In 1990, in the county town, a woman appeared every day at the same time on the snowy screen of the broken TV in Guo Yong's home.
"Good evening, viewers. Today is the year 2010."
Only thirteen-year-old Guo Yong could hear the news from twenty years in the future.
He said pork prices would rise, and the next day the price tags really changed.
He said heavy snow would close the roads, and on the third day school was really canceled.
As time went on, he kept track of more and more things.
When it came to choosing between vocational school and high school, he said to go to high school. Later, education became valuable.
He said internet cafes would take off, and to open one. Later, they really did take off.
He said housing prices were about to soar, and to buy. Later, they really soared.
He said the stock market was about to peak, and to pull out. When the crash came, his family escaped unscathed.
His family went from calling him crazy to consulting him before every major decision.
But gradually, the news began to change.
Every time he stopped something from happening, the future on the news changed with it.
Then one night at nine, a name appeared on the news: Guo Yong.
