Zhang Yin (Cheung Yan) on International Expansion

After working as a bookkeeper in a Guangdong textile factory and studying accounting at trade school, Zhang moved to Shenzhen to manage the accounting and trading departments of a paper-trading company as Shenzhen was becoming a special economic zone and export hub.

Nine Dragons Paper's business model involves buying scrap paper from the United States, importing it into China, and converting it mainly into cardboard for boxes used to export Chinese goods -- directly linking Zhang's fortune to the physical logistics of the US-China trade relationship.