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The tide of the times can send people to great heights, or it can crush them into dust. Zhou Benyi, a businessman from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. During the early years of reform and opening up, when he was "crossing the river by feeling for the stones", his father tried to seize opportunities, but was framed by his opponents amid fierce market competition and unsound rules. He was labeled as a "speculator", his family property was inspected, and his father died in a state of injustice and resentment. This misfortune took away the foundation of the Zhou family's survival. What Zhou Benyi was left with was the cold and cruel reality. His mother was seriously ill. Although the college entrance examination was resumed, his family background and sudden loss of financial resources made him completely unable to attend university. Working within the system? It's even more out of reach. In the reckless era when everything is waiting for improvement and "bold" and "unruly" are advocated, the lack of strength and lack of skills has become a fatal shortcoming. Amidst the embarrassment of family decline and gossip from neighbors, the relationship quickly went to pieces. "Zhou's boy" has become a source of regret and contempt among the locals after dinner. When despair overwhelmed him, Takato appeared. It may be an "old Jianghu" who has experienced hardships in a special era and is well versed in various "doorways", or it may be an early "traitor" who has a keen sense of smell and has tasted the sweetness of the policy cracks. He took a fancy to Zhou Benyi's almost cold sobriety that had been tempered by suffering, and his eyes that were not completely blinded by despair and could still observe the world keenly. A "new world" full of opportunities and dangers, intertwined by the price difference of the "dual-track system", approval slips, information gaps, human relationships and nascent market rules, opened the door to him.