Character Map
Male protagonist: Lu Chenzhou (28 years old)
Ostensible identity: Antique restorer
Hidden identity: Actual controller of Southeast Asia's largest private equity fund "Guixu Capital"
Character Arc: Transformation from world-weary nobleman to guardian
Five major heroines:
1. Jiang Shuying (26 years old) chief appraiser of the auction house/childhood sweetheart of the male protagonist
Classic line: "All genuine products are in museums. Which one in circulation is not a fake that carries original sin?"
2. Ye Zhen (30 years old) CEO of a multinational pharmaceutical group/male business rival
Character Paradox: Using the money that saves people to feed the medicine that kills people
3. Amber (? Years old) AI android/tech group's secret weapon
Existential Dilemma: "You humans always talk about emotions and desires, but when I really feel pain, why do you think I'm a monster?"
4. Shen Qingwu (35 years old) legal beauty/specializes in economic crimes
Black humor: "My winning rate is 90%, of which 50% depends on evidence and 40% depends on the sudden disappearance of my opponent."
5. Xiaoman (22 years old) folklorist/savior of the male protagonist
Fateful metaphor: "Are you laughing at me for always looking at the old almanac? Did you know that if you don't move the earth today, you will really fall from the roof?"
