Official and Merchant

Geng SuQidian2007

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Word count: 602.5K words
Chapters: 2

Summary

Lin Quan, a sophomore at Donghai Provincial University, takes a green-skinned train back to Jinghai. He is the favored adopted grandson of former Party Secretary Chen Ran. After Chen Ran leaves office over economic issues, the Lin family loses all its glory, and Lin Quan grows cold and withdrawn. When a new municipal Party committee takes over, his father Lin Mingda's college classmate Geng Yimin becomes Party Secretary, and Lin Quan sees an opportunity. He meets Fang Nan, a woman who has come to Jinghai to make a living, and promises to help her find work. Lin Quan then becomes involved in business battles in real estate and new energy, navigating among political and business figures and family factions, engaging in capital operations such as company establishment, mergers, and capital increases, and experiencing emotional entanglements with public relations socialites and others, gradually transforming from a profit-driven businessman.

Editor's review

This book suits readers who enjoy realistic urban business battles and political-business maneuvering. Its strength lies in the author's background in real estate observation: details of company mergers and capital operations are solid, and official-merchant relations are written in gray, restrained tones. The weaknesses are a romance line written in an old-fashioned male perspective, some dragged pacing, and controversial depictions of female characters.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Fans of urban business-battle novels
Readers interested in political-business relations
Veteran readers who like realism and industry detail

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer light, sweet romance or pure romance
Readers averse to gray power games and male-perspective romance writing

Reading tips

Read the first three chapters to establish the characters and Jinghai officialdom background, then enter the business-battle main line
Pay attention to real estate, new energy, and capital-operation threads; the book has many industry details
Lower expectations for the romance line and focus on political-business maneuvering and character transformation

About the publisher

Qidian

Qidian is a platform whose catalogue brings together online literature, with about 45,000 titles in the library spanning categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, xianxia and wuxia, science fiction, selected fiction and quality web novels. Representative titles include Reincarnation Paradise, War Soldier Leon, The Fairy Is Fierce (also known as Tai Mang), The Expert Is Right Beside Me, Dragon Herder, You Should Cross the Mountains Like a Hero, The Adventures of a Clever Girl and Summoning Heroes of All Ages in Another World, with themes extending from fantasy and xianxia to science fiction and adventure. Representative authors available in the library include Na Yi Zhi Wen Zi, Chi Gua Zi Qun Zhong, Guan Guan Gong Zi, Chenxing LL, Luan, Chen Mo De Ai, Piao Yi Dao Zhang and Dong Tian Bu Leng. Their works mostly appear as serialized web fiction aimed at readers who prefer long genre fiction. Public information on its founding background and scale is limited, so no inferences are made here; the description is based solely on the library's titles and categories.

Chapter 1: Return to Jinghai
Chapter 2: The Beautiful Young Woman

FAQ

Where was Official and Merchant first published, and is it complete?

It was first published on Qidian Chinese Network in 2007 and is complete, with eleven volumes and nearly 300 chapters.

What is this book mainly about?

Lin Quan, a fallen official's descendant, rises in Jinghai's real estate and business world, maneuvering through political-business relations.

Is there much romance?

There are entanglements with a public relations socialite and several female characters, but the main line remains business battles and official-merchant maneuvering.

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About the author

Geng Su Author

Geng Su is a fairly representative male-oriented author in the field of Chinese online literature, though public information about him is limited and neither his dates of birth and death nor his nationality are clearly recorded. The library holds 28 of his works, including such representative titles as Xiao Chen, Rebirth on the Official Road and Business Path, Official and Merchant (published as Real Estate Heroes), The Steel Tycoon Reborn, Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers Heroes, and The Savage God of the Great Wilderness. His writing often involves alternate history, officialdom fiction, and urban workplace themes. He is skilled at unfolding the complex relationships among power, interests, and human feelings against the backdrop of alternate history or realistic business rivalry, and the combination of rebirth with official careers and business paths is a common narrative entry point in his work. His works have a steady readership in the premium fiction and male-oriented fiction categories, demonstrating his sustained ability to handle long-form storytelling and genre fiction.