I was sitting in the attic with my best high school friend, opposite his ballet dancer, Tribeca ... in 2002. I am only 23 years old. He is 24 years old.

The year before last, I just moved to new york City to work for Lehman Brothers, one of the most prestigious Wall Street investment banks in the world.

Although my parents want me to keep close contact with them in North Carolina and accept the job offer I got from Charlotte First United Securities Company, I decided to take the risk and move to new york City.

But a few years before I moved to new york, I met Jerry.

Jerry was the first person I met in high school. He took an American history class with me, and he is the eldest son of one of the largest real estate developers in Hong Kong.

He is the son of a billionaire.

Now, my high school has enrolled many rich children. This is an elite boarding school in Connecticut, and 95% of the children come from wealthy families or influential families.

I happen to belong to the 5% who are not from wealthy families. It happened that my father's company funded the tuition.

I am so lucky.

That night was Jerry's farewell party. That weekend, he officially left new york City and moved back to Hongkong to start his apprenticeship and run his father's multi-billion dollar empire.

But I sat opposite him that night, and with the rumbling music, only one emotion was clearly visible in his eyes. ...

Sadness.

"I'm going to make a mess of his business …" Jerry shook his head.

Two years ago, after Jerry graduated from college, his father asked him to come back and work for the company.

But Jerry didn't want to face the reality, so he spent another two years "studying" and expanded his college experience by getting a master's degree from Columbia University.

Somehow, he persuaded his father that no matter what degree he got, he would one day enhance his ability to manage the family business.

In fact, he is just delaying the inevitable.

As the eldest son of one of the largest developers in the world, his fate has been sealed.

His life trajectory has been planned from the day he was born, and there is nothing he can do.

Although most people are trying to achieve financial freedom ...

All Jerry wants is personal freedom.