Reborn: If You Won't Be the Boss, Will You Be a Director?

Jiang Chu is reborn in 2001. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself at his father's funeral.

His father was a big shot in the underworld, and the inheritance he left behind consists of a mountain of debt and over a hundred underlings.

Bald guys, tattooed guys, scarred guys... every last one of them looks vicious.

Faced with this tricky situation, Jiang Chu has a flash of inspiration and decides to start by taking his crew to film The Conqueror!

Sure enough, this bunch of brothers can't act in anything else, but playing thugs comes naturally to them!

They become an overnight sensation!

Jiang Chu goes on to direct a string of classic crime dramas and films.

Ice Breaking Action, The Thunder, Yu Zui...

Jiang Chu and his crew of underlings become famous all across the country.

When viewers learn the truth, they're stunned: You could've stayed a gang boss, but instead you became a director?

After that, Jiang Chu directs and invests, signs established stars and promotes newcomers. Before long, he becomes the biggest powerhouse in mainland China's entertainment industry, hailed as the Orient's Murdoch and mainland China's Run Run Shaw.

Then,

when the real estate boom takes off, Jiang Chu is there to ride the wave;

when the internet era begins, Jiang Chu becomes its biggest backer.

He overtakes the competition in the auto industry;

and dances with wolves in chip technology.

A world-renowned financial expert declares: “The 19th century belonged to Eagle Country, the 20th century belonged to America, and the 21st century belongs to ‘Chu Country.’”

Jiang Chu is richer than a nation!