Huaxia, Shenzhen, on a small road in Qinglong District.

"After years of hard work, it's all gone in one fell swoop..."

Lin Yun walked out of the detention center, looked at the desolate street in front of him, smiled bitterly, and sighed softly.

A few days ago, he was arrested for counterfeiting electronic products from major brands.

Fortunately, he lost all the money he had earned over the years and was not sentenced.

However, all the money he had earned over the years was completely gone.

Thinking about all the effort he had put in over the years, Lin Yun felt very conflicted.

Five years ago, he was eighteen years old and failed the college entrance examination. Because of his poor family background and his own limited ability, he knew that even if he repeated a year, he would not be able to get into a good university. There are too many college students nowadays, and not getting into a good university is not much different from not going to university at all. Not wanting to waste his family's money, he resolutely chose to give up repeating a year and go out to work.

At the time, his parents were strongly opposed because people in their area were quite traditional and believed that only by going to university could one find a way out and make a name for oneself.

He left home without permission. When he called back, his father was furious and threatened to disown him if he didn't go back to school.

Similar to his father, he was also very stubborn and refused to go back.

He secretly vowed that he would make something of himself before going back.

He worked very hard, taking on three jobs a day, getting up at five in the morning and returning home at eleven at night. He was so tired every day that he would collapse onto his bed and fall asleep as soon as he got back to his lodgings.

His efforts soon paid off when he discovered a business opportunity.

In Shenzhen's Qinglong District, a paradise for electronic products, he discovered that electronic products were extremely profitable; some items that cost one or two yuan to wholesale could even retail for ten or twenty yuan.

At first, he wholesaled other people's goods and then resold them to wholesalers from other places.

We only earn a small profit on each item; our main focus is on volume.

Because he was honest in his business dealings, he quickly accumulated a large number of customers.

In order to make more profit, he bought some equipment, hired employees, rented factory buildings, and started to produce some low-tech electronic components.

As time went on, his business got better and better.

Monthly income went from tens of thousands to twenty or thirty thousand, then to thirty or forty thousand, and finally fifty or sixty thousand...

When he earned a certain amount of money, he bought a better batch of equipment and started making even better things.

Because his goal is not simply to make money.

He wanted to make good products and win customers' approval, believing that only in this way could his business go further.

His products are better than those of most wholesalers in Qinglong District, but the prices are not much higher, making them very cost-effective. This is why he has accumulated many customers.

However, as a result, his profits were not high.

He hadn't been home for five years... Some time ago, he called his mother and heard from her that his family's situation wasn't very good.

Because of his father's connections, his parents wouldn't use the money he sent home.

He felt a sense of urgency.

He knew that even if he could earn 50,000 or 60,000 yuan a month, he would not gain his father's approval.

He needs greater success.

Deep down, he was also somewhat unwilling. The electronic products he produced were no worse in quality than some big brands. In fact, when some big brands were busy with orders, they would ask his small factory to help them make the products and put on their logos. It was just that because he was not famous, his products had to be sold at a low price, and the profit was worlds apart.

Finally, after repeated suggestions from some clients, he was persuaded.

That is, to imitate those big brand electronic products.

Just by changing the appearance, profits can increase several times over. How tempting is that?

...

As it turned out, this way of making money was indeed faster. Because of his strict requirements for product quality and low prices, his products quickly won many customers in the counterfeit market in Qinglong District.

The profit in the first month reached 80,000.

His client base is still growing, and according to his calculations, his profits will exceed 100,000 in the second month.

He has a dream: to build his own brand.

However, this requires promotional expenses, and quite a lot of them.

In today's society, any celebrity endorsement or any advertising channel can cost hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of yuan.

At his current rate of earning money, he may soon be able to realize his dream.

Unfortunately... his beautiful dream didn't last long... it shattered...

He was arrested at the beginning of the second month.

...

At a small supermarket, Lin Yun spent the last few dozen yuan he had on him and bought three bottles of liquor.

"Gone...all gone..."

At night, on a deserted street, Lin Yun, having finished three bottles of baijiu, was completely drunk. He leaned against a bench by the roadside, muttering incoherently.

For five years, he worked tirelessly to earn money, barely getting a good night's sleep; he was simply too exhausted.

At this moment, all he wanted was to get drunk.

Lin Yun looked up at the sky, and through his drunken haze, he seemed to see a streak of light flash across his vision.

A shooting star?

Lin Yun grinned.

It is said that if someone sees a shooting star, it means that person is lucky, and if they make a wish at that time, it is very likely to come true.

Before this, Lin Yun didn't believe in such things at all; in his opinion, such behavior was childish.

But at this moment, Lin Yun couldn't help but make a wish.

If he could, he would want to be the world's richest man. He could produce whatever he wanted, and he wouldn't need to imitate other people's products anymore. The products he produced would be famous brands, big brands.

"Huh? That shooting star... it seems to be flying this way..."

Suddenly, Lin Yun was taken aback.

"Holy crap..."

Soon, Lin Yun snapped out of his daze, and his confused mind began to clear.

The shooting star grew larger and larger in his eyes, as if it were really flying towards him.

Meteors hitting Earth are not unheard of. Although meteors are small in size when they reach Earth, they can have a wide impact range and generate great power.

Could he really be that unlucky? He just lost everything, and now he's going to die a violent death?

Instinctively, Lin Yun tried to dodge, but he was too drunk to move at all.

In fact, if that meteor really landed in this spot, even if he could move, he wouldn't be able to dodge it at all.

Finally, a dazzling white light flashed before Lin Yun's eyes, and Lin Yun lost consciousness.

"Intelligent life discovered... Potential matches... Cosmic Trading System... Binding in progress..."

A faint electronic voice echoed in Lin Yun's mind.

...

Lin Yun had a dream.

In his dream, he obtained a cosmic trading system, in which he could trade with major civilizations across the universe.

Various high-tech products... various resources... readily available...

Soon, he became the world's richest man...

Even in the martial arts he had practiced since childhood, he quickly became the world's strongest...