Rebirth of the American West

An eighty-year epic about a Chinese man who grew from a railroad coolie to a ranch owner in the west. In 1865, 17-year-old Chinese Lin Yuan came to the United States as a "credit worker" and struggled to survive on the Central Pacific Railroad construction site. After his uncle died tragically and was oppressed by his foreman, he fled into the Sierra Mountains on a snowstorm night with a ledger recording evidence of the railroad company's crimes. In the wilderness, he rescued a silver wolf cub and tamed a black mustang king - this was his initial capital and his first step to becoming a Western tyrant. From a 160-acre homestead to an 8,000-acre pasture, from a small veterinarian to a practical talker in Leju Town, Lin Yuan spent eighty years building a Chinese community in the shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act. He trained horses, fought with guns, fought against railroad capital, fought off anti-Chinese thugs, and ultimately lived to become a legend. In 1946, Lin Yuan passed away. The wind was still blowing in Yuanfeng Ranch and the wolves were still howling. His son and granddaughter took over the flag. This is not a story about heroes. This is a story about a hero - he is murderous, calculating, and ruthless, but he protects the people who should be protected, the place that should be guarded, and the things that should be passed on. In the West, that's enough.