Reborn as a condemned man, I take the Qing dynasty by storm with candlestick charts!
Chen Yan opens his eyes to find himself the eldest grandson of the Chen family, about to be executed in the Jiaqing era.
After escaping the execution ground, all he has left is three copper coins and a copy of The Secret Record of Wealth.
Looking at the chaotic silver market of the Qing dynasty, he grins:
"You call this a financial market without even a candlestick chart?"
And so
When the salt merchants join forces to short the market, he draws a "death cross" in response: "The rally is over. Time to fall."
When a prince dumps a million taels, he points to the "divergence between volume and price": "All bluff. It'll crash tomorrow."
When the emperor urgently summons him to stabilize silver prices, he presents a "trendline chart": "Your Majesty, buy according to this and you'll make a sure profit."
From a condemned man in Suzhou to the Silver King of Jiangnan, from three copper coins to wealth enough to rival a nation.
The officials at court can't make sense of his lines, but they all kneel and beg him to draw them.
Until one day, foreign merchants arrive with a million taels of silver to short the Chinese market.
Ninety-year-old Chen Yan shakily raises his brush:
"Children, today I'll teach you one last lesson, "
"What it means when the national team steps in to prop up the market."
Are you sure that's what's inside? Cheats