The Mark of the Times

Breaking the Waves takes the forty years of reform and opening up as the grand background and tells the legendary life of orphan Lin Jianguo as he swims against the tide of the times. After his parents died in 1979, he shouldered the burden of the family with his young shoulders. He contracted fish ponds and was bullied by village bullies. He taught himself mechanical maintenance and passed the TV University qualification. In 1985, he acquired an abandoned agricultural machinery factory and made his first fortune. Facing the pain of transitioning from a planned economy to a market economy, he led the company to break through the suppression of state-owned enterprises, technological blockade and financial fraud, and completed industry integration after his speech during the Southern Tour in 1992. In the wave of hostile takeovers by multinational companies in 1993, Lin Jianguo protected his own brand with national integrity. In 1995, he developed the first domestic CNC machine tool to break the international monopoly. It expanded against the trend during the Asian financial crisis, and finally became the industry standard setter in 1999, and completed its self-salvation by donating to build the Hope Primary School. The work reflects the changes of the times through the destiny of individuals, shows the wave-breaking spirit of Chinese entrepreneurs in technological breakthroughs, capital games and global competition, and composes a passionate epic of reform and opening up. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.