The minute the boarding was complete and the jet took off, one of the more newly appointed attendant went to the airport manager who was a very wise but kind old man and asked," Sir, who where these people? We assist so many rich people everyday but I have never seen everyone so tensed and subdued, in fact the aviation minister himself was here today to receive them and moreover they had so many armed personals with them who checked all of us and the entire area themselves". The manager looked at him and laughed suddenly, he said," Are you seriously telling me you don't know who the Zhao's are? Haven't you heard about the Four Great Families of the Shang Country?" the attendant shook his head and continued to innocently gaze at the manager, who then released a sigh and told him," so listen son and listen carefully because now I am going to give you a very important lesson in world politics.
The Great Shang Country as we all know is one of the oldest countries in the world. It is one of the richest countries in the world too and has a huge population which comprises of prosperous and happy people majorly. Not only are they extremely technologically and scientifically advanced, they have amazing living standards and an army so huge that it will make your mind spin. The thing is that the Shangs have extremely deep beliefs about their way of life. They don't welcome changes easily and believe that they have been able to achieve so much by following the ways of their ancestors. From time immemorial it has been seen that the Shangs don't involve themselves actively in world politics but still have deep relations with all the leading nations of the world. If rumors are to be believed then it can be said that many of the nations in the world are in debt of the Shang nation and here is where the Four Great families come to play. The lu's, Gu's, Zhao's and the Tang's are the leading four families of the Shang country since its establishment and have utmost power in the country.
The Tang's are the family of great scholars and medicine practitioners; they believe that education and cultural knowledge are of utmost importance in the world. They are thus one of the most educated and medically advanced families in the world with the members of this family being top doctors and they have innumerable hospitals in the entire world. Their motto is to save lives. The Gu's are almost the exact opposite of them, they belief in destroying anyone before they destroy you. They are the highly regarded military family of the country and believe in discipline and rigorous training of mind and body to protect their country. All the major generals in the Shang country over the years have been from the Gu family. They are almost vicious when it comes to protect their nation. Then comes the Zhao's. Utterly focused on making money and increasing the GDP of their country, the Zhao's control basically most of the important businesses of the Shang country. They believe that the way to make life better is by earning money. They are extremely sharp, sly and are so smooth in their operations that they would rob you blind if you don't pay attention. Their motto is to make life worth living. Lastly, The Lu's – the family leading the Great Four Families. Not much is known about them, what is known is that the lu's are required to maintain the balance between the four families, they have their hand in every important and non important matters of the country and even kind of keep check on the other families. It is said that like lions they are strong, fierce, brave and if ever challenged would single mindedly trail, stalk and run down their prey. In short, there isn't a more elusive, daring, ruthless and persistent family that there's.
It is said that the four families are utterly respected by the entire Shang country and have a very strong interconnected bond with each other. The heads of each family meet on regular basis and advise the government and each other about the major issues of the country. The families are also regularly seen interacting with each other. Overall the people of the Shang country have deep sense of self respect and look out for each other but at the same time like everyone else they crave more power and thus maintaining this power balance between the families seems tricky. They value blood relations and blood connections, value intelligence and are extremely intolerable of any kind of disrespect." The manager stopped himself here and looked at his attendant who looked so shocked after listening to all this and then said, " thus, son I hope you now understand things clearly because the ones here we the Second young master and the only Young miss of the Zhao family and we just cannot even imagine the price of offending them."