**Novel Overview**
The novel focuses on the growth of young Shen Lian, telling the story of how he grew up as a poor orphan in the county town, was admitted to a prestigious school with the support of the Zhen family's mother and daughter, and went to study in the United States. He experienced tempering and betrayal in the financial market, and finally returned to China to start a business and protect his family and loved ones. The story spans from the 1980s to the late 1990s, interweaving family relationships, love, business wars, and changes in family and country, showing the protagonist's transformation from passive survival to active control of his destiny in the tide of the times.
Intent: Family ties, love, business wars and changes in family and country