Life was always like this: it gave you the most beautiful fantasies about the future, then the worst process, and an ending you could never see.
At sixteen, he believed... he would live happily ever after with his girlfriend.
Young people were always like this. Their emotions dominated their judgment.
He went to Nagaril, carrying Lin Qi and Vera's business cards, and began working hard there.
Starting work at sixteen might have been considered too early in the future, but in this era, it was not early at all.
Children as young as seven or eight had already begun helping adults. By the time they were ten, they could enter factories and work, and even the law permitted the employment of child labor and submitted it as legislation.
In an era like this, in these times, starting a business at sixteen sounded incredible, but it was precisely the most authentic side of this world.
Having Lin Qi's business card and Vera as his mother did not mean the young man could easily succeed in Nagaril.
If you wanted the money in someone else's pocket, you had to offer them something they desired.
Information and inside knowledge—Lin Qi would not give him those, and neither would Vera.
Insider trading was a serious criminal charge, the kind that could send someone to prison.
Carrying their business cards merely meant that he had a chance to knock on the door of any capitalist, as well as someone to bail him out in the worst-case scenario.
How to begin and how to strive for success were things he had to learn and try on his own.
During the first six months after arriving at the Global Economic Center in Nagaril, he worked as an intern at Lyme's company, gaining exposure to a wide range