The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

The Tang family matter.

In Song Yanxi's eyes, that was going too far.

Besides, what kind of wealthy family is that!
When house prices were soaring, they were living a carefree life, but how long has it been?

At most a year, once housing prices stop rising, they'll start making a huge fuss again.

Song Yanxi went to the Tang family's house and heard that there had been a big fire, but Chen Pingsheng didn't ask about the details.

Only the usually aggressive Tang Ma became docile.

I really shouldn't marry a mama's boy in the future. This is a lesson learned.

Speaking of Song Shuiqing, she started to care about her younger sister, Song Wu, again.

Song Wu is definitely not short of money now, and she is also a mother of two. Going to the entertainment industry to act is just a hobby.

When Song Yanxi went to find her, she was still filming an action scene.

After retiring from the entertainment industry for several years, he returned to find himself still only a third-tier celebrity.

In terms of resources, there is definitely no shortage. Song Wu also knows her own situation. She doesn't have much appeal. Unless a TV series starring her comes with a truly divine script, it's unlikely that the series will be successful.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been such a big splash.

Therefore, she usually only takes on small productions with low investment costs.

When Song Yanxi arrived, she noticed that a young male actor in the crew was incredibly caring towards her younger sister.

This isn't love; this is blatantly flaunting one's legitimacy.

Song Yanxi had a bit of a headache. That's how the entertainment industry is. Although her younger sister wasn't very famous, her status in the industry was extraordinary.

Anyone with even a little knowledge knows that she wields far more influence than those top-tier actresses.

In the TV drama category, there used to be four actresses from the "85 Flowers" group.

Now Zhao Liying is the only one who stands out; even Yang Mi doesn't have her status anymore.

Needless to say, the only one who could possibly compete with her was Liu Yifei from the same company.

When Zhao Liying encounters Song Wu, she has to behave herself.

How could her status in the industry not be high?

Song Wu has come to terms with things now and has no plans to get married again. She thinks there are too many people who want to climb the social ladder by relying on her, and she will still date someone she likes.

Marriage is out of the question!

Song Yanxi was having a headache. Her sister was in such a state, and she didn't know how to take care of her.

When I talked to Liu Fen about it, she didn't seem to care.

These are two boys surnamed Song, what else can she say?

It doesn't matter whether my youngest daughter gets married in the future or not.

Back home, Song Yanxi also told Chen Pingsheng about the situation.

"Honey, what should we do about my sister's situation?"

"What can we do? Let nature take its course."

"That's not good either. I think everyone who's chasing her is just trying to climb the social ladder by using her."

"Or else?"

Chen Pingsheng shook his head and said, "Accept reality. Your sister is a mother of two now. What kind of woman can she find?"

"Divorce is a real problem for women."

Song Yanxi was too lazy to care anymore. According to her sister's current thinking, she wanted freedom, not marriage, and certainly not any constraints.

Living a carefree life to sixty or seventy years old, that's following the path of Grandma Liu.

Grandma Liu was a pillar of the entertainment industry in the 1980s; she was the kind of woman who would always be number one, even if she had to work as a sewing machine operator.

You can't really say anything about someone like that.

Chen Pingsheng didn't not want to interfere, but he couldn't. Everyone has the right to choose their own life.

What can a brother-in-law like him say?

In April, the city of Wu was officially lifted out of lockdown.

The two-and-a-half-month-long lockdown, where people could only enter but not leave, has finally ended. This must be great news for the people trapped in that city.

Countless people drove away that very night.

Then, sporadic occurrences began in various places, and inevitably, Shanghai also started to see them.

Everyone has to wear a mask when they go out and check the epidemic prevention code on their phone. Erpiya is most afraid of dying; while others wear one mask, she wears at least three.

In this matter, you don't need to explain anything at all; she's more diligent than anyone else.

When going out, they not only wear masks, but also special gloves, and wear an expensive protective suit.

This little girl is usually incredibly brave, but when faced with such a bad situation, she's more proactive than anyone else.

Big Baby is doing fine; aside from wearing a mask when going out, there's nothing else wrong.

The same thing happened at Kingsoft headquarters, Tang Jing reported to him.

Every day, countless places close down, and new situations erupt in just as many places.

Then there's the response strategy from headquarters.

"Boss, the situation isn't looking good right now."

"No matter how pessimistic things are, the group still has to operate normally."

"That's true, but the daily losses are quite large."

Tang Jing was referring to the places where the outbreaks had occurred.

Moreover, with this wave of easing restrictions, the number of people shopping in various places has decreased by at least a third, if not half.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the entire group's offline stores.

"No matter how big the problem is, it won't affect your regular salary payment on the 5th of every month."

"Yes."

Tang Jing laughed, and the frustration that had been weighing on his heart seemed to ease considerably.

To date, the group has signed employee contracts with a total of 860,000 employees.

These are not outsourced employees, but all full-time employees who are required to have social insurance and housing fund contributions.

With such a sudden and unexpected illness, who knows how much loss we'll suffer?

No one knows when it will completely pass.

Until the day they are completely wiped out.

The group headquarters had already prepared a solution to the current situation and was not too worried.

They certainly wouldn't be as anxious as the Tang family, like ants on a hot pan.

Tang Jing also mentioned a few other things, including that the Tengying Management Academy had been fully established.

With a total investment of 12 billion yuan, it is expected to start recruiting students in May.

This is not a 211 or 985 vocational college, but a social business university.

The majors offered are primarily aligned with management positions in traditional industries.

It caters to small entrepreneurs, which is fundamentally different from the prestigious Lakeside University founded by Jack Ma.

At their level, many people like to start universities.

Some people think it's charity, but it's not.

The main reasons are fate, luck, feng shui, accumulating good deeds, and studying.

If we're talking about the best way to accumulate good karma, building a bridge is the top choice.

Building bridges is also called ferrying people across rivers. Wealthy people who have accumulated a certain amount of wealth will donate money to build bridges.

The second is to establish universities.

Chen Pingsheng also has a top-notch feng shui team, and he always asks this team to take a look at any major project first.

Others also suggested that he build twelve bridges, in a feng shui arrangement, to accumulate good fortune for the entire Chen family.

Such feng shui and physiognomy techniques are rarely accessible to ordinary people.

Those who have the ability to access such information will more or less believe it.

Chen Pingsheng had someone take a look, and then took out another 5 billion to set up a bridge construction fund.

He will invest the full amount to build the Twelve Sky Bridges once a suitable location is found.

In addition, he has also invested tens of billions in running schools.

There are reasons why so many people like to invest in or donate to charitable schools.

He doesn't trust many people, but he has invested nearly 20 billion yuan in this area.

(End of this chapter)