In the bitter winter of 1932 Shanghai, Su Cheng, a top history student, unexpectedly transmigrates into a slum. He has just finished chewing half a flatbread so frozen it hurts his teeth when the Republican-Era Warlord System suddenly appears: one silver dollar equals one point, which can be exchanged for Brownings and martial arts training, even mortars, tanks, and heavy artillery!
From the start, he works as a laborer at Shiliupu Wharf. Zhao Laosan’s men think he is too scrawny and try to kick him out, but he immediately trades for Basic Combat Skills and knocks down the thugs with three punches. Then he pulls out the pistol he just redeemed. “Want me to straighten out the wharf’s accounts for you?” Three days later, he exposes the old bookkeeper’s embezzlement, doubling the wharf’s profits. Word reaches Du Yuesheng’s ears at once.
At the Du residence, Du Yuesheng holds the ledger and asks, “What’s Su Cheng’s background?” Before anyone can answer, Su Cheng has already helped the Axe Gang evade a police ambush and used “intelligence foresight” to intercept Japanese smuggled goods. When Zhang Xiaolin tries to seize territory, Su Cheng redeems a light machine gun and raids his opium warehouse. When the foreign concessions are surrounded, he trades for all kinds of weapons and sinks the enemy ships blockading the harbor.
He takes on Shanghai’s gangs and criminal underworld in a fierce struggle, and fears neither the foreign concessions nor the Japanese army.
Lin Wan, an embroidery shop worker, uses her needlework to help him pass along intelligence. The two go from supporting each other through the chaos to fighting the Japanese side by side. When Su Cheng leads his troops in defending Shanghai’s last line of defense, Du Yuesheng watches him from a rooftop and finally sighs, “I’ve spent half my life guarding Shanghai, and only today do I understand: Su Cheng is the real Emperor of Shanghai!”
This book is pure excitement from beginning to end. Don’t miss it!
The story structure is clear. Strong logic! The plot is compact. The beginning is also very well designed. It is a foreshadowing in the early stage. It will definitely get better and better in the future. Well worth reading!