"This boy is so scary!"

At the Shen family, Father Shen and Shen Chen were in the study, looking at today's closing price displayed on the computer screen. I couldn't help but sigh silently.

Chen Chen was silent for a while, then slowly spoke: "I wasted all my efforts. I thought that returning to Shanghai in advance to make arrangements would give me the upper hand, but I didn't expect that Li Xiaoheng was the one behind the scenes."

With Li Xiaoheng's trading skills, if he deliberately concealed it, no one would be able to tell that it was Xiaoheng Capital that was attacking the Saint Ann Group. This is also true. Even after Xiaoheng Capital launched its attack on the Saint Ann Group for three or four days, the people from the Saint Ann Group and the Shen Group were still confused. In the end, the only breakthrough point was Tao Mu, spreading out from Tao Mu's circle of friends, and finally focusing on Li Xiaoheng.

But when it comes to solid evidence, the Shen family still doesn't have it. But even so, Chen Chen still concluded that it was Li Xiaoheng who sniped the Saint Ann Group - apart from him and his team, it was estimated that no one in the country could pull off such a clean and efficient operation without leaving any clues.

"But there is one thing that I find strange." Father Shen frowned: "This Li Xiaoheng, hasn't he always been trading in the international financial market in the past? I've never heard that he is interested in the domestic stock market. Why did he suddenly take action this time? And it's against a catering group that has nothing to do with the financial industry? Is his personal relationship with Tao Mu really that good?"

Chen Chen was silent for a moment, then said, "Probably."

"Oh?" Father Shen raised his eyebrows and subconsciously thought of their Shen Yu: "Do you think it is possible that Li Xiaoheng has a crush on Tao Mu, so he did this to win the favor of the beautiful woman?"

Chen Chen frowned, inexplicably unhappy: "It shouldn't be. When I sent people to investigate Tao Mu, I found that Tao Mu not only made some achievements in the IT field, but was also Li Xiaoheng's personal investment consultant. The two of them partnered to short oil in the international futures market. Li Xiaoheng seemed to value his partner very much. When Yao Shengan first came to Beijing, he wanted to use the strong capital of Sheng'an Group to suppress others. Li Xiaoheng appeared at the out-of-court settlement scene in time. This dispelled some of Yao Shengan's ideas. He honestly paid 150 million in compensation and settlement money."

Father Shen suddenly realized. Then he frowned and pondered: "So, this Tao Mu not only founded Feixun.com, but also has a talent in the financial field. Then do you think that Li Xiaoheng's late attack on the stock market and his strong attack on Sheng'an Group was also discussed by the two of them?"

Chen Chen judged others by his own experience and analyzed, "Such an important matter must have been discussed. However, the two of them may not have expected that the Shen family would intervene. Sheng'an Group had been suspended before, and even if Li Xiaoheng wanted to operate, he had no chance. He could only launch a sniper attack after the resumption of trading. As for the Shen family, it can only be said that they were innocently implicated."

“Really?” Father Shen shook his head with a little regret: “I never thought that young people nowadays are so amazing.”

Chen Chen remained silent. These managers who started out as industrialists naturally enjoy a prosperous life. However, once they encounter a powerful trader who attacks them in the stock market, they will be helpless.

——Fortunately, the Shen family’s capital chain is running well, and major projects are developing smoothly, so they are not in a helpless situation like the Saint Ann Group.

Father Shen sighed and said, "Carelessness leads to loss of Jingzhou", and asked Chen Chen, "What is the relationship between Xiaoyu and Tao Mu? Can he ask Tao Mu for mercy--"

"It shouldn't be possible." Shen Chen shook his head slowly. Not all men in the world appreciate Shen Yu's innocence. At least in Tao Mu's eyes, the trouble Shen Yu brought him far exceeded the benefits that the Shen family could give him.

Father Shen paused for a moment and asked again: "Is there any way to get Xiaoyu and Li Xiaoheng to know each other?"

Even though Chen Chen always respected his father, at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "Li Xiaoheng is Tao Mu's partner. The two of them are trading in the international oil futures market with a value of tens of billions of M gold. Father, do you really think that Xiaoyu's charm can compare to these tens of billions of capital?"

Father Shen was slapped in the face by his most respected son, and felt a little embarrassed at the moment. She said shyly, "What I mean is that we can let Xiaoyu interact with them. They are all of the same age, so they should have more things to talk about."

Chen Chen frowned: "Father, not everyone likes to fight for their lover. The cooperation between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu involves tens of billions of gold. It is well known that Tao Mu doesn't like Xiao Yu. If the Shen family really wants to show goodwill to Li Xiaoheng, don't do anything that will make Li Xiaoheng feel embarrassed. Believe me, between tens of billions of gold and other options, no man with a clear mind will choose the latter."

Father Shen was getting more and more embarrassed, and even a little angry: "So what do you say we should do now? Li Xiaoheng attacked Sheng'an Group in the stock market, causing Sheng'an Group's stock price to hit the limit for several consecutive days. And Sheng'an Group has just resumed trading. In the short term, at least within three months, there is no possibility of suspension again. Are we going to watch Sheng'an Group go bankrupt because of the plummeting stock price? What about the money our Shen family invested? How should we explain to the shareholders of Shen Group?"

Shen Chen looked at Shen's father helplessly. I wonder if my father's thoughts have become so indescribable because he has been with Shen Yu for so long.

"The Sheng'an Group is a leading enterprise in the catering industry in Shanghai. It provides tens of thousands of jobs for Shanghai and is also a major taxpayer in Shanghai. The government will not sit idly by and watch the Sheng'an Group go bankrupt. And the Sheng'an Group is far from bankruptcy. As a matter of urgency, we just need the government to come forward and help mediate. The reason why Tao Mu targeted the Sheng'an Group is entirely because of the old grudge between the Yao family and the Song family, but the Sheng'an Group is not the private property of his Yao family. Since we know the demands of Tao Mu and the Song family, we can sit down and talk slowly. Until we come up with a satisfactory result."

Hearing his son's words, Father Shen suddenly understood. He immediately said, "Okay. I'll ask someone to mediate."

Chen Chen nodded. Shen Chen still trusts Shen's father's status and influence in Shanghai. After hesitating for a moment, Chen Chen said again: "Father, you should try to spend less time with Xiaoyu in the near future."

Father Shen was startled when he heard this, and then woke up: “Am I affected?”

Chen Chen looked at his father with a puzzled look. The father and son discovered something when Shen Yu was very young. That is, anyone who stays with Shen Yu for a long time will become inexplicably strange - their emotions fluctuate greatly, their thinking patterns become more straightforward and shallow, and even their behavior style may become more extreme and blind - of course, the most important and core change is that they feel that Shen Yu is the cutest person in the world and should be held in the palm of their hands and pampered. If anyone dares to treat Shen Yu badly, he will take revenge on them until his death.

It's like someone has cast a spell on you.

Chen Chen discovered this tendency when he was in junior high school. Before this, Chen Chen lived with his family day and night and had no idea that anything was wrong. It was not until the year when Chen Chen entered junior high school that his father sent him to a field summer camp abroad, which was expensive but very good for training his qualities and allowing him to meet many outstanding empathetic people as friends. About a month later, Shen Chen flew back from abroad. Looking at the interaction between his family and Shen Yu, he immediately felt something was wrong.

Later on, he consciously stayed away from Shen Yu. Even told this idea to Father Shen. At that time, Shen's father was still the chairman and executive president of Shen's Group. He often went on business trips to discuss projects, or stayed in the company to work overtime. There is little opportunity to spend time with family. After hearing Chen Chen's strange words, I initially thought that Chen Chen was just a child with wild imagination. But later, when Shen's father had nothing to do and observed Shen Yu's interactions with the people around him, he also vaguely discovered that something was wrong.

Father Shen wanted to correct this situation at first. However, not long after, Shen's father discovered that Shen Yu's characteristics were actually beneficial to the Shen family in some ways. Especially those competitors who originally had bad relations with the Shen Group, because of their contact with Shen Yu, these people gradually changed their views on the Shen Group, and even switched camps to become partners of the Shen family. Even those competitors who had always been rude to the Shen family became inexplicably superficial and straightforward after coming into contact with Shen Yu, and even made frequent mistakes in the operation of the company. This makes it easy for the Shen Group to surpass the other party in bidding or other aspects.

The effect is even more immediate than painstakingly cultivating an heir. After Shen's father tasted the sweetness a few times, he immediately gave up the plan to reform Shen Yu. He even spoiled Shen Yu intentionally, making him innocent and ignorant of the world. Because he found that the more innocent and pure his youngest son was, the more destructive he would be.

But since then, Father Shen has consciously kept his eldest son by his side and raised him personally. This is to prevent the heir of the Shen family from staying at home all year round and being influenced by Shen Yu. To the outside world, he claims that he is busy with company affairs and cannot often spend time with his family. Because that’s how it happens in the circle. The actions of Chen Chen and his son did not attract anyone's attention at all.

Over the years, Shen's father has become accustomed to using Shen Yu to solve the competition or difficulties encountered by the Shen Group. Once he encounters an outsider who does not buy into Shen Yu's tricks, he is inexplicably at a loss as to what to do.

Father Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head. He originally wanted to spend a good New Year with his family. Now it seems that I should go back to the company and work overtime.

Just as Chen Chen said, the Saint-An Group is one of the largest taxpayers in Shanghai, and has provided nearly 10,000 jobs in Shanghai and other first- and second-tier cities in China. The government certainly cannot sit idly by and do nothing about the current situation of the Saint Ann Group.

Although there was no solid evidence that Li Xiaoheng had targeted the Saint Ann Group, the Shanghai authorities still tried to bring Tao Mu and the people from the Saint Ann Group together. In the eyes of the Shanghai authorities, the reason why Xiaoheng Capital inexplicably targeted a catering group that had nothing to do with the financial field was to vent its anger on its partners. As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. As long as Tao Mu is appeased, Xiao Heng Capital will probably not go too far.

Tao Mu certainly knew that for a company as large as the Saint Ann Group, which involved nearly 10,000 jobs and tens of millions of taxes each year, it was absolutely impossible for it to be as "cold and cold" as described in the novel. After all, this is not just a feud between two families, it also involves the issue of social stability.

He is willing to talk. As long as the Yao family can pay the price.

Before the negotiation, Tao Mu specially found Mr. Song and asked him what his requirements were. Song Daozhen probably never thought in his lifetime that the Song family would have to take revenge one day. I was so excited that I burst into tears. He didn't have any requests. He just wanted to get back the Song family's ancestral recipe: "That's the Song family's heirloom. It's been passed down in the Song family for generations. It was lost in my father's hands, and I don't have the ability to get it back in my generation. For so many years, I didn't dare to worship my ancestors, for fear that they would ask me why I hadn't gotten the recipe back yet..."

"If we can get the recipe back this time, we can go to the grave on New Year's Day. I will put the recipe on my father's grave and tell him that I want it back. It was his great-grandson who helped him get it back. Our Song family's revenge has finally been avenged..."

Old Master Song kept on talking, and his only obsession was the Song family recipe. There is nothing else. However, Tao Mu would not let the Yao family go so easily.

"Yao Sheng'an learned from the old man of the Song family. His cooking skills were taught by the old man of the Song family. Of course, some of the dishes he cooked later were the result of his own understanding of the Song family's ancestral recipes. But no matter what, there would be no Sheng'an Group without the Song family. So I want half of the Yao family's shares in Sheng'an Group. It can be regarded as the Song family's technology investment. Is that okay?"

At the negotiation table, Tao Mu directly threw out his bottom line: "The recipe and half of the shares, and Yao Shengan himself must kowtow and confess his guilt on the old man's grave when the Song family sweeps the grave on New Year's Day. If you agree, we can reconcile. If you don't agree, there's nothing we can do."

Although it was Li Xiaoheng who attacked Saint Ann Group in the stock market. But considering various factors, Tao Mu still did not let Li Xiaoheng appear with him at the negotiation table in Shanghai - he did not want Li Xiaoheng to be involved because of him. For many things, tacit understanding is tacit understanding. As long as there is no evidence, many things will always remain at the level of speculation.

Given the nature of some Chinese departments, Tao Mu couldn't guarantee that if Li Xiaoheng really appeared at the negotiation table in Shanghai, someone would directly accuse Li Xiaoheng of "maliciously manipulating the stock market."

So Tao Mu went to the meeting alone with the ruthless lawyer Zhou, and his attitude was very tough - after all, he was only eighteen years old this year. Young people are full of energy and should be showing their talents at this age.

"Boss Tao is going too far." Yao Sheng'an frowned when he heard Tao Mu's request: "Do you know how many shares of Sheng'an Group the Yao family owns? It adds up to 40%. If you want half, it's 20%. Do you know how much this 20% is worth? How dare you ask for such a high price?"

Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and asked calmly: "Do you know how much the lives of the Song family are worth?"

Yao Shengan was furious: "I have said it before, the tragedy of the Song family was caused by the times, and no one else is to blame. You said that a few lives of the Song family are worth money. Then let me ask you, which life of the Song family was lost in my hands?"

Tao Mu responded sharply: "Mr. Yao was just an abandoned baby on the road. If it weren't for the kindness of Old Master Song, Mr. Yao would have starved to death on the road and become a nameless skeleton. How could he have the opportunity to betray his master and ancestors and start from scratch to create the Sheng'an Group? Mr. Yao's life was saved by Old Master Song, and Mr. Yao's craftsmanship was taught by Old Master Song. In the eyes of Mr. Yao, the lives of the Song family are worthless. I wonder how much your life and craftsmanship are worth to you, Mr. Yao?"

Yao Shengan was speechless.

Also present at the negotiation table were officials from Shanghai, as well as the Shen family father and son and several other major shareholders of the Saint Ann Group.

Because Tao Mu only wants half of the Yao family's shares, it has nothing to do with anyone else. So others were happy to stand by and act superior.

"Everyone calm down. Let's just discuss the matter at hand. Don't get angry." The official representative of Shanghai glanced at Yao Shengan. He was asked by the Shen Group to mediate and set up such a negotiation situation. The purpose is naturally to enable the Saint Ann Group to make a smooth transition from this crisis.

So he doesn't care who holds the shares of Saint Ann Group. He just needs to ensure that the Saint Ann Group can get through this difficult time smoothly and then reopen.

Several major shareholders of Sheng'an Group felt the look of the official representative of Shanghai City, and they all spoke up: "Old Yao. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but what you did to the Song family was really unkind. After all, you are the eldest disciple handed over by the old man of the Song family. There is an old saying in China that a teacher is a father for life. Then you can be considered an adopted son of the Song family. The Song family raised you, and your cooking skills also come from the Song family. Moreover, you have occupied the Song family's ancestral recipes for so many years, and you have caused the Song family so much suffering. It is reasonable for your Yao family to give half of the shares to compensate the Song family."

Other shareholders also echoed, "Besides, given the current situation of Sheng'an Group, your Yao family's half of the shares may not be worth much. If you really disagree and anger Mr. Tao, our negotiations will fail, and Sheng'an Group will probably go bankrupt."

"Chairman Shen and Mr. Shen, what do you think about this matter? The Shen Group is now the major shareholder of the Sheng'an Group! Your suggestions are still very important." Someone else threw the topic to the Shen family father and son who had been sitting silently next to them.

The Shen family father and son wanted to befriend Tao Mu, but they didn't want to look too bad - after all, in front of others, their Shen family and the Yao family were old friends.

Father Shen pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "It's hard for an honest judge to judge family affairs. Mr. Tao wants the Yao family's half of the shares. No matter what we outsiders say, we are suspected of being easy-going. So I'd better not say anything. At worst, the funds invested by our Shen Group in Sheng'an Group will be wasted."

When these words were spoken, others were fine, but several other shareholders of Saint Ann Group were extremely worried. The desire to persuade Yao Shengan became more urgent - they didn't want their money to go to waste.

Yao Shengan's facial muscles twitched fiercely. He naturally knew the viciousness of Shen's father's words.

We are going to put the Yao family on the fire!

It turns out that he has wolfish ambitions!

However, things have come to this point, and even if Yao Shengan struggles in vain, he can do nothing. In the end, after everyone's earnest persuasion, Yao Shengan had to agree to Tao Mu's request. Give the recipe and half of the shares of Sheng'an Group controlled by the Yao family - a full 20%, to Tao Mu.

Long before Tao Mu came to Shanghai, Mr. Song had already declared that the Song family would never take a penny from the Yao family. The lives of the Song family are definitely not something that can be bought with this money. He will never forgive Yao Shengan in his life. Nor will they want shares in the Saint Ann Group.

So after Tao Mu discussed with the old man, they decided to divide the 20% of the shares into two parts, 10% of which were given to several families who had gone bankrupt or moved away due to the business competition caused by Yao Sheng'an and Sheng'an Group. In the previous life, these people accepted the compensation from Sheng'an Group and did not pursue the past. This is certainly due to the merchants’ pursuit of profit, but some of the victims are from extremely poor families and have difficulty maintaining their daily lives.

Tao Mu didn't want his appearance to ruin the chance for these people to change their fortunes. After two lifetime experiences, Tao Mu knows better than anyone that the opportunities that money can bring to people far exceed a person's step-by-step efforts.

Since the damage is irreparable, giving money to the victim, although vulgar, is the most practical and effective means of compensation.

As for the other 10%, Tao Mu decided to set up a charity fund in the name of Mr. Song, or his uncle who died young. The funds are specifically used to donate to children in poor and remote areas to receive education and treatment, as well as to support the elderly and widows who have no one to rely on.

Mr. Song was silent for a long time, and finally agreed to Tao Mu's suggestion. He named this charity fund "Song Huai Fund". It was neither his name nor his son's name. It was the ancestor of the Song family – who was also an abandoned baby, adopted by a kind-hearted person and taught his craft, and later founded Song Ji, the founder who also started from scratch.

However, unlike Yao Shengan, Song Huai was grateful for his life experience as an orphan and thankful to the master who picked him up and adopted him. After starting the Song family from scratch, he also established a family motto that every generation of the Song family, if they have the means, must adopt some orphans and abandoned babies, and teach them how to support their families and earn a living.

So Old Master Song adopted Yao Sheng'an, and Old Master Song adopted Tao Mu... Even if the world is difficult and people's hearts are unpredictable, there are always some people who remember the truth that "if you are poor, you should take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you should help the world."

I will not refuse to lend a helping hand just because of my financial difficulties, nor will I stop believing in the preciousness of human hearts just because I have been hurt.