In 1961, before the Berlin Wall was built, East Germany was rife with undercurrents. Lin Zou, a modern-day office worker, transmigrated into the East Berlin black market, becoming a heavily indebted errand boy. His only advantage was a mediocre intelligence system. With the Berlin crisis looming, the Berlin Wall about to be erected, and the new economic reforms and the East-West German trade boom approaching, he used fragmented memories and deduction to preemptively plan: stockpiling and cashing out, cross-border reselling, exporting optical instruments, arbitrage in chemical machinery… He navigated the cracks of the black market, Stasi surveillance, and CCM trade to amass wealth. From a black market underling, he climbed to become the "King of Intelligence," influencing the winds of the Cold War. Until the Stasi came knocking—they wanted him to be an even more dangerous pawn… [Foreign background + era + intelligence system + high IQ] This book is also known as: *Transmigrating to East Germany: Starting with a Life Owed to the Black Market*...
"Tell me, when faced with an opportunity to rise to the top in one step, can those who consider themselves noble still uphold their principles?" Having accomplished the feat of conquering the world, Caesar, feeling no joy, decided to embark on a mad game. "Really? I can get ten thousand gold just by killing my wife?" "Isn't it just indulging in lust with that dragon? Watch me!" "Summon... what is a plague? Summon one!" Add a little desire, add two spoonfuls of reward, sow the seeds of madness, and reap the fruits of chaos. As the world crumbled, Caesar finally kissed the lips of pleasure. Those who still retained their reason resolved to rebel, but before that absolutely overwhelming emperor, they clearly needed a savior! ...Lancelot: "You mean, my enemy is someone with super strength..."
Reborn in 1905 as a starving, impoverished cowboy in Montana, Jack Crawford thought he'd been given a hellish start. Until he discovered he received a random intelligence report every day. [Three hours later, an injured elk will collapse in the birch forest behind the house.]—Jack carried back his winter rations. [Old Hank, the neighbor, is preparing to sell his seemingly weak but actually Quarter Horse foal at a low price.]—Jack now possesses a future champion horse. [Next week, torrential rains will breach the valley, causing flash floods, and the upstream soil has extremely high mineral content.]—Jack bought the most fertile land at the lowest price after the disaster. While cowboys throughout the West were still relying on the weather and suffering heavy losses from blizzards, Jack always managed to avoid all disasters in advance. While Wall Street giants were strategizing for the economy...