In the winter of 2025 in Beijing, at four o'clock in the morning while the entire city was still immersed in deep slumber, the lights on the top floor of the Sohu.com Media Building lit up as usual, and Zhang Chaoyang would always appear in his office punctually. This nearly ascetic self-discipline has become a deeply ingrained habit for him after his "reinvention." During a conversation lasting over an hour, Zhang Chaoyang reflected on his rebellious years studying at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), expressed emotion about the trial by fire of returning to China to start a business, and depicted his past at the center of the名利场, where he was once called the "Godfather of the Internet." Over a span far exceeding a quarter of a century, he has completed a journey of self-exile and return.