Back to 1997: I Quit School and Opened an Internet Cafe

[Urban farming][Reborn underdog][Gaming empire][Feel-good power fantasy]

At forty-four, Wang Jiye thought his failed life had come to an end when he suddenly died while hauling bricks.

But when he opened his eyes, he had returned to the height of summer in 1997, the day he failed the high school entrance exam that had determined his fate.

“This time, I’m not repeating a year!”

Faced with his father's furious slap and his relatives' contemptuous stares, he tore up his notice to repeat the year. Armed with memories from twenty-eight years in the future, he plunged headfirst into an era rife with golden opportunities!

From piecing together his first internet cafe out of junkyard finds to bringing about a crowning moment for two kings with a single song, he built a business legend of his own, only to attract a deadly attack from a corporate titan!

An accusation that he had “stolen the dreams of teachers in the mountains” came crashing down on him. Overnight, he went from a “young saint” revered by all to a shameless thief everyone wanted to bring down.

His enemies laid a web of traps, public opinion became a noose around his neck, and everyone waited for him to fall into ruin.

But he only smiled calmly, turned their scheme against them, and set off for the Daliang Mountains to launch a nationwide livestreamed confrontation. He wagered everything he owned and declared war on the enemy lurking in the shadows:

“Want me dead? Here, I’ll hand you the knife. Just don’t tell me you’re too scared to take it!”

This is the story of a nobody defying fate and using an unthinkably audacious strategy to trample an entire era underfoot. Watch the protagonist tear up the script, advance one step at a time, and ultimately reach the pinnacle of the world!