Zhou Meisen Collection: Wealth of the World

Author: Zhou Meisen
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Publish Date: 1997-12-01
Features: Published in December 1997 and reprinted for the third time in May 1998, this book sets the grand stage of the development of China's securities industry and the process of corporate restructuring under the system of shareholding. It passionately celebrates labor and creation, struggle and perseverance, fairness and justice, while offering a profound reflection and revelation on the frenzied speculative phenomenon characteristic of the reform era. Inspired by the author's experiences of venturing into business and serving as a deputy, Zhou Meisen turned his creative focus to contemporary life, resulting in works like The Right Path of Humanity, Wealth Under Heaven, and Made in China.
The trilogy Made in China (The Right Path of Humanity, Wealth Under Heaven, and Made in China) is a series of panoramic novels meticulously crafted by Zhou Meisen in recent years, depicting the contemporary reform life in China. These novels explore political struggles in official circles, large-scale economic construction, shareholding reforms, the dynamics of the stock market, mergers and counter-mergers, as well as the struggles, struggles, and falls of various characters in daily life.
As soon as The Right Path of Humanity and Wealth Under Heaven were released, China Central Television (CCTV) immediately listed them as key projects, adapting them into 28- and 22-episode television dramas, respectively. This book includes the novel Wealth Under Heaven, a work reflecting China's contemporary economic life. Set against the backdrop of China's economic reform, the novel follows the rebirth of the struggling Southern Machinery Factory on the path of shareholding and the turbulent fluctuations of the new China's securities industry. Through the life stories of the Jiang family's three brothers and a variety of other characters, it presents vivid scenes of contemporary life.
The novel portrays a cast of characters, including the CEO of a listed company, Jiang Haiyang, an individual entrepreneur full of free-market spirit, Jiang Haisheng, a fallen banker, Jiang Haifeng, an outstanding female securities broker, Li Xiang, a speculator and stock market shark, An Ziliang, and the village entrepreneur, Madahaha. It celebrates labor and creation, struggle and perseverance, fairness and justice, while reflecting on and revealing the economic and life bubbles, as well as the frenzied speculation characteristic of the reform era. The novel also heralds the bright future of China's shareholding enterprises and the glorious prospects of the new China's securities industry.