Chen Feng, a 36-year-old real estate marketing director, was laid off.
That same day, his girlfriend of five years texted him to break up. His car loan was overdue, his landlord was demanding rent, and his job applications vanished into the void amid an industry downturn.
Everyone thought he was finished.
Then he took on the unfinished project that no one else in the industry dared touch: its funding chain had collapsed, homeowners were protesting, construction crews were blockading the site, and the government had put it under special supervision.
Three months later, the project had racked up 800 million in sales.
Six months later, Chen Feng founded his own real estate project management company.
A year later, the projects he managed were spread across the Yangtze River Delta, and his former boss was on his knees, begging to work with him.
This is the story of a real estate veteran who fought his way back in the industry's coldest winter by any means necessary.
No rebirth, no System, just 11 years of industry experience and the ruthlessness desperation brings out.