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Lin Zhao failed the imperial exam and was mocked by his clan as a "bookish fool." Unexpectedly, he was破格 hired as the chief steward of "Wanjin Hang," Great Liang's top merchant house, by its elderly owner. On his first day, he faced a huge crisis: the business was framed by a nemesis, all silk stock was destroyed, and suppliers came collectively to demand debt repayment. Worse, Su Wantang, the owner's only daughter, regarded him as a "nepotism waste" and tried to sabotage him at every turn. But Lin Zhao used the street smarts from his miscellaneous books—dying cheap coarse cloth into "smoky sunset patterns"—and suddenly set off a fashion trend in the capital. He not only solved the urgent problem but also made Wanjin Hang's business boom. Just as he thought he could stand firm, he discovered the owner's secret for hiring him: the Lin family saved the elderly owner years ago, and the nemesis was following this thread to completely destroy Wanjin Hang...
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