Money: people cannot tell where it comes from, or what has been turned into money. Is it one's conscience, one's virtue, or...?
A Novel by Junlian Xiansheng
Dawn Picks Jun Mountain, Wind Stirs Bamboo, Smoke and Clouds Obscure Ding Water, Cranes Sing in the Imperial Garden
Bage and his business ventures are the main thread driving the novel's plot. Bage is a farmer unwilling to spend his life with his face to the soil and his back to the sky. His dream is to become a businessman! Bage believes, "If I don't become a businessman, my life will have been wasted!" In 1986, Bage left his hometown to do business in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang. At the age of twenty-three, he had his first daughter. He embodied the qualities of "teamwork, hard work, daring to venture out into the world, and having the courage to lead." After enduring hardship and setbacks, he rose and fell five times. When he was diagnosed with early-stage nasopharyngeal cancer, Bage handed over the management of his group to his eldest son. Life is either a sketch that becomes a finished painting, or a sketch that never does.