Gu Qinglan, 42, is a tenured professor of finance at Jiangnan University, hailed as “the Rose of the East’s Wall Street.” She was once the youngest managing director at a top global investment bank, before stepping away at the height of her career to pursue academia. The textbook she edited is the industry’s bible, and one remark from her can send the stock market into turmoil. Her world is built on candlestick charts, mathematical models, and precise risk assessments. She is rational to the point of coldness.
Fu Yechen, 18, is the sole heir to Asia’s largest conglomerate, the Fu Group. He was supposed to polish his credentials at a prestigious school overseas, but after getting caught up in an internal family power struggle, he was “banished” back to China and enrolled in the finance department at A University. Everyone was waiting to see the young heir make a fool of himself, until he met Gu Qinglan in his very first class.
