Recaps

Zhou Xingwen returned to early childhood and used his memories and Zhang Xiaotong’s help to build writing careers and a growing business group. After expanding into computers, publishing, property, appliances, and food, he planned to step back for two years and reclaim his childhood.

• Zhou Xingwen fell into a river while fighting robbers and awoke as a young child around 1986.
• Zhou Ran discovered his extraordinary memory, taught Zhang Xiaotong, and began publishing stories under his youngest aunt’s name.
• Zhou Xingwen supplied stories that made Zhang Xiaotong famous, and she gained her parents’ support to manage her earnings.
• Zhang Xiaotong opened Snow Fate Western Pastry Boutique, expanded it into three shops, and sold them for 8.2 million yuan.
• Zhang Xiaotong and Zhou Xingwen established Sun Electronics, recruited managers, and expanded into branded computers, Crimson Youth, appliances, and property development.
• Zhang Xiaotong and Zhou Xingwen leased the Yulin County MSG factory, introduced chicken bouillon, and launched Sun Red Tea with Yu Chunrong.
• Xingwen gave Zhang Xiaotong birthday earrings on Christmas Eve, and she hugged him and kissed his cheek.
• Xingwen drafted expansion plans, resolved to lie low for two years, and unsuccessfully sought his parents’ permission to enter junior high early.

Zhou Xingwen expanded Sun Group’s businesses, games, schools, and trading operations while deepening his relationship with Zhang Xiaotong. The arc ended with Third Brother preparing to expand his armed smuggling network and Zhou Xingwen heading to meet Shao Ke.

• Zhou Xingwen helped Guo Zhen take Third Brother to Beijing for heart surgery, then welcomed him home and offered to finance his business plans.
• Zhou Xingwen directed Sun Group’s investments into manufacturing, chip processing, games, and schools, while With You became a major success and drew interest from Sony.
• Zhou Xingwen and Zhang Xiaotong confessed their feelings, began a private relationship, and agreed to keep it from their families for a few years.
• Zhou Xingwen recruited Third Brother to build trading routes through Russian contacts and later learned the operation had amassed enough weapons to arm a small corps.
• Zhou Xingwen chose to attend a private school in Yulin County and helped establish plans for both private and charitable schools.
• Liu Mingyao negotiated with SCE and recruited Japanese game developers, while Zhou Xingwen helped shape new game projects and hired Zhou Shichang as a consultant.
• Third Brother showed Zhou Xingwen and Guo Zhen the hidden arsenal, and Zhou Xingwen agreed to expand the operation quietly as Third Brother organized it.
• Zhou Xingwen introduced Zhou Shichang at a Roundtable Meeting, assigned him to work with Yu Chunrong and Xu Jun, and agreed to meet Shao Ke at the Secondhand Market.