On this day, 93 years ago, on December 26, 1932 (November 29, 1932, the lunar calendar), Mao Dun completed the novel "Midnight". In December 1932, Mao Dun completed the novel "Midnight". The novel is set in Shanghai from May to July 1930. It depicts Wu Sunfu, a textile industry capitalist, using all his tricks to swallow a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in an attempt to get rid of the control of imperialist capital and build his own industrial "kingdom." However, the warlords fought and sales of their products were cut off. The hard-working "Yizhong Trust Company" was unable to reverse this situation. In the end, under the large-scale economic blockade of comprador financial capitalist Zhao Botao, it was completely bankrupt due to the failure of the bond speculation market.