Setting Sail in 1980

When failure and mockery drive him from his village, Zhou Jianping refuses to accept a life of rural poverty. In the chaotic early 1980s, this determined high school graduate embarks on a perilous entrepreneurial journey—stumbling through setbacks, confusion, and crushing obstacles. Armed with sharp business instincts and the resilience of China's "New Three Sessions" generation, he transforms failure into fortune. Now a successful businessman, Zhou returns to face the villagers who once scorned him. Will he find redemption or revenge?