The Hacker Era
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Summary
The good times did not last. Canghai's brief golden age, increasingly mythologized, gave rise to a power struggle within the family conglomerate. Blinded by greed, Niu Yao, Niu Zihou's eldest son, was reckless, lustful, and unambitious, yet because of the years he had spent building the business with his father, he held substantial power in the group. Never satisfied and convinced of his own cleverness, he used stock market short selling to drain all of Canghai Group's funds and deposit them in an overseas bank. The elaborately designed password and the bank key USB drive protected by layer upon layer of security made him believe that once he fled abroad with the money he could live a life of luxury. But his movements had long been under the surveillance of Niu Zihou and his second son, Niu Shun. On the plane out of the country, he discovered that the key had been swapped by the sister his father had sent. Without the key, like a stray dog, he resolved to return to Canghai and confess. Yet beneath the walls of Canghai, a sudden car accident left Niu Yao dead in a bizarre crash, the key's password never revealed.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers of popular fiction who enjoy family business wars and suspenseful twists
- Those interested in village industrialization and the changing times
- Casual readers looking for a tightly paced, plot-driven story
- General readers drawn to themes of wealth and human nature
Not a good fit for
- Serious readers who prefer literary, language-experimental works
- Professional readers who demand rigorous business and technical logic
- Readers uncomfortable with family feuds and conspiracy plots
Reading tips
- Read the first half first, noting the arc from Canghai's legend to impoverished village to conglomerate, then move into the family conflict.
- Treat Niu Yao's cash-out and flight as the novel's pacing turning point, comparing character motivations before and after.
- After finishing, retrace the causal chain of the swapped key and the car crash to appreciate how the author closes the plot.
About the publisher
Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章 无名侠客
- 第二章 世纪雪崩
- 第三章 千里快哉风
- 第四章 异度空间
- 第五章 梦断罗湖
- 第六章 伊莎贝尔
- 第七章 桃花劫
- 第八章 在劫难逃
- 第九章 千古谜城
- 第十章 沧海横流
- 第十一章 美人计
- 第十二章 空箱子
- 第十三章 现代游戏
- 第十四章 车祸
- 第十五章 盛开的向日葵
- 第十六章 水之物语
- 第十七章 十字交叉的路口
- 第十八章 天鹅湖
- 第十九章 马蹄形设计
- 第二十章 柳树林
- 第二十一章 渔家唱晚
- 第二十二章 生死工程
- 第二十三章 生日快乐
- 第二十四章 九节手
- 第二十五章 凋谢的向日葵
- 第二十六章 端口阻塞
- 第二十七章 沧海论剑
- 第二十八章 落子无悔
- 第二十九章 兵不血刃
- 第三十章 石破天惊
- 第三十一章 古井
- 第三十二章 飞越疯人院
- 第三十三章 踏雪无痕
- 第三十四章 茶醉
- 第三十五章 火的战车
- 第三十六章 沙尘暴
- 第三十七章 空城计
- 第三十八章 一骑绝尘
- 后记
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About the author
Lyu Yunbin is an author about whom publicly available information is currently limited. According to existing bibliographic records, one work appears under this name, The Hacker Era, which is commonly classified as a social novel. Since basic details such as birth and death years and nationality are not found in the records, a fuller account of the author's life and writing career cannot yet be given. Judging from the title The Hacker Era and the social-novel classification, the subject matter may involve the relationship between the development of network technology and social reality, but verifiable materials on plot, characters, and stylistic features are still lacking. The available information only shows that Lyu Yunbin has entered readers' view through social fiction, with a small number of works that are not yet enough to present an overall picture of the author's writing. It is hoped that more public materials will later supplement the personal background and creative context.
