第1章 1991，从头再来

1991, Starting Over

Jack Brown wakes up to find himself reborn in 1991 America as a penniless street urchin. Amidst the nationwide celebrations of the Soviet Union's collapse, he struggles to find his next loaf of bread.

[Ding! The "Historical Investment System" has been activated!]

Looking at the future news headlines that only he could see, Jack smiled.

While the elites were indulging in the fantasy of "the end of history," Jack had already bet his entire fortune on "the Gulf War ending in a month," earning his first pot of gold.

While Silicon Valley geeks were bewildered in their garages, Jack had already made billions from the "dot-com bubble" and cashed out three days early, leaving Wall Street in a mess.

The day before 9/11, he made an anonymous phone call that saved an airline from disaster, making him a "mystery hero" for the FBI; he shorted airline stocks in advance and then bought them up like crazy after the disaster.

From Hollywood to Wall Street, from the White House to the Pentagon, everyone thought Jack Brown was just an ordinary person with incredible luck. They looked down on him, mocked him, and took advantage of him, but in the end, they were all horrified to discover that they had unknowingly been living under the rules he had set.

When he turned around at the end of the smoke in Iraq in 2019, behind him lay the entire thirty-year history of the United States that he had manipulated and controlled.

杰克·布朗一觉醒来，发现自己重生了1991年的美国，成了个身无分文的街头混混。正值苏联解体，举国狂欢，他却为下一块面包发愁。
【叮！「历史投资系统」已激活！】
看着眼前浮现的只有他能见的未来新闻头条，杰克笑了。
当精英们沉浸在“历史终结”的迷梦中，杰克已用全部身家押注“海湾战争一个月结束”，赚到第一桶金。
当硅谷的极客们在车库迷茫时，杰克已用“互联网泡沫”狂赚百亿，并提前三天套现离场，留下华尔街一地鸡毛。
9/11事件前一天，他一个“匿名”电话让航空公司躲过一劫，成为FBI的“神秘英雄”；他提前做空航空股，在灾难后疯狂抄底。
从好莱坞到华尔街，从白宫到五角大楼，所有人都以为杰克·布朗只是个运气好到爆的普通人。他们轻视他、嘲笑他、利用他，最终，却都惊恐地发现，自己不知何时，都已活在了他制定的规则之下。
当2019年，他在伊拉克的硝烟尽头转身，身后是整个被他撬动并掌控的三十年美利坚风云。