Recaps

Su Can’s Facebook success became public, reshaping his relationships and drawing him into campus disputes and business opportunities. At the Shangshi Summit, he faced Tsinghua’s TEG and revealed Facebook’s growth as Du Ke challenged Nanjing University.

• Su Licheng moved to remove Peng Lixin and Du Dingting from Chuannan Aviation Group, and two Nanfei Group representatives unexpectedly joined his side.
• Su Can spent the May Day holiday with Tang Wu, while Peng Lixin and Du Dingting were taken away for investigation after Big Banyan Construction exposed their financial arrangements.
• At the Financial Research Institute’s inauguration, Zhan Hua confronted Su Can over the boardroom revelations and told the media that Su Can had founded a Chinese social network.
• Reports revealed Su Can as Facebook’s founder, prompting reactions from Liu Rui, Xue Yiyang, Tao Zi, Zhang Feifei, Tang Wu, and others, and Su Can also joined FEEC and accepted Tang Wu’s support.
• Su Can backed Mu Kaizhu when she confronted Lu Ming, then explained to Fan Qiyi that Facebook aimed to connect people and accepted Mu Kaizhu as an ally.
• Su Can rejected Liu Menghui’s proposal to run a Chinese Facebook venture, while his businesses expanded and he assessed the financing Facebook would need.
• Tang Wu encouraged Su Can to take time off university for his ambitions, and they skipped class together before he headed to the Shangshi Summit.
• At the summit, Su Can reunited with Chen Lingshan, met Wang Tie and Ye Huishang, and offered to consider investments in Zhao Hao’s and other Tsinghua alumni’s companies.
• Wang Tie questioned Su Can’s place in FEEC, and Du Ke mocked Nanjing University before Zhang Yaqi announced that Facebook had passed one million users in the United States.

Su Can answered Liu Zhensheng and Zhan Hua’s pressure by committing to Shangmai and building Facebook Chinese, while Tang Wu’s grandparents helped give the company room to grow. As Facebook Chinese hired its founding team and prepared to launch, Su Can defended Cheng Congcong from harassment and urged Shangmai to prepare for digital music.

• Zhang Yaqi revealed Su Can as Facebook’s cofounder, prompting Du Ke to storm out after vowing that Thousand Friends would surpass Facebook.
• Su Can and Chen Lingshan reminisced during the fireworks, and she left Shanghai after saying her feelings were not romantic love and hearing that he and Tang Wu were doing well.
• Su Can learned that Sun Zhiyi and Yang Qidong had accepted SAIF Investment, then accused Ye Huishang of helping Liu Zhensheng divert the opportunity before deciding to invest in Shangmai and leave Zhao Hao in control.
• Su Can concluded that Liu Zhensheng was working with Zhan Hua to pressure him, rejected Lin Guangdong’s plan to strike back, and focused instead on building capital and Facebook Chinese.
• Lin Luoran visited Nanjing University and offered to arrange a meeting with Gong Shouren, while Su Can recruited Qiao Shuxin to lead Facebook Chinese and secured an office in the Meiluo Building.
• Su Can and Qiao Shuxin recruited Facebook Chinese’s first fifty employees despite interference from officials and Liu Zhensheng, whose pressure was checked when Tang Wu’s grandfather Lü Changshu and Elder Mu intervened.
• Su Can welcomed Facebook Chinese’s staff and visiting executives, explained his vision for a straightforward workplace, and continued developing the company with Tang Wu’s support and the approval of her grandparents.
• Facebook Chinese gained breathing room after Mu Qin agreed to raise Su Can’s case with Deputy Secretary Liu, and Su Can divided the university recruitment drive between Beijing and Shanghai.
• At a crowded snack street, Cheng Congcong threw hot tea at Qian Feng after he insulted her, and Su Can confronted Ren Weiming and kicked over Qian Feng’s table as the groups faced off.
• Su Can met Zhao Hao and singer Nie Xiao in Shanghai, predicted that digital music and portable devices would displace records, and urged Shangmai to adapt and lead the change.

Su Can supported his family and friends as political pressure mounted against Su Licheng and Wang Bu, while a clash with Yi Lihuan’s circle escalated at Xiling Snow Mountain. The arc left Su Licheng’s position under threat, Yi Jiashun and Guo Jiangtiao aligned against him, and Lin Luoran privately choosing Su Can despite the backlash she expected.

• Su Can urged Zhao Hao to build Shangmai into a digital music leader by buying traditional and digital copyrights before their value rose.
• Su Can returned home to find Su Licheng pushing through Big Banyan Construction’s reforms, then attended an entrepreneur banquet where the company was excluded from the awards.
• Su Can visited Dunhuang’s Zongguang Store and advised Wang Yue’s executives to prioritize mass-market appeal, sales, and market share.
• Su Can reunited with Lin Zouwen, Li Pengyu, and Lu Nannan, revealed that Facebook Chinese was in preparation, and offered the two men a chance to invest in his businesses.
• Provincial officials moved to reduce state-owned holdings, putting Big Banyan Construction under pressure as Wang Bu and Su Licheng faced political opposition.
• After Yi Lihuan’s men confronted Su Can’s group at Xiling Snow Mountain, Sun Bing and Li Pengyu fought back while Lu Nannan held Yi at gunpoint, then threw him into an icy spring.
• Su Can promised to fund viable projects proposed by Liu Rui and Xue Yiyang, while Yi Jiashun considered retaliating against Wang Bu’s and Su Licheng’s families.
• Lin Luoran admitted to an online friend that she had chosen Su Can, while Yi Jiashun advanced a regional energy project and Guo Jiangtiao grew more hostile toward Wang Bu.

Su Can helped his family withstand political pressure, deepened his ties with Tang Wu and Lin Luoran, and expanded Facebook Chinese while arranging a major investment in World of Warcraft. He returned to campus after securing the deal and left a complaint against him at the Academic Affairs Office unresolved.

• Tang Wu invited Su Can to dinner with her parents and Deputy Mayor Sun Changjie, who agreed to help Wang Bu and Su Licheng’s camp resist Yi Jiashun.
• Su Can’s article opposing state-share reductions appeared in internal bulletins, and the State Council halted the reductions as Zhou Guotao’s inspection weakened the Guo-Zhou Faction.
• Su Can returned to Shanghai and directed Facebook Chinese to build an instant-messaging client, an application marketplace, and Machine Dog technology.
• At the Rolling Stone Bar, Sun Lei joined Su Can’s table to make friends, and Tang Wu later spent the night with Su Can at the Hilton.
• Su Can negotiated a music partnership with Song Zhen’s Xuntong Technology and inspected his new apartment with Lin Luoran, who admitted she was jealous of Tang Wu.
• Chen Lingshan won the newcomer contest, while Su Can learned Blizzard’s World of Warcraft project was at risk and pursued a stake in it.
• Su Can’s representatives secured a deal for a thirty-percent stake in World of Warcraft, and he planned to raise the remaining funds with support from Wang Yue and Zhao Mingnong.
• After returning to campus, Su Can left following a confrontation with Guo Mingrui, who accused him of assault, but Lu Chuanming dismissed the complaint as a minor matter.