The God of Sanhe: Emperor of Workers

Forty-year-old Wang Yu dies alone in poverty and illness, his life ruined by unscrupulous merchants, his mother dead from illness, and his true love gone. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself back in 2012, the summer when he was a struggling 'Sanhe God' barely surviving in Shenzhen's Longhua District. Memories of his past life flood back—his mother's illness, Li Yue's tears, and the sneer of his rival Zhao Tianhao are etched into his soul. This time, he vows to reverse everything. The stake is his mother's life; he must earn 500,000 yuan for her surgery within four months. The shadow of antagonist Zhao Tianhao looms, cutting off Wang Yu's livelihood by controlling the labor market. Relying on his memories, Wang Yu starts by scavenging and reselling used phones and buying lottery tickets with precision, earning meager but crucial startup funds, treading on thin ice. He finds his former friend Zhang Wei, who shared his hardships, and meets Chen Mo, a tech genius with dreams but equally down on his luck, forming a makeshift team. A dilemma arises: use insider information to trade futures for quick money (high risk and morally gray) or build a legitimate business steadily. Meanwhile, he reunites with Li Yue, who works in an electronics factory and had to break up with him in his past life due to his poverty. The complex emotions and desire to make amends unsettle him.