The Hong Garden
Length: 150,000 words
Genre: Modern urban business saga
Target readers: People born in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
Themes: Upheaval in the business world, tests of human nature, psychological battles, and tangled relationships
Lin Hao (male lead)
Age: 35
Background: Born into an ordinary family, he built an internet company from scratch.
Personality: Intelligent, decisive, and ambitious, but deeply insecure.
Goal: Become a business magnate and prove his worth.
Su Qing (female lead)
Age: 30
Background: A wealthy heiress and successor to her family's company, with extensive business resources and connections.
Personality: Independent, composed, and rational, but yearns for true love and freedom deep down.
Goal: Break free from her family's constraints and realize her own worth.
Chen Yu (second male lead)
Age: 40
Background: A titan of traditional industry and Lin Hao's rival.
Personality: Cunning and ruthless, but haunted by guilt toward his family.
Goal: Preserve his business empire and defeat emerging competitors.
Li Wei (second female lead)
Age: 28
Background: Lin Hao's first love, now Chen Yu's secretary.
Personality: Gentle and kind, but emotionally conflicted, with feelings for both Lin Hao and Chen Yu.
Goal: Find happiness and escape the shadows of the past.
Through the rise, rivalries, reversals, and eventual fates of Lin Hao, Su Qing, Chen Yu, and the others amid upheaval in the business world, The Business World in Flux explores complex emotions such as greed, ambition, and insecurity, as well as the struggles of modern city dwellers to balance love and career.
