The Ups and Downs of Business: a Century of Changes from Late Qing Dynasty Business Gangs to the Modern Workplace

More than 150 years ago, the political situation of the empire was in turmoil, but business began to reach the peak of prosperity step by step, and a group of famous big businessmen in Chinese history appeared one after another. Among this group of dazzling business elites, the most genius and legendary one is a little-known name: Gu Pingyuan. Starting from selling a bag of private salt, in just a few decades, he took advantage of the situation to plan his affairs, and dealt with the business gangs, the government, the compradors, and the three religions and nine circles, making the business bigger and bigger, until finally he crossed all walks of life, conquered both the political and business circles, and became the richest man of his generation. Open "The Big Businessman" and learn from his "playing methods" the supreme wisdom and secret principles of doing business under the traditional Chinese political and business relationship.

The first work on workplace business war, full of thrills and wisdom on how to survive! Best-selling financial novel, sales exceeded 1.5 Million copies! Based on real events, Wang Qiang, a senior executive of a foreign company, painstakingly wrote a workplace guide! Focusing on sales, business wars, and the survival of foreign companies, all types of white-collar workers compete in life-and-death battles to start a war without gunpowder! The workplace is like a battlefield. Although there is no smoke, it is more bloody than the battlefield. Starting from a low-level salesperson, Hong Jun worked hard step by step and finally became the chief acting representative of a well-known multinational company in China. However, when he was about to be promoted, he fell into a trap designed by his friend Yu Wei. At the same time, his lover Linda turned to Yu Wei, causing him to fall into the double abyss of work and love. Hong Jun tried his best to make a comeback, but was once again suppressed by Yu Wei. The two former friends became old enemies and fought openly and secretly in the same circle to the death... The circle is bottomless and there are endless traps. Who can win this war without gunpowder?

Bai Baihe and Zhang Jiayi starred in the original TV series of the same name, which won the 29th China TV Drama Feitian Award. After Qiao Li, a receptionist at Seth China, successfully transitioned into sales with the help of the president's secretary, she was under the pressure of having no sales experience and was troubled by office politics. While she was distressed, a big order worth 700 million came across her unexpectedly. In this bloodless but life-and-death fight, she is a tragic chess piece and a fearless warrior. She may become famous in one battle, or she may become cannon fodder in front of the battle...

Meng Yuanheng, who was born into a merchant family, only wanted to gain fame and had no interest in doing business. However, his father was suddenly framed and his path to the imperial examination was blocked. In order to survive and take revenge, he resolutely embarked on the road of business. The road to business is difficult and the road to survival is difficult and dangerous! Faced with competition and entrapment from his peers, how can Meng Yuanheng survive in danger and defeat his opponents by relying on his business talent? When facing extortion and oppression from bureaucrats, how can we use political and business wisdom to avert danger and improve ourselves step by step? Meng Yuanheng experienced dangerous roads in high mountains, robbers demanding lives, and almost died several times during long business trips. But he passed all the way, seized the opportunity, and won the appreciation of Kangxi with his excellent logistical services in the Qing court's campaign to conquer Galdan. He finally stood out and became a famous first-class businessman in the world.

In the late Qing Dynasty, beggar Chen Liuzi sneaked into Tonghe Dyefang and changed his name to Chen Shouting. Shouting was talented and secretly learned the craft of dyeing cloth, and became the owner and manager of the dyeing workshop. Ten years later, due to Shouting's successful management, Tonghe Dyeing House became the largest dyeing house in Zhoucun. However, Shouting was not satisfied. He and Zhang Dian established the Dahua Dyeing Factory in Qingdao and embarked on the road of industrial printing and dyeing. After the September 18th Incident, Shouting flatly refused to cooperate with Japanese businessmen. Through the boycott of Japanese goods and cooperation with Shanghai Lin's Printing and Dyeing Factory, he further developed into a tycoon in the printing and dyeing industry. With a strong sense of patriotism, and with the strong assistance of national printing and dyeing colleagues, he forced the traitor printing and dyeing factory to close down in one fell swoop. But when the war broke out and faced with the country's weakness, Shouting could only smile in despair...