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Chapter 30 The Elite Gather among the Hills of Silicon Valley
When Yide flew into California, America had already entered winter. As he came out of the airport, the first breath of air he drew…
Chapter 29 An Ambitious Young Man Looks across the Pacific
Yide later often said that when he entered real estate, he was, in the end, one step too slow. The words sounded like regret,…
Chapter 28 In Business, a Familiar Face Opens Doors Money Cannot
In the afternoon, the corridors of the Ruizhou Intermediate Court were filled with a faint layer of light. The Lingnan sun slanted in through…
Chapter 27 Money Comes, Power Goes, and the Human Heart Twists Between Them
That year, in the wind of Focheng, there was the smell of copper, iron, plastic, machine oil, and money. The factory buildings of Shenmoon…
Chapter 26 Officials and Merchants Have Long Divided Black from White
Before his father, Ma Lide had always been a man of few words. When Ma Cunhui spoke one sentence, he nodded. When his mother,…
Chapter 25 A Father’s Serious Talk with His Five Sons
After the wedding feast dispersed, the lights of Imperial Hot Springs gradually dimmed. In the banquet hall far away, a few attendants were still…
Chapter 24 A Thousand Lamps Shine upon the Jinjiang River
Rende and Jiawen had been officially registered as husband and wife for two years. Their daughter, Ma Shiya, was almost one year old. She…
Chapter 23 Among the People
The true opportunity for Ma Yide to turn his life around did not come from the exhibition booths of the trade fair, nor from…
Chapter 22 A New Businessman at the Guangzhou Trade Fair
After the Autumn Trade Fair, Ma Yide truly began to enter the world of foreign trade. Although the Provincial Chemical Construction Import and Export…
Chapter 21 White Clouds Drift over Baiyun Mountain
Ma Yide had thought he could remain a little longer in Rende’s home. He had just returned from the Yellow Mountain. His spirit had…
Chapter 20 The Five Sons’ Success Becomes a Cherished Tale
When Ma Yide returned to Canton from the Yellow Mountain, he arrived just in time for the five Ma brothers to gather in Rende’s…
Chapter 19 Two Classmates Meet by Chance amid the Peaks of Mount Huangshan
And so Ma Yide went to the Yellow Mountain. At first, he had no particular destination. He bought tickets as far as they would…
Chapter 18 A Bond of Love Through Poetry
When Guo Xiaoquan learned of it, he neither opposed nor warmly approved. He merely met Ma Rende once in the study of his home…
Chapter 17 The Eldest Brother Falls in Love with a Reporter
After returning to Canton, he stood before the gates of the Provincial Chemical Construction Import and Export Company and looked at the gray-white office…
Chapter 16 He Takes the Lesson to Heart but Remains Anxious
After the defeat of the Hami melon venture, Ma Yide seemed suddenly to have grown thinner by a full measure. When he returned from…
Chapter 15 His First Business Venture Ends in Failure
Fortunately, Ma Yide’s melon car had not overturned. It had stopped more than ten carriages behind the derailed section. Though the violent impact had…
Chapter 14 The Gates of Commerce
The ripening of Hami melons begins first in the wind. During those days, the sun was fierce as a copper basin heated red in…
Chapter 13 With Righteousness First, Wealth Flows Far
When Ma Yide arrived in the ancient Western Regions, it was the middle of May. The train had run northward from Canton for several…
Chapter 12 A Young Man Eager for Success Enters Business
The year Ma Yide graduated from Beijing University of International Business and Economics, the winds of the South had already changed. In former times,…
Chapter 11 The Future Belongs to Young People with Dreams
After the great ancestral ceremony, the square before South Heavenly Temple gradually loosened from its solemn stillness. The grave and dignified sound of scripture…
Chapter 10 In the Pride of Spring, the Southern Ridges Turn Green
After the Ma family reunion, the most solemn day of all was the day they ascended South Heavenly Temple to honor their ancestors. That…
Chapter 9 A Family’s Highest Wish Is Reunion
The old madam often said that the four sons born from her womb were like four branches growing from the same tree. These four…
Chapter 8 The Family Tradition Endures
After the Ma family migrated south to Qianzhou, their fortunes were no longer what they had once been. Yet there was one thing that…
Chapter 7 Life Rebuilt in the Country Town of Qianzhou
This small town named Qianzhou was encircled by mountains, yet in that era its folk customs were not entirely gentle either. It had none…
Chapter 6 A History of the Ma Family
People only knew that Zhao Youlan and her family now lived in the small town of Qianzhou in western Guangdong, and assumed them to…
Chapter 5 The Road Is Long, and Human Hearts Grow Desolate
The beginnings of the Dragon Kingdom lie in vast obscurity, so remote that no one knows how many thousands of years have passed. The…
Chapter 4 Heavenly Mountain Listens
Now it must be said that the region around Heavenly Mountain was a place of deep hills and winding waters, where villages lay scattered…
Chapter 3 What Is Written in Fate Need Not Be Sought
After they had paid their respects to the Buddha and left the rear hall, Huile escorted the mother and her sons to a small…
Chapter 2 A Benevolent Son Pursues His Dream
At the end of the stone steps, the clouds began to draw back. The three of them turned past a grove of ancient pines,…
The Five Brothers' Dream
The Five Brothers’ Dream is a sweeping literary epic about family, history, and the human soul. Against the backdrop of the Dragon Kingdom’s dramatic…
Chapter 1 A Votive Journey into the Autumn Mountains
In early August, according to the lunar calendar, the lingering heat of the Western Ranges had not yet fully withdrawn, and yet, within the…