2002: Betting on the World Cup

In 2002, the Chinese men's national soccer team made its first World Cup appearance, and the sports lottery launched a special ticket to match. Invest a thousand yuan, make ten million. In 2002, premium-rate SMS services boomed. You could make a million yuan a month with barely any effort. In 2002, coal prices were liberalized, turning coal mines into golden geese and creating countless coal bosses with fortunes in their pockets. In 2002, real estate entered its golden decade. Get in, and you could make ten times your investment. In 2002, the internet industry took off, giving rise to multiple groups worth hundreds of billions in the years to come... Deep in debt to the tune of tens of billions, Lin Chaoyang transmigrates by chance to 2002. Looking at this world strewn with gold, his first reaction isn't delight, but fear. Because behind these opportunities lie not only fortunes, but traps as well. One wrong step, and there's no coming back. So to make money, you have to win through the unexpected and never stick your neck out. Resist temptation, keep your cool, strike like lightning when the moment comes, and vanish without a trace once you've got what you came for. That's the way to win. Boss A: Wait, this industry is clearly so profitable. Why do my books always show a loss? Boss B: Exactly. It always feels like some unseen hand is stealing my money, but I have no proof.