The Get-Rich Guide: Gold Prospecting in 1988

“Lu Xiao, there are plenty of industries where you can make money. Why choose plastic products?” “I’m not in it for the money. I want to find my way into high-end equipment and precision machine tools.” “Is that important to you?” “It’s important to our country!” Lu Xiao should have been condemned to a miserable life of car loans, a mortgage, and three generations struggling in poverty. Instead, fate sent him back to 1988, an era bursting with opportunity. He is reborn in the body of a timid, spineless, honest soy sauce factory worker who gets pushed around, and has a beautiful fiancée, too. How could he not ride the tide of his times in this golden age? How could he not make a fortune and live up to the life fate has given him? Life in this mortal world is full of hardships, most of them caused by the need for a little money. But what if I had plenty of it? Here’s a modest goal: strike gold amid the tides of the times and reach the pinnacle of life. Before Lu Xiao became successful: “People who benefited from the times have no right to criticize young people for not working hard.” After Lu Xiao became successful: “Young people really ought to work harder. Back in our day, we didn’t have conditions as good as yours...”