Billionaire Lin Yuanshan is murdered through a conspiracy between his childhood sweetheart of a wife and his sworn brother. When he opens his eyes again, he is back in a bitter Beijing winter in 1976, in the old hutongs.
The radio has yet to finish announcing the Gang of Four's downfall when his fiancée Shen Yulan's mother comes to his door with demands: "three big-ticket items, 300 yuan in betrothal gifts, and a place of your own." She doesn't want her daughter to marry him; she wants to humiliate him into backing down.
In his previous life, he would have knelt and borrowed money. This time, he declares in front of everyone, "Shen Yulan, I'm not marrying you."
Then he marries Zhao Chunlan, a textile worker from the same hutong who has followed him around since childhood, calling him "Brother Yuanshan." Everyone laughs at him. Marrying a poor girl who only finished middle school?
By the light of a kerosene lamp, he personally tutors Zhao Chunlan until she gets into university. The former textile worker earns top honors, astounding the entire hutong. Meanwhile, Shen Yulan, who once looked down on him, marries the son of a government official and finds herself trapped in a miserable life. Years later, beneath Shenzhen's neon lights, she sees Lin Yuanshan in a sharp suit, arm in arm with a transformed Zhao Chunlan, and finally understands what she lost.
From reselling goods on Qianmen Street to real estate in Shenzhen, from the narrow margins of speculative trading to the great age of capital markets, Lin Yuanshan leaves the old Beijing hutongs behind and makes his way across the country, becoming both a witness to and a driving force behind the reform era.
"There are debts I've been waiting fifteen years to settle."
When his former sworn brother Bai Shouye sets a deadly trap, Lin Yuanshan brings out the evidence he has been preparing since day one.
Having lived two lives, this time he will travel the entire road from the hutongs to the distant mountains.
I caught up to the latest chapter in one go and was immediately hooked! At the beginning, his billions of family property was taken away by his most trusted wife and brother, and he died tragically and was reborn in 1976. Lin Yuanshan's beginning was simply hellish. But the male protagonist is not a holy mother at all, and he must retaliate against his enemies. While making money and building a career, he also arranges the enemies from his previous life one by one. It is really a relief to watch! The pace of the plot is super fast, and the details of farming and starting a business are also very solid. From starting from scratch to rising up step by step, watching the whole process makes people nervous and excited. The pyrotechnics in the period novels are also very well written. There are no stupid cheats. It is all based on the experience and IQ of the male protagonist. It really becomes more and more exciting the more you read it!
A rebirth novel with a sense of the times, with dense plots of fun, slaps in the face, and revenge. It's a good read.
The logic is clear, concise, and the writing is smooth. It is worth reading! 😎😎
The content is vivid and the logic is clear. After reading it, it is very impressive. I highly recommend it 🥰🥰🥰
It's a very nice rebirth article. The author's writing is smooth and has a sense of time. It's very nice! Read them all in one go
A very well-written period article, not verbose and logical, I can follow it clearly.
The writing of this novel is very good, the storyline is exciting and full of ups and downs.
The writing is really good 🥰 🥰 I like it very much 😍
A very nice period piece, warm and heartwarming.
The plot has ups and downs and the content of the story is wonderful.