The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

The day before the family reunion banquet was held at the end of March.

Jiang Peiyao's second adopted daughter, Jiang Wangchu, came to visit, along with her father and grandfather.

Previously, Jiang Wangchu's mother was a foot masseuse, and a rather scheming one at that.

Jiang Wangchu's father's family never treated her as their daughter.

They only saw her as a wild girl born outside, someone whose background was not worthy of being accepted into their home.

Unexpectedly, in mid-March, Jiang Wangchu was invited to a family reunion banquet by the Chen family in Shanghai.

When the founder of the Chen family wanted to take her as his goddaughter, Jiang Wangchu's first thought was, "Why should she?"
How could the daughter of a foot masseuse be adopted as a goddaughter by the Chen family?
The investigation begins with their adoptive mother, Jiang Peiyao.

What Jiang Wangchu's father didn't expect was that the person who adopted her daughter was of extraordinary background.

She is suspected of having an ambiguous relationship with the founder of the Chen family, and her last wish was for the founder of the Chen family to take care of her two adopted daughters.

The relationships involved are not complicated; a little research into wealthy families will make it clear.

This surprised Jiang Wangchu's father, who felt that his daughter was lucky and born with a life of wealth and privilege.

Only then can she be recognized by the Chen family, and a grand family reunion banquet will be held for her to announce her return to the status of the Chen family's adopted daughter.

With this identity, she was like a crow who suddenly became a phoenix in the sky.

Not to mention that they are out of reach for ordinary people, even wealthy families like theirs are unattainable.

The Chen family of Shanghai—to ordinary people, they're just a slightly wealthier family, but to the truly wealthy, they're an eternal legend.

An intangible existence.

Jiang Wangchu's biological father is named Lin Bin. He already had a wife, and it was a marriage arranged by their families.

However, he also liked to mess around outside, and had slept with countless women. Some of these women were very clever and were able to get a lot of money from him over time.

There are also some women, like Jiang Wangchu's mother, who were slept with by him based solely on their looks, and then tried to use their children to make money.

He soon abandoned her too. Lin Bin never imagined that one day his daughter would be recognized by the Chen family in Shanghai.

What an honor.

Lin Bin did not choose to hide it from his wife. With the Chen family in Shanghai making such a big fuss, many people would investigate the background of the two girls.

With a little effort, they can easily trace it back to him. Rather than remaining passive like this, it's better to just be honest and admit it directly. This way, the family can make a decision more quickly.

When Lin Bin heard this, his wife was not angry at all. Instead, she urged Lin Bin to bring Jiang Wangchu back to the Lin family before the Chen family's family reunion banquet in Shanghai.

This way, they could use this opportunity to get closer to the Chen family in Shanghai. Even if they couldn't get closer, the adopted daughter that the Chen family had taken back would be the daughter of the Lin family.

As long as this news gets out, it will still be of immense help to the Lin family.

This led to the incident where Lin Bin and the head of the Lin family visited together.

Jiang Wangchu was raised by Jiang Peiyao from the age of two, and later she was also taken to see her father, both near and far.

Little Jiang Wangchu even ran up to her father and asked, "Why don't you acknowledge me as your daughter?"

The answer she received, however, made her withdrawn for a long time.

It was under Jiang Peiyao's meticulous care that she developed into her current form.

And their adoptive mother had arranged everything for them after she left.

Jiang Peiyao never made them call her "Mother," but only "Aunt Peiyao" or "Adoptive Mother."

Just to let them know that they both have biological parents.

It's not the kind of child who has no parents.

Now, her father, who had always refused to acknowledge her and even despised her, has taken the initiative to visit her.

An'an wasn't good at handling this kind of thing, but she told Jiang Wangchu to do it according to his own wishes.

The Chen family in Shanghai became her greatest source of courage. Jiang Wangchu never went to see Lin Bin. At the moment of Jiang Peiyao's burial, the words she carved on the grave were left by her daughter, Jiang Wangchu.

She will only ever bear the surname Jiang in her entire life, and she will carry on with Jiang Peiyao's wishes for the rest of her life.

The Lin family was a completely foreign entity to her.

Since Jiang Wangchu had made his decision, An'an naturally informed the Lin family not to come anymore, and that Jiang Wangchu would only have one identity from now on.

That was her father's adopted daughter, her own younger sister.

The Lin family is not high enough to be considered a match for them, nor do they have the right to deliberately curry favor with them.

The meaning was clear, and Lin Bin dared not say anything.

They wouldn't dare to go against An An's wishes, even if the Lin family had ten times the courage.

As for Jiang Wangzhi's gambling father and frivolous mother, the Chen family could easily deal with them.

Leaving them to continue causing harm to people will only tarnish Jiang Wangzhi's future reputation.

An An casually found a pretext that would prevent these two people from ever coming out for ten years.

Such a person does not deserve to be a parent.

Not to mention now he's trying to climb up to his sister.

The day before the family reunion banquet, the two sisters burned incense for Jiang Peiyao again and whispered to each other for half an hour.

For both of them, Jiang Peiyao was the woman they truly wanted to be filial to for the rest of their lives.

It's a pity that she left before the two sisters grew up.

For wealthy families and prominent figures in society, the purpose of the family reunion banquet is not to celebrate the return of the two girls.

Five years later, Chen Pingsheng, this legendary figure, reappeared in the Chen family as the head of the family.

What changes will his appearance bring to the Chen family in Shanghai, and what will be the ten-year period for the Economic Research Island?

What development strategy will the Economic Research Island adopt in the next decade, and what are the main sectors it will support?

These are all issues that the wealthy and powerful are most concerned about. It goes without saying that Chen Pingsheng's reappearance in public has stirred up a lot of people's emotions.

He could completely change countless grassroots and even high-level technological fields with just one or two sentences.

This is the boundless influence of the founder of the Chen family in Shanghai, and the main reason why everyone flocks to participate.

Before the banquet began, it was naturally time for the two sisters, Jiang Wangchu and Jiang Wangzhi, to make their dazzling appearance.

Subsequently, they received countless gifts from wealthy families, all of which were gifts for the two sisters to formally recognize their kinship.

Once the basic procedures were completed, hundreds of wealthy families and countless reporters rushed forward to claim their spots.

Because what follows is of utmost importance; it was Chen Pingsheng's first public speech in over a decade.

The theme of this speech also directly targeted Tencent Group, including Jingyan Island, the leading location in the domestic economic field.

The journalists who can attend this banquet are undoubtedly media professionals with extremely high influence in the financial world or multiple fields.

This includes Mu Qingqing, who was already a well-known figure.

This was the first time she had seen the founder of the Chen family in many years.

The last time I saw him, he was just an ordinary employee at my cousin's company.

When I saw him again, he had regained his status and stood at the top of Shanghai.

To stand at the pinnacle of wealth in this world.

(End of this chapter)