Silicon Valley Tycoon from Shameless

Thirty-year-old software engineer Yang Jian, recently laid off due to AI downsizing in New York, finds his life upended when an airport accident sends him back in time to 2011. Awakening in the impoverished South Side of Chicago—penniless and living next door to the notoriously chaotic Gallagher family from *Shameless*—Yang realizes his modern coding skills are useless against the primitive technology of the era. Pivoting from coder to product manager, he launches his entrepreneurial journey by flipping jailbroken iPhones to secure his first pot of gold. Capitalizing on future tech trends, Yang preemptively unleashes viral sensations like *2048* and *Flappy Bird* before expanding aggressively into robotic dogs, drones, and game live-streaming. Amid the endless drama of the Gallagher household, he maintains strict boundaries, focusing entirely on wealth accumulation. Three years later, armed with substantial capital, Yang breaches the California tech scene by infiltrating a *Silicon Valley* incubator. Spotting Richard—a brilliant nerd capable of miraculous compression algorithms but utterly clueless about monetization—Yang flashes a predatory capitalist smile: "Richard, your code is genius. But from today on, you change the world, and I price it." From the gritty streets of Chicago to the pinnacle of Silicon Valley, Yang builds his ultimate tech empire.