The Middleman: Whatever the Country Needs, I'll Find a Way to Trade for It

Reborn in the 1980s, Chen Wan lived in Sham Mao Alley, next door to the four Qiao siblings.

They said street vending was the best way to make money in the 1980s, while the 1990s were all about going into business.

With boundless hopes for the future, Chen Wan threw himself into the tide of entrepreneurship.

He used his pocket dimension to become a middleman, building a fortune from scratch.

He brought in foreign production lines and laid the groundwork in semiconductors.

When the Soviet Union broke apart, Chen Wan led a team in overseas trade.

The country had no crop-dusting planes? He'd trade canned goods for RD-33 engines.

Not enough steel to build tractors? He'd dismantle Katyusha rocket launchers and melt them down.

Kitchen knives kept going dull? He'd strip down tanks to make knives. Good steel belonged on the cutting edge.

Skunk Works' F-16s, Antonov's White Swans, he'd pack them all up and take them home.

Whatever the country lacked, Chen Wan would procure...

Until one day, a mysterious organization found him.

"Comrade, the organization has an important mission for you. We need an aircraft carrier..."

P.S. For now, the stories planned are The Qiao Family's Misfits, A Feather Takes Flight, and Wind Blows, Half Summer.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.