
I Used to Be Niu Baiwan
我曾叫牛百万
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.2M Words
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Subgenre
- Walks of Life
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
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This introduction claims he borrows money and doesn't pay it back, runs away with donations, and embezzles others' property? Those are all illegal! What's the point of having laws if someone survives a civil lawsuit only to be bankrupted by having their assets divided? If you have money, you can do this; if you don't, you can hire a good lawyer.
My former name was Niu Baiwan (牛百万), and this story is pretty much a letdown! I think the later parts got worse and worse, mainly due to the following three points: 1. You're just a chef, and a small-time businessman with a small business. What are you doing with international speculative capital? You're not a Fortune 500 company! And they planted someone next to you when you were just a nobody?
How could you even stand it?
Half of the book will resonate with those born in the 80s and 90s; you need to have experienced it to truly understand. Asking someone in their late 30s or early 40s to read about cringeworthy high school life, with all the systems and immature teenagers, is incredibly boring. Seriously, without experiencing the ups and downs of life, you can't truly understand the life of an ordinary person!
The beginning was actually alright, but after chapters 200-something, many problems arose. First, the number of industries and the revenue from each are unclear. Initially, a barbecue restaurant was making several hundred yuan a day, and a scenic area generated over 200,000 yuan in three months, but almost two years later, the 500,000 yuan figure is still unresolved.
To be honest, some people might not like the subject matter, but it's really well-written. Every character, whether main or supporting, has a very well-developed personality. The author is also a modern young person with strong values and their own understanding of the world.
Money earned by luck was lost through incompetence. Niu Wenju misjudged people, lacked management skills, and blindly expanded; how could he not fail?
Therefore, it's still important to keep the money in your own hands. In fact, most of the characters in Qidian who give their financial power to their wives are from poor families. Which truly wealthy person would put their money in a woman's hands (except for President Cao)?
I just finished reading this book, and it's a rare gem—it's so immersive! No wonder it's on Qidian's list of completed novels!
Looking at the word count, it's just too short!
Twenty-five years old, nearing thirty? How awkward is that?