At 36, Cheng Hai had once been riding high in the advertising world, with a happy family. But an industry downturn, his wife’s betrayal, and his father’s serious illness sent him crashing to rock bottom overnight, from urban middle-class comfort to the fringes of society. To scrape together money for his father’s life-saving treatment, he delivers food by day and livestreams his sob story at night, as life’s bitterness keeps pouring into his days.
Then fate takes a turn. An act of courage that comes to someone else’s aid unexpectedly makes him famous. Seizing the opportunity, he joins forces with partners to build a team and launch a short-video MCN agency. But the road to entrepreneurship is full of obstacles. Malicious investors and schemes by rivals leave him struggling to move forward. His family offers no respite either: his marriage falls apart, and clashes with his father over their values leave him battered even as he fights to build his business.
On a life’s journey that feels like rowing upstream, can Cheng Hai break through his troubles and turn his life around? And can he find his sense of purpose and direction again on this difficult road? Open Floating City: Against the Current and witness his fiery, unyielding journey through the darkness.
