There's only half an hour left until dinner.
Chen Pingsheng invited Chang Fu to play a game of pool in the billiards hall next door.
He quite enjoyed playing billiards, so he had installed a billiards room at home.
It felt genuinely good to play a few rounds with old friends when there was nothing else to do.
Chang Fu was also decent at billiards; the two were pretty evenly matched.
Over the years, neither of them had made much progress, still hovering around the slightly more professional end of amateur.
They couldn't compete with professional players, but average amateurs were no match for them.
It was only when Song Shuiqing came over to call them for dinner that everyone went together.
There were two dining rooms, one large and one small.
The large one was specifically for entertaining guests, while the small one was for family meals, seating only six people.
Song Shuiqing mentioned that she was going to intern at Tengying with her classmates, something Song Yanxi had promised her before.
There was no problem with that.
Anyway, it wasn't busy over there; most of the time was pretty relaxed.
Song Shuiqing was delighted and even had a little drink with him.
After the meal ended, the other guests left one after another.
Only their family was left sitting alone in the living room.
Chen An'an was pushing her sister to go play everywhere, with Liu Fen watching by the side.
It was safe anyway, as they wouldn't leave the yard.
The yard was so big that it was enough for the two sisters to play around in.
Only the couple remained in the living room; Chen Pingsheng felt that the house seemed a bit too large.
For just their family of four, it felt somewhat empty.
He wasn't sure if he was starting to miss home, or if he was missing his parents back there.
After all, with parents, life has a place to go to.
Without parents, life has only the return journey left.
By now, he had firmly established himself in Capital City, while his dad was enjoying his role as the village chief back home, busy handling endless trivial matters every day.
As for his mom, Peng Ying, it was time to bring her to Capital City to enjoy life.
Chen Pingsheng made a video call to her, and Peng Ying agreed to come to Capital in a couple of days.
Chen Pingsheng was quite happy; after hanging up, he asked his wife, "My little sister has been quite well-behaved these days, hasn't she?"
"You can say that again, you scolded her so harshly last time that now she doesn't even dare to date,"
Song Yanxi was also quite helpless; it seemed that apart from work, Chen Qi didn't have any other forms of entertainment.
Chen Pingsheng didn't bother about it, "When my mom arrives, she will naturally advise her. Oh, and something you might not know, Liu Wenhao's father has been arrested, charged with no small crime. The house his family built on the outskirts of Capital collapsed, killing two people."
"His two elder brothers can't escape either. You're aware of the current situation in the country, they're carrying out a major crackdown everywhere. Those who were not clean before are either becoming completely whitewashed or getting investigated. It's best for our family to stay away from such people."
They rose through connections and secured projects the same way.
Once those connections fell apart, the Old Liu Family's collapse was faster than anyone else's.
The country's current state was something Song Yanxi was well aware of.
It was a complex situation.
In reality, everything was moving in a positive direction, but it was inevitable that a large number of people would be knocked down in the process.
No one knew who might be the next to be investigated.
It was wise to maintain a clear conscience.
Or, some formed small cliques to resist the major crackdown from above.
Everyone made their own choices.
The major crackdown was happening Nationwide, a well-known fact evident from the sweep in Guancheng, showing the unprecedented intensity of this operation.
No one knew when it would end or what new situation it would develop into.
In this era, Chen Pingsheng's task was to adapt and act accordingly.
The CEO class lasted three days, and to everyone's surprise, Wang Yanfeng didn't show up this time, despite having always shone in the class thanks to Male Cat Live Streaming.
In a short period of time, he had secured over twenty billion in financing.
To think that all his projects combined had only managed barely 1.2 billion to date.
And yet, Wang Yanfeng had quickly secured over twenty billion in funding from just one project, highlighting its exaggeration.
Chen Pingsheng twirled the Parker pen in his hand, listening as Tong Zelan fumed,
"That fool, Wang Yanfeng, actually managed to offend Penguin."
No wonder she was so angry; live streaming entertainment was such a great niche.
Wang Yanfeng naturally had a massive online following.
Everything was going smoothly until Penguin entered the live streaming industry unexpectedly.
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It carved up the market with Douyu and Huya.
Male Cat, flaunting its wealth, poached talent with high salaries everywhere.
Even Chang Fu's small guild was affected by them.
Just as everything was progressing triumphantly, little did they know that internal management within Male Cat was terribly shoddy.
Chaos was rife everywhere—perhaps a common issue with second-generation wealthy entrepreneurs.
At a critical moment,
when Penguin was preparing to enter the live streaming industry and sent representatives for on-site inspections at Male Cat,
Wang Yanfeng's arrogance was not only evident in his personality but was fully reflected in his business dealings.
After showing off only a few times, he displayed an attitude of indifference towards whether Penguin would invest or not.
Penguin turned around and invested in its rivals, Huya and Douyu, instead. Penguin's influence in the internet industry is immense,
and facing them would make anyone tremble.
With just one move, they cut off Male Cat Live Streaming's most important gaming sector.
An entire live streaming platform, which specialized in gaming, had its gaming rights taken back by Penguin.