A Life Commanding the Sea

About the story

On the coast in 1985, Chen Weidong suffers a family upheaval. Relatives seize his ancestral home, leaving him and his young siblings stranded in a thatched hut by the sea. At his lowest point, he awakens water powers that let him control water and sense catches beneath the surface. Facing greedy relatives and village bullies, he struggles to make a living by harvesting the shore and fishing. He meets kindhearted barefoot fishing-village healer Chen Xiulian and joins forces with Fourth Master and orphan Chen Feng. Together they develop deep-sea fishing, help the villagers increase their incomes and protect their families and waters in the story of an ordinary fisherman's rise through hard work.