Damn it, I've gotten myself into this mess.

Not only are all the skyscrapers on the Bund marked with the names of the three CEOs, but thousands of drones in the sky are also putting on a light show.

After some arrangement, the first one to be displayed was the "Er Congming" online account.

Then another micro-image of Erpiya was taken.

Song Yanxi looked at those things with an embarrassed expression, and when she heard the others discussing them, she felt as if they weren't her own.

Erpiya is really mischievous. It would have been fine if she had just turned five, but now she's causing a five-and-a-half-year-old birthday.

Is there anything more absurd than this?
She really took the extravagant lifestyle to the extreme; I heard that her sister gave away two houses after starting an ice cream truck business.

Not to be outdone, she made a grand announcement to all the young people on the Bund.

The second princess either doesn't do it at all, or if she does, she'll only go further and further.

The sky displayed Erpiya's live stream account, but the image wasn't pointed at her personally; instead, it was focused on the Bund light show.

All the flaunting of wealth and other online celebrities' attempts to appear rich pale in comparison to her.

She knows how to promote herself.

A large event poster stated that ten lucky fans would be randomly selected to receive a Bentley Continental worth 350 million yuan.

The car is parked right there; I can drive home in no time.

In addition, there are three lucky fans who will receive a small apartment on the Bund. You can choose whichever you like.

Location and price are not limited, except for the lack of property rights.

You will have a 70-year right to live in the house.

With this one wave of activity, the number of viewers in the live stream immediately surged to over a million. To be honest, Erpiya's management of this account was actually very successful.

This success is not just about her influence, but also about her unparalleled ability to monetize it.

Erpiya is a big spender, but with just over 40 million followers, her monetization ability is also ridiculously strong.

If she wanted to, she could easily make three or four hundred million yuan a year with this account.

Others can't do it because they have a lot of fake followers, but she has all real followers, and she's the account with the most followers among the richest people on the entire internet.

There was even a foreign children's luxury brand that offered her 30 million yuan for a single soft advertising endorsement. All she had to do was mention their brand in a video.

To be honest, most people consider internet celebrities to be a vulgar group of people online, but Erpiya is clearly not in this category.

A small portion of her fans are wealthy.

No one would think she's vulgar.

It can only be said that this era has brought too many special opportunities, such that even a young girl like her can earn four or five hundred million a year with a short video account.

It would be a lie to say that ordinary people don't feel envious or jealous.

The people on the sightseeing boat rushed to her live stream immediately. This thing is like a roulette wheel; even if the odds of winning are low, can they be lower than the lottery?

All lottery mechanisms are fair and transparent, with winners randomly selected by personnel from the three major companies.

Erpiya organized such a grand event, but didn't even show her face.

Gifts in the live stream were flying everywhere, all of them were carnival gifts, and they were sent in batches of ten.

All he wanted was to become the top spender on her live stream.

As the event began, a scream suddenly erupted from the crowd. It was a girl, the one who had greeted Song Yanxi.

We are delighted to have won a Bentley.

Once she gets ashore, she can go to the three major companies to collect her prize.

There's absolutely no element of deception involved, and Erpiya wouldn't stoop to deception anyway.

Winning the Bentley was naturally a cause for celebration, and everyone else was simultaneously watching their own live streams and the spectacular light show in front of them.

The little girl knows how to promote herself.

Perhaps by next year, Erpiya won't need him to give her a single penny anymore.

She could live an extremely wealthy life on her own.

She doesn't need to save money; she spends four or five hundred million every year, and one and a half million every day.

This is simply unimaginable for someone her age.

Chen Pingsheng himself was quite amazed. Erpiya could be said to have been mischievous since birth, and her living conditions gave her unparalleled ability to make money online.

This allowed her to thrive in the short video field, where no one could rival her.

If she keeps playing like this, she'll probably have over 100 million fans by now.

Let's just let her figure out how to earn money herself next year.

This isn't actually difficult for her. If she can't sell bananas for one or two yuan, can't she sell apples for two thousand yuan each?
Yadea electric bikes aren't suitable for her; how can she modify her Rolls-Royce Phantom to make it look more luxurious?

She knew much more than the people at the repair shop.

It's just that if you know how to spend, you'll earn; that's how it's always been in this era.

Others work themselves to the bone to become internet celebrities, but they're nowhere near as successful as people like them who can casually film themselves eating.

This is the curiosity that comes with class differences.

Erpiya vividly portrayed the bustling Shanghai of the 1910s, allowing too many people to see a world of extravagance they shouldn't have seen.

In this world, there is no concept of a roll.

There was no such thing as working hours; all I did was stand on the rooftop, gazing at the lights of countless homes, and raise my glass to drink alone.

A bottle of wine can cost no less than 100,000 yuan, and even a small glass will cost at least 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.

As for the rooftop they were standing on, "hundred million" is the unit of measurement.

This is the Truman Show, a world that ordinary people have never known. Chen An'an can only be considered an outlier here.

These people are far removed from the lives of ordinary people, and like Erpiya, they have absolutely no compassion for ordinary people.

Chen Pingsheng had always found this a real headache.

Song Yanxi didn't say she had a headache; she just didn't quite agree with it.

They all come from ordinary backgrounds and have experienced hardships, hard work, dedication, and the mundane realities of daily life.

That's how things have come to this point, but their daughter has distanced herself from all of it.

(End of this chapter)