Reborn in 2012: Leading China’s Homegrown Tech with Knockoff Phones

Lin Xiao is reborn in Huaqiangbei. He opens his eyes to eight thousand yuan in debt and a room full of unsold knockoff phones. In his previous life, he was a product manager who worked himself to death. In this life, he gets the [National Destiny System]: Sell domestic products to grow stronger! Whenever Master Xiao promotes a Chinese-made phone, every R&D employee instantly enters “overdrive”: development speed ×200%! When his prices crush foreign brands, marketing buzz automatically ×200%! Quality ×200%! As Lei Jun’s Xiaomi sweeps the market and Apple and Samsung dominate the high end, Lin Xiao launches the rebranded “Green Tangerine Phone,” slashing costs until his competitors are on their knees: “This spec for 699 yuan? What the hell, it’s even more of a knockoff than a knockoff!” But it doesn’t take long for the industry to realize something is up: How can a Huaqiangbei workshop mass-produce a “miracle phone” with a 30-day standby time? How can a “disco-light gaming phone” snapped up by small-town youths run smoother than flagship models? Cook calls an emergency meeting in the middle of the night: “Test the system on that Chinese rebranded phone!” Lei Jun stares sleeplessly at the sales reports: “How is it cheaper than Redmi?” From a knockoff workshop to a trillion-yuan empire, Lin Xiao’s business battles don’t rely on feel-good slogans: “I’ll use the profits from foreign brands to fund my R&D, then use their own technology to drive the final nail into their coffin!” “This time, I’m betting on the nation’s destiny. Chinese supply chains, get moving!” The System’s ultimate form is unlocked: domestic chips plus a HarmonyOS-level operating system! For every 1 billion yuan in sales, another level of the tech tree lights up! Next, he turns to manufacturing new energy vehicles!