A financial tycoon who weathered every storm in modern society unexpectedly transmigrates back to the early 1990s and becomes the older brother of Qi Tongwei, the tragic character from In the Name of the People. Seeing his younger brother, still struggling at the grassroots but full of ambition, he vows to turn fate around and never let the tragedy of “defying heaven by half a move” happen again. From the start, he draws on his precise insight into the next thirty years of economic trends to write a classified report on “Potential Risks and Opportunities During the Transition to a Market Economy” and submit it through special channels. Every word of the report is incisive, and it shocks the highest echelons of the capital. A retired heavyweight with enormous influence personally receives him. Using this as his ticket in, Qi Tonggang gets to know future central government officials, rising military star Zhao Mengsheng, and the top heirs of Beijing’s most powerful families. Rather than trying to get rich without putting in the work, he leads this group of “princelings” into real industries, taking on VCD players and pagers before investing in the internet’s three fledgling giants. Once he has secured a foothold at home, he takes trillions in capital to Wall Street, shorts the ruble, attacks the yen, and faces off against Soros in the 1997 Hong Kong financial defense battle. He makes his name in a single fight, becoming a “red capitalist” who commands the world’s attention. Everything he does is to pave an unstoppable path to success for his younger brother, Qi Tongwei, so he can stand proudly at the pinnacle of power and truly “defy heaven by half a move”!
