The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 806 Next Stop Story

The next day.

Rumors began circulating throughout the company that Chen Lu had treated everyone to dinner and spent over eight million yuan.

In a small human resources department, such a wealthy and powerful man has emerged.

How could they not be surprised? Other departments were incredibly envious.

Unfortunately, Chen Lu never came to their company again from that day on.

He didn't even show up in the small HR department; the department head notified the HR department and processed his resignation.

Even Zhao Kai was only able to contact him personally two days later.

"Where are you going, Fourth Brother?"

"I am with the Baiyun Dream Foundation."

"Holy crap... what's wrong with you? You're acting like you're at home at Tengying Group, like you can just go wherever you want."

The Dream Fund is managed by Chu Qiuyan, a former college entrepreneurship goddess, and it's not a small company like theirs.

Yuanmeng Fund manages and controls dozens or even hundreds of listed groups, with its investment funds reaching as high as 30 billion US dollars.

It is said to be the dream of ordinary people; whoever receives support from the Dream Realization Fund may have the opportunity to transcend social class.

Zhao Kai was incredibly envious. "Fourth brother, can I come and work for you?"

“You want to come too? Okay, I’ll tell Aunt Qiuyan.”

Chen Lu thought Zhao Kai was quite capable; he was the kind of person who had risen from the bottom, and his family had only average means of support since childhood.

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

If he could go to the Dream Fulfillment Foundation, Zhao Kai definitely wouldn't stay here any longer.

Chen Lu, on the other hand, drove himself to the Dream Foundation.

Chu Qiuyan started working with her father in college and has now become a well-known investment queen in Guangdong.

Unlike Bai Xin and Song Wu, Chu Qiuyan has always been very dedicated to her career.

Decades of unwavering effort have earned her the title of Investment Queen.

It's hard to imagine that this queen-like figure was once so poor, yet so helpless and strong.

I wore a yellowish-white summer T-shirt throughout my entire high school years.

Chu Qiuyan is not young anymore. In fact, the group of people who followed Chen Pingsheng the earliest are no longer young.

Time has taken away their youth, but it has also given them extremely high social status.

This is all thanks to their decades of unwavering hard work.

It was Su Xiaoxi who suggested that Chen Lu come to the Dream Realization Fund.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for entrepreneurs to succeed in this era.

Those who still manage to achieve success are all exceptional individuals, one in a million.

Coincidentally, the Dream Realization Fund brings together a large number of such people who want to learn how to create. The best way for them is to stay at the Dream Realization Fund for two years.

Chu Qiuyan is indeed different from before. Now, she can give you a very imposing feeling just by sitting there without saying a word.

Add to that her suit and watch, and the term "career queen" couldn't be more fitting for her.

Chu Qiuyan had not received any notification from the chairman, which meant that Chen Lu had come to her on his own initiative.

What does he want to get from this?

"Chen Lu, after you graduated, you worked in the R&D department of Tengfei Group for less than two months, and then went to the HR department of a small company in Ankang for less than half a year. It's a bit unexpected that you took the initiative to come to me this time."

For Chen Lu, Chu Qiuyan was not only a veteran of the company, but also his elder and a respected aunt.

Chu Qiuyan's words were clearly a message to Chen Lu: you can't stay in any place for more than a few months, so how long do you plan to stay here this time?
Chen Lu replied, "Aunt Qiuyan, actually, it was my wife Xiaoxi who suggested that I come here. As my father's only son, I have never found my life goal or meaning. Originally, I wanted to go to the charity in my family, but I don't have the ability to create or the ability to do charity well, so I wanted to come here to learn how to create."

Chu Qiuyan still understood him to some extent. "Your father has done so many great things in his life and helped so many people. He has also successfully educated your two older sisters. As for you, Chen Lu, I have heard An'an and your second sister mention you many times. They say that you live a very conflicted life. You want to work hard, but you don't know where to focus your efforts. To put it bluntly, you have never experienced hardship and do not understand the true nature of society. Naturally, you do not understand what the term 'wealth creation' really means."

“My father actually taught me a lot, but I didn’t study it very hard at the time.”

"understand."

Chu Qiuyan said, "From the moment you were born, you were in a very high position. Things that ordinary people struggle their whole lives to obtain are within your reach. You don't even need to reach out; plenty of people will deliver these things to you. Even someone as powerful as your father cannot impart his life experience and wisdom to your mind if you do not wish it to be done."

Chen Lu does not deny this; his father has put a lot of effort into him, and even accompanied him through junior high and high school.

His father had already done so much, yet he still hadn't made any progress.

I can only say that I didn't know how to cherish things back then.

That's why we miss out time and time again. The word "cherish" usually only applies to those who lack it.

It's true that it's hard to cherish something that someone like him was born with.

"Aunt Qiuyan, do you think it's too late for me to cherish this opportunity now?"

"Most people would definitely not have enough time, but you are different. You have too many opportunities. As long as you are willing to learn in a down-to-earth manner, it is never too late."

Chen Lu ultimately had the kind of opportunity that ordinary people don't have.

Chu Qiuyan wanted to transfer him to the market research department under the Yuanmeng Fund.

They are specifically responsible for tracking the movements of grassroots entrepreneurs.

Record and analyze their business practices.

For Chen Lu, this was a very novel and excellent learning experience.

Previously, his father always took the initiative to teach him, and he passively learned.

Now it's his turn to take the initiative.

Chu Qiuyan also made one request: that after he went there, he could not use any of his other funds.

He could only use every penny of his own salary, and like his colleagues, he had to start everything from scratch, giving up the wealth that was within his grasp.

It's really about getting him to give up his prestigious status as the chairman's son.

If he goes to the grassroots level with this identity, will he still need to train?

What interpersonal relationships can't you handle?

How can one understand wealth creation without truly understanding the various aspects of society?

All major business ventures are essentially about studying the weaknesses of human nature.

Ordinary people have risk anxiety but lack the ability to resist risks.

Rich people create something called insurance for you.

Ordinary people want to get rich quick and also want to gain wealth without working.

Financial institutions create stocks for you, telling you that you can make money even while you sleep by buying them.

Ordinary people like to make impulsive purchases, but they often find themselves short of money.

They create something called consumer loans for you, or something like this loan or that loan.

They tell you this is called enjoying the future in advance, but in reality it's just endless credit card debt.

The wealthy want to drive up the value of houses, so they use various online platforms, including television and movies, to tell you that marriages without houses are unhappy.

The first question your mother-in-law will ask you when she meets you is, "Do you own a house?"
An invisible net has trapped everyone; it's like a giant hand, pushing you wildly down a predetermined path.

Every step you take, every step you climb, creates so-called passive income for them.

In other words, it's about creating wealth. Only by understanding human nature can we truly understand what it means to create wealth.

Chu Qiuyan believed that the chairman must have taught his son this simple social principle ten years ago.

It's a pity that even the wisest person can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep.

Undoubtedly, Chen Lu, who has always liked to lie flat since childhood, has forgotten too many of the things his father once said.

These are invaluable experiences that would be priceless to most people.

If the chairman wanted to give a lecture, the line of people vying for his time would probably stretch from here all the way to France.

But Chen Lu, who has all of this, doesn't cherish it; that's just human nature.

Even the chairman couldn't change the inertia.

Chen Lu accepted Chu Qiuyan's suggestion and put aside his status as the heir of the group for two years, trying to enter the world of thousands of entrepreneurs like a real ordinary office worker.

Try to understand their growth with an ordinary heart, and try to see their world with your own eyes.

Take a good look at what it means to experience all walks of life.

Looking at Chen Lu's bewildered expression, Chu Qiuyan found it somewhat amusing that this man had once illuminated her path like a beacon.

Now it's her turn to teach her son.

The chairman from twenty years ago probably never imagined that this would happen. Even someone as capable as him has things he couldn't accomplish.

It can only be said that fatherly love is sometimes something that children passively receive.

Chen Pingsheng wanted to teach Chen Lu well and cultivate him into a qualified successor.

Along the way, he taught him everything he could.

It's a pity that Chen Lu, who passively accepted the situation, didn't inherit even one percent or one-thousandth of his father's abilities.

Otherwise, I would never have come to find her like this.

Now that he has come to her door, Chu Qiuyan is determined to help him through this most confusing period of his life with the utmost responsibility.

……

Chen Lu went to the Dream Realization Foundation and even personally sought out Chu Qiuyan; Chen Pingsheng only found out about this later.

Chu Qiuyan took the initiative to call him and also mentioned her intentions.

She wanted Chen Lu to work as a market researcher for two years, during which time he couldn't use his son's credit card anymore.

He must not mention his identity to other colleagues, including entrepreneurs.

Chen Pingsheng did not express any opinion; he had already taught Chen Lu what he needed to teach him.

The rest of the journey is not in the classroom, but under his own feet.

Even his father couldn't predict what Chen Lu's future would hold.

What's making you smile so helplessly?

It's rare to see this kind of expression on Song Yanxi's man's face anymore.

Chen Pingsheng said, "It's all because of your precious son. He went to the Dream Realization Foundation to find Chu Qiuyan."

"Why would he want to see her? Has he changed jobs again?"

"Hmm... I went to ask her for advice and learn from her experience."

Song Yanxi was speechless. "Wasn't Chu Qiuyan brought out by you? Without you, she wouldn't be where she is today. What's wrong with Chen Lu? Why isn't he looking for you but for her?"

"The father teaches the son, but the son is unwilling."

Chen Pingsheng sighed, "Your son is quite lost right now. He wants to achieve something that will make you proud, but he doesn't know what he can do. Perhaps Qiuyan is a very good teacher for him."

"If even you can't teach her well, how can Chu Qiuyan possibly do anything?"

"That's the biggest difference between me and her. I'm his father, and he only half-listens to whatever I say. You're his mother, and you've also raised so many outstanding female elites. How could you not understand the principle that family is worse than others?"

It is precisely because she understands this that Song Yanxi has never interfered in her son's affairs all these years.

Even when it came to such a major decision as marrying Su Xiaoxi, she, as the mother, ultimately only reserved her personal opinion.

"Let's not talk about him anymore. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Besides, we still have Xiao Jiye, Chen Youcai, and Xiao Wuyou. Raising them well is our last responsibility in this life."

Song Yanxi gave a soft "hmm". Today was the day they went to school for a teachers' gathering.

Chen Pingsheng even dressed up specially, taking out his respectable old cadre uniform, along with his half-gray hair at the temples.

She's a classic example of someone who gets more charming with age.

Song Yanxi laughed and said, "Honey, you're sure to charm a lot of young girls."

"Yeah, I think I'm pretty handsome too."

"Stop being so vain. Today is just a regular teachers' gathering. I really enjoy being a teacher. When I'm a little older, I want to go back to my own university in Shanghai, Shuiyunjian University, and stay there to use my remaining energy to cultivate good talents for the next generation of Shuiyunjian."

No matter how much Song Yanxi has invested in the health industry, Shuiyunjian remains her most cherished home.

She chose to spend the rest of her life there, and Chen Pingsheng expressed his understanding.

But where will he spend the rest of his life?
Chen Pingsheng set himself a small goal: before he turns eighty, he would focus on cultivating three generations of people and investing in global industries.

After he turns eighty, he will completely let go of his burdens and responsibilities, and live freely and as he pleases.

Go climb the world's highest mountain and learn to surf at sea.

Then find a remote mountain and make a living by hunting.

Life is short, and everyone should have a period of time to indulge themselves and do whatever they want.

The middle school that Song Yanxi attended was not a prestigious school; it was just an ordinary middle school located near an urban village.

Most of the students here are from ordinary families.

Families with the means generally send their children to prestigious middle schools by purchasing expensive school district housing.

I don't know who invented the concept of "school district housing," but this single idea has kept countless parents agonizing day and night.

Since it's not a prestigious university, teachers usually don't go to fancy places for a get-together; they just eat in the school cafeteria.

Before meals, we had to listen to the principal speak for half an hour, followed by speeches from various leaders.

The standard procedures are all essential and none of them can be omitted.

When drinking, one should first toast the school leaders, offer a few flattering words, and then start eating.

When younger teachers arrive and are unfamiliar with these things, there are always older teachers who will teach them.

Until they all understand the rules of the workplace.

Some teachers are quite straightforward; if they see others whispering bad things about a school leader, they'll join in and say the same thing.

Then the next day, his words were reported to a school leader.

This is what is commonly known as being given the cold shoulder in the workplace.

There's a reason why Chen Pingsheng felt the school's teaching quality was mediocre.

With this school's drinking culture, it's no wonder it's not a good place.

When teachers are forced to accept these unspoken rules of the workplace, who isn't living in this circle?
Helpless, helpless, there is only helplessness in this situation!

Chen Pingsheng discovered the drawbacks of this system twenty years ago. After three major restructurings within the group and the dismissal of countless members of the management team, the bottom-up management concept was finally implemented.

In retrospect, it couldn't have been more correct.

(End of this chapter)