Star of Ocean(2021)

Star of Ocean is a Chinese drama series following Jane Xiaoai, an orphan who escapes rural poverty in the early 1990s by moving to Guangzhou. Starting as a restaurant worker and tea girl, she uses her intelligence and determination to climb into foreign trade, eventually becoming a merchandiser and business manager. Unsatisfied with her progress, Jane establishes her own trading company. The series chronicles her resilience through major economic crises—the 1998 Southeast Asian financial collapse and the 2008 global recession—as she navigates China's rapidly expanding foreign trade sector. Her journey from impoverished orphan to multinational company boss unfolds against the backdrop of China's reform and opening-up era, capturing both personal ambition and the nation's economic transformation.