Chu Feng

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Chu Feng (楚凤)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Chu Group
Occupation/Role	Chairwoman of the Chu Group
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 13
Family	Chu Xiaoxiao (daughter). 13
Residence	Originally the Chu family villa on Earth; later immigrates to the Moon. 253 563
Corporate Ownership	Shares ownership of the Chu Group on equal footing with Nie Yun following his acquisition of a 50% stake; Atlantis is subsequently publicly identified as the holder of that stake. 150 186

Background / History

Chu Feng built the Chu Group from the ground up and leads it as chairwoman. Under her leadership, the company expands rapidly into ocean trade and Southeast Asia, bringing it into direct conflict with the long-established Riyao Group. Her commercial methods and her daughter Chu Xiaoxiao's business talent repeatedly erode Riyao's market share. 17

When Xiaoxiao is abducted by the Desperate Trio, Chu Feng waits anxiously at Nanwan Pier with bodyguards. Upon her daughter's safe return after two days, she rushes to embrace her, prioritizing Xiaoxiao's wellbeing over police questioning. 13

After learning that Nie Yun rescued Xiaoxiao, Chu Feng suspects Riyao Group of orchestrating the kidnapping and resolves to answer underhanded tactics with commercial retaliation. She also substantially increases Xiaoxiao's security detail. 17

A second kidnapping attempt exposes Feng Ge's connection to Riyao Group, but the case later stalls for lack of evidence. Chu Feng confronts Public Security Bureau Chief Liu Guodong over the lack of progress and protects Xiaoxiao from further questioning. 39 40

When Riyao Group pressures the Chu Group through suppliers and customs, Chu Feng identifies the threat but remains composed, recognizing that lost time—not merely lost suppliers—is the immediate danger to the company's overseas contracts and reputation. 43 44

Chu Feng initially doubts Xiaoxiao's claim that Nie Yun can supply nuclear fuel. Once Professor Fang verifies the uranium's authenticity and exceptional purity, she immediately mobilizes the Chu Group's security force to secure it. 44 46 She later negotiates a deal with Commander Hu of the Southeast Military Region: the Chu Group will provide a stable uranium supply in exchange for military-industrial qualifications and assistance resolving its import/export problems. 50

The military agreement receives central approval, and customs officials are instructed to remove the restrictions on the Chu Group and fully cooperate with its trade. This reverses Riyao's pressure campaign and reveals the Chu Group's new military backing to Han Xiangshang. 53

Chu Feng receives Nie Yun at the family home after Xiaoxiao's father leaves her a letter explaining his circumstances. She had intended to have Nie Yun live with them, but respects his decision to follow his own path. Believing he works for a powerful organization, she warns him to protect himself when national interests are involved. 56 57

Nie Yun's proposed iron-ore supply and large steel purchases provide another solution to the Chu Group's supplier difficulties. Chu Feng recognizes that inexpensive ore could reduce infrastructure and production costs throughout the domestic economy, while drawing steel manufacturers into cooperation with her company. 59

As the Ghost Captain's activities damage Riyao's business, Chu Feng moves to capture its market share and exploit its falling stock price. She also arranges to sell Nie Yun's iron ore at 10% below market price, seeking military approval and approaching Baowu Steel Group as the first major buyer. 63 She subsequently oversees an ore shipment delivered by an autonomous freighter, with 20,000 tonnes of steel loaded aboard for the return journey. 81

At Lianyungang, Chu Feng presents Baowu manager Mr. Ma with a 200,000-tonne shipment and announces an expected supply of 30 million tonnes per month through four major ports. She offers Baowu priority purchasing rights for up to 20 million tonnes while keeping the supplier's identity confidential. In exchange, Baowu agrees to a long-term contract supplying the Chu Group with steel at its lowest available price. 102

With military protection, favorable government treatment, and increased cash reserves from the ore trade, Chu Feng launches a financial takeover of Riyao Group. She purchases depressed public shares and uses agents already inside Riyao to win over executives and acquire their holdings. After gaining control, the Chu Group completes a tender offer and privatization, turning its formerly larger rival into a wholly owned business and multiplying its own size. 123

Nie Yun's financial support later becomes a 50% equity investment in the Chu Group, making him a major shareholder on equal footing with Chu Feng. 150 At an international press conference, she publicly announces the Chu Group's long-term supply agreement and strategic partnership with Atlantis, followed by the disclosure that Atlantis owns half of the group. The event also introduces Atlantis's practical seabed-mining technology to the public. 185 186

Following the Ghost Captain's appearance in news surrounding the United Nations conference, Chu Feng considers the need to revise her company's business strategy. At this stage, she believes Nie Yun works for the Ghost Captain rather than knowing that he is the Ghost Captain himself. Xiaoxiao's declaration that she intends to join the organization and become Atlantis's CEO leaves her speechless. 253

After Xiaoxiao leaves Earth, Chu Feng eventually immigrates to the Moon because she worries that her daughter will be lonely. The widespread adoption of virtual office systems allows her to continue directing her business empire remotely through the Virtual Network. 563

Appearance

Chu Feng is a middle-aged woman whose professional presence reflects her position as the Chu Group's chairwoman.

• Wears professional suits. 13
• Has a few crow's feet, though her former beauty remains apparent. 13
• Often appears accompanied by bodyguards during security-sensitive situations. 13
• Her facial features bear a resemblance to Chu Xiaoxiao's. 56

Personality

Chu Feng is decisive, strategically minded, and difficult to intimidate. She confronts Liu Guodong directly over the stalled kidnapping investigation and recognizes Riyao Group's pressure campaign against her company. 40 43

Despite her business acumen, she is deeply protective of Xiaoxiao. She immediately intervenes when police questioning upsets her daughter, raises Xiaoxiao's security after the first abduction, and restricts her from going to sea after repeated kidnappings. 13 17 44

She values discipline alongside capability. Although proud of Xiaoxiao's intelligence and contributions to the company, Chu Feng disapproves of her daughter's truancy and worries that early involvement in business has left her without ordinary peers. 44

Her caution does not prevent her from taking major commercial risks when she sees an opportunity. She turns Riyao's declining share price into a successful acquisition campaign and negotiates with Baowu to handle volumes of ore beyond the Chu Group's independent distribution capacity. 102 123

She remains skeptical of unexplained events even when they benefit her. Although pleased by Riyao's losses after the Aquarius disappears, she finds the reported circumstances suspicious. During the broader Ghost Captain affair, she considers the likelihood of investigations and tells Xiaoxiao to warn Nie Yun rather than treating the situation solely as a business opportunity. 53 63

Chu Feng extends maternal concern to Nie Yun, welcoming him into the household and respecting his independence while warning him about dangerous work. She is also perceptive about her daughter's feelings, questioning Xiaoxiao's attachment to him and later teasing her for defending him. 44 57 253

Her protectiveness persists after Xiaoxiao becomes Atlantis's CEO. She objects to her daughter working full-time before adulthood, and later moves to the Moon to keep her company. When she finds Nie Yun leaving Xiaoxiao's room early in the morning, she recognizes the situation despite his awkward excuses and responds with conflicted restraint, inviting him to breakfast. 303 563

Relationships

• Chu Xiaoxiao — Her daughter and closest family. Chu Feng is fiercely protective of Xiaoxiao, while also relying on her business judgment in major Chu Group decisions. 13 17 43 50 She is taken aback by Xiaoxiao's decision to become Atlantis's CEO and continues to regard her as too young for full-time employment. After Xiaoxiao moves off Earth, Chu Feng follows her to the Moon out of concern for her loneliness. 253 303 563
• Nie Yun — Xiaoxiao's rescuer and the apparent source behind the uranium supplier. Chu Feng initially regards him as an ordinary fisherman with unexplained secrets, then accepts the strategic value of his supply channel through Xiaoxiao's intermediary role. 17 44 50 Their relationship becomes both familial and commercial: she welcomes him into her home, expresses concern for his safety, and shares ownership of the Chu Group with him after his financial support becomes a 50% equity investment. 57 150 She recognizes Xiaoxiao's romantic attachment to him, but remains protective of her daughter and reproaches him over drawing her into Atlantis's work. 253 303 On the Moon, she realizes that the pair have spent the night together despite Nie Yun's attempt to pretend he has only just arrived. 563
• Chu Xiaoxiao's Father / Nie Yun's Foster Father — The man whose foster son is Nie Yun. Chu Feng tells Xiaoxiao about him when her daughter finally asks, and later explains that he left her a letter describing Nie Yun. That letter contributes to her original intention to bring Nie Yun into the household. 17 56 57
• Ye Min — Xiaoxiao's personal bodyguard. Chu Feng entrusts Ye Min with transporting the verified uranium and orders the full security department to protect her. 44 46 When Xiaoxiao is permitted to attend the military equipment handover under naval escort, Chu Feng still requires Ye Min and twelve bodyguards to accompany her. 65
• Professor Fang — Nuclear expert who verifies the uranium and helps connect the Chu Group with Commander Hu. Chu Feng keeps him at the company under confidentiality precautions while deciding how to handle the fuel. 45 47 50
• Commander Hu — Southeast Military Region commander and a key institutional partner. Chu Feng negotiates the uranium supply agreement with him and secures assistance with military-industrial qualifications and customs restrictions. She later seeks military approval for the discounted iron-ore trade with Baowu. 50 53 63
• Mr. Ma / Baowu Steel Group — Steel-industry counterpart in the iron-ore trade. Chu Feng oversees deliveries to Mr. Ma and negotiates priority access to large ore supplies in exchange for favorable long-term steel purchasing terms. She maintains the supplier's confidentiality throughout their dealings. 81 102
• Liu Guodong — City Public Security Bureau Chief. Their relationship is strained by the unresolved kidnappings and his requests for further testimony from Xiaoxiao. 13 40
• Han Yi and Han Xiangshang — Members of the rival Riyao Group. Their company views the Chu Group's expansion as a threat and uses covert measures against it. 17 39 43 Chu Feng ultimately exploits Riyao's financial decline to acquire the group outright, ending its independence as a corporate rival. 123
• Lao Da and Lao San — Atlantis's representatives at the international press conference. Chu Feng introduces them as spokesmen but is privately frustrated by their intimidating manners, muscle-flexing poses, and inappropriate remarks. 185 186

Story Role / Major Arcs

Chu Xiaoxiao's First Kidnapping

Chu Feng reunites with Xiaoxiao after her rescue, shields her from police pressure, and begins strengthening her protection. 13 17

Conflict with Riyao Group

As Chu Group expands into ocean trade, Chu Feng identifies Riyao Group as the likely force behind the kidnapping. Riyao later targets her company through supply cancellations and customs interference. 17 39 43 44

The military's intervention removes the customs restrictions and undermines Riyao's attempt to isolate the Chu Group. Meanwhile, the disappearance of the Aquarius and the Ghost Captain's growing notoriety weaken Riyao's finances and commercial position. Chu Feng prepares to take advantage of both its lost market share and its depressed stock price. 53 63

Her retaliation culminates in the acquisition of Riyao Group. By combining public-market purchases with shares obtained from executives won over through internal agents, she gains a controlling interest before completing a full buyout and delisting. The takeover turns a conglomerate several times larger than the Chu Group into its subsidiary. 123

Nuclear Fuel Deal

After uranium supplied through Nie Yun is authenticated, Chu Feng treats it as both an immense opportunity and a major security risk. She secures the material, works with Xiaoxiao and Professor Fang, and reaches an agreement with the Southeast Military Region that relieves the Chu Group's trade crisis while granting it military-industrial qualifications. 46 47 50

Central approval strengthens the arrangement, with the military instructed to secure the supply channel without investigating its source for the time being. The Chu Group remains a crucial intermediary as the supplier later offers a second enriched-uranium sale without an upper supply limit. 53 86

Iron-Ore Trade and Industrial Expansion

Chu Feng recognizes that Nie Yun's ore supply can solve the group's supplier problems while creating a broader advantage for domestic steel production and infrastructure. She seeks military approval for sales at 90% of market price and begins building a relationship with Baowu Steel Group. 59 63

During an early delivery, she accompanies Mr. Ma aboard the autonomous freighter. Its bridge contains identical toy robots in pink dresses rather than an obvious sophisticated control system, leaving her privately bemused. The shipment is unloaded successfully, steel is loaded for the Chu Group, and the vessel departs without a crew. 81

As production expands, she negotiates a distribution arrangement suited to the enormous supply: four ports will handle ore expected to reach 30 million tonnes monthly, while Baowu receives priority purchasing rights in return for its lowest available steel prices. This allows the Chu Group to benefit from an industrial-scale supply channel without having to distribute all of the ore itself. 102

Atlantis Partnership and Public Representation

Nie Yun's loan to the Chu Group becomes an equity investment amounting to half its shares. Chu Feng continues leading the group while his support places him on equal footing with her as a major shareholder. 150

When international pressure demands a public explanation for Atlantis's vast ore supply, Chu Feng serves as the partnership's public face. At the press conference, she presents the long-term agreement and introduces Atlantis's two representatives, despite finding their conduct unsuitable for the formal setting. 185

She maintains order when an Australian reporter challenges Atlantis's legitimacy, then announces its 50% ownership of the Chu Group. Lao Da's revelation of practical seabed mining dramatically increases interest in the partnership, though his subsequent joke about avoiding taxes undermines the professional image she is trying to maintain. 186

Xiaoxiao's Career and Relationship with Nie Yun

Chu Feng recognizes Xiaoxiao's feelings for Nie Yun well before their relationship becomes openly intimate. She questions her daughter's belief in him during the nuclear-fuel negotiations and later teases Xiaoxiao for immediately defending his secrecy. 44 253

Xiaoxiao's decision to join the Ghost Captain's organization as Atlantis's CEO surprises her. Even after Xiaoxiao takes the position, Chu Feng remains concerned about her age and opposes full-time employment before she turns eighteen. Her reproach makes Nie Yun reluctant to visit when she is present. 253 303

Security and Lunar Relocation

The Chu Group's role as Atlantis's first known partner, together with Atlantis's half ownership, attracts attention from outside factions. The Chu mother and daughter receive special state protection, including six Mech Cop Type I units deployed at Chu Villa. 462 463

After the attack on the villa, Nie Yun arranges for Xiaoxiao to move to Lunar New City for safety and initially plans for Chu Feng to live on Atlantis Island. 469 Chu Feng later immigrates to the Moon as well, choosing to stay near her daughter while managing her business remotely through the Virtual Network. 563

Her lunar appearance also marks a change in the family's private relationships. Finding Nie Yun outside Xiaoxiao's room at seven thirty in the morning, she sees through his attempt to disguise their overnight intimacy. Although conflicted, she brings breakfast for her daughter and invites him to join them. 563

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