A ballpoint pen may seem like an ordinary object, but the tiny ball in its tip is a high-tech marvel.
Shen Yichen is just the owner of a ballpoint pen factory. International capital drives up raw material prices to squeeze stationery manufacturers, while his girlfriend betrays him and frames him, sending him to prison.
Given a second chance at life, Shen Yichen relies on the System and makes a few steel furnaces' worth of pen balls. It turns out to be enough to meet the world's demand for an entire year.
“Bro, stop producing! We were wrong. We absolutely won't raise raw material prices again!”
“Sorry, you're too late. Find another line of work.”
And so, a small stationery factory becomes a high-tech enterprise. With the System's help, the country's technology sector takes off, and the world becomes ripe for the taking...
The roots of the trees are rotten, sad
A very good novel, worthy of praise