Reborn in 1986: Severing Ties at the Start, I Became the Richest Man with Future Knowledge

Chen Dafu died—he died on the first day of the Lunar New Year. After a lifetime of toiling like a beast of burden for his children, Chen Dafu was abandoned by his eldest son—who refused to pay the exorbitant surgical fees—and passed away on that very day. Only at the moment of his death did this man, who had played the role of a devoted father for decades, realize the bitter truth: to his children and grandchildren, he had been nothing more than a human ATM. He opened his eyes to find himself back in 1986. His eldest son was scheming to force him into early retirement so his daughter-in-law could take over his job; refusing to yield, Chen Dafu gave the boy a sound thrashing. Living a second life, he vowed to tear away the respectable facade of those ungrateful wretches and finally live life on his own terms. He would lease a cinema, open a video parlor and a skating rink, launch factories, hoard land, and become the richest man around. When his ungrateful eldest son knelt in the pouring rain, begging for mercy, Chen Dafu set down his glass of red wine and smiled as he said, "The Chen household keeps dogs—we do not entertain them here."