I Was a General Manager, Now I Deliver Takeout

Lin Chen, a 35-year-old co-founder, was betrayed by his partner Zhao Kai. His company went bankrupt, leaving him with a staggering 28 million yuan in debt. He went from a market director earning a million yuan a year to rock bottom. With nowhere else to turn, he swallowed his pride and became a food-delivery rider. As he braved wind and rain on the job, he made a group of loyal friends and drew on years of marketing experience to spot the online business problems facing local small and midsize shops. He joined forces with his friends to start from scratch, beginning with outsourced online operations for food delivery and building a local services network. Breaking free of the platforms’ constraints, he defeated his old enemy Zhao Kai head-on and eventually paid off all his debts, making a comeback. Along the way, he transformed from a calculating manager focused only on his own interests into an entrepreneur who understood the everyday realities of life.