Hongwen's Midsummer

Xu Hongwen started out as a construction foreman. Later, the world would call him the God of the Shoulder-Draped Coat, a mighty tycoon capable of influencing global price trends.

To win construction contracts, he learned every kind of under-the-table trick while still a boy.

To land projects, he took on a gang of men armed with steel pipes, armed with nothing but a brick.

To sign contracts, he led his brothers in defeating Somali pirates on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden.

To win a smile from a beauty, he changed the world's fashion trends…