The Sun Is Broken

Zhang Guannan, a senior in high school, was selected by the county as the first person since Liberation with a chance of getting into Tsinghua. However, a series of unfortunate events at home, triggered by the 100-yuan application fee, forced him to drop out and work to pay off debts. Beaten unconscious, he was taken in by Jin Song, a down-and-out jeweler, and his sister. Together, they built a business, and within eight years became the most celebrated jewelry magnates in the Central Plains. But young and too conspicuous, Zhang offended officials and business rivals alike, and was ruined until he lost everything. With no other choice, he embarked on a dangerous path of revenge.

In the meantime, Jin Hua fell in love with Zhang Guannan, while Zhang was deeply in love with Mei Li, his high school classmate, leaving him caught in a romantic tangle. After a drunken night led to something that should never have happened, he had no choice but to leave the Jin siblings. He went to Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, and rescued a company on the verge of bankruptcy. But after it was saved, he was cast aside, and had to flee in haste once more. Heading south to Shenzhen, he joined the Hong Kong-funded Kanghong Company. When he stumbled into a power struggle between the chairman and his son-in-law, Zhang saved the chairman's life. Grateful for his talent, the chairman offered him his widowed daughter in marriage. Zhang, in a mistake...

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