Xiao Daidzhao

Growing up with eccentric materialistic parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.

48 Hours a Day

"If you want to obtain 500 million just by borrowing, it won't be easy even for me. Everyone knows how difficult it is to get back any lent money. Besides, from what you said, 500 million is only the initial capital." Han Lu picked up the teapot on the table and poured Zhang Heng a cup of Biluochun. "How much more do you plan to ask for later?"

"I'm not sure yet, but the total amount is likely to reach eight billion," Zhang Heng frankly told Han Lu.

An ordinary person might have been paralyzed with fear when they heard this number, but Han Lu was a well-known venture capitalist after all. It wasn't like she hadn't seen an enormous amount of financing when she was still working at an international investment bank. Thus, when she heard this, she didn't show too much of a surprised expression. She only said, "Looks like you've already thought about how to repay that large sum."

Greed