"Brother, Grandpa is too unfair, just left like that."
"It's tough on us, working ourselves to death here. Pengpeng is the smart one, focused on research and not interested in business operations at all. He's living a life of leisure."
In the chairman's office of Zhenhua Group, Chen Mengyan, who had already graduated with a master's degree, had her impossibly long legs in black stockings stretched out on the desk, as if she wanted to kick over Grandpa's desk with her sky-high heels.
"Sister, stop complaining."
"What Grandpa left you isn't a mess. Everything is arranged perfectly. Look at Ma Teng's Tencent, how well it's doing. I think its market value will soon surpass the parent company."
"And Old Ma, he came over a few days ago and told us that this year's financial report performance has doubled again. The 'Double Eleven' they organized, the transaction volume in a single day was hundreds of billions."
"If you're not happy, probably few people in the world are. This is all money!"
Chen Hao looked at his elder sister, who was lounging with her legs crossed with no elegance, and felt speechless.
He couldn't understand why those fools outside were interested in his sister.
With her slovenly appearance, did she have any feminine charm at all?
However, these were thoughts he could only harbor in his heart; he dared not voice them. Ever since childhood, under his sister's iron grip, he had learned to disguise his true thoughts.
"Hmph, who cares about his stinking money."
"He's the one, taking Mom to the Maldives and planning to settle in Dali. I want that kind of heavenly life too."
Chen Mengyan pouted. Grandpa had left the company to them and just ran off. She felt immense pressure. Zhenhua Group was a giant with a market value in the trillions.
Its business spanned the globe and multiple industries. Taking over such a massive enterprise put a lot of pressure on her.
"Aren't there the board of directors? Besides, Uncle Weiyang and Uncle Baoguo are also here. If things get too big to handle, can't they step in?"
Chen Hao was quite bold. A group of hundreds of thousands of people, it wasn't as if only the two of them were responsible for the work. Grandpa could be a hands-off manager because he knew the company would run without him.
Even if they caused some trouble, as long as Grandpa returned, everything could be easily resolved.
"Hmph, you kid, you're becoming more and more like Dad. People would think you're the older brother and I'm the sister."
"Then, you're in charge of Old Ma's merger and acquisition plan."
"Little Ma said he wants to create something like 'Kuai Dou,' focusing on short videos. I don't know what's so useful about this stuff. I heard Grandpa specifically told him to do it before he left."
"He also said he'd go to America to find an American to register a company and develop a foreign app, and develop a domestic one separately. A few years ago, he insisted on doing live streaming, which resulted in a loss of billions. It's a good thing Mom doesn't handle the money anymore, or she would definitely scold him for squandering it like this."
Although Chen Mengyan was complaining about her father, only she knew in her heart that she was reluctant to part with him. With him protecting her, she never feared doing anything before.
Now, her father suddenly saying he was old and they had grown up had left her somewhat flustered. Indeed, she had also noticed that her father's temples had started to turn gray at some point.
She wasn't afraid of not doing a good job, but she was afraid of her parents aging too quickly.
"Sister, live streaming is going quite well. That Little Wang, Old Wang's son, even though he lost a lot a few years ago, he's doing quite well now. Didn't he form a few e-sports teams? They're competing and live streaming now, and they've started to turn a profit from endorsements."
"I think in a few more years, it will be very profitable."
"When has Dad's judgment ever been wrong? What he does, might seem unsuitable at first, but after the test of time, it all succeeds."
Chen Hao enjoyed playing games and often played with the players from the live streaming company's e-sports teams, so he had a different perspective on Chen Mengyan's view that live streaming was a loss-making venture.
"You kid, your wings have grown strong enough to contradict your sister now. You retort to everything I say. Do you think because you're now a vice president, I can't deal with you?"
Chen Mengyan stood up abruptly, startling Chen Hao into retreating a few steps. He was genuinely afraid of his elder sister making a move, simply because he had been beaten by her so much since childhood.
Their younger brother didn't even come home on weekends, all because he had been bullied severely by her when he was little.
"I won't argue with you. This weekend, ask Little Brother to come home for dinner, and bring his girlfriend, who is his mentor. Let's have Sister vet her."
Chen Mengyan didn't really intend to do anything. They were all grown up now, not like when they were kids. She didn't understand what these two foolish brothers of hers were thinking, truly believing she would hit them. Su Dan Novel Network
Hearing this, Chen Hao secretly broke into a cold sweat for his younger brother. However, that fellow, despite appearing dull and listless, had actually found a beautiful mentor as his girlfriend. He didn't know how he managed it.
He heard that his younger brother's girlfriend was one of the leaders in domestic chip research. At only thirty-something years old, achieving such success was practically superhuman.
However, their mother felt that the girl was too old and too focused on research, fearing it would delay her having children with their younger brother, so she had been holding out her approval.
"Alright, I'll pass on the message."
"I won't be attending the board meeting this afternoon. I'll drop by Ma Teng's place. I'll call Little Wang then. I think he should be the one to handle this short video app matter."
"Not to mention anything else, just his rumored girlfriends, they are all beautiful. If you just film anything, won't it attract a large audience?"
It wasn't that Chen Hao was just a playboy who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun. Although he wasn't formally trained, he had a clear understanding of the direction of information development in the current era.
He knew very well that this world would definitely be a digital era in the future. While traditional manufacturing might not be without prospects, it would definitely not be as fast as making money from traffic.
Whether it was virtual games, live streaming, celebrity incubation, or even the media industry, he had some involvement in all of them, but he lacked a systematic operational process for now.
The short video app mentioned by his father gave him a significant inspiration. He could use celebrity incubation to create short videos to be uploaded onto the app for traffic. With traffic, he could then organize live streaming within the app. Whether it was for advertisements or for promoting TV dramas and movies from the media company, it would all work.
With traffic, it could be monetized. However, regarding monetization channels, Chen Hao didn't know much yet. This would definitely have to be explored gradually after the operation started.