In Quanzhou's merchant circles, apart from the Family Head, Shang Zhan, being famous as a kind person, there was also a merchant prodigy. It was said that at the tender age of eleven, this prodigy, with just a hundred taels of silver, made his first foray into business. He strategized with great acumen, reviving a bankrupt shop within a year and transforming it into a gold shop that made a fortune day by day, amassing a vast wealth, and thus became renowned as a merchant prodigy.
However, this talented prodigy had one disadvantage: he was naturally frail and often ill, spending his days accompanied by medicine. As a result, he rarely appeared in public and usually nursed his health at home. Despite that, he participated and guided many of the business decisions.
The family's growth into its current large scale undoubtedly owed much to his contributions, but due to his health issues, he chose to remain a transparent figure.
