The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 62 Exciting

After the four brothers finished eating barbecue and drinking beer.

Zhang Tao suggested getting a massage, an idea that Gao Hu really liked.

Chen Pingsheng went with them to the most reputable men's spa in Shijingshan.

The reason it's described as "formal" is mainly because of the second floor.

He had never been to the third floor either, but Gao Hu quietly went up halfway up anyway.

Liu Jing and Zhang Tao were also traveling with them.

They're all bad news.

When it came time to pay, the bill was 268 for him and 1980 for the other three.

The timing is about the same.

I won't go into the details of what kind of project it is; those who know, know.

The next day, Gao Hu asked Chen Pingsheng to do him a favor and go with him to meet the blind date arranged by his second uncle.

According to him, the woman was a teacher, a young and talented woman.

He looked very refined and wore white glasses.

Gao Hu came here specifically to improve his family's genes, which is why his second uncle specially introduced him to a teacher.

The family arranged to meet at a coffee shop, which is a popular place for cultured people.

Chen Pingsheng was driving his own Aston Martin.

Compared to convertible Bentleys, Aston Martins are clearly more popular among men.

Gao Hu applied some foam hairspray and styled his hair to the side.

He kept looking in the mirror while sitting in the car.

"Old Chen, how do I look today?"

"Sure, he looks quite respectable."

"Look at you, you can't even speak properly. I've come prepared today."

Without thinking, he also took out a small comb from his pocket and combed his hair.

Chen Pingsheng wasn't afraid to discourage him, and said directly:

"Tiger, I'm not trying to be mean, but you're really taking this blind date seriously?"

"No, that won't do. I trust the people my second uncle recommended. Besides, I'm not bad off, am I?"

"It's definitely not bad, but do you know that in Beijing, a house is a standard requirement for blind dates? No matter how eloquently you talk about it, if you don't have a house, they won't even pay attention to you."

"So realistic?"

"What do you think?"

Chen Pingsheng said with a smile, "My ex-mother-in-law never gave me a kind look for six years just because I didn't buy a house. Since she was able to stay in Beijing as a teacher, her academic qualifications are definitely not lacking. With her own conditions, she must have a house."

"Damn it, it's people like you who have set up these houses. In Shacheng, a fully furnished house costs only around 5,000 yuan a month, and that's in the best location in the city center. In Beijing, it costs 40,000 to 50,000 yuan a month, which is ten times more expensive."

"Heh, people in the capital, if housing prices here aren't high, how can they drive up housing prices across the country?"

The two arrived at the agreed-upon coffee shop quickly. There weren't many parking spaces nearby, so Chen Pingsheng parked the car casually on the side of the road.

Whether or not points are deducted depends entirely on whether the traffic police officer is lenient with you.

When the two arrived, two women were sitting by the window; they had also brought their girlfriends.

That idiot Gao Hu, he just arrived and immediately said he needed to use the restroom, leaving him here awkwardly to deal with the situation.

Chen Pingsheng had no choice but to sit down and asked, "Have you ordered anything?"

It's fate that we can meet on a blind date, and it's fine to get to know each other as friends.

"Are you the one my second uncle's family introduced?"

Before the person in question could speak, her best friend chimed in.

Chen Pingsheng shook his head: "No, I'm his friend, and I came with him. He just went to the restroom."

"Oh, I heard he didn't even graduate from junior high school?"

My best friend was asking around for the girl herself. She's already over 25, so what's there to hide when she's going on blind dates at this age?

It was a straight three-part blind date.

"A degree doesn't mean anything, does it?"

"If that's the case, then you didn't graduate from junior high school either."

"Well, I still graduated."

Without hesitation, she sold Tiger out, but her best friend was sharp-tongued.

"Since you just said that academic qualifications don't mean anything, then may I ask what kind of work you do in Beijing now?"

"I only run two small companies and own about five or six houses. I earn a modest amount of money each year."

Chen Pingsheng asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

After saying that, he placed the Aston Martin's keys on the table.

He can't stand it when others think he's uncultured.

So what if I graduated from junior high school? Did I eat your rice?

So what if you have a high level of education? Does it make you as rich as me?

Her best friend was completely dumbfounded, and even the person in question couldn't help but glance at him a few more times. "I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now. I just didn't want my best friend to entrust herself to the wrong person."

"It's nothing, I was just joking."

The awkward atmosphere vanished in an instant, and Gao Hu came out.

She even wiped her hands in a very unladylike manner.

When he arrived, he found out what was going on with the two women and subtly inquired about his brother.

Is she here for a blind date?
Knowing that he didn't work in Beijing and didn't own a house there, they stopped trying to hide it at all.

Women over 25 are really realistic.

Gao Hu was furious and only asked him what happened after he left the house.

Chen Pingsheng told him the truth: if he hadn't just subdued the two women, they could have said even more outrageous things.

Gao Hu had nothing to be disappointed about; they were clearly not on the same wavelength.

They don't look down on uneducated people, they just look down on uneducated people who don't own a house in Beijing.

"Old Chen, if I really give up those two shops in Shacheng and come to rely on you, I'll be completely counting on you."

Gao Hu finally made up his mind.

Chen Pingsheng said, "Don't worry, I definitely won't let you down."

Gao Hu: "The capital is too prosperous and materialistic. The pace of life in Shacheng is actually quite slow. At least it's not like here, where everything is about houses."

"Don't complain. If you want to buy it, it's just a piece of cake."

Chen Pingsheng took him back to Tengying Entertainment in the Second Ring Road. Gao Hu didn't stay in Beijing for long.

He needs to go back and deal with the shop in Shacheng before he can come over.

Fortunately, both of his shops were doing quite well, so they were easy to transfer.

Plenty of people are willing to take it on.

Chen Pingsheng didn't waste his time; he began to learn about the current catering market.

The catering industry is also a traditional industry, and no matter how much the Internet disrupts it, it will not be eliminated.

Nowadays, the most famous hot pot restaurant is undoubtedly Haidilao.

The reason for its fame is simple: exceptional service.

No matter what kind of business you're in, as long as you excel in one area, you'll eventually succeed.

Become a leader in the industry.

Since he's going to do it, he should naturally learn more from the industry veterans.

His idea was different from opening a fruit supermarket.

This time, his goal is to connect the catering industry with the capital market.

In other words, from the very beginning, it followed the listing model.

He wanted to give it a try, leveraging his current management experience and existing network of contacts.

Whether this model can be successfully implemented.

If it works out, he could really build a huge empire in the traditional industry.

In fact, the biggest difference between the so-called capital market and the traditional market is that traditional industries rely on profits to open stores.

In other words, it requires long-term accumulation and gradual expansion.

This process often takes five to eight years, or even more than ten years.

The capital market is different.

I'll pay for the individual store myself first.

After a single store is successful, quickly summarize the experience gained from that store.

Then, they can quickly complete Series A, B, C, and D financing rounds by connecting with capital.

They used money from the capital market to expand rapidly, and then went directly to the IPO listing channel.

This process does not require the profits of the stores to support it at all.

Therefore, the speed will be very fast.

Once the IPO is completed, his personal income will undoubtedly be in the hundreds of millions.

Starting at the billion-dollar level.

If you add a random multiplier, you can get a 12x increase.

This is like giving me a lever, and I can move half the earth.

That's right, he's no longer satisfied with small-scale operations.

The game of capital is what he should be playing next.

Either you don't make any money, or you start with hundreds of millions.

Chen Pingsheng always felt that there would be a place for him in the future capital city.

Tengsheng Group is destined to become a flagship of traditional industries.

Once he can successfully replicate the hot pot restaurant model, he can replicate it in other traditional industries in every aspect.

What an exciting and grand strategy!

(End of this chapter)