Living in a county town, starting as a stock market maker...

Chapter 110 I Choose to Flip the Table

what.

Haha.

Gu Ming walked out of the iron gate of the database and returned to the ground.

Chen Mo leaned against the car door and stood up straight when he saw him get out.

"Boss."

Gu Ming sat down in the back seat.

"Return to the capital."

He closed his eyes.

"Yes."

The car started and disappeared into the night.

Gu Ming leaned against the window, watching the street scene recede into the distance.

AME.

An alliance formed by the descendants of their father's killer.

They took everything, and now they want to wipe it all away with a ticket?

How kind!

Gu Ming's lips curled up in a smile.

You want me to join you?

No.

Starting tonight, it's either you die or I perish.

……

Three hours later, in the banquet hall on the top floor of the China World Hotel in Beijing.

Star Holdings held a celebration banquet here to mark the milestone of 100 million short video users.

The champagne tower gleamed, and the guests were all people of high status, representing the country's influence and capital.

Gu Ming was the center of attention at this banquet.

He changed into a suit, combed his hair, and had a smile on his face.

He became the founder of Star Holdings again.

He walked through the crowd, holding a wine glass, accepting congratulations.

No one can see through his calm exterior to his inner thoughts.

"Gu Ming!"

A woman's voice rang out.

Shen Lian walked over with a glass of champagne, wearing a red evening gown.

She was unhappy.

"Where did you go? You weren't answering your phone. I thought some woman had taken you away."

She shoved a glass of wine into Gu Ming's hand and complained.

Gu Ming looked at her.

He once thought this face was cute.

Now, all he could see was her grandfather's greedy face behind her.

I kept joking and laughing with my enemy's granddaughter.

Every penny she spent came from the deaths of my parents.

This is absurd.

A wave of nausea rose in his throat, but he suppressed it.

"Something urgent came up, so I went back to my hometown."

Gu Ming said with a smile.

"Oh..." Shen Lian pursed her lips, didn't ask any further questions, pulled his arm, and looked at another woman not far away, "Look, CEO Su doesn't seem very happy."

Gu Ming followed her gaze.

Su Qingying was surrounded by a group of VC partners, and she handled the situation with ease, dressed in a white business suit.

Her gaze would occasionally sweep across the crowd, turning towards herself with concern.

this woman.

This is the woman who supported him when he had nothing.

Now he seeks revenge, and she is his only light.

Gu Ming's heart tightened.

He knew that starting tonight, hatred would create a rift between him and her.

She must not be implicated in this war.

Just then, a hotel manager in a black suit respectfully walked up to Gu Ming and handed him an envelope sealed with wax.

"Mr. Gu, this was just delivered by someone from the Shen family's old residence. They specifically requested that it be handed to you personally."

The Shen family's old residence?

It's neither Shen Guodong nor Shen Lian.

Is it the unseen, powerful figure in the Shen family?

Gu Ming took the envelope and tore off the sealing wax.

Inside was a gold-embossed invitation.

There is only one time and one address.

Tonight, at midnight.

The Shen family's old residence awaits you.

The signature is a single character: "山" (mountain).

Shen Lian'an's grandfather, Shen Wanshan.

The person who orchestrated the takeover of "Gu's Industrial".

The Feast at Hongmen is coming.

"My grandfather's invitation?"

Shen Lian leaned over for a look, her face showing surprise.

She seemed to realize something, her face paled, and she grabbed Gu Ming, dragging him to a deserted corner of the banquet hall.

"Gu Ming, listen to me."

Shen Lian'an's voice trembled slightly.

"Something bad might be happening to our family."

"After you sent my dad in, AME attacked us. My grandpa is about to die."

She took a deep breath and stared at Gu Ming.

"My grandfather wants to see you today for just one thing."

"Marriage alliance".

"He is willing to merge everything the Shen family owns in China into Star Holdings as my dowry."

"The condition is that you must marry into the Shen family."

Her knuckles were white as she gripped Gu Ming's arm.

"Gu Ming, I know this is humiliating. But this is our only chance."

"Otherwise, AME will destroy us all."

"Starry Sky Holdings won't last more than a month."

Marrying into another family?

They used the assets my parents inherited after their deaths as my dowry to force me to marry into the Shen family?

This is a great humiliation.

Gu Ming smiled.

He looked at Shen Lian'an's nervous face and found it absurd.

"What if I don't agree?"

He asked softly.

Shen Lian'an's body trembled violently.

"Then we are the enemy."

"The Shen family will join forces with AME to use capital to encircle and suppress you."

"I see."

Gu Ming nodded and pushed her hand away.

He didn't look at her again, and turned to walk towards the center of the banquet hall.

Su Qingying had already shaken off the crowd and was walking quickly toward him, her face full of worry.

"What happened?"

She asked in a low voice.

"fine."

Gu Ming looked at her with gentle eyes, "But the world is about to change."

He didn't give Su Qingying a chance to ask further questions, and went straight onto the stage, taking the microphone from the host.

All the lights in the venue shone on him.

The scene quieted down.

Everyone was looking at him, waiting for him to speak.

Thank you all for coming tonight.

Gu Ming's voice resonated throughout the banquet hall via the sound system.

"Xingchen Short Video has surpassed 100 million users, but this is just the beginning."

Laughter and applause erupted from the audience.

However, Gu Ming's next words froze everyone's smiles on their faces.

"Starting today, Star Holdings will launch a new plan."

"I named it..."

"The Mars Project"

"We will invest 10 billion to build an independent, closed-loop digital ecosystem."

"In this system, there is no monopoly by capital or giants. The only rule is the algorithm, and the user is the core."

"We will break free from our dependence on existing capital, channels, and regulations."

The entire banquet hall erupted in uproar.

crazy.

That word was all that remained in everyone's mind.

At the peak of the company's market value, he announced that he would fight against capital.

This is suicide.

Shen Lian looked at Gu Ming on the stage with a pale face, her body swaying.

She knew this was Gu Ming's answer to her.

He refused and chose to go to war.

After the initial shock, Su Qingying looked at the man on the stage and felt a pang of heartache.

She knew he was in big trouble, which is why she made this decision.

She quietly took out her phone and sent a message to Gu Ming.

I have submitted my resignation to the board of directors. Everything I have belongs to you. If you want to go to Mars, I'll go with you. If you want to go to hell, I'll go with you too.

Gu Ming felt his phone vibrate while he was on stage.

He didn't look.

But he knew what it was.

He smiled at the faces of the people below the stage.

Then, he put down the microphone, walked off the stage under everyone's gaze, and headed towards the banquet hall door.

He neither went home nor returned to the company.

He walked alone towards a courtyard house deep in the capital city.

Shen's old house.

Chen Mo appeared behind him just before he stepped through the gate.

Without saying anything, she placed a pen-shaped object into his palm.

"Boss," her voice trembled slightly, "this is what Uncle Gu left for you."

He said, "If one day you have to do something that's almost impossible to survive..."