Tofu Empire

In 1939, Zhou Dehou was born in a tenant farmer's family in Huainan. His father dropped out of school due to an injury, and the young man entered a tofu shop. With his hard work and hard work, he started as a clerk. I married the shopkeeper's daughter at the age of twenty. I thought I would take over the workshop, but unexpectedly stepped into the trend of the times. He started with a soybean, developed it from a handicraft workshop to semi-mechanization, expanded from Huainan chain to Shenzhen, then went public in Hong Kong and expanded globally. From this, a food empire in forty countries emerged. Five marriages connect the turning points of his life: the docility of his first wife, the trade of food for life during the famine years, the political marriage during the reform, the soul resonance of co-creating a brand with a talented woman from Fudan University, and the comfort brought by a woman 51 years younger than him in his later years. Each period is the intertwining of the times and personal destiny. In 2026, 87-year-old Zhou Dehou passed away. The moment his will was announced, cracks in the empire appeared. The blood faction represented by the eldest son, the establishment faction led by his ex-wife, and the reform faction led by the younger daughter are engaged in the ultimate game of power, blood and money in the boardroom and court. The youngest daughter Zhou Shiyu made a decision that surprised everyone. A soybean, three generations, and fifty years of glory will eventually collapse. This is the history of Zhou Dehou's fortune, and it is also a miniature epic of China's private economy from chaos to order. When the story ends, the steamy morning at the foot of Bagong Mountain seems to reappear - some fates are destined when the millstone turns. He and the times achieved each other and devoured each other, leaving a heavy footnote about ambition, family affection and the tide of the times. Purpose: This article uses the circulation of a soybean as a clue to condense the fifty years of changes in China's private economy from chaos to order. The work uses the rise and collapse of the protagonist Zhou Dehou from a low-level handicraft workshop to a transnational food empire to depict the struggles and ambitions of individuals in the tide of the times. The novel aims to explore the mutual achievement and devouring of time and individuals, as well as the ultimate test of wealth and power in the face of blood and human nature. This is a miniature business epic and a realistic tragedy that pays tribute to the changes of the times.