Dr. Alyce Su, a Chief Investment Officer and board director, has released a conceptual music catalog that uses the figure of General Zhang Youxia as a lens to explore the intersection of military history, technological advancement, and family legacy. The catalog, available on Apple Music, comprises 86 songs across 11 albums, including tracks like Zhurihe, Epic Fury, Newport, Zettabyte, and Love, East Wind.
The project's core theme, 'The World Represented by General Zhang Youxia,' reflects Su's aim to connect the 20th century's military inheritance with the 21st century's computational infrastructure. Her music references notable military systems, such as China's Dong Feng missile series, and even draws from SpaceX's investor prospectus in the song 'Among the Stars,' creating a bridge between China's military-space tradition and contemporary commercial space ambitions.
Su's work is deeply personal, rooted in her family's history. Her great-grandfather, Su Lianqing, was part of the Guangxi military tradition, while the Zhang family followed a different but connected military path through Zhang Haoru, Zhang Zongxun, and Zhang Youxia. The Bai family, including Bai Chongxi and writer Pai Hsien-yung, adds another dimension, linking military history to literary memory.
The catalog traces a narrative from battlefields to data centers, from strategic weapons to artificial intelligence, and from military power to institutional capital. Su, who has nearly 30 years of experience at firms like PIMCO and Goldman Sachs, sees her musical project as a way to reinterpret inherited history through the language of the future.
In a statement, Su explained that the music is not a biography of Zhang Youxia but an attempt to capture the world he represents. This world encompasses the evolution of China's military modernization, the role of technology, and the complex trajectories of families shaped by war and political change.
The release includes albums such as Zhurihe, which opens with Zhang's military career and the Zhurihe proving ground, and Love, East Wind, which focuses on China's missile lineage. Other albums like Newport, Zettabyte, and MilkenAI extend the narrative toward computing, artificial intelligence, and capital.
Su's dual careers in finance and art form a parallel: her professional life allocates capital, while her artistic life preserves and reinterprets legacy. The music, available globally on Apple Music, reflects her unique perspective as a fourth-generation descendant contemplating a century of military inheritance, technological transformation, and migration.
The catalog has been released under the artist name AlyceSu, and her book 'China 2010' holds the No. 1 ranking in financial engineering on Amazon. Su's work as CIO of a global family office emphasizes long-term wealth preservation and strategic asset allocation, aligning with the multigenerational perspective evident in her musical project.
