A Modern Finance Whiz Transmigrates to the 1980s: Her Entrepreneurial Journey

In 2023, Shen Qinglan had just completed a cross-border acquisition worth tens of billions when overwork caused her to suffer a fatal heart attack in her office. When she opened her eyes again, she was standing in the workshop of a state-owned garment factory in Beijing in 1980, holding crude sewing tools. The deafening roar of the machines and a broadcast exhorting everyone to “strive for the Four Modernizations” filled her ears. Faced with a rigid system, meager wages, and a life whose end she could already see, she took a deep breath, determination blazing in her eyes. “This golden age, where opportunity is everywhere, is mine.”