Forging a National Champion: A Tycoon's Redemption

What defines a true national enterprise? It should be one that never makes its people weep over surrendered technological sovereignty or burns with resentment over prices higher at home than abroad. Only then, when the nation reclaims its place atop the world, can it declare: every chip, every line of code, every drop of our blood has been given to the most magnificent cause—the fight for our people's digital survival. Returning to the late 1990s, Chen Zhixing stands at a crossroads. After amassing his first fortune in the American capital markets, he faces a pivotal choice: build a new benchmark for domestic industry from scratch, or steer the wayward "national enterprises" back onto the right path before they veer too far astray. Chen Zhixing's answer? Only children choose. As the wealthiest man in the nation, he will have both. Question: What if these so-called "national enterprises" refuse to listen? Answer: Crush them hard. Make them unable to profit from their own people. Make them realize that groveling abroad leads nowhere. And when they hit rock bottom, they will finally reflect on their errors and find their way back to the true road of honor.