Reborn in 1952, Wang Jianguo starts off having “died honorably,” with his compensation stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Qin Huairu, forced to marry Jia Dongxu! The courtyard is full of beasts, each more ruthless than the last? Wang Jianguo just laughs and activates his personal supermarket, with an unlimited supply of goods!
Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum? He kicks her flying! Silly Zhu runs his mouth? He beats him until he’s crawling on the ground! The courtyard residents want to hold a meeting to denounce him? Director Zhang from the neighborhood office and Captain Chen of the local patrol are brothers who’d lay down their lives for him!
While everyone else is still gnawing on cornmeal buns, Wang Jianguo is eating steak and drinking wine. While the courtyard residents are still scheming over a few cents, he has already become the capital’s most low-key hidden tycoon, thanks to his “untraceable” supplies.
This is the legend of a modern-day tough guy who fights fire with fire, gets even with his enemies, and, along the way, turns his life into poetry in a Beijing courtyard!
