I transmigrated to Bianjing during the Zhenghe era of the Northern Song and fell into the Bian River one day. When I woke up, I had nothing but four bare walls and not a single coin to my name.
Wu Dalang is trapped by local thugs demanding money, burdened with a huge debt of one string of cash. Pan Jinlian coldly abandons him, while the bully Niu Er closes in step by step, threatening to sink him in the river and silence him at sundown.
In this desperate dead end, a modern business tycoon drops into the streets. He won't crush his foes with brute force or curry favor with the powerful. Armed with cutting-edge business acumen, he'll turn his fortunes around against all odds!