The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

The May Day holiday is just around the corner.

Chen An'an was studying math formulas diligently in her dormitory, with a red bandage tied around her head that read, "I must work hard, work hard, and work even harder."

It was so elaborate and ritualistic that she felt sleepy after watching for less than three minutes.

It wasn't until the other girls in the dorm returned that one of them asked her,

"An'an, I've noticed a boy from the next class often secretly watching you. Do you think he likes you?"

"No way, An'an is known for being so good at fighting, who would dare to like her?"

"So what if she can fight? It's not a flaw. Look how beautiful our An'an is."

"Go away... Don't talk to me like that. Who's stupid enough to date in high school? It's unnecessary."

Chen An'an got up and pretended to read for two minutes, until her eyelids started to feel sleepy. Then she pinched her thigh.

"Don't you need to study? Do you still want to get into a good university in the future?"

"Of course I want to, but it's enough to work hard in class. There's no need to be anxious during breaks."

Alright... Chen An'an, whose talent for studying was really average, couldn't think of any better solutions.

Sleep when you need to; you might understand everything after you wake up.

The phone in her pocket rang, and when she looked at it, she realized it was her mother calling.

I told her that I was going to Beijing during the May Day holiday to attend her cousin's wedding banquet.

My cousin married a woman from another region. He doesn't earn much, only five or six thousand a month, so his wife from out of town must be quite something.

The monthly salary is at least 30,000 to 40,000 yuan; they are typically highly educated and have good jobs.

If you ask her why she fell in love with her cousin, the answer is too simple.

Just like the locals in Shanghai, if they want to find wives from other places, there are plenty of options.

Even if one's income is very average, this is still the case.

The advantages of living in a big city are so obvious that it would take an ordinary person a lifetime to catch up with this kind of regional disparity.

Chen An'an herself was used to it; her family didn't have a very good relationship with their relatives in Beijing.

We don't usually communicate much; we only attend weddings and funerals.

This time was no exception; she hadn't been to the capital for quite some time.

I'm actually looking forward to it a little; maybe I'll still go to university in Beijing in the future.

Song Yanxi doesn't plan to bring all three of her children to Beijing; she'll just have her eldest child come along.

As soon as the May Day holiday arrived, Song Yanxi took her to Beijing, along with her grandmother Liu Fen and aunt Song Wu.

My aunt has absolutely no plans to get married now. Even if Chen Pingsheng introduces her to a reliable partner, she doesn't intend to use marriage to bind herself anymore.

I'm open to dating all I want, but marriage is out of the question.

She doesn't have many thoughts when she sees others getting married. She's a typical example of someone who, once she enters the "city" of marriage, never wants to enter it a second time.

Liu Fen hadn't been back to Beijing for a while, and her return this time was truly a triumphant homecoming.

It's all thanks to my son-in-law's family. It's a pity Chen Pingsheng didn't come, and he didn't have time to come either.

Many of my relatives in Beijing used to be quite a handful, but after they moved to Shanghai, they've been doing much better there.

These relatives of the Liu family all became obedient.

Whenever something, big or small, happens at home, they would tell Liu Fen about it.

Even the wealthiest person in the mountains has distant relatives.

It's quite easy for people in big cities to get married. If they can't find a suitable local girl, there are plenty of women from other places eager to come to the city to marry them.

Whether it's Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangdong, traditionally, people don't prefer to marry girls from other places. Every time Liu Fen comes back, she's surrounded by a large group of relatives, mainly asking her, "What companies has your son-in-law invested in recently?"
Which stock did they buy this time?
When Liu Fen answered these questions, her chin was always held high.

Her son-in-law's every move is now under intense scrutiny from the outside world, including from his relatives.

The main reason is that he has made a fortune from stock trading over the past seven or eight years.

Even Liu Fen, who bought the same thing with him, is in the same boat. She may not have a lot of money, but she can easily come up with a hundred or two hundred million.

She earned all of this by investing in stocks with her family.

With such achievements, how can we not be proud?
Chen An'an, on the other hand, dislikes showing off too much, especially in front of her relatives in Beijing.

When my dad was poor, these relatives were all incredibly materialistic.

Only after they have money do they start to treat everyone like royalty.

She had a simple meal in Beijing, and then went back to the old courtyard house with Song Yanxi.

I only live in this big courtyard a few times a year. I bought it for 200 million yuan and spent more than 100 million yuan on renovations.

Don't even think about it if you don't have seven or eight hundred million now.

That's how wealthy families are; they own houses everywhere, and many of them are occupied by nannies year-round.

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Erpiya didn't go to Beijing with her sister for the wedding banquet; she had a blast on her own during the May Day holiday.

She even invited a bunch of classmates over to her house to go fishing. She really dares to dream. Fishing on the rooftop wasn't enough; she also wanted to build a fishing platform in the middle of the lake that was warm in winter and cool in summer.

That's the joy of being rich. After briefly reporting to her family, she hired a designer to plan and build a new fishing platform in the middle of the lake according to her own ideas.

Chen Pingsheng didn't bother with her, as it was all a minor matter.

Time flies, and it's already mid-May.

Two pieces of bad news came from the CEO training program. One was that Liu Hai, a real estate developer with whom he had a casual relationship, had officially declared bankruptcy.

It's already quite an achievement to be able to complete the bankruptcy proceedings.

In recent years, many small real estate developers in China have actually been unable to survive, but it just hasn't been exposed yet.

It's just to avoid causing some negative emotions.

He wasn't the only one who went bankrupt; eight out of ten of the real estate developers I knew couldn't hold on any longer.

This applies to the real estate industry, and it also applies to the internet industry.

The era of real estate booming for over a decade has come to a complete end with the advent of the mobile internet era.

The future belongs to the AI ​​era.

Chen Pingsheng plans to go overseas at the end of June, taking his whole family with him.

There were reasons for it, both for work and for taking the whole family on a world trip.

When Chang Fu came to see him again at the end of May, he was severely scolded by Yang Qian.

His investments in domestic A-shares over the past two years can only be described as complicated.

The short video investments I made were actually quite successful.

In comparison, Gao Hu is more down-to-earth, simply working diligently as a top-tier online influencer and livestreaming e-commerce host.

They change girlfriends every few days; in their circle, changing girlfriends is faster than changing clothes.

The current entertainment industry and the online celebrity industry definitely concentrate most of the country's beautiful women.

Chen Pingsheng even took the time to visit him once. Gao Hu still planned to get married in the future, but he needed to pay off the debts first.

(End of this chapter)