The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Putting aside the salary, most people perceive the job of a community security guard as belonging to the lowest rung of society.

They are on par with delivery drivers, sanitation workers, and cleaning ladies—professions that receive absolutely no respect.

Sometimes, you run into those bored homeowners who are out of their minds, and you often get verbally abused.

For the sake of this pitiful monthly salary, most of the time we can only swallow our anger.

Chen Pingsheng usually doesn't get involved in such things; he prefers to be a free spirit.

In the afternoon, if Xiao Jiye has time, he often comes to the community to play with his grandfather.

Just like An'an was when she was little, this little guy is exceptionally well-behaved.

Because he was often generous and righteous, he had the best interpersonal relationships among the group of security guards. Everyone who saw Xiao Jiye would greet him with a smile and ask him a few questions.

Xiao Jiye saw a group of children playing football in the neighborhood and wanted to join in, so he played with Liu Chao, a friend who had come with him.

After watching for a while, he politely asked if he could join in the kicking, and the chubby boy quickly agreed.

Xiao Jiye and Yang Chao started playing together.

In football, injuries are inevitable. Perhaps Xiao Jiye kicked the ball a little too hard, hitting the chubby boy.

The chubby boy quickly started crying, and his mother rushed over immediately. She pointed at Xiao Jiye's nose and scolded him for hurting her son, and asked where Jiye's parents were.

After Chen Pingsheng went over, he kindly explained a few things, but the little fat boy's mother wouldn't let it go and said, "Aren't you the security guard of this community? Since when can community security guards bring their children to play? Where is your captain? Let him come and talk to me."

His fierce expression clearly indicated he was going to complain to the captain.

The security captain often borrowed money from him, and while he would ask him to apologize, he would never actually say anything.

It was Xiao Jiye himself who stepped forward and said, "Don't talk about my grandfather, I just kicked him by accident."

"A mere accident is enough. Kids from the lower class like you shouldn't be brought to play in our upscale neighborhood."

See... only those young people online who haven't entered the workforce yet believe that people are equal.

Once you enter the workforce, factors like family background and job can categorize people into different classes.

Even though such a thing would never happen to an adopted son of a wealthy family, he might still have other problems.

Ordinary families, especially those without much money, will also have their confidence and edges worn down through various experiences.

"Alright, alright, it's just kids playing around. Don't think that just because your family is rich you can look down on people."

There's a certain awkwardness to hear these lines coming from Chen Pingsheng, but there's nothing he can do about it; he's just an ordinary old security guard now.

This woman is truly arrogant; because of such a trivial matter, she kept complaining to the team leader and the property management.

It even escalated into the residents' group chat.

Finally, the property management issued a notice that security guards or staff members were no longer allowed to bring children into the community to play.

The blame fell on all the security guards and ordinary workers in the community.

When Xiao Jiye got home, he kept saying to Chen Pingsheng, "Grandpa, I'm sorry, I've caused trouble again."

"What trouble did you cause? It's because that little fat boy is too spoiled. He cries over the smallest things. My Jiye is much better."

"Grandpa, thank you. When I grow up, I will definitely earn lots and lots of money and never let these rich stinkers look down on me again."

"That Jiye, rich people don't stink, it's just those rich and arrogant people who look down on others."

Chen Pingsheng quickly explained to him, "This kid shouldn't see rich people as his adversaries."

His family is very wealthy.

As expected, things still went wrong.

Chen Pingsheng was actually fired by the property management company three days later—a truly humiliating disgrace.

He, who had been an outstanding founder his whole life, was fired in his old age because of the fat mother's constant complaints.

Just thinking about it makes me angry.

When An'an rode over on her beat-up bicycle, she first laughed for a while, then became so angry she was practically spitting fire. Such a trivial matter, yet Fatty's mother was making a huge fuss about it, refusing to let it go, and offering no compensation even for firing her.

It's only because their family is rich that they could do this. If it were an ordinary family, do they know how much damage it would cause?

Chen Pingsheng felt it was unnecessary to deal with others over this matter, but An'an was still furious.

The father, who had been proud his whole life, had his reputation tarnished because of this fat mother.

After returning to the company, she immediately checked the chubby boy's family background.

The house was bought with a loan, and we've been paying for it for three or four years now.

The husband is a manager in a small company, and the woman herself is a store manager in a luxury goods store, earning a considerable income each year.

She also used methods to make the couple lose their jobs, to the point that they couldn't find good jobs in Shenzhen anymore.

It also lets them experience what it's like to be a low-level worker.

Knowing that his grandfather had lost his job because of his football skills, Xiao Jiye became even more sensitive.

They also became less likely to cause trouble; to put it bluntly, they gradually became less daring.

It wasn't that we deliberately shrunk, but rather that our family situation couldn't withstand too many risks, so we had to shrink.

This is how it is for ordinary people; their families have an extremely low ability to withstand risks.

Therefore, many ordinary college students severely lack self-confidence when they first enter the workforce.

Xiao Jiye is also slowly going through this process.

In stark contrast, Song Wu's eldest son, Song Chaoqun, that little bastard actually beat someone half to death at the university.

They even hit someone with their car from behind.

The reason was simply because the boy had spoken a few more words to one of the school beauties he liked.

Song Chaoqun declared at the university that he liked the campus belle and that she should be his.

He would beat anyone who dared to talk to her too much.

Song Wu had two children, but she didn't take care of them much herself, leaving them to be raised by her grandmother, Liu Fen. Liu Fen spoiled them rotten, and whenever something happened, Liu Fen, as the grandmother, would immediately rush over to support her eldest grandson.

Over time, this will inevitably lead to a spoiled and arrogant personality.

In fact, Song Chaoqun was fully qualified to be a playboy, and even a top-tier playboy.

Not to mention his mother has a net worth of billions, his aunt Song Yanxi is even more impressive.

There's nothing her aunt can't handle in the world. With such a strong family background and being raised by her grandmother, she's always been spoiled rotten.

This gave him boundless courage.

Leaving aside the minor squabbles of the past, Liu Fen usually handled them quietly on her own.

She knew her son-in-law's personality and dared not tell him what Song Chaoqun had done.

This time it's different; the person who was beaten wasn't an ordinary person.

The parents only have one son, and they have tens of millions in assets. The mother led a large group of relatives to the university to display banners.

They even summoned numerous reporters to make a big fuss about it online.

Xiao Jiye had just been bullied by Fatty's mother, which made him hate these rich people who bully others.

If he heard about this and knew that it was his cousin who did it, he would probably question the meaning of life.

Unsurprisingly, with the Chen family being this wealthy, quite a few spoiled brats have already emerged among the second generation.

These people always thought that with the Chen family around, even if the sky were to fall apart, Chen Pingsheng could completely protect them.

In fact, he can indeed protect them, but whether he actually does it is another matter.

(End of this chapter)