In the 1980s, the tide of reform and opening up surged across China.
Some were swept away by the current, while others were left covered in mud and forced to bow out. Only those who ultimately forged their way upstream could be called trendsetters.
Dong Ge, a villager from Dongpoji in his early twenties, set off alone for the south with a dream and went into the clothing business.
His business went from losing money to making a profit, and from inexperience to expertise. With his wife's support, Dong Ge became the village's first millionaire in the midst of this great tide.
His business kept growing, and his connections kept expanding.
In the early twenty-first century, at the height of his success, Dong Ge chose to retire while he was ahead and took up the old hoe of a farmer once more.
As the times changed, Dong Ge cultivated more and more land, on an ever-larger scale.
The opportunities created by rural revitalization made Dong Ge a trendsetter once again.
As one of the first farmers to transfer land-use rights, he relied on his tireless efforts and government support to become Dongpoji's leading farmer, a new kind of farmer for a new era.
