Rebirth in 1978: The Rise of Heavy Industry

In 1978, the only imported gear grinder at Red Star Heavy Machinery Factory suddenly broke down. Temporary worker Zhou Jianguo was forced to sign an accident report, while the Eastern Sakura expert declared the spindle scrapped and demanded 300,000 White Eagle dollars. No one knew that this 24-year-old young man carried the lifelong experience of a future chief engineer of a machine tool group. With a piece of iron shavings, two barrels of wrong oil, and a tampered inspection log, Zhou Jianguo not only got the machine running again before the lunch bell rang but also made those who framed him give up their positions and forced the overcharging foreign businessmen to compensate for the production losses. But fixing machines was only enough to keep his job. To prevent Dragon Country from being strangled by a single quotation sheet, he had to make grinding wheels, gather talent, win orders, build factories, and reclaim the supply chains that were being controlled by others. From a temporary worker earning 24 yuan a month to a giant who set world industrial rules—in this life, Zhou Jianguo aimed to make the country's heavy industry stand tall and ensure that everyone who followed him got paid, had housing, and lived with dignity. — Description from novelcodex.org