Suddenly Rich

Han Meiyi sits in a bar, holding a gin and tonic.

Well, she never used to understand alcohol or drink it, but after two years of attending events all over the place, pretending so much and drinking so much, she suddenly feels this is the perfect drink for today.

Compared with the days when her study-abroad funding was cut off and she had to rely on her boyfriend for support, could she say that she's made it now?

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She often says that when you're away from home, you get to decide who you are.

And that's exactly what she did: the view from her apartment on Regent Street in London, holiday parties on the business school's lawn, elite meetings at the Goldman Sachs office. On social media, Han Meiyi's image as a returning elite never wavers.

Yes, she used purchased photos and rented luxury goods to fabricate an identity and break into the investment world. Then she dressed up future energy and invented digital-intelligence projects, taking her company public.

And now:

From a bankrupt heiress to an executive assistant at a listed company, with a bank card that has just received eight million, she thinks...

Well, the person who saw through her without saying a word happens to have a project worth investing in.