She was an ordinary construction worker in the mountain city of Chongqing, named Li Mei. At 38 years old, she should have had a stable life, but in 2019, she encountered a business failure, and a million debts weighed heavily on her shoulders like a massive mountain. She did not back down. Gritting her teeth, she chose the hardest and most direct way—carrying bricks to pay off her debts. One heavy brick at a time, up steep steps, she soaked her clothes with sweat and measured the path to repayment with her calloused hands. However, day after day of hard work resulted in only slow and limited progress; the pressure of interest nearly made her see no end in sight. Her diligent efforts seemed to only keep her in place, with the risk of being consumed by debt looming over her.

Just when she was almost in despair, a brand new opportunity appeared before her—Bitcoin. This decentralized digital currency shone like a glimmer of light in the darkness, illuminating her bleak life. With a mindset of trying her luck, she began to learn and understand this new field. Perhaps it was her inherent tenacity, or perhaps it was fate's favor, but she seized a glimmer of hope in the world of Bitcoin.

Incredibly, it was this digital currency, once viewed by many as a speculative bubble, that opened an unexpected door for Li Mei to repay her debts. Through investing in and trading Bitcoin, she managed to repay over 500,000 yuan of her enormous debts in a relatively short period of time. For someone who had previously relied solely on selling her physical labor and accumulating wealth penny by penny, this was nothing short of a miracle.

This is not to deny the value of hard work, but rather the harsh reality laid before her: relying solely on strenuous physical labor, in the face of towering debts and the erosion of interest, Li Mei might have needed to expend unimaginable time and energy, potentially never escaping the quagmire of debt. It was Bitcoin, this new and full of possibilities entity, that offered her a breakthrough opportunity, allowing her to find hope beyond traditional paths to accelerate repayment and reshape her life.