Siheyuan: Sign-In Through the Lens, Forging a Powerful Nation

After waking up, Li Weiguo finds himself an apprentice projectionist at a steel mill in 1960, living at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, with a whole neighborhood of "big stars". He thought he was in for a life of hardship and making do, but unexpectedly activated the Lights and Shadows Sign-In System. Screen Our Village's Youth, and sign in to receive: Master-Level Farming! Screen Heroic Sons and Daughters, and sign in to receive: a God-Tier Firearms Knowledge Database! Screen Steel Torrent, and sign in to receive: the complete technology for electroslag remelting! ... While the courtyard's busybodies are still squabbling over a single cabbage, Li Weiguo is already eating pork dumplings. While Xu Damao is still scheming to grab a spot on a rural work team, Li Weiguo has become the factory director's favorite after saving Director Lan Hua's life. While the workers are still fighting tooth and nail over their grades, Li Weiguo is leading the "Sky-Reaching Project" to develop vital national equipment! Thanks to sign-ins, Li Weiguo rises from a humble projectionist to a state-level chief engineer, with wealth, status, and connections all in his hands. Looking back, the people in the courtyard are nothing but a bunch of clowns swept along by the tide of the times.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.