When Chen Yuan, a Ph. D. In economics from Cornell, returned to his hometown as a mother, he faced a county that was dragged down by debt and a rigid system. The unfinished buildings in Yongfeng New Town are like huge scars, revealing the truth about the intertwining of local finance, corruption network and people's livelihood difficulties. With a professional blade in his hand, he saw through the lies of data and designed a sophisticated debt restructuring plan. He also inadvertently awakened the ability to "read minds" and was able to gain insight into the deepest fears and desires of everyone at the negotiation table. From an unfinished building to an entire development zone, from clearing out zombie companies to reconstructing the industrial ecology, he accurately cut the lesions, but also touched the intricate nerves of interests. This is a war without gunpowder, with economics as the weapon and people's hearts as the battlefield. And his "scalpel" wants to cut out a new future from the body of the old order.
