[Civil War] [Business War] [Calm and Decisive] [Gilded Age] [Technological Explosion]
Alan, a business elite, died in a car accident under a heavy truck, but his soul accidentally traveled to New York in 1860 and became a 19-year-old Irish youth with nothing.
With only $75 in his pocket, he built a canning factory from scratch using modern business thinking, expanding it to become a company. During the turbulent years of the Civil War, his assets soared thanks to precise planning.
With the advent of the Gilded Age, he expanded into oil, steel, military industry, railroads, and even ventured into media, real estate, electrical technology, and the hotel industry. From a contemporary elite to a 19th-century pauper, how did he create a multi-faceted, top-tier family tycoon in America a century ago?
Hong Kong in the 1940s was just a fishing port;
In Hong Kong in the 1950s, prosperity had just begun;
Hong Kong in the 1960s was in chaos;
In Hong Kong in the 1970s, Chinese tycoons took the stage;
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This is the story of a time-traveler ‘finding his way’ in Hong Kong!