Lin Gengtian was only fifty-three that year.
But he had already spent thirty-five years as a village official in Lin Family Village.
From a grassroots Grid Worker to commander of the Militia Company, then village accountant, Village Director, and Party Secretary.
Apart from director of women's affairs, he had held every position.
He had spent his whole life working his way through village affairs.
Step by step, he had climbed to the top, becoming the highest-ranking man in Lin Family Village.
Although he had never left home to work or done much business in his life, he had luck on his side.
Ten years earlier, when he was raising pigs, he had caught an extraordinary market boom and earned over two million yuan in a single year.
Over two million yuan had been no small sum back then.
Then he had gone all in with that money on raising foxes and raccoon dogs, and caught another boom.
In just seven or eight months, his capital of over two million had snowballed into over ten million.
Lin Gengtian had also become the first villager in Lin Family Village's history to have a net worth above ten million, earning him the nickname Lin Qianwan.
After that, Lin Gengtian had quit while he was ahead.
While housing prices were low, he had paid in full for an apartment in the city for each of his children, his son and daughter.
He had also bought each of them a car.
Then he had put all the remaining money in the bank.
The interest on his savings alone came to around a hundred thousand yuan a year.
He barely spent anything living in the village, so his life was carefree and comfortable.
He was a farmer through and through who had not even finished middle