The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

All listed companies are required to publish their financial statements regularly.

This is both an explanation to shareholders and a crucial piece of information for the capital market.

Once financial fraud is involved, the company is basically finished.

The capital market will use its shares to render this company worthless.

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Overseas, Mexico.

This place is not peaceful. Many people make a living by selling drugs, and the number one drug lord is so outrageous that he dares to charge into the government building with a gun.

From the day he started planning to defraud stock investors, Guo Guangyi immigrated his entire family here.

He lives in an affluent area, which also has many overseas Chinese.

Several children ran barefoot on the beach, while Guo Guangyi lay on the sand, basking in the sun and enjoying his leisurely retirement.

Domestic stock market investors can't be blamed; the stock market is risky, and it's not like they're new to it.

Many people are like this; as long as they are doing well, they don't care how many people are being buried behind them.

Three enormous SUVs came hurtling towards them, filled with armed members of an overseas gang.

After the leader surrounded him, he took out a photo and compared it to Guo Guangyi's face.

"Who are you, and why are you arresting me?"

"You're Guo Guangyi?"

"I'm not him, you've arrested the wrong person."

"It's no use making excuses, Mr. Chen is looking for you."

Guo Guangyi changed his name and passport when he went abroad. If they hadn't been operating in Mexico for many years, they would have had countless people under their control.

I'm afraid we won't be able to find him at all.

"You few, take him to China."

After giving the order, the leader immediately sent his underlings to carry it out, but one of them still asked, "What about his family members?"

“Arrest them all and hand them over to the police. We also need to do good deeds occasionally.”

Capital knows no borders. As early as twenty years ago, Chen Pingsheng began investing all over the world and built super factories in Mexico and many other parts of Europe and America.

His network of connections is terrifying; Guo Guangyi was able to get to this place smoothly because he had money.

Chen Pingsheng, naturally, could also arrest him because he had more money.

Guo Guangyi was inexplicably taken onto a plane, a huge private jet specifically designed to transport him alone.

This treatment is truly exceptional.

No one spoke to him during that time; he would simply have a bowl handed to him at mealtimes.

"Who are you, and why are you arresting me?"

I'll just get things done and won't waste my breath talking to him. I'll just wait to collect my reward when we get there.

The leader said that this arrest was to serve Mr. Chen of China, and they would certainly receive benefits.

They didn't know who Mr. Chen was.

In any case, the leader's rapid rise in Mexico was mainly due to the support he received from this Chinese Mr. Chen eighteen years ago.

It's a very real situation: whether you're involved in the legal or illegal world, you need the support of a financial empire behind you.

And this was merely the most inconspicuous form of support Chen Pingsheng provided overseas.

The kind of support they truly invest in isn't from the underworld, but from legitimate channels.

For capital, the biggest business game is not buying and selling products, but investors.

To put it more accurately, it's about those who invest correctly rising to the top.

In other words, it means donating money for the political election.

Ordinary wealthy people cannot reach this level; those who can reach this level have extremely high global influence.

Chen Pingsheng is one of them.

He wasn't directly in charge of the overseas investment sector; rather, the Economic Research Institute made advance judgments and predictions.

Tong Zhelan, along with his own foundation, then provided support to these people.

If we win, we'll make a fortune.

They lost; one of them is in China, and the other is on Wall Street.

It won't affect anywhere.

Twenty years have passed, and only a very few have succeeded; the majority have ended in failure.

Only a few successes can recoup the entire investment cost.

Otherwise, how could it be called a highly profitable venture? He has so many businesses overseas, and on the surface, it's all about making money from money.

In reality, they are still investing everywhere. Whenever a big shot emerges, they will greatly increase their financial investment in that area.

These things are top secret within the group, known only to his two daughters, and even Chen Lu is unaware of them.

The best business investment is always political; those who understand this are probably already old.

Chen Pingsheng is the same; he is also investing domestically, but the investment period is far too long, requiring at least two or even three generations of his family to complete the initial plan.

The private jet was sent overseas by him, and its landing point was Shenzhen Airport.

By the time Guo Guangyi was brought back, it was already late January, and the urban village has yet to calm down.

What outsiders didn't expect was that the culprit had already been caught by Old Man Chen, who loved playing chess and also enjoyed practicing Tai Chi with his grandson.

There are still talented people in urban villages.

At noon, they had a simple meal at home, while Guo Guangyi was being held in the yard.

Chen Pingsheng put down his chopsticks, and the famous President Guo had his black mask removed from his head.

When he saw the sunlight again, it was a bit dazzling. After his eyes adjusted for a while, he could see Chen Pingsheng dressed in plain clothes in front of him.

"You're the Mr. Chen they're talking about, why are you arresting me?"

"Don't you know why I arrested you?"

"How could I possibly know!"

Guo Guangyi truly didn't understand; to be more precise, he didn't recognize the person in front of him at all.

Naturally, it was impossible to know why he had been brought back.

"Don't you know how many people your financial scam has harmed?"

He must know the truth, but he's just too lazy to think about it. What does it matter to him if retail investors lose money?

"Mr. Chen, give me a straight answer. Do you want money or something else?"

“I don’t lack money at all, but you killed one of my chess friends and made it impossible for me to live here anymore. Don’t you think you deserve to die?”

Guo Guangyi was surprised. He doubted whether this person was crazy. Just for such a small matter, he wanted to travel halfway around the world to bring him back.

Chen Pingsheng naturally wouldn't deal with him personally, but instead handed him over to the police.

Given what he's done, it'll take him at least a decade to get out of this mess.

As for why he was able to do it, one can only say that money can move mountains. However, as the investigation continued, they even found someone who was related to him.

Guo Guangyi didn't want his company, which he had built up over decades, to go bankrupt like this.

They were simply exploiting human greed to make a quick buck at the end.

The auditing firm spent 100 million to bribe senior executives of the company to help them commit financial fraud.

He then bribed the CFO of his own group with 20 million yuan, perfectly covering up the group's crisis.

To create a false financial statement that far exceeds market expectations.

As for bribing those online financial bloggers, they contacted a financial department manager privately through Tencent Media.

He personally led dozens or even hundreds of financial influencers under his wing to promote the campaign through short videos.

It's fair to say that if even one person had been missing from the entire scam, they wouldn't have been able to deceive 100,000 retail investors.

Guo Guangyi used a full billion yuan to quickly repackage his soon-to-be-bankrupt listed company into a rising star.

The person associated with him, the head of the finance department at Tengyou Media, will also be taken away for investigation.

This is actually quite normal, after all, too many people are affected.

Since the urban village was no longer habitable, Chen Pingsheng decided to move to Baiyun District in Guangzhou, closer to An'an, the Yuanmeng Foundation, and the headquarters of Tengyou Media.

Moving was very simple for him; he just needed to find a suitable village and house. Time flew by, and another week passed in the blink of an eye.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, Chen Pingsheng didn't want to go anywhere and decided to stay in Baiyun to celebrate.

His family also managed to move out a few days before the Lunar New Year. Unlike the urban village in Shenzhen, Baiyun is home to many employees of Tencent Film Group.

And young people who dream of becoming internet celebrities again.

Being near Tencent Media is like being near the largest internet celebrity base in China, a place brimming with vitality.

This time, his family is staying in a three-story building with separate courtyards in the front and back.

A larger space is needed to ensure Xiao Jiye's entertainment.

The ground floor, plus the front and back yards, covers an area of ​​over 500 square meters. The top floor, like in Shenzhen, is used half for planting flowers and plants for leisure purposes.

The other half built a fairly large swimming pool for Xiao Jiye to learn to swim.

There are three rooms on both the first and third floors, but no secondary bedrooms; all rooms are decorated to the standard of master bedrooms.

As for the second floor, it mainly consists of a huge study and a gym for office and leisure use.

Although they still live in an urban village, their living conditions are already the best in the village.

His family didn't deliberately pretend to be poor; they maintained a standard of living that was slightly above the middle class.

Such conditions would certainly not make Xiao Jiye feel inferior, nor would he feel inferior to his classmates.

It can also cultivate his ambition, which is already the best arrangement.

After coming here, An'an was able to visit her youngest son every day after get off work.

Chen Lu can also casually ride his electric scooter to visit his father during his spare time.

Chen Pingsheng eventually moved to a place closer to his children.

Chen Lu has been working at the Dream Foundation for three months, and in those three months he has witnessed too many ordinary people's joys and sorrows.

A couple who had been learning culinary skills for nearly ten years, received 400,000 yuan in funding from a dream fund to start their business, and have been running their business for nearly three years.

However, after the store grew and became successful, they got into a fight over the distribution of assets.

They even went to court wanting to use divorce to pre-allocate marital property.

They were afraid that the other party would take advantage of them even a little bit.

Even the best of couples can share hardship but not happiness.

In the end, the Series B funding that was supposed to be secured was abruptly halted by Yuanmeng Fund.

When the restaurant could no longer improve and was even facing the risk of closing down, the couple finally gave up.

There are far too many examples like this in the Dream Realization Fund.

There are also some people who, as soon as they have some money, are eager to block their old friends.

Chen Lu had been observing such events for three months.

He truly lived like an ordinary office worker and never again did anything like spending over eight million yuan to host a dinner party.

As for his monthly allowance of ten million, he used it all for investment.

He may lack the ability to make big money, but he's quite adept at small investments.

It's easy to make money in the stock market.

He was quite happy that his father moved to Baiyun, which meant he could go home every day after get off work.

Another Spring Festival has arrived, and Chen Lu rode his electric scooter home.

An An also put aside her work and spent a few days at home with her parents.

With her son and daughter back home, Song Yanxi was busy cooking in the kitchen, while Chen Pingsheng was taking care of the children in the yard.

"Dad, Xinyi should be back tomorrow."

"She's with Xiao Xi, right? Once she gets home, our whole family will be reunited."

“I told you a long time ago that you should move to Baiyun sooner, so I wouldn’t have to go home every few weeks,” An’an said, leaning against her father.

"Well... it was because Jiye was attending kindergarten there before, but it's good that we moved here now."

"Uncle Chen... my dad has come to see you."

Outside the house, Chang Dalin pushed his father, Chang Fu, in. He hadn't taken care of himself when he was young, and now he was in a wheelchair before he was even sixty.

Changfu's health is severely depleted, especially this year, when it has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

"Old Chen, it's Chinese New Year again. I've come to see you, my old brother."

"Changfu, I really don't know how many more years you have to live!"

"What, are you worried I'll leave too early and you'll miss me?"

Changfu smiled and said, "There's really nothing to worry about. I've lived enough in this life, and I've enjoyed everything I could. I have no regrets in life. If there is anything, it's that I'm worried about Dalin at home."

“He is your only son, and he has the property you left behind, so what is there to worry about?”

"Old Chen, you know what I mean. Without me as his father, he would be like someone who doesn't have you as his uncle."

Perhaps it was because he was in his later years that Changfu's words inevitably carried a hint of sadness.

“When I was young, I didn’t listen to you and deliberately indulged myself, which led to the mess I am today. You and I both know Dalin’s abilities. If you weren’t there to protect him, I don’t believe he could have kept the family’s billions. Yang Qian suggested that he stay at sea and try to come back as little as possible. I’d like to hear your opinion.”

Chen Pingsheng remained silent. Chang Fu was not so much asking himself as making his final arrangements. If he did not agree to protect Chang Dalin in the future, then he would be in trouble.

His only son probably won't be returning to China for the next few decades.

There are some things you only understand when you reach their level.

Chang Fu is rich, and his biggest support is Chen Pingsheng. With Chen Pingsheng around, no one dares to mess with Chang Fu.

Chang Dalin is different. Once Chang Fu leaves, it's hard to say whether the brotherhood of their fathers will remain with him.

No matter what Chen Pingsheng says today, Chang Fu will not have any objections; he will simply make different choices in the subsequent decisions.

"Let Dalin go out to sea, to Singapore, Europe or America, anywhere is fine. His personality is not suitable for staying in China for a long time."

“Alright…” Chang Fu said with a smile, “This kid is still unlucky. He can’t enjoy the protection of you, his uncle, in the country. It’s his own fault for doing too many ridiculous things. In the end, it’s because I, as his father, didn’t set a good example.”

Chang Fu waved, signaling Chang Dalin to push him back.

There's no need to ask any more questions. Given Chang Dalin's personality and his billions in wealth, if anything were to happen to him, he would be surrounded by wolves, and too many people would want to devour him completely.

Chang Fu is already making arrangements for his funeral.

Gao Hu, what is he thinking?
For those disobedient descendants in the family, whether it was Changfu's son or his own descendants from the Chen family.

The best solution is to arrange for someone to go abroad directly.

Chang Fu had realized that he had too much money.

Making money is an art, but preserving wealth is an even greater art.

People their age are all making more personal choices.

People like Tong Zhelan, with such strong family backgrounds, have long stayed abroad and rarely come back.

Chen Pingsheng is fine, but the main problem is that he has been operating in China for so many years and he never speaks carelessly in public.

They never even appear in public, and there's not a trace of wrongdoing on their part.

There are people who want to deal with him, but very few who are capable of doing so.

If people of their caliber were to fight, it would be an earth-shattering event.

Even children in remote mountain villages would probably hear about it.

At their level, they definitely won't make a move unless they're absolutely certain of victory.

As he reached the later years of his life, during his time in Changfu, he inevitably had to eliminate several future enemies for An'an and Chen Lu.

In his youth, he was arrogant and overconfident, and he didn't listen to any of the people's advice.

He resolutely kept Huayi Brothers and LeEco mired in a quagmire, and in the decades that followed, he inevitably crushed countless competitors as he rose to prominence.

These things will eventually rebound once he weakens.

It all depends on who dies first. If he fails first, he will inevitably take countless people with him.

At their level, there's no longer the saying "a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years," but rather it's a matter of who can endure until the very end.

Being able to endure for a long time is also a skill.

Even Changfu is arranging for his son to go abroad, so Gao Hu should come looking for him too.

(End of this chapter)