Siheyuan: Cutting-Edge Technology Helps the Nation Catch Up with the World

Lin Chen transmigrates to a courtyard compound in 1958 and becomes the only repairman at the Red Star Steelworks.

The hand-cranked machine tools the factory treasures look practically like scrap metal to Lin Chen, who took part in major industrial research in his previous life.

At the same time, he binds to an alien-tech mothership System.

By repairing equipment, earning recognition, or exposing the courtyard's scheming troublemakers, he can gain prestige and points to exchange for cutting-edge technology in machinery, energy, information, and aerospace.

On his first day at work, he publicly exposes Qin Huairu's trick of deliberately stopping a machine to slack off, leaving Yi Zhonghai and the entire workshop speechless.

Starting with the repair of an old machine tool, electric cars, color televisions, and all kinds of new technologies soon follow. The young man who once did nothing but carry a toolbox gradually becomes Engineer Lin, chauffeured around by the factory's leaders.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.