Life in Shenzhen

Without any identification, he sneaked into the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the trunk of a taxi, slipping past the checkpoint. He worked as a real estate sales agent, selling advertising leaflets as waste paper to a scrap dealer. He plotted with a friend to stage a suicide attempt, helping the friend's daughter qualify to take Shenzhen's local college entrance exam. He sold genuine goods, but also bought fake products like bogus energy-saving devices and high-frequency phones. He was Meng Dongjun, who had come from inland China to strike it rich in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. In this dazzling, debauched place, he experienced every bit of life's sweetness, bitterness, joy, and sorrow.