November 17, 2015. Somewhere on a half-finished Saigon rooftop, harsh afternoon sun bouncing off raw concrete, a 14-year-old kid lifted his iPhone 6 and accidentally invented the blueprint for every dropshipping empire that followed.

Fluffy black hair perfectly tousled like he just rolled out of a Korean drama. Grey wool overcoat draped over a white floral-print sweater with big navy letters (2015 quiet luxury before anyone knew the term). Dark denim shirt collar popped just enough. And then: the smirk.

Not a full smile. Not cocky. Just the tiniest upward curl on the right side of his mouth that silently says: “I already know the next trend before the factory does.”

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Taken with the front camera, zero filter, zero staging, this single selfie detonated the second it hit a 3,000-member Facebook group called “Bán hàng Shopee kiếm tiền lúc 2h sáng.” Within one week it became every teenage seller’s profile picture, every store banner, every meme format from Can Tho to Bangkok.

Still today, if you type “smirk boy 2015” in any Vietnamese e-commerce group, this exact image floods the chat, always with the same caption:

“Khi khách hỏi freeship không mà mình đã kiếm 70 triệu tháng đó rồi.

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