Chapter 127

Shen Antang truly felt that he was getting old.

He had never felt this way before. Power was the best excitement and stimulation. So even at his age, he never felt tired. But it is different now.

Looking back, the whole situation began to shake after Shen Mingzheng came to the Shen family.

He didn't realize it at the time, and thought that this method of raising snakes to select successors was a good one. Now that it has backfired on him, he has a sense of sudden enlightenment.

He had misjudged Shen Mingzheng, and he would have to bear the final consequences himself.

In particular, the heirloom antiques and artworks that he sold at a low price reappeared in the country shortly afterwards, and there were also legitimate news reports that mentioned that these were precious cultural relics that were donated to the museum by the Shen family free of charge, which won them a lot of praise.

He was even more angry and distressed because of this incident.

Shen Mingzheng is humiliating him!

The other party knew what he was going through all along, but just watched, like a fire from the other side of the river, watching the black fog swallow him up little by little.

This damn nursing home is full of vampires too!

These people have already received so much money, but they are still not satisfied. Their original intention was not to treat his illness. It seems that they know that his status is not as good as before and he can only live here as a sojourner, so their attitude has naturally changed.

Especially since his previous cooperation with other capital had failed, the other party suffered a lot of losses and had nowhere to vent their anger, so they naturally wouldn't be in a good mood towards him, which made Shen Antang even more difficult.

He has been neglected too many times now, and has less and less to rely on, like a piece of meat on a chopping board. Even the people around him think something is wrong and have left. Some of them have simply returned to their country to join Shen Mingzheng.

He already had no relatives in the true sense, and now he was even more deserted by everyone.

But according to the old man's character, he will not bow his head until now. He will only hate him more and plan to bring Shen Mingzheng down.

However, Shen Antang was no longer as capable as before and thought his plan was strict enough and no one leaked it. However, Shen Mingzheng in China still found out about it.

This afternoon in the kitchen, he also mentioned this matter to Su Ning.

It's not a big deal, so I just mentioned it "in passing".

Su Ning closed the lid of the soup pot and asked, "So what else does he want to do?"

Shen Mingzheng said: "What else can he do now? He can't fight head-on, and he can't find anyone to join forces with him, so he can only use the last resort, assassination."

This is the path that all desperate people will inevitably choose, and Shen Antang has even put some twists on it.

"There are always some heirs left from the previous Shen family, some of them in the second echelon, who have not been greatly affected and are now working diligently," Shen Mingzheng said, "Doesn't he still have some shares in his hands? He plans to use these as bait and let these people find a chance to kill me."

There are many members of the Shen family, and every person in every family is different. Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning are not the kind of people who want to kill everyone. As long as one is down-to-earth and capable, even if he or she was not valued before, he or she will have the opportunity to rise now.

The two of them had never intended to do anything illegal or criminal against Shen Antang. As long as he behaved himself, he could stay abroad until he died, and Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning would not do anything to him.

Zhu Lan still remembered the kindness of raising her. Even though her old man mostly used her, and even did nothing when he knew that Shen Anlin was planning to kidnap her two children, Zhu Lan still told him many times, both explicitly and implicitly, that she should just take care of her children and that these two were not the kind of people who would do anything drastic.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't listen.

These things were what Shen Antang insisted on doing. He probably felt that he didn't have long to live, so he wanted to take Shen Mingzheng with him. It was like his last act of madness.

But even if Shen Mingzheng had no spies in this matter, one of the people he contacted had already come to him and told him about it.

Power is indeed very tempting, but some people do not think they can sit in that position. Shen Antang is judging others by his own standards and has no idea of ​​the current situation of the Shen family.

Shen Mingzheng's management style is not like the previous emperor-style one. Some people were not convinced at first, but now they are used to it. And now things are getting better and better, and everyone can benefit from it.

Mr. Shen Antang thought that Shen Mingzheng was able to take over so quickly because of force, but in fact it was just the opposite.

In the past, if the Shen family didn't fight and climb up, they would be trampled to death by others. But now, as long as they do their job well in their own position, why should they take the risk to break it up?

Moreover, even if he really succeeded, with Su Ning around and so many other confidants, anyone with a bit of brains wouldn't think he could successfully take over what Shen Mingzheng had.

"He really is not as clear-headed as before," Su Ning shook his head, "So do we still need to put on a show for him now?"

Shen Mingzheng: "That's not necessary."

The play they put on before was a stopgap measure when they did not have enough knowledge, and it involved a lot of risks. Shen Antang no longer has this treatment, so it is not worth it for them to take the risk.

Therefore, after Shen Mingzheng learned about it, he asked his subordinates to handle this matter. The other party could not return to China and could only receive some information from a distance. It was too easy to be deceived.

Shen Antang is in poor health. He was deceived in this situation without realizing it. It seems that he is really old. It seems that only in this way can he have the confidence to hold on, so he has to hold on to this life-saving straw tightly.

So much so that after a while, when he received a reply from the country saying "success" and asked him to redeem it as agreed before, he was so excited that he didn't even think about it carefully.

When Shen Antang was preparing for the person who would get things done for him in the nursing home, the other party showed up, but he brought a computer with him.

Before he could hide the smile on his face, he saw the man turn the computer screen around, and Shen Mingzheng's face appeared inside.

It was intact and didn't look like anything had happened.

It was like falling from heaven to hell. Shen Antang's excitement did not last more than a day.

Shen Mingzheng, who was on a video call on the computer, looked at him and said coldly, "I advised you not to bother with it."

Shen Antang didn't say anything, just took a few deep breaths, then picked up something at hand and threw it at him.

But this was not a living Shen Mingzheng standing in front of him. The man holding the computer slightly turned sideways, and he failed to succeed.

"Calm down a bit," Shen Mingzheng calmed down after hearing this, and even tried to persuade him, "You don't have much money to lose now, so stop smashing things."

Shen Antang refused to listen and then shouted, "You are kidding me! Shen Mingzheng, you don't even dare to see me now?!"

"That's not the case."

Shen Mingzheng answered seriously: "I originally planned to come and see you, after all, we have been together for such a long time, but you chose a bad time, I don't have time."

Shen Mingzheng thought this was a very legitimate reason.

This period of time was his and Su Ning's wedding anniversary. The two of them were already very busy, and they had to take out a full day of free time for this anniversary. They didn't want to be disturbed by other things, and they didn't want to spend their tense time on this.

Therefore, Shen Antang can only blame himself for this matter.

Shen Antang yelled again when he heard this, which made it impossible to communicate with him. But Shen Minzheng had planned to talk to him for a long time, and this time he just wanted to use practical actions to prove to him that the Shen family was no longer his Shen family.

No one will listen to him anymore.

Shen Antang has been bedridden since this incident, but he still refuses to admit defeat. The people over there would occasionally send back some news about him to Shen Mingzheng, and he also honestly repeated the curse that Shen Antang had cast on him as requested.

——Shen Antang believed that sooner or later, Shen Mingzheng would end up like him.

It's lonely at the top, and authority is so heavy that there will always be a day when you are unable to do what you want, and then it will eventually backfire on you.

Shen Mingzheng did not explain anything to him about this.

But whenever Shen Antang was awake, he would hear domestic news from time to time.

Shen Mingzheng donated his collections not to humiliate him, but because he originally wanted to do so.

After he gradually gained power, he did not become the next Shen Antang. Normal project investment was a drop in the bucket compared to the Shen family's huge wealth.

He instead worked on many public welfare projects, including libraries and schools that had no return on investment at all, and even highly subsidized professional and technical training.

He and Su Ning thought that the format of the Thorn Awards was very good at the time, so they invested in building a number of exhibition venues themselves, encouraging grassroots to start with micro-movies, or even from a few minutes to short films, and they provided a platform for display.

You don’t need to buy a ticket at the beginning, you just need to swipe your ID card. The content of the venue is very thoughtful and it has become a check-in point.

In addition, they also invest in many derivative products of literary and artistic works, such as some exquisite and rare embroidery, the production of handicrafts, and rare and fine woodworking, which are all long-standing crafts.

These were all originally acquired gradually through the props in the plays. Some of them were not promoted, the pay was not good and the work was very tiring, and they had not been able to recruit apprentices for many years, so Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning chose to subsidize them, even if they could not make any money back.

They don't do this to make money.

Each of these things is not done for fun, nor for fame. Some of the investments may not even be known to the media. Although each one does not have much impact on the Shen family, when added together, it is a huge expense.

Su Ning contributed money, and the Shen family also contributed money. Even influenced by the two of them, other companies in the industry, such as Shen Zhaolan, Gaoshan Pictures, and Qilin Entertainment, all gradually invested some money.

The two have a plan for this and feel it is within their means. Besides, the company is not without money-making projects; the artists alone are already making a lot of money.

These basic things may not produce immediate results, but they are indispensable to the development of the entertainment industry.

But Shen Antang couldn't stand it. The shock he suffered in this regard was greater than his previous two failures.

He listened to these things and cursed "these two idiots". He had no idea what they were doing. How could anyone be willing to give away something they had worked so hard to get like this and not accept that his Shen family had become such a mess?

"He wants to destroy the Shen family!"

"Idiot!"

"How could I...!"

The people around him were listening to Shen Antang's mumbling. When he mentioned this matter, their eyes bulged out with anger.

He died in such anger, discomfort and hysteria.