The merchant is a well-known family in the domestic business community.
The first generation of the merchant family made a fortune from dairy products, and the second generation had three sons who all started from scratch. The eldest son invested in coal mining and oil, the second son was a media mogul, the third son played futures and funds, and the youngest daughter was the number one person in private education.
But the third generation of merchants only had Lao San born a son, and the rest were daughters. Because the merchant's ancestral training required that family property would never be handed over to outsiders, Shang Lebin, the only grandson of the Shang family, shouldered the heavy responsibility of passing on the family business. The elder members of the family all expected him to have more than three sons to inherit the various businesses of the family.
On New Year's Eve in 2012, Putuo Mountain Radisson Hotel
All the second-generation elders of the merchants gathered in the ancestral hall, after finishing the New Year's Eve dinner and waiting for the moment to go to the temple to burn incense. For the first time, they closed the live broadcast screen of the Spring Festival Gala, with a solemn expression, they discussed the major event of the merchant family's inheritance, and used the reverse method to arrange a birth plan for 26-year-old Shang Lebin, as follows:
At 34 years old gave birth to the third son, at 32 years old gave birth to the second son, at 30 years old gave birth to the first son. If a daughter is born during this period, then automatically postpone the birthday of the third son to 36 years old, 38 years old.
It can be seen that Shang Lebin must not get married later than 29 years old, and the preparation for the big wedding takes at least one year. Therefore, he must set an irreversible engagement at the age of 28 and then hold an engagement ceremony.
At the same time, for the physical and mental health of the fourth generation of merchants' descendants, the last child of the eldest grandson's wife must not exceed 30 years old at birth. The most perfect childbirth dates are 28 years old, 26 years old, 24 years old, so the bride should be at least 6 years younger than Shang Lebin, and this year she is 20 years old.
With a rough idea in mind, everyone started counting on their fingers and carefully calculating the eligible girls within the circle. After some verbal deliberation, four girls' names were unanimously agreed upon:
Anling Meiwei: Pre-liberation Shanghai's six major family Anling Zongyang's eldest granddaughter, current tourism industry overlord Anling Han's niece, raised by single mother Anling Yajun until 12 years old before recognizing her ancestors and returning to the clan. Now living in a mansion on the top of Hong Kong's mountain, personally raised and educated by Anling Zongyang.
(See "Runaway Wife" for the specific story of the Anling family)
Wei Yingyue: The niece of Shanghai's richest man, Chen Yingshi, the youngest daughter of Wei Hengxing and Chen Xuanxuan, who are the CEOs of a six-star hotel chain. She attended elementary school and junior high school at an aristocratic school, and was admitted to a certain university's affiliated middle school with the first place in the city in her senior year of high school, with an astonishing IQ. She still lives in Rose Garden.
(For Chen Ying's family story, see "Runaway Bridesmaid")
Xī Ruì Ruì: The second daughter of Shanghai jewelry tycoon Xī Zuò ēn, she was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland at the age of 10. Not only did she inherit her mother Xī Sū Měi Bèi's beauty, but also has a gentle and kind personality, like an angel. Since childhood, she has been the perfect girl representative among IT girls.
Zhen Yiyan: The adopted daughter of Shanghai real estate tycoon, Uncle Yan. Her biological father had a life-saving debt to Uncle Yan and passed away early. This girl is intelligent and sharp-witted, favored by Uncle Yan and other senior members of the underworld as his successor, hence she is respectfully called "Big Sister" by her brothers in the underworld. She has a natural talent for finance and a domineering aura, sufficient to bear the weight of being the matriarch of a business family.
(See "The Amazing Princess" for the story of Uncle Meng's past)
These four girls, either of noble blood or with extraordinary intelligence, stunning beauty, or innate charisma, all have sufficient reasons to become the leader of a business. The only shortcoming is that none of them are over 20 years old and are still in their high school flower age.
But this was immediately ignored by the business elders, after all, there are too many unpredictable things in the future, and more time is naturally more reassuring. Besides, intermarriage between large families has never been simple, it's always a matter of pulling one hair and moving the whole body.
So, in the Buddhist hall that evening, the second-generation elders of the merchants' families lined up in a row, lit incense and prayed silently for the Bodhisattva's blessings. Among the items they prayed for, one more was added: to bless the ancestors of the merchants to help Shang Lebin choose the main mother of the fourth generation of the Shang family, and to bless the Shang family from now on to flourish and have many children and grandchildren.
