Name: The Billionaire Who Rose from a Sea of Women
Author: Fished for Nothing

Synopsis

A contemporary setting, lighthearted humor, laugh-out-loud everyday life, playful banter, heartwarming inspiration, and no harem. He's penniless, yet popular with women. He's sincere, yet works in the most hypocritical industry. He's handsome, talented, and witty, and could have led a life of endless romantic conquests, but…

Set in Shenzhen, Guangdong, in 2008, the story follows the remarkable career and business journey of Li Zhe, a young man from a farming family who rises steadily to success. It also tells a tearjerking love story and serves as a nostalgic memoir of the youth of workers born in the eighties and nineties.

The story unfolds at an unhurried pace and is full of charm, steeped in the feel of its era. It brings together practical career advice, wisdom for dealing with people, reflections on personal growth, the dangers of the world, and both laughs and tears. This heartfelt work is for patient readers with good taste. Written with love and shared through the written word, it's best savored slowly.

This book is dedicated to fellow readers born in the eighties and nineties. May everyone chasing opportunities far from home, whether heading south, north, or anywhere else, soon turn their lives around and strike it rich.

Other names

My Years of Rising from Rags to Riches in Shenzhen我在深圳逆袭暴富那些年Alternate title on Fanqie

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