1. Teenage Idealism: An Adventure in the Classroom
You were born in an ordinary family in China. You grew up listening to the saying "knowledge changes your destiny", but you always felt that this saying was not exciting enough. So, in high school, you often pondered some "big questions", such as: "Will the Internet be freer in the future? Will it be fairer?"
When you went to Peking University to study history, you became even more restless. During a class discussion, you boldly proposed: "The future Internet will be decentralized." Your classmates looked at you sideways, and the teacher raised his eyebrows: "Decentralized? You really dare to think of it." And you laughed to yourself: These ideas will one day be discussed by the whole world.
Later, you went to the University of Pennsylvania for further study, coming into contact with blockchain and cryptocurrency. This stuff seems tailored for you—technology, freedom, the future, all align with your tastes. So, while you were munching on dessert tea, you argued with friends: "In the future, blockchain will disrupt everything, even banks will have to listen to it." Your friend rolled their eyes, but you had already thought about your next move.
2. All In: The TRON Adventure from Scratch
In 2017, you quit your job and founded the blockchain platform TRON. Initially, you were the only one working at home, writing code, doing promotions, and sending emails to investors. With every email sent, you prayed for a reply, but most of the time, all you received was a cold rejection.
To promote TRON, you attended various blockchain conferences, worked overnight to modify presentations, and tweeted late at night. Once at a conference, you spoke from 9 AM to 9 PM, your voice hoarse like a broken megaphone. Unfortunately, the results were minimal.
But you didn't give up; instead, you promoted it even more aggressively. Finally, after TRON launched, it quickly attracted market attention. In just a few months, the user count soared to tens of millions. Some began to call you a "marketing genius in blockchain," while others scoffed: "Just hype." You smiled it off and continued to advance TRON's development.
3. Building an Empire: BitTorrent and More Possibilities
A few years later, you set your sights on the world's largest P2P file-sharing platform, BitTorrent. After buying it, you repackaged it with blockchain technology, boosting its speed to unprecedented heights.
"This is the power of decentralization," you confidently told the media. "The flow of information should not be restricted by anyone."
Then, you acquired the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, further expanding your ecological territory. At this point, you were no longer satisfied with a single blockchain project but aimed to make your name synonymous with the industry.
4. Marketing Genius
Dining with the Oracle: A Dialogue Between Tradition and the Future
Initially, when you bought the opportunity to have lunch with "the Oracle" Warren Buffett for an exorbitant price of 4.5 million dollars, the media was in an uproar. People debated: Was this the most expensive marketing stunt in history, or a genuine collision between tradition and the future?
However, shortly before the lunch date, you suddenly announced that you would forgo this opportunity, citing "health issues". The news shocked the internet, and speculations flooded in: Some said you were "afraid of Buffett's questions," while others claimed it was a failed PR stunt. You remained silent, seemingly waiting for the right moment.
A few months later, you discreetly contacted Buffett again, requesting to have lunch. This time you personally attended the meeting, and at the table, you gifted him a phone with a built-in crypto wallet, trying to let him experience Bitcoin. Although Buffett didn't say much on the spot, the media extensively reported on the meeting, reigniting the discussion of cryptocurrency.
"I am here to establish dialogue, not to seek approval," you said to the reporters.
6.2 million dollars worth of bananas: would you dare to eat it?
If you saw a banana taped to the wall at an auction, what would you do?
In 2024, you pulled out 6.2 million dollars and bought this artwork (the comedian). This action left global media in shock: some criticized you for being extravagant, while others praised your foresight, but you unexpectedly ripped the banana off the wall during a press conference and ate it on the spot.
"It's much better than an ordinary banana," you calmly said after swallowing the banana.
This act of art worth 6.2 million dollars became an annual hot topic, prompting countless people to rethink the definition of "value." Some mocked you for being a "drama queen," but you knew that the protagonist of this drama could only be you.
5. From Controversy to Legend
If you became Sun Yuchen, how would you face these choices?
When criticism pours in, would you continue to seek attention or choose to keep a low profile?
Amidst trends and controversies, can you always find your direction?
No matter how the outside world perceives you, every step in life is like a blockchain record—immutable, yet written by you. If you had the chance to become Sun Yuchen, would you be willing to push this industry, or even the world, towards change in your own way?
Conclusion: Sun Yuchen's story may be controversial, but it is undeniable that he made the world pay attention to blockchain and cryptocurrency in his own way. What about you? Would you dare to create a decentralized legend that belongs solely to you with your own choices?
