He succeeded in winning dozens of business orders and attained his first gold nugget with an income that reached as high as 300,000 HKD (US$38,460) in a single month in 2000. Relieved from debts, a well-off family life was restored. It was at that time that he got married and thought something extraordinarily greater.

"In my childhood, I was deeply impressed by Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, in which, in addition to the 13 virtues and the social models he pursued, the stateman generously shared the errors he had made for coming generations to learn from," Wong recalled.

"Meanwhile, when reading a collection of autobiographies on the greatest people in the world, with Liang Shih-chiu, a renowned Chinese literary figure over the last century, as its chief editor, I was especially absorbed by the story of Emperor Taizong (AD 598-649)," he continued.

"I have been fond of Chinese history as well as the 'Wuxia world' created by late prominent novelist Jin Yong (Louis Cha Leung-yung)."

While flipping through the pages, he was inspired to develop big dreams. His previous impoverished experience as well as his mobile lifestyle shuttling between Macao, Taiwan, Hongkong and Dongguan, Guangdong province, empowered him with a strong will, great perseverance and more importantly, broadened his viewpoint, all valuable characteristics influencing his future career.

In the early 2000s, he launched his start-up Fnetlink in Dongguan, focusing on outsourcing businesses providing services in regard to the Internet network.

"There were few business persons preferring IT services which were tiresome and usually with low returns. However, when corporations had difficulties in addressing Internet obstacles, their problems opened up a window of opportunity for us to demonstrate our professional capabilities," Wong said with obvious contentment.

"Later, we convinced them that to purchase our services to ensure the smooth operation of internet was worthwhile."

However, in 2008, Wong retired and went back to Macao. A year later, he started to work as a stay-at-home dad after his child was born. The increasingly intensified competition, which pushed every employee in his company to take charge of 100 to 200 clients, made him long for a break.

His story may have ended here had it not for his partners' perseverance.

In 2013, he was surprised to find his company still running well during his absence. And his partners showed him their great ambition to expand the business to the rest of the country, including Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Pondering for a while, he agreed to rejoin the team with the even more ambitious plan for the firm. They moved Fnetlink's headquarters from Dongguan to Shenzhen, where there are more business opportunities available.

In 2018, the company partnered with Huawei, China's leading IT and telecommunication company, in providing SD-WAN solutions, following the momentum when China's central government declared the development of Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) several months later.

According to Wong, this is a great move for the regions, enabling them to become even more closely interconnected. However, in his opinion, the connection has been formed long before the integration of GBA.

"Our life has been connected with Zhuhai, Guangdong province since an early age. It was where I paid my frequent visits for its cheap and fresh vegetables as well as hairdressing services," he recalled. 

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