Recaps

After returning to 1994, Zhang Ke rescued Xie Zhitong and helped Zhang Zhixing expose the scheme framing Tang Xueqian, leading to Tang’s vindication and a provincial investigation of Ding Xiangshan. The arc left Zhang Ke helping Xie Wanqing confront serious problems at Haiyu Company.

• Zhang Ke woke in his sixteen-year-old body in 1994, rescued Xie Zhitong from a dump truck, and began investigating the plot against Tang Xueqian.
• Zhang Ke photographed Xu Si with Tang Xueqian and Ding Xiangshan, then showed the evidence to Zhang Zhixing, who questioned whether Ye Xinming had lured him away from Haizhou.
• Zhang Ke and Zhang Zhifei found Zeng Jianhua’s notebook at Tang Xueqian’s home, where erased writing revealed unexplained payments totaling 4.78 million yuan.
• Zhang Zhixing and Zhang Ke took the photographs and notebook to Xu Xueping, and Zhang Ke showed Jin Guohai that the notebook’s entries undermined the bribery accusations against Tang Xueqian.
• Zhang Ke persuaded Xu Si to cooperate, and she admitted that Ding Xiangshan had coerced her into framing Tang Xueqian.
• The Special Investigation Team cleared Tang Xueqian of the bribery allegations, while the provincial leadership ordered measures against Ding Xiangshan and appointed Zhou Fuming to lead Haizhou temporarily.
• Zhang Ke visited Xie Zhitong when she stopped eating and speaking, then warned Xie Wanqing that Haiyu Company’s general manager was allowing financial disorder for his own benefit.
• Xie Wanqing reviewed Haiyu’s records and told Xu Xueping she would not abandon the company despite its problems.

Zhang Ke helped Xu Si through her family’s financial crisis, drew her into his business plans, and used Haiyu Company to pursue Ericsson’s Haizhou distribution rights. The stretch ended with Shengxin agreeing to make Haiyu a specially appointed agent and Zhang Ke seeking to expand into Xintai City.

• Zhang Ke arranged 120,000 yuan for Xu Si’s brother’s surgery, and the Special Investigation Team later decided not to prosecute Xu Si.
• Zhang Zhixing became Municipal Government Secretary-General, while Zhang Ke settled into a new apartment and his family held a school-admission banquet.
• Zhang Ke intervened when Zhao Siming and Wan Tiancai harassed Chen Feirong, then reunited with Xu Si after she was cleared.
• Zhang Ke recruited Xu Si to help investigate Xinguang Paper Mill and secured Xie Wanqing’s permission to use Haiyu Company’s resources for his plans.
• Zhang Ke pursued Ericsson distribution rights through Shengxin, hired four recruits, and launched an advertising campaign to build interest in digital phones.
• Ye Xiaotong saw Haiyu attract prospective funding partners, and Ye Jianbin chose Haiyu as a specially appointed Ericsson agent.
• Zhang Ke asked Ye Xiaotong about supplying dealers in Xintai City, and her silence signaled tacit agreement.