Shenhao Novels

"You spend money to feel powerful," Lin Feng said, not looking up. "I spend flour to make something that disappears in a bowl of broth. One of us understands impermanence. The other is about to understand bankruptcy."

The showroom went silent. The salesman’s smug grin froze as Lin Fan swiped a black card he didn’t even know he had. [Ding! Transaction Successful. You spent $5,000,000.] shenhao novels

The Shenhao genre emerged in the early 2010s, during the rise of Chinese web literature. The first Shenhao novels were inspired by Japanese light novels and Chinese wuxia (martial arts) fiction. They were initially published on online platforms such as Qidian, 17K, and起点中文网 (起点 Chinese Web), which catered to a vast audience of young adults. "You spend money to feel powerful," Lin Feng