The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 695 Accompanying Students to Exams and Ideals
The days passed by in the blink of an eye, and it was already the end of September.

The senior class is about to have its first National Day holiday. Most of the students from other places will not go home, but will stay here with their parents to study hard.

As for Chen An'an, since her home is nearby, she will definitely go back to Jinshan Villa.

Since Jiang Tang wasn't going home, An An even suggested that she go to her own house.

Jinshan Villa, this is a top-tier villa with a lake in front and mountains behind, built at a cost of 4 billion yuan.

It doesn't have everything you could want, but you can pick whatever you want, whether it's entertainment, clothing, or department store items.

Jiang Tang has never lived in such a nice house in her life, and has never even seen one.

It's no exaggeration to say that even in a city like Shanghai, there aren't many luxury villas that cost 4 billion yuan just to build.

Not to mention the luxury goods displayed inside.

Chen An'an and Jiang Tang were very close, so he took her to the luxury department store on the third floor and picked out some gifts for her.

This includes a Chanel autumn collection set, which costs 118 million for two sets.

In addition, there are Dior's new autumn/winter collections, as well as Canada Goose's lightweight down jackets.

Then I picked out two more bags for her and a Cartier Ballon Bleu watch.

This watch is beautiful but not expensive; it only costs a little over 40,000 yuan.

Chen An'an herself is currently wearing this watch, and she also chose an Audemars Piguet classic watch for her.

When she's friends, she'll casually give away designer brands, and items worth over a million are just like the ones you buy from a street stall.

They don't care how much it's worth; they'll just give it away if they want to.

The two girls will take the college entrance exam together and will attend the same university in the future, so giving them some nice gifts is a piece of cake.

Besides, the reason her family set up this department store and luxury goods center was originally arranged by her mother, so that they could get all kinds of the latest luxury goods without having to go outside.

For their family, these things were no longer considered luxury items; their real luxury was the world's largest cruise ship, the Tengying.

It is also known as the city on the sea.

In addition, there are the two seven-star hotels under construction, which require an investment of 30 to 40 billion yuan to build.

It is far superior to so-called luxury clothing and accessories.

This was the first time Jiang Tang had ever truly come into contact with a wealthy family, or even an extremely wealthy family. She felt that it was absolutely true to say that they were the ceiling that ordinary people could never reach.

Given that An'an's family is so wealthy, is it really necessary for her to work as hard as she does for the college entrance exam?

It turns out that the sentence she carved on the table before was true!

If I don't work harder, all I'll get is a place at Harvard!
Harvard University only accepts donations; it starts at a billion dollars.

Many wealthy people in China use this method to get their children into world-renowned universities.

An'an plays with things that Jiang Tang can't even imagine, but she's currently focused on preparing for the college entrance exam and can't show them all.

That huge pink helicopter on the helipad is An'an's own.

She can fly out and wander around whenever she wants; there's even a superyacht docked in the harbor that belongs to her.

Going out to sea to enjoy the evening breeze and fish for big fish is also an option.

But all of this can only be done after she finishes her senior year exams, so she can finally relax and have fun.

After witnessing the true life of a wealthy family, Jiang Tang wasn't discouraged; instead, she became even more determined to make money.

I need to buy at least a small apartment in Shanghai, the kind where my parents can live and retire.

"An'an, will you still have dreams after you get into university?"

Jiang Tang asked curiously. She often heard An An say that she should work hard to prepare for her senior year of high school, but she had never mentioned college after that.

It's as if they don't know what to do in college.

An An tilted her head and thought seriously for a moment. Did she have any ideals in college?
Ordinary people study hard from a young age, and their parents instill in them the idea that only by studying can they succeed when they grow up.

The so-called "success" usually means graduating and getting a job at a big company, earning 40,000 to 50,000 yuan a month.

An annual salary of one million or even higher is already the ceiling for ordinary people.

She certainly didn't have such an ideal, nor was she worthy of having such a simple and unpretentious one.

The main problem is that their pink helicopter is sitting there unused and doesn't move, costing them millions a year.

Not to mention she also has a huge amount of these luxury goods.

In fact, the word "ideal" has been troubling her since she was very young; she didn't have the ideals that others had.

"Ginger Candy, what about you?"

"Me? I just want to work hard to make money. My biggest dream in life is to buy a house for my parents after graduating from university."

"Oh...so what if you achieve your dream?"

"I don't know. My parents, as you know, run a small mala tang stall in Shanghai, and they're crammed into a tiny rented room. It's really inconvenient to even go to the bathroom at night. I've been working hard to buy a house since I was very young."

"Your ideal is quite realistic."

Chen An'an said, "I was probably similar to you before I was five years old. After I turned five, my dad became rich, and he became rich in a way that was hard to stop. He hired a lot of tutors. They tried to tell me that I should study hard so that I would be successful when I grew up. Every time I heard this, I would take out my exquisite erhu and play a tune, and then ask the teacher if I played well."

"Teachers usually say, 'You played so well, An'an is so amazing.'"

"And I would shake my head and tell them that I play very poorly. The previous owner of this exquisite erhu played it really well. I have seven erhus like this, and the cheapest one is worth millions."

"Then I asked them, 'Teacher, you have such a high level of education, how much do you earn per month?'"
"You know, I don't mean to discourage them, I just want to say that academic performance is not necessarily related to whether you will be successful when you grow up, and most importantly, material things cannot motivate me to work hard. This is the last thing my family and I have.

"You've met my dad. His real identity is extremely high, and it's the same all over the world. Every summer vacation, he takes me to experience all sorts of strange and wonderful things."

"The first experience left the deepest impression on me. He took me to work as a waiter in an urban village. At that time, he was already one of the richest people in the country. My father took me to open a restaurant, where he worked as a chef. Every day, he would visit those people who were living in a state of confusion. Even if life was hopeless and they were completely living a monotonous life, there were still people who would study late into the night, and there were still people who would work several extra hours every day to save a little bit of rent."

"The following year, he took me to the countryside again, where I farmed and raised livestock like any other farmer."

"Later, we spent over a billion yuan to create a history of modern development, allowing us to gain a deeper understanding of every major event in history."

"Last year, he took me to Wall Street to learn how to trade stocks. I lost over a billion dollars, and my sister lost four or five hundred million dollars."

"Over the years, my dad has never asked me about my ideals, or even thought that I needed to have ideals. He just seriously told me to live happily according to my own ideas, to do whatever I wanted, and to be happy as long as I felt that way."

Jiang Tang blinked her beautiful fox-like eyes, seemingly both puzzled and understanding.

An'an told her so much, partly because she believed in her, and partly to tell her what was going on.

The ideals of ordinary people are something that can be achieved with a simple wave of the hand for people like them.

It's meaningless.

She never understood the meaning of studying when she was very young. The reason she is studying hard now is probably just to prove herself.

It's not that being good at studying guarantees success.

That's what she thought, and that's what her sister thought too. Erpiya's good grades were never because of hard work, but simply because she was exceptionally talented.

Neither of the sisters believed that studying would guarantee a successful future.

Let alone ideals.

Only after seeing the vastness of the world will you realize that many things, including ideas, are not necessarily correct.

Rather, it's because someone wants you to have this mindset.

This is simply a sophisticated and invisible method of influencing the people.

Chen An'an has seen too much, so what she knows is far beyond what ginger candy can compare to.

"Your father treats you so well!"

"That's right, I've always thought my dad is the greatest dad in the world."

Chen An'an smiled and said, "Jiang Tang, I always believe that people shouldn't spend their whole lives working hard for a house. We need to live happier lives. Although I don't know what my ideal is yet, I definitely don't think it's just those steel bars and concrete."

"Hmm... It's a pity that someone like me can only reach this level. If I can fulfill this idea before my parents get old, I will feel that my life has not been in vain."

"is it?"

Chen An'an opened her small drawer and took out a watch that her mother had casually given her sometime in the past.

"If you pawn this watch, you could easily get a several-hundred-square-meter apartment in Shanghai."

"This is too expensive."

"What's so valuable about it? It's just a watch. I could change it every day and still not wear it all in a year. I'm curious to know what new goals you'll set after you've achieved your dream of owning a house!"

After thinking for a moment, Chen An'an said again, "Now that you have a house, you might be thinking about saving a million in savings and living peacefully with your parents. I'll just grant your wish. You'll have a house, a car, and plenty of money. What new dreams will you, Jiang Tang, have then?"

Chen An'an may not have any grand ideals, but she can fulfill other people's 100,000 ideals with a wave of her hand.

She's done this before, and this is just her repeating the same trick.

There was no malice intended, let alone an overflow of kindness.

I just wanted to see what happened to Jiang Tang, a commoner school beauty, after she fulfilled her childhood dream.

What should universities do next?

Regardless, this is a stroke of good fortune for ginger candy, the kind of thing that can only be encountered by chance.

It's mainly because An An herself is ridiculously rich.

She does nothing every day, yet her net income is around ten million.

Once she gets into university, she will have several more listed leading companies under her umbrella.

With such power, she could easily fulfill someone else's dream with just a thought.

To be honest, this is really absurd.

Even Jiang Tang herself felt it was a bit like a dream. Her ideal was achieved too quickly. What should she do with the rest of her days?
Chen An'an wasn't joking; he said he would help her fulfill her dream, and he would definitely do so immediately.

The two of them spent every day studying together, not thinking too far ahead, but focusing on getting into senior high school first.

Her father would still check on her from time to time, but Chen Pingsheng began to worry about something else.

My youngest cousin, Jiang Peiyao, is the prettiest among all my relatives, and she's still single.

Is she really not planning to find a boyfriend or what?
It's really unnecessary for someone so beautiful to remain single.

Jiang Peiyao has been following her since she was eighteen, and she's twenty-eight now.

While this age may not be unusual in the entertainment industry, their family doesn't have a tradition of late marriage and childbirth.

Chen Pingsheng drove to the group, and he asked Jiang Peiyao to return from Hengdian, Zhejiang.

This little cousin, when she first debuted, always played the role of the ideal girl in school.

Now they're all playing the female lead's best friend; if they were still a few years away, they could probably play the female lead's aunt.

The male lead falls in love with the female lead's aunt. Check it out.

If she were to play this kind of role, I estimate that many male viewers would enjoy watching it.

Jiang Peiyao is already twenty-eight years old and has a short bob that reaches her neck; she looks especially beautiful.

She was also wearing a light white down jacket.

Chen Pingsheng asked her, "Peiyao, your mother doesn't urge you anymore, right?"

"Yes, it's already too late to push it."

"And what about your boyfriend? You haven't brought one home in all these years. Are you going to stay single forever?"

"No way! I may not have a boyfriend, but I do have a girlfriend!"

Jiang Peiyao chuckled, "Brother-in-law, I've found a girlfriend."

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says! Brother-in-law, you're the biggest boss in the entertainment industry, how could you not understand these things!"

Well... he did understand, but he just couldn't believe it, and he didn't dare to ask.

That evening, Chen Pingsheng secretly followed his younger cousin, wanting to see who her girlfriend was. As a result, Jiang Peiyao entered Liu Yifei's large apartment in Shanghai.

These two women?
Could something really have happened between them?
It's unlikely. It's probably just that my little cousin is trying to trick me into escaping interrogation.

To be honest, this kind of thing is perfectly normal in the entertainment industry.

The next day, he called Yifei again, and sure enough, Jiang Peiyao was lying to him.

Knowing that she was following her and that she had a key to Yifei's house, she thought of going there to avoid interrogation.

My little cousin is quite cunning.

He didn't have any good ideas, and he couldn't keep asking his little cousin.

After An'an's National Day holiday ends, he will join the ranks of those accompanying students taking the exam.

It was still that familiar room for accompanying students to the exam. Chen Pingsheng could only drop Xiao An'an off every morning and wait for her to come out of school in the evening.

For most students, the senior year of high school is a hurdle that is difficult to overcome.

It's just that there are more and more college graduates every year now, which makes ordinary universities seem less important.

Most parents are well aware that attending an average university is better than nothing.

It's really not very meaningful.

Of course, there is another situation where the parents have made arrangements in advance, and students can usually get into those pre-arranged positions after graduating from university.

(End of this chapter)