From the Start, I Had a Group Chat from the Future: I Built an IP Empire

[Urban] + [Information Asymmetry] + [Business Legend]

After the college entrance exams, Su Cheng, an otherwise ordinary teenager, happens to join a mysterious QQ group called “The IP Collectors’ Alliance.” To his astonishment, the group lets him glimpse the future value of intellectual property and spot upcoming industry trends! The members’ seemingly absurd talk of “future archaeology” becomes Su Cheng’s golden finger, changing his fate against all odds.

Armed with information from the future, he buys the source code for the failing game Fruit Ninja for next to nothing. His investment makes a splash, earning him his first fortune and astonishing everyone. From tentative experiments on his university forum to catching a ride on the social gaming platform boom, Su Cheng begins to make a name for himself in the industry.

While everyone else is chasing the latest trends, Su Cheng uses the group’s “future intelligence” to get ahead, acquiring Rainbow Animation, which is on the verge of collapse and owns Star Dome Girls; securing the prototype code for the future hit mobile game Pixel Tower Defense; and even beating others to the early rights to a hugely popular franchise worth tens of billions. He builds a core team and founds Chengxin Entertainment, riding the mobile internet wave to success.

Facing attacks from industry giants, copycats, and rivals trying to poach his staff, Su Cheng repeatedly averts disaster with his precise predictions of the future. He gets ahead of the next national hit IPs, leads the mobile gaming boom, and pioneers the designer toy blind-box market. The rich kids and professors who once mocked him for “not focusing on his studies” can now only look up at the business legend he has become.

From an ordinary college student, Su Cheng grows into a business titan controlling the entire IP industry chain, from games and animation to film, television, and merchandise. Not only does he amass a fortune worth billions, he also leads the trends of his era and forges his own business legend!