The protagonist of this novel is Lisa, a woman whose Chinese name is the phonetic rendering of her English name. She has worked for over a decade. During her ten years in foreign companies, she was never a successful manager, just an inconspicuous office worker.
She is no longer young, nearing forty; she has no ambitions and is still only a supervisor. She has expertise and work experience, but no connections. She is honest and upright, never currying favor with her superiors or sucking up to the powerful. She earned her position as a supervisor through her own talent and hard work. I believe there are plenty of ordinary people like her around us, and that this novel will resonate with everyone working in finance or striving to get ahead in the workplace.
She views office life with a cool eye, magnifying and dissecting the trivial little things that go unnoticed in foreign companies, and showing them to you. Perhaps these things are familiar, happening right beside you, though you may never have paid them any attention. Or perhaps you'll say,
