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=== 📌 Strengths: ===

1. Unique Historical Insight:
The novel offers a rare window into the early 20th-century interactions between Chinese warlords, Western banks, and global politics. Its depiction of Shanghai as a financial battleground filled with bankers, spies, and beautiful courtesans is vividly atmospheric.

2. Financial Intrigue:
Tedatom masterfully explains complex financial instruments (gold certificates, anonymous accounts, currency manipulation, etc.) through compelling dialogue. The character Mr. Hua feels like a financial Confucius—charming, educated, and dangerous.

3. Multi-Generational Legacy:
The intergenerational narrative — from General Li to Antoine in modern France — adds depth. It shows how a single act of financial planning during wartime can echo decades later across continents.

4. Cinematic Writing Style:
Each chapter feels like a scene from a geopolitical thriller. From smoky Shanghai nightclubs to secret vaults in Switzerland and MI6 operations in WWII Germany, the pacing is excellent.