He was once a star teacher at New Oriental, famous for selling books. But in 2011, he made a crazy decision: to invest all his family assets and buy 100,000 bitcoins. This is the story of Li Xiaolai and how this decision changed his life:

In 1972, Li Xiaolai was born in Yanji, Jilin. He was admitted to Changchun University for the college entrance examination, majoring in accounting. After graduation, Li Xiaolai was assigned to work at a bank. However, he quickly resigned, feeling that the institutional life he could see through at a glance was not what he wanted.

So Li Xiaolai went to the computer city to do sales, and later dabbled in the clothing wholesale business. In his twenties, he earned his first pot of gold and became the Northeast regional general agent for Jin Ying graphics cards. He once earned millions a year, doing very well, and gained a small reputation in the Northeast IT circle. That was the first time Li Xiaolai tasted the feeling of making big money, which also planted the seed of his extreme desire for success in the future. But fate did not always favor him: his father suddenly fell seriously ill, and the huge medical expenses were like a black hole, swallowing up all his savings. Li Xiaolai fell from the peak back to the bottom, realizing that he was still far from qualified to make money. In order to turn his life around, he began to constantly try various ventures, operating an internet cafe, starting a company, selling projects, but almost none succeeded. Until one day, an old friend, Luo Yonghao, invited him to teach English at New Oriental: