Back to Being a Big Shot in the Paoge

Huang Yidao, a true Chongqing local and the grandson of Huang Yunlin, a powerful leader among the Chongqing dockside brotherhood, was brought a hundred years into the past by a twist of fate. He arrived in Chongqing in 1921, where he encountered the world of his grandfather's time: the brotherhood, foreign firms, warlords, merchants, and local industrialists. They forged alliances, but they also competed.

Chongqing has always had the smell of money in the air. It's a goose that lays golden eggs, and everyone wants to claim it for themselves, except Zhang Xianzhong. The city is divided into several layers. Officials and those in power want to get rich without lifting a finger. Foreign firms, the guild halls of the eight provinces, and industrialists can reap huge profits if they have a voice in the matter. The brotherhood only targets ordinary people at the bottom of society. The poor may outnumber them, but do you really think they have that much power? As for the other trade guilds, they just band together for mutual support.

Through the experiences of four generations of the Huang family, the novel tells the story of how Chongqing changed over a hundred years, as seen through the eyes of ordinary people.

Authentic Chongqing dialect and an old-time Chongqing setting will bring back memories for longtime Chongqing residents, and offer visitors from elsewhere a little travel inspiration.