Chapter Two: A Name Worth Fifty Thousand

2 billion yuan back toward Langang. Someone was manufacturing panic while bringing home enough cargo to repay creditors. At seven, the bond fell to nine. Shen bought five thousand notes for forty-seven thousand yuan. The ring warmed gently; its blue line lit once. “Betting your escape money on waste paper,” a woman beside him said. “Still arrogant.” Shen recognized Su Jianwei, the reporter blacklisted after exposing the Gu family's use of shipping insurance to hide bad debt. “Wrong man,” he said. “Zhou Jiming lost his right little finger in a mine collapse.” She glanced at Shen's intact hand. “Wanxing makes beautiful identities. She didn't know I met the real one.”