Back to 1982: From Fishing Village to Fortune

Lin Qiangdong was an old fisherman who spent his whole life working hard, yet ended it full of regrets. In his later years, he watched his family toil and his fishing village miss out on the benefits of a changing era. He died with a heart full of remorse.

Reborn, he returns to the turbulent year of 1982, at the dawn of reform and opening up. He is back in a poor, isolated fishing village on the East China Sea, in his youth, with his wife and children still by his side and everything yet to be done.

This time, he sheds the timidity and ignorance of his past life. Drawing on decades of experience as a fisherman and a perspective forty years ahead of his time, he rides the waves and makes his living from the sea, building up the fishing industry.

Starting with repairing old boats and fishing close to shore, he unlocks ways to bring in bigger catches, learns the tides and reefs, and breaks the cycle of poverty that has long plagued fishing families.

He protects his family, settles disputes among his neighbors, and seizes the opportunities brought by reform. He starts fish farms, builds a fleet, and expands his markets, leading his impoverished village out of poverty step by step. Amid blue seas and sheltered bays, he lives out an ordinary man's blazing comeback story.

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