In his previous life, Shen Yan was reckless in his youth. He neglected his studies and missed his chances, watching his peers climb to the top step by step while he lived an ordinary life, burdened by regrets.
Given another chance in the height of summer during his second year of high school, he came to his senses, armed with knowledge of market trends and industry truths from the years ahead.
At school, he shed his old listlessness, became a top student, and put his youth and future back on track.
In business, he started a shop from scratch and broke through against the odds.
When local distributors banded together to shut him out, he broke through with legitimate credentials and a strong reputation among government and business clients.
When capital from the provincial capital flooded the market with cut-price goods and profited by selling refurbished products, he crushed them head-on with a standardized service system.
His competitors relied on tricks, price wars, connections, and underhanded tactics.
Shen Yan relied on systems, compliance, long-term thinking, and vision.
From a little shop in Jiangzhou, he expanded across Wucheng, Linzhou, and Qingzhou. In the end, he connected eight cities and monopolized the compliant government and corporate market in southern China.
Still a young man, he reshaped the rules of the industry and put an end to the chaos in the market.
He enjoyed the steady companionship of his youth at school, while rising to glory at every turn in the fiercely competitive business world.
He built his empire in his youth, then embraced the world when opportunity came.
