Only turbulent seas reveal the true colors of a hero. Chen Weidong was reborn in 1978, armed with a Spirit Spring Space and forty years of foresight. Starting with an iron pot and a tiny vegetable plot, he ignited the flames of reform in the impoverished countryside. He started sideline businesses, brewed soy sauce, and took on contract work, seizing every opportunity of the era: the resumption of the college entrance exams, the household responsibility system, price reform, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and the birth of the stock market. As a farmer, he challenged state-owned giants; with national capital, he drove back foreign short sellers. From the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to Lujiazui, from Southeast Asia to Wall Street, he built a business empire spanning food, real estate, and finance... Amid the spring breeze of reform, who would rule the tides?
