Chapter Summaries

At Anlixin Group, Zhan Hua suspected someone had leaked confidential trading information after learning that Big Banyan Construction was challenging Chuannan Aviation Group’s financial practices. In Rongcheng, Su Licheng’s board motion to remove Peng Lixin and Du Dingting gained unexpected support from Nanfei Group, leaving the vote poised in his favor.

• Ye Shuiquan told Zhan Hua that Big Banyan Construction had uncovered details of Chuannan Aviation Group’s financial arrangements, and Zhan Hua warned his managers against betraying him.
• Ye Shuiquan revealed that Peng Lixin’s trouble began after Su Licheng’s son confronted him, prompting Zhan Hua to identify Su Can as involved.
• Su Licheng argued that Chuannan Aviation Group should focus on its core business and proposed removing Peng Lixin and Du Dingting from their posts and the board.
• The board’s initial vote count stood at six to seven against Su Licheng’s motion, while Shanghai Airlines and Shandong Airlines abstained.
• The two Nanfei Group representatives raised their hands in favor of Su Licheng’s motion, unexpectedly joining his side.

As May Day approached, Lin Luoran left Shanghai for Beijing, and Su Can planned a special holiday with Tang Wu. Tang Wu suggested they go home together, and the two set off by subway, hand in hand.

• Lin Luoran invited Su Can to join her in Beijing, but he declined, and she left Shanghai.
• Su Can waited for Tang Wu after class and took her to a Japanese restaurant for a lavish dinner.
• Su Can asked Tang Wu how she wanted to spend May Day, and she suggested they go home together.
• Su Can packed for several days, met Tang Wu outside the dormitory, and carried her bag.
• Su Can held Tang Wu's hand as they rode the subway toward Xuehai Yiju.

Su Can reflected on his aimless former life and cherished the quiet days he spent with Tang Wu over the May Day holiday. Meanwhile, his behind-the-scenes alliance with Nanning Group helped Big Banyan Construction win control in the Southern Sichuan Airlines dispute, and Peng Lixin and Du Dingting were taken away for investigation, leaving Su Can’s name circulating throughout the airline.

• Su Can remembered the uncertainty of university graduation and hoped to savor the scenery of life instead of becoming a money-making machine.
• Su Can and Tang Wu bought food, cooked together, and spent quiet evenings watching television during the May Day holiday.
• Su Can told Su Licheng that Peng Lixin had thrown an ashtray at him after Big Banyan Construction secured Nanning Group’s support at the Southern Sichuan Airlines board meeting.
• Peng Lixin and Du Dingting were taken away for investigation on suspicion of economic crimes, and employees discussed Peng Lixin’s alleged abuses and Su Can’s role in his downfall.
• Flight attendants on a Southern Sichuan Airlines plane joked about meeting Su Can, while Wu Shirui smiled at their conversation.

Su Can attended the Financial Research Institute’s inauguration after receiving an invitation arranged by Zhan Hua, who confronted him over the losses caused by Su Can’s warnings about Chuannan Aviation Group. Zhan Hua revealed that he had exposed Su Can as a Facebook founder to the media, and students began discovering the connection.

• Su Can received an official invitation to the Financial Research Institute’s inauguration, and his roommates assumed it had been sent by mistake.
• Su Can attended the ceremony, where Zhan Hua had him sit beside him in the front row.
• Su Can took Zhan Hua to a campus food stall, where Zhan Hua questioned him about the documents Big Banyan Construction had presented to the board.
• Zhan Hua criticized Su Can for the financial losses caused by his information and said he had told media outlets that Su Can was a Chinese social-network founder.
• Su Can sat stunned after Zhan Hua drove away, while Li Han and Cheng Congcong encountered reports identifying Su Can as a Facebook founder.

At the University of Posts and Telecommunications, Liu Rui discovered that his childhood friend Su Can had founded a major American social network and become a famous young entrepreneur. The chapter ended with Liu Rui realizing Su Can had let him believe the report was about someone else and shouting at him over the phone.

• Liu Rui saw a campus post about the founders of Facebook and recognized Su Can's name.
• Liu Rui argued with his roommates that the founder matched his childhood friend, then rode out to call Su Can.
• Liu Rui reminisced with Su Can about their school days and asked whether the report was really about him.
• Su Can admitted that he was the founder, and Liu Rui shouted, "Su Can! You bastard!"

News that Su Can co-founded Facebook spread through his circles after the company’s valuation reached US$400 million, leaving friends and acquaintances stunned by his success. The chapter ended with many people, including Wu Shiyin and Lin Zouwen, still unaware of the news.

• In Changsha, Xue Yiyang heard from Liu Rui that a childhood friend had founded a website and planned to look it up later.
• At a villa party in Beijing, Lianzi teased Wang Weiwei about Ye Huishang and discussed the pressures her family placed on relationships.
• Wang Weiwei’s acquaintances told him that Su Can was a founder of Facebook, and he read a magazine report describing the company’s valuation and Su Can’s wealth.
• At the China Academy of Art, Zhang Feifei learned that Su Can had become famous and angrily wondered how he had outdone her.
• Wu Shiyin and Lin Zouwen remained unaware of Su Can’s success.

After Su Can’s identity as a Facebook founder became public, media attention disrupted his campus life, while his classmates and the FEEC Club sought to celebrate and recruit him. The chapter ended with Tang Wu promising to stand by him and help as Facebook’s expansion demanded more money.

• Tao Zi and Tao Chuhong read a magazine report identifying a Nanjing University student named Su Can as a billionaire, and Tao Zi urged Tao Chuhong to learn from him.
• Ruan Si'ou reflected on Su Can’s ordinary arrival at university as Tang Wu returned to their room and Cheng Congcong challenged her about dating a billionaire.
• Su Can’s counselor, Su Yiyi, advised him to finish university if possible and invited him to join the Nanjing University Alumni Association.
• Su Can agreed to join the FEEC Club after its senior members gathered to recruit him, and Liu Menghui asked to help launch a Chinese version of Facebook.
• Su Can’s classmates and roommates celebrated his success over dinner, where Xiao Xu expressed doubts about ever catching up with him.
• Tang Wu asked Su Can about Facebook’s financing, offered to persuade her father to help, and promised to stay by his side; Su Can embraced her.

Nanjing University president Jiang Yulang weighed how to respond to media attention surrounding Su Can’s success as Facebook’s founder, while Su’s classmates reacted to his new fame. At Shanghai International Studies University, Lin Luoran learned the news and recognized Su Can, feeling reassured that he was still part of her life.

• Jiang Yulang declined to let news outlets freely interview Su Can on campus but arranged for the university to recognize his achievement.
• Su Can received congratulations and warnings from classmates, who saw him as a successful student entrepreneur and a source of confidence.
• Cheng Congcong felt stung by Su Can’s success and compared herself with Tang Wu.
• Students at Shanghai International Studies University circulated news that Facebook’s founder was ethnically Chinese.
• An Wan showed Lin Luoran an article about Su Can, and Lin recognized him and felt she could no longer lose him.

Mu Kaizhu visited Su Can at Nanjing University, praised his role in founding Facebook, and led him to a campus singing contest rehearsal. There she confronted Lu Ming over his treatment of Cui Xiaoying, leaving Su Can stunned by her sudden attack.

• Su Can picked up Mu Kaizhu at Nanjing University's gate and showed her around campus.
• Mu Kaizhu revealed that she knew Su Can was a Facebook founder and said she admired his achievements.
• Mu Kaizhu led Su Can into a lecture hall where the campus singing contest finals were rehearsing.
• Mu Kaizhu kicked Lu Ming and slapped him, saying she had done it for Cui Xiaoying and regretted introducing them.

Mu Kaizhu confronted Lu Ming over his treatment of a friend, and Su Can stepped in to take her away as Lu Ming threatened them. Lu Ming’s allies and the Student Union sided against escalation, and Fan Qihua personally escorted Su Can and Mu Kaizhu out.

• Mu Kaizhu slapped Lu Ming and accused him of treating her friend’s feelings as a game.
• Su Can pulled Mu Kaizhu back and shielded her when Lu Ming and his companions looked ready to retaliate.
• Mu Kaizhu explained the breakup to Su Can, while a Student Union senior tried to calm Lu Ming and keep the dispute offstage.
• Su Can said he would leave with Mu Kaizhu despite Lu Ming’s threat, and she praised him for standing by her.
• Mo Xue urged the organizers to stop Lu Ming, while Qian Zhongyuan and others persuaded him to let Su Can and Mu Kaizhu go.
• Lu Ming backed down as his allies avoided confronting Su Can, and Student Union president Fan Qihua escorted Su Can and Mu Kaizhu out.

After Fan Qiyi helped defuse the trouble at the Singing Contest, Su Can shared his hopes for adapting Facebook to China and making it easier for people to connect. Mu Kaizhu pledged to support his social network and recruit her friends, leaving Su Can with a new ally.

• Fan Qiyi spoke with Su Can after escorting him out of the lecture hall and asked about his plans.
• Su Can explained that he wanted to localize Facebook and help people break out of isolated social circles.
• Mu Kaizhu revealed that she used Facebook and repeated its ambition to connect the world.
• Su Can told Fan Qiyi he hoped the network would help people communicate and reconnect over time.
• Mu Kaizhu apologized for using Su Can as a shield against Lu Ming and promised to support his social network and bring her friends aboard.
• Su Can accepted Mu Kaizhu as an ally.

Su Can met Lin Guangdong and Ning Yao for lunch, where Ning Yao discovered that the magazine’s young owner had founded Facebook and secured funding in the United States. Lin Guangdong sought an exclusive interview, but Su Can declined for now and promised the magazine first refusal if he changed his mind.

• Su Can was surprised to meet Ning Yao, a model who had become close to Lin Guangdong, at lunch near Nanjing University.
• Ning Yao learned that Su Can was Lin Guangdong’s former student and the magazine’s largest individual shareholder.
• Lin Guangdong showed Su Can newspaper reports about Facebook’s U.S. funding and asked him for an exclusive interview.
• After reading the reports, Ning Yao realized how influential and wealthy Su Can was.
• Su Can declined an interview for now, and Lin Guangdong asked him to promise the magazine exclusivity if he later agreed to one.
• Lin Guangdong borrowed Su Can’s Bentley to pick up a group of clients.

Su Can’s identity as Facebook’s Chinese founder reached his parents, prompting Su Licheng to question him about the company and its financing. As Su Can reflected on his family’s growing alliance with Wang Bu, he expected the attention around him to fade, but realized more extraordinary events were still to come.

• Reports about Facebook’s growth and its Chinese founder studying at Nanjing University sparked widespread speculation in China.
• Su Licheng called Su Can to ask whether he had gone to America over winter break to work on the social network and secure financing.
• Su Can learned that Wang Bu had told his father about Facebook, confirming that the two families’ relationship had grown beyond gratitude into an alliance involving shared interests and friendship.
• Su Can explained Facebook’s registration, equity, and operations to his parents until Su Licheng was satisfied with his answers.
• Su Can thought about Tang Wu’s family learning of his success and remembered Mu Kaizhu’s offer to speak for him, then anticipated that further extraordinary events would follow.

Wang Dongjian persuaded Su Can to attend the Film and Television Arts College’s gala as an honored guest, where Su Can reunited with Tang Wu. When Lu Wei challenged his place in the front row, Su Can moved beside Tang Wu, and Lu Wei realized the two were together.

• Wang Dongjian pleaded with Su Can to attend the Film and Television Arts College’s gala, and Su Can agreed after Wang admitted he was trying to save face.
• Su Can arrived at the gala as an honored guest and spotted Tang Wu in the audience with her friends.
• Lu Wei confronted Su Can about sitting in the guest section and demanded that he leave.
• Su Can moved to the seat beside Tang Wu, who took his hand, while the crowd noticed their closeness.
• Lu Wei saw Tang Wu’s icy stare and realized Su Can was holding hands with a girl she considered far more desirable than herself.

After the Film and Art College incident made Lu Wei resent Su Can, he continued balancing university life with the demands of his businesses and Facebook. Shushan Stationery was thriving, but Facebook’s rapid growth and financing needs left Su Can concerned, while Mark Zuckerberg changed his Harvard studies after the team challenged his decisions.

• The Film and Art College ceremony went on without Su Can in the guest seats, and Lu Wei blamed him for the resulting conflict with the Student Union and college.
• A cross-dresser who claimed to be one of Lu Wei’s sisters threatened Su Can outside Teaching Building 3, while Lu Wei also grew resentful of Tang Wu’s closeness to him.
• Su Can reviewed his businesses as Shushan Stationery expanded its Creative Studio, rapidly updated its products, and projected annual sales of two hundred million yuan.
• Su Can recognized that profits from Shushan Stationery, Dunhuang, and Lin Guangdong’s magazine could not cover Facebook’s growing expenses and anticipated need for further global financing.
• After Su Can and the Palo Alto team challenged Mark Zuckerberg’s decisions, Zack abandoned plans to enter Harvard’s psychology department, switched to the Business School, and enrolled in a CEO Program.

Su Can rejected Liu Menghui’s proposal to adapt Facebook for China, doubting his team could execute the idea well, then considered how to launch a domestic social network on his own terms. Liu Menghui’s university alumni association card also began bringing Su Can a stream of invitations to prominent campus events.

• Liu Menghui visited Su Can in Room 602 and offered him forty percent of a Chinese Facebook venture in exchange for leading its operations while three investors supplied the funding.
• Su Can challenged Liu Menghui’s assumptions about Facebook’s value and refused to join his team, warning that its execution would be too risky.
• Su Can considered the prospects for a Chinese social network, contacted Lin Guangdong for someone’s details, and sent an email.
• Liu Menghui and his partners spent tens of thousands of yuan surveying students about social-network websites, but their results showed little interest in the idea.
• Su Can received frequent invitations to Nanjing University events after joining the Alumni Association, but put them away without attending.

Su Can and the students heard rumors and arguments about his clash with Lu Wei, then witnessed her get into a Benz driven by a middle-aged man. The scene sparked campus gossip that she was being kept, leaving her reputation in turmoil as the chapter ended on an unexpected turn.

• The students in Room 602 watched Lu Wei’s award-winning film, while Su Can’s friends defended him against criticism from Lu Wei’s circle.
• A post on Nanjing University’s BBS praised Lu Wei and blamed Su Can for the dispute at the Film and Art College celebration, prompting a heated argument online.
• Su Can and a large group of students encountered Lu Wei on the road between the university’s North District and South Campus.
• A middle-aged man stopped a Benz beside Lu Wei, and she got into the passenger seat while staring at Su Can.
• Students spread rumors that Lu Wei was being kept, and gossip quickly damaged her reputation.

Su Can learned more about FEEC’s members and its ambitions as Zhang Yaqi asked him to represent the club at the upcoming Shangshi Summit. There, he was expected to meet Du Ke, founder of the rival Thousand Friends social network, leaving Su Can intrigued by the challenge ahead.

• Su Can attended FEEC meetings after Mo Xue repeatedly pressed him to join, and he discovered the club included accomplished alumni and ambitious students.
• Zhang Yaqi explained that FEEC aimed to help members pursue practical goals, while Su Can noticed both admiration and resentment toward his growing reputation.
• Liang Qinghe called Su Can the club’s secret weapon, and Zhang Yaqi invited him to the Shangshi Summit in Pudong.
• Zhang Yaqi revealed that Du Ke of Tsinghua’s TEG Club would attend and suggested Su Can could answer his past criticism of Nanjing University.
• Su Can recognized Thousand Friends as a significant rival to Facebook and looked forward to meeting Du Ke at the summit.

Su Can and Tang Wu discussed his plans after he was invited to the Shangshi Summit, and Tang Wu urged him not to remain at Nanjing University merely for her sake. The chapter ended with Tang Wu insisting he could leave, despite her tears, while Su Can questioned whether she truly wanted him to go.

• Wang Weiwei invited Su Can to the Shangshi Summit and offered to introduce him to his friends.
• Su Can explained the summit and his plans for Facebook to Tang Wu as they walked to class together.
• After hearing her roommates speculate that Su Can stayed at university because of her, Tang Wu asked whether he had put his business on hold for her.
• Tang Wu told Su Can she would support him taking time off to pursue his ambitions, even though she still had three and a half years at Nanjing University.
• Su Can told Tang Wu about a mercenary who could not return to his former lover after years of war, then asked whether she still wanted him to leave university.
• Tang Wu nodded with reddened eyes.

Su Can reassured Tang Wu that he still had reasons to remain at Nanjing University, and she skipped class to accompany him. At the Shangshi Summit in Shanghai, Su Can unexpectedly saw Chen Lingshan among a group of elite guests.

• Su Can explained to Tang Wu that his achievements came from steady work and that Nanjing University still offered him valuable resources and the chance to be with her.
• Tang Wu took Su Can's arm and skipped class with him, drawing surprised reactions when they entered Li Changlong's probability class together.
• Su Can received Tang Wu's good-luck message and prepared to attend the Shangshi Summit with Zhang Yaqi, Mo Xue, and other FEEC members.
• Su Can arrived at the summit venue in Pudong and saw Chen Lingshan standing with a well-dressed man and a group of elite guests.