In the same week when the divorce agreement was signed, three pieces of paper were slapped in front of Chen Zhiyuan: a bank loan withdrawal notice, a contract cancellation letter from a major customer, and a notice that his father was critically ill. At the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, his ex-wife got into Zhao Hongfei's Porsche, and her daughter shouted "Daddy, wait for me" through the car window, pressing her palms to her hands. On a snowy night, he stood in an empty factory building and said to a room full of old machines: "Everything can be reopened."
