Chapter 24 - Xin's Inheritance

Waking up to the sound of a blasting horn,  An Fei jumped up from the sofa and looked around.

"Where am I?"

"Big sister, were you thinking that yesterday was just a dream? I thought that happens in Television drama only."

"Pam. Oh. I remember. I fell asleep? That's a first for me. What time is it? I need to go back now. Grandfather will be worried."

"It is 7.30am now. Next time I shall change my voice to Xin's so that it will have a more dramatic effect. I sent your Grandfather a text last evening. You can read it later. Now go get ready. Everyone is travelling down to the Shen Mansion now."

"I can always switch off the server room Pam. Don't just take it as something that I say. I meant in and don't wake me up like this again. I better get ready for the will reading. Why are you and my Grandmother so dramatic? It makes me wonder if the media will be there. I might even worry if everything I do will be leaked to the media."

"Well, you will find out later. I was programmed like this. It seems to entertain both you and Sarah. I plan on staying this way."

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An hour before the family is ushered into the family room for the reading, in Grandmother Shen's private office room in the Shen Mansion was Chen Xin, Grandfather Shen and Lawyer Fu.

Similar to An Fei, Chen Xin will also have a separate private reading that is only applicable to him.

"Mr Chen, I would like to inform you again that this reading is private and all details will only be kept within the few of us that needs to know. If in the event that the details of the reading is leaked within 6 months from today, all inheritance given to you will be revoked. This is the confidentiality agreement. This is to make sure that those people that are eyeing the inheritance, is not informed and that the inheritance that you received is safe. This is drawn up as per the wishes of Old Madam Shen with Old Master Shen and me as witness. Please take a look through and endorse your agreement before we proceed."

As Chen Xin was reading the agreement, Lawyer Fu, sent a text over to Pam to activate the remote monitoring system and at the same time route a broadcast of the video reading to An Fei.

After the signature has been confirmed and the witness signatures signed, Lawyer Fu pressed a swtich and a drop down cloth came up behind him, covering the windows and Grandmother Shen was projected on the screen. Lawyer Fu, moved over to stand at the door to make sure that no one can come in.

At the same time, An Fei had just arrived and the audio has been hooked up for her and she was listening in on the conversations in the room. She headed to her rooms to rest before the rest of the family arrive.

"Xin, thank you for coming. I believe it has been a while since you last saw me. I apologise for delaying my will reading until now. You would wonder what this old lady would want to give to you and set up all this dramatic effect to make this looks so formal and troublesome. Well, I have my reasons.

"As you know, my children and grandchildren are not worthy of the legacy that Great Grandfather Shen, Grandfather Shen and I have created together. From all the candidates, there is only you and your wife that we see the most potential to take over. It is just pretty sad that she is no longer around. If I were to hand everything over to you, the whole family will be in chaos and there will be a lot more scheming.

"In order to prevent this from happening, my partner and I have decided that there are a number of properties that we have purchased in private will be handed over to you. There are 3 building complex that we have purchased in the city centre that is generating $1 Billion in revenue per year. All the properties will be placed under your children's names. So only when your children are born, then the properties will be transferred over to you and your future family. From now until the birth if your first born, you will be getting 20% of the revenue with 50% kept in a trust fund for your future family and the remaining amount will be donated to an orphanage. In the event that you do not have children, the 50% will be given to you when you reach 50 years old and the properties will be moved under your name with the promised 30% going to an orphanage.

"This is not the only inheritance that you are going to receive. There will be more announced later with everyone.

"I know that you are thinking why are we creating all this drama just for the sake of the fortune that we have, our point of view is just to spread out our wealth to everyone so that there is as little fighting as possible amongst all our offsprings. This was also the wishes of Great Grandfather Shen. He said before that there is a Chinese saying that "Wealth Doesn't Last 3 Generations". Of course we hope that it can. But now that everything is not as per our expectation, we hope that this will minimise any impact of it happening. Or rather remove this issue even before it is presented.

"I have one last request from you. I'm not sure if you can help fulfill this for me."

After saying this, there is this long pause that kept Chen Xin on his toes wondering what it could be.