Now That I'm Reborn, Who'd Still Be a Lapdog for a Fake Heiress?

Let's start with the bottom line: Gu Yan only wants to hold on to his five million, but the entire venture capital world is convinced he's playing some grand international game.

He canceled a yacht outing and blocked the fake heiress because he didn't want to be a sucker anymore.

The result: The yacht outing's bill went unpaid, and everyone decided he'd seen through the Shen family's cash-flow crisis in advance.

He gave up his downtown lease and moved into a rundown Western-style house because the rent was only eight thousand a month and it had a terrace.

The result: The Sequoia godfather showed up in person, exclaiming that this was "a deliberate move away from the center of the bubble."

He closed his position early and missed out on eight million because he was too timid to take the last bite.

The result: Capital tycoons all took notes: "Restrain your greed. That's what makes a master of market cycles!"

Gu Yan turned down fifty million dollars in funding: "I don't want to be responsible to investors."

Everyone: "Got it. The offshore consortium behind him won't let outsiders get involved!"

Lin Wei collapsed outside his door, devastated. "You're obviously so capable. Why did you pretend to be poor before?"

Gu Yan raised an eyebrow. "Is it possible I really just want to drink tea in peace?"

But when overseas investors sent him an agreement for ten billion in follow-on investment, he realized the misunderstanding had become impossible to explain.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.