Veteran coder Li Mu never expected fate to Ctrl+Z his life all the way back to 2001 - specifically, to the sweaty chaos of China's college entrance exams. When the universe hit him with this system reboot, he dusted himself off and grinned like a man who'd found cheat codes to reality.
Money? That was amateur mode.
Crashing TIME's cover? Dominating Silicon Valley? Topping Forbes lists? Meh. Intermediate achievements at best.
The true endgame required three checkpoints:
1.Becoming the Godfather to celebrities
2.Turning billionaires into fanboys
3.Playing Sugar Daddy to geniuses
And Li Mu always played to win.