The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Lord

The novel mainly follows Cheng Yifei, who comes from a poor rural family. He gets into college and works his way through school before entering the workforce, where he continues to strive and push himself to achieve an extraordinary business success. After being betrayed, he picks himself up and presses on. His first start-up goes bankrupt and into liquidation after his business partner deceives him, leaving him deeply in debt. With his second venture, he takes the company public, then steps away at the height of his success. In the end, he enjoys a leisurely life balancing investments and philanthropy. Along the way, the story follows his developing relationship with the heroine, Gao Yanxue, as well as his entanglement with Huang Shiyao, the boss’s daughter.