Once he crosses this river, the road behind him is where he came from, and the path ahead is unknown. A pawn cannot turn back; it can only move forward, one step at a time, each leaving its mark as a wager on fate.
He boards the bus, and it pulls out of Guangzhou. The scenery along the expressway changes: more factories, more construction sites, scaffolding and tower cranes everywhere. A huge billboard reads, “Time is money, efficiency is life” and “Shenzhen Speed.” Chen Guoliang gazes out the window as that strange feeling wells up inside him again. He really has made it here, to this legendary place.
A nice book