In 1977, Lin Wan was reborn in a poor village, where her family planned to “sell” her for two hundred yuan to a widower whose three previous wives had all died. Lin Wan decided to play along and take the bride price as startup capital for her business. With the foresight from her rebirth and a portable space that could duplicate supplies, she quickly made a name for herself on the black market. Starting with the resale of local produce, she gradually built her own business empire. Her family had expected her to end up as a woman of the streets, but she quickly amassed tens of thousands of yuan in assets. When her former boyfriend, a sent-down youth, tried to offer her a spot on the list for returning to the city, her products had already reached overseas markets through foreign trade channels. With unyielding determination and control over her own fate, Lin Wan rebuilt her life and created a business legend.
