Bridging a Great Nation

Mai Wenzhou climbed down from the machinery and returned to where it all began. The place was now desolate. The once-deafening machine tools had fallen silent, their surfaces covered in rust. With no way back, he could only face the challenge head-on, leading a group of brothers and friends with their hearts full of passion, bitterness, and joy. From absorbing imported technology to developing innovations of their own, they raised China’s axle technology by a full thirty years. Now heavy trucks were surging ahead, their load capacities soaring, and the company had become the world’s leading enterprise. He fulfilled his dream and kept his promise to the woman he loved. The Jing River ran clear, the Wei River was clean, and bridges soared across the sky. By then, the crape myrtles were in bloom...