The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Despite her tendency to worry about others' failures, Erpiya decides to be herself.

The May Day holiday is just around the corner, and she had planned to hold a fan meeting during this holiday.

In the past, the live broadcasts were also for announcing this big news. The fan meeting of Ercong has always been an opportunity for ordinary people to see the life of the top.

There are only a limited number of spots, one hundred at a time, and participants are randomly selected through a live stream.

Because of the upcoming fan meeting, her live stream always had over a million viewers.

Because of the success of previous editions, this has become a huge publicity opportunity.

Most ordinary people struggle their whole lives and still find it difficult to truly understand what Shanghai's bustling streets are like.

But you'll definitely feel it at Er Ya Tou's meet-and-greet.

……

Time flies, and May has arrived in the blink of an eye.

Most people at the group also rested on statutory holidays.

Only a few essential positions remain where people are still working normally.

Unlike the Bund, Jinshan is not overcrowded during holidays.

There weren't many tourists from other places here, so Chen Pingsheng and his wife Song Yanxi decided to go out for a stroll.

Jinshan has several famous attractions, including Fengjing Ancient Town (known for its Jiangnan folk songs), City Beach, and Donglin Temple, all of which are 4A-level scenic spots.

Finally having a holiday, Chen Pingsheng took his family out for a trip, the only one missing was probably his second daughter.

Everyone knows she's holding another fan meeting, but no one knows exactly where.

Chen Pingsheng sat in a small boat in the ancient town of Fengjing, leisurely exploring.

Chen An'an said, "Dad, there are far fewer tourists coming to Shanghai this year."

"Of course, it's all because of the illness."

Chen Pingsheng said, "Even without considering the holidays, there are usually more people here than there."

"Yes."

Chen An'an didn't go anywhere; she just relaxed with her family.

Although Fengjing Ancient Town is a four-star scenic spot, they have been to many ancient towns like this, so they didn't have any special feelings about it.

After a two-hour boat ride, the family took a car to the city's Bund.

That's an artificial beach, and it gets very crowded with swimmers in the summer.

This outing seemed quite ordinary, without much of a deliberate effort.

They never expected to run into Er Yatou in this place.

Erpiya held her fan meeting here, booked the best hotel, and invited several big stars as well.

That's quite extravagant.

Chen Pingsheng was afraid that she would make a scene like the one at the Bund last time, which would become known to everyone online.

I was too ashamed to look, so I took my whole family and went home.

His younger sister, Chen Qi, came to visit him and brought him many gifts, saying that she made them herself.

Who knows where she randomly bought some things from?

Chen Pingsheng sat in the rocking chair in the back, holding a small palm-leaf fan in his hand.

Whenever a younger sister brings gifts and tries to curry favor, it's never a good thing.

"What's wrong with you now?"

"Brother, you're my own brother. Can't I come see you even if there's nothing wrong?"

"Heh, so you still remember I'm your own brother? I don't have the patience to listen to your beating around the bush."

"Fine!"

Chen Qi wasn't embarrassed at all in front of her older brother. She said, "Brother, you know that Hu Lin's family used to be very poor. Now that they're doing better, his two siblings are only so-so. You see..."

"Stop right now!"

Chen Pingsheng scoffed: "You've been digging and digging around here all year round, you must have made at least 2000 million, if not half a hundred million, right? Can't you even help those kids in their family?"

"I don't lack money, the key is that there are some resources that I don't have the ability to arrange."

"Then tell me what resources you want?"

"His eldest nephew wants to come to Shanghai to become a civil servant."

"The average civil servant intern is too low-level. How about I arrange for him to be a secretary in the provincial government department?"

"That's daring!"

Before Chen Qi could even feel happy, Chen Pingsheng kicked her in the butt. Even though his little sister had become a mother, he still kicked her without hesitation.

"Are you out of your mind? Giving them subsidies every year isn't enough, and they want more government resources? Does he think he can just fly to the moon?"

"Brother...it wasn't Hu Lin who said it, I just wanted to help him myself." "Haven't you helped him enough?"

Chen Pingsheng said angrily, "Call Hu Lin right now and tell him to get over here and see me. I want to see which shameless bastard dares to play tricks and make you come to me for political resources."

This was the first time Chen Qi had ever seen his brother so angry. After quickly offering a few words of comfort, he could only run over to say a few words to his sister-in-law.

Tell her to hurry up and persuade her brother not to be angry, as it's not good for his health.

When Song Yanxi arrived, she saw Chen Pingsheng had smashed the cup on the ground.

"I'm telling you, you can't be that angry. If you're not going to help, then don't help. Why are you so upset?"

"I hate those people who are insatiable. They don't just want money, they also want political resources. Why don't they just fly to the moon?"

Chen Pingsheng snorted: "Do you know what level Shanghai is? If you start here, even if we pool all our resources, we can only help two or three juniors get started here at most. What makes this guy surnamed Hu dare to make such a statement?"

Only those who know absolutely nothing would dare to ask for such resources. Song Yanxi knew very well that it was too difficult to get started in Shanghai.

Once you're in, do you think you can get back up just by working hard?

Stop dreaming. Even her husband himself has calculated that with the full resources of the Tengying Group, they can only cultivate two or three people in this place at most.

Only his younger sister would dare to say that.

"That family surnamed Hu is going too far. They probably heard about the family's training plan from my younger sister, and that's why they want a spot."

Chen Pingsheng was too lazy to argue with Hu Lin, but he was certain he would grab the guy and give him a good scolding.

His first choice was the two girls from his eldest sister's family, Xiao Ya and Xiao Le.

These two sisters have enjoyed the resources of their family, and they will not be able to make their own decisions about their future marriages.

A marriage alliance is necessary, not with a wealthy family, but with a family of upright officials.

At their stage, who wouldn't be planning for the next three generations?
Living on this land, money alone is far from enough.

With him taking care of her, her younger sister doesn't need to worry about these things at all.

But he had to consider it. Besides, this kind of thing was a family secret. It was fine to talk about it internally, but it definitely couldn't be said to outsiders.

Even the Hu family dares to speak up; do they deserve it?

Chen Qi brought Hu Lin over, mainly to apologize.

Chen Pingsheng asked him directly, "Hu Lin, I originally thought you were a pretty honest and decent person, but don't you know how much of my sister's subsidies your family receives every year? I really want to know who made my sister ask this question?"

"Hey bro, it wasn't me who wanted to bring it up, it was your sister who brought it up herself..."

"Hmph... You still want to pin this on her? If it weren't for your Hu family constantly egging her on, would she dare to ask for this?"

Chen Pingsheng said, "It's one thing for your Hu family to be ignorant, but aren't you ignorant yourself? What kind of place is Shanghai? You want to be a civil servant here and get the best starting position? Did your ancestors carry guns or lead horses on the grasslands?"

Hu Lin was stunned by the scolding; he actually knew who had orchestrated this whole thing.

It's just his mother, plus his nice sister-in-law.

She talks about this all day long, as if she's afraid her son, a graduate of an ordinary university, won't be able to find a good job.

He immediately said he wanted to be a high-ranking civil servant in Shanghai, and that he wouldn't even consider working in a county.

Hu Lin was fed up with the nagging and ignored it completely. Besides, deep down he also hoped that Chen Qi's brother could make the arrangements.

I just didn't expect him to be so disgusted.

To put it simply, Chen Pingsheng just felt that the family had no self-awareness whatsoever.

An ordinary person who enters that place has no talent whatsoever.

If you can't even properly offer a toast, let alone navigate social interactions.

He transferred Hu Lin to the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau and even arranged a good position for him there. What was the result?

Less than a year later, this fool applied to become a grassroots teacher at a school.

Do you know what this means?
It's like giving up a position close to leadership and going to the grassroots to become a teacher again.

You could say he has his own ideas, but this approach is undeniably incredibly stupid.

If he thinks he can get promoted after leaving his boss, he's dreaming.

Did he think that position was easy to obtain?

Chen Pingsheng simply didn't want to talk about it. With Hu Lin's case as a precedent, would his family, surnamed Hu, still dare to ask for Zhengzhi resources?

You can't kill him with your words.

……

Hu Lin and his younger sister Chen Qi were both severely scolded at home.

When the two returned, Aunt Hu immediately ran over to ask for news.

This whole thing was started by Hu Lin's sister-in-law. She thought it was just a small matter, but she didn't expect such a big reaction.

Chen Qi was upset by her brother and didn't want to talk to her after she came back. (End of Chapter)