Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian, the Infrastructure Maniac

Liu Guangtian, a struggling modern-day civil engineer, stayed up all night pouring concrete and watching Love in the Courtyard until exhaustion got the better of him. By sheer luck, he transmigrated into the little body of Liu Guangtian from the courtyard. Given another chance at life, Liu Guangtian, ah, no, he should be called Liu Guangtian, resolved never to be a struggling construction worker again. This time, there would be no shared-area allocations in China, and his buildings would go public on the American stock market. Architecture would blend Chinese and Western styles instead of being the same old concrete everywhere. The Moon Palace would be built on the moon. Highways would be free, while space elevators would charge premium fares. The space station would become Earth’s second moon. If factories pollute the environment when built on Earth, then surely building them on Mars would solve the problem.