In 1970, Hong Kong was full of opportunities and dangers. Liao Yaoting, a senior Wall Street financial tycoon, was unexpectedly reborn and became a young Chinese owner who was heavily in debt and whose bank was on the verge of bankruptcy.
The British conglomerates are trying to annex the family business step by step. Local associations are looking for opportunities to divide the assets. The original family is in dire straits. With a financial vision that was decades ahead of his time, he calmly broke through and launched an all-round counterattack.
Accurately short-selling Hong Kong stocks to harvest massive funds, use capital to encircle and suppress established British-owned foreign companies; deploy real estate, film and television, and build a business territory that spans the black and white worlds.
The former high-ranking foreign executives went bankrupt one after another and bowed their heads. Hong Kong celebrities rushed to cling to them, and a number of popular actresses followed them.
In just a few years, he transformed from a bankrupt heir to a top plutocrat who controls the economic lifeline of Hong Kong.
When interviewed by the media, Liao Yaoting was indifferent: he set foot in Hong Kong, made money, broke the situation, and took charge of a city.