The Age of Chasing Waves

The story is set in Gaogou Town, Wuwei County, known as “Anhui’s Number One Town.” China’s cable industry has an annual output value of tens of billions of yuan. Gaogou is not only one of the country’s four major cable manufacturing bases; Gaogou cables have even been used on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft. The novel’s historical thread traces the founding, innovation, and international expansion of a host of private companies led by Feihong Cable Group. Woven through it are the lives of protagonists Mu Guang, Qin Qing, and Yi Zhou, their quests for redemption, tangled romances, and struggles in business. Urban relationships intertwine with rural customs, while personal ambition collides with the cut and thrust of the marketplace.