Golden Age

In 1999, on the eve of China's accession to the WTO, Pudong, Shanghai was still a large construction site. A young architect named Lu Yuanzhou resigned from his iron job and wrote two words: Yuanzhou. Little did he know that what he was breaking into was a golden age of real estate. In this golden land, some people made their fortunes through courage - He Zhongxun used leverage to leverage tens of billions of assets, believing that "China's real estate will only rise and not fall"; some relied on power to seek rent - Zhao Pengcheng exchanged an approval stamp for 12 million in cash, and settled an account in a 55-square-meter welfare house: 330 a day, in exchange for 15 years in prison; some used violence to open the way - Long Sihai knocked down an old house, and also knocked down a life. But Yuanzhou chose a more difficult path: building a good house to make people feel at ease. From the 50 acres of wasteland in Sanlin, Pudong, to the urban landmarks on the banks of Jinji Lake in Suzhou; from a small rental house to a quality real estate company that changes industry standards - he has spent twenty years proving one thing: in the golden age, those who keep the bottom line are the final winners. When the tide recedes, the levers break, power collapses, and violence bites back - Yuanzhou is still standing there This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.