The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

The top floor of Jinshan Villa was built entirely in the style of Suzhou Zhongshi Garden.

The overall style is antique, with artificial mountains and water features.

This was Si Ke's first time visiting such a luxurious super villa, and it would be impossible for him not to be nervous, especially when facing Song Yanxi.

However, Song Yanxi is very approachable now, just like a kind little grandmother.

She brought out some fresh melon seeds and let Si Ke sit down as he pleased, while Ning Jing sat upright with her hands on her knees.

The two of them didn't know why they had been called over, and they felt their palms sweating profusely.

“Xiaojing, when my son Jiye went to the mountains to farm, he also had a lot of trouble with your family.”

Song Yanxi said, "This child has never liked to reveal his identity as a heir to a wealthy family since he was little, and it's the same in your family. However, I heard that your parents are not in very good health."

“Especially your grandmother, who has been sick for many years. I suggest you bring them to Shanghai to live. The medical conditions here are incomparable to those in your mountain village. I happen to have an empty 300-square-meter apartment in the Bund community, which I will give to you.”

"You have an empty house over there, how come I didn't know?" Chen Pingsheng said casually from the side.

Even if I don't have it, can't I just buy one with the money?

"Of course that's possible."

Chen Pingsheng said, "Xiao Jing, if she wants to give you something, just take it. Don't refuse. After all, my wife has so much money she doesn't know what to do with it."

This interruption eased Ning Jing's tense mood considerably.

But she never thought about wanting a house!

Song Yanxi naturally wouldn't take back what she had given away. She then said to Si Ke:
"Your parents are actually employees of our Tengying Group, so it's quite good that you're helping Jiye with his work now."

"However, Jiye's idea is still too simplistic. He wants to develop an app that is suitable for all grassroots entrepreneurs on his own. Not to mention that it will take too long, the data section and the subsequent maintenance are all huge projects. I have transferred five top R&D engineers from the island to help you complete the next step."

Song Yanxi has her own ideas, and no matter how much Chen Jiye wants to prove himself, he doesn't need to work hard alone.

The Chen family wants more than just the ability to be a hero.

Furthermore, one must know how to manage strong individuals, like his grandfather, who, despite not being particularly technically proficient, was still able to manage numerous top development engineers and scientists under his wing through personal charisma and strategic vision.

Ji Ye's attempt to gather a group of college students to fully develop the app will only result in numerous bugs.

Problems continued to arise later on.

When the Chen family does something, they either don't do it at all, or if they do it, they always develop it in the most valuable direction.

This core value includes addressing customer needs.

Chen Jiye was ashamed. "Grandma, don't you trust me at all?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, I just want to tell you a fact: the market is constantly changing. Make the best preparations and then move forward without hesitation."

Song Yanxi said, "Your grandfather has so many top engineers under his command, but you don't use them. Are you thinking that if you use your grandfather's resources, it won't count as your achievement?"
"Think about it from another angle. From the moment you were born into the Chen family, the resources you enjoyed originally belonged to the Chen family. But now you want to avoid the Chen family's resources and be yourself. Isn't that contradictory? Aren't you deceiving yourself?"

Song Yanxi's words make a lot of sense, no matter how many generations the Chen family has reached.

The Chen family's resources are family resources; the competition among the younger generation is definitely not about individual ability.

It's not about how well you manage resources.

Individual abilities are ultimately limited, but the Chen family's resources are limitless.

If you avoid the infinite and try to develop the finite, you will only unknowingly put a deep shackle on yourself.

This is completely unacceptable.

Song Yanxi only decided to call Chen Jiye home for a meal after discovering this problem, so she could give him a proper talking-to. Chen Jiye had fallen into the trap he himself had dug, a misconception shared by many wealthy second-generation heirs.

It's a pity that most of them ended up squandering their family fortune.

Song Yanxi only touched on the subject briefly, and she wouldn't say much more about the rest.

An'an is Jiye's mother, and she is no longer the same person she used to be. It's impossible for her not to see these things.

She probably just thought it unnecessary to remind her too early.

Chen Jiye ate a meal at home, and he didn't object to his grandmother's arrangement.

We're still focused on making this app great.

From the very beginning, under the leadership of Chen Pingsheng, Tengfei Group established its own commercial research and development strategic goals.

Everything is based on customer needs and market factors, and the direction of research and development is adjusted accordingly.

If Jiye wants to do this well, it must also have a well-equipped market research department.

Only in this way can we ensure that customer needs are identified and addressed promptly.

When the three of them returned to the Two Mountains Hotel, the small team had become completely different due to the top-notch team that Song Yanxi had brought over.

If we used to be a startup team, now we're a fully-fledged elite team.

The sudden arrival of those top talents inevitably put some pressure on Chen Jiye.

……

Jinshan Villa, top floor.

Chen Pingsheng did not interfere with Song Yanxi's arrangements; in his view, all of this was just a minor matter.

Even if Jiye succeeds in making this app, it won't prove anything compared to the massive Chen family.

All I got in return was a "not bad" review from everyone.

Without ten or twenty years of training, no matter how much he is nurtured, Jiye will never reach a senior management position on the Economic Research Island.

If that's the case, what else does he have to worry about?

Chen Pingsheng said, "You gave such a big gift to that young girl Ning Jing. Is it to cultivate her or do you have other ideas?"

“Training is only one aspect. I asked An’an, and Ji Ye only has sisterly feelings for Xiao Jing. I don’t want this girl to get too deeply involved.”

Song Yanxi said, "Since there is no possibility in that regard, we should not give people hope. As long as we bring Ning Jing's parents to Shanghai, they will naturally feel that the gap between our two families is like a chasm that is completely insurmountable."

Chen Pingsheng: "..."

He really wanted to say, "You gave someone such a big house just because of this?"
After you give me the house, you should at least give me a bank card. Otherwise, with the meager salary of Ning's parents, how can they afford the monthly property management fees of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan?
Luxury homes are not just expensive to sell; the maintenance and upkeep of all aspects add up to a considerable expense.

"Yanxi, do you think it's possible that her family might be embarrassed because they can't afford the property management fees?"

“Um…” Song Yanxi tilted her head and looked at him for a while, “If you hadn’t mentioned this, I would have almost forgotten. Why don’t I just pay her property management fees for another few decades?”

"Are you sure that property management company over there can last for decades?"

She was clearly not very sure, which was very awkward.

(End of this chapter)