Inherit the Conglomerate or Become a Chief Scientist

Other people at twenty: agonizing over whether to pursue a master’s degree or take the civil service exam.

Ling Muyan at twenty: agonizing over whether to inherit a trillion-yuan conglomerate or become a chief scientist.

Dad: The trillion-yuan Ling family fortune is waiting for you to take over. We’ve already got your board seat ready.

Mom: The national laboratory needs a key researcher. I’ll put you on a Nobel-worthy project.

Me: Hmm... Maybe I’ll start my own quantum tech company for fun?

Dad: You wouldn’t dare go off and mess around on your own. I’ll freeze your bank cards!

Ling Muyan, who doesn’t rely on his family: Sorry, I’ve made enough from my own projects to live comfortably for three lifetimes.

Mom: We have all these research resources ready to use. Are you an idiot for not taking advantage of them?

Ling Muyan, tech genius: Oh, the quantum-encrypted USB drive I just made is 40% faster than the international standard.

You thought I had to choose one or the other? Sorry, I’m taking a third path: using technology to make money and money to fund technology. My left hand rakes in profits while my right hand wins award after award, and I’ll even take Mom and Dad’s businesses to new heights along the way!

✨ My childhood sweetheart, the heiress to an art gallery, helps me build my brand; a genius junior from the physics department becomes my technical deputy; and the female CEO of the Ling Group’s investment division pours money in as a shareholder. What? You’re asking me to choose? Of course I’m focusing on my career! What could be better than quantum tech?

Watch Ling Muyan break free from the script his parents wrote for him and build a tech empire spanning research and business all on his own, until even his parents have to give him a thumbs-up and say, “That’s my boy!”