All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

At that time, he noticed that every time he went out, gangs would loiter around the area from time to time, and he would occasionally hear about shootings, which made him feel inexplicably anxious.

He wasn't worried about his own safety, but about Guan Xiaoguan. Later, one day he witnessed a shootout between two gangs, with at least five corpses lying on the ground. Han Chunming felt he should do something.

He first single-handedly took down the two biggest gang leaders in the area, and then established a small gang of his own in the local underworld.

This small group initially consisted of only three members: two undocumented immigrants, both retired Chinese with criminal records.

In less than two months, Han Chunming's small gang grew into a large gang of more than 200 people. To do this, he registered a company using his local identity and recruited all of these people into it.

After spending two months in the United States, Han Chunming grew to like the country's way of doing things: as long as you have money, you're the boss in this country!

Unlike other local gangs who used guns and noodles to control the streets, Han Chunming did not resort to brute force, but instead used money and local officials to cooperate.

Han Chunming felt that this method was too low-level and the public opinion was too bad. He thought that when the time was right, those bloodsucking managers would fatten you up and then slaughter you sooner or later!

He first established a trading company, then relied on his own community factories to manufacture specialty products from certain countries, and then used "legal" means to turn them into "imported" goods.

Finally, those goods were sold throughout Europe via the United States' extensive transportation network, earning several times the profit.

Those specialty products, such as Chinese cigarettes, Cuban cigars, Russian vodka, and other specialty products from more than a dozen world-renowned countries.

Han Chunming's underground community factory has recruited thousands of new immigrants to produce these specialty products for him.

The specialty products produced using the secret formula developed by Han Chunming are purer than the genuine products. They are superior in both packaging and quality, and even more expensive!

In the United States, Han Chunming never used his real name. He designed an organizational structure with twelve layers and absorbed all the local managers into the organization.

Giving them money directly is such a low-level approach.

A local sheriff used to earn around $1,000 a month, and with bribes from various gangs, he would earn a little over $2,000.

With those two thousand dollars, the sheriff supported his family, living in constant fear that his family and children would be retaliated against.

Now, the sheriff's wife will also be assigned a job by the organization, an easy eight-hour day, with a salary of over two thousand US dollars.

Their children will attend private schools with far better teachers than their previous schools.

The job is easy, the children are taken care of, and this sheriff doesn't need to do anything. He can just drink coffee and read the newspaper at the police station, feeling safe and at ease.

He doesn't even need to collect bribes anymore, because there are no more illegal gangs in his neighborhood, only a company called Xingyao.

There is no crime in this neighborhood, no flour trade, and immigrants who couldn't find work when they first arrived in the US no longer need to join gangs to commit crimes.

They have now been assigned to work in a community factory by a company called Xingyao, and their contracts are for five years.

Over the next five years, Star Shine Company will train them, and in addition to providing them with work, they will also help them adapt to the rules of the United States.

Xingyao Company controls dozens of neighborhoods like this one, and everything here is under their control.

In the last few years of the 1980s, Han Chunming traveled back and forth between the two countries.

I often spend three months in China, then three months in the US, and the rest of the time I'm traveling all over the world.

There was no way around it; as the business expanded more and more, Han Chunming also felt somewhat overwhelmed!

By the end of 1991, Han Chunming estimated that his personal assets should have exceeded 20 billion US dollars, not including the group's assets.

Xingyao Company has long since become Xingyao Group. Now its business has spread to more than 40 countries around the world, and the organization has more than 30,000 members, including some senior managers from various countries.

Han Chunming never expected that in just five years, he would create such a large group, and now he is in a difficult situation.

Han Chunming has realized that the United States, in conjunction with Interpol, is secretly investigating him. Xingyao Group has too many dark histories to be cleared up. The only way is to cut off his arm to survive!

Two more years passed, and in the spring of 1993, the once-mighty Xingyao Group disintegrated under pressure from various countries. Interpol announced the arrest of fourteen Xingyao Group leaders, who would be extradited to the United States for trial.

At the end of the same year, Han Chunming returned to China with Guan Xiaoguan and his daughter Han Xiaoqi to settle down.

Meanwhile, a multinational corporation called Starry Sky Group entered China and began investing in various fields!

From that moment on, Xingyao Group became a thing of the past!

Han Chunming held ten-year-old Han Xiaoyou in one hand and hugged six-year-old Han Xiaoqi in the other. In the courtyard house they bought ten years ago, they set off firecrackers. Watching the firecrackers shoot into the sky with a sizzle, the two girls clapped their hands and laughed happily.

Xiao Qiao, carrying a vegetable basket, walked into the courtyard. When she saw the father and his two daughters, a smile appeared on her lips. She walked up to them and said to Han Chunming.

"I just ran into my older sister. She said we should go to Mom's for dumplings on New Year's Eve!"

Han Chunming smiled and agreed, then put Han Xiaoqi down and called out to Han Xiaoyou.

"Xiaoyou, take your little sister out to play, be careful, and don't hold onto the firecrackers, okay!"

Han Xiaoyou didn't answer Han Chunming's question at all. Instead, she took Han Xiaoqi's hand and ran towards the outside of the courtyard. There were many children setting off firecrackers outside!

Looking at his increasingly disobedient eldest daughter, Han Chunming sighed helplessly.

"Xiao Qiao, why is this little guy so disobedient?"

Xiao Qiao rolled her eyes at Han Chunming and snorted.

"It's all because of you, her father! You're not home for most of the year, and now this girl has become a wild child!"

Han Chunming felt a little guilty, chuckled, and quickly took the vegetable basket from Xiao Qiao's hand, half-hugging her waist, and walked into the house as if trying to please her.

Now that Han Xiaoqi is six years old, Xiao Qiao already knew about his relationship with Guan Xiaoguan four years ago.

The anger Han Chunming had imagined didn't erupt into a massive uproar. Instead, Xiao Qiao talked to Han Chunming carefully all night.

Although Han Chunming sensed that Xiao Qiao was somewhat sad, she ultimately chose to accept the fact.

Xiao Qiao even wanted Guan Xiaoguan to have a son with Han Chunming, which surprised Han Chunming, but he still refused.

He has already wronged Xiao Qiao; by giving each of them a daughter, he won't be biased.

Fortunately, both Xiao Qiao and Xiao Guan are independent women. In recent years, Xiao Qiao has taken over the domestic business.

The domestic chain hot pot industry is also developing quite well, with 27 directly operated stores in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region!

Under Han Chunming's arrangement, Xiao Guan joined Xingyao Group and is now the chairman of Xingkong Group!

Although both of them knew of each other's existence, once the relationship was laid bare, Xiao Guan became unwilling to meet Xiao Qiao, let alone live a life with the three of them together.

Guan Xiaoguan stayed at the company during the Chinese New Year and didn't go home, leaving her daughter here.

Fortunately, Han Chunming has many houses in Yanjing, so even if they take turns living there, they won't be able to use them all!

Han Chunming accepted the reality and returned to China. He resumed his laid-back lifestyle, spending his days taking care of his child and occasionally going out for a stroll. He wore old-fashioned cloth shoes from Beijing, carried a thermos, and dressed like an old cadre, appearing harmless.

There was no way around it; after so many years of experience, Han Chunming felt that he still preferred this simple life, for true happiness lies in the ordinary.

There is no scheming or fighting here, only peace and tranquility!

In order to get rid of the mess that was Xingyao Group, Han Chunming gave up too much and spent more than two years planning. In the end, he detonated the bomb himself, causing Xingyao Group to completely collapse and become a thing of the past.

In this world, what you see is not necessarily true, and what you hear is not necessarily false.

The Xingyao Group is so far-reaching, with a twelve-layered organization. How could it be so easily destroyed? Those that should be abandoned should be abandoned, and those that should be humanely destroyed should be humanely destroyed.

In the end, only a very few people will know the truth.

Han Chunming is not a kind person at heart; over the years, he has been making plans for his own funeral.

Han Chunming sensed that the world would eventually bring him a surprise, but he didn't know when that surprise would arrive.

Moreover, he believed that the surprise would elevate his dream world to a new level, and it was very likely that it would break the shackles that had bound him to the urban dream world, allowing him to see a wider world!

He is already forty years old this year, and he has everything he needs in life. He just needs to quietly wait for the day to come.

On New Year's Eve in 1993, Han Chunming returned to the courtyard house where his mother lived. When he arrived, two cars were already parked at the gate.

Although cars were no longer a rarity in the 1990s, they were still a symbol of wealth.

One of the two cars belongs to the second brother, and the other to the second sister. Over the years, all the brothers and sisters in the Han family have made money. Among them, the second brother is the most flamboyant, while Han Chunming is the most low-key.

Among the group, apart from Han Chunming, the one who earns the most money is definitely the second sister. Her Chuanxiangyuan hot pot brand now has two branches in Yanjing City.

Each store is over 3,000 square meters in size, and all of them are high-end, with luxurious decorations and premium ingredients.

Besides hot pot, there's also a place that combines leisure, entertainment, and office space. This is no longer an ordinary hot pot restaurant, but a leisure club!

This idea was given to my second sister by Han Chunming. My second sister had a vague idea before, but after Han Chunming reminded her, she quickly changed her mind. In just a few years, my second sister has become worth millions.

Wealthy people don't care about the price; they care more about having a place to eat, drink, relax, and meet friends. Ideally, it should be upscale, taste good, and use expensive ingredients.

In short, you need to give your guests a sense of sophistication, and in the 80s and 90s, there weren't many places that offered that kind of sophistication.

Apart from my second sister, the businesses of my other brothers and sisters are just so-so. My second brother is the most adventurous. He makes some money from his hot pot restaurant and has invested in many businesses over the years, but most of them have resulted in more losses than gains.

Now he's barely making ends meet by relying on his old hot pot restaurant business. This nearly new Xiali car is the last bit of face his brother has left!

Besides being bad at business, my second brother has also become addicted to eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring over the years. He even has a mistress, which has ruined his family relationships and caused trouble for our mother several times.

However, none of this mattered to Han Chunming. As his brother, he had already done more than enough to help them. If it weren't for his hot pot base, which could barely attract some old customers, his second brother would have lost everything long ago, given his business acumen.

When the older siblings saw Han Chunming bring Xiao Qiao into the house, they quickly stood up to greet him.

There was nothing they could do; Han Chunming was the richest person there. Although they were siblings, they hadn't been able to get together more than a few times a year in recent years, so a bit of a rift was inevitable. Han Chunming smiled and invited everyone to sit down.

Han Chunming put down the gift, then put Han Xiaoqi down from his arms. He then saw his mother carrying dishes into the house, and Han Chunming quickly went to greet her with a smile.

In recent years, Han Chunming has rarely spent the Spring Festival at home. When he saw his mother again, he realized that her hair had turned a lot white. Looking closely, his mother had also aged a lot.

Yes, we're all getting old. I'm forty now, and my mom is over seventy. Time really flies!

This Spring Festival, the Han family, young and old, gathered around a large table full of food. The topics they discussed were mostly business matters, and apart from interpersonal relationships, they rarely talked about family affection.

Han Chunming rarely spoke, but kept picking up food. He picked up a piece of pork rib for his mother, who smiled and pointed to her teeth. Then she picked up the rib for Xiaoyou, and then picked up another piece for Xiaoqi.

The mother naturally knew what was going on with these two granddaughters, and the old woman could only acquiesce. They were both her granddaughters, so there was no difference between them!

In fact, the siblings were all aware of the situation, but none of them brought it up in public.

Because the current Han Chunming is no longer the Han Xiaowu who could be lectured by them at will.

The second brother raised his wine glass and bowed to Han Chunming with a flattering gesture.

"Little Wu, come on, let your second brother toast you. I'll finish mine, you can drink as you like!"

Han Chunming casually picked up his wine glass with a smile, clinked it against his own, took a sip, and without finishing it, put the glass down with a smile, turned around and wiped Han Xiaoqi's mouth.

The older siblings exchanged glances, none of them daring to say anything. They never imagined that Xiao Wu, who used to run after them, would now be the most capable among them, and that they even depended on him for their livelihood.

The atmosphere at the meal was fairly harmonious. The brothers and sisters were all around forty years old, no longer children, and everyone was aware of each other's current status.

Outside, snowflakes began to fall. In the courtyard, a group of children were playing in the snow. Han Xiaoyou put down her chopsticks and ran out as well.

Han Xiaoqi insisted on getting off the chair, so Han Chunming picked her up and put her on the ground. The little girl, with her short legs, ran after her sister, shouting and yelling.

Han Chunming picked up his wine glass and took a sip. Looking at the children playing outside, a smile appeared on his lips. He slowly raised his gaze and looked at the house diagonally opposite. His gaze paused for a moment, and then he asked his mother.