Restarting 2002, I seize the golden opportunity of the times

Chen Yuan had worked hard his entire life, only to miss the rise of the Internet. He watched his parents grow ill from overwork, and his childhood sweetheart, forced into a distant marriage because of her family’s poverty, died of illness burdened by debt and regret. Then he opened his eyes and found himself seventeen again, in the summer of 2002, just after failing the college entrance examination, with his family mired in debt. Armed with twenty years of memories, he could now see opportunity everywhere in the new millennium—online game point cards, MP3 wholesale, small goods reselling, the early stirrings of e-commerce. He started small, earning money honestly and steadily, paying off his family’s debts, shielding his ailing parents, and keeping close the gentle Lin Wanxing, the girl he had lost before. From a street vendor, he rode each wave of the era’s growth, building his businesses step by step into an enterprise spanning commerce, digital goods, and warehousing. In the golden age of the millennium, he made up for every regret of his past life and rose to become a tycoon admired by all.