The Chinese Stock Fraud Era
completely fairIn your early twenties, you invested heavily in Chinese reverse-merger stocks that turned out to be complete frauds.
You literally gave your first million dollars to people who fabricated their entire businesses. You read the financial statements of companies whose 'factories' were empty buildings with fresh paint. You were so confident in your 'deep research' that you didn't think to Google Street View the headquarters. Which, to be fair, didn't exist.
The AI is being generous. I didn't just invest in one fraud. I invested in MULTIPLE frauds. I was like a fraud sommelier — diversified across different vintages of fake Chinese companies. But hey, that bathroom mirror moment changed my life.