Financial elite Zhou Qiming transmigrates to the rotten “Guandong Autonomous Territory” and binds himself to the Corrupt Official Reform System. Its mission? “Fight corruption using corrupt officials’ own methods.” So bribes become “efficiency service fees,” kickbacks are repackaged as “performance incentives,” and the resale of permits is turned into “franchise-rights futures.” He founds Qiming Capital, standardizes and melts down the unspoken rules of the entire rotten system, and plunges into absurd business battles with compradors and foreign tycoons. He even forms an “impure alliance” with Shen Qingqiu, the governor’s daughter. In the end, he packages this hopeless dynasty as a “growth stock” that global capital scrambles to buy, then takes it to the IPO roadshow stage. This is a satirical tale of using the magic of capital to defeat the magic of rules, and “saving the country” in reverse amid utter absurdity.
The humor is absurd and beautiful.