A financial epic that pierces through the maze of capital. Over the course of twenty years, industrialist Zhong Ming loses everything in the 2008 financial crisis, then glimpses the secrets of gold arbitrage in Hong Kong's black market. After making a name for himself on Wall Street, he retires and returns home, where no one knows who he is and everyone looks down on him. In secret, he nurtures apprentices from humble backgrounds. When his rival, Si Luo, targets his daughter Zhong Yue's new energy venture, the veteran trader known as "Master Ming" steps in for her and is drawn into a financial hunt targeting China's gold reserves. Forced to return to his old trade, he makes the international gold market his chessboard and lifts the curtain on the shadow war behind the capital-fueled frenzy. His opponents are an alliance of Wall Street investment banks, and the two sides clash on battlegrounds ranging from the London gold fixing mechanism to the offshore renminbi NDF market. Through three dimensions: technique (trading skills), principle (the contest between industry and finance), and spirit (the Eastern philosophy of reclusion), the story reaches an ultimate reflection on the world of capital. When candlestick charts become digital cages, two generations of father and daughter move from fierce clashes over trading philosophies toward a profound questioning of the very nature of capital.
Not bad, another masterpiece