The Information Broker: I Just Want to Make Money

A former national security intelligence analyst transmigrates into the body of Shen Yan, son of a wealthy Jiangnan merchant. By analyzing market data, he helps his family avoid a business trap, earns his first fortune, and begins building a commercial intelligence model. He sells “industry analysis reports” and “competitor assessments” to merchants, and “public-opinion briefings” to officials. Until one day, his clients, wealthy merchants, officials, and generals from across the land, join forces to push him to the pinnacle of power. Half willingly and half by chance, the protagonist uses his all-pervasive intelligence network to pacify the realm and establish a new order, eventually discovering that the most efficient business model is to rule a country.