Nanyang, 1930: From Coolie to Industrial Tycoon

In 1930, in the hold of a coolie ship bound for Nanyang, the stench of rot and despair filled the air.

Shen Nanzhou, a modern-day prodigy in materials science, opened his eyes to find himself a destitute Chinese laborer, his body covered in sores and a farewell letter to his fiancée clutched tightly in his hand.

In his previous life, he had died a miserable death in a foreign land, leaving the woman he loved to wait for him all her life until she passed away heartbroken.

Given a second life, Shen Nanzhou tore the farewell letter to shreds and vowed never again to be a beast of burden at the mercy of others!

Monopolizing the rubber industry? He built an integrated supply chain and turned the tables with reverse dumping, driving capitalists to leap from buildings and beg for mercy…