Reborn in 1982, she refuses to be a factory girl or a lovesick fool. She starts making money by setting up a street stall.
Her best-in-class relatives swindle her out of the 30 yuan she needs for her sister’s school fees, nearly forcing the girl to drop out. Lin Wanxing takes a copy of the IOU to get the money back, then turns around and starts selling embroidered sleeve covers at a stall. She calculates her costs in her head, improves the designs, and clears 6 yuan a day.
The stallholder next door gets jealous and reports her? She pulls out her self-employed business license, turning the tables and getting him fined.
A big brand tries to price her out by burning through cash? She launches high-end custom orders and seasonal editions, earning a reputation that spreads far and wide.
Her cash flow dries up? Preorders and new sales channels turn things around in three days.
From a street stall to a sensation at the supply and marketing cooperative, from 30 yuan to a monthly income of 20,000. She doesn’t hoard stock, coast on luck, or rely on a man. She is her own backbone.
The male lead is a sent-down youth who has returned to the city. He understands policy and is good with numbers, and is happy to be her money-making partner: “Let’s make money first and fall in love later. I won’t hold you back.”
This is the story of a woman who uses her skill and brains to build an annual business worth 8 million yuan from nothing in the 1980s. No endless back-and-forth with awful relatives, just clear-headed money-making and growing side by side.
