Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled-Chapter 790 - 597: Too Difficult

Chapter 790 -597: Too Difficult

After the annual meeting, Chen Pingsheng made a special trip to check on the Jinshan Super Villa he had spent 4 billion to build.

The entire project was already complete, with only some details left to address.

It could roughly be ready for move-in by April this year. This is the advantage of wealth—there’s no risk of abandonment as long as you’ve paid enough.

The workers are quick and efficient when it comes to finishing the job for you.

He was quite fond of fishing and had specifically stocked the front lake with over 2 million worth of various wild fish.

This way, no matter how poor his fishing skills were, he was sure to catch something.

Chen Pingsheng mused silently to himself.

There were still plenty of things to handle after the New Year. Besides the group’s annual meeting, the Tengying six-star hotel he had invested 2 billion to construct was also nearing completion.

The Tengying Management College would be ready by June this year and start officially recruiting from September.

Since it was a business academy, none of the instructors would be mere theorists.

Instead, Tengying Group’s senior executives were taking on teaching roles, along with some renowned professors who also served as corporate consultants.

Anyone who lacked sufficient practical experience but tried to teach you about business operations and management,

would often sugarcoat their shallow understanding with vague high-level concepts.

Many liked to toss out a few lines of traditional Chinese wisdom, like “The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao.”

To put it bluntly, these people didn’t even understand what they were talking about themselves. They’d just pieced together hearsay and patched it into something to present to you.

In contrast, those who genuinely understood management and operations would solely discuss their experiences, focusing on examples of failure and the lessons learned.

Plain and straightforward.

The truly capable could explain concepts with a few concise sentences, while others would ramble on with a bucketful of nonsense.

Now there were countless so-called success coaches or business teachers popping up online,

peddling flashy but empty ideas to gain traction and charge exorbitant fees for their courses.

Commonly referred to as “harvesting leeks.”

Every industry had such people who relied on nothing but smooth talk to swindle gullible folks.

Chen Pingsheng despised this type of superficial, boastful individual. They’d take something simple and insist on wrapping it in layers of philosophy, Taoism, Buddhism, and psychology.

This field of study, that school of thought…

Take stock trading, for example. Analyze this, analyze that—what’s there to analyze?

Just look at national policies. Whatever industry the state is supporting, just invest in that.

Once you’ve identified the industry, look into the CEO or founder of a company within it.

Then you can pretty much gauge whether the company is worth holding onto in the long run.

Why did he sell future shares? Wasn’t it because that CEO was an old player in the internet sector? Not knowing technical matters was one thing, but he also constantly bragged, “If others have it, I must have it too. If others don’t, I’ll have it.”

If your company’s valuation is $160 billion USD, and you supposedly have what others lack, how is it possible you can’t even touch a fraction of their success?

Anyone in a technical field who lacks reverence for the craft and spends all their time focused on marketing rather than innovation is only worth short-term investment, not long-term commitment.

It was this pragmatic spirit that Chen Pingsheng instilled in establishing the core educational values of Tengying Management College.

In essence, it emphasized practical and valuable teachings. Nowadays, people had no patience for empty rhetoric and platitudes anymore.

After the New Year.

Chen Yao’s eldest daughter, Xiao Ya, needed to head to Shenzhen for the second semester of her sophomore year in college.

She had excellent grades and worked hard at her studies.

Chen Pingsheng even went out of his way to buy her a small apartment in Heaven and Earth Bay No.1 in Shenzhen as a gift.

Calling it “small,” but it was actually about 260 square meters. The current price there was around 200,000 per square meter.

This so-called “small luxury apartment” cost over 50 million RMB in cash alone.

Xiao Ya had clear ambitions—she was determined to pass the government exams.

These days, government exams were exceptionally competitive—a classic example of “a thousand people crossing a single-plank bridge.”

Chen Pingsheng only needed her to clear this first hurdle, and then he’d bring her to Magic City afterward.

For most ordinary applicants, employment was assigned by the company, and where one ended up depended entirely on the HR department’s decision.

Xiao Ya, however, would clearly take a different path. As long as she passed the government exams,

Chen Pingsheng would leverage his resources to place her in the most promising departments.

Departments like the Organization Department or the Dual Offices, key areas close to senior leadership.

Spending a few years in these departments would ensure a meteoric rise when she eventually transferred elsewhere.

Of course, the prerequisite was that her backing—him—remained stable.

For Xiao Ya, this stability was synonymous with Chen Pingsheng’s support.

In that environment, without Chen investing resources on her behalf, a girl of Xiao Ya’s modest background wouldn’t stand a chance.

Unlike the business world, those circles required at least three generations of effort to build any real influence.

The 1940s-era entrepreneurial window had long closed.

Now, success could only be attained through meticulous, step-by-step advances. Before Xiao Ya’s internship placement was decided, Chen Pingsheng would prepare everything for her in Magic City.

To ensure she wouldn’t succumb to any material temptations.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, she would become the family’s first official candidate in government service.

Fortunately, Xiao Ya had a good age and temperament, offering plenty of room for cultivation.

For the next few decades, she’d require constant support from Chen Pingsheng. Once she established herself, she’d help bring other members of the Old Chen Family into the fold.

And generation after generation, they’d work persistently to strengthen their presence there.

It wasn’t just her. Xiao Le was also in his final semester of high school this year, and university admission wasn’t going to be an issue for him.

His future goal was the same—to pass the government exams and start his career. As long as Chen Pingsheng retained his current influence, he was determined to send a few people up.

Unfortunately, beyond these two, the family lacked any other promising candidates worth grooming.

Most of them couldn’t even clear the basic government exam requirements.

If you didn’t even qualify to cross the rainbow bridge he’d built for you,

Chen Pingsheng could only sigh helplessly. He couldn’t forcibly push you forward.

Barring unexpected changes, both Xiao Ya and Xiao Le would likely return to Golden Mountain in the future.

Given how much he had spent in Golden Mountain, and the immense resources it offered, just a bit of assistance from him would be enough to set the sisters up for life.

Besides, starting in Magic City—where positions came with significantly higher prestige compared to other places—was already a huge advantage for their future prospects.

The further along they progressed, the more he realized how tough things were for ordinary people.

For them, passing the government exam was a matter of leaving it to luck.

For Xiao Ya and the others, everything would be meticulously arranged for them.

It was no different from the way some second-generation heirs entered the entertainment industry—every step was planned to perfection.

For Chen Pingsheng, however, the entertainment industry held no appeal whatsoever.

If his family members ever considered pursuing a career in the entertainment industry, it’d mean their family was in decline.

As for his sister-in-law Song Wu, he couldn’t say much—it was her personal passion.

But for the rest of the direct descendants, it was strictly forbidden.

Transforming a wealthy family into a noble lineage or even a distinguished clan would take several generations’ worth of effort.

Most of those in Chen Pingsheng’s generation of relatives had mediocre achievements and lacked a strong educational foundation from childhood.

Sending them into government circles would only result in them speaking in ways that revealed their lack of depth.

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The people in those circles were extraordinarily talented—to a level unmatched by any private company or talent pool.

To climb the ranks required both resources and capabilities in equal measure.

And without a doubt, resources took priority over capabilities.