The protagonist who died at age 39 in his previous life after being stabbed by a robber on a plane while protecting a pregnant woman. He had a rough past as a beggar, street performer, acrobat, prison inmate, and merchant before eventually building a successful company. He accepted a System offer to take over a Premium Life. The original body he now inhabits is also named Gu Leizhou, a gambler from a remote village who ruined his younger brother Gu Liao Chuan's reputation, became a ghostwriter to pay debts, attempted murder of his family, and poisoned the village wells before his death.