The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 871 The song ends and everyone disperses
Chen Pingsheng walked with steady steps, holding a specially made Guandong broadsword in his hand.

Under the watchful eyes of the little hamster, he walked step by step onto the stage.

Then, stroking his beard, he shouted loudly:

"I was just a commoner, but I was fortunate to be favored by Heaven."

"That's how they rose from humble beginnings and came from the ordinary."

"There are countless heroes in the world, but who is the real hero?"

"I'm over a hundred years old now, and perhaps I can be called a... hero."

"As time goes by, even heroes grow old. In the end, I want to sing 'Farewell My Concubine' one last time, so that I may embark on the journey to find my wife in the next life."

Chen Pingsheng slammed the gun barrel heavily onto the floor, his calm eyes slowly closing.

A song of tears for the overlord bids farewell to the Chen family.

The villagers had no idea what was going on; only Little Roll kept calling out Grandpa Chen's name.

He couldn't be woken up no matter how much he was called.

One day in 2084, the music ended and the audience dispersed.

A legendary tycoon and founder of the Chen family in Shanghai, he quietly passed away in a remote mountain village.

When the news reached the outside world in the afternoon, it was like a thunderclap around the globe.

Unexpectedly, 54 countries simultaneously lowered their flags to half-mast in mourning.

Every television station across the country immediately interrupted broadcasts to announce the news of the Chen family founder's departure.

All entertainment platforms, including external entertainment venues, are being shut down immediately.

Even An'an, who had just received the news, felt as if the sky had fallen.

Over the years, she has been busy dealing with the affairs of Jingyan Island. Before her father left, he had told her not to go looking for him.

Her father would be watching her silently from a place where she couldn't see him.

Just as An'an was about to finish all of this, her father brought devastating news.

Regardless of the consequences, An An boarded her private jet directly from Jingyan Island, where thousands of private jets were simultaneously taking off.

All the large ships docked at the seaside set sail immediately.

Every face was etched with heaviness.

Mr. Chen Pingsheng, the founder of the Chen family, the pioneer of Jingyan Island, and a true social entrepreneur of his generation, passed away standing up on August 1st.

Only his little rambunctious companion, who has always been by his side, knows nothing yet and only wants to find him a place to rest in peace.

However, less than two hours later, the sky began to rumble continuously.

The giant aircraft hovered steadily above the small village, and the people in the mountains looked up to watch one super plane after another.

They are coming from all over the country.

The people in this small mountain village, however, had no idea what had happened.

Only the important figures in the town outside the village, including those at the county and city levels, were using their connections to inquire about what major events had occurred outside.

Then came the shocking news that Mr. Chen Pingsheng, the founder of the Chen family, passed away this afternoon.

The place he left was this nameless little mountain village.

The sky has fallen! Such a person has actually left in an unknown little village.

No wonder so many important figures came from the heavens.

No amount of words can express the shock I feel right now, just like the little panda is feeling.

She was just an ordinary girl, doing an ordinary job. When she was young, she dared to boast and be full of confidence that she would surpass this and that. But after growing up and seeing the realities of society, she realized the gap between people.

The vast world is not a stage for people like them. The stage belongs to the protagonists who stand in the center and can change countless ordinary lives like her with a wave of their hand.

She had never met anyone like that before.

Now, however, I've met countless people at once, one after another. In just a short while, almost half of the country's top figures have gathered.

An'an stood next to her father, tears welling up in her eyes that she couldn't stop wiping away.

Even a man as great as my father will eventually depart in such an ordinary way.

An'an held back her tears. "Did my father say anything on his deathbed?"

"He didn't say much, Grandpa Chen just said that he could finally go find his wife." Little Gun Gun was extremely nervous.

She felt that the person in front of her resembled a super big shot she had met when she was a child, or even the most powerful one.

I've never seen it in real life, but I see it on TV and in mobile news every day.

Then... Grandpa Chen, whom she had always thought was an ordinary person, turned out to be her father.

So, what is Grandpa Chen's identity?

Little Roll didn't dare to think any further.

Before long, Er Ya Chen Xin Yi, who was in a great hurry, also rushed over from Hong Kong.

She cried even harder than her older sister, unable to accept that her father had left so simply.

The village was completely sealed off for miles around, making it impossible for outsiders to enter by land.

Only important figures in the sky can rely on expensive aircraft to hover in mid-air and then slowly descend.

"Take me to see where my father lives."

An'an has already ordered people to bring over the best ice coffin; she wants her father to be immortalized.

To outsiders, it would be no surprise that the founder of the Chen family had a grand lifestyle.

Little Roll took An'an to the courtyard where Chen Pingsheng lived in his later years. The courtyard was small and very quiet.

There was a small study inside, where he kept letters to each of his children.

All information was organized into categories and by time.

An'an opened her father's first letter, which contained clear handwriting and expressed Chen Pingsheng's longing for his daughter in his later years.

"An'an!"

"By the time you open this letter, I, your father, will most likely have already passed away. It is regrettable to say goodbye to you in this way."

"Father originally wanted to return to the Chen family in Shanghai, but thinking of your reluctant expressions, he decided to leave in this small village."

"Father knows you have a lot of reluctance, but Father feels the same way. It's just that your mother has been gone for too many years, and I don't want her to wait too long, or I'm afraid I won't be able to find her."

"Your father has wanted to see your mother for a long time, but the Chen family in Shanghai, though seemingly stable, actually has a lot of internal problems."

"Your mother's dying wish was that I not accompany her in death, but to guard the Chen family's home for another twenty years."

"You should have seen that girl named Xiao Gun Gun, right? She really looks like you when you were little. Every time I see her, I'm reminded of how you used to mess around when you were little."

"Time flies so fast. The little kid from back then is now a grandmother, and my father has reached the point where he has to say goodbye to everything."

"Ten years ago, I actually thought about disbanding the Chen family and completely de-Chen-affiliated Jingyan Island. But later I realized that it was not the Chen family that restricted the development of Jingyan Island, but the kinship, selfishness, and desire for power that have been unavoidable in China for five thousand years, which are gradually eroding its fairness and justice."

"Your father is old and his heart is willing but his strength is insufficient, so he can only entrust the remaining matters and responsibilities to you."

"In my later years, I was actually not a good father, and you had to bear all of this for me."

"However, my father rarely has any peace and quiet. His greatest pleasure in staying in this small mountain village is writing in his diary, which contains every little detail of your growing up."

"These are your father's fond memories, and also a part of your growth. Your father's only wish is that you can live happily for the rest of your life."

"Please forgive my selfish father. I really miss your mother. If I go any later, I'm afraid I won't be able to find her."

"Your mother has actually been afraid of the dark since she was a child. She just knew that you were also afraid of the dark, but she never dared to tell you."

"My father really misses her."

(End of this chapter)