In the 1990s, the spring thunder of the Southern Tour speeches stirred up China, and an unprecedented wave of "going south" surged.
Countless young people - those who failed the college entrance examination, farmers who washed their feet and went to the fields, and those who left the system - flocked to Guangdong and the Special Administrative Region like migratory birds with dreams in mind.
Their fate is closely connected with the pulse of reform and opening up, and together they form a magnificent epic mixed with sweat, tears and glory.
This book adopts a unique group portrait structure, with "Jinde Factory" as the hub, and delicately outlines the main line of struggle of the hero and heroine who go south to pursue their dreams, meet each other, and start a business together. At the same time, it vividly shows the joys and sorrows of dozens of workers and entrepreneurs with different personalities and fates around them. Here are the competition in the workplace and the game of job-hopping, the emergence of love and the support of friendship, as well as the tenacity of repeated defeats and the passion to seize opportunities.
The big waves wash away the sand, and you know your ups and downs.
Based on the creative principle of "doing the big things and taking the small things seriously", this book truly reproduces the confusion, struggle, endeavor and glory of a generation in the great changes of the times. As stated in the book, they witnessed the transformation of the country from weakness to strength. Regardless of success or failure, the lives of all those who experienced that great tide became profound and regretless because of this experience of going south.
