Episode 1 recap: A Bao had an unexpected car accident and is searching for the culprit.
A Bao had an unexpected car accident and is searching for the culprit.A Bao (portrayed by Hu Ge) lived in Shanghai in 1922, a time when stock markets were booming and countries were engaging in frenzied stock trading. A Bao was no exception, driven by his ambitious nature to live a prosperous life amidst the bustling city.
However, as he stepped out of a restaurant, he was deliberately hit by someone, causing him to be injured and money to scatter on the ground. His accident immediately caught the attention of the media and his friends, and he was urgently taken to the hospital. The scene was chaotic, but fortunately, Ye Shu (portrayed by You Ben Chang) arrived and managed to calm things down. A Bao underwent a successful surgery but remained in a coma. While he was unconscious, Ye Shu leaned close to him and spoke. At that moment, A Bao woke up, realizing that Ye Shu was the first benefactor he encountered after being released from prison in 1987. On his first day out of prison, he sought out Ye Shu, but Ye Shu politely refused to befriend the grandson of his friend, as he considered A Bao inexperienced and lacking the necessary skills. However, A Bao's persistence and a demonstration of his determination convinced Ye Shu to eventually agree to mentor him.
The next day, A Bao took Ye Shu to rent a British suite at the Peace Hotel and was then asked to borrow six thousand yuan. If he failed to do so, Ye Shu would give up on him. A Bao had no choice but to borrow money from his friend Tao Tao (portrayed by Chen Long), who had also embezzled a large sum of money. Finally, at noon, A Bao hurried back to the room with the borrowed money and followed Ye Shu's instructions to buy stocks in the vacuum tube industry. Two weeks later, he sold all the stocks.
At that time, the stock market was not yet officially established, and it was small with limited issuance. A Bao could only obtain stocks through scalpers, but after a week, the stock prices plummeted. Helpless, he listened to Ye Shu's admonitions and instead of selling, he was instructed to continue borrowing money to buy more stocks. Two weeks later, A Bao's first stock began to soar, and he carried a bag of money to find Ye Shu.
A Bao eagerly waited for Ye Shu at the newsstand. Finally, in the evening, Ye Shu arrived and saw that A Bao had won money and not abandoned him. Consequently, Ye Shu agreed to cooperate with him. Ye Shu began to transform A Bao's entire image, using the finest materials to make his clothing and the most fashionable hairstyles. He also imposed regulations on A Bao's behavior.
A Bao looked at himself in the mirror, feeling incredulous. His confident appearance brought comfort to Ye Shu, who realized that he hadn't misjudged A Bao after all. Ye Shu opened the safe and handed over the company's seal to A Bao. A Bao established his own company, with Ye Shu serving as his behind-the-scenes advisor. As the country underwent reforms and opening-up, A Bao made continuous strides in foreign trade.
By 1993, Ye Shu confessed to a police officer that the people at the hospital were a diverse group, including a retired worker named Commander Cai, who was the person responsible for bringing A Bao into the wealthy circles. Commander Cai revealed that the stock markets of Shanghai and Shenzhen had been engaged in a covert rivalry, and they had followed behind A Bao to make some illicit gains.
A Bao not only engaged in stock trading but also opened a restaurant with Ling Zi (played by Ma Yi Li). They did not have a romantic relationship, only a business partnership. During Tao Tao's testimony, he mentioned that A Bao was rumored to be in a relationship with Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan).
Miss Wang explained that she had a professional relationship with A Bao. On the day A Bao was hit, he claimed that the 300,000 yuan he was carrying was for himself. When people came to visit A Bao at the hospital, they discovered that he had already left early in the morning. Ye Shu pulled the curtains tight and instructed A Bao not to leave the room for a month. This month was crucial as it would help identify who was trying to frame him.
A Bao willingly stayed indoors and intensified his physical training. Ye Shu went to the restaurant and analyzed that it was not the work of people from the wealthy circles. However, they suspected a connection between A Bao's incident and the fact that Jin Feng Huang had just fled, as someone had taken over Jin Feng Huang's restaurant. At that moment, a woman carrying a suitcase arrived across from the Peace Hotel, instructing someone to pick her up before nine o'clock.
When she went to buy cigarettes, the shop owner recognized her, and Jin Feng Huang's former boss, Mei Hua Bao, arrived. People began discussing this new proprietress. It turned out that Li Li had arrived in Shanghai three months ago. She learned that Jin Feng Huang, which was the most profitable restaurant, had just closed its doors. Since taking over, Jin Feng Huang had become extremely popular, and she changed the restaurant's name.
To promote her own restaurant, Li Li asked her assistant to invite A Bao to make an appearance. Li Li began analyzing the people around A Bao and decided to enlist Mr. Fan (played by Dong Yong) as an intermediary. However, Mr. Fan was the former owner of Jin Feng Huang. Furthermore, A Bao's incident and Jin Feng Huang's escape were both related to stock 414. A Bao had not invested in that stock, but he was betrayed by Jin Feng Huang, who was his supposed girlfriend.
It turned out that A Bao had offended not only the Qilin Society. Now that the one-month deadline had passed, A Bao dressed up and went to Ling Zi's bar.
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