Where do people go?

Author: Lian Zhi
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: After the Reform and Opening-Up, China's real estate industry rapidly rose, directly driving the rapid development of the economy. However, due to the lack of standardized rules, the industry became rife with deceit, traps, and hidden machinations. In the real estate development sector of a major city in the south, a highly deceptive large-scale development and sales model emerged, which lured numerous middle- and low-income homebuyers into scams, led to severe waste of land resources, and harmed national interests. Meanwhile, officials and merchants who profited from this model either fled abroad with mistresses and huge sums of money, went to jail, lost their families, or were forced out due to threats from local clan forces—fulfilling the old saying, "bad deeds bring bad rewards." The novel depicts how developers used every means possible, playing various schemes and tricks to pursue profits with abandon. The storyline is full of twists and turns, with characters' fates leaving one deeply moved. The love stories of the main characters, such as "age-gap relationships" and "young wives," reflect, from a certain perspective, the views on love and marriage in economically developed regions.