Recaps

Su Can assembled private lenders to win Zhan Hua’s charity auction, then used the dinner and the resulting publicity to promote Fashion Culture and pursue investment. The magazine’s profile and subscriptions surged, while Su Can arrived at Weian International to negotiate with Fan Zhiliang over the advertising contract.

• Su Can recruited Pei Fengshan, Director Wang, President Zhang, and Luo Zhiyi to pool funds and rig Zhan Hua’s auction, securing one hundred bidder places.
• After Zheng Mingchuan confronted him over Lin Luoran, Su Can tackled him, and Wang Ya’s arrival drove Zheng’s group away.
• Su Can won the three-hour dinner with Zhan Hua by bidding one million yuan on the Qianlong Imperial Edict.
• Su Can explained to Lin Guangdong how the auction publicity could draw investors and expanded Pineapple Media’s staffing plans while emphasizing company culture.
• At dinner, Zhan Hua offered advice and possible investment for Fashion Culture, and Su Can presented him with Facebook’s venture capital letter of intent.
• Su Can rescued Tong Tong and Cheng Congcong from a group of Russian youths, then told Tang Wu that Zhan Hua had not committed to investing in Facebook.
• The BBS uproar over Su Can’s exchange with Li Changlong and coverage of his dinner with Zhan Hua boosted Fashion Culture’s attention and subscriptions, alarming Fan Zhiliang.
• Su Can and Lin Guangdong met Fan Zhiliang at Weian International to discuss business, but neither raised the advertising contract before President Zhang was announced as a guest.

Su Can organized a lavish Christmas party, weathered a clash with the FEEC and AIESEC crowd, and grew closer to Tang Wu while Lin Luoran pulled away. Back in Rongcheng, he watched his family become entangled in a political dispute and pressed ahead with Facebook as he reunited with Lin Luoran and his friends.

• Fan Zhiliang tried to draw Su Can into a honey trap through Liu Xiaojing, but Su Can rejected the advertising contract and left the clubhouse.
• Su Can secured the Crowne Plaza for Class Four’s Christmas party, where he gave Tang Wu a bracelet and later clashed with Wei Ding Ding and Li Du after Liu Xiaojing clung to him.
• Tang Wu found Su Can after the fight and supported him, while Lin Luoran left without contacting him, and Su Yiyi later warned Su Can to be more discreet.
• Su Can attended Tang Wu’s family dinner, drank heavily with the guests, then studied for finals and flew with Tang Wu to Rongcheng.
• Zeng Qu anming challenged the Land Reserve Center’s land deal, and Tao Chuhong confronted him before Zeng’s car window was smashed and accusations against him circulated.
• Lin Luoran returned to Rongcheng but avoided Su Can, while he rejected Zhan Hua’s offer to buy a large share of Facebook and asked Zack to approach American investors with tougher terms.
• Su Can returned home for the winter holidays, met with business and family associates, and prepared to join Wang Weiwei and Lin Zouwen for a gathering.
• At No. 19 Guojin Road, Su Can reunited with his friends as Lin Luoran refused Tao Chuhong’s ride, spotted Su Can, and smiled at him.

Su Can outmaneuvered Tao Chuhong, helped his family navigate pressure from Tao Changping, and traveled to the United States to secure Facebook’s first major investment. He returned to Rongcheng with Tang Wu, while Wang Bu and Lin Guozhou moved to protect Su Can and Big Banyan Construction.

• Su Can maneuvered Tao Chuhong into smashing his own Ferrari, and Lin Luoran punched Tao when he threatened Su Can.
• Su Can advised Su Licheng to focus Big Banyan Construction on real estate, then left for the United States to negotiate Facebook funding.
• Su Can and Zack rejected Michael Wolfe’s $1.5 billion acquisition offer and pursued investment instead of selling Facebook.
• Su Can challenged Sean Parker’s Red Leaf Fund deal and convinced Zack to consider The Washington Post Company’s offer.
• Su Can negotiated a $16 million investment for five percent of Facebook from The Washington Post Company, and Sean admitted he had lost.
• Su Can returned to Rongcheng, where Tang Wu met him at the airport and he told her about Facebook’s investment.
• Wang Bu praised Su Can’s judgment on Rongcheng’s economic policies and asked him to guide Wang Weiwei.
• Su Licheng refused Tao Changping’s demand to transfer land, and Wang Weiwei told Su Can that Wang Bu and Lin Guozhou were protecting him and Big Banyan Construction.

Su Can returned to university life with Tang Wu while confronting powerful networks through the Chuannan Aviation Group restructuring. He won Tao Zi’s attention with evidence of financial misconduct, but Su Licheng’s push for reform met resistance from Peng Lixin and his allies.

• Su Can stayed with Tang Wu in Shanghai, rekindled their intimacy, and returned with her to Nanjing University, where she promised to stay by his side.
• A provincial investigation team arrested Tao Changping, weakening the Tao Family, while Lin Luoran worried that Tao Zi might move against Su Can.
• Su Can challenged Professor Li Changlong over his failed courses and criticized university leaders for public grade rankings and lavish facilities.
• Su Can declined Mo Xue’s invitation to join the FEEC Club, judging its network too limited, while classmates debated the value of connections and career prospects.
• At the Glamour Bar, Su Can defended Wu Shirui after Peng Lixin pressured her and a captain struck Taozi, then learned that Peng Lixin was connected to Zhan Hua and the aviation group’s finances.
• Su Can developed an analysis of the group’s concentrated investments, and Su Licheng used his findings to question missing deposits, bringing the restructuring factions to a stalemate.
• At dinner with Li Luo and Tao Zi, Su Can presented financial records showing the group’s losses and proposed an alliance between Nanfei Airlines and Tiannan Airlines, persuading Tao Zi to consider cooperation with Big Banyan Construction.
• Lin Luoran used Su Can’s presence to turn aside Shi Ruigang’s public confession, then confided her unease to him before he returned to his university routine.
• Li Han confessed his feelings to Chen Jia, while Su Licheng pressed for an investigation and Peng Lixin rallied allies to resist him, expecting the restructuring to erase the earlier evidence.