The protagonist, Chen Yifei, was a senior trading director at a hedge fund in his previous life. He died of overwork at age 45. When he wakes up, he finds himself back in 1989, an 18-year-old high school senior in a third-tier city in northern China. His father, Chen Jianguo, is a fitter at a state-owned enterprise; his mother, Wang Xiulan, is a textile mill worker; and his younger sister, Chen Yutong, is in her first year of high school. The family is in financial straits and in debt because his grandmother is seriously ill.
Key advantages: A complete modern financial knowledge base, plus precise memories of major economic events in China and around the world over the next 20 years.
Key goals: First give his family a better life, then fulfill his potential in the financial markets, and ultimately witness and take part in China's rise.
