Lin Chen, a modern takeaway boy, encountered a car accident while delivering orders on a rainy night. He accidentally traveled back to the rural areas of the Central Plains in 1982 and returned to his fifteen-year-old boyhood. Facing the 1980s when his parents were still alive and his family was poor but full of opportunities, Lin Chen, who held the memories of the next forty years, was determined to seize the spring breeze of reform and change the destiny of himself and his family.
He aimed at the urgent business opportunity for summer popsicles, persuaded his parents through hard work, and rented an idle cold storage in the next village on credit. He also negotiated with the director of the popsicle factory based on clear cost accounting, and obtained a wholesale price lower than the market price. Then he hired children from the village to sell slices and launched a "buy five, get one free" promotion. The popsicle business quickly prospered, but it also attracted blackmail from the idle Zhang Erzi and falsely accused him of "speculation." Lin Chen responded calmly. With complete purchase receipts and lease contracts, he proved his innocence in front of the commune cadres. Not only did he resolve the crisis, he was also established as a "model for revitalizing the economy" and his reputation spread to surrounding villages.
After the beginning of autumn, the popsicle business came to an end. Lin Chen had already earned his first pot of gold, which greatly improved his family's life. When he learned that a material exchange meeting was about to be held in the town, he keenly seized new business opportunities and set his sights on hot-selling commodities such as Shanghai cream, Chuiliang fabrics, and Guangzhou electronic watches, preparing to start his own business advancement in the next trend.
