[Author's note: This book is also known as The Imperial Merchant's Dream.]
Chen Mo's company was on the verge of going public when he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
On the brink of death, he dreamed of an ancient world. When he awoke, he had become an orphan collapsed by the roadside, on the verge of starving to death.
He had a photographic memory, and everything he had read and all the business experience he had gained in his previous life remained in his mind.
But these memories were no invincible golden finger. They simply gave him eyes that could see through the ways of the world.
Starting out as a beggar, hungry and cold, he traded the bookkeeping skills he had learned in his previous life for a bite to eat, struggling to survive in the cracks of a world dominated by guild monopolies and rigid class divisions.
Exploitation and hardship awaited him at every turn. He could see ways to break through, but lacked capital and powerful connections, so every step was perilous.
At his side was Hongmi, full of passion and ready to share life and death with him; there was also Wanqing, gentle and clever, standing by him through every storm.
He fought desperately to escape his fate, setting his heart on the path to becoming an imperial merchant celebrated by all.
But why did strange palpitations keep rising in his chest, and what did the occasional beeping sounds in his ears mean?
